If We Could Survive
A/N: If you've read the Harry Potter Books or watched the movies then you may continue to read this fan fiction. If you haven't I recommend you read/watch them before you continue to read this story otherwise you will be lost. Flamers will be thrown in to a volcano. All mistakes are my own. I own nothing of Harry Potter it all belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter 1
It was now 5 and a half months after the Battle of Hogwarts and everything was starting to get back to normal. Fred had left St. Mungo's three months after the battle. Fred had been in a coma for two and a half months after he had been rescued from the rubble and discovered alive. After two weeks of rehabilitation Fred had returned to the Burrow
There he saw that things were okay although a little somber. Fred decided to change that, although he would need his twin, and other half of his soul, George.
"Hey Forge" Fred got George's attention. "Come here" Fred and George crept up the stairs to their old room.
"What's up Gred?" George asked after casting several privacy spells.
"Well, my dear brother, I have noticed that everyone is quite down. I have decided that we might just need to cheer them up." Replied Fred seriously. George thought about it. He had noticed that Ginny, Harry, and Lupin had been down for some time.
Finally George responded with a smile, "You know what I think that is a genius idea. Now how shall we start?"
On the other side of the Burrow a seventeen year old, black-haired boy with green eyes and a lightning scar on his forehead was at this time sitting on a bench morosely staring out into the garden. This boy was Harry Potter the Boy-Who-Defeated-The-Dark-Lord. Harry was thinking about what had happened in the aftermath or the Battle. Fred, Dobby, Lupin, Tonks and surprisingly Snape had survived, however many others had not leaving many to mourn their deaths. Harry was happy to see that his godson had not lost either of his parents to the war; however they had not left the war unscathed. Lupin had lost the sight in his right eye and Tonks would always have a limp and an ache in her right arm from a dark curse which broke her arm and could never be healed completely. Hogwarts would start in November instead of September because the renovations would not be complete till mid-September.
Suddenly Harry was brought out of his thoughts by a voice saying his name. He looked up and saw it was Hermione. "What are you doing out here?" She asked.
"Oh, just thinking about whether I should go back to Hogwarts or not for the upcoming year." Replied Harry.
Hermione looked at Harry and said "Want to talk about it?" At that moment Ron rounded the corner yelling about lunch being ready.
"I'll talk about it later with you. Okay 'Mione?" Harry asked.
"Okay" she responded with a look that said that there would be no avoiding it. Together the two-headed inside for lunch.
After lunch Hermione and Harry sat down on the same bench as before. Harry was having a hard time formulating his thoughts. Hermione finally started to talk "I know that going back to Hogwarts is going to be hard for you after facing so many difficulties there."
Harry responded by shaking his head. "It's not just because of the difficulties that happened. It's that almost all of my family came close to dying. Remus lost an eye, Fred almost died, you and Ron, too. Tonks will always have that ache. The only one to come out of the war without permanent damage is Ron, you, and me." Harry sighed. "I'm not sure that I could bear to see who we lost from our year or other years."
Hermione sighed, "I understand where you're coming from, but wouldn't it be nice to have other options than just becoming an auror?"
"Yeah I guess, let me think about it." Harry said after sighing.
It was only a week later when Hermione had cornered Harry again, asking repeatedly for his decision on Hogwarts. Harry finally just gave in and said that yes, he was going to Hogwarts if only just to finish up his education and take his N.E. . Hermione appeased, she started talking about what books and teachers would be there. Harry knew that Tonks and Remus would be teaching but he didn't know what they were going to teach so kept the information to his self.
