"y/n.." Ron placed a hand on his sister's shoulder.

"t-there has to be something we can do, right?" y/n asked. she was heaving with sobs.

Hermione and Harry shook their hands sadly.

Luna walked over. she gently closed Leepy's eyes. "there... now he's sleeping."

"i want to give him a proper burial." y/n said, finally calming down enough she could speak.

"Dobby thinks Leepy would like that very much." Dobby gave y/n a sad, but reassuring smile.

Hermione pulled a small sheet out of her bag. Harry gently draped it over Leepy's small body.

y/n and Ron carried him up to the hill on the beach, placing Leepy into the small hole dug. she grabbed Bellatrix's dagger as the boys pushed the sand back into the hole.

Here Lies Leepy

The Bravest and Kindest Elf

y/n placed the headstone. wiping away her snot and tears, she stared at where Leepy lay underneath.

"i promised i would free him," y/n whispered, her lip quivering.

"you did. he knows you did." Luna comforted.

Ron pulled y/n into a deep hug.

"he was my best friend when i was captured." she sniffled.

"i know, y/n. i know." Ron comforted.

-

apparently Bill and Fleur had gotten a house on the same beach Dobby brought them to. Bill and Fleur happily accepted their siblings and the rescues into their home in the meantime.

Bill handed y/n a warm cup of tea, sitting down next to Fleur and placing his hand on her thigh.

Ron, Hermione, and Harry sat with them. y/n sipped her tea, still grieving, but ready to talk.

"i don't even know where to begin." y/n sighed. her dress was dry now, still wrinkled, but dry.

"begin from the wedding." Harry insisted.

so y/n spoke. she told them about how the Death Eaters captured her, she met Leepy, Snape fully closed her scars, she and Draco re-fell in love, how Voldemort got angrier the more the trio escaped.

"i refused to let them give me their Mark. i wanted to come home so badly." y/n wiped away her tears.

Fleur was rubbing her arm comfortingly.

"i'm sorry." y/n broke.

"don't be sorry, sweetheart. you had no control over it." Fleur reassured.

"yeah. you were in the hospital during the Apparition tests." Bill agreed.

"but i could have tried harder. and i didn't."

y/n sighed.

"i splinched my bloody arm escaping the Ministry," Ron said. y/n cracked a smile.

"well, of course, i'm the smarter twin." she joked, smiling when everyone laughed.

"we've got some stuff you tell you too," Harry said.

so Harry talked. he told them all about the Horcruxes, the escape from Voldemort, how they destroyed the locket of Regulus Black. and now they needed to continue their hunt to end Voldemort once and for all.

"can't believe Harry didn't know about the Deathly Hallows," Ron said.

"you didn't know?" y/n asked in shock.

"i grew up with Muggles!" Harry defended. y/n grinned, something that felt natural, yet seemed wrong. it felt wrong to smile since Leepy was gone.

but deep down she knew he was smiling on her. and she was gonna win this war. she was gonna make Bellatrix pay for what she did to Leepy.