I crept to the top of the stairs, trying to see if my parents would discuss the story. They did, kind of. My father asked if I had figured it out yet. If I had figured it out wouldn't I be prying for more answers? Come on guys, you know me better than that. But if you don't: My name is Allison Nicole Lupin, Allie. I'm turning seventeen tomorrow; I have an older brother, Noah; Harry Potter is my best friend. Oh, yeah: I'm going with him, Ron, and Hermione to find the Horcruxes... Harry just doesn't know it yet. I was 'strictly forbidden' to go at the end of last year by Harry himself. Hermione and I, however, had been preparing for quite some time now. Hermione had cast Undetectable Extension Charm over both of our bags, currently in Hermione's possession for packing. She was dividing up the loads between our two bags, two people's things to one bag. Since the conversation from downstairs was not going in the direction I wanted, I turned and headed back into my room, flopping down on my bed. Eventually, I fell asleep. I was woken the next morning by a loud bang and someone jumping on my bed.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALLIE!" Noah bellowed. You would think that after seventeen years he would figure out that I am not a morning person. Apparently not. "Come on lazy bum, get up. You're going to be late and Charlie will leave without you." Charlie Weasley was going to meet me outside of the Burrow's boundaries; only a Weasley could enter the Burrow for now because of safety measures. After shoving Noah roughly from my room, I got dressed in the white and blue knee length dress I had laid out last night. The spaghetti strapped dress was almost entirely white except for the light blue satin ribbon that ran around the high waist.
"Tell Molly that we'll be over soon." my mother shouted from the kitchen. I Apparated a ways away from the Burrow. Charlie stood waiting a few paces away. He muttered a charm as we neared the boundaries of the Burrow. Harry was in the kitchen with Mrs. Weasley. She had a glass of Polyjuice Potion in her hand. Apparently, Harry was to be disguised as 'Cousin Barny' while all of the guests were here.
"Mrs. Weasley, the guests won't be here for hours. Allie's just here early!" Mrs. Weasley had flown into a panic upon seeing me, thinking she had lost track of time. Harry bolted out of his chair to hug me. "Happy seventeenth." Mrs. Weasley finally consented to letting Harry roam around for a while longer without his disguise. "Hermione's been doing some studying to find out more about Horcruxes before you got here. It's really quite gruesome." Harry muttered once we were out of ear shot. I think he was just trying to strike up a conversation. I'm not just here for research ya know.
"Hermione and I have been packing for a few days." I threw it out in the open, even if he had already found out from Hermione, a fact that I doubt heavily. "Before you say anything, it really was decided months, years ago, that we'd all go with you."
"You sound like Hermione. She said almost the exact thing."
Three o'clock found all of us out in the front yard waiting for the wedding guests to arrive. Harry, Ron, Fred, and George all had seating plans. Ron's Auntie Muriel had arrived and we could hear her from all the way upstairs telling Fleur how best to wear her tiara. "I'm sorry we rand out on you yesterday." a voice said from behind us. My mother, Bella, and my father, Remus, stood behind us. "The Ministry is being very anti-werewolf at the moment." Other guests filed past while Harry and I talked to my parents. Noah and his girlfriend, Alisha, soon followed.
"Time to sit down or we'll get run over by the bride." Fred muttered passing us quickly. Fleur's beauty usually made everyone else look dim, but today, it made everyone else look even better. The little wizard that preformed Dumbledore's funeral presided over Bill and Fluer's wedding. Hermione was crying quietly. I sat thinking. About what? Good question. Nothing really. I looked up when Ron's Auntie Muriel spoke.
"My tiara sets the whole thing off wonderfully doesn't it?" she said in a carrying whisper. "But Ginevra's dress is way too low cut." Ginny turned to look at Harry, winking. Harry looked down at his lap and Ginny turned to look at me. I felt guilty. She didn't know, did she? Harry sighed and slid down in his chair.
