Harry Potter and What Happened After - Sahits

Chapter 3
When lunch was over Harry, Ron and Hermione all stood up and told the Weasleys that they had to go
see Professor McGonagall. As they turned to leave Harry hesitated, then he turned around again and put
his hand on Ginny's shoulder, a silent summons to come with them. She and the rest of the Weasleys
were surprised at first, but when they saw the need and love in Harry's eyes they had no choice but to
let Ginny go.
The group walked to The Head's office, coming up on the newly repaired Gargoyle. Harry said
"Dumbledore," and the gargoyle jumped aside, admitting them to the spiral staircase. They went up and
knocked on the door.
"Come in", McGonagall's voice came back immediately; it sounded as though she was a bit anxious to
get this over with.
The four stepped in to the office and sat down in four chairs that appeared out of thin air. "Please sit,"
said McGonagall, "but I must ask what Ms. Weasley is doing here, if I'm not mistaking she did not
participate in anything but the final battle this year."
"That is correct," said Harry as he took Ginny's hand, "But since she is my girlfriend I'm going to have
to tell her what happened any way, and I'd like to tell this story as few times as possible."
McGonagall would usually have refused, but Harry's voice had gained a tone of authority in the last
year that she hadn't noticed yesterday. "Ok, if you think it advisable she may stay." She only received a
nod from Harry to show that he understood, "Well, lets get started shall we? I want to know what the
three of you have been up to since Bill and Fleur's wedding."
"Ok," said Harry, and for the next hour and a half the three friends, whom had been come to known as
the Golden Trio over the last day or so, related their story. They started at the day of the wedding and
went all the way until the end of the battle.
When they told of Ron running away Ginny jumped out of her chair and tried to strangle her older
brother, but Harry had discreetly put a shield charm between them and she was unable to get to him. It
took her only a few minuets to calm down and the trio continued their story.
When they were finished, everybody was silent for almost a full minuet. Then McGonagall said,
"Thank you, that explains a great deal." And with that she dismissed them, telling them that she would
see them next year for the start of term.
They all walked out of the office in silence, Ginny was still a little mad at Ron and as soon as they
turned a corner and couldn't see the gargoyle anymore she started to scream at him. "How the hell
could you leave them, you giant git!!!" She yelled at him. Ron flung himself against the wall, trying to
get away from her anger, "how the hell could you abandon them like that, if I'd have known what you
did I would have killed you, in fact, I'm surprised Bill didn't."
"I think he would have," said Ron, "if I hadn't shown up splitched and half dead." His face had fallen in
to a frown that Harry and Hermione had learned meant he was reliving a painful memory, "I wanted to
go back, I really did, and I never would have found them without Dumbledore's disilluminator."
Harry grabbed Ginny's shoulder and turned her around. He looked at her face and couldn't help but
smile, she looked still looked beautiful, despite her fury. "Gin, The night Ron came back he saved my
life, or did you miss that part when we were telling the story?"
"No, I heard," said Ginny, her voice was sad now, "and I'm glad he did, but that doesn't make up for the
fact that he left you two alone in the first place. What if he could have helped you when you went to