Harry was pulled from his thoughts at the sight of the man walking toward them. Even from the distance, his bright hair was visible. "RON!" he yelled.

And life is a road

Ron turned toward the voice and sighed with relief when he saw the familiar figures. Surely they had found Hermione. He had been searching to no avail. They had been separated when the fighting broke out. He ran toward the voice hoping against hope that Hermione was there.

Harry hugged his best friend tightly, "Thank goodness," he whispered.

And I wanna keep going

Ron pulled back and looked from face to face, "Where's Hermione?" he asked, not seeing her.

"We haven't found her yet, Ron," Luna answered.

Ron's face collapsed, "You haven't?" he whispered. The chances of them finding her were getting slimmer.

Love is a river

"No, nor Ginny," Draco answered, "but nor have we found their wands, so there's still hope. How many wands have you collected?"

Ron held up a handful, "Professor Sprout's, McMillian's, Moody's, and Dean's."

Harry nodded and pointed toward a hill in the distance, "Let's head up there. Maybe there are other survivors."

I wanna keep flowing

The rest nodded, and they set off in that direction. Ron turned to Harry, "Did you defeat him?" he asked. Even though he had been fighting Voldemort for over five years, Ron still couldn't bring himself to say his name.

Harry nodded, "He took a lot of us with him, though. Professor McGonagall didn't make it."

"Anyone seen my mum," Ron asked, dreading finding his mother dead.

Life is a road now and forever

The rest shook their heads and Luna made her way to Ron unsteadily. She held out a wand to him, "Here, Ron, this was Charlie's. I figured you'd like to have it."

Ron looked down at his brother's wand as tears sprang to his eyes, "Thank you, Luna," he said, looking into the woman's eyes, "Thank you."

Wonderful journey

"Anyone seen Dumbledore?" Harry asked.

Draco and Luna both shook their heads, but Ron was staring at a body to their right.

"What is it, Ron?" Harry asked.

Ron was drawn to the red hair, and gasped as he recognized his brother George. He dropped down by the body and quickly felt for a pulse. Not finding one, he broke into silent tears.

I'll be there when the world stops turning

"I'm sorry, Ron," Draco whispered.

"S'ok," Ron answered, "he's back with Fred and Alicia now." A faint smile lit up his face, "almost makes me feel sorry for God." He stood up and pocketed George's wand.

I'll be there when the storm is through

Ron tried not to think that he might be the only member of his family left, but if they didn't find Ginny and Molly soon, he might just be. His thoughts turned to Hermione. His arms ached to hold her, to make her pain go away. If only he could find her.

In the end I wanna be standing

After all their arguments, he and Hermione had finally come to their senses in their sixth year. They had been together ever since. When Voldemort killed Hermione's parents that year, it was Ron who ran to comfort her, and Ron to whom she had clung.

At the beginning with you

As the walked toward the hill, Ron's thoughts took him back six years, to that very day.