"She knows, Allie, she does."
"Did you tell her?" I hissed, he shook his head no. "Then there isn't a way that she'd know right?" I couldn't keep the note of panic out of my voice. The little wizard asked us to stand as he finished the ceremony. The chairs vanished and were replaced by small tables and chairs. I put a hand to my forehead, brushing back what was left down of my black hair.
"I didn't tell her that I kissed you over the summer." I stood close in front of me. "I want to tell her. she's assuming that once this is all over that I'll be waiting to get back together. I just don't know how to tell her." he paused and motioned for me to follow him. Harry led me out of the tent and around the house, out of sight. "I don't know how to tell her that I can't-can't be with her anymore." I stood patiently watching him carefully. "It's not that I don't like her, it's just that-- when I kissed you over the summer, it never felt like that when I was with Ginny." I looked up at him. What was he talking about? He loved Ginny, so I thought.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand." I got it a little but blew it to extremes. I didn't expect what happened though. Harry stepped forward and kissed me. Once again it was a mass explosion of fire works. The setting of this was a bit ironic. It was also weird considering that Harry wasn't Harry, but some Muggle boy that Fred and George had taken hairs from.
"I'm sorry." he whispered breaking away. "I shouldn't have done that. I didn't want you to come because I was trying to protect you. But I think I figured it out that you'd be in greater danger here." Hermione came around the corner as Harry finished talking.
"Are you guys coming? We should go congratulate Bill and Fleur." she went back around the side of the house and we followed her. Ron had four butterbeers in hand when we found him. "Come on, let's get a table." Hermione suggested. Ron steered her away from a table near his Auntie Muriel. We ended at a table with Luna. Ron bolted out of his chair when Krum approached out table. He gruffly asked Hermione to dance. She got up, looking flustered but pleased, leaving Harry and I with a disgruntled Krum.
"Are they together?" Krum asked once they were gone. Harry shrugged and I laughed. Krum gave me a weird look. Luna was waving her hands around her head. I got up to join her.
"Hi, Luna." she smiled at me. I talked to Luna for a while; Ginny flitted in and out of the conversation making me feel more and more guilty every time she came over. I heard Krum saying something and I scooted closer to listen.
"And her, is she a relative of your's?" who was he talking about? Harry stuttered out a reply.
"Well, not exactly." he said slowly. "But she's seeing someone, big bloke, jealous type." I smothered a giggle.
"Vat is the point of being an international Quidditch player if all the good looking girls are taken?" I waited until he stalked off to talk to some of Fleur's veela cousins before turning to Harry. I sat in one of the gold chairs, raising my eyebrows.
"Oh come on, I couldn't just let him look at you like that could I?" Krum had been talking about me? No wonder Harry had gotten so worked up. I laughed. "Why are you laughing at me. You would have said something if you were me." I smiled at this. It was still strange hearing this from someone who wasn't exactly Harry "And there's something else: I figured out who--" Harry stopped talking as a lynx Patronus glided onto the dance floor and Hermione came to our table.
"The Ministry has fallen. Scrimagour is dead. They are coming." the Patronus spoke in the slow deep voice of Kingsly Shaklebolt. Hermione stopped and looked from the lynx to Harry and I. We bolted out of out chairs and the three of us had our wands out before most of the guests realized that something had happened. Everyone flew into a panic, people were Disapparating. The security enchantments on the Burrow were broken.
"Ron! Ron!" Hermione cried. Harry grabbed my hand and I grabbed Hermione's so we wouldn't get separated. Hermione latched onto Ron's arm.
"Harry, take her and go!" I heard my father yell at Harry. I felt Hermione turn and we all disappeared into the crushing darkness.
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A/n- sorry there was no song. I couldn't really find one to fit the occasion. There will be one next chapter though. Promise. Anyways, what do you think? I know it's short but I didn't want to do much while I didn't have my book with me. I'll hurry with the next chapter!