Ok, so this fanfic picks up at Bill and Fleur's wedding. I'm incorporating a few aspects of a few fanfics that I liked. This is my first real fan fiction so let me know what you think.
(from book)
Harry did not know where to begin, but it did not matter, at that moment, something large and silver came falling through the canopy over the dance floor. Graceful and gleaming, the lynx landed lightly in the middle of the astonished dancers. Heads turned, as those nearest it froze absurdly in mid-dance. Then the Patronus's mouth opened wide and it spoke in the loud, deep, slow voice of Kingsley Shacklebolt.
"The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming."
Everything seemed fuzzy, slow. Harry and Hermione jumped to their feet and drew their wands. Many people were only just realizing that something strange had happened; heads were still turning toward the silver cat as it vanished. Silence spread outward in cold ripples from the place where the Patronus had landed. Then somebody screamed.
Harry and Hermione threw themselves into the panicking crowd. Guests were sprinting in all directions; many were Disapparating; the protective enchantments around the Burrow had broken.
"Ron!" Hermione cried. "Ron, where are you?"
As they pushed their way across the dance floor, Harry saw cloaked and masked figures appearing in the crowd; then he saw Lupin and Tonks, their wands raised, and heard both of them shout, "Protego!", a cry that was echoed on all sides -
"Ron! Ron!" Hermione called, half sobbing as she and Harry were buffered by terrified guests: Harry seized her hand to make sure they weren't separated as a streak of light whizzed over their heads, whether a protective charm or something more sinister he did not know -
(sorry, just had to get the setting)
"Ginny! No!" Hermione shouted. He felt the familiar, gut wrenching feeling of apparation. The air in his lungs got distinctively colder as he gasped for air. Looking around, he realized they were on a semi-empty street.
"Where are we?" Gasped Ron looking up.
"Tottenham Court Road," panted Hermione. "Walk, just walk, we need to find somewhere for you to change. Ginny, you'll need to find somewhere to stay." Harry hadn't noticed until then that Ginny was there too. He was relieved that she was safe, but he knew she'd be in danger if she stayed.
"I'm not going anywhere." Ginny demanded.
"Ginny," Harry pleaded. "It's not safe, and if I lost yo-
"I know what you're looking for." Ginny said flatly. Harry, Ron and Hermione were taken aback by this. "You don't think Mum destroyed all the extendable ears do you?"
"You don't understand." Hermione started. "it's going to be extremely dange-
"Dangerous?" Ginny scoffed. "And learning defensive magic behind the ministry's back wasn't?"
"That was-
"Or flying by threstles to London?"
"It wasn't-
"Or sneaking into the Ministry of Magic?"
"Yes, that-
"Or breaking into the Hall of Prophecy?"
"You were-
"Or fighting a hoard of Death Eaters?"
"We didn't plan on-
"And then I had to stand by and watch Harry try to take on Voldemort!"
"Yes, but Dumbledor-
"This time, I'm not taking a sideline. I'm going with you."
The four of them stepped into an alleyway to change clothes. They each took a turn under Harry's invisibility cloak.
"We didn't plan on any of that Ginny." Harry said as she took her turn under the cloak. At this she threw the cloak off midway through changing. She stormed up to Harry in just her T-shirt and her knickers.
"So if you planned on there being a fight, you would have made me stay at Hogwarts and hide? Should I have crawled under my bed and hoped you came back safely?
"That's not what I meant." Harry stammered
"Well I have news for you Harry Potter," Hermione winced as she said his name. They had previously agreed on names to use in public. "You taught me how to fight, not hide. I didn't hide when we went to the ministry, and I won't hide now!"
Ginny continued getting dressed silently fuming. She didn't bother with the invisibility cloak since she was already out form under it half naked.
Ron picked up the cloak and quickly changed. When they all finished, they all set off to find a safe place to make a plan. They need to get off the street. They made their way to a cafe. It was mostly empty except for a waitress who looked as if she'd prefer any other job in London.
They moved to a table away from the waitress to plan in privet. As the waitress approached, they ordered four cappuccinos. They came up with various ideas, but none them seemed plausible.
After a minute or two, Ron said, "You know, we're not far from the Leaky Cauldron here, it's only in Charing Cross -"
"Ron, we can't!" said Hermione at once.
"Not to stay there, but to find out what's going on!"
"We know what's going on! Voldemort's taken over the Ministry, what else do we need to know?"
"Okay, okay, it was just an idea!" They relapsed into a prickly silence. The gum-chewing waitress shuffled over and Hermione ordered two cappuccinos: As Harry was invisible, it would have looked odd to order him one. A pair of burly workmen entered the caf? and squeezed into the next booth. Hermione dropped her voice to a whisper.
"I say we find a quiet place to Disapparate and head for the countryside. Once we're there, we could send a message to the Order."
"Can you do that talking Patronus thing, then?" asked Ron.
"I've been practicing and I think so," said Hermione.
"Well, as long as it doesn't get them into trouble, though they might've been arrested already. God, that's revolting," Ron added after one sip of the foamy, grayish coffee. The waitress had heard; she shot Ron a nasty look as she shuffled off to take the new customers' orders. The larger of the two workmen, who was blond and quite huge, now that Harry came to look at him, waved her away. She stared, affronted.
Harry recognized them; they were death eaters featured on several wanted posters in Diagon Ally. "DOWN!" Harry shouted.
Just in time. Two curses whizzed passed at that moment. Harry was the first to counter attack using a knock-back jinx to send the taller man over the counter. The other man Let loose another curse that nearly hit Hermione in the face. Ginny cast a hex that knocked the second man out cold as the first man got to his feet. He quickly caused two explosions in quick succession. The waitress, semi-aware of what was going on, ran from the cafe screaming something about "I knew I shouldn't have drank the damn vodka!"
Harry cast a stunning jinx at the same time as Ron. The death eater took the full blast of both spells. He was lifted momentarily in midair before being thrown through the kitchen door and into a large sink full of water.
After a moment, Hermione quickly pulled the blinds with a simple spell. Hermione and Ginny quickly ran forward to modify the death eater's and the staff's memories while Harry repaired the broken equipment and Ron stuffed a bag with buns, rolls and pastries.
They had to work quickly. Hermione and Ginny joined Harry in repairing the damage. As they worked. Harry caught a glimpse of Ginny stretching to repair a broken ceiling tile. He wondered how he was going to convince her to go home without her going into another rage.
Well there's chapter 1 for you. Hope you like it.
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