No one saw it coming. No one saw as the red head so new in their midst pulled the dagger from their belt. No one would have thought it possible. No one except Fleur who out of the corner of her eye saw the flash of the metal. She saw it catch the light of the candles. Without a moment's hesitation she threw herself in front of Harry pulling him down to the ground in safety.

Harry looked up shocked at her over him. "Fleur, what are you doing?"

Fleur's eyes were already starting to gloss over. "Saving you."

Harry watched in horror as the woman he loved as his sister slumped in his arms. A dagger in her back. "No, Fleur no. Please no."

Harry looked up at his husband who was looking on in horror but not at Harry. "How did he get that past us?"

Moody shook his head. "It was a muggle weapon, it would not be detected."

Tonks nodded. "They found a way to work around the oath. An attack not by magic but by a muggle weapon. Couldn't get a spy in here but an assassin, yes."

Harry could not see who they held save for the red hair. He held to Fleur. "Please hold on Fleur. I can't loose you too. I have lost two sisters already."

Harry watched as she was lifted from his lap. "We need to get the dagger out and get Poppy here immediately. She's still alive."

Harry just sat there listening to the words and seeing the blood. "Save her please." He whispered before he passed out.

Severus reached down and scooped his husband from the floor. He had thought Harry was safe here from the war. He had trusted someone because they were Harry's family and allowed them to get close, because of the oath. He could have lost both his husband and his daughter.

He carried Harry to their bedroom and lay him down on the bed and fed him a dreamless sleep potion. "Is that wise?" Remus asked from the door.

Severus nodded. "It will be some time before we know if Fleur will make it or not. The stress and worry will not be good for him or the baby."

Remus led Severus from the room. "Poppy has arrived but it doesn't look good. The dagger seems to have done a lot of internal damage."

Severus's heart dropped. "He can't loose her. He's already lost Hermione and Luna. If he looses his last sister, I don't know if he can handle it."

Remus was joined by Lucius and both men took him by an arm. "If she dies we will all help you get Harry through this, I swear."

Severus nodded. "Where are they?"

Lucius wasn't sure who he was asking about. "Fleur, she is in her rooms here, Poppy is checking on her."

Severus shook his head. "The man who tried to kill my husband and daughter. Where is he being kept?"

Lucius and Remus shared a look before Remus reluctantly told him. "He's being kept for now down in the wine cellar."

Severus turned towards the stairs and went down them. He was going to face the man who had come here claiming friendship and swearing an oath, and he was going to make sure that the man lived to regret it, for how long he wasn't sure.

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Charlie stood there in the wine cellar with his husband, Moody, Tonks and Draco. His father and his brother were both there. He was only glad that the twins weren't here to see what had gone down.

Severus walked into the room. He brought with him a bottle of vertiserum and with help from Moody got the assassin to drink it. "Now, who sent you?"

Weasley grinned. "The dark lord. He knew he couldn't find your hide out but if he killed Harry that would be no problem."

Moody snarled. "How did you find a way around the oath we have made you take?"

"Dumbledore. The fool thought we were working on his side. Said as long as we used muggle instruments, we wouldn't break an oath." The assassin spit.

Charlie was shuddering as he listened. "You came to assassinate Harry, knowing full well he was pregnant with an innocent life inside of him?"

Weasley spit. "Innocent? Any child of Harry and his damned lover would be an enemy of our lord. Kill two birds with one stone."

Severus turned to Moody. "What are we going to do with him? We can't send him off to prison, we can't kill him."

Moody smiled. "We need to destroy his magical core and memories. Make it so he can't ever reveal what happened, no matter what torture he goes through."

Severus sighed. "There are only two people I know who can do that and those are my husband and Dumbledore. I can't ask Harry to channel such power."

Moody turned to him. "I know you're worried about the baby but even with all of our wards and protections, if this man goes free there is still a risk Dumbledore or Voldemort will find another loop hole in the oath and we can't keep him locked up."

Severus understood but he wouldn't let his husband do it. "It would almost be as bad as murder. I won't make Harry do this. He considers this man family."

Then a voice shocked them more then anything. "I will do it."

Severus turned to see Fred Weasley had come in. "Fred. What are you doing here?'

"I went home for a visit with dear mom and learned of this. I came to warn you. I see I am too late." Fred explained.



Charlie filled him in. "Fleur is up stairs and it doesn't look like she's going to make it. Harry and the baby were unharmed thanks to her."

Fred sighed. "I can do what needs to be done. I have the power to be able to wipe out his core. I know, Harry tested me."

Severus knew the boy was telling the truth but lay a hand on Fred. "He's your family, we can't ask you to do this."

Fred pulled away. "No, he's no family of mine. Harry is my family, Fleur and George and Charlie. This is a traitor. For Harry I will do this."

They knew there was no arguing with Fred and watched as he walked across the room and put his hands on either side of the elder Weasley's head and slowly slid into his mind. No one could see what was happening but the magic around them crackled and when Fred stepped back, his former family sat there blank. He was not a soulless shell like a dementors' kiss victim but close enough. A squib with no memories of even his own name. Fred had supplanted a few false memories and he would be released out into Paris, knowing nothing of who he was, ever again.

Severus had more admiration for Fred then he had ever imagined. "I know that must still have been hard, no matter what you say. I respect you much for that.."

Fred nodded. "For my brother, for my true family, and my Uncles and grandfather. I owed it to them all."

Charlie looked at his younger brother. "We knew that Mum, Ginny and Ron had gone to the dark lord, but after the oath, we weren't prepared for this."

Fred hugged his older brother. "I know. Now I want to see our little brother. Where is he?"

Severus led Fred from the room. "He and Fleur are both unconscious in rooms next to each other. Harry and Luna are safe, but Fleur..."

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Harry started to slowly wake. The sunlight in the windows told him it was morning. He slid his glasses on and looked around. His husband lay on the bed, on top of the blankets, beside him. Remus was in a chair next to the bed, and Charlie was not far away.

Severus and Remus both woke as they sensed he was awake. "Harry, how are you feeling?"

Harry didn't care how he felt, he needed answers. "Fleur? My sister?"

Remus and Severus shot looks at each other wondering who would have to tell him. "Harry, I'm sorry but Fleur..."