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Fred's Legacies
By PhoenixFeather2

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Category: Post-DH/AB
Characters:Harry/Ginny, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, Minerva McGonagall, Neville Longbottom, Ron Weasley
Genres: Drama
Warnings: Death, Disturbing Imagery, Mild Sexual Situations, Negative Alcohol Use
Story is Complete
Rating: PG-13
Reviews: 109
Summary: It's the summer after the battle, but victory is not sweet. Old enemies are still causing trouble. Harry and the Weasley's are having trouble moving on. To complicate matters, Fred left something behind.
Hitcount: Story Total: 75302; Chapter Total: 3120







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Harry, Mr. Weasley, and Percy went to the Ministry early the next morning. Ron had agreed to go to the joke shop with George this morning to sort out the order and get things going again. Mrs. Weasley and Ginny joined them. Ginny found herself in charge of the paperwork again, reading long columns of numbers off and counting items in boxes. Really, she had thought George and Fred did this for the fun of it. From what she had seen of shopkeeping so far, it was anything but fun! By noon she was more bored than she could remember having been in her entire life. She had had more fun in detentions! Well, excepting the Carrows detentions, but she avoided thinking about those.

The family was sitting on the ground eating sandwiches that Kreacher had packed for them. They were far better than the corned beef that Mrs. Weasley made, and Ron had just made the mistake of saying so when Lee Jordan walked in and saved Ron from a lecture that had begun, “See if I ever cook for you again, young man!”

Lee’s radio show, it turned out, had hit a bit of a slump now that there was no more war to comment on. He had been feeling bored himself the last few days and was eager to help George get the joke shop in business again. He was going down Ginny’s inventory lists to see what he had to work with when Ginny commented on how she had never imagined that Fred did such dull work.

“He didn’t.” Lee explained instantly. “Either he made George do it or he hired staff. Fred was definitely the supervisor here. George’s going to have a time of it, making this work by himself. Not that he doesn’t know his stuff, but I always got the feeling Fred was the mastermind.” Ginny nodded. That sounded about right.

That was the last day that Ginny helped out in the shop. Lee and Ron took over for the rest of the week. Mrs. Weasley and Ginny helped out at Katie’s charity instead, but Ginny could tell that they were doing it only to stay busy. Both of their minds were back in Ottery St. Catchpole. Ginny felt an instinctive need to be close to wherever Fred’s baby was. Mrs. Weasley fussed and worried about what sort of a girl Amanda was and what sort of decisions she would make. “What if she decides to date another muggle and married him? What if we never get to see the little baby at all?” Ginny had no reply for this.

Ginny decided she had best call Amanda to warn her that the parents wanted to meet her on the weekend. George was able to locate the telephone number and Harry helped Ginny place the call at a local payphone.

“How do I use this thing, again?” Ginny asked Harry standing with the receiver in her hand and twisting the cord uncertainly.

“It’s easy.” He reassured her. “Just act like you are talking to me, but hold the receiver to your ear like this.” He put it in position for her. “I’ll dial the number and stay here. Just don’t shout in the phone. She’ll be able to hear you like you were right next to her.”

Ginny nodded uncertainly. She was regretting how much fun she had made of Ron’s troubles with the phone. Harry dialed in the number and she heard the odd sets of rings. Amanda picked up.

“Hey, Amanda. This is Ginny. George found your number for me.” Ginny looked at Harry. He nodded his approval of her volume.

“Listen, I don’t know if you’ve thought about this next weekend at all, but, I told my parents about you and they were wanting to come up and meet you too. They won’t if it would be awkward for you, or anything like that.” She paused.

“That’d be fine. Listen, Ginny,” Amanda replied from the other end, “I talked to my mum. And, I went down to the grave, and, sort of talked it out with Fred. And I felt like, well, it’s going to be ok. I’m definitely keeping the baby. So, I guess I should introduce myself to the grandparents, if they’re cool with it.”

Ginny grinned. “They’re thrilled. I’ll have Dad give you a call and arrange the details then.”

“Sounds good. Listen, Gin, I have to get back to the shop.”

“Of course. I’ll talk to you this weekend then. Goodbye.” Ginny handed the receiver to Harry and he put it back.

“She’s keeping the baby!” Ginny told him.

“Good.” Harry hugged her tightly. “That’s really good, Gin.” He kept his arm around her the entire way back to the house.

The next day Mr. Weasley had held a closely guided telephone conversation with Amanda from the Muggle Relations office at the ministry. He had said nothing of substance, merely asking if he could bring Molly and meet Amanda on Sunday. Ginny hoped they wouldn’t overwhelm the poor girl.

Ginny whispered this concern to Harry on Monday evening. He came up with a solution. After dinner that day, the whole family was invited to spend a few hours in a guided tour of Muggle London with Harry. Mrs. Weasley raised a few objections, “Is it really safe to be wandering about there with a few of the death eaters still on the loose?”

“Safer than in Diagon Alley,” Harry assured her.

Eventually, Molly was persuaded. Ginny noted during the interaction that her mother could not have known she had spent the last two Saturdays wandering Muggle London with Harry. She glanced over at her dad, but he merely raised a finger to his lips. Ginny decided to pretend this had been her first outing in Muggle London too. George took the whole thing as a joke. Percy declined, he had decided that he needed to move back into his own place, where Ginny assumed, he would be seeing a great deal more of his girlfriend.

All in all, with Percy gone and Harry in his element, it was one of the most enjoyable evenings the family had spent together that summer. It was so much fun that they repeated it the next day and the next. Mrs. Weasley was astonished at the size of the stores and the variety of things that could be bought readymade. Mr. Weasley kept commenting at the number of things that were electronic. And when Harry introduced them to a library, Ron commented that he knew now where Hermione must have spent the first eleven years of her life.

George had somewhat more experience than the others, having visited Muggle joke shops to glean ideas for products. He showed them to his favorite as part of Wednesday’s tour. They didn’t spend much time in there. Mrs. Weasley objected to the girl’s costumes that were sold alongside the jokes.

“How on earth could anyone think of showing so much skin?” She demanded as they walked out.

Ginny caught Harry’s eye and winked. George caught the gesture and laughed. Mrs. Weasley turned around instantly, “Do not tell me, George, that you would be seen in public with a girl dressed like that?!”

“Never, mum!” George answered instantly. He leaned down between Ginny and Harry and added in an undertone “in public!” causing Harry to blush and ask loudly where Mr. Weasley would like to go next. All in all, the Muggle relations training seemed to be a success. Still, Ginny wondered how the meeting Amanda and her family would go.
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