HOW FAR HAVE WE COME?

Prologue

Harry heard the high voice shriek as he too yelled his best hopeto the heavens, pointing Draco's wand: 

"Avada Kedavra!"

 "Expelliarmus!"

The bang was like a cannon blast, and the golden flames that eruptedbetween them, at the dead center of the circle they had been treading, markedthe point where the spells collided. Harry saw Voldemort's green jet meet hisown spell, saw the Elder Wand fly high, dark against the sunrise, spinningacross the enchanted ceiling like the head of Nagini, spinning through the airtoward the master it would not kill, who had come to take full possession of itat last.

 And Harry, with the unerring skill of the Seeker, caught the wand inhis free hand as Voldemort fell backward, arms splayed, the slit pupils of thescarlet eyes rolling upward. Tom Riddle hit the floor with a mundane finality,his body feeble and shrunken, the white hands empty, the snakelike facevacant and unknowing. Voldemort was dead, killed by his own reboundingcurse, and Harry stood with two wands in his hand, staring down at hisenemy's shell.

Dark lord was lying on ground, Voldemort was dead! Light had won! there was silence for a moment andthen everyone started to scream and cheer, they were crying some in joy while other in memory of their beloved. Harry kneeled to ground as his legs gave up. He couldn't believe it was over! after all these years and sacrifices he had won! Voldemort was defeated for once and all. 

Harry quickly put his invisibility cloak over himself not wanting to attract more attention and get out the hall as possible, he went straight to headmaster office, he let his cloak slide as he stood in front of his former headmaster's Portrait. Dumbledore who had his lemon drop in his hand looked at him with a knowing smile "So we won!" he smiled while Snape looked at Harry in shock

"Yes sir we did! We won! Tom Riddle is dead," he answered then turned to his previous Potion Master and said "And I am sorry Professor, for never trusting you...for always doubting your ways." Severus Snape blinked twice and answered 

"No need Potter, I never gave you reason to trust me and I also apologies for my biased behavior towards you. I always saw your father more in you. But the truth is you are not your Father or Mother Potter! You are your own Person, A great Powerful Wizard.."

"Wow greatest achievement of my life to get praised by Professor Snape." he said cheekily "Don't push your luck Potter, Go your fans must be waiting for you." 
"Now that's the Professor Snape I knew for seven years" said harry a smile never leaving his face

Snape just rolled his eyes "Off you go Potter, Your friends Mr. Weasley and Ms. Granger would be looking for you." suddenly the smile drop from Harry's face and his face harden his eyes looked dull and shimmering with unshaded tears, "Don't worry Professor they will not look for me now." he said in horse voice, 

Albus gave the boy a knowing sad smile, Snape  blinked his thrice before asking "You mean-" "Yes, Professor! they died! they died for the idiotic friend like me." he said as his voice break and he fell  on the ground on his knees. He silently cries as the portraits looked at him sadly not knowing how to help him

When a pair of arms enveloped him in tight embrace, "Ms. Klein!" someone whispered from the portrait, the girl just nodded not looking up cause right now her friend need her more. She held him tight as he cries, after few minutes Harry stopped crying when the girl twisted his ear 

"Ouch-That hurts!" 

"And it should be! Going to forbidden forest like that!"  "Aani-" "Don't Aani me Harry James Potter" all portraits watched eagerly at their interaction as Albus took out a goblet of popcorns out of no where "Why you didn't tell me about you being a Horcrux? We could have researched something but no! Harry James Potter have to play saint Bloody Gryffindor" "Language Ms. Klein!" "Don't get me started on you Professor!" the girl snapped at her former Potion Professor while Harry snickered