The sun was just peaking over the horizon in the town of Little Hangleton. The town was in ruins. The Riddle House was trashed; pieces of wood and glass were all over the ground. Grave Stones from the graveyard were smashed to pieces and nothing was left of the Gaunt House but ashes. Hermione waited is silence. Around her were the bodies of many witches and wizards, most of them dead., Professor Snape just apparated to Saint Mugos to get help. The final battle was over. Lord Voldemort was dead, they succeded.
Hermione looked over those around her. All of the Death Eaters were dead except Draco Malfoy, and Severus Snape who stood with the Order to defeat the others and Narcissa Malfoy who showed up to fight with the Death Eaters was not killed just knocked out cold, early on in the battle. Draco was knocked out cold with a spell his father hit him with for turning his back on them. Ron Weasley was unconscious; he was totured by Lucius right before Lupin killed him. Lupin and Tonks were both fine and were only injured a little. They were both going around checking for those still alive.
Mr. and Mrs Weasley were both dead along with Charlie, Bill, Fleur, Percy and Ginny. Ginny was one who made it through the battle with the death eaters but followed Harry inside the Riddle House when it was time for him to face Voldemort. Harry did not want anyone to follow him into the house, a lot of the people he cared about were already dead he did not want anyone else to die, but Ginny loved him to much to let him go alone. She was killed instantly by Wormtail. Harry then killed Wormtail and proceeded to Voldemort.
No one really knows what went on in there. Harry went into the house and then they heard a lot of noise and spells being cast. After a half of an hour Harry walked out clutching a dead Ginny in his hands. He only said "Wormtail" then said "it was over". Then he sat down with Ginny in his arms. Harry had not let go of the body since then. He just sat there holding her and crying. Others were also dead. Hagrid was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange, Mad-Eye Moody was killed by three masked Death Eaters, the list continued, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, Luna Lovegood, Mundungus, and more, some who Hermione only knew by their face, other she did not know at all. They were all dead.
Hermione did not know what to do to help, so she just sat there. Once or twice she thought about going over to Harry but thought against it he seemed to want to be left alone. Then she thought about going over to Fred and George, who had collected all of their dead family and Ron and put them in the same place but she couldn't. She could not even look at them, because she was the reason their father Arthur Weasley was dead. He got caught in the middle of the killing curse she meant for Bellatrix Lestrange. She felt horrible for doing it; it was a mistake that she would have to live with for the rest of her life. She would also have to live with the fact that Ron saw her do it; she would also feel responsible for Ron's condition because he ran over to his dad and then Lucius saw the clear opportunity to make his move.
Hermione herself was not really that hurt. She had a few cuts from her fight with Narcissa Malfoy. She also had a few bruises for tripping over debris from everything that exploded or caught on fire. Her heart hurt more than the her body, she felt horrible for killing Mr. Weasley, she also felt sorry for Harry. He had to watch Ginny die and then had to fight Voldemort alone. She could not even imagine what must be going through his mind. She was worried most about him. What would he do now that evey thing he lived for and one of the main reason he wanted Voldemort dead was dead herself? Her heart went out the most to Fred and George, their parents were dead, their only sister was dead, their brothers and sister-in-law was also dead and no one really knew if Ron would make it. So Hermione sat there and waited for help, she just wanted that whole night to be over.
