The Beginning Of The End (chapt. 2)
Harry was walking in the crowd of people from the funeral and he spotted once again Mrs. Tonks he was aware of all the eyes on him, Hermione's, Ron's, Ginny's and everyone else.
"Hi Mrs. Tonks" he said a bit awkwardly
"Hello" she said in a hoarse voice
"I don't know if you know, but Remus and Tonks made me Teddy's godfather" he said looking down
"Yes... they did actually" she replied a cold tone to her voice
"Oh um... well Mrs. Tonks I really do want to be in Teddy's life, my godfather couldn't really be in mine and I don't want Teddy to feel like he has no family." He said looking in her eyes.
"Of course Harry and please do call me Andromeda" she said a warm smile on her lips. Harry nodded as well and smiled.
"Would you like to hold him Harry?"
"Yes, but how do you hold a baby Mrs. Tonks?" He asked her awkwardly
"Well you need to make sure you support his head" she said handing him the baby
Harry reached for Teddy making sure to support his head but he needn't have to worry because his instincts kicked in automatically. He felt a pack of butterflies in the pit of his stomach and in that moment when he was gazing at his godson's face, as Teddy smiled up at him without knowing who he was he knew in time everything would be alright and that feeling meant everything to him.
"You're doing a wonderful job Harry"
"Thanks Andromeda" He said smiling
"You know I really think he likes you, he's still smiling" she said and looked up at him. Harry handed her Teddy.
"You know Harry you can come and visit us anytime and if you want you can even takehim for a couple of days when you're ready of course."
"Of course I will come and visit you Andromeda and as for keeping him maybe not now but soon" he patted Teddy's tuff of blue hair, turned away and left.
Harry was walking yet again amongst all the people that came for the funerals, as he was walking along the black lake he thought about Fred. His funeral was set for the day after tomorrow. He knew it was going to be a hard day for everyone, all the Weasley's, Ginny, Hermione. He dreaded saying goodbye to all of them once it would all be over. It was going to be a hard emotional day and he was scared for some people, scared they would never be the same again. His mind then wondered to Remus, he still felt bad for what happened at Grimmauld place, what he hadsaid to him. Yet he had made him godfather of his son. Teddy, who was now an orphan like he had been, but he was going to have a family that would take care of him, because he never wanted anyone to feel the way he did when he was younger no one deserved to feel that way. And he was going to take care of Teddy as he knew Andromeda would as well. He let a couple of tears drop and stood standing and staring at the lake letting the soft wind brush against his face and skin for what felt like hours.
"Harry" a soft voice called and at once knew who it was but didn't turn around. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see a worried look on Ginny's face.
"Are you alright Harry?"She asked her voice full of concern
"I am now" He replied and smiled at her.
"Are you ready to leave for the Burrow? Everyone is already there."
"Yeah let's go, but how do we get there?" he asked her
"Well you could apparate but I need to use the floo network"
"Ok well I'll use the floo network too, I really don't like to apparate"
They entwined their hands and walked towards the school, they headed towards McGonagall's office. The door was already open and still some people were heading into the fireplace to finally go home. Harry let Ginny pass first.
"The Burrow" She exclaimed as green flames enveloped her. Harry stepped up and took one glance at Dumbledore's portrait.
"The Burrow" He exclaimed as he too was engulfed in green flames.
When Harry stepped out of the fireplace at his second favourite building in the world, his other home for 7 years he felt a smile creep up his face. Mrs. Weasley came to him and
gave him one of her bone crushing hugs. He saw Ron and Hermione sitting at the table; he went to sit by them, Ginny sitting down next to him and reached to hold his hand.
"Hi Harry, who did you go to see this afternoon" Hermione asked casually
"Oh, I went to see my godson" He replied smiling
"What godson? You have a godson?" Ginny asked confused
"Yes, Teddy. Remus and Tonks's son. When we were at Shell Cottage he told me he wanted me to be thegodfather." He told her
"When did you go to Shell Cottage?" She asked anger in her tone
"Well that comes with the story, if Ron and Hermione want to tell it you'll know" he said looking at the two.
