Will

Harry was not surprised a few years after the Dark War was over that he would be called in for many people's last will and testaments. He was The Boy Who Lived; people admired him and wanted him to live like a "hero". Of course most of the things he inherited during these wills went to charities and orphanages – he didn't need the money and who else needed them but the poor and the orphaned?

He never once thought to visit these places because he would only be thanked as a "hero" and he really wasn't. After all, he had killed the only person he had ever loved during that last battle.

Months passed by and slowly he was called into Griphook's office less and less. For this he was happy, but to know that the Ministry was pushing through these peoples deaths so quickly disheartened him. Their families should deserve time to mourn – like the Weasley's. The death of Fred hit them hard; Tonks and Remus were also mourned. Pictures and candles lit their living room of the three, all of them smiling from the happiness the afterlife gave them.

Harry mourned all the people lost: Fred, Tonks, Remus, Hedwig, Mad-Eyed Moody, Snape, and Dobby . . .

When Harry was called into Griphook's office for what must have been the millionth time, he had not expected to see a projection of Tom Riddle Jr. standing next to Griphook who had a will in his hands. Harry sat down heavily, waiting as to what Tom's will would instill for him.

"I am in no way being coerced to write this under any form of curse and or potion. I am sane in mind, body and magical being. This document shall stay sealed until the death and or missing person's case relating to myself, Tom Riddle Jr.

"To my beloved, Harry James Potter, if you are reading this than it's most obvious you've defeated me. We both knew it had to happen and it saddens me to think that I wasn't strong enough to defeat you. The thought of you living without me, to move on and marry and love again does twist my heart in the most uncomfortable of ways. However, I am dead so I wish for you to continue on as you would have if this relationship never started."

The will went on to state the properties he held and the fortunes he would pass on only to Harry. Nagini was listed as a possession to be given if not killed and Harry let out a breath that the damned snake was dead; what would he say to his friends when he walked around with a huge snake following him which had once belong to their worst enemy?

Harry cried during the end, because he knew that when it was finished being read by Tom he would never hear or see the man again. He knew this, but he listened on to Tom telling him to move on, follow the hero path and become something Tom never could.

Standing and moving out of the office, Harry decided to smite Tom and become everything he was told not to be.