Chapter 1 - Relief
"It's over. It's finally over," that's my first thought when the green light hit Riddle. I watched as his limp body fell on the ground. A feeling of definite relief washed over me. Riddle's gone and now I don't have to fight to keep myself alive everyday. The death eaters started disapparating when they saw me join the others in fighting them off. I guess, me fighting against them must have indicated that Riddle's dead. Now, everybody concentrated on capturing the death eaters before they got away.
There were shouts of 'Stupefy', 'Petrificus Totalus', 'Impedimenta', 'Incarcerous' and all the sorts of spells that would capture the death eaters. We caught a bulk of the death eaters. Very few got away, but I was sure they would be caught soon enough. Kingsley Shacklebolt sent few patronus messages to some of the aurors from the ministry to take away the death eaters. So, weird that we fought all these guys but the ultimate punishment for these death eaters will come from the Wizengamot.
While we waited for the aurors to take it from here, Ginny came running towards me smiling. She hugged me tight and that was the first time since watching Voldemort die, I felt happy. Finally, all of this was hitting me. There's going to be no more deranged dark wizards wanting to kill me everyday. I can start living a normal life. A life of a normal teenager!
"You did it, Harry. I knew you'd always do it." Ginny beamed at me.
"Ya! I'm still trying to wrap my head around it."
"I'm glad all of this is over. Now, we can be together again." She kissed me.
This feels good. I haven't kissed anyone since the last time Ginny and I kissed. And that was on Bill and Fleur's wedding. After that, I've not exactly had time to hit on girls and make out with them. I kissed her back with equal enthusiasm. We pulled back after a few moments and I saw that Ginny's eyes had that spark again. This felt so familiar. This felt comfortable. I glanced away from Ginny because I saw movement behind her. I saw Ron and Hermione embrace each other like there was no tomorrow. I felt something inside of me when I saw them together. I can't put a finger on that feeling. They came towards us.
"You did it, mate." Ron patted me and hugged me.
"We did it," I corrected him. It's true this wouldn't have been possible if Ron and Hermione were not by my side. I, probably, would have died long ago if it weren't for them.
"I'm so proud of you, Harry," Hermione looked absolutely delighted. " I'm so happy this is over." We hugged each other. When I hugged her, I felt extremely happy. She has never left my side. When I'm with her, I get this 'at home' feeling.
"Couldn't have done this without you. Thank you. Thank you, both of you. I mean it."
After that, the others who fought the Battle of Hogwarts came and congratulated me and I congratulated them on their efforts. After rejoicing for a little while, we went back to tending to the injured, making arrangements for the dead and assessing the damage done to the castle. It was not a good job to do just after the war was over but it had to be done. It was decided that all those who died fighting on the light side were going to be buried on the little island on the Black Lake where Dumbledore was buried. As far as Voldemort goes, if it were up to me, I'd leave his body in the Chamber of Secrets so his body would rot there for the rest of eternity. That way, nobody would ever be able to find his body again, so, there would be no chance of an escaped death eater wanting to bring him back from the dead.
Hey, I'm back with a new story and a new pen name! Those of you, who liked Draco Malfoy and The Genie, I hope you'll give this story a chance too. This maybe a smaller story compared to my last story.
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