AN: Here is a little story that was racing around my head on night while I was trying to study for finals. Lol I know that is not good for studying but I just couldn't get anything finished without putting this to paper first. I will try to update as much as possible.

Summary: Hermione and Ginny are left after the final battle grieving the loss of Harry and Ron who died getting rid of Riddle. This story will follow them through their final year at Hogwarts and beyond. Will they open their hearts enough to let love in or will they let their grief control them. I hope you like it. Let me know with reviews.

Chapter 1

I don't want to move on

She raced across the open field to get to her friends she knew that they would need her help in the end, but every time she would make it a few steps she would have to fight off another Death Eater. How long they had been fighting this battle, she couldn't remember but she knew that if she was going to be of any help at all to her friends she needed to get there soon. She could hear the shouts of curses and hexes being sent across the field from one person to the next. She could see the bright colors of these curses zipping by herself and others she only prayed that her friends would make it out of this alive.

Running across the field she could see Harry and Ron standing off with Riddle, she was sending hexes left and right as she made her way to them. As she neared their location she heard the high pitched cackle that could only belong to one person, Bellatrix. Oh how she hated this woman, how she wished that she were dead. When she turned to see where the deranged woman was she was greeted with an all too familiar sight.

Her friend Ginny was fighting the deranged witch with everything she had, but in one split second Bellatrix saw her opening and was going to send a killing curse toward Ginny. Knowing she had no time to waste, Hermione sent a stunner toward the witch. When Bellatrix turned her head to see where the stunner had come from she noticed Hermione standing before her with a look of pure hate on her face.

Taking her chance Ginny circled around toward Hermione and the two young witches took on the psychotic witch. Neither witch could tell you how long they battled the older woman but after what seemed forever Ginny was able to land a well place "Petrificus Totalus", only two seconds later Hermione landed a "Reducto" killing their opponent. With a look of satisfaction both girls turned and hugged each other before turning toward the part of the battle they wanted to be.

As the girls took a step towards the fight with Riddle everything seemed to happen at once. Harry, Ron and Riddle all lifted their wands at the same time firing off three spells at once, the result seemed to be some sort of explosion that knocked down everyone within 20 yards. When the girls were able to get back to their feet they rushed to the boys sides to make sure they were okay. What they found would haunt their dreams for quite some time. Riddle was dead that much was certain his charred body lay broken on the field across from Harry and Ron. Harry and Ron was another thing all together, their bodies were not burned but they were motionless as if they had been hit with the killing curse.

Screaming out their names, Ginny and Hermione rushed toward the boys' sides to see if they would be able to save the two boys. Hermione knew as soon as she knelt down between Harry and Ron that her two best friends were dead; reaching down to feel for a pulse only confirmed her fears, Harry and Ron were dead. She had been too late to save her best friends; she had been too late to help cast that final curse at Riddle. She should have been there with them; she should have died alongside her friends.

All of the shouts and explosions of curses seemed to stop all at once, Death Eaters not knowing what to do now that their maniacal leader was no more gave up or tried to make a run for it. Unfortunately for them the Order were quicker and were able to bind them until they were able to stand trial.

There were shouts of joy once word circulated that Riddle had been defeated, but that too was short lived and was drowned out by the cries of anguish over the fallen. No cries were louder or more grieve stricken than the cries of Ginny and Hermione. Each girl was clinging to the boys as if their lives depended on it. Ginny grieved for the loss of her brother and the loss of the boy that she had loved for as long as she could remember. Hermione grieved for the loss of her two best friends, the loss of her two brothers, and the only family she had left.

Slowly, people gathered around the two girls and the bodies that they clung to, nobody knew what the next move should be. After Dumbledore had died the year prior they all looked to the young man now lying on the field below them. He was their savior, the chosen one, now that he was gone who would they look to for guidance.

Slowly two people that no one would have guessed came up to the two grieving girls; slowly they knelt down beside them and tried to get the girls to relinquish the holds they had on the dead. Not wanting to be separated from the young men the girls refused to let go of the dead bodies. Having no other choice, the two men that came to help Ginny and Hermione lifted their wands and wordlessly causing the young women before them to drift off to sleep in their arms.

One man turned to Minerva and told her, "we will take these two back to my quarters. Someone needs to take these two bodies up to the castle, maybe somewhere private where the family and loved ones can say their last goodbyes."

Nodding wordlessly Minerva motioned toward Neville and Charlie to levitate the two bodies back toward the castle.

AN: well there is the first chapter, don't kill me for killing off Harry and Ron, but it was important to the story as a whole.