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Chapter 4

To St Mungo's

"What the hell?" Ron called out as he threw himself between Susan and the people who had appeared, "where the heck did you come from?"

A red haired woman squeezed her way through what were obviously her sons, and, with her arms open wide she launched herself at him, tears flowed down her face as she silently mouthed indecipherable words to him, the hug she gave him almost stopped him breathing, it definitely made his mind stop working, a moment later the woman had grabbed Susan and was once again hugging with force enough to prevent the recipient from breathing, As he stood dumbfounded by what was happening, the men who had arrived began to hug him; all had tears in their eyes.

Then Ron stood face to face with the eldest of the group, "Ron, my son, thank heaven we found you at last," the older man was saying as he too gave a bone crushing hug.

Getting back control of his faculties Ron asked "Who the hell are you people, where did you come from?" As he finished saying this he remembered his thoughts just before this strange interruption, "magic, I knew it, so Susan really is named Luna," he gasped and dropped back into the chair.

Arthur called for his family to calm down, "They have had a memory charm placed on them, we should all sit down and explain things to them."

Molly looked around the crowded little room, her eyes finally resting on the two chairs, "This could take a while, I'll need a little help Arthur," she said as she pulled her wand from her pocket.

Arthur waved his wand and the room grew too twice its normal size while Molly conjured up some very comfortable looking armchairs, Fred waved his wand at the fire place and nodded in satisfaction as it increased in size, the fire it self was suddenly laden with logs and was burning brightly, George conjured up some cups and a large pot of fresh tea while Charlie conjured breakfast and a table to put it all on.

Shocked by all that was happening around them Ron and Luna held each other tight as they sat together on one of the chairs. Luna was a little more shocked than he was, simply because they had only known each other since yesterday and yet he had placed himself between her and any potential danger, her heart lifted at the thought, then the thought that she now wished she had kissed him entered her mind. She forced the vision of a kiss she was enjoying from her mind as the elder man began to speak.

"We are your family Ron, we have been searching for you for two long years, eighteen months ago we finally caught Draco Malfoy, he told us that the four of you were being punished for what you did to his family, he boasted of having wiped your memories and left you penniless and alone to live as Muggle's, we had no idea where you were till yesterday when we received reports of magic with your magical signature, being performed, we sent investigators out and with the help of your brothers we found you."

"Do I have a family?" Luna asked finding it all hard to take in.

"Yes, yes indeed, we will inform your father as soon as we get you to St Mungo's," Arthur had a huge smile as he continued, "as our daughter in law we had to keep your dad informed of all possible sightings etc."

"Daughter in law, am I married then, who to?" Luna gasped as she looked around praying they would say the man she had spent the night with.

"Why Ron of course," Molly answered her.

No wonder it felt so normal and right lying in bed with him, she thought as she looked at Ron, he squeezed her fingers gently he too knew it had been right for them to be together. "Excuse me, I take it you are my father, did you say there were four of us, this Malfoy person did something too?" Ron asked

"That's right you and your wife Luna, Your best friend Harry and his wife Hermione your other best friend," Arthur told him

"Hermione, that's one of the names you said in your sleep before I woke you," Luna said

"Have you been remembering, if you have that's wonderful news, it means Malfoy did not do a very good job with the memory charm, that gives us a good chance of restoring you, get your memories back fairly quickly," Molly said the smile on her face hiding the tear streaks.

"Do you know where the other two are, Hermione and did you say Harry?" Ron asked.

"No son, not yet we have heard nothing about them yet," Arthur's face fell into a frown, "but we will find them, we found you, we'll find them."

"Do you have a photo of them?" Luna asked.

"As a matter of fact I have one," Fred said speaking for the first time since arriving. He pulled out the photo and handed it to her; Ron looked at it with her then said "Well I'll be blowed."

"Something we should know little brother?" Bill asked a little surprised at Ron's reaction.

All eyes in the room fell on him as he sat holding onto Luna, she in turn stared at him, and he was after all still a stranger to her even if they were married, Ron took the photo and watched as the tiny figures of Harry and Hermione waltzed carefree around the picture.

"I remember taking this, don't remember where or when, even more astonishing that young lady dancing, she served me at the hyper market day before yesterday, I thought at the time she reminded me of someone then I saw my wind blown reflection in the window and decided it was something to do with her bushy hair."

"Do you remember where? It's important Ron," Molly almost whispered, as though speaking out would make him forget.

"Yes, because I only had money enough for potatoes, thought I could do some baked with a few beans or something, she let me have them even though I was a few pence short," Ron went on to tell them the location of the shop.

