This is my very first FanFic, so excuse me for any bad grammar/spelling, etc. Please write some reviews about it, anything wrong with the setout, things like that.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any awesomeness of Harry, Ron, Hermione (she's not awesome, though), Ginny, or J.K. Rowling!

CHAPTER 1

Harry walked back up to the boys' dormitory. He lay down on his four-poster bed, and thought about what had just happened over the past year. He knew he didn't have much time to think; the teachers would be coming up to talk to him about Voldemort soon enough.

But it seemed like decades since he had lain down in such a comfortable bed like this. The Elder Wand was now buried somewhere around the castle, and Harry was the only person who knew exactly where. Voldemort was now dead.

He heard a female's voice coming up the stairs. At first, he thought it was Hermione's, but the familiar, warm hands wrapped around his waist, and he knew immediately that it was Ginny's. He smiled up at her, and she smiled back.

'How are you?' She asked, laying down next to him.

'Exhausted. I haven't seen you for a year,' he replied, kissing her on the forehead. He wrapped his arms around her. 'I thought girls weren't supposed to come up here.'

'Well, the castle's destroyed, and the teachers are all cleaning up, and…' Her voice trailed off. Harry knew she was thinking about Fred. Tears welled up in her eyes, on the verge of falling out.

Harry stroked her hair. 'Don't worry, it's going to be fine.' But as he said this, tears rolled down his face, thinking about Snape, Fred, Lupin, Tonks, and all the other people who were lying down in the Great Hall, or else buried deep underground. It had been a long day, and it still wasn't over.

Harry thought about getting up and helping everyone move the bodies, but he didn't want to leave Ginny. He wanted to stay with her forever, breathing in her sweet scent, comfort her. But he knew that couldn't happen. People would come running up, looking for him, asking how it felt over the past year.

Ron and Hermione's voices drifted up the stairs, neither happy nor sad. They walked in and sat on Ron's bed. They spotted Harry and Ginny, and they smiled. They, too, lay down on Ron's bed, hugging each other.

'Come on,' Harry whispered to Ginny. 'I should go down now. I need to help out.' He paused. 'Want to come with me?' Ginny nodded, and got up. They walked out of the dormitory and out of the common room. Hermione's and Ron's laughing was left behind as they walked down the stairs to the Great Hall.

They held hands, and Ginny's head slowly rested on Harry's shoulder. When they got all the way down, they looked around. There were probably only two more bodies left, and Hagrid was taking a third outside.

Harry spotted McGonagall and walked towards her. Ginny lifted her head off his shoulder and listened to what Harry was going to say.

'Miss, have you gotten everyone's bodies?'

'Yes, I'm quite sure I have, Mr. Potter. Do you think I've missed out on anyone?'

'Have you gotten Snape's body yet? He's in the Shrieking Shack.'

'Snape's body? I wasn't aware that he died. And, anyway, why would we want him buried in Hogwarts ground?'

'I looked at Snape's memories, and it showed that Snape never killed Dumbledore. I mean, he did, but it was on Dumbledore's orders. Dumbledore knew he was going to die, and so he asked Snape to kill him.'

'Well then,' McGonagall replied. She called for Hagrid and told him about Snape. Harry led Hagrid to the Shrieking Shack.

Hagrid picked up Snape's body and carried it back to the castle. Ginny was still holding Harry's hand. She closed her eyes for a split second and tripped over a rock. Harry helped her up, but her knees were badly grazed.

'Hagrid, you go on. I'll take care of Gin.' Hagrid nodded and continued walking back to the castle. Harry kneeled down and asked if she was alright.

'I'm fine, but it hurts. It'll get healed easily.' Ginny replied.

'Alright. You want me to carry you to Hermione? She probably knows how to heal grazes.'

Ginny laughed. 'No, I just want to stay out here. With you.' Harry's heart leaped as her heard her say that. He lay down next to her, thinking about her. She was so beautiful, whatever she did.

Ginny looked at him. 'What are you thinking about?'

'Um… You,' he said, putting his hand on her warm, soft cheek. 'Come on, we should go back now.'

'I don't want to go. Anyway, do you know what's happening tomorrow?'

'Yeah, Kingsley's doing a speech about all the people that died and the whole Battle of Hogwarts and all. I'm thinking of doing a short speech, too. Especially about Snape. Everyone thought differently about him. But he was on Dumbledore's side the whole time.'

'So Dumbledore actually wanted Snape to kill him. The Elder Wand won't work for anyone anymore. The power died with Dumbledore.'

Harry heard a deep, familiar voice behind him. 'Harry, nice to see you again.' He turned around and smiled.

That's the first chapter. I'll try to send some more in every day until the 19 years (that'd take longer than I'd expected!) is finished, though I might have some schoolwork to do.

THANKS to 'leesh1012' for fixing up any mistakes. Although she's random, her books are pretty good - A Cold Heart Unthawed is one of them.

One more thing - I run on reviews, so tell me what you think about the chapters.