Chapter one
It was a month after the battle of Hogwarts, all the funerals had been held and families were coming to terms with their loss. The wizarding world was still celebrating the death of Voldemort and most of followers. The new minister for magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt had put together a group of trustworthy people to help clean out the ministry of magic of all supporters of Voldemort. Minerva McGonagall, the headmistress of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry was putting together a list of what had to be fixed at the old school and what had to be replaced. Shop owners were working on what had to be done so they could repair and restock their stores so they could be opened again.
The Weasley family, along with Hermione Granger and Harry Potter were all at the Burrow with stronger enhanced enchantments place around the property. One of the reasons this was done even though Voldemort was dead, some of his supporters still out there might just go after Harry since it was him that killed their lord. The other reason was to keep people away from Harry, everyone wants to see him and thank him. Reporters just wanted to question him, but one thing the minster knew was Harry Potter wanted to rest and he also wanted no one to disturb the Weasley family while they are going through their mourning for Fred.
During his first month at the Burrow, apart from the funerals he needed to attend, Harry hadn't left the safety of the Burrow. Harry needed new clothes so he could look decent for the funerals, so Kingsley Shacklebolt had sent some trustworthy people to take a list of what clothes Harry needed, he also had Madame Malkin take Harry's measurements so he could have some new robes made. Harry also had new robes made for Hermione and Ron since they were going to attend all the funeral's Harry was going to. Harry received a dozen packages containing all his new clothes along with his new robes.
Harry had been concerned how to pay for his new clothes since he didn't want to leave the Burrow to go get money out of his vault, again Kingsley had worked out to have some magic attached to Harry's wand so he could magically transfer the money for anything he wanted to buy. Harry had to drop blood over the end of his wand why Kingsley performed a charm that would magically seal his wand to him so his vault recognised that he had transferred money. If for any reason Harry was disarmed, the wands core would cease to work whether it was for magic reasons or money transfer. So after that, Harry did a lot of ordering by mail using Pig to send his orders to different shops. It was the first time Harry had been able to buy things for himself that wasn't his school stuff and Harry enjoyed it. He also bought gifts for all the Weasley's and Hermione. A gift he did get Mr. and Mrs. Weasley along with Hermione, was a couple of owls, but he also got a new one for himself because he realised he couldn't keep using Ron's owl.
One thing Harry did do that the elder Weasley's did not like, he had money transfer to their vault for his keep. He said if they didn't accept it, he would move into Grimmauld Place and they didn't want him to leave. So they reluctantly agreed because they realised that Harry was now and adult and wanted to take care of himself.
Molly Weasley stepped outside her home with a basket of washing and saw Harry sound asleep on one of the sun beds Harry had bought for the Burrow. She noticed Harry did that a lot, fall asleep during the day and sometimes a couple of times a day. When she mentioned it to Arthur because she had started to get worried that Harry might be unwell. Arthur explained that all of Harry's life had been tense, from the time he lived with the Dursleys, he had them always making him work like a slave, not feeding him a lot and often hit him. So Harry was never able to relax even as a child. Then he finds out who his is, that he is a wizard and that Voldemort wanted to kill him, so again Harry was always stressed and on edge so he could never relax. Now his life has finally settled down, so apart from being physically exhausted, he was also mentally exhausted and that's why he kept sleeping a lot.
On Harry's birthday, Harry told them Weasley's he never wanted anything special, so they just had the family there for dinner, along with a couple of Harry's closest friends. So that's what they did, have a small party for Harry's eighteenth birthday with all the Weasley's and a few close friends.
Two months after the battle, Arthur and Molly had made a decision in regards to Harry, Hermione and Ron and that was because Harry, Ron and Hermione were adults. They had given Harry Fred and George's old room since George went back to his flat, so Ron had his room to himself. He gave Hermione Percy's old room since he also returned to his flat. Charlie was still at the Burrow, so he was in his old room that he shared with Bill as a child. Even though Hermione and Ron had their own separate rooms, they did spend a lot of time together in Ron's room.
Arthur and Molly had been pleased to find out their youngest son was in a relationship with Hermione as they thought of her as another member of the family, just like though they of Harry that way. The ministry were looking into finding Hermione's parents and they had contacted the Australia ministry so they could contact the muggle ministry. But they said it might take a while. Hermione wasn't worried about them as she knew they were safe, but she did miss them terribly.
Things got a little tense during Ginny's birthday in August when she asked Harry if they would be resuming their relationship. But Harry had said no, that all he wanted was time alone and didn't want to get involved in anything serious. Arthur had to restrain his daughter when she went to hex Harry. Ron had wanted Harry to stay behind him but he just stood there and said if Ginny wanted to hex him, she could, but it wasn't going to change his mind. It was the first time in his life when he didn't have to do anything and wasn't expected to do anything so as far as Harry was concerned, that's what he was going to do, nothing, at least for a long time.
The only thing Harry did do was get to know his godson. It was very awkward and tense the first time Andromeda Tonks and Harry sat down to speak. Harry knew she was nothing like her sisters, but she did resemble Bellatrix. Andromeda thought Harry's life was dangerous and wasn't sure he would be best suited as godfather to her grandson. But with a lot of talking and explaining from Molly and Arthur, the two people that would be responsible for the young baby boy finally started to get to know each other and were slowly becoming friends.
Most days at the Burrow was quiet, Arthur Weasley had been given a promotion from the new minister because he wanted trustworthy people running the ministry from now on. So Arthur had become the minister's new advisor and the two men thoroughly enjoyed working together. Charlie had finally decided to stay in England and work with the dragon reserve that only breed smaller dragons. But he thought he'd missed so much time with his family and since they lost Fred, he wasn't going to miss any more time with them. Bill had returned to work at Gringotts but Fleur never returned to work because she found out she was pregnant. Percy had been given a job in the department of magical transport, floo network, and if he proved himself, he might be able to work his way up inside the ministry.
George decided he wanted to open the shop again, but knew it was going to take a lot of money to fix the repairs and of course to get stock, so he needed money to buy all the ingredients to start again.
Ron spent most of his time with Hermione, getting to know each other as a couple and not as friends, but they always spent time in the evenings with Harry. Harry had told his friends that they should spend as much time alone as they could and he liked being alone, whether it was resting, sometimes reading, other times he was in Mr. Weasley's shed, tinkering with the muggle gadgets he had in there. Molly would do what she always did and loved to do, cook for her family and look after her home. But it showed that everyone was finally moving on from the war that had been going on for so long.
