A/N: My second fic. You should all be proud. This one will be. better? than the first, I hope. But yeah, we can only hope. Anyway, this one is gonna be great, and I hope you will all enjoy it as much as ::those who reviewed:: did my last. Thanks.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and/or any such related characters and/or plots.

Summary: The war is over. Voldemort's gone- for good. The prophecy was fufilled. Almost everyone Harry knows had been murdered in the process. This is my version of what life is like for Harry at Hogwarts after the War against Voldemort.

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Chapter 1: Default Chapter

Harry sat on the very comfortable couch of Remus Lupin's small living room, sipping silently on tea. Hermione sat to his left, also quietly taking drinks of the herbal tea that Remus had prepared for them.

Suddenly, Remus is lying improperly sideways on the chair that he was suppsoed to be sitting in after he sets down his own tea. Harry can't help but to remember Sirius and how, way back when he was... alive, he always used to sit like that.

Harry rubbed his left eye with his sleeve and leaned to his right, where Hermione wasn't, sitting much like Remus was. Hermione sighed, allowing his feet to lean up against her.

Silence.

Harry got up and stared at the pictures that lined the mantle. The first one was of the four Marauders together, grinning stupidly at the camera. The next was of Remus, James and Sirius- James was giving Sirius a noogie, and Harry saw Sirius's lips form the words- ''NOT THE HAIR, PRONGS!!! NOT THE HAIR!"

Harry chuckled and picked up the frame, turning around to face Remus with the first smile anybody had ever seen on him in the past few days. Hermione grinned, with tears in her eyes, as she got up and wrapped her arms around his neck. She let go, however, and stared at the picture and started to laugh.

Harry walked over to Remus and showed him the picture. He started laughing also, and then he explained with a heavy, heartfelt sigh, "Harry, that's, of course, your dad and Sirius and there's me... well, that's the day we all left Hogwarts- look! There's Lily, walking in..." he pointed to a beautiful young girl who just walked in the picture, wrapping her arm around Harry's father and grinning. Just then, Sirius ran off to look in the mirror around the corner, and Harry saw him pull out a comb to fix his hair.

Remus smiled, staring at the picture with tears welling in his eyes- Harry noticed them himself. He wasn't sure if Hermione did, because when he turned around to look at her, she was grinning with tears streaking her cheeks. Harry himself began to cry.

And I guess you're all wondering why this has been such an emotional time for everybody, why Harry hasn't smiled in days, and why Remus is so sad but happy to reminisce. And I guess you would all like me to tell you, wouldn't you? Alas, I guess I could.

It all started exactly thirteen days ago...