"Are you sure you want to hear it Ginny? It might upset you" Hermione said
"Yeah, it was pretty rough at times" Ron replied
"I want to hear the story" she said looking at Harry
"Ok, do you guys want to do it now I think it'll be awhile before it's time to eat" He asked not sure what their answer was going to be.
"Yeah ok, let's go outside though" Hermione said
"Mum we're going for a walk outside" Ron told his mother
"Ok dears I'll call you when it's time to eat"
They headed out the door and into the yard; they found a place near enough to the house but with some distance for privacy. It was warmer that the morning and the wind danced across they're faces. They sat down Ron and Hermione across from Harry and Ginny.
They recounted the story to Ginny when it was time to talk about when Harry went to the forest to die, Ron and Hermione left without Harry needing to tell them, because they were sure Harry had lived something difficult and he wanted to be left alone with Ginny to tell her.
"Ginny..." he started
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to Harry" she said looking up at him.
"No I want to tell you but I don't know how you will react. I don't want to scare you"
"Don't worry about it just tell me Harry, It will make you feel better." She said taking his hand and stroking it with her fingers.
"Ok, well when I went into the forest I realized that the close was me dying you know on the snitch?" she nodded
"Well I whispered I am about to die and it opened I caught the stone and I saw my parents, Sirius and Remus. They guided me towards Voldemort and the Death Eaters" he heard her intake ofbreathand took a glance at her. She nodded for him to continue.
" So I was there and right before Voldemort killed me well I should say used the killing curse on me, I thought about you Ginny" he said looking straight into her brown eyes filled with tears.
"Oh Harry" She leaned onto his chest and buried herself into him. He hugged her closer to him and he put his head against her hair taking in her flowery scent. She looked up at him and she leaned in to kiss him passionately and like the first kiss they had in front of the whole Gryffindor common room it felt like hours and sunlit days till they separated.
"I love you Harry" Ginny said in an whispered voice.
"I love you too Ginny" He replied
"Kids time to eat" Mrs. Weasley called into the backyard.
The night passed by very quickly after playing several games of Wizard Chess with Ron, they all went up into their respective bedrooms. Harry led Ginny to her room and stole a quick kiss as did Ron with Hermione and the boys climbed the stairs to the attic. They settled into their beds and within seconds Ron's snores filled the room.
Harry laid awake for a long time taking in everything that had happened in the last several days, Voldemort was gone, Collin, Fred, Remus and Tonks were dead, he hadn't seen Hagrid in several days and he was finally reunited with Ginny something he thought impossible. He decided tomorrow he would let the Weasley's prepare for Fred's funeral and go see Hagrid and possibly Teddy as well he might bring Hermione with him too.
The next morning Harry woke up surprised that it was still dark outside. He got up looked at Ron's bed and saw that he was still asleep so he put on some pants and a shirt, and headed down stairs not really sure what he was going to do. As he was coming down the stairs he thought he heard someone sobbing, when he was finally in the kitchen he realized it was Ginny. Immediately he came by her side and sat next to her.
"Ginny what's wrong?" he asked putting his arm around her shoulder. She leaned her head onto his chest and couldn't stop sobbing. He got her up on her feet.
"Come with me" he whispered and brought her to the living room. He sat her next to him and she didn't move an inch, and continued to sob for awhile.
"Ginny what's wrong?" he asked again after she had stopped sobbing
"I was just thinking about Fred, the funeral the day after tomorrow and about you" she confessed.
"What about me?" he asked confused
"Well just that I don't think I can really believe you're here, safe and not hurt or dead. I missed you Harry and I was really scared while you were away and..." she trailed off she couldn't continue
"Ginny listen, I'm fine maybe a bit bruised but I am here. I'll never leave again if you don't want me too. I love you and I think I always will." he confessed
"Really" she sniffled
"Really. I truly really love you" he told her taking her chin and lifting her head so he could look at her straight in the eyes and he bent down to kiss her tenderly on the lips.
