May 30th 2000

May 2nd. For many wizards and witches, May 2nd was a day of celebration. A day of joy. On this day, a young wizard by the name of Harry James Potter defeated Voldemort, the evil dark lord, in the Battle of Hogwarts. It brought the beginning of a new era.

An era of peace. An era where they didn't need to worry about attacks from Death Eaters. A new era where the younger generation had the chance to have a normal, peaceful and happy life. To not constantly live in fear of attacks, fearing for the safety of their loved ones and instead just be kids and enjoy their childhood.

But for Harry James Potter and Ginevra 'Ginny' Molly Potter, nee Weasley, the day May 2nd held nothing but pain. While everyone celebrated the day by being with their loved ones and enjoying with them, Harry and Ginny stayed in their house, grieving for the loved ones they lost on this day. They lost all their loved ones in the Battle of Hogwarts. While everyone celebrated the day, Harry and Ginny mourned the loss of their loved ones.

The happy memories of the Burrow, the pranks played by the twins, the bickering between Ron and Hermione, Arthur's fascination of all muggle things, Molly's cooking and fussing. Percy being prim and proper. Charlie talking about dragons. Remus sitting quietly, reading a book or just observing things. Tonks morphing into animals to make Ginny and Harry laugh. Fleur and Bill acting sappy. They missed all that. Those memories made them smile fir a brief time before they realized that they would never have that again. They would never feel that again.

How could they celebrate when they lost their entire family? How could they feel happy when all their happy memories revolved around them? When the day brought so much pain, grief and feeling of loss, how could they even act like they were happy? How could they celebrate a day which brought them nothing but pain and misery?

Harry and Ginny were in kitchen of 12 Grimmauld Place. After the battle, neither of them were able to stay at the Burrow. Each and every thing in the Burrow reminded them of what they had lost. Both had a glass of firewhisky in their hand. Anyone who knew Harry and Ginny could have easily seen the pain and grief from their looks.

It had been the same for the last 2 years. They would start moving on in their life when suddenly something would trigger a memory so powerful, so cherished that moving on with their life just felt impossible. How could they move on when everything reminded them about the people they had lost?

Harry turned towards Ginny. His voice hoarse, he said, "We can't live like this Gin. This guilt and feeling of loss is eating us up. It is consuming us. We have to move on with our lives." Ginny looked at Harry. Her eyes, usually so full of happiness and mischief, were full of pain. Her voice sounded as hoarse as Harry's did. It was like life was taken out of her. She said, "How can we move on Harry? When everything reminds us of them, when every happy memory is associated with them in some way or another, how do we move on from their death? To accept that we will never see them again, never hear them again. I can't Harry. Every time I try, something reminds me of them. It reminds me that I don't have them with me anymore."

Ginny broke down by the end. Harry wrapped his arms around her. Her tears falling on his shirt. His own tears flowed down. Everything she said was true. He was thinking about any possible way to try to bring them back. After all, Dumbledore always used to say, magic is all about intent. The only thing that came to his mind was resurrection stone. But it only brought back spirits. It was the resurrection stone which gave him an idea. He took Ginny's face in his hands. He gently wiped her tears and then said, "Gin, we have all three Deathly Hallows. What if we combined them? Never before had a wizard or witch had the three hallows with them. Never before were the three hallows combined. What if we combine them?"

Hope entered Ginny's eyes. She said, "Let's try it Harry. We have nothing to lose if it doesn't work, but if it works, we can get our family back. Let's do it." Harry ran upstairs to their bedroom. The three hallows were stored in the moleskin pouch. Harry brought the hallows down and laid them on the table. He then placed the three hallows in order.

Cloak at the bottom. Wand in the middle. Stone at the top. The symbol for deathly hallows was made. Suddenly, a bright light came from it. It blinded Harry and Ginny, who covered their eyes. The light suddenly diminished and in front them, a cloaked figure was standing. The figure held his hand out and the three hallows flew into his hands. His gaze then turned towards them.

Harry and Ginny were staring at the figure that has just arrived. He looked a lot like how a dementor would look. Cloaked, dark. He also has a scythe with him. But he didn't have the cold or dread that came out of a dementor. He was looking at them. The three hallows in his hand. He then started speaking. His voice was deep and booming when he spoke. "Harry James Potter. By joining the three hallows, you have become the Master of Death. You are the only person who has not only had the ownership of the three hallows at the same time, but also the only one to join them all together. Did you ever wonder why it was only you who could do this? Why not Dumbledore or Grindelwald? Why only you?" Harry didn't know what to say. How could he know why he was able to get ownership over all three hallows? Death perhaps send to sense his confusion. He turned his gaze to Ginny and asked her, "What you think Ginevra? Why Harry?" Ginny suspected that perhaps it was related to worthiness. Just like how phoenix choose their familiar, perhaps the hallows required their owner to be worthy.

Death seemed to again guess what Ginny was thinking. He said, "You are correct Ginevra. It is worthiness. Harry, you were deemed worthy of being the Master of Death. You never wavered from the path of light. You never shied away from your responsibility and destiny. The hallows deemed you worthy of their ownership. You and Ginevra now have 2 options. Option 1. You can take any one of the hallows as yours. The other two will be taken by me and would never be found again. The hallow you would keep would become a family heirloom. The other option is to give me all three hallows. Giving them up will grant you something no one has ever gotten. It is called Time's Gift. Time's Gift is a very powerful magical spell. It will take you back in time in another world. You can't change your own destiny. But you can change the destiny of people in that world. You can change their life and their destiny. But be warned, some things would be different in that world. Not everything would be the same as it was in this world. So, what do you choose? You can have some time to discuss this among yourselves."

Harry thought about it for a moment. It was a bit disheartening that they couldn't have their loved ones back. But the choice to go in another world to prevent this happening to Harry of that world was tempting to him. He then looked at Ginny. She looked at him and said, "Let's do this Harry. We can't change our fate. But we can prevent what happened to us happen with them." Harry wanted to agree with Ginny. But one thing still troubled him. Ginny seemed to get what troubled him and continued, "I know Harry. They wouldn't know who we are. We wouldn't have the same relation with them. But isn't any relation better than not having one?" Harry finally relented. What Ginny said was correct. He gave her a peck and then looked back towards Death.

He then said, "As the master of death, I return the three Deathly Hallows back to Death." Death then said, "I, Death, take the three Deathly Hallows back from Harry James Potter." Light came from the hallows and they disappeared. Death then looked at the couple in front of him and said, "You both once again proved yourself worthy. In 2 days' time, you will be given Time's Gift. Farewell Harry and Ginny Potter."

Author's Note
This is my first fanfic. I hope you all enjoy it. The fic is already completed on Instagram, where it was first uploaded. Check it out. Username is hpfanficwriter.