"Where are we?" asked Scorpius as he looked around. Rose did too. She looked back at saw the Burrow not too far behind them. Scorpius pointed to the Weasleys who stood in the field. "There they are," he whispered. He cocked his head. "Why are they all looking so sad?" he asked. Having seen how the Weasleys strived through life, he didn't want them looking sad because they looked very fine when they looked happy.

Rose shrugged as she and Scorpius walked over. Rose's eyes shifted to two bags sitting beside Bill. "I think I know what's happening," she muttered. Scorpius looked at her. Rose shook her head. "I'm not too sure. Let's just find out together," she said.

"I don't want to see them sad like this," said Scorpius, looking away from the family as if they were his. "They always looked so happy…sometimes sad, but it's different and I don't want to see them sad like that." He couldn't bring his eyes back to look at the Weasleys. He felt his heart would tear in two if he did because his chest was already aching for them.

Rose felt the same. She didn't want to see her family look upset. Whenever she saw them, they always looked as if they never had a problem in their life. Her father had never gone into details of how he lived his childhood, jut some part that made her understand that they were not too well-off. Seeing her father's family right now made her very grateful for what his parents could offer her as she grew up. Rose shifted her eyes from one Weasley face to another. Her heart sank when she saw how broken they looked.

"Bill, are you sure about this? Absolutely sure?" asked Arthur, looking a little melancholic at the moment as he laid his eyes upon his eldest son. "You can stay, you know. Your mother and I, we don't mind about it at all. You're our son and that's what parents are supposed to do, take care of their children," he explained.

Bill gave his father an assuring smile. "I'm okay and I'm really sure about it. I've known this was coming all along. It was my dream since I was a kid and it's time I realize it and make it come true." Molly started to bawl when she heard this. Bill walked over to her and gave hr a tight embrace. "Don't cry, Mum. I promise I'll be back once I get everything settled. I'll come back for Christmas. Just think of it as sending me off to Hogwarts, an extended sending off." His mother cried as she leaned on his chest. "Don't cry, Mum, please," whispered Bill who stroked his mother's hair.

"But you're my baby," sobbed Molly, unwilling to let go of her son. She held him tighter. "You don't have to go off there. Things might happen to you. You can stay here. Find a job here. Settle in here. Bill, please don't go. Bill…" Molly sobbed even more as she repeated his name.

Percy looked at his eldest brother. "When will you be back?" he asked.

"Christmas," Bill said curtly. He turned back to his mother. "Christmas, Mum. I won't miss your wonderful dinner and that chicken." His face unwound as he looked at her. "Mum, I want to be of help. Ron and Ginny would have to go to Hogwarts sooner or later and they'll need things, lots of them. I want to help you and Dad and I want to stop being a burden. I'm old enough to take care of myself from now on. Please, Mum, stop crying."

Molly wiped the tears from her face when she had finally let go of her son. "It's just that…" She looked into Bill's eyes. "It's going to be a lot different without you, Bill. Not seeing your face, maybe for a long time is very hard. You should understand that we can't reach you there because we have to take care of the rest here and…oh Bill!"

Fred piped up, "Who's going to show us how to ride a broom?"

Bill smiled and ruffled Fred's hair. "There's Charlie here to show you that. He's the Quidditch Captain and not me. I'll be back from time to time to teach you. I know you'll be a Quidditch player too someday if not prefect or Head Boy. You're a Weasley." Fred didn't look convinced. "Don't worry, Fred, I'll be back from time to time, I promise you that."

Ginny blinked back tears. "But we'll miss you so much."

Ron nodded. "Yeah, you can't just go off like that. What about us?" he asked.

Bill had always been their big brother who took care of them. He had always been the one to sort out the Weasley children's arguments. He was always the one who stood up for them when something happened. There were many times he took the blame for his younger brothers and sister. Bill had managed to bring them together when everything seemed to be falling apart. He was the one they ran to when they were sad or scared. He was also the one who taught them how to fight for themselves. He was the one who said never to be ashamed of being a Weasley even when teased because Weasleys do their best and that's all what counts, according to him. Bill had always been a stand-in parent when their parents were gone. All of the younger Weasley siblings look helplessly at Bill.