Bill and Charlie were on their feet even before Ron had finished speaking, "I know that area quite well dad," Bill said as they moved toward the door, "me too," Charlie grinned as he joined his elder brother,

"Well you two just be careful, we don't want any Muggle's frightened," Molly told them just before they disappeared,

"I hope they can find Hermione, the shop is likely to be closed in this kind of weather," George sounded just a little doubtful as he looked out of the window.

Arthur stood up "Right you two we should get you over to St Mungo's, they should be able to help you there, we will have to go side along, Ron you take my arm and hold on tight, Luna you take hold of Molly, don't let go what ever you do."

"St Mungo's, what is a St Mungo's?" Ron wanted to know before he would take hold of anyone.

"St Mungo's is the Wizarding hospital, that's where you need to go to get your memory restored," Molly told them.

Luna nodded to Ron as she stepped forward and took hold of Molly's arm, George took hold of Luna's free arm and with a loud crack they were gone, Ron starring at the space where they had been standing just a second before, decided if she was brave enough then he should be too, he took hold of the arm offered by Arthur and linked arms with Fred, a few terrifying seconds later and he was standing next to Luna in the reception hall of the hospital for magical ailments and maladies.

Bill and Charlie appeared in what would have been a quiet corner of a car park with a pop, a quick look around verified George's doubts, there was not a single car to be seen, the snow was still falling and they could just make out the building across the white field that had just a few hours ago been a black tarmac car park covered in all types of cars. Together they made their way to the shop front; there they found the usual note on the door 'Closed due to the adverse weather'

Bill was about to apparate when Charlie spoke, "There must be someone here, how else do we account for the note, they won't have left it yesterday because they would not have know what it would be like today."

Bill agreed that Charlie might well be correct and decided they should try around the back, to see if any doors were open, it was not long before they were walking through the deserted store calling out, 'is anybody here'

A grey haired old man in a boiler suit came from a room just in front of them, "Sorry gents, I'll have to ask you to leave, you are not allowed in here, the shop is closed you know, can't have Joe public wandering around."

Bill approached the man and gave a courteous bow, "Sorry to intrude sir, but we are looking for our sister-in-law, she works here, we wondered if she had arrived for work today? Slim with bushy brown hair, amazingly clever."

The old man looked at the two red haired young men facing him, "You must mean Sarah, she was here but I sent her home, she was the only one to turn up this morning."

"Could you tell us where it is she lives now? You see sir, we have not seen her for two years and she no longer lives at her old house," Charlie asked almost pleading.

"I haven't got a clue," the old man answered "but!" he said as he saw the great look of disappointment on their faces, "I could take a look in the office, see if they have her address there."

"Would you like us to wait outside sir?" Bill asked politely

The old man took a liking to the two younger men, he liked the fact that they showed some respect and were very polite, a thing he did not see very often these days. "No you can wait in my room if you want," the older man said showing them into the care takers room, the one he had just come from, he then left them and went to look in the main office.

At St Mungo's Ron and Luna, had been given a private room, it seemed everyone treated them, 'as Ron put it' as though they were famous pop stars. Five minutes after they had been given the room an elderly woman entered knocking quietly on the open door.

"Hello I am the head healer, Jennings is the name, I am told that you have been on the receiving end of a bad memory charm, tell me my dears do you remember anything at all?" healer Jennings smiled at them and curtseyed as though in the presence of royalty.

Though both Ron and Luna were baffled by their treatment, they told healer Jennings all about how they had met and all that had happened, except the part about sleeping together. Healer Jennings seemed quite pleased as she took notes on what they told her, her face changed from one with a worried look to one with a rather pleasant smile.

"We should have you back to normal in less than a week I think," she told them "now I just have to go and make up a potion for you, I will be back later," with that she left them, her robes swishing as she left the room.

Ron and Luna sat on one of the two beds in the room; they were looking at each other and both wore a look of total disbelief, reaching out his hand Ron took Luna's hand in his. "Well what ever happens I won't be letting you down this time, and that's a promise," he told her as he squeezed her small hand gently.

They were just getting used to their surroundings when a man rushed in to the room, "Luna sweetheart!" called the man as he rushed to Luna's side and hugged her.

"You're Luna's dad, I can tell, I can see the family likeness," Ron said a sort of relief in his tone of voice.

Molly Weasley then entered the room and after friendly hugs all round, she began to tell Mr Lovegood what had befallen his daughter and the good news that they should be back to their normal selves within a week. Ron was feeling better by the minute, he was warm, he had a comfortable bed and he was sharing a room with his wife, even if he did not know her yet, he was beginning to enjoy his visit to St Mungo's.