I do not own any of the original characters they all belong to J. . As well Remus and Tonks are still alive, I have yet to decide if Sirius is as well but I will leave that for another time.

Remus leaned against the banister at the bottom of the Grand Staircase. Not even his monthly transformations drained him as much as this fight. He allowed more of his weight to lean against the banister as he sighed in exhaustion. Against his instincts Remus found his eyes closing as he began to think. His mind wandered back in time as he surveyed the destruction and dismay in front of him. The castle was devastated and in ruins. Ever since the wedding the war became harsher and seemed to be a losing battle. Each passing day seemed to bring more news of death and missing allies. The three most important allies had been missing ever since they left Grimmauld Place. Each day caused Remus to worry more and more. He knew how Harry was when it came to protecting his friends and it was only a matter of time before he intercepted a curse for Ron or Hermione. Luckily it did not come to that. The Battle of Hogwarts was chaotic, spells were fired in every direction and it was hard to tell if a friend or foe was hit. The worst part was, in Remus's mind, tied between the intermission when they discovered the bodies of their loved ones, and when Hagrid carried Harry's body to the castle. Remus cringed at the thought and hastily suppressed it. Only when he did suppress did another memory return. He just ducked a killing curse and was about to strike back when he heard a voice that sent chills and hope at the same time.

"Moony behind you!" was all it said giving him enough time to drop to the floor as another killing curse sailed over him. Remus had not heard that voice for almost seventeen years and still could not believe he actually heard James. The first time he heard that voice it was protecting him from Snivellus, that slimy git. Sirius and James were always there for Remus even after they learned of his problem. They were his first friends who were not scared of him being a werewolf and actually risked their lives to become illegal animagi to help during the full moon. A tear slowly fell down his cheek before he brushed it away. 'If only we never became friends with Wormtail. It makes perfect sense that his form was a rat after what he did to Lily and James.' He clutched his hands tightly and sighed once more.

Remus was jostled out of his thoughts as he heard a shout and reflexively drew his wand a turned towards the staircase. "HARRY, FUCKING, JAMES POTTER!" was all he heard before even he backed away in fright, not even the Imperius curse would force him to get in the middle of what was occurring.

Harry rose slowly from the Shrieking Shack. His wand gently levitated the body as he cast a concealing spell so no one could see who it was; it was not quite time to release this information. Tears continued to stream down his face as he made the slow path back up to Hogwarts. Harry looked at what had at once seemed like a dream and then a home to him. Multiple pieces of the castle had collapsed and many chunks of rubble now littered the ground. Voldemort was now dead and all of his Horcruxes as well, but something still seemed to be bothering Harry. He shook the thoughts out of his head as he carried on with his task. He finally made it to the entrance hall and stopped as he saw all the damage. Bodies were against the walls with loved ones surrounding them. Harry's eyes wandered to the Great Hall and saw a sea of red surrounding a body. His body visibly tensed as he remembered that Fred had died in this fight. His eyes lingered on the smallest red head, Ginny, when suddenly he felt a pain and emptiness erupt in his chest. It spread through his body as he struggled to turn away and continue up the Grand Staircase. Before he was completely out of view Ginny saw him and began to silently follow.

Harry followed the corridors as if in a trance before he reached the stone gargoyle again. Instead of asking for the password the gargoyle simply allowed his admission and Harry passed through. He removed the spell while laying the body on the Headmaster's desk all while never taking his gaze off of the late Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. After the body was resting on the desk Harry gently cleared his throat to gain the attention of his late mentor. Albus awoke with a shock at who was before him.

"Ah, Harry I was beginning to wonder when you would come back to see me. Though if I may say I thought that you would have a happier demeanor next time I saw you," Albus stated while gazing into Harry's eyes. Even through a portrait his eyes seemed to penetrate through Harry. The portrait turned to the desk as his eyes saddened, "It seems Severus did not survive the battle. He was indeed the second bravest man that I have met; the first of course is standing before me." Harry shuffled uncomfortably before drawing a chair to sit in. 'This is going to not make him proud,' Harry thought as he cast his gaze down to the ground.

"Sir I would not consider myself brave at the moment all I want to do now is run away from this, all of this. So many people died, many of them by my hands, and there is no way in bringing them back," Harry sighed as he put his face into his hands. The feeling from when he saw Ginny before reappeared and Harry shook visibly from fighting the urge to get up and find her.

Dumbledore's eyes pierced Harry's again as he opened his mouth to speak, "Alas, Harry there is one thing that I have still failed to tell you. It is something that Fawkes has been aware of ever since your second year at least. His assumptions were confirmed last year though and unfortunately he has made me unable to tell you. Even in my death his phoenix magic has bound my tongue on the subject. I do believe he will arrive back at Hogwarts in a moment or so now that Voldemort is no longer with us."

