Harry, Hermione, and Ron walked down to breakfast the next morning. Mrs. Weasleylooked up from the pan of bacon she was cooking and gave them all a small smile.
"Did you all sleep well?" she asked, looking Hermione directly in the eyes.
Hermione lifted her chin up and smiled. "Yes, we all did. Harry had a littletrouble at first, but Ron and I were there for him just like we always have been,"
"So what are you plans for today?" Mr. Weasley asked hoping to break the tensionbetween Hermione and his wife. He had already heard from Molly that morning howinappropriate it was for Hermione to sleep in the bed with Harry. He did NOTwant to hear it again.
"I don't know," Harry said looking at Hermione.
"I think we will just stay around here today, possibly stay one more night, then go to Hogwarts," Hermione said looking out the window to see Hedwig flying towards the window. Hermione hopped up from the chair and opened the window for the snowy owl. Hedwig stuck out her leg to Hermione to take the letter.
"Who's it from?" Harry asked as Hedwig flew over to him and landed on his shoulder.
"Dumbledore, I wrote him before I went to bed,"
"What does he have to say?" Ron asked, "And why did you write him?"
Harry began to explain the events before arriving here to the Weasley's as Hermione read the letter several times.
"This can't be. He has to be wrong,"
"What is it?" Harry asked leaning over to read part of the letter.
"He says the Cho was killed in the final battle,"
"He must be wrong; we saw her," Harry said putting his arm around Hermione's shoulder.
"Harry, I know you've been gone a long time, but one thing hasn't changed. Dumbledore isn't wrong," Ron said piling pancakes on his plate. "The man is all knowing,"
"Ron, Hermione knows it was her, she talked to her. I saw her too. I don't remember her fully, but she was really familiar. It was Cho,"
"He wants to see us when we get to school," Hermione said staring at the letter.
"I'll owl him back and tell him we will be there tomorrow," Harry said getting up from the table and walking up the rickety stairs to Ron's room. He found a spare quill and some parchment and sat down to write Dumbledore.
After several failed attempts at the letter Harry finally finished. He sealed the letter and tied it to Hedwig's leg. "Take this to Dumbledore girl," he said stroking the snowy owls head. Harry opened the window and watched as the owl took off towards her destination.
Harry glanced around the area around the Burrow from the window. He stopped Hermione and Ron sitting close to each other in the garden. He watched the two interact for a long time. Watching them laugh and talk with each other. At one point Hermione turned and hugged Ron. At the sight of the hug, Harry was instantly hit with a memory from school. 'A blond girl reading a book upside down.' He continued to watch the two as the blond girl continued to run through his mind. He couldn't figure out who she was. He rubbed his hands over his face in frustration as memories of the girl kept coming. He could see her in outrageous outfits and hats, and always reading. Harry assumed she was friends with Hermione right away, until he saw Ron and the girl kiss. His memory flashed to Ron standing in the entrance of a cave telling him and Hermione what had happen to the girl. The girl was Luna, the girl as Ron's girlfriend, and the girl was now dead.
Harry pushed away from the window and walked down the stairs and out to the garden to find Hermione and Ron. It was time for Ron and him to talk. It was time Ron knew what had happen to him; it was time for them to be back to what they used to be. After remembering about Luna he realized how much Ron had lost after the war.
"I sent Hedwig to Dumbledore with a letter," Harry said walking up to the two.
"I told him we would be there by dinner time," he said looking at Hermione, hoping she would know that he wanted to talk to Ron.
Hermione smiled and nodded her head at Harry. "I think I am going to see what Ginny is up to. We haven't had much time to talk lately," she said as she stood up from the bench. She walked over to Harry and gave him a firm kiss on the lips. "You two boys play nice," she called back to them as she made her way toThe Burrow.
Harry sat down on the bench next to Ron. They both stayed quiet for a long time before Ron spoke. "You two always could do that," Ron said looking up at Harry;
Harry gave him a confused look. "Tell what the other was thinking just by a look. Even before we had the pendants you two could do that," Ron said with a smile.
Harry smiled back at him, he was unsure of what to say.
"Is this just me or is this really uncomfortable?" Ron asked.
Harry breathed a sigh of relief. "It's not just you,"
"Was there a reason why you wanted Hermione to leave?"
