Chapter 3

No matter how many times he did it, Harry still hated Apparating. It was however conveniently fast. Within seconds of leaving the old park by Privet Drive, he was now facing his second favorite place in the world. The Burrow. Harry wasted no time in making his way to the front door. All of his favorite people were inside there somewhere.

Before Harry could bring his hand up to knock, the door burst open and a cheerful Mrs. Weasley pulled him into a great bear hug.

"Oh Harry, I'm so happy to see you." Mrs. Weasley pulled away from him and looked him up and down. "You look thin. Have you been eating enough?" She sat Harry down at the kitchen table and gave him a look that showed she did not think too kindly of the Dursleys' idea of dieting.

Mrs. Weasley began cooking up a breakfast for Harry without even asking if he had eaten.

Harry looked around his surroundings and felt at ease. The house however was uncharacteristically quiet. "Where is everyone?"

"Oh Ron's still in bed. Mr. Weasley and Bill are at work. Fred and George took Charlie to see their shop and Fleur, Ginny and Hermione are out for a dress fitting."

Harry couldn't help the little jump in his stomach at the sound of Ginny's name. He also decided against asking about Percy. He knew it was a touchy subject and he wasn't even sure if he was invited. Instead, he began to eat the great feast laid out in front of him.

No sooner had he began eating he heard what seamed to be a herd of animals running down the stairs. A messy haired Ron came into the kitchen.

"Mum! You were supposed to wake me up when Harry got here." Ron grabbed a plate and sat down across from Harry. "Alright Harry?"

"Yeah, you?"

"Not too bad." Ron said as he shoved a forkful of egg into his mouth. "You happy to have left those muggles for good?"

Harry smiled at Ron and taking a quick look at Mrs. Weasley, making sure she wasn't looking his way, he nodded his head at Ron.

After breakfast was done, Ron and Harry went up to Ron's room. A spare bed was ready for him along with space in the closet for his belongings. Harry took his things from his pocket and waved his wand to bring them back to their regular size. He and Ron began the task of putting these away, both chatting away about Quidditch and their experience with the apparition test.

"At least you were able to do it the first time around. Remember my eyebrow incident? Fred and George are still teasing me about it." Ron said as he opened the window to let Hedwig go in and out, as she pleased. "So have you decided where we're going to go first?"

Harry, who knew Ron was talking about the research for the missing horcruxs, plopped himself on his bed and looked Ron squarely in the eyes. "Still set on coming along are you?"

Ron smiled back "Me and Hermione were talking about it last night. Yeah, we're still going with you." His face was that of a determined man, so Harry chose to just answer the previous question.

"The more I think about it, the more I feel it necessary to go to Godricks Hollow." Harry lowered his head a little, as he said this. "I want to see where it all started, maybe I'll find some sort of clue that others have missed." He didn't want to say what he was thinking. That Dumbledore might have missed a small piece of information. To him, this felt almost like a betrayal in the trust he had for the older man.

"From there I thought maybe going to the orphanage Voldermort grew up in or to his fathers home town. I haven't decided which on yet."

"Sounds like you thought a lot about this." Ron said pulling out a two chocolate frogs and offering one to Harry.

"It's all I've thought about." Harry said unwrapping his frog. "Well almost all." Harry didn't want Ron to see the small smile come onto his face.

Ron however, whether he noticed or not, didn't miss a beat. "You mean Ginny, don't you?"

Harry said nothing.

"Look Harry, I still think you're doing the right thing. And so does Ginny."

Harry was about to say something but Ron cut him off. "She never said anything to me. Why would she? I'm her brother. But she and Hermione talk a lot. I only pick up things here and there." He said at the look on Harry's face. "The point is, Ginny cares for you, but she also knows the reasons why you can't be together. She understands."

Ron crumpled up the wrapper and made it disappear with a flick of his wand. He turned his full attention on Harry again. "I only ask one favor of you before we leave for our little trip."

"What?" Harry asked, not liking Ron's quiet tone.

"I ask that you show Ginny a wonderful time at the wedding. This may be the last time any of us have a moment of peace and happiness for a long time. And I think that both you and Ginny need that time together. Can you promise me that?"

Ron looked so serious and sad that Harry had to say yes. This however was already a thought he had before he arrived at the Burrow.

"Of course I promise."

Ron broke into a huge smile and his shoulders seemed to relax. "Oh good. Sorry about that. You know. If I was a little weird about it. I've just been thinking about it a lot and, you know..." Ron trailed off.

"Ron, I know." A little pause followed this. Then Harry looked outside at the clear blue sky. "Hey Ron, how about a little game of Quidditch, seeing as how we won't be on the Gryfindore team this year?"

Ron's smile grew larger and they both grabbed their brooms and left for the garden outside.