Fawkes appeared in a burst of flame and gave out a jubilant cry as he landed on his perch. Instead of looking at Harry or the portrait Fawkes focused on a corner of the room as he tilted his head in thought. With another cry Fawkes swooped into the corner while grabbing an invisibility cloak causing both Harry and Dumbledore to look surprised. An awestruck Ginny was standing in the corner looking furious.

"Ah, Miss Weasley, I was wondering why Harry had not come here with you like I requested. That also answers my question about the Hallows. But onto other business I am afraid. I do not know how long my bond with Fawkes will remain to this portrait so we must act fast. Harry since Tom died have you felt different, especially around, certain people?" Harry looked up awestruck at how perceptive Dumbledore still was and simply nodded before carefully glancing at Ginny, the feeling rose much more as he fought the shaking. Dumbledore nodded to Fawkes before he disappeared in a flame. "Though I am no longer your Headmaster I request that you both please come back here tomorrow there is much to discuss."

Harry nodded before running out of the office and leaning against a wall. The tremors began to fade and he caught his breath and continued to the top of the Grand Staircase. Just as he was about to take a step he ducked and saw an all too familiar spell fly past him followed by the one voice that would always throw him off guard. He cringed as it shouted, "HARRY, FUCKING, JAMES POTTER!"

Ginny saw Harry in the Entrance Hall as he quickly slipped away. She went over to where he last was and noticed his invisibility cloak. After donning the cloak over herself she carefully followed Harry into the Headmaster's Office. She was amazed at all the instruments that lay in cabinets behind the desk and silently shuffled over to the closest one. She looked into the basin on it and saw what looked like a silvery glow and images inside. A second later and Ginny was witnessing what appeared to be Snape's memories. She jumped in surprise as she thought she saw a younger image of herself but listened and learned that the girl's name was Lily. Something about that name seemed familiar to her but the memory began to change so Ginny pushed the thought to the side. The girl was being comforted by what looked like a young Snape after what could only be her sister called her a freak. His words were quiet and Lily quickly calmed down.

Again the memory changed only this Snape was considerably older. What was even more surprising was that Dumbledore was holding his and at Snape's heart. Ginny listened as Snape begged to protect whoever the prophecy was about and Ginny suddenly gasped at what she was listening to. Snape was the Death Eater who told Voldemort about the prophecy. This time Snape was walking up stairs and went into what looked like a nursery. There on the floor was what looked like an older version of her. She stood questioningly until she heard Snape's cry of despair as he grabbed hold of the woman and sobbed. Behind them stood a baby who was crying, just on the baby's forehead was a lightning shaped scar. Ginny gasped as she pulled out of the memory and stood in the corner of the room. 'The woman Snape was cradling was Harry's mother,' Ginny thought as she shook her head. After a minute she readjusted and heard a voice, but not just any voice it was Harry's voice, her Harry.

"Sir I would not consider myself brave at the moment all I want to do now is run away from this, all of this. So many people died, many of them by my hands, and there is no way in bringing them back," Harry stated as he looked into his hands. Ginny wanted more than anything to pull his hands away and tell him it was not his fault but by doing so she would expose herself. She began to notice a feeling as if she was being gently tugged in Harry's direction. After some time there was a blinding light as Fawkes entered. Ginny seemed confused as to why she was the center of Fawkes' attention and had no time to react when he pulled the cloak off of her. Ginny was furious at being caught and her face almost matched the color of her hair.

But the color faded when she was noticed by Dumbledore. He requested Harry to bring her? Why had he not done it? What seemed like a matter seconds later Harry ran out of the room leaving an awestruck Ginny while Dumbledore simply chuckled. "Miss Weasley it will seem that your Harry has been avoiding everyone, even you. I warned him that he shouldn't but it seems like he needs someone to see reason. I trust that you can do that, you have always been the one who could make him see reason."

Ginny pulled out her wand as she raced out of the office. She was going to find Harry and give him a piece of her mind, or at least of her Bat-Bogey Hex. As she found him at the top of the staircase she muttered under her breath just two words, "VESPERTILIO MUCOS."

A/N- So I have not written a fan fiction in a long time and I have not finished one ever but I am confident on this one. The two key reasons is the fact that it is Harry and Ginny which will motivate me and the fact that I have a few pages of plot written in a notebook. The one thing that I can't decide on is a name so I'm sorry if the name is uninteresting. I am also aiming to have much longer chapters and just could not seem to find a good area to stop this chapter so I stopped it here. Please R/R it is much appreciated :D