"So tell us what happened, Ron. We saw you explode, but then you walk in as fit as a horse!"
Hermione looked up from her drink as she spoke to Ron. She had gotten back the previous day. She had brought excellent news of Australia preparing for the war. Voldemort had attempted to get in, but he couldn't get past the land wide shield that the magical world had produced to protect the muggles. Harry had then let Ron rest for two days before he spoke of where he had been for the last 9 years.
"I'll start from the very start. As you know, we decided to go to gringotts. The plan was perfect. Hermione as Bellatrix. Nothing could go wrong. But then we saw Travers and he knew Voldemort wasn't letting her out of his sight. He summoned Voldemort himself."
"Again, as you know, a battle broke out. The Order showed up almost instantly, as well. Someone from the Order must of been there, to."
"I got separated from you both from a blast that hit the ground between us. I was thrown into Ollivanders. When I got back into the street, the fight had already advanced to Gringotts. I was amazed at how quickly we got the Death eaters in there. I sprinted towards Gringotts, but I met a Death eater along the way. We fought, and he sent a spell i didn't recognize at me.
Next thing i knew, there was a pop, a figure appeared in front of me, then i was thrown back as the figure seemed to explode. I hit my head pretty hard. You all mustn't have seen the person appear. Whoever it was saved my life, though."
"When I woke up, Diagon alley was in ruins. The only thing that seemed to survive unscathed was Gringotts. Anyway, Bellatrix was standing over me. She tortured me there, before taking me back to the Malfoys. I heard Voldemort say that you'd come looking for me. After 5 years, Voldemort came into my room. He told me how you all didn't think I was strong enough to be apart of this war. But something told me he was lying, and obviously he was. He asked me to join him. I declined. After that, the tortures got worse and worse. But, Bellatrix came in one day; I'm not sure how long I was in there, though. She was ready to torture me. But something happened with her. I think the...Insanity from being in Azkaban has finally worn off. Anyway, she and Draco both came into my room one day. They wanted to help me escape. They're spies for us, Harry. They made me promise that I'd come back for them if they helped me escape. So, Draco created a distraction by pretending to get drunk and starting a fight with Macnair. Then Bellatrix got me out."
"I searched for six months before I found this place. Outside is bad Harry. It's like someone made a huge crack in the ground and all the lava and demons and whatnot have all come into England
"I know. It's bad." Harry replied. Ginny had tears falling down her cheeks as she stared at her brother. Hermione had him in an embrace.
"I'm sorry we thought you were dead. We thought you exploded" Harry mumbled.
"I understand. I would've thought the same." Ron replied into Hermione's hair.
Harry stood up and walked out the door. Surprisingly, Ginny followed.
"Don't you want to talk to Ron?"
"He won't be going anywhere soon. Now that he's back, I've got years to talk to him. It might be different for you" She slipped her hand into his.
Harry didn't answer. They walked through the corridors of the remake Harry did, based on Hogwarts. He'd used the elder wand to put protection on a bit of spare land, then he used magic to make a twin of Hogwarts as headquarters. Voldemort had made the real Hogwarts his headquarters.
"Do we have anymore plans?" Ginny asked as they walked past the room of requirement.
"We wait for Voldemort to make a move."