"I love you too." She replied looking into his eyes.
"I know. Now what were you thinking about Fred?" He asked her, not sure if he was going to get an answer.
"Just the fact that he's not here, that if I want to see him I can't." She said water in her eyes. Harry pulled his arms around her she rested her head on his shoulder.
"You know I felt the same way when Sirius died. In my sixth year at Hogwarts I felt like a part of me was missing because he was the only one I talked to outside of Hogwarts, he sent me letters. I felt a bit lonely because I knew he wasn't there anymore and I did think a part of me still feels that it was my fault he died. You're just so used to them being there but when you realise they aren't there anymore it's hard to accept." He told her looking at the wall he never told anyone how he felt about the death of Sirius.
"Really? That's how you felt?" she asked surprised
"Yeah, I've never told anyone you're the first who knows how I felt" he said looking down at her smiling. She smiled back at him.
"Why are you down here though?" she asked him
"Well I couldn't sleep, so I decided to come down and do something." He shrugged
"How come you had trouble sleeping?" she asked him a sincere look in her eyes.
"I was thinking about everything that happened in the last few days. Everyone that died, about Teddy, Hagrid and you."
"What about me?" she asked confused
"Well that were back together, that tomorrow I need to let you be with your family to mourn, well today actually"
"Oh, but will you stay with me the day of the funeral?" she asked him a bit afraid of being alone.
"Of course Ginny I'll be there" he said stoking her cheek with his hand.
"Thank you Harry"
"No problem Ginny" he said kissing the top of her head.
"Are you ready to go upstairs and sleep?" he asked her after a few minutes.
"Actually could we stay here for a while?"
"Sure" He tightened his arms around her while she layed her head onto his shoulder and he set his cheek on her head. Too soon they fell asleep.
Harry was awoken by birds chirping and the sun falling on his face. He felt stiff and opened his eyes and looked down to see that Ginny was still in his arms in that same position they had been last night. He untwisted his arms around her so that he could get up making sure not to disturb her. He went to the kitchen and saw that he was the only one up. He went out the kitchen door and into the sunlight. He decided to take a walk and make his mind up to what he was going to do today. His stomach started to growl, he headed toward the house. When he opened the door he smelt bacon and a whole bunch of other delicious food.
"Harry. Where have you been?" Mrs. Weasley asked him
"Just out for a walk Mrs. Weasley" he said as he sat down next to Hermione.
"Where's Ron and Ginny?" He asked her
"Dunno, probably still sleeping." She told him
"So, what are you doing today?" he asked her taking a bite of toast
"Nothing planned yet, why?" she asked him concerned
"Because I thought that maybe we should let the Weasley's stay together today and get ready for tomorrow. Maybe we could go see Hagrid and Teddy and see if Grimmauld place is still standing."
"I think you're right Harry, I'll come with you"
"Thanks Hermione" he said smiling at her.
"No problem Harry, when do you want to go?" she asked him
"Um... How about after we eat"
"Ok" she replied, they ate as much as they could and still Ron and Ginny hadn't come down. They stood up told Mrs. Weasley that they were going out for the day and they would be back later that night. They headed out the door to the apparition point far away from The Burrow.
"Where are Harry and Hermione going mum?" Ginny asked her mother
"Finally you guys are awake; they're going out for the day and will be back tonight." She replied.
"Oh" she didn't know why she felt a bit odd, He hadn't said goodbye to her and he was leaving with Hermione for the day. No she couldn't be feeling jealous, Hermione was one of her best friends and she was like a sister to Harry. She looked at Ron who had the same look on his face as though he was thinking the same thing. Stupid, Harry told her that same morning that he loved her and would always love her. Yet she still had that small feeling in the pit of her stomach as she saw them walking away.
"Where to first Harry?" she asked looking up at him.
"How about we go see if Hagrid is home first?"
"Great! See you soon" and she turned on the spot. He did the same and vanished with a "Pop" into crushing darkness.