After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 1 Book 1

After A War

(A/N): Welcome to my book! This one is one of my favorites, and iv posted it before, but I decided to delete it and restart from the beginning so that I could fix spelling errors, and improve some details, and also to make the chapters longer since the longer the chapter, the better. Be sure to go to my profile and check out my other books and follow me to see when I post! Comments are always welcome, and every one will be responded to so nobody feels left out <3 :D Also don't forget to follow me on twitter @Dracoette !! You can also go and join my After a War spinoff Challenge!! The Winner gets to write the next chapter of After a War!! Enjoy your reading and have a nice day!

Hermione stared at the ceiling of the leaky cauldron. She had rented a room, not knowing what else to do honestly. After Hogwarts she had planned on going to the ministry to start work but after the war between Voldemort and Harry, the ministry was trying to fix itself, all the cracks and leaks.

She almost went to the Weasley's but, after Fred's death, even Ron hadn't been seen in a few weeks. She felt bad for him, horrible even, but she felt worse for Harry. He felt so bad, even if Voldemort was evil, Harry still felt horrible for killing somebody. Becoming a murderer, even for a good reason could destroy anyone, from the inside out.

She looked at her arm for about the millionth time, Mudblood, She sighed to her self and sat up. She looked at her arm for a while longer until a knock at the door interrupted her thoughts. She pulled her silver sleeve down to cover the scar on her arm.

"Come in!" She shouted. Harry walked in with Ron behind him. She shot out of her bed and hugged the boys.

"How are you 'Mione?" Ron asked.

"The better question is, how is your family?" Hermione asked. He looked at the ground and then back up at her.

"They still need more time. Ginny only left the house long enough to see Harry today. It was the only time id seen her smile since... Well since before the battle." Ron said. Harry looked around the room a bit. Then the boys sat on the bed.

"So," She started. "why are you guys here?" They looked at each other then at her.

"We were trying to decide what we were going to do with the rest of our lives the other day." Harry started.

"And we thought that... Maybe..." Ron continued.

"For goodness sake Ron!" Hermione shouted, getting a bit too anxious. She missed her friends and was a bit overly happy to see them for the first time in a while. Harry she had seen a few times since the war but Ron, she really missed Ron.

"We thought we could continue our last year of Hogwarts. Maybe after that the ministry will be open again." Harry finished for Ron. Hermione stared at the two for a moment.

"The battle interrupted our last year, and, we don't have anything else to do." Ron stumbled around his words. Hermione smiled at the thought of curling up in the library with a good book. She smiled at the thought of eating at the great Gryffindor table again. She smiled at the thought of sitting in the common room or in the dorm. Then she lost her smile at the fact that Hogwarts was destroyed. Books burning, blood staining the stairs, so many people hurt or worse. Tonks, Remus, Fred, they all gave their lives, along with so many more. She tried not to cry.

"How?" She whispered. "Hogwarts is destroyed." She looked between her friends.

"Haven't you seen the news 'Mione?" Ron asked. "They've worked their bloody butts off re-building it!" Ron looked at Hermione and then at Harry, who nodded. Hermione felt herself smile, even if it was just for Harry and Ron's sake.