Ginny Weasley

Through her tears, Ginny saw all the people present quite clearly. She saw Hermione and Ron sitting together, crying silently. She saw Harry next to them. The boy she loved. The boy she would always love. He was there, for her, for them. He wasn't crying anymore. He just looked sad. When she caught his eyes, he smiled at her. And she knew she's going to be alright.

She saw her parents, who were in tears, and her other brothers who were all white faced and shocked. George had tears running down his cheeks but he just stared straight ahead, like he couldn't see anything at all. Ginny swallowed.

'I lost a brother just a few days ago.' Her voice broke and the tears came, like it did so very often since the battle finished. The losses still drove hard into her heart; Fred, Lupin and Tonks… All gone

'I can stand here for days and days and talk about him, and it wouldn't be enough' she whispered and her voice magnified through out the area. She was taken aback to hear that she didn't sound like herself at all. She just sounded drawn and tired. She continued.

'It wouldn't be enough because there's so much to tell. So much… I could go on forever about how brave my brother was, and about what a great brother he was… He would probably laugh if he hears me saying this..' and Ginny laughed a little herself and sniffed. 'He used to tease me a lot, and tried to protect me from everything around me, even from the garden gnomes. We usually had a row about my current boyfriends. Well, except Harry, that is'

Everyone smiled in spite of themselves and Harry chuckled. Ginny bit her lips.

'He liked to give me gifts from his shop and tell me jokes to cheer me up when I'm feeling bad. I don't know, but I get the feeling that I'm his favourite sibling next to George. We teamed up now and then to create much disastrous havoc imaginable and drove mum quite mad. The day of the battle, he was the one who brought me to Hogwarts.

'And I don't blame him one bit!' her whole body was wrecking with sobs now and her hands clutched her chest. 'I'm glad that I was at least there, there in the same place he died. It just.. One of my most dreaded nightmare, like some horrible dream when I saw my brother lying still on that cold marble floor. It was like the world had suddenly stopped for a minute, and I realized I'd never see him again….

'That was hard. The hardest moment of my life.. But standing here, I know that he wouldn't want me to be like this' she gestured towards herself. 'Not like this; crying and sobbing and looking miserable. He would want me to be happy and set fireworks right here and now, or put a toilet seat on his grave, because that is the kind of man my brother is. He doesn't want me to weep. He wanted me to laugh and smile and be happy, like he had been for his entire life.'

Ginny laughed a little and she stood a little taller. 'And I will try and do what he would have wanted. Because I know, if he were here, he would throw back his head and laugh, and he would tell me that everything's going to be alright again…

'And they're going to be… I can feel it…'

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