Lovimg You Is An Easy Thing To Do
Chapter 10: The Truth
A/N: Finally, continued from the previous chapter...
Lupin left the room and went downstairs. Hermione looked at Harry. "Do you think something's wrong?" asked Hermione.
"I dunno. But we need to get dressed." They both climbed out of bed half awake and threw on some clothes. They walked downstairs. Harry nearly tripped with his crutches again. Being barely awake and trying to move with them wasn't exactly the smartest thing. Lupin stood downstairs and had turned on a light.
"Lupin what's going on? Is someone hurt? Is…" Harry started asking but Lupin interrupted.
"Listen, there isn't anytime to explain things now. All I can say is that you 2 could be in extreme danger and we need to get you out of here soon."
He looked at Hermione's face. She looked terrified and she grasped onto his arm. Harry himself felt white and pale. "Where are we going? How are we getting there?" asked Harry wearily.
"For now we must go to the Burrow. Then later we will move into Grimmauld place. And we will apparate."
"Lupin can't you just tell us why we have to leave?" Hermione asked.
"Like I told you, you are in danger and there is no time. Now are you ready?" Hermione and he both nodded.
They stepped out of the house and onto the porch. Fog swarmed the yard and you couldn't see more than 2 feet in front of you. All of a sudden a blue jet of light shot out of no where; hitting him in the arm. His arm went numb and he nearly fell over from dropping his crutch. Hermione quickly helped him while 2 more blue spells were fired. Lupin shoted a couple of curses before telling them to quickly get out of there.
Then with a crack they were in a black swirl. A few moments later they were standing outside the Brrow. It was pitch black out. "Lumos," Lupin whispered. They made their way to the door and knocked.
"Is that you Lupin?" someone whispered from behind the door.
"Yes Molly." The door opened and Mrs. Weasley stood there at the door. "Harry Hermione! Come in, come in!" she ushered them inside.
"Hi Mrs. Weasley," Harry told her.
"Oh I'm so glad you 2 are alright! You're not hurt are you?" She swung her arms around them and gave them a big hug. His arm was still numb but he tried not to let her know. Then she examined them.
"We're fine," Hermione told her reassuringly.
"Please go ahead and take a seat," Mrs. Weasley told them. They went and sat on the couch.
"Now could someone please tell us why we are in danger and came to get us at 2 in the morning?" Harry asked. Lupin came and sat across from them.
"You know what happened to Lavender Brown I suppose?" Lupin asked. They nodded their heads. "And I know you herd about the Mnistry robbery. Well, we know for a fact that Lavender was murdered by a Death Eater. It was Wormtail to be exact. He saw Lavender earlier in a park just out of London. He asked her about her being friends with Hermione and you. Scared, she wouldn't tell him anything more than that she was in a hurry and must leave. When she refused to tell him he killed her. Now we think these are related. We aren't entirely sure yet. But we do think that right now you are in danger and should stay away from the house for a while." Hermione was white again and started to cry a little. Harry put her arm around and rubbed her shoulder a little.
"So you don't know what he asked her?" asked Harry.
"No, but we can't risk it. In the morning we will all be going to Grimmauld place. We disguised it differently too so Snape or others wouldn't be able to get in. Only the most recent members of the Order will be able to get in." They paused a minute while Harry and Hermione tried to absorb everything.
"Ginny will be arriving there in a few days to come here for thanksgiving. McGonagall decided to let students go home if they wanted for Thanksgiving this year," Mrs. Weasley told them. Harry could tell he was getting as white as Hermione. Mrs. Weasley brought in a glass of water for both of them.
"We are all going to Grimmauld place because Voldemort and his followers know who is close to Harry," Lupin said suddenly.
"Where is everyone else?" Hermione said suddenly. She hadn't said anything for a while.
"Ron, Fred and George are all upstairs. Bill and fleur have been notified about everything and Charlie too. They will probably be there later tonight or tomorrow," Mrs. Weasley said.
There were a few moments of silence and then Ron and the twins came downstairs. "Is Harry here yet? Oh hiya Harry, Hermione! Didn't know you were here," George had said.
"You herd the whole thing over your extendable ears didn't you?" asked Mrs. Weasley asked with a sigh nonchalant.
"Yes," The 3 said in unison.
"Not surprising," Mrs. Weasley mumbled.
"So how long are they staying with us?" Ron asked.
"Probably until after thanksgiving," Lupin told them.
"We were going to go to my parents for thanksgiving," Hermione told him.
"You can still go, it might be smarter to be in a muggle area."
"Where is Mr. Weasley?" Harry asked.