"I need to tell you some things," Harry said and began to tell Ron about where he had been the past year and a half.
Ron sat in disbelief as he heard what Harry has to say. His anger grew once
Harry had rolled up his sleeves and showed him some of the scars.
"Those bloody bastards! Who did this?" Ron yelled.
"I'm not sure, but I have a hunch. I want to talk about it tomorrow with Dumbledore before I say anything,"
"Your dream last night, this is what it was about right?"
Harry ran his hands through his hair. "I think so, but I'm not sure,"
"You and Hermione used to have horrid dreams back in school, and because of hese pendants I had yours too," Ron said. "I never heard you scream as loud as you did last night,"
"Do you regret having the pendents?"
Ron stayed quiet for a long time, choosing his words carefully. "I do and I don't. If we didn't have them who knows if we could of defeated Voldemort, but because of them I lost someone very important to me,"
"Luna," Harry said quietly. "After I finished writing to Dumbledore I was looking out the window at you and Hermione and Luna kept coming in my mind, I didn't know who she was at first, but it all came back to me. I'm sorry Ron,"
"Thanks," Ron said standing up from the bench. "I miss her all the time, but I know that she is up there with my brothers, your parents, Sirius, and Hermione's dad. We will see each other again; this just wasn't our time to be together,"
"You really think they are up there together?" Harry asked looking up at the cloudy sky.
"I know they love you, just like you do too. You just can't remember, but you will," Ron smiled down at Harry. "They are all watching over us,"
"I'm sorry I was gone so long,"
"It wasn't your fault Harry. You were taken away from us, just like Hermione said. I guess she really does know everything,"
"I'm glad you had each other while I was gone. It eases my mind to know that you had each other,"
"It was hard for both of us at first. Hermione was in denial about it. She didn't talk for a long time. I still hated myself about what happened to Luna, and my brothers," He said as he kicked a few pebbles. "Hermione was a complete mess for a long time; we didn't know what to do for her. She used to sit up at night and just stare out of the window looking for you. She stopped going to classes, she wouldn't eat for days. Then one day she just snapped out of it. She went back to herself, well as much as she could with out you. She would still break down some nights, a lot of the time she would come into my room and we would just sit with each other, we didn't really talk about anything, just sit with each other,"
"I didn't know," Harry said "We've never talked about what happen while I was gone,"
"It wasn't your fault for being gone Harry, don't blame your self,"
"I never though of how my being gone effected everyone. I didn't think I mattered that much,"
"You always though so little of yourself," Ron said with a smile. "You matter a lot to me Harry; you're my best mate, my brother. But to Hermione you are everything,"
"I've got a lot of time I have to make up for,"
Ron smiled grew wide. "You do. I think its time you started making up for it,"
"What?"
"I still have your firebolt, I think its time you went flying again," Ron said pulling harry up from the bench.
Harry's face lit up like a Christmas tree as he followed Ron to the pitch. Ron pulled Harry's broom out of the quidditch equipment room and handed it to him. Harry gently help it in his hands as if it was a new born baby. He ran his hands over the handle and smiled up at Ron, before he mounted the broom and took off to the sky.
After an hour of zooming around the sky above the Burrow Harry looked down andstopped Hermione sitting on the ground under a large tree reading. He smiled and zipped down to her.
"You want to come for a ride with me?" He asked holding a hand out to her.
"No way, I hate to fly,"
"Yes, but as I recall you would fly with me," He said smiling at her.
"I'm busy Harry. I want to finish this book,"
"You can finish it later," he said pulling the book from her hands and grabbing her hand and pulling her close to his body. "Please Mione," he said and placed a kiss on her mouth.
Hermione leaded in to his body. "You play very dirty Potter," she said with a smile. "You know full well that I can't say no to you,"
"That's the joy of being me," He said helping her on the broom. "Hold on tight," He said to her and he kicked off from the ground and shot up into the sky.
Hermione screamed and help on tightly to Harry. She soon calmed down and leaned her head on his back. She had to admit that flying with Harry was not so bad.
I am very sorry this took so long! But i hope this is is a good Christmas present for you all! I don't know when then next one will be out. I am still writting it, but soon. Thank you all for the reviews! I love them so much!