I'll skip the night just because I got bored and needed to update quickly. In this chapter, we'll find out how the Order of Phoenix has been doing!


" Ginny, relax. Your mum is coming in a while. Zey are very glad to see you." Fleur's accent was barely noticeable anymore except for her 'th'. But her words were hollow. Ginny had been tensed up since she had woken up. She tried to swallow her eggs quickly and ended up choking on them. Hermione wasn't faring any better. Her hair was still disheveled and dark circles were smearing her face. She was still extremely jumpy and started at the smallest noises.

" Blimey, Hermione. You don't look so good." Bill said as a way of a greeting. He sat down opposite of Ginny and grabbed a stack of toast. He handed one to Victore, who tore it to shreds with her toddler teeth. Fleur watched them affectionately. Then, she swiveled around to look at the clock. It was five to nine. Ginny grabbed her coffee and drained it in a few blistering hot gulps. It burned her tongue and she washed it down with a piece of bacon. After that, she lft her plat untouched. The locket pressed on her neck icily, like it wanted to jump loose. I twas well hidden under her turtleneck and robes but it felt like a giant lump had nestled under her skin.

" Oh, it's no good." Hermione said hysterically." I can't eat!"

" Why not?' Bill asked.

" Poison." Hermione mouthed out." It's happened before." Ginny nodded reluctantly. When she looked up again, it was nine exactly. Bill looked up too.

" Oh, looks like they are here." He walked over to the fireplace.

' What do you mean they?" Hermione asked.

' The Order of the Phoenix. Or at least who's left of it." Bill said grimly. A second later, the fireplace was bathed in green flames and a couple of people ell out.

" GINNY!" Mrs. Weasly quickly detached herself from the others and pulled her daughter into a tight hug. Ginny swallowed a lump in her chest and hugged her back.

" I've missed you too, mum." She whispered. When Mrs. Weasly had at last dried her own tears, she looked around. There weren't a lot of members let at all: Kingsley, Percy, Mr. Weasly, Mad-eye,Tonks and Professer McGonagall. Tonks had been a lucky survivor of the fight for Hogwarts, barely surviving and spending half a year in a coma. Same for Mad-eye, who had been captured and escaped a year previous.

" Ginny!" Tonks, who hair was now long and black, came forward to hug her. Teddy Lupin was clutching her legs. Ginny picked him up, regretting the fte of his father.

" Ginny, you look horrible. So do you, Hermione." Tonks said cheekily.

" Thanks so much,' Hermione said dryly."Hello, Percy." Percy pushed his glasses up higher.

' Hello, Hermione. Ginny. It is very good to see you two."He sat down after that, dipped a quill in in and began to write.

There was silence that was by far the most uncomfortable. Fortunately,Fleur intervened.

"So why don't we move to the living room?"

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Once they had all settled down, Mrs. Weasly broke the ice.

" So, what happened to you two?" Ginny let out her breath.

It's a lengthy story," Ginny said uncomfortably.

" We'll tell you later.' Hermione added." SO what happened to you guys?" Mrs. Weasly and Mr. Weasly exchanged looks. Mrs. Weasly sighed.

" What do you wnat to know?" She asked.

" What happened at Hogwarts?' Ginny asked bluntly.

It was McGonagall who answered." It's the same except for the headmaster. No body really knows who he is and I've only seen him a handful of times. The Slytherins are getting back their power. The..the chamber has been opened for a third time by somebody I don't know about. The teachers are stumped by the number of dark objects smuggled in the school. Hagrid is the only one who has been in the forbidden forest and he reports that the dementors are swarming around there." She put hr hands on her temple like the very thought of it gave her a headache. Ginny's throat closed u at the mention of Hogwarts being overrun. It just seemed so ...protected.

" And what happened at the Ministry?" Hermione asked. This time Percy answered.

" Things are usual. Now that Kingsly is Minister, things have changed. For one, now there won't be any chance of anyone being taken b surprise. He said in an interview that the dark was regaining power but that if we stayed united, we would be able to defeat them again. He couldn't be here today, Neither could Mad-eye but you know, they are still working. The only thing is, the Order of the Phoenix can't really recruit more members because we don't know who is actually a spy and who is part of the Death Eaters. But we can't make it seem like we mistrust people so we didn't lt anybody know about the Order of Phoenix. The Wizarding bank is run by goblins and they are all very fond of Bll, as fond as they can be to humans anyway, so I think that the bank is safe. The Ministry is in a state of hysteria of course. We've had to run late editions of the Daily Prophet with news and charms to make houses invisible, amulets that protect kids and things like that. Nobody is taking this as a joke anymore. Not even trouble makers are selling fake things anymore. It is too big of a crisis to take lightly. But the Ministry is getting organized and are reallying around Harry Potter. People worship him like an idol. Defeating He-who-must-not-be-named earned him a spot of fame. People are rallying around that."

Ginny opened her mouth and closed it. She opened it again but nothing came out.

" Alright," She said at last," What happened to the Order. Last time I checked you all had survived the war, minus Remus. What happened?"

