Harry Potter And Life After The Fall Of Voldemort
By: Tammy J. Kaiser
Based On Characters Created by: Ms. J.K. Rowling
Chapter 1: After The Defeat
Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley stood in Professor Mcgonagall's office three days after the demise of Lord Voldemort.
"Now as you three know, you have now missed an entire year of school. The Ministry feels it is necessary for you to make up your final year as it is very crucial to the career you choose to pursue. The Ministry is going to allow the three of you to stay here through the end of the school year but you will have to make up what you missed during the summer and up until the Christmas holidays. Your N.E.W.T. exams will take place the first week in December and you will be allowed to graduate before the start of the holidays. "
"We understand Professor." said a disappointed Hermione. She never in her wildest dreams imagined she would be told she would have to make up almost ten months of school in just a little under nine. Upon seeing the disappointment in her eyes Mcgonagall said,
"Don't worry Miss Granger, I have faith in my "Golden Trio." You will get through this just fine."
Harry hated to think that in a weeks time while his fellow Gryffindors would be donning their scarlet and gold caps and gowns he, Ron and Hermione would be forced to watch from the audience with the various parents. He also couldn't bear to think about the look of satisfaction Malfoy would be wearing that day, but somehow he knew that if they stuck together the three of them along with help from Hagrid, would get through this.
Harry, Ron and Hermione started to receive their summer assignments the day before graduation. Mcgonagall had informed them that owls would arrive at 7:00 A.M. daily to bring them that days assignments. The day of graduation dawned gray and dreary. For a while Harry thought it might rain but there seemed to be a break in the clouds and the sun tried to shine. For the departing 7th year students this would be the final day, but Harry, Ron and Hermione had decided instead to leave on the Hogwarts Express with the underclassman the following day. To further avoid Malfoy they decided against attending graduation and instead spent the better part of the day in the empty Gryffindor common room getting a start on their assignments.
"Well at least there is one good thing that came out of all of this." said Ron.
"What's that?" asked Harry and Hermione together. "When we come back next year Malfoy won't be here."
"Touche." said Harry.
That night Harry was awoken out of a deep sleep by the sound of crying coming from the bed next to him. He gently rubbed his eyes and saw Ron sitting on his bed, his eyes all red and puffy. A picture sat in his lap. The face of his 20 year old brother, Fred smiled out at him.
"What's wrong Ron?" Harry asked. Ron promptly dried his face.
"Oh Harry, I am sorry I woke you." he said. "I was just thinking about Fred. He was smarter than mom ever gave him credit for."
"He was a good friend, a wonderful son and brother and a kind person." Harry said as he sat on the bed and gave his best friend a consoling hug.
"He and George noticed how uptight working at the ministry had made Percy. Not that he wasn't already, but ever since he had started with the ministry he had become withdrawn from the rest of us. That is why they didn't want to work there."
"I believe it. Not only that but I don't think Fred and George were ministry material anyway." said Harry.
"No they weren't." said Ron with a small chuckle. "Harry, thanks for talking with me. I needed that."
"It was no problem." said Harry.
They all awoke the next morning to a thunderstorm raging outside. Harry started to wonder if the train would leave on time. It would be his first entirely Dursley free summer. Now that he was of age he could live on his own in Number 12 Grimmauld Place. As Ron and Harry did some last minute packing the two of them discussed what they were going to do during the summer while they were not playing catch up with their assignments.
"I think I will go to Diagon Alley." said Harry "I think it is time I thought about getting a new owl. I miss Hedwig extremely but how else I am going to get my post."
Talk than turned to what they were planning for the future.
"I think after the Christmas holidays I am going to move into the flat above Fred and George's shop in Hogsmead and help George run it for a while." said Ron. "The only reason I haven't already is that mum and dad have this rule where as long as you are attending school you live at the Burrow."
Harry checked his watch.
"Come on Ron we have to get going. Hermione and Ginny are waiting for us in the common room and Luna will be waiting in the entry hall. We have to hurry if we want to get a carriage and a compartment on the train together."
With the exception of Dennis Creevey, the five of them were the last remaining members of The D.A. left at Hogwarts. By December only Luna, Ginny, and Dennis would remain and in three years time Hogwarts will have completely forgotten about them as the last of them would have left the school forever. Though Harry knew that Ron and Hermione would always be a part of his life he began to wonder what the future held for the rest of the treasured group he had helped create. He also couldn't help but think of a bible passage he vaguely remembered reading as a child from a bible the Dursleys had thrown out and he had retrieved from the trash bin. "To everything there is a season." The D.A.'s season as a group was now over, but
Harry wondered how long all of them would remain friends long after they had gone their separate ways.
