The clock could be heard ticking in the background as the utensils clicked against the plates. Ginny and Harry sat in silence as they ate their dinner. Harry glanced up at his wife every so often, with a rather anxious expression on his face. Ginny set down her knife and fork and sat back in her chair to observe her husband. She sighed when he looked at her.
"If you're so worried about it, why don't you do something about it?" He looked at her and shrugged.
"We'll hear about it in the letter I told the kids to write us. I'm sure she'll be fine."
Ginny nodded her head, but she knew that both of them were aware that no letter would be coming. "You know…. We would be the first parents to know…Then we could floo Ron and Hermione and tell them about Hugo…"
Harry grinned at his wife's suggestion. "I think you have a very good idea… Shall I?" Ginny giggled at her husband. "Of course! I want to know what house Lily got into! Go get it!"
Harry leapt up from his chair and bounded off towards his office. He and Ginny had used the Marauders Map after James and Albus had gone to school, allowing them to see what house their sons had been sorted into before a letter could be sent to them. They were anxious to know where Lily had been sorted. When Harry reached his office, he opened the door and approached his desk, sitting down behind it. He took out his wand and cast a spell to undo the charms he had placed on a particular drawer. When he heard the locks click open, he pulled out the drawer and rummaged around for something. He sifted through several papers, before reaching the bottom.
He leafed through the papers on his desk, not finding what he was looking for. He frowned at the lack of his object. "Ginny! Have you seen the Map?" He heard his wife faintly reply from below. "Isn't it in your drawer?"
"I thought it was!" he yelled back. Harry opened all of his other drawers and dumped their contents onto his desk. He madly searched through everything in front of him, but failed to find the Marauders Map. He looked up at his wife as she entered into the room. "I can't find it anywhere! I know that I locked it up in this drawer…" Harry tapered off, a look of deep thought crossing his face. He looked up at his wife. "You don't think…"
Before she could respond, Harry was waving his wand over his desk, muttering spells to himself. The tip of his wand glowed when his wand reached the locked drawer. "I'm going to kill him!" Harry shouted, making Ginny jump.
"Did James take it?" she casually asked. Harry gave her a confused look. "Why would you say that? Do you know something I don't?"
Ginny looked at him coyly. "I may have overheard him talking to George, and George telling him about a map he had given to you at Hogwarts. I think James may have gone searching for it, judging by the lack of map."
Harry sighed. "What are we going to do with that kid?" Ginny came over to her husband's desk and sat down on it.
"What did you expect from a boy who's a quarter Marauder and half Weasley? A good boy who doesn't like getting in trouble? I think you're crazy!"
Harry chuckled. "Well how are we going to let him know we found out he took it?"
Ginny flashed her husband a devilish smile. "A Howler?"
Harry grinned at her. "I think you should be the one to do it." Ginny looked taken aback at his statement. "Why do you say that?"
A dreamy expression came onto Harry's face. "If I do remember correctly, a yelling Weasley really makes a nice impression in a place like the Great Hall…"
Ginny grinned at the memory. "I'll get right on that…" She jumped off the desk and went to go create a letter that her son would not soon forget.
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