She could tell that she had hit a target. Mrs. Weasly looked down and her cheeks were tilted pink. Bill lowered his glass of fire-whiskey.

" It's...a long story," Tonks said slowly. Teddy had fallen asleep in Ginny's arms. Tonks reached a hand out and stroked his hair absently. Victore poked him and giggle, poking him again. Teddy woke up and the two engaged in a baby fight, chasing each other around. Ginny smiled. Hermine still had faint lines on her forehead. No doubt thinking about Lavender and . Weasly looked down at Hermione's bare fingers and frowned.

" Hermione?Aren't you married ?"

" ah...No," Hermione said.

" Really but Ron send us an owl saying he got engaged during the quest."

Hermione looked close to crying.

"He did but not with me. He got engaged with..with Lavender Brown. We stayed at her house for a week and they just instantly clicked. We broke up after the first night."

" Oh," Mrs. Weasly sounded shocked," I'm sorry for bringing it up then."

" It's-it's fine. George managed to make me smile sometimes, though sometimes he did it on accident like when he walked backwards and knocked Ron into a freezing pond...," Hermione gave a small giggle.

' What happened to the order?" Ginny asked.

" Well, when you left for the whole quest thing, we stationed ourselves at the Burrow," Tonks began.

" Go on," Ginny said.

" And Charlie came back from Romania to help us. And for a while, we did nothing except for stake-outs and planning what to do with we actually heard new about you guys. When your first owl came, it had been followed...,"

" No," Ginny said and Hermione gasped. They had been so careful to make sure nobody could track them.

" And after that, we couldn't let in anymore owls and so, we had to cut ourselves off from the outside world so we cast powerful spells around the Burrow. Nobody could get in without our permission. Teddy was about a couple of months old then and he was fussy. So I got one day and headed downstairs to warm up his bottle when...," Ginny and Hermione exchanged glances. They could fell something coming. Something bad. Ginny's heart sped up hyperactively.

" And...it was just a snake. I just thought that Teddy had conjured it or something or I squashed it and they..they multiplied and there was so many of them," Her breath became ragged; the hairs on Ginny's neck stood up," And I ran back upstairs but they followed. I don't know how it happened but they weren't normal. And I woke up the first they had said I was imagining them and to go back to sleep. But when they checked the house was full..full of them./ So we fought them and and...and then...," Her eyes were fearful.

Ginny swallowed past the lump in her throat." What happened?"

" But they wouldn't die," Mrs. Weasly continued," They started to spiral together like a vortex..how they did it is beyond me and I think..I think that they took away our magical boundaries, allowing Death Eaters to find us. It was about ten of us against about thirty of them.,"

Hermione's hand lept to her mouth while Ginny just nodded grimly. This was getting very weird. She had never known of anything like that happening. Not even Voldemort...

" And they just dropped down from the ceiling and...and it was a fight for our lives," She continued," And Bellatrix was there. I swear that lady will not stay dead!"

" Anyway" Tonks continued," The fighting was -eye caught a cruicio curse full in the ace and fell out the balcony but there was nothing to do. I still had half a dozen of them chasing me and Teddy was still in my arms," Her voice faltered and halted. Hermione's eyes were misty.

" And...,'Now Mrs. Weasly was speaking and looked like it was causing her severe pain," And Charlie was taking on a masked Death Eater. I never found out who...," She bit back on a sob and continued,"And he didn't see-it was much too quick and sudden..but, he was...dead." Ginny felt like the world ha been sucked down from beneath her. No...no, Charlie couldn't be dead.

" What?" Bill said.

" No," Hermione gasped. But Ginny didn't say anything. He couldn't be dead. He just couldn't.

" What...happened?" Ginny asked softly.

" He couldn't e in two places at once." Mr. Weasly said" He was engaged in combat with one of the Death Eaters and he as winning. But he doesn't have a pair of eyes o his skull you see. Something came up behind up him with a knife..."

" Knife?" Hermione interupted." But I thought they usually had a want/"

" They do,"Percy said," And I blasted his out of his hand."

" And it was over very quickly," Mrs. Weasly dabbed at her eyes with a napkin. There was silence and nobody spoke at first. Then, Tonks pushed on with the story.

' They retreated back quickly. At first, we counted our lucky stars that not all of us had died and set about to make sure the shields were up but after that, we knew that we had to move. We couldn't risk staying in one place for two long. We stayed at Sirius's house for a while until things cooled down. A few months after that, when Kingsley became Prime Minister we moved back in the Burrow. But Aurors check the house frequently to make sure that the charms haven't been breathed. The Death Eaters burned down my house and terrified my mother nearly to insanity. She's fine, of course, but she'll be in St. Mungo's for a while. The Cruico curse used on he so many times...I'm glad that she's os strong. She helps me take care of Teddy...,"

Hermione whipped away her tears with he sleeve. Ginny just sat there, too terrified to move. Charlie couldn't be dead. He had been so tough. But he was. Tears prickled in her eyes. There were too many casualties. She couldn't bare it.

" Now," Mrs. Weasly looked keenly at them,' Now, what happened to you two?"


Yeah, that was kind of short but I'll upload as soon as possible, okay? Have a good fall break!