Chapter Four; Angel of The Night
Later that day Amber showed up at Hermione's door with the other three Cheetah Girls. "Hey Hermione are you ready to go?" she questioned her friend. "Aaron's round back with the trailer." She explained excitedly with a grin.
"What?" Hermione began before she gave a shake of her head. "Uh,.. I mean look guys, I don't think I'll be able to go. You should go ahead and do it without me." She told them.
"What!?" Amber, Casey, and Luna cried together.
"But you're our friend." Luna said.
"Yeah, and our new singer. We need you. It's like Ginny always used to say, The Cheetah Girls perform together or not at all." Amber told her.
"Look guys I'm sorry, but Ron and I told the kids about us breaking up last night, and I guess Richie got very upset about it and the fact that we couldn't keep Beethoven anymore because he ran away and he still hasn't come back." She explained.
"I'm sorry Hermione." Amber quickly apologized before she looked over at Casey.
"Yeah we didn't know, honest." She assured her.
"Do you want us to go help you look for him?" Luna asked her.
"No thanks, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Beethoven and I are handling it." She replied.
"Did you just say what I think you said?" Amber wondered.
"You mean when I mentioned Ginny?" Hermione questioned her back. "Well yes, you see, apparently Harry went to go visit her grave last night and prayed for help." She explained.
"And she just showed up." Amber said with incredibility and disbelief.
"Look, I know it's hard to believe but I know it's true. Harry would never make something like this up." Hermione told her.
"She's right guys, Harry has never lied to us about anything." Luna began. "If Harry said that Ginny's an angel than she must be." She finished when all of a sudden Ron walked up to the door.
"What are you guys talking about? Who's an angel?" he wondered when suddenly they all went silent and Hermione bit her lip while the other three girls sucked in their cheeks and stared at the ground. "Hermione," Ron began again as he turned to look at her. "what's going on?" he asked her again.
"Ginny's back." Hermione blurted out as she turned around to face him.
"What do you mean she's back? Is she a ghost or something? I thought she went on." He said.
"She did, but she's back. As a spirit, or an angel rather. She's going to help us find Richie." She explained. "I know it sounds crazy Ron but it's the truth, Harry told me, and you've got to believe me." She told him.
"I do. I just hope that she can before anything happens to him. Now what about them, what are they doing here?" he asked as he turned to look back at the other girls.
"Well you see tonight is our first night touring with The Dragons in the muggle world." Amber began.
"And we were coming to get Hermione, but that was before we knew about your son." Casey told them.
"We'll completely understand if she doesn't want to come." Amber promised.
"That's ridiculous this is your big chance to start a new chapter in your career. She should go." Ron said with a nod.
"But what about Richie?" Hermione questioned worriedly.
"He'll be fine, he's got a dog and an angel looking out for him." Ron began with a wave of his hand. "Not to mention me and Harry. We'll do everything to find him and bring him home safe and sound. I promise. And I'm sure that if my sister were here right now, she'd agree with me. Now go ahead and go and have a good time. I'll tell the others where you went." He explained.
"Well, are you sure that you can manage everything by yourself?" Hermione asked him.
"Positive." He replied.
"Well, just give me a few seconds. I have to go and pack. I completely forgot about today." She admitted before she gave one final glance at them and then hurried away.
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Lilly, Lucy, and Brianna were racing through the sky on their broomsticks. DJ was already way ahead of them. He looked over his shoulder and grinned at them. "Last one to the Weasley's Wood is a werewolf!" he snapped teasingly sort of making fun of himself before he zoomed away. That's when Lilly suddenly pulled her broom to a stop.
"What are you doing!? You're not going to just let him win are you?" her twin sister questioned her halting her broom a short distance ahead of her while Brianna stopped beside Lilly and shook her head.
"Face it, it isn't any use. It's impossible to beat him." She explained before glancing over at Lilly.
"Are you alright?" she asked her anxiously with concern before Lilly shook her head and snapped herself out of her trance.
"Yeah, I was just thinking about Richie that's all." She told her friend. "I mean he's my cousin, and I really don't want to lose another family member." She said.
"I've got an idea," Lucy began with a proud grin before turning her head and looking over her shoulder at them. "Why don't we help our father and aunt and uncle find him?" she suggested.
"Are you kidding!? Remember what happened last time? Dad will kill us if a werewolf doesn't first!" Lilly snapped but Lucy simply shook her head at her sister.
"Not if we find Richie in the process, he'll be so happy to see him that he won't get angry at us because he won't even think about punishing us. Now come on, let's go!" she cried before she sped away.