A/N: Okay. Apparently there was a BIT of confusion. Sirius got his trial before Harry left school so he's free as a bird and Dumbledore's back as Chief Warlock and Headmaster just like in the book/movie.
As for Harry and the Dursleys, there's two reasons for that. One is that Dumbledore put Harry there so that he could recover from Ginny's "death" while the Wizarding world was doing War-Cleanup and not have to worry about the press as he DID survive a second time as well as defeated Voldemort. The second is for a Just-In-Case scenario. Dumbledore wanted to make CERTAIN that all the Death Eaters are captured and that Harry could return to the wizarding world sooner. However, as mentioned in Chapter 2, Harry doesn't have to stay with the Dursleys AS LONG.
Hope that cleared it up. Now for the final chapter.
Chapter 5: The Memorial
The day of the funeral,
"So much black and red" Harry whispered to Ginny while pretending he was whispering to Hermione motioning to the redheaded Weasley Clan and the black mourning robes.
"Hey Harry" Fred greeted
"You okay?" George asked
"Yeah" Harry said holding his revised eulogy "How about you two?"
"Business is booming…"
"…so we can't complain…"
"…but we do miss our ickle Gin-Gin"
Ron and Hermione had to hold down Ginny before she could hex the twins about the unwanted nickname
"Harry." Arthur said as he walked up to Harry. "It's time"
"Of course" Harry said taking a deep breath
He went up onto the homemade stage. He then waited for Ron and Hermione to make it to the middle of the crowd that consisted of mainly Weasleys but also Order members.
"Excuse me!" Harry said gaining everyone's attention before starting his newly written speech. "Um…today, we are here to honor the memory of Ginny Weasley. Most of you knew her as a daughter, sister, cousin, niece, and student. But to me, she was more than that. She was a friend, a fellow fighter, and a girl I was ready to call my girlfriend"
Molly brought her hand to her mouth in shock
"She was a member of Dumbledore's army" Harry continued as Ginny took off the cloak. "And she was a great member. Fast learner, and even I had trouble against her in practice duels. And I defeated Voldemort so that's saying something. When Ginny took that curse for me as I was ready to take it for my godfather, I felt like a part of me was gone. That was when I KNEW without a doubt that Ginny was the one for me. I knew it deep in my heart when I rescued her from the Chamber of Secrets. I love her and that's all there is to it. And if she was here right now, I'd make out with her right here in front of every last Weasley in Britain and ask her a VERY important question."
He pulled the microphone out of the stand (Arthur had INSISTED on using it) and walked over to the edge of the stage while pulling something out of his pocket
"What's the question?" the twins asked from the edge of the crowd
Harry looked at the middle of the crowd where he had noticed Ginny and held up the something revealing it to be a ring.
"Ginerva Weasley? Would you accept this promise ring until we are old enough to make it an engagement ring?"
Molly looked ready to burst out crying. However that was forgotten when a familiar voice answered
"Call me Ginerva again, and you won't live long enough" Ginny said "But yes Harry. I will"
She ran through the crowd pushing everyone who got in her way out of it. When she got to the edge, Harry helped her up and placed the ring on her finger and then she threw her arms around him and kissed him. Only Ron and Hermione clapped since everyone else was still in shock. Then Dumbledore joined in the clapping. Within five minutes, everyone else was
"Should we tell them how you did it?" Harry asked his future fiancée.
"Why not?" Ginny asked "I'll be at the house"
She then transformed and took off.
"It would appear Miss. Weasley has been a magical animagus" Dumbledore mused. "They have the ability to survive the killing curse."
0000
A few minutes later after Ginny was starting to get sick of the congratulations, she was embraced by her mother
"Don't you EVER scare me like that again young lady!" Molly scolded
"Sorry Mum" Ginny apologized before turning to Sirius and Remus. "James and Lily said for me to thank you two for them for taking care of Harry. And Professor, James said that he's disappointed in you because you spent a whole year at Hogwarts with Snape and didn't once prank him and Neville's boggart doesn't count"
"That sounds like Prongs to me" Sirius said with a laugh just glad that his godson's girlfriend was okay
"Well, Prongs will just have to get over it" Remus added. "It's good to have you back Ginny"
"It's good to be back" Ginny said as she looked at the people whom she loved and who loved her
She was home and she was never leaving her family, past and future, again
At least until she was Dumbledore's age and she was going with Harry
The End
A/N: I KNOW! You all want to see the Golden Trio become animagi. Don't bother asking. I'll do it...Eventually
