Harry Potter and What Happened After - Sahits

Chapter 13
Ginny watched Harry, Hermione and Ron go into the kitchen and a few minuets later she heard Lee's
voice issuing from the large wireless set in the corner of the living room.
"Welcome one and all to Wizardwatch. For those of you who were loyal listeners to Potterwatch I'm
River, and to those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm Lee Jordan. Tonight we have
Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger on the program. There here to answer the question
everybody has been asking. 'Where was Harry Potter for the last year?'
On a sadder note, I would like us all to take a moment of silence and show respect for those that died
only 4 nights ago in the Final Battle of Hogwarts."
Ginny heard Lee start to read out the names and could feel a fresh wave of sadness wash over her every
time he read the name of somebody she knew. She heard her mother's soft sobs as Fred's name was
read; she felt tears running down her cheeks as Lee read the names of Remus and Nymphadora Lupin.
Then there was about thirty seconds of silence, each second accented by the ticking of an old clock that
sat above the doorway to the kitchen.
Then Lee's voice came over the Wireless again, "May they all rest in peace, and know that they died to
protect the ones they loved. And now the moment you've all been waiting for, I give you Mr. Harry
Potter, Mr. Ron Weasley, and Ms. Hermione Granger."
As Lee's voice cut off there was a slight click and then Ginny heard Harry's voice, "Thanks Lee, and
thank you for having us. Well the story starts about 4 days before my 17th birthday, about a year ago."
At this point Ginny started to tune out, she had heard the story already, and had no desire to hear it
again, she paid slight attention, listening for the fraise 'and then Ron left,' to be uttered by Harry. She
knew that it would send her family into an uproar, the only other people in the room that knew what
Ron had done, besides her, were Bill and Fleur.
When she heard the phrase she immediately drew her wand and shot a shield charm at the door, and
immediately heard the sound of a thunk as George ran towards the kitchen, and right in to the invisible
barrier. She looked around and saw her family's faces, her mother, betrayal, she saw her father, subdued
anger, Percy and Charley, utter amazement, George, rage. Then she looked at Kingsley, Mr. Lovegood,
and Luna. Kingsley had a calm look on his face that revealed no emotion, Luna had a look in her eye
that suggested she hadn't really been listening, and Mr. Lovegood was writing on his third role of
parchment.
There was a tense silence on the wireless and Ginny heard a rasping of wood on cloth coming from the
kitchen as Hermione and Harry both drew their wands, "Let me continue Lee," Harry's voice said, "If
you hurt Ron, I won't continue." Ginny guessed that Lee had gone to attack Ron, and had been stopped
by Harry and Hermione.
Ginny looked around the room again, locking eyes with everybody in it, silently commanding them to
calm down and let Harry finish. They did. After a little while, once everybody had calmed down Ginny
took down the shield charm and turned to Kingsley, "Minister, I know I'm underage…"
She never finished because Kingsley said, "Don't worry about it, you were protecting you're brother, it's
acceptable for underage witches and wizards to use magic if they perceive a threat to themselves or
others." His voice was reassuring, showing none of the surprise he had to be feeling about Ron leaving
Harry and Hermione.
On the Wireless Harry continued telling his story, "…so after a while Hermione and I decided it was