Chapter Ten
A Rescue
Fred, George, Ginny, Mona and me are the only ones at the table for lunch. Mrs. Weasley brings out some plates, a bowl full of salad, and a small tray of sandwiches. I grab a sandwich and a spoonful of salad. It's amazing how I never get tired of eating it, even though I have it almost every day. I take a bite of the sandwich, it was so good! The bread she put it on was perfect, and I could tell it was freshly, home-made. And I know how she made it so fast. It makes it so much easier to unstand the Weasley's now that I know that their wizards. I eat my salad, which is almost exactally like how mom makes it. It pretty good, it's got some sort of pepper in there that is really good. I'll have to ask her what it is, but not right now, she looks busy and upset about something. What could it be?
"Mummy," Ginny asks, " what's wrong?"
"Oh, the minister came over to review the rights of under-age wizardry-I mean the property fees." She says hastilly
I look at Fred and George. They are as still as statues again. Then Fred looks at me. The 'Don't say anything' look is on his face. Alright, I'll let it slide. Once.
" Oh really, how was it?" I ask plesantly
"Oh, it was, alright." she shoots a look at Fred and George. They really are in trouble. Maybe I shouldn't laugh. I look at my watch, it's 1:00. It must have taken us longer to eat than I thought it did.
"Thank you for lunch Mrs. Weasley, but we must be on our way."
"Oh, your welcome girls, come back anytime."
"We will thank you." We get up and head out the door. We walk home this time, heading back through the woods. In the woods, there is a stream, it's quite wide, and has a large tree trunk that covers it as a bridge. I love taking this way home. You get to see a lot of the forest and it's a nice long way. We reach the bridge.
"You first." I say, gesturing towards the bridge.
"Yes!" Mona says excitedly. She steps on and crosses the bridge. She calls over to me from the other side.
"Alright, your turn!" I step onto the bridge. About halfway across in hear a cracking and creaking sound. Oh no. I sprint across the bridge and make it to the other side. Whew, thank goodness. The bridge stops creaking and looks normal-old and strong.
" Maybe we should find a stronger trunk, this one's gotten pretty old." Mona suggests
" Yeah, good idea." I say. We find a newly fallen one a little distance away from the stream. We drag it over there and slide the old one over to the other side. We replace it with the new one.
" We should walk across it, to make sure it's sturdy."
" Okay."
" Vera, you go first." I step onto the trunk and walk to the other side. It's perfect, but Mona won't beleive me until she tries. She steps onto the trunk. About halfway across it, she starts to lose her balance. She's about to fall when I grab her hand and yank her over to the side.
"Are you okay?" I ask
" Perfect."
" We should go back across now, we really need to get home."
" Alright." She goes acros first and I follow. We reach the other side and head towards the house. I can't stop thinking about how she almost fell into the stream. She could have been hurt. We reach the house. It's 3:00. We go inside and go up to our room, to think. I think the hard part about knowing the secret is that we know that we won't have our friends for several months. I'll miss them. We only have five more months.