"He's off doing some things. He'll be here later. Harry, Hermione, I'm sorry I don't have a bed or anything available right now so I'm afraid you'll have to use the couch for now," Mrs. Weasley told them.
"That's alright, the couch will be fine," Hermione said quietly. Some blankets and pillows then came from upstairs. Harry put one on Hermione. Then Lupin and Mrs. Weasley went into the kitchen. The 4 sat on the furniture for a while.
"Reckon we should go listen to what their saying?" asked Fred.
"No, I think they have learned from previous experience and tell us later. Besides, they know we're old enough to hear," Harry told them. Hermione laid her head down on Harry's shoulder, still a little shocked from everything that had just happened. His hand was starting to regain feeling now. He stroked her hair a little bit trying not to draw too much attention from the other 3. Harry had to admit, he was quite tired himself. The old grandfather clock read 2:30. 5 minutes later Lupin and Mrs. Weasley came back into the room.
"Harry we have…." Lupin stopped when he saw them all asleep. Mrs. Weasley went over and put blankets on everyone. Harry and Hermione were with each other on the couch, Ron was on the floor with his mouth wide open and starting to snore a little, and the twins were asleep on the other littler couch across from the one Harry and Hermione were on. Lupin looked at everyone and the said to Mrs. Weasley, "We'll let them get their sleep, tell them the rest when they wake up."
The old grandfather clock was ringing and the sun was shining through the windows into the living room.
"Harry, Hermione. Wake up, it's Lupin." Harry opened his eyes and saw Lupin standing over him and Hermione. Hermione stirred and turned around too.
"W-what t-time is it?" Hermione asked yawning.
"It's 12:30, Mrs. Weasley told me to wake you up so you can get cleaned up."
"But we don't have anything with us. We left everything at our house," Harry told him.
"Don't worry, we sent Mad-eye over to get some things. He'll be back shortly. Until then just go into the kitchen and get something to eat. The others are in there as well." Hermione and Harry got off the couch and into the kitchen.
"Morning dears. Please take a seat and I'll have some food with you in a minute," Mrs. Weasley told them. They took a seat next to Ron and the twins.
"Morning Harry, Hermione," Ron told them.
"Morning Ron. What time did you get up?" asked Harry.
"Probably an hour and a half or something like that ago."
"Mad-Eye was here? How come we didn't hear him? Did anyone else come?"
"You were probably fast asleep. Everyone was quiet and tried not to wake you guys. I think he came sometime around 11. There was dad and Charlie but they left." Mrs. Weasley brought over some soup, bread and drinks.
"You're dad was here? Where is he now?"
"He came by to make sure you and Hermione got here. He left to go to the Ministry for a few hours." They all helped themselves to the food and ate almost the rest of the meal in silence.
Just as they had finished up there was a knock on the door. A few minutes later Mad-eye Moody walked through the kitchen door. "Hello Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred and George," he said to them.
"Hello Mad-eye," Harry and Hermione told him.
"Harry, Hermione, I got some of your clothes. They're in the other room by the couch."
"Thanks," Harry told him. He and Hermione went in and found 2 suitcases. They picked them up and went upstairs to change.
They came downstairs about 20 minutes later. Lupin, Mrs. Weasley, Mad-eye and Mr. Weasley were all now standing in the main room.
"Hi Harry!" Mr. Weasley said as he came and gave him a pat of the back. He did the same to Hermione.
"Er- are we going to Grimmauld place today?" asked Harry as everyone was staring at him (he really hated it when people did this.)
"Yes we are. In a matter of fact we will be leaving shortly," He told him. Ron had come down too now.
"Hiya dad," Ron said as he went and stood next to Harry.
"Hey Ron where's you're…." His question was answered when there was a loud bam! That came from upstairs.
"Oh no," Mrs. Weasley said. She quickly went upstairs to see what happened. It didn't take long before they herd, "YOU IDIOTS! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? TRYING OUT THESE NEW THINGS OF YOURS! YOU'VE MADE A MESS! WHEN YOUR FATHER SEES THIS…."
"Oh come on! We…"
"WEREN'T THINKING? ISN'T THAT YOUR ANSWER TO EVERYTHING!?"
"Well not all..."
" I THINK THAT'S IT! YOU 2 GET DOWNSTAIRS NOW AND TAKE THESE THINGS WITH YOU!"
"But mum…"
"GO!" Then there was footsteps coming down the stairs. Fred and George came down laughing but yet somewhat ashamed. Mr. Weasley went upstairs to see what the ruckus was all about.
"What did you guys do?" Hermione asked them.
"We blew a hole in the roof and part of the wall with our new joke bombs," George answered.
