"Come on then. Let's go home."

"It's not a home without Fred." George said hoarsely.

"Why don't you all come to my house for a while? It's really big and we can do what we need to accommodate." I asked hopeful. I didn't want George to go back yet, he might not go anywhere. "Really my Uncle and Aunt wouldn't mind." Claudia walked over and said that they were welcome to come. The Weasley family consented and we were on our way.

"I will go send an owl to Mama and Papa." Claudia said and started walking.

"No. We'll go up to the owlery and send one." George said and stood up. Since I still had a hold of his hand, I stood up too and assumed that the "we" was he and I.

"I am sorry about this, but will we be able to take a bath and eat?" Harry said as he came alongside me and George.

"Of course. We'll make sure those are the first things done." I said and then wondered, 'How long have they gone without those?' Harry nodded and then fell back to Ron and Hermione. Neville and Luna went home with their families and said that they would stop by soon.

We made our way up the staircase and I wondered aloud, "Are there even going to be any owls up there anymore?"

"Don't know. If not, well, your Aunt and Uncle will get a surprise." George said flatly.

I couldn't understand the pain that George was going through. 'I can't even imagine.' I just let the silent tears fall and noticed that he just had a hard look on his face. 'Has he even cried once? He needs to cry. He needs to get it out. How do I get him to do that?' I just felt even more weight come onto my shoulders.

"Ah." I looked up as I heard George say it. There was one owl in here. I went over to it and put out my free hand. It tried to run away because it was still frightened, but it couldn't get away. I noticed how its wing was broken.

"Poor guy. Come here." I said and cooed. It came over and I scooped it up. "I'm going to take him home and heal him."

"Melody, I don't know what to do. I can't continue the shop… without him."

I remembered what Fred told me, and I wanted to say it, but it was hard. "It was our thing y'know? We proved everyone wrong about us. And now…"

"Tell George to continue the shop." I whispered.

"Huh?" George said and looked at me.

"That was what he told me. I also have a message to give to the rest of your family."

"How?"

"My curse… morphed. When I did that spell on myself, I morphed my curse instead of getting rid of it. It made it so that the departed could give me their last wishes. That was one of Fred's."

He looked at me totally hurt and bewildered at the same time.

"I was also told to tell you that you must keep on living your life to the fullest. Strong and to keep the shop…" I couldn't speak anymore. I just cried. George just stood there looking like he was fighting something awful.

"George, what do you need to do to let out your sorrow? What ever you need to do, do it! It won't matter to me and no one else is around! If you need to cry, cry! If you need to scream do it with all you have! Just do what you need to do!"

I looked at him and he still had that look and then he turned to the wall and let out a large wail/cry and leaned his head and arm against the wall. I saw his shoulders shaking and I knew he was crying. I wanted to hold him but I had no idea what he wanted me to do. I took a step towards him and he turned around and held me. I just hugged him and let him cry. We sat down and just held onto each other.

I don't know how long we sat there. But once it became a little dark again, we knew we needed to leave. "Your family needs you and I know you need them, so let's go."

"Right now I think that we can apparate there if you wish." George said as he looked out from the huge hole.

"That's fine with me. Come on." I said and took his hand in one hand and the owl in the other and we arrived in my living room with everyone looking at us.