Well after a very long hiatus I am back to continue this attempt at a fanfic... I am sorry it has taken so lot but work eats up so much of my time...

Chapter 2

"Rebuilding"

The next few days for Harry seemed like a scene out of someone else's life. Although there was a lot of work to be done to restore Hogwarts to its original glory, and those lost would be sorely missed and not soon forgotten to Harry those days were some of the best days of his life yet. Harry and Ginny had been inseparable and together they helped each other carry on living life after some of their dearest friends and family had been taken away from them.

Harry and Ginny were so busy replacing pieces of the castle wall they hardly heard Mrs. Weasly coming up behind them.

"Alright dears I know you want to do all you can to help but you won't be much help if you keel over from starvation now will you?... Go and get some food I can take over from here." Mrs. Weasly said as she came upon the pair.

"Mum its fine we can eat in a little bit, you look tired why don't you rest" Ginny pleaded to her mother.

Mrs. Weasly had busied herself with the rebuilding process as much as she could, between rebuilding the castle, forcing her way into the kitchen with the house elves (who were not very happy about this), and taking care of everyone else she barely ate or slept at all. Everyone knew it was her way of running from the inevitable, coping with the loss of her son. Anytime the subject was brought up around her she would feign deaf and find an urgent task that needed her attention elsewhere.

"Now Ginerva Weasly, are you arguing with your mother?" Mrs. Weasly said her voice beginning to rise as her skin started to brighten.

"NO! Mum I just wanted to help... you're right we will go eat now, but after that we are coming right back to help." Ginny sighed, she normally wouldn't have admitted defeat so easily but she did not like upsetting her mother in her current condition.

As they walked away the looked back to see Mrs. Weasly hard at work with the most determined look on her face, it was almost as if she could just fix this castle then everything else would be fixed then everyone would come back.

"Gin, we need to do something about her she is going to work herself to the grave if we don't intervene soon." Harry said sadly as he turned to look in front of himself again.

"I know Harry, I do but for the time being this is helping her it's an escape for her, I just don't want to make things worse... I mean look at George he hasn't said a word to anyone since the battle... I couldn't take it if my mum ended up like that too." Ginny said with tears welling up in her eyes.

"I'm so sorry Gin, please don't cry... I hate to see you hurting we will find a way to help them out of this, I promise... I love you Gin" Harry said pulling her close to him, stroking her head as she cried.

"It's just so hard Harry, it's so hard to be strong for them it is, if I didn't have you I don't think I could do it... I miss Fred so much, but I can't let my family see me weak, I have to be strong for them... I have to" Ginny said sobbing into Harry's shirt.

"It's ok Gin I am not going anywhere I will be here for you always, I will do my best to help you all the best I can" Harry said holding Ginny close to his chest

Letting her use him as a shield from reality was the least he could do after leaving her for a year and being the one to blame for all the deaths here. Harry thought to himself as Ginny's sobs gradually slowed and her breathing steadied.

"I love you Harry... with you here I feel like no matter how awful I feel right now one day everything will be ok again... as long as I have you." Ginny said looking up into those emerald eyes that always made her feel safe.

"I love you too Gin and nothing in the world could ever make me leave your side again" Harry said seriously, looking down into eyes of the woman he loved with all his heart.

Together they walked hand in hand to what remained of the Great Hall and joined Ron and Hermione at one of the few still intact tables and began to make their best effort at enjoying a good dinner with their best friends and family.

A/N: Again it's kind of slow and boring right now but I promise it will pick up soon and it won't be such a ridiculously long time between updates this time.

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Was killing Voldemort really the end of the Great War between good and evil? Or is there someone else rebuilding Tom's army determined to avenge his fallen leader?

Will Harry be able to keep up this tough face for Ginny and everyone else while inside he is tearing himself apart with the guilt of all those lost in the battle on his conscience?

Will George and Mrs. Weasly ever be the same again?

tune in next time for Ch3 "A New Threat Arises"

And in case it wasn't clear by my sub-par writing skills I am not J.K. Rowling, so I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters portrayed in this story...