Ron and Hermione Down Under

By

Charlie Longjon

Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Harry Potter universe.

Chapter 1

The End of the War

It was over. Voldemort was dead. At long last they had finally seen the end of the power crazed wizard. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sitting in the late Albus Dumbledore's office, Harry having just repaired his wand. The Elder wand he had decided would go back into Dumbledore's white tomb, where it belonged.

"Well, c'mon mate," Ron said taking Hermione's hand "Everyone's going to be looking for us." He and Hermione started to head to the door when Harry picked the invisibility cloak up once more.

He smiled and said "Go on, I'm putting the wand back. It won't take long."

Ron shook his head "No, you should go and join the celebrations, go see Ginny. I'll take the wand to the tomb."

Harry looked Ron in the eye, "The wand is useless without the owner being defeated Ron."

Ron looked positively outraged, "Do you really think I do that, try and the steal the elder wand?"

"No, of course not Ron, but, this wand has a tempting to wizards; we just want you to remember who controls it that's all." Hermione quickly said.

"Well, I just don't think Harry should be missing the celebrations of his greatest triumph." Ron replied.

Harry shook his head "Fine, go, but hurry up."

So Harry and Hermione went back to the great hall to join the others while Ron went to the grounds under the invisibility cloak. He reached the white tomb quicker than he hoped he would. He saw the tomb broken and Dumbledore's frail body laying there peacefully. He placed the Elder Wand in the corpse's hands and withdrew his own wand.

He quickly muttered "Reparo" under his breath, and watched the tomb move back together. He smiled looking at the shining white tomb, now Dumbledore could rest in peace.

He was walking back to the castle when a sudden gust of wind blew the cloak off of him. He let out a startled cry and ran after it. The silvery cloak blew fast and far, when Ron finally caught up to it he was in the Forbidden Forest. He quickly picked it up and as he was turning away something caught his eye. He looked down and saw a small black stone with a crack going through it. He stared at it for a moment. After a couple of seconds he scooped up the stone and put it in his pocket. With stone and cloak he headed quickly headed back to the castle.