The characters of the Harry Potter universe belong to Ms. Rowlings, and I'm borrowing them for my own imagination.
Gag Gone Wrong - part two
"What the bloody hell!" George yelled as leapt up to his feet prepared to fight back. Angelina grabbed his arm as Harry stepped between the two brothers.
"Good one, Perce." Ron said as he rejoined Percy. Their mother was following them rocking Hugo in her arms.
"You told me that you checked on them, and those boys of yours were behaving themselves." Percy was pointing a finger at his little sister.
"And you swore to me that they wouldn't hurt the girls." Ron was pointing at his brother.
"What did you do?" Angelina asked her son.
"Nothing, Mum." Fred said with a doe-eyed look of innocense.
"James?" Harry asked warningly.
"It was an initiation." James said.
"It was a prank, and if my daughter dies because of it." Ron yelled.
The two five-year-olds started to look around for a possible escape route, but Harry and Angelina grabbed hold of them to prevent them from acting.
"What's wrong with Rose?" Harry asked.
"It's Rose and Lucy. Rose's condition is just much worse. Apparently, your sons promised the girls that they would never prank them again if they let them initiate them into their group. They also promised them that it wasn't a prank. They would do anything to not be hurt by the boys. They put something on their arms. It must be poisonous, because Lucy's arm is red and swelling. Rose had scratched at hers and now she has a bad rash and an extremely high fever." Percy explained.
"You boys promised me you would protect the girls today." Their mum said looking at her two oldest grandsons with sad disappointed eyes.
"We told you about taking it easy on the girls." Angelina said.
"But, Aunt Ginny said to not treat the girls any different." Fred said.
Angelina shot Ginny an exasperated look. "So you listen to your Aunt over us, who are your parents?"
"Aunt Ginny is spoiled, and doesn't realize that she has always been treated differently by us all, including the twins, because she is a girl, and she likes it." Ron said his arms crossed angrily across his chest.
"They pranked me." Ginny said.
"We did take it easy on you compared to the rest of the family. Aunt Muriel was the only female we didn't pull any punches with." George confirmed.
"This isn't about Ginny. It is about the two little girls lying in that ward." Percy said exasperated.
"Percy, have you found out what they did?" Audrey asked as she rejoined the group.
"We were just about to." Percy said as he wrapped an arm around her and drew her to his side.
"How's Rosie?" Ron asked.
"We stopped her fever from rising, but it isn't going down as fast as I would like. I put her and Lucy in medical sleeps in hope the rest will help the fever reducers to work. Ron, you should go sit with Hermione. Hermione had a melt down once both girls were asleep." Audrey said. "We will get the information and work to fix the problem."
"The fever thing is bad, isn't it?" Ron asked.
"If we don't get it down, yes, it will be very bad. Now, go and sit with your wife and daughter." Audrey replied feeling Percy squeezed her tighter to him as Ron headed back to the ward after quick assurance from his mother that Hugo would be all right.
George was kneeling in front of the two boys talking quietly to them while Angelina and Harry maintained their firm grips.
"I know what they did. It is a tatoo I have been experimenting with, but don't have the kinks worked out. I will floo to the shop and return with my notes." George explained as he stood and headed out.
"I want Fred to see the girls and to know exactly what he has caused." Angelina said.
"Same with James." Ginny agreed.
"Mum, can you wait out here with Hugo. Hopefully Kingsley, Dad and the Grangers will be here soon." Percy requested.
"You called the Minister of Magic?" Fred asked looking wide eyed and worried.
"He is Lucy's grandfather." His mother reminded him.
"Oh, I forgot." Fred said not sounding at all relieved. He might stand a better chance against the Minister of Magic then Lucy's grandfather.
Percy moved directly to where Lucy was sleeping taking the empty chair next to her bed. Audrey quickly checked her vitals, then moved to check Rosie's.
"They are holding steady." Audrey reassured Hermione and Ron before taking as seat next to Percy.
"We're sorry. We were just having a little fun. We didn't mean for this to happen." James said he was holding tight to Fred's hand as they stood before their Aunts and Uncles in between Lucy and Rose's beds.
"Is it funny?" Ron asked. Hermione wasn't looking at her nephews for fear she would say something in anger she might regret.
The boys shook their heads in response.
"Aunt Hermione didn't hear your response." Harry said.
"No." They responded in unison.
"Healer Weasley, your brother-in-law has returned and he is meeting with Healers Gordon and Stockdon in search of a cure for the girls. Also, your father, father-in-law and Mrs. Granger-Weasley's parents have arrived." A nurse peaked her head in the door and reported.
"Thank you, Allie." Audrey replied.
"We will go and wait outside to allow the others to come in. I'll watch out for Hugo." Harry told them as he hugged Ron then hugged and kissed the crown of Hermione's head. "They are going to figure out a cure and fix this." He tried to reassure his best friends. He felt extremely guilty that his son did this to their daughter. The three adults kissed the ailing girls foreheads before exiting the room with their sons.
"Hey, sweetie. How's my girls doing?" Kingsley asked as he led the rest of their parents into the room.
"Not good." Audrey said as she stood and hugged her father.
"I'm sure they will find a cure with George's help." Her father reassured her.
Both Ron and Percy had stood when the family members arrive. Their mother was now in Percy's vacated seat fussing over Lucy, while Mrs. Granger sat next to Hermione. She had her arms around Hermione whose head was buried in her mother's shoulder. Ron stood next to them one hand still holding one of Hermione's while he talked quietly with his brother, father and father-in-law.
"Should someone get Molly from school?" Kingsley asked.
"We hadn't thought about it." Audrey said looking to her husband.
"We'll never hear the end of it if we don't." Percy said.
"I can go. I'll contact Minerva, now." He said.
"Thanks, King." Percy said.
Audrey sat next to her mother-in-law taking her daughter's hand in her own. They had been sitting there for a little more than twenty minutes when Healer Gordon entered the room.
"We believe we have found a solution. Audrey, if you could bring the parents to the lab for us to explain?" He requested.
"Go on. We will stay with the girls." Arthur insisted.
"Thanks, Dad." Ron said as he pulled his wife out of her chair and followed Percy and Audrey from the room.
TBC
