Harry's PoV (I promise I will change it up soon)

Recap:

Just then, we heard Kingsley's voice boom through the Great Hall.

"Testing?" he said

"C'mon guys, I think it's time for the awards ceremony." I say, and we all walk over to the front of the Hall.

We sat down in some hastily prepared seats. Kingsley walked up to the microphone. He started talking.

"Welcome, everyone. We are holding a short awards ceremony for everyone that defended Hogwarts, and freedom for that matter. First of all, we would like to award a posthumous Order of Merlin, First Class to Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Fred Weasley, Colin Creevey,  Lavender Brown, and the Fifty unnamed others who died defending Hogwarts." Everyone clapped, although George was crying again.

"Next, we would like to present and Order of Merlin, Second Class to Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, Dean Thomas, Dennis Creevey, George Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Katie Bell, Lee Jordan, Neville Longbottom, Parvati Patil, Padma Patil, Seamus Finnigan, Anthony Goldstein, Cho Chang, Luna Lovegood, Michael Corner, Terry Boot, Ernie Macmillan, Hannah Abbott and Susan Bones, the members of Dumbledore's Army, for protecting Hogwarts and fighting in the recent battle, even though many were under age. Could everybody named please come to the stage to accept these medals."

Ginny stood up. Ron, Hermione and I clapped louder than everyone else, and that was a very hard feat considering how loud they were being. Then Kingsley motioned for silence and everyone shut up.

"Now I would like to call forward the members of the Order of the Phoenix who have not previously received an Order of Merlin, Second Class or higher."

Mrs and Mr Weasley both went up, as did Bill, Charlie, Percy and about thirty others. We clapped really loudly once again. 

Kingsley went to the microphone (A/N I know that wizards don't have microphones but I don't care) once again.

"Next, I would like to award Severus Snape with a posthumous Order of Merlin, Second Class, for bravery in time of strife"

There was a little bit of clapping.

"Lastly, I would like to call forward Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley to be presented with an Order of Merlin, First Class, for essentially destroying Lord Voldemort by hunting down his Horcruxes and Harry obviously killed him once and for all."

We stood up and walked on to the stage. Everyone was on their feet, clapping. I saw Ginny smile at me and Neville and Luna give me a thumbs up. I was about to walk off the stage when Kingsley called me back.

"Harry has obviously shown immense bravery, beyond what has been shown by the likes of the Order of the Phoenix, and possibly even Dumbledore." he addressed the crowd. "But, his success has not been without great sacrifice and loss."

"So, we have decided to present Harry with something that will cover those losses. It is called the Heart of Merlin, and it has the power to bring any dead person back to life for up to 2 months each year. It has been held in the Ministry since the time of the witch hunts, and it has never been presented to someone before. But, we have decided that Harry is worthy of it, and definitely deserves it. So, Harry, we offer you this gift to compensate for your losses, and the losses of others."

Kingsley handed me an elaborately decorated box. I was in total shock. I hugged Kingsley, which I never would do, and walked back to my seat.

When I sat down, Mrs Weasley hugged me and told me I deserved it. I asked her "Can I come back to the Burrow with you guys? Also I can use this for Fred, if you want. It brings back unlimited people."

"My answer for both of those questions is yes, Harry. You have a home with us."

I hugged her, which she returned. "Thank you so much" I said. I saw Kingsley walk over. I said "Thank you so much Kingsley. This is such a powerful piece of magic and I can't believe that I am in possession of it. One question though. How the hell do I use it?" 

Kingsley laughed. "That is why I am here." he said. "This heart has the capability to not only bring people back from the dead, but bring people back from insanity. That is what the Ministry has used it for. The dead people thing is quite a recents discovery, maybe, thirty years ago at most." I immediately had a thought.

"You know the Longbottoms, right?" I asked him. Kingsley nodded. "This could be used on them to help them?" 

Kingsley smiled. "You are a smart man, Harry. Yes, it can. Some more things about it: the time spent by the dead person in the over world can be up to two months each year, as I mentioned. This means you can bring someone back for a week at one point, then a couple of days and so on. If you really wanted to, thy could come back for an hour. The minimum time is ten minutes, and the maximum is obviously two months. Anyone that you want to cure of insanity is cured permanently. I really hope this helps you Harry, and you too Molly." He then said goodbye and went off.

I turned to Mrs Weasley. "Do you reckon Professor McGonagall will let us stay and help rebuild?" I asked.

"Why don't you ask her, Harry?" I agreed and set off to find her with Ginny, Ron and Hermione. 

We found her at the front of the Great Hall, talking to Madam Pomfrey. We waited for Madam Pomfrey to leave before we went up to her. She saw us walking over. I said to her "Professor, would you like us and the Weasleys to help you with the clean up?"

She smiled. "We aren't starting the clean up until next week, Harry, as we want to move all the bodies and have funerals. But, when we start the clean up, you can definitely help."

"Thank you" I said.

"No problem, Potter." she said, and we went back to the Weasleys. 

"What did she say?" asked Mrs Weasley. 

"She said that they're going to start the rebuilding in a week, to give time for the funerals and such. She told us that we can come back to help when they are ready." 

"In that case, we may as well go home. Is everyone here?" asked Molly. A chorus of yeses followed, and Molly Apparated back to the Burrow. I turned to Ginny.

"Did you do your Apparition test this year?" I asked. She told me "No."

"Hold on." I said, and she grabbed my hand. "Three, two, one". I turned on the spot, Ginny in tow, and focused on the Burrow.

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Sorry I haven't uploaded this sooner, I have been quite preoccupied. I'm gonna have another chapter up within the next day or so, so keep your eyes peeled...

The heart of Merlin was this thing that i made up 'cause I wanted Harry to have his parents again, and my mind immediately jumped to Merlin.  I actually made it up for another fanfic on the Harry Potter fandom thing called Ghosts.

Thanks for reading as usual!

~Prongs