This is for The Missing Moments Competition,the Minor Character Boot Camp, and the Hogwarts Scavenger Hunt.
Prompt: Owl.
Word Count: 836 (Without A/N)
Summary: Molly reading in the Daily Prophet about the Dark Mark at the Quidditch World Cup
The Burrow was always all but calm, but today, it certainly was.
Molly Weasley was calmly drinking her morning tea, finally relaxing after about twenty years of doing nothing but fretting over her children. She was finally alone, so she decided to establish some peace meanwhile the rest of her family was at the Quidditch World Cup.
At first, she had been upset that they were going away for a couple of day, as she would miss them, but about a day later she had calm down by repeating her mantra over and over again.
They are perfectly fine. Nothing will go wrong.
Yes, Molly Weasley was perfectly fine. She was calm, and her family was having fun. She smiled; they never had fun these day, excepting her two older boys, who had taken adventurous jobs.
Molly turned her head as she heard a crash behind her. She sighed when she saw it was only Errol, the family family.
"Oh, Errol. You're doing well?" She asked the owl, which hooted in response. Molly heard a hoot of pain here and there, but it was probably because the owl was very old. She then noticed the newspaper he had brought.
"Thanks, Errol." Molly said as she took the Daily Prophet from the owl's paw.
Molly carefully opened the newspaper and took a quick look. She noticed that the front page was all about the Quidditch World Cup and it's after party, but she didn't see anything weird. She turned the page to see more about it, as she was very curious about the whole event and wanted to see if her children had been up to no good, or really, who had won, after all, she was very curious about it too.
However, she was certainly surprised to see a whole article about the after party, and so she read it thoroughly. She then gasped, as it was not what she was clearly expecting.
Chaos at the Quidditch World Cup
By Kara Selwyn
As you may all know, the Quidditch World Cup that has been taken place these months finished yesterday, and after a not-so-surprising win, the Ireland team has taken the Cup once again, even after an impressive catch of the Bulgarian Seeker, Viktor Krum.
However, none of us could have imagined the mayhem and confusion that took place during the after party, as several masked individuals came to the place of the party and attacked everyone on sight, only leaving the Dark Mark behind. Yes, it terrified us all; after all, we have not seen that mark up in the air for over a decade, after the First War.
The culprits have to yet be found, but the first suspect to surge was no other than Harry Potter, The Boy-Who-Lived, and two of his friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, as said by a government official who had seen them. They were freed, however, as they were not found guilty because a House Elf, of all things, had stolen the Boy-Who-Lived's wand. An odd thing, as House Elves aren't allowed to touch our wands. One of the suspects seems to be the escapee from Azkaban, Sirius Black, who has not be seen for over a month.
At the site of the commotion, three were killed, and several were injured. We do hope that this doesn't come to happen again at the next Quidditch World Cup, or really, never again.
To see more about the Dark Mark and its history, turn to page 6.
To see more about the Quidditch World Cup and the winners, turn to page 9.
To see more about the Boy-Who-Lived, turn to page 11.
Molly was sure her heart stopped. The Dark Mark on the skies? Her children involved in the commotion? Bulgaria didn't win? People were killed and others were injured? She was sure she wasn't at peace anymore.
The culprits were going to be found, but not by the Aurors, but by her. How dare they threaten her children? Her family? Oh, how they were going to pay.
"Oh, Merlin." She whispered. What if her children were injured? What if Arthur was injured? What if they were killed? She couldn't live without any of her children. The thought itself was outrageous!
She couldn't wait until her family was home. Molly deserved a complete and truthful explanation of each one of the members of her family, including Harry and Hermione, who were now clearly part of it.
Molly was also anxious, the house was empty and cold without the usual laughter, there was a slim chance one of her children would not be returning home, and she was utterly alone, excepting Errol and Crookshanks, who had stayed, as he couldn't be taken to the Cup.
The hot tea was burning her throat, but she didn't pay any attention to it as she big gulp, trying to keep her mind of things and also trying to calm down. Molly wouldn't really be, however, until after her family was safe and sound.
FIN