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The Weasley clan all stood trying to process the scene that had just befell them. Ginny was the first to rush over to Fred and engulf him in a hug. The rest of the family soon followed until they were all scrunched together.

"Alright, while I do love you lot, I also love breathing."

Everyone backed off with smiles on their faces.

"So you are you right?" Bill looked at Fred with hope.

Fred nodded and stared at the sport where his body had just been a few seconds before. "I don't feel like a shadowy demon, so yeah. I'm me."

Bill nodded without question and the family decided to rebury the coffin hoping to keep the demon from ever slipping back out. Before they left George walked over to the grave and pulled out his wand. He etched a line in Fred's tombstone where his death date was, satisfied with that, he turned and joined the rest of his family. Once they headed back to the house, Molly began cooking dinner while everyone had looks of relief on their faces. Fred and George slipped upstairs for a moment to get away from excitement amongst everyone. Once in their room, Fred let out a tired sigh and plopped down on his bed.

George sat on his own bed. "You alright now? I mean really okay?"

Fred thought for a moment. "I'm not one hundred percent…not sure if I ever will be, but I'm loads better than what I was. There's still pain, but I don't feel as cold right now…I think I'll still have nightmares, but that goes without saying. There is one thing I think I need to do though to put this all behind me as best as I can."

"What's that?"

After they discussed what Fred wanted to do for a while they went down to join the rest of the family for dinner. This time there was no awkwardness like there had been when Fred first arrived. Everyone was laughing and relieved, they felt normal again. After dinner Fred and George were on the porch enjoying the last of the summer air when Percy came to join them. He sat down next to Fred. He did not say anything, but seemed like he was trying to find the right words.

"Thanks for saving me out there Perce." Fred's eyes remained on the stars above them.

"I just did what I should have done the first time around." Percy's eyes however, remained on the ground.

"You couldn't have done anything before, mate. I'm here now because of you, and that's all that matters."

"You really have to stop beating yourself up about this Percy…Fred's right here. Everything's going to be alright now." George gave his brother a smile.

Percy nodded at his younger brothers.

The next day Arthur and Molly took Ginny to Kings Cross Station while Fred and George remained home to catch up on some much needed sleep. Percy stayed home from work as well to keep an eye on the two. The twins slept through most of the day. Fred stirred occasionally from nightmares that were still resonating in his mind, but felt like he had gotten the best night of sleep since his return. Percy stayed close by the entire day, making sure the boys were alright. Even though everything seemed to be over, he did not want to take any chances. .

Everything seemed to go back to normal over the next few days. Arthur and Percy went back to work, although as long as Fred and George were sleeping at the Burrow, Percy decided to sleep there as well. Bill returned to work, and Harry, Hermione, and Ron began working out what to do since they had no big evil to fight, but technically still credits to finish. Rumors were flying quickly about Fred, it seemed like the whole wizarding world knew about him, all coming up with different theories as to how he was back. Fred tried not to pay attention to the Daily Prophet, but it was hard when he was the main story.

"We'll have to be careful you know." George looked at the paper on the table.

"When have we ever been caught for sneaking out? Can't be that much harder to sneak in." Fred gave George a small smile before finishing his breakfast.

That night after everyone else in the Burrow had fallen asleep, George turned to Fred.

"Alright then, you ready for this?"

Fred nodded and got up from the table. "Yeah, needs to be done."

George held out his hand, and when Fred grabbed it, they apparated into Hogsmead. More specifically, the tunnel under Honeydukes. They both knew that the less people to see Fred in this short adventure, the better it would be for him. Once they reached the castle, Fred and George quietly made their way out of the secret passage and into the halls. George could sense the unease in Fred and if he were honest with himself, he was feeling it too. Memories of the battle flooded both of their minds and after the two walked through a few corridors, Fred stopped.

He stared in silence at the spot where he died. The wall now repaired as if nothing ever happened there. He thought about that day, the one he was forced to relive time after time, never seeing the blast coming. Never being quick enough to move out of the way. He could not help the few tears run out of his eyes. A hand appeared on Fred's shoulder, he turned to see George with the same look as him, also remembering his own side of that day.

"See Freddie, you're really here, no more danger. All you have to do now is live."

Fred gave his brother a smile and wiped away the tears in his eyes. George was right, everything was going to be alright now. He let out a deep breath.

"It's nice to breathe again."

George nodded knowing exactly what he meant.

After a few more minutes of silence, Fred nodded to himself. "Let's go home Georgie."

The two left the corridor and began to make their way back to the secret passage when a voice shouted out at them.

"Hold it right there!"

The boys stopped and turned around.

"Mr. and Mr. Weasley what on Earth are you doing wondering the halls at this hour of the night?"

"Professor McGonagall-er I mean Headmaster…how are you?" George gave her an innocent smile.

She gave him a pointed look. "I would be much better without interruptions in my school. Now if I knew you two were so eager to come back I would have prepared your missed exams."

Fred coughed a little. "While the thought of completing our academics is utterly exciting, we actually came because…well honestly m'am, I needed to come."

McGonagall's face softened. "When I heard Mr. Weasley I scarcely believed it, but if there was any person on this world that may find a way out of the afterlife, it would be you. It's nice to you again."

"You too."

"Now once you two have finished what you need to, I expect you to head home without trouble. Which I'm sure I don't want to learn how you even got here in the first place. That being said if I discover any of your pranks or antics, I will personally take it upon myself to visit your mother. Is that understood?"

The boys smiled, but nodded. ""Yes Headmaster""

"Very good, now off with you two."

Fred and George both left and were actually going to listen to McGonagall's words, when they heard someone whisper their names from around the corner. They went around the hall to see Ginny standing there.

"Ginn, what are you doing out here this late?" Fred looked behind him to make sure McGonagall was gone.

"You were really going to come to Hogwarts without letting me know? Jerks."

"Sorry Ginny, wasn't a long visit." George noticed the piece of parchment in her hand. "Harry give you that?"

Ginny smiled and held up the Marauders map. "Figured it should get some use if someone is actually here, which I'm glad her did because I want to show you two something, come on."

The twins followed Ginny down the hallways, curious as to what she wanted to show them. She stopped in between two pillars. There on the floor, up against the wall was a small amount of portable swamp.

George stared at it astonished. "It survived the battle?"

"I wouldn't have noticed it, but someone almost stepped in it yesterday." Ginny smiled.

Fred said nothing, but just smiled at the prank he and George had done what seemed like years and years ago. So much had happened since their escape from Hogwarts. A piece of their chaos survived just like Fred had survived. In that moment Fred knew that he and George would live on forever in some way or another, now he just needed to start thinking about their next big prank.

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AN: The End! Thank you so much everyone for reading! I hope you enjoyed the story!