'You said as she puts it?' Hermione repeated, Ron gave here a look which meant cut it short but Hermione knew that Harry would not snap at her. Ron kept make faces and hand gestures which was his attempt to quiet her but they all did not work, Hermione had asked Harry what had happened during their talks and Harry resultantly explained without hesitance.

Hermione gave a reassuring smile, 'Well, as you should realized, Harry, is that she hasn't given up on you…. It is only that she thinks that you both should a have some time alone because in her opinion you both can't be together for one thing… it is that Voldemort will get her and she might be slightly frightened at the thought but to me it seems that if she actually loved you, Harry, and you somehow…. Possibly… got murdered by Voldemort, she'd never face the fact that you're gone… when you are… I mean, she'd be really, really sad, wouldn't she?'

Harry sadly nodded and looked at Ron and gave look like I-Don't-Know-Play-Along-With-It. So Harry did, he gulped and tried to act casually although depression hung hard in his throat as did pain of loss, he looked at Hermione, he heart leapt, he felt that he could hug her for days. She was a great friend to help him through times, he felt a longing when he looked at her hazelnut eyes, a voice boomed it his head that he needed a girl to hold, hug and give away all his love but he had to face the fact that there was no way to get a girl when nearly all the girls knew he was with Ginny, now he isn't and now they'll be running after him again.

It was Saturday morning at Burrow, everyone scuttled about to try get a quick leave to Diagon's Alley, they went by Floo Powder, Harry and Hermione and Ginny ended up in Olivander's Wand Shop which was empty at the back on the store but there was new thing going on, it was noisy again, the three got into the front room where second and first years piled up to get a wand, a woman who was quite chubby and large in the bosom, was handing wands about the place. Her cheeks were rosy and darkened every time a student came up to her; she had wavy reddish blond hair which was held back into a leaking bun. She wore a blue skirt and light colored blouse, she looked extremely happy to be pulled around the room by impatient parents. About the room, things exploded and Harry and Hermione had to duck to stay clear of a blasting flower pot with harmless but thorn covered roses that flew about the place, one hit Ginny in the cheeks and she quickly put a hand on it but the shop was called Olivander's anymore, it was called Ghelphodine's Cheap Wands and sign out side posted:

We all miss our favorite Olivander but we must look to the future now, Dumbledore maybe gone but hope is still with us. Let Ghelphodine's wands help our children live safely and learnt the Magical Arts.

Hermione had streams down her face as she read and Ginny looked terribly sickened while Harry walked quickly away as the girls chased after him, he didn't look back until he bumped into someone. Harry felt himself fall to the ground and a knocked of air leave his lungs as he looked up, it was Malfoy, his arch enemy, he grimaced in his place. Malfoy was grinning, 'Potter, what a pleasant surprise to walk right into, isn't it?' Malfoy asked menacingly, Harry glared at him,

'Yeah, wonderful, I am sorry; Malfoy but I have no time for murders and death eaters right now. I need to do some Voldemort-killing right now.' Harry countered, it wasn't good but at least he got Malfoy swearing, outraged and walking away. Hermione came over as Malfoy pushed her aside and grinned at her then said "Mudblood." Hermione shot him a look and marched over towards Harry and leaned next to him, 'You okay, Harry?'

Harry looked at her rather pretty face and replied, 'Yeah, yeah, real good.' He lied and forced his paining body up to the ground, he bit his lip and looked at Ginny who had a face as if she was fighting to go hug him or to stay right there. Harry smiled at her and she gave him a forced smile, Hermione looked at the both of them and looked hopeful then Harry looked over when he heard, 'Harry, Hermione, Ginny!'

It was Mrs. Weasley bustling over with her purse and Bill, Charlie, Ron, Percy, Fleur, Belle and Gabrielle, who changed her name to Gabby to sound more English, following her.

Mrs. Weasley hugged each of them as Ginny joined Belle, and Harry and Hermione joined Ron.

'I met Malfoy…' Harry told his best friend, Ron.

'What's he doing here, though, I thought he was busy…. Busy… you know, hiding…!' Ron stuttered with fright.

Hermione looked at both of them, 'You both get a sort of sad sometimes, and I mean, listen…. Malfoy was just about to kill Dumbledore and the Ministry had not witnessed the death of... Dumbledore... No one has,'

Harry cleared his throat making a ticked of ahem, ahem which was very Umbridge-like, Hermione added, 'except Harry but everyone knows you and Malfoy aren't friendly also with you and Snape so they'd think you are trying to get them into Azkaban…. And another thing, Ron, you want to tell Harry?'

Ron looked so taken aback that he wouldn't speak. 'Ron? You awake?'

'What? Oh yeah, right, I am… Well, Harry, you know about Snape killing Dumbledore and Malfoy being there and doing all that stuff? Well, I mean, I told Dad and he tried to go to the Ministry and check Malfoy and Snape's memory but they found nothing, then the modified Snape's wand on what spell it has been using that day Dumbledore had died and they found no Killing Curse only… a….'

Hermione finished it, 'They found a curse which makes people look dead when they are really alive…. Pretificus Totalus… Harry…'

'Are you two saying,' Harry tried to ask as Ron and Hermione nodded, 'that you think Dumbledore is…'Harry was shocked at what he was trying to say to them. They were silent but at least no one had heard what they had been saying because Harry used that Half Blood Prince spell on everyone around them, but it did not make sense because he remembered when Hermione had used the spell on Neville, he had been knocked out, pretty quickly maybe they meant or Ron meant that it was a spell much like Pretificus Totalus. Hermione finished the words again for Harry, 'Yes, Harry, still alive. '