Scorpius took a deep breath. "Why didn't your dad want to forget this of all the memories?" he asked. He looked at the Weasleys for a moment then at Rose. "It's something I wouldn't put into a pensive. Look, it's even affecting me now," he said emphatically.

Rose sighed. "Me too. I just wish they didn't have to leave each other. I wish they didn't have to earn that much money to support each other so that they'd stay together. I won't want them to break apart just like this. I know Uncle Bill means well and will come back, but it's going to be different knowing that he won't be coming home every now and then. I can't imagine if Hugo won't come home every now and then like that."

"You don't have to go so far away," said Charlie. "There's a lot to be done here. You can just stay here and work around here. It's another way…" his voice sounded hopeful as he looked at his older brother. They were the closest of age to each other and they were the closest to each other among all the other Weasley siblings, like Fred and George are. "There's got to be another way."

Bill shook his head. "You understand me, don't you, Charlie?"

"I do, but…" Charlie bit his lower lip and looked away from Bill. "It's never going to be the same without you every now and then. You said you weren't going to leave until I graduate from Hogwarts. You promised me that before and I never knew you were going to break your promise." He tried to keep a steady voice.

Ron couldn't hold back his tears any longer. "And you said you'd wait for me until I go to Hogwarts! You promised to see me off." His lower lip quivered. "You said that you'd be there to load my trunk into the train on September first and you wouldn't miss it for the world. You promised that and you've never broken a promise before," he cried.

"I know and I'm sorry," replied Bill.

Ginny started to cry too. "It's unfair you have to go."

Bill crouched down and lifted her head so she'd look into his eyes. "Life isn't fair, remember?" Ginny sniffed as she looked back at Bill. "We all know that already. Don't look so down, Ginny. If I go to Egypt, I promise to send money back. You'll have more dolls, more clothes, and-"

"I don't need dolls and I don't need clothes!" cried Ginny loudly. "In want you, Bill. I want to play with you. I want you to carry me up to my bed when I fall asleep in the couch. I want you to tell me stories about Hogwarts and I want you to see me off to the Hogwarts Express like you promised Ron. I don't want you going off to Egypt!" Bill gave her a hug to calm her down. Watching this made Molly stiff up a bit. "I don't want you to go, Bill."

Ron looked away from Bill. "You're doing this because you think you're too old to play with us," he said grudgingly. "You've always been saying that you're too old for this and that. You just want to go on an adventure without us."

Bill slowly let go of Ginny and shook his head. "That's not why I'm leaving, Ron. I'll never stop playing with you, or any of you for that matter. We'll always be brothers and I'll always come home to the home I know. It's here and I'll never forget that. I'll never trade an adventure for you lot. You're my family and that's nothing I can replace with. Ron, you've got to understand that we all have to grow up sooner or later. You'll be chasing after your own dreams too once you get out of Hogwarts."

"Can we go now?" asked Scorpius as she shifted his body weight uncomfortably. "I don't like to see this bit. I want to go home, Rose." He looked at Rose who was now sobbing just like the rest of the Weasleys. "Rose, don't you think it's time that we go now before Ron catches us looking at his pensive?" he asked. Rose didn't move. Scorpius neared her and wrapped her arms around her. "Don't cry along with them. You know I'm already upset just by watching them. Not you too, Rose."

Rose sobbed, "I can't help it! Uncle Bill didn't have to leave. Look at them." Her eyes shifted over to her father's family as she leaned on Scorpius. "I know Uncle Bill wants to chase his dreams and I know they need the money, but I can't help feel sad that they have to go their own ways after they graduate, only seeing each other on special occasions. It's…" her voice faded.

Scorpius stroked her hair. "Everything turned out well. They were all happy in the long run," he reminded Rose who was still crying on his chest. "I never could understand why my father never helped them. They're a bunch of nice people if you ask me." He looked at the Weasleys thoughtfully. "They're someone he should have been friends with."

"Well, your father was a git," Rose sniffed a reply

"Don't push it," said Scorpius.

George looked at Bill. "Can't I go with you too?" he asked. "I'll really be good and I'll carry your bag for you if you want me to," he said hopefully, but Bill shook his head. George pouted. "Why not?" he asked disappointedly.

