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A/N: NO FLAMES! Not accepted.
Chapter Seven – Take Care Of Them
George paced with such concentration he almost missed the pop of apparition. He looked up into the golden-brown eyes of his best friend. He grabbed her in a fierce hug. He had asked her here by Owl saying it was urgent. She'd been in Hogsmeade and had apparated as soon as she read the letter.
"Georgie, what is so urgent?" Holly asked; the letter was still clutched in tightly in her hand as she hugged him.
"It's Angie. It's got to the stage where we lose her or the baby." George said softly, tears filling his eyes.
"Georgie…why am I here?" She asked, George indicated behind her. Fred and Roxy sat on the plastic chairs that lined the hallways of St. Mungos. She nodded; she walked over to them and knelt down in front of them.
"Hey guys." She said being quiet but pleasant. Both kids slid off their seats and wrapped their arms around her neck, burying a head in each shoulder. She looked over Fred's hair to George who smiled softly at her, before he was called into the room by the nurse. Holly held the two kids for a while. This was hurting them. When George emerged, Roxy got to her feet.
"Dad? Is Mum ok?" She asked, gripping his arm.
"Yeah, she's just sleeping right now Roxy. You and Freddie have nothing to worry about. You can go back to school. She's gonna be fine. Professor Evans can take you. Side-along apparition." George said.
"But Daddy…isn't that dangerous?" She asked. George shook his head.
"No, not as long as you do what you're told by Professor Evans." He said; he gave her a kiss on her forehead before leading her back to Holly. Freddie also got a hug and a kiss on the forehead by his dad, before George hugged Holly and told her to take care of them. She nodded promised she would then she told them to visualize their home. Above the Joke shop, the lounge area, clearly in their minds. They both nodded and closed their eyes. Roxy let out a gasp as they apparated.
When her feet hit the carpet, Holly felt Roxy and Fred fall as their knees buckled. She smiled down at them.
"That's what it feels like?" Fred asked, looking up at his Aunt, who smiled and nodded.
"Yep. It's much more comfortable when you can do it yourself. But this called for emergency transport. You see you can't apparate in and out of Hogwarts. The barriers around it prevent that from happening." Holly explained.
"So how do we get to school?" Roxy asked, confused and out-of-breath.
"Isn't it obvious Roxy?" Fred said getting shakily to his feet. He looked over at the fireplace then at Holly who smiled and nodded.
"Right you are Fred. Floo powder. Gryffindor Common Room." Holly supplied. Fred smiled widely; he grabbed a small handful of the powder stepped into the fireplace and with a confident smile in his sister's direction shouted:
"Gryffindor Common Room!" Before throwing the powder down and disappearing.
"You've done this before right?" Holly asked seeing the slightly green and terrified look on Roxy's face. The 12-year-old looked at her aunt then shook her head slowly.
"Dad and Fred used to. They always went to Uncle Ron's by Floo powder. Mum and I would go there by Muggle Transport. Or as close as we could get. I've never done this before!"
"It's quite simple. You saw Fred do it." Holly said. Roxy nodded but looked up at her Aunt, still unsure.
"Talk me through it?" She asked. Holly smiled and nodded.
"Of course." She helped Roxy stand in the fireplace and then told her to take a handful of Floo powder.
"Ok, all you have to do is state very clearly where you want to go and throw the powder down. It's all right just tuck your elbows really tight. Fred will be there to help you." Roxy nodded. She still looked terrified.
"Gryffindor Common Room," She said and threw the powder down. Holly smiled as she disappeared. But figured something had to go wrong. Taking her own share of Floo Powder she stepped in to the fireplace, after putting the powder back on the mantle.
"The Burrow!" She could get to the school a different way, she needed to talk to Molly Weasley. Of course since Fred had died, Holly had only ever seen George and Angelina, she hadn't really spoken to or seen the others. She hoped they would be home. Also she was really worried about Roxy. Hoping she'd end up in the right castle at least.
Coughing and spluttering slightly, Roxy was helped out of the fireplace she's finished in by a person she didn't recognize. Until she recognized the colours. She'd stopped in the Ravenclaw Common Room.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" She raced out of the room and to Gryffindor Tower.
"Roxy! What took you so long?" Fred laughed as he, James, Albus and Rose looked up from the fireplace.
"I landed in the Ravenclaw Common Room." Roxy snapped. Fred knew she hadn't travelled by Floo powder before.
"Really? Any better than ours?" James asked, smugly.
"It's round and blue and silver." She said, James scoffed.
"Hasn't it got like a Huge Raven in it of something?" Rose asked, that's what she'd heard at least.
"No. Just like ours doesn't have a huge Lion in it." Roxy said, she stepped past the others and trudged up to her dormitory.
"I think she might be a bit edgy…maybe I shouldn't be so smug." James said.
"I shouldn't be so smart about it either. I know she hasn't travelled by Floo powder til now. It's hard the first time." Fred said. The other nodded, til they heard their names being snapped at them from the fireplace.
"Dad?" James and Albus went right up to the fire, sure enough Harry Potter's face was in the fireplace.
"Boys…did Roxy make it ok?" He asked, straight to the point.
"Yeah, she made it to the Ravenclaw Common room. She only got here a few seconds ago." James said. Harry nodded.
"Good, Holly will be pleased. Look, you boys be nice to her. It's her first time by Floo powder. She probably had a rough time. I know I did." He smiled, Albus laughed.
"You went one grate too far!" He said.
"She fell one short, so what? It's the same thing. Tell her it happened to me and see what she says. Rose can you do that?" Harry asked, the redhead nodded.
"Sure Uncle Harry. I'll go up now." She said and disappeared.
"Fred?" The younger boy looked round James at the fire.
"Yes sir?" He said quietly, Albus rolled his eyes. Harry hated being called sir.
"Be nice to your sister. You know she hates it." He said, Fred nodded.
"Yes sir." He said, this James bit back a groan.
"Right, all of you behave, and Fred…don't call me sir." He then disappeared.
"Did she make it ok?" Holly asked. Harry nodded as he got up.
"Yeah. She fell one grate short. Ended up in the Ravenclaw Common Room. But I sent Rose to talk to her. Maybe they can work something out." He said. Holly nodded. She then smiled and said she better get back there. She then apparated to Hogsmeade and walked back to Hogwarts. Everything was going to work out. She could feel it.
