A/N Another Chapter!

            Hermione  woke early to the smell of pancakes. Pancakes? Wait that couldn't be right. Then she remembered. Harry was back! She rushed out of the room and put on her bathrobe.

            'Good morning!' Harry jumped and turned around as fast as possible,

            'Oh Hermione it's you.'

            'Of course.'

            'I well it's hard to get used to well' He didn't seem able to get the words out.

            'That's okay sweetheart.' She walked over and kissed him he recoiled a bit and she looked startled.

            'Sorry .'

            'That's okay Harry' He'd get through it in time.

            The kids burst into the kitchen soon enough.

            'Hi Dad!' Benjy said beaming.

            'Hello Ben.' His ad smiled at him and picked him up.

            'Oomph you're heavy. How are you doing?'

            'Fine. I play football now but Mum won't let me fly,'

            'I should think not' Hermione exclaimed. Harry grinned.

            'We'll have to do something about that now won't we?' Hermione remembered that grin. The grin he flashed whenever he had done something like played a prank on Snape. But the sparks in his eyes were missing.

            Though Hermione was glad to see him smile at all she was saddened to see the pain. As Harry cooked she helped Benjy attach his braces. He was quite good at it now.

            Then she helped Jayme button his shirt right. As in right side up.

            She hustled the twins into the kitchen only to see Benjy flying around on a toy broom.

              'Oh Harry' she said in a sing-song voice.

            'What?' he said innocently. '' he said innocently. 'You were the one who taught me to do summoning charms.' Hermione laughed.

            'I surrender' she grinned. After the kids had eaten and they had packed all their belongings in a few trunks that Harry shrunk Hermione dug out a back of Floo powder she had hidden away for just this occasion

As she tossed it into the fire she whispered,

            'here we go. Ready Harry?'

            'No Hermi I'm not. But I have to do it sometime' They then took the journey and landed into Prof. Dumbledore's office. The toppled out of the fire on top of each other and Hermione felt someone help her up. She saw to her delight it was Lily.

            'Hi Hermione. Good to see you.' Hermione hugged her and only then did she see who else was in the room. Ron, Ginny, Draco (who was scowling), Fred, George, Ms. Weasly, Mr. Weasly, Sirius, Lupin, James, and Hagrid.. Harry stood behind her shyly his hand in Benjy's. Suddenly a burst of excitement spread through the room and an all out hug feast ensued but really the only people who Harry did not go ridged when they hugged him were his parents.

            'I'm sure we all want to welcome Harry.' Prof. Dumbledore said,

'But we have a more pressing matter to attend to, Harry you will have to go on trail. I assume you know this?'

            'Yes Headmaster.'            Dumbledore smiled, 'Harry I am not longer your Headmaster.'

            'Yes Headmaster.' Dumbledore sighed.

'Yes Minister Weasly I assume you will escort him to the Ministry? Seeing the effect Dementors have on you Harry you will be held  in the ministry until your trail. Give the names then.'

            'Yes sir.'

            'Now if you'll excuse me I'll be headed to my Sherbet Lemon Addicts Anonymous meeting' Dumbledore said.

            'I'm not sure I wanted to hear that.' Ron muttered. Everyone else murmured agreement.

            'So Hermione how are you?' Lily asked as she hugged her once more.     

            'Happy. The muggle world was tough at first. I had to keep my life a secret. But after awhile I got used to it. When I forgot anything one look at  my bracelet quickly reversed that.

Yesterday when Harry arrived I wasn't happier. He is much the same but he is more cautious. Touch doesn't agree with him much. He has horrid nightmares but he's our Harry What's going on here?' James spoke up.

'Destruction. But we are re-building. The hardest part was people shunning us because Harry was well what he was. Most are now convinced but they took some work… Others…'

'Many we knew turned to the dark.' Ron murmured. 'Pansy Parkinson for one. Millicent Bulstrode.'

'Good riddance.' Hermione said. 'She was horrid.'

'Yes. But the most shocking. Well it was…' Ron couldn't finish and Ginny finished for him.

'Colin. Colin Creevy.' Hermione was stunned. The mousy haired boy who had worshipped Harry?

'We think it was because Arry did it.' Hagrid added.

'Dennis?' Hermione asked.

'Quidditch played. Odd isn't it?' Ron said.

'And the deaths?' Hermione whispered.

'Endless.' James said.

'Mad-Eye' Remus said and Hermione felt a pang at his name he was okay.

'Terry Boot that Ravenclaw in our year' Ron added 'Stuart Ackerly. He was okay. A bit reserved but his family was killed at Voldemort's hands.'

'Ron. You said it.' Ron flushed.

'Yeah well I was an Aurour. No one liked me much. As I had a chance to kill Harry.'

'Yes well' Sirius grew serious (A/N had to do it!). 'Hermione Lavender Brown and Pavarti Patil were killed.' Hermione felt tears come to her face. You don't share a room for seven years without having a small bond.

'But the worst was well. You aren't going to like this. Neither is Harry. Cho Chang was an Aurour.'

'Oh!' Hermione exclaimed and she sat down In a chair and cried for a minute. First her boyfriend the Cho herself. She noticed the kids were over in a corner with Emily and Brad.  She collected herself when Lily told her they would live in Hogwarts. And showed her to a room.

A/H phew. That was fun. Caffeine good! J/K  R&R is you know what's good for you! Or you want another chapter!