Dumbledore insists that Harry should not worry about Voldemort and instead focus on his schooling and acting like a normal teenager. Harry disagrees vehemently and quips back.

Harry was not a fearful person, having faced much in his time at Hogwarts. But sleep? Well, that terrified him.

After the fall of Voldemort, there was no peace, no resounding triumph only a broken man. Harry Potter has changed and Ginny Weasley is there to pick up the pieces as old wounds heal. All of this takes time, something she knows better than anyone.

Lucius Malfoy was far more cunning than a killing curse, his methods of revenge far subtler. After all, a Basilisk was let loose in Hogwarts, surely someone was responsible?

Even the Strong have things they cannot endure, burdens that cripple them, losses that break them. At the end of it all Harry is just a boy, a boy that now has become a man.

I would have left them all alone, I would have forgiven their crimes. My chance at a family was the hope I had clung to, the future that I desired. When that is lost, they will answer for what they have done, all of them.

I will remember him for his goodness, for his friendship. I will remember Harry Potter, a strong man who could not bear another loss. A man who broke as his future lay motionless on the ground.

She wakes up and his side of the bed is cold. She finds him on the roof of Grimmauld. One Shot.

Happily ever after only happens in fairy tales and books for children. A collection of one shots, all rather dark in nature.