A/N- I Do Not Own Harry Potter

Chapter 8

Harry, Hermione, Fred, George, and Lily waited in the Twins' sitting room. Ginny and Luna where in the bedroom talking.

"Do you think they'll be okay?" George asked.

"Yes," Harry said. The others all looked over at him. "Luna knows that it wasn't Ginny's fault. And Ginny wants more than anything to make it up to Luna. It might take them a few weeks, but they'll be fine."

"Why so long?" Fred asked.

Hermione explained this time. "They have both been betrayed. Ginny by her mother, and Luna by Ginny. Even though Luna realizes that it wasn't Ginny's fault, she was abandoned by her love for a year. It will take some time for both hurts to heal."

"So what can we do to help?" George asked.

"It's not like we have any experience in mending relationships," Fred added.

Lily spoke for the first time since her arrival with Luna. "Be there for her." The Twins turned to look at her. "You're her family, as of right now, the only family that supports her. She might not realize it yet, but this would be a lot harder if she was on her own without you guys. She will come to you two for advice, for comfort when things go wrong, things that she used to go to your mum and dad for, she will come to you for."

"We know how your mother and Ronald feel about her," Hermione stated. "Do you two know about the rest of your family? Your father's view? Your other brothers?"

The Twins thought for a moment. "We honestly don't know how Dad would feel about Ginny being a lesbian," Fred said.

"Percy won't like it, of course he doesn't like most of us right now," George said.

"Git still hasn't apologized to any of us for following the ministry," Fred continued.

"Bill probably wouldn't care."

"And Charlie's the same."

"You know wheat dear brother, I'm noticing a pattern here."

"Is it the same pattern I'm noticing?"

"Most defiantly."

"All of us left home as soon as we left school," the Twins finished together.

Harry and Hermione looked at each other and smiled. They said one word together, "Molly."

Hermione chuckled, "You guys have the worst mother in history. I'll bet Ron will be the only one of you guys that doesn't move out."

"Whys that?" Harry asked.

"Think about it Harry," Hermione admonished. "Bill, Charlie, Percy, even the Twins, what do they all have in common?"

Harry thought for a moment before his eyes lit up. "Passion," he said. "Any one can tell that after talking to any of them for a few minutes. Bill loves curse-breaking. Charlie loves dragons. Percy, just has a passion for the Ministry. The Twins love pranks."

"And the only thing Ron has a passion for is food," Hermione finished for him.

Harry looked over to the bedroom. Then to Hermione. "Did you bring Fred and George's potions and rings?" He asked.

Hermione smiled and pulled out to vials from her cloak. One was labeled Fred and one George. She handed them to their respective twin. Then she handed them both a silver ring just like the one they gave Remus.

"We have to go," Hermione said. "We'll talk to you guy's and offer Ginny and Luna positions in the Serpent Court tomorrow. We can explain the rings a bit more then."

"Where you guys going?" Fred asked as Harry and Hermione put on their black and white cloaks respectively.

"You'll find out tomorrow," Hermione smirked.

"Get yourselves red cloaks, you know the charms to put on them. Also get yourselves cloaks to cloaks to wear as...What are you going to call yourselves anyway?" Harry asked.

Fred and George smirked at each other before answering.

"Explosion," George said.

"Venom," Fred smirked.

Harry and Hermione put up their hoods. "King and Empress welcome you to the Serpent Court," Harry said, his voice altered by the cloak.

"Your task right now is to develop anything you think may help us defeat Voldemort and to make sure Ginny and Luna are safe for the summer," Hermione added.

The two apparated out of the flat. And Lily vanished in a ball of flame.

Fred and George turned to one and other. "Do you suppose we should check on the girls?" Fred asked.

"I guess."

The Twins walked over and knocked on the bedroom door. When they received no answer they cracked the door open and peeked inside. Ginny and Luna were laying on the bed, holding each other close, and fast asleep.

The Twins closed the door. "They have had a rough day," George said.

"I'll say so," Fred responded. "What do you say we go take our potions."

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Peter Petigrew was not at all happy. He was stuck in Spinner's End serving as Serverus' personal servant. To say he was unhappy would be an understatement.

At least Serverus wasn't here at the moment. He was at Hogwarts, taking an inventory of potions ingredients for the upcoming year. So he had gotten into the old potions master's liquor cabinet, and was currently sitting back and enjoying a glass of brandy.

He was looking forward to a quiet week while Serverus was gone.

The door to the home crashed open and three figures walked in. One wore a white cloak, one a black cloak, and the other a gray cloak. They all had their wands drawn and at the ready.

