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Chapter Two
Mr Weasly's Hold Up
When Harry got back downstairs, he saw everyone in the kitchen, surrounding Mr Weasly, who looked quite distressed but was smiling nevertheless. Mrs Weasly looked relieved that nothing had happened to him, and Ron was properly awake now, staring at his father intensively. Ginny was also watching him, but she was smiling, obviously happy to see him. Harry felt butterflies in his stomach when he saw Ginny smile, but stopped as soon as he saw Hermione raise and eyebrow at him. She must have watched him come downstairs.
"What happened, Arthur?" Mrs Weasly was asking.
"Attack," Mr Weasly explained. "Me and Minerva had just finished speaking, when the doors flew open, and who walks in, but Lucius Malfoy!"
Everyone gasped, except Hermione, who seemed to be expecting this. Everyone looked at her.
"Well, something was going to happen," She said.
"You said not to worry!" Ron said, astounded.
"You were awake then?" Hermione asked, coldly.
"Even if he wasn't, I was," Ginny said. "You said not to worry!"
"That's because you shouldn't have worried! Mr Weasly, tell us what happened."
"You guessed it," Mr Weasly said, impressed. "He raised his wand, and tried to kill me and Minerva."
Mrs Weasly started crying at this point, and Ron was just looking at Hermione, a weird look on his face.
"Don't worry," Mr Weasly said. "Hermione, tell them."
"He couldn't do it, could he?" Hermione said.
"Yep," Mr Weasly said. "Carry on, why couldn't he?"
"Because he was to badly injured, right? Because all of Voldemorts supporters are nearly dead, or are dead, and there's no point them trying magic?"
"Exacly!" Mr Weasly said. "Voldemorts supporters are no damage to anyone anymore! There to weak!"
"That's why theres no point in worrying about them, or pretty much anything, at the moment," Hermione said. "That's the way the world is now. Voldemort is gone, and were safe." She has never sounded so sure of something, even in class.
"So," Ginny said, looking at her Dad. "What happened?"
"Well, I stunned him, and Minerva summoned some of the house-elves in the kitchen to move him. He's at Azkaban now, I had to take him down myself, being from the Ministry."
"Whats it like there now?" Ron asked, a sick look on his face.
"Terrible," Mr Weasly said, and he looked more shaken then ever. "There are a lot of Death Eaters down there, Crabbe and Goyle, not the kids, obviously, were there, and so was Narcissa, Lucius' wife. They all looked near dead. They deserved it, but still, not a pretty sight. At least all the Dementors are gone now." He looked like he was going to be sick.
"Speaking of the Malfoys," Mr Weasly continued, as if he just remembered. "Draco has been sighted."
Harry looked up. He had sat down and had been listening, but now he was paying extra attention. Draco Malfoy was one of his last enemies left, and he wanted to end things with him. They hadn't meet each other since he had run away with Snape after Dumbledore died.
Thinking of Snape, he hadn't been seen either. Harry was mad he hadn't seen him, Harry really wanted to take all his anger and frustration out on him, but he was no-where to be seen.
"Was Snape there?" Harry asked. He had not followed the conversation, they had moved on.
"Where, Harry?" Mr Weasly asked.
"Azkaban." Harry simply said.
"No, no he wasn't," Mr Weasly said. "Don't think about him, Harry, justice will catch up to him eventually."
"I hope so…" Harry said.
After a couple of minutes, Mrs Weasly seem to come out of a reprieve, and announced;
"Breakfast, Arthur!"
Mr Weasly looked happy, he'd forgotten all about Snape and Malfoy now.
Harry was annoyed. He wanted to deliver justice to Snape, he wanted to avenge Dumbledore. This must have shown on his face, as Hermione came over to him.
"Harry, don't think about Snape," She sounded comforting, unlike her analysing way earlier this morning. "Not now anyway. I know your going to want to find him, but don't think about him now. Not while he's not doing anything, and while everyone's, well, happy."
She got up and walked over to Ron, Ginny, Mrs Weasly and Mr Weasly, who were all happily chatting around the cooker, helping with the cooking.
Harry went over to them, and while he pretended to be happy, he wasn't. He felt like something was missing, like a piece of his life couldn't rejoin the others until all the loose ends were tied up. And he made a decision. If they wanted to come, he was going to go with Ron and Hermione, and, with a rush of hope and embarrassment, Ginny might come to, to find Snape and Malfoy, and deliver justice to them, finally.
