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Chapter 4: Locks of Gold
"Mum! What are you doing" Ron cried falling to his dad side.
"I never though I would see the day", Mrs. Weasley laughed her locks of red turning slowly to gold, "where I would get to pick off the Weasleys one…by…one", her voice turning in to a light hissing sound.
"Ron look!" Hermione screamed staring horror struck at the full profile of Narcissa Malfoy. "What have you done? You poor excuse for a human being!"
"Hold your tongue you filthy mudblood!" Narcissa hissed, "Now who's next. How about you Ronald Weasley? Imperio!" she shouted directing her wand at Ron, forcing him into a standing position.
"Leave him alone!" Ginny cried, pulling out her wand, ready to attack.
And with a shout of "Crucio" Ginny was shaking on the ground, Narcissa's wand making its way back to Ron.
"No! Please leave her alone. Do what you want with me, but let my family go please" Ron cried.
"Your bravery will get you nowhere, fool! Avada….."
"No!" shouted Harry and Hermione as they whipped out their wands, "Expelliarmus!" They shouted and with a flash of red light Narcissa fell to the floor and her wand went flying.
Harry and Hermione made there way to Narcissa and together yelled "stupefy" and she became frozen on the floor.
"That was a little too close for my taste." Ron gasped.
"Wicked!" the twins said in unison.
"Dad!" Fred shouted falling to the ground next to him. "Are you alright?" But Mr. Weasley didn't so much as flinch.
Suddenly from behind there was a banging coming from the cupboard door. They ran over to it, wands ready, and open the door. There on the floor was Mrs. Weasley restrained with a gag in her mouth.
"Mum!" Ginny cried falling to the floor and removing the rag from her mouth, and then providing to untie her.
"Are you kids alright?" Mrs. Weasley said gasping for breath. "Harry, are you hungry. I have some lovely treacle tarts in here."
"I'm fine Mrs. Weasley." Harry replied grimly.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Weasley asked now realizing that many of them had been crying.
"Mum, its dad." Ginny answered once again bursting into tears.
"What happened?" she said now in a state of shock.
"The Burrow has been attacked mum." Fred said.
"Nonsense, no one can attack the Burrow"
"Do you remember who put you in here Mrs. Weasley?" Hermione asked finally getting up the courage to ask her.
"In where?" she said looking around very confused, almost as if she had no idea where she was. "Oh…umm…no…I can't remember much of anything come to think of it."
"Come on we need to get out of here." George interrupted. "This place looks like its going to collapse, and I really would like not to be in here when it does."
"Come on Mum." Fred said, he and George helping Mrs. Weasley to her feat and helping her to the kitchen.
"Arthur!" Molly cried seeing her husband dead on the floor. "What happened to you?"
"Mum, look out!" Fred and George screamed drawing their wands and pointing them at Narcissa, who was making her way to her feat.
"Avada Kedavra!" they cried and with an explosion if green light Narcissa fell dead to the floor. They turned to pull Mrs. Weasley off of her husband.
"I'm sorry Arthur." She said bursting once again into tears and turning to join the rest.
"Mum, we need to get out of here." Ron said with tears in his eyes.
"Not without your father," she cried trying to pick up her beloved husband body, but failing.
"Mum, we can't let that slow us down. We don;t know who could be waiting for us out there."
With much effort they were able to convince Mrs. Weasley to see her reasoning,
"I will always be with you, Arthur," Molly cried standing to join the rest of her family.
They ran out onto the front lawn and gathered around Fred, George and Mrs. Weasley at the center and with a light "pop" they disappeared. Their fleeting image was of the Burrow collapsing.
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