Chapter One: Going back to Hogwarts
Harry Potter awoke slowly to the sound of Ron and Hermione talking in low voices, he stayed still as his mind began to clear from the haze of his dreams, all of which involved Lord Voldemort in one way or another. It was three months since the Dark Lord had been defeated by Harry, and his dreams were still full of battles ending in death. It was either Voldemort killing Harry, friends who didn’t die in the Battle of Hogwarts dying, and people he loved morphing into the Dark Lord himself. Harry didn’t like to sleep and he had been taking sleeping potions on more than one occasion to help give him dreamless sleep, but he still succumbed to them early in the morning just before he would awake, usually resulting in him shouting out and waking himself. This morning he had been chasing the Dark Lord down endless hallways in the Ministry of Magic leaping over the fallen bodies of loved ones the entire time. He didn’t wake screaming this time, which he was glad because it would have been embarrassing. Harry notice Ron and Hermione were continuing the conversation the three had been having the previous night, one that which the three had made a vital decision on their futures.
The decision to go back to Hogwarts for a 7th year wasn't as difficult as Harry could have imagined. After Voldemort was killed his life had been a whirlwind of celebrations, somber ceremonies, and whether he wanted it or not public appearances and interviews. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had all taken part, which is probably the only way Harry could have made it through the whole ordeal. All three had been given the Order of Merlin First Class along with Neville Longbottom for his destruction of the Horcrux and snake Nagini. The entire Weasley family received a special award for all they had given to the defeat of Lord Voldemort.
After being honored by the new Minister of Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Harry, Ron and Hermione went to the United States and to France to be interviewed by their wizard press and thanked by delegations of each countries Ministries. Returning home to the Burrow exhausted and needing a break from the public eye, Hermione was the first to bring up returning to Hogwarts.