Ginny stared into her dresser. Hermione had been right, she realised. She had no idea what to wear. Ginny had taken her own advice and packed a bag – a small one with an enlargement charm – full of several outfits, but she still had to get dressed to meet Harry. Ginny thought about what sort of activity Harry might plan. He would want to please her, but he wouldn't want to be bored. Ginny decided on casual, and threw on denim shorts and a white spaghetti strap tank top that tied to make it a keyhole in the front. Perfect.

Ginny ran barefooted downstairs when she heard the doorbell ring. Unfortunately Molly had already ushered Harry in. "Harry!" Molly engulfed Harry in a huge hug. "How are you?"

"Oh, I'm good Mrs. Weasley." replied Harry. He smiled at Ginny over Molly's shoulder.

"Molly, Harry, how many times do I have to tell you?"

Ginny interrupted. "Is this okay for what you have planned?" asked Ginny, gesturing to her outfit.

"Great." replied Harry.

"Be back by ten, Ginny." said Molly "Ten in the evening. Oh, you know what I mean." It was only nine in the morning, so there could have been some confusion, but everyone knew what Molly meant.

"Sure thing Mum." said Ginny. She and Harry said goodbye and walked out of the Burrow.

"I like those sandals Ginny," said Harry "but did you bring sneakers?"

"Yeah." replied Ginny. She dug them out of her bag. "Okay now do I get to know where we're going?"

"You'll see when we get there." Harry took Ginny's arm, as she was not yet seventeen, and apparated away.

They arrived in a forest; sun was streaming through the trees and birds were chirping. "This is pretty. Are we going hiking?" asked Ginny.

Harry nodded. "For a bit. But it's really walking; the paths are all groomed. Is that okay?" Harry looked nervous. He really, really wanted to make Ginny happy.

"Of course." replied Ginny "If we were hiking we couldn't do this." She slipped her hand into Harry's. They started walking through the forest.

"So I was wondering," began Ginny "what were you guys doing all last year? I mean, I know the overall purpose, and I've heard bits, but I guess I'm just curious."

Harry nodded. He wouldn't tell most people, but Ginny wasn't most people, and she deserved an explanation. "After the wedding we eventually went to Grimmauld Place."

"You weren't afraid of Death Eaters getting in there?"

"Well, we knew Mad-Eye had set up some curses, remember?"

"Right."

"Anyway Kreacher knew where Slytherin's locket was. We had to infiltrate the Ministry because Umbridge had it."

"I heard about that."

"Once we had the locket we just traveled around for a while and tried to figure out how to destroy the locket, and where the other Horcruxes might have been. But then Ron left."

"What?" exclaimed Ginny.

"You didn't know that? Well we hadn't made progress in so long and he just couldn't take it anymore."

"I will kill him later."

"Yeah," continued Harry "Hermione felt the same way, but wait until the end of the story until you start making death threats. So Hermione and I went to Godric's Hollow. We met Bathilda Bagshot, but she was really Nagini in disguise."

"That was in the papers, except not the part about Nagini. Seriously?"

"Voldemort knew I would probably go there. I didn't realise because she was speaking Parseltongue, and I can't tell that's what it is unless I'm listening for it."

"But you escaped."

"We went to this forest and I saw this silver doe patronus. It led me to Gryffindor's sword, which was at the bottom of a frozen pond, so I dived in to get it. But I was wearing the Horcrux and it tried to kill me."

"Oh my gosh."

"I know. Luckily Ron showed up, saved me, and destroyed the Horcrux using the sword."

"Hmmm, maybe I won't kill him."

Harry laughed. "Hermione almost took his head off, even though I tried to explain that Ron had saved my life."

Ginny nodded. "So what happened then?"

"We kept seeing this symbol everywhere, and Lovegood was wearing it at the wedding, so we went to see him. He told us it was the Deathly Hallows."

"I've heard the story. And he said they were real, right?"

"Yeah. I figured out that Voldemort was looking for the wand, and I realised the Resurrection Stone was actually the second Horcrux, the ring, which Dumbledore had already destroyed. I also knew my Invisibility Cloak was the Hallow, but I still didn't really know the Hallows' significance. Then we were captured and taken to Malfoy Manor. Bellatrix Lestrange… she tortured Hermione."

"Oh. I didn't know."

"We found Luna, Ollivander, Dean, and Griphook in the cellar. Dobby showed up and helped us escape to Shell Cottage. Dobby… didn't make it. We buried him."

"I'm sorry."

Harry continued with the story. "I realised the Hallows might beat Voldemort, but Hermione wanted to focus on finding the Horcruxes instead of the Hallows. Griphook told us Hufflepuff's cup was in the Lestranges vault so we broke into her vault to retrieve the cup. Then Griphook stole Gryffindor's sword and left us there to be arrested. Hermione was amazingly terrifying. She hopped onto the dragon and we broke out." Harry paused for breath.

"Wow."

"I went into Voldemort's mind on purpose for the first time and found at that the last Horcrux was at Hogwarts. We apparated to Hogsmeade and Aberforth helped us get into the school. Ron and Hermione went to the Chamber of Secrets and destroyed the cup using a basilisk fang. Next we found Ravenclaw's diadem in the Room of Requirement. Crabbe cast a Fiendfyre curse in an attempt to kill us, but he instead destroyed the diadem, the Room of Requirement, and himself."

"Then the battle."

"Right. Voldemort killed Snape because he believed doing so would make him the Elder Wand's true master, since Snape killed Dumbledore. Snape gave me his memories and I used the Pensieve to see them. I discovered that Voldemort accidentally made me into a seventh Horcrux when he attacked me as a baby."

"I did not see that coming."

"So I knew I had to die in order to destroy Voldemort. The memories also confirmed Snape's loyalty to Dumbledore and that his role as a double-agent against Voldemort never wavered after Voldemort killed my mother because Snape loved her."

"He loved her?"

"Snape was mad when he found out I had to die because he had been protecting me all those years. Dumbledore asked if I was growing in him. Snape was mad and he cast his patronus; the silver doe."

"He sent it?"

"Right, but the doe was also my mother's Patronus. Dumbledore asked Snape 'after all this time?' and Snape replied 'always.'"

"That's so sweet."

"I also learned that Dumbledore had less than a year to live when he died, that his death by Snape's hand was per Dumbledore's request, and that Dumbledore knew that I had to die."

"Wow. Again."

"So then I surrendered myself. But I didn't really die. Narcissa Malfoy came to check that I was dead and she told Voldemort that I was. I guess you pretty much know what happened after that." finished Harry.

"I do, but why did she do that?"

"I think she wanted out. The Malfoy's had lost favour with Voldemort. She asked me if Draco was alive and I said he was. That was all she really cared about. I'm pretty sure that they left after that; before the battle was even over."

Ginny hugged Harry. He enjoyed that, but he changed the subject anyway. "I brought something." He pulled out a wizarding camera and snapped a picture."

"I wasn't ready!" yelled Ginny. She took off running and Harry gave chase, snapping pictures all the while. Ginny turned a bend and Harry lost sight of her. He came around the corner and oooff! he was tackled. Ginny grabbed the camera and took a picture of the two of them lying on the ground.

She helped Harry up and they continued walking. At one point Harry climbed a tree, so Ginny took a picture, passed up the camera, and climbed up herself. It made for some nice photos.

By this time it was quite a bit later and the two had walked a long ways. "Ready for lunch?" asked Harry. He held out his arm. Ginny took it and they apparated away once more.