"We'll explain later," Fred told them.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley came downstairs a few minutes later. "We put some wood it for now. It will do until we get back," Mr. Weasley said. The clock struck again and it now said 1:30. "Look at the time, we better start going," Mrs. Weasley said. She looked red from her yelling.
"How are we getting there?" Harry asked them.
"Some of us will be apparating. The rest will go by floo powder, they finally unclogged the interceptions," Lupin told them. "Let's see…..Hermione, Mrs. Weasley, I and Mad-eye will go by floo powder. The rest will apparate. I know how much Fred and George enjoy doing so." He reached in and grabbed some floo powder and yelled, "Grimmauld place!" he vanished.
"You're next Hermione," Mad-eye told her. She did the same as Lupin.
"Harry and Ron, you 2 apparate together in pairs," Mrs. Weasley told them. Ron grabbed Harry's crutch and with a crack, they had went out of site too. Within moments, they landed outside of Grimmauld place. Then came Mr. Weasley, Fred and George and the others. Mr. Weasley told them to back away from where the house would appear. He put and invisibility charm over them so no muggles would see. He then started to tap his wand into the air as if to enter some sort of code. Then he pushed something and entered more codes. Suddenly, the house appeared like it had done before on the night of his wedding.
They all walked inside and surveyed it. Lupin and Hermione and the rest of the gang were standing around in the main room. "Well it looks like we all made it," Mr. Weasley said.
Hermione came over and took Harry's bag. "I'll take it upstairs. You probably don't want to hobble up all of them," Hermione said to him.
"Yeah sure thanks." She took them and headed up the flights of stairs. The place still seemed to be in decent condition. They would have to clean it a little again but it was better then it had been at times.
"Why don't you lot all go unpack upstairs?" asked Mrs. Weasley.
"Harry," Lupin stopped him. "I need to talk to you and Hermione alone when you get done."
"Er-yeah sure thing." He then apparated upstairs like Fred and George had. He looked at the rooms. He wondered which one Hermione had gone in. "Hermione? Where are you?"
"In here!" she called from a room that had been the one next to Ron's when they stayed here last. "I picked this one if that's ok? We might end up not sharing a room though when Ginny comes home. We could be short."
"Well, we're fine for now." He and Hermione went and set up the bed and the put some of their things in the drawers. "Lupin wants to talk to us when we're done," he told Hermione.
"What about?"
"I dunno. Probably about us coming here." They finished putting some shirts away and they went back downstairs. They went and found Lupin in the kitchen along with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Mad-eye.
"You Er- wanted to see us Lupin?" asked Hermione.
"Ah yes. Please sit down." They took a seat. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and the others left the room.
"First, I want to say that I am very sorry about last night. I didn't know...or mean to…" Lupin started.
"It's alright Lupin, Just please don't tell anyone about us alright?" Harry asked.
"I won't you can trust me. Anyway the reason I wanted to see you was because there is something to discuss. If one of Voldermort's supporters is following you we need to be careful. After a few weeks I would really like for you guys to be able to go home. And if that is the case, you would need someone to keep a watch over you." He and Hermione stared at him blankley.
"Someone to watch over us?" Hermione asked.
"Yes. Now I know that it seems like it's a drastic measure but it could be for the best. Voldermort tends to work in strange ways. He will think we would have forgotten about the things that happened and try to send someone unexpectedly."
"So if that does happen, someone will be able to help protect us?" Harry asked.
"Yes."
"But, how would we have someone watch over us all the time? I mean, someone can't just wait outside our house," Hermione said.
"That is true. That is why Mad-Eye can hook up a shield. It is only temporary and should work. It will recognize any of us in the Order and such and Mad-eye is pretty up to date with the latest Death Eaters. Only you, Hermione and the members of the Order will be able to get through it." There was a pause.
"Will we have to have it forever?" asked Harry.
"No, only for a few months or something until we know it's ok. It'll be invisible and like nothing is even there."
They sat and talked about it for a long time. Near dinner Harry and Hermione went back upstairs just to hang out a little bit.
"I don't like what's happening to us," Hermione said. "I don't like thinking about the fact that someone could be after us."
"I don't either. But eventually we are going to have to face him, or his Death Eaters." Hermione scooted next to him on the bed.
"Why don't we just hang out for a little bit and let everything just soak in?" Harry asked her
. "Yeah I guess that's a good idea." Ron was in the room next to them experimenting with Fred and George's newest inventions with them. They had decided to leave Hermione and him alone knowing what had happened to them in the last 24 hours. He would tell Ron everything later on. He sat with Hermione on the bed and thought about the things Lupin had said. Death Eaters could be after him; what a pleasant thought. NOT. He, like Hermione didn't like to think about any of this either.
A/N: R&R please??