Disclaimer: see all previous chapters
Five
Once outside of the wards around his flat Harry dissaperated again, appearing on the doorstep of the little cottage where all his friends were staying. Technically to be able to apperate somewhere, you needed to have been there before, or at least have a clear image of where you were going. But this was the boy who had defeated Voldemort, all he needed to do was focus on his friends.
Taking a deep breath he raised his fist and knocked twice. The door swung open to reveal his old freckled friend.
Ron blinked a few times before screaming "HARRY!" and pulling him into a hug. Ron's shout caused the few other occupants in the house to come running to the door.
"HARRY!" Both Hermione and Ginny screeched before pulling him into a hug too. They them proceeded to pull him into the house.
"Wait guys! Guys! I came here to tell you something." Harry said sliding himself out of his friends grip.
They all looked at him, smiling. But their smiles fell when they saw the look on is face.
Easiest way is to be blunt I guess.
"The Death Eaters are trying to bring Voldemort back." He held up his hands to stall any on-coming questions and motioned for them to all sit down around the kitchen table.
"I spoke to Lucius, the Death Eaters have a way to bring Voldemort back. However they need me to do it."
Again he held up his hand for silence.
"If I help them, Voldemort comes back. If I don't all the Death Eaters die, including Snape, and I will die too."
The kitchen was silent.
"I will not allow him to come back, so I came here to take you all out for one last meal, and to inform you of what is in my will."
This time he didn't stall the comments.
"You can't die Harry! There has to be another way!"
"There isn't Hermione."
"What about Dumbledore?"
Harry laughed, "Dumbledore hardly helped in the last fight Ron, you know that."
"But … but" Hermione was struggling to find a valid point for him not to die, she failed.
Harry looked at Ginny, "I want this, I was born to fulfil a prophecy, and I have done that. Twice. There is no more meaning to my life. This is what I want."
"You will die because you are linked." Ginny stated. Harry nodded. "Then I will be dieing too." Again Harry nodded. Silent tears began to fall down her face and she pulled her self into a ball, hugging her knee's to her chest tightly.
Hermione and Ron were in shock.
"Is there no other way?" Ginny asked sadly looking up to Harry.
She gazed into his Emerald eyes, they had always fascinated her, so alive and full of happiness, but now they were dull and dead, and when he shock his head, she saw no pity, as she feared, only sadness and a longing. A longing to die and leave this world.
"How long?"
"I don't know, a few days, a year."
Ginny got up slowly, "Hermione can you call Daniel? I want to be alone with my child and my fiancé."
Hermione, still in shock, nodded and got up, moving over to the fire place. Ron watched his sister leave the room and turned his head back to Harry.
"There is nothing we can do is there?"
"No."
Ron nodded, still in shock.
"Owl me when you guys decide on a date for the meal." Harry said as he stood and left the cottage. Once outside he glanced up at the window above him and saw Ginny being held by a tall man, even from the ground he could see that they were both crying.
He looked to the floor again and apparated back home.