Peter immediately tried to apparate out, but found he was unable to. Who ever these people were, they had but up anti-apparation wards around the house, and probably anti-portkey wards as well. Peter tried to run away, but as soon as his back was turned, a full-body curse hit him in the back and he fell forward onto the floor, breaking his nose in the process.

The person in black rolled him over, his wand leveled at Peter's face.

"Hello Wormtail," the man said.

"Snapes not here," the man in gray snarled.

"We can get Snape at school," A feminine voice said from the white cloaked person.

The three people pulled their hoods off so Peter could see them. His eyes widened when he recognized Harry Potter, Remus Lupin, and Potter's friend Granger.

Harry smiled evilly at Peter. "Time to pay the piper Wormtail." He turned to the other two. "Hermione, keep watch. Remus, remember what Mum said, she wants him sane and alive when we're done."

Hermione nodded and repaired the door before pulling up a chair next to the window so she could watch Harry and Remus work.

Remus simply smiled and turned to Harry, "Don't worry Harry, I think Lils can do this better than us, shall we let her go first?"

"I agree Moony," Harry said. "Mum!"

Peter watched in horror as a ball of flame appeared above him. Then he saw a red phoenix perched on his chest, looking him in the eyes.

"Hello Peter," the bird said. It's voice was cold, and frightening. Peter recognized it instantly, and he began to sob.

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Aurors Tonks and Shackbolt were called to Diagon alley shortly after their shift began at 6am. What they found made Tonks smirk. Shackbolt thought he was going to sick.

Tied to a pillar of Gringotts was a dead Peter Petigrew. The Dark Mark on his arm could clearly be seen. The naked dead man was missing his genitals and had a long wooden stick shoved up his arse. His entails spilled from his open gut, and his missing genitals where stuffed into his mouth. A message was carved into his chest.

JUSTICE IS NOW SERVED! THE TRAITOR IS DEAD!

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When the Twins read the paper in the morning and saw the picture of Petigrew, they instantly knew what Harry and Hermione had done when they left.

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Voldemort was not happy when he read the Daily Prophet. He knew that someone had killed Wormtail, and that it wasn't him, or done on his orders. The only plus side was that the Prophet believed that he had killed the rat, purely due to the message indicating he was a traitor, and the dark mark on display for all to see.

He would have to scan his followers minds to see if they knew anything about his death. If they didn't, he could at least use this to his advantage by saying he had killed Peter. It was time to summon his Deatheaters.

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When Luna and Ginny came out of the bedroom in the morning, they were surprised to find Harry and Hermione sitting with the Twins, discussing an article in the paper.

"Good morning," Luna said as she sat down. She had dropped the act of Loony for the time being.

The others smiled at the two girls. "Good morning," Hermione said.

Fred and George looked at their sister concerned. "You all right Gin?" George asked.

"I'll be fine now," Ginny smiled at her brothers. She turned to Harry and Hermione. "Thank you, both of you."

Harry and Hermione smiled at the younger girl. "It was no problem Gin," Harry said. "Your like a sister to me, how could I do less."

"Ginny, Luna," Hermione began. "We've heard how lesbians are treated in the wizarding world. Me and Harry have a proposition for you."

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Albus Dumbledore looked at the assembled Order members. "Serverus, you say that Voldemort is taking credit for Peter's death?"

"Yes," Snape said as he glared at Remus. The damned werewolf hadn't stopped smirking since he read the article this morning. "But he has not said how Petigrew betrayed him."

"This is most disturbing," Dumbledore said . "We must find out what Peter did, and whether or not it helps us."

"I will keep my eyes and ears open headmaster," Snape assured.

"Very well. Has anyone found anything about Harry, Hermione, or Ginny?"

Moody shook his head. "Not a word. Aside from sending those proxies to Gringotts. Actually, I think that was them."

"Why is that?" Dumbledore inquired.

"Who do they know?" Moody asked. "Both know virtually no one outside the Order, and certainly no one old enough to act as a Proxy on their behalf. And although Potter certainly has enough money in his account to hire a proxy, why would he? This was Sirius' will I'm sure he'd want to be present for it's reading."

"Nonsense," Snape sneered. "There is no way Potter would be so cruel to Mr. Malfoy."

"I think you underestimate the boy Snape," Moody growled.

"I happen to agree with Serverus," Dumbledore interjected. "Harry is to kind to be so cruel. So we must continue our search and find the boy before Voldemort does."

Remus had to fight back his laughter the whole meeting.

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A/N- Next chapter: Neville's meeting