"Because," Bill started, "you are very much underage and you cannot use a wand yet for one. Then there's the fact that you'd be leaving Fred and he wouldn't be too happy about it." George turned to Fred who nodded in agreement. "Besides, I know I'll bring you to Egypt once I've settled down there. One of these days I'll show you around and what I've found out. I'm sure it will be more exciting that way, won't it?" he said.

Arthur placed his hand on Bill's shoulder. "If this is what you truly wish, then I'm right behind you. If there's anything you need out there, you can just send us a word and we'll be of help in any way." Bill smiled at him. Arthur held out his hand. Bill shook it. Arthur suddenly pulled Bill into a hug. "We're all going to miss you, William," he said.

"I'm going to miss you all too, Dad," replied Bill.

Percy took a deep breath. "Write to us, okay?" he said.

Bill nodded. "I will." He grabbed his bag from the ground and took one last look at his family. "We'll see each other again once I get settled. You'll see. Everything will be better this way. I love you all." He gave them a smile before he Apparated away before them.

This time, Ginny cried loudly. Ron had stopped crying but still felt like doing so. Charlie looked dumbfounded and lost for a moment. Fred fought back tears knowing that he wasn't a child anymore. George looked at the place where Bill had been standing not too long ago and hoped inside him that he'll be back that moment again. Percy looked sad as well to see Bill go. Arthur placed his arms around Molly and let her cry on his shoulder.

"It's everything he's dreamed about and as a family, we have to support him with it," said Arthur, don't he didn't sound too convincing about it. He turned and looked at the rest of the children. "Come on, it's time to have dinner soon. Bill will be back in a few months just as he promised." He gave them all an assuring smile as he walked on with his wife.

The children trailed behind their parents not looking very happy. Ron held Ginny's hand as she cried. He didn't want to see his little sister so sad. He tried to smile for her, though inside he was crying just as much too. He knew that all of them would be missing Bill.

"I wish that I hadn't been mean to Bill sometimes," said Percy, breaking the silence. "I know he was just trying to let me join in the games, but I never listened. If I knew he wouldn't stay after Hogwarts, I would've joined in the games more." He looked very downcast. "I'm sorry I said many nasty things to him, trying to drive him away from my room."

Ron nodded. "I've said a few things that I didn't mean too."

Fred and George looked at each other. "Sometimes I wish we didn't play too much pranks on him," said Fred. "Some of them really bugged him. Maybe it's our fault he wanted to get away from the house. Knowing Bill, he'd want to have his own privacy sometimes." Fred looked away from Bill and then at the grass that they were walking on. "I'm really sorry now," he said.

Charlie turned to Fred. "I'm sure it wasn't because of that. He'd been telling me all along since he was eight that he had always wanted to go to Egypt and work for Gringotts." He didn't feel too cheerful when he said it though. "I'm sure he's very happy right now. He's got a lot ahead of him, that Bill, knowing how talented he is."

George laughed a bit. "Remember the time when I almost fell off that broom?" he asked.

Fred nodded. "Bill caught you then."

Percy turned. "How about the time when you thought you were sick with Dragon Pox and went running all over the house very frantically?" he asked Fred.

"Oh don't remind me," Fred replied, but he gave Percy a twisted smile. "Bill found a way to calm me down. I like the way he makes those hot cocoas with marshmallows even when it isn't even Christmas yet," he said thoughtfully. "I bet Bill's really happy right now. He's off to the land of his dreams, right?"

Ron finally smiled. "Yeah, I guess he's happy right now." Ginny tearfully looked at him. "One day, we'll be able to go off too and make out something. I think Bill's right for chasing his dreams and not let anything hold him down. He's been saying it for many times now, to go off on our own one day and make the best out of ourselves."

Charlie nodded, finally smiling like Ron as well He looked back at the place where his older brother Apparated away. He didn't say anything for a moment, then he turned back to the rest of his siblings. "Looks like Bill is still our role-model," he said.

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In the years to come
Will you think about these moments that we shared
In the years to come
Are you gonna think it over
And how we lived each day with no regrets
Nothing lasts forever though we want it to
The road ahead holds different dreams for me and you
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Rose and Scorpius didn't say anything to each other as the surrounding darkened again. For some reason, Rose felt bitter towards Scorpius and so did Scorpius to her, but they didn't want to admit it to ruin the moment of what they were seeing.

A/N: Hope you guys review! Just a little more and we get there! Hehe! Thanks for everything!

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