Chapter 3

Harry was just too tired –both physically and emotionally to talk to Andromeda Tonks that night. So he politely explained the situation to her and went to sleep early that night, after promising her that he would meet up with her the following morning.

Harry woke the next day feeling slightly groggy. As soon as he had had a warm shower, this feeling disappeared. After a quick bite, he made his way to the Room of Requirement where he had promised to meet Andromeda Tonks. Much to his amusement, the Room of Requirement had survived the Fiend Fyre.

Harry met with Mrs. Tonks outside the Room. She was carrying a sleeping Teddy Lupin in her arms. Greetings were exchanged and they entered the Room of Requirement which had converted itself into a cosy sitting area by the fire. As they settled into their chairs, Harry politely asked "Can I carry him?"

Mrs Tonks responded by passing Teddy to Harry.

Harry thought that he had never touched anything so beautiful and precious in his life-besides Ginny of course- and he was overcome with love for this cute, sleeping baby. And this was not the kind of love that he had felt before. It was more of a father-like love. He cradled little Teddy, who now had sky blue hair, in his arms and managed to tear his eyes away from him in order to look at Mrs. Tonks.

"I guess we both know that Teddy will be staying with you, but I was just wondering whether once I get a good place to live and a steady job, we could make an arrangement where Teddy could come and stay with me for a while." Harry paused, waiting for an answer.

Andromeda's face softened and she immediately said

"Of course! How about this, I have him for 2 weeks then you have him for 1?"

"That sounds…absolutely amazing!" Harry sounded excited but then he glanced down at his watch and was shocked to see how time had passed.

"Sorry Mrs. Tonks. I have to go, Professor Mcgonagall asked me to meet her in her office." Harry kissed Teddy on the head, passed him back to Andromeda.

"Of course dear, I understand" she replied

"Bye Mrs. Tonks. I'll see you around" and he left the Room of Requirement.

Harry tapped on Professor Mcgonagall's office door and entered. She was sitting behind the headmasters table and directly behind her was Dumbledore's portrait; he was smiling down at Harry.

With a quick grin at Dumbledore, Harry sat down opposite Professor Mcgonagall and started to fidget. Minerva Mcgonagall looked up from her paperwork and gave him a half-smile. "Ah…Potter. I called you here to discuss what is to be done with Voldemort's body." Professor Mcgonagall still gave a little shudder as she said the name; even after everything it was still a little hard to say the name freely.

"I have been thinking about this" Harry replied "and I think that his body should be placed in the depths of the lake and also treated with respect despite the cruel things that he has done." At this, Professor Mcgonagall's face hardened and Harry knew that she disagreed. Even Harry himself disagreed with the idea. If you give him half the chance he might consider taking a sword and chopping the body into bits and pieces but Harry wouldn't do that because if there's something that he's learned during the past seven years is that every soul deserves some respect and this was the only way he could think of as to respecting Voldemort's body.

"Professor, I know you disagree, even I disagree myself, but we've got to respect him in any way we can, and this is the only way I can think of." Harry said before she can say anything.

"But Harry, tell me why. Why should we give any respect to him at all?"Mcgonagall asked.

"Because Professor, if we do not respect him the way he did to us, what better are we are than him?"Harry made a point.

"Now I know why Dumbledore was so fond of you. Alright you've made your point we'll set his body in the depths of the lake. That's all for now, you may go." She told him.

As he was about to leave, he remembered something he wanted to mention to her earlier "Oh, and one more thing Professor, can I …,"

That afternoon, around 3, Harry decided that he needed to talk to Ginny. He found her walking in the grounds of Hogwarts.

He approached her "We need to talk."

Ginny spun around at the sound of his voice and soon they found themselves sitting by the lake. Harry started to tell her everything. He told her about his lessons with Dumbledore, the Horcruxes, finding the locket and every single detail about his journey with Ron and Hermione.

He also told her about how much he had missed her and that he thought of her every day. He even told her as how he used to take out the Marauders Map just to look at her dot. At this, Ginny face softened and her eyes welled up with tears,

"If you still want to, maybe we can be an item again? I really do care about you very deeply, Ginny, and I still will even if you don't…" Harry trailed off, too overcome with emotion to carry on. As he opened his mouth to continue, Ginny took his face into her hands and kissed him.