"Harry and I will come by in a bit, Ron. You two had better go home." Karen said, tears running slowly down her face. She scribbled something on a piece of paper, tucked it under Mali's collar and said, "Boss." The dog left.
"Oh, Ron!" Hermione whined. "I told you we ought to have come earlier!"
"What would that have done, Hermione? I would still be dead as of tomorrow!"
"They might have been able to stop it!"
"Hermione, it's done, okay? Let's go home. Bye, Karen."
"See you in a bit. I'm off now." She said, reading the note Mali had returned with. She showed it to them.

Permission to leave early? "Family" tragedy.

PERMISSION GRANTED.

"I'll get Harry and Brianna and be by in 10 minutes. You don't mind if I bring the baby and the dog?" Karen asked.
"No. Got to say g'byes, right? The more the merrier." Ron said sadly. Looking upset, Karen grabbed her dog and Dissaparated.
"Oh." Hermione sighed, and she and Ron dissaparated home. Upon arrival, Hermione stumbled over to the couch and sat down. She began to cry. Ron sat beside her and she grabbed him.
"After all we've been through. And you're going to go because of some misfired spell!"
"Misfired?"
"You weren't the target, Ron. Some idiots were fighting." Ron hugged Hermione.
"I'm so sorry that I'm about to put you through this. But I want you to know that you are the one girl that I ever, truly loved."
"And I'm glad you realized that." They hugged again, fiercer.
"Hello? Are you here?"
"Ron? 'Mione?"
Harry and his family had arrived. Having married Karen, she and Harry had had a baby girl, with dark skin like her mother and messy black hair like her father, but not quite as untamable.
"Hi, everyone. Come on in. It's a party in here." Ron said. The three Potters plopped down on the couch.
"How're you feeling, mate?" Harry asked.
"Great. I feel absolutely fantastic, thanks." Ron said. Harry ignored him.
" I owled your family. I hope you don't mind."
"Not at all. Did you invite Nearly Headless Nick? He owes me. I went to his Deathday party, now he's got to come to mine." Everyone laughed.
"Oh, Ron! Why you? My youngest boy!"
"That'd be Mum." To keep his mother from hugging him, Ron took the baby from Karen and moved closer to Hermione. Ron's entire immediate family was in the house and surrounding Ron in seconds.
"Mum, its okay. Everyone has their day. Mine's just, well, tomorrow morning." All the women burst into tears. Karen took Brianna back from Ron and Ginny flew onto her brother.
"Oh, Ron!" she cried. "I'll miss you! I love you so much!" Seeing Ginny break down like this was mildly unsettling. Ron stood up to hug his sister back.
"I love you too, Gin. You be good."
"I'm a grown woman." She said, pulling back and giving him a watery smile. "I'm never good."