Chapter 1 - The Worst Day

The Hogwarts train was speeding away from Hogsmeade village towards London. It was taking the Hogwarts students home just hours after Dumbledore had been laid to rest. Harry Potter was sitting in a compartment with his friends silently. They had not spoken since getting on the train and everyone was lost in their own thoughts. Harry looked over to where Luna and Neville were seated, and a smile almost came to his face. Luna was sleeping on Neville's shoulder, and while she looked very content, he looked slightly nervous and pink in the face.

Next to Luna was Ginny. Harry's eyes wondered over to wonderful, beautiful, kind, sweet Ginny, who until a few hours ago was Harry's beloved girlfriend. He had broken up with Ginny to protect her, and while she said she understood, he knew that it was tearing her up inside as much as it was for him. Ginny had been looking out the window, but happened to look at Harry while he was staring at her and drifting off into space. When Harry noticed, he gave her a weak smile. He could tell she tried to return it, but it really only looked like a grimace, which she ended by returning to look out the window. Next to Harry were his too best friends, Ron and Hermione. They were continuing to play this game that they had started playing, where one would shift in their seat and end up just a bit closer to the other. Harry did not even think they realized they were doing it. This again almost brought a smile to his face.

At first, he was not sure about them getting together. He realized that it would make him the unwanted third wheel. After considering it for some time, he realized how happy it would make them to be together. After everything they had all been through, they all deserved a little happiness, and who was he to deny it.

Thinking about love brought him back to Ginny. He hated doing this to her. He knew he was in love with the beautiful red headed girl sitting across from him. He loved her brown eyes and her adorable freckles; he loved her loyalty to her family and the Bat Boggy Hex that she became famous for casting if she strongly disliked you. Harry James Potter loved those beautiful lips and while all he wanted to do was pull her into a tight embrace, he knew he had done the right thing by ending it.

Voldemort had killed almost everyone that Harry had ever loved. First his parents, followed by Sirius, and now Dumbledore. The most powerful wizard ever to live died at the hands of a traitor while Harry could do nothing but watch. He could not let that happen to Ginny. He would not be able to live if something happened to Ginny, and he knew that while Ron did not like the idea of Ginny being miserable, Ron secretly agreed with Harry that it was to dangerous for his baby sister to get mixed up in this mess. Harry's thoughts returned to Dumbledore and thinking of Dumbledore made Harry's insides boil with hatred for Voldemort. Now Harry had to continue the search for the hor...

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