Life After Hogwarts – Chapter 14 – Hermione's POV
It had been three months since me and Ron lost the baby and we were stronger than ever although we still have our little arguments over the silly things that he does, what the death eaters said was true Lord Voldemort had come back and this time he wasn't half as strong as he was and he doesn't have any horcruxes he is mortal but he has a strong army protecting him and no matter how many times one of his protectors was arrested and they were tortured they never gave up his location which was frustrating Harry had been taken into protection even we didn't know where he was only Kingsley knew where Harry was hidden and that was a good thing, Kingsley would never give up Harry's hiding place.
Ron had gotten a job at the ministry working with his dad so he was mostly gone all day we had decided to close the shop down as it wasn't safe for anyone to work there and not many people were going out shopping with Voldemort back, I hadn't found myself another job yet so I was mainly at home all day helping out Mrs Weasley with the house chores, Ginny was in her last year of Hogwarts and only had a few months left but Mrs Weasley demanded her back every weekend, Ginny wasn't the only one who came back at the weekend most of the students came home at the weekend and it was a hard blow for Hogwarts but the ministry allowed it and the Hogwarts train pulled in at 5pm every Friday evening and left every Sunday evening and 5pm.
Life was all around different for everyone and with Voldemort back the stress levels were going through the roof, Mrs Weasley wanted to keep Ginny at home permanently but Mr Weasley had talked her around after Ginny argued that she wanted to stay at Hogwarts and she felt safe there, she was a good witch and could cast many spells if she was to be attacked but she told me herself that no one walks around Hogwarts on their own even the teachers.
"Hermione dear could you start dinner while I finish this washing, they should be home any minute now" Mrs Weasley asked me, I nodded and went into the kitchen and started making dinner for when Ginny, Mr Weasley and Ron got home (I took a little peek at the clock) which should be in the next 5 minutes.
Five minutes later Mr Weasley opened the door Ron walked in behind him then Ginny I rushed over to Ginny and hugged her and asked her about her week at school, she told me that one of the boys was giving her a little bit of a hard time because Harry had gone into hiding, they were calling him a coward and she was the girlfriend of the coward so she got a little hassle but she had a good group of friends that looked after her and made sure she was alright "You tell me who he is and I'll go and see him" Ron said as he walked past us and went straight into the kitchen "What's for dinner?" he asked.
"It's a surprise and it's not ready yet" I stated and slapped his hand as he went to take a sneak peak at what was cooking, I went back to cooking and asked Ron to set the table and just as an owl flew through the open window "Ron get the letter" I called out and heard him groan.
"It's from Harry!" Ron shouted and we all ran to Ron to hear the letter "Dear Ron, I have just heard news that there are death eaters coming for you and your family and you must go into hiding now, go to Hogwarts where Professor McGonagall is waiting for you she has a secret hiding place for you all. You must all go now and stay hidden there are students are Hogwarts who are working for Death eaters and friends of Malfoy there but there is hiding place underneath the school which has been built in the last couple of months it is ready and waiting for you, don't forget to take George, Percy, Bill and Fleur with you, Hagrid has gone to make sure Charlie is OK and he will get Charlie to write to you both soon I will write as soon as I can but it may not be for a couple months. Can you look after the owl for a little while please, his name is Catapult...? Harry" he finished and we all looked at each other.
"We have just started to make a home here after our other one was blown up and now we have to go into hiding, I don't want to do all of this again Arthur is there nothing you can do?" Mrs Weasley asked her husband pleadingly.
"Ron you stay here and keep an eye on things here I'm going to the ministry and seeing if Kingsley is available if he's not then I'll speak to the minister myself" he took the letter of Ron and left the house.
We all stood there in silence for a few moments but we decided to carry on our evening as normal until we heard back from Mr Weasley so I served dinner and saved some for Mr Weasley and we ate in an uncomfortable silence and I knew everyone was worried about how the evening will progress, I didn't want to have to keep moving, me and Ron could protect this place from a couple of death eaters we didn't need to leave and Mrs Weasley knew some good ones, she killed Bellatrix and Ginny was one of the best people for defensive spells I think Harry has been giving her secret lessons.
Three hours we had to wait until Mr Weasley came back and he was alone he told us that Kingsley wasn't available for him when he got there he was with Harry so he went to see the Minister and he showed the Minister Harry's note and told Mr Weasley that we were to stay put where we were as we were witches and wizards who knew how to look after ourselves and he doubted that Voldemort would come directly to us anyone and if he did we had the floo powder network so we could make a quick escape to the ministry if needed but he will send auror to keep an eye on the place and there will be at least one auror here 24/7 he was somewhere we couldn't see him but close enough that he could come to our aid.
"When will he eventually die for good?" Mrs Weasley cried out.
"We will kill him if we see him and because he's mortal now he should stay dead, he has no powers of any kind so we could stab him with a knife and he will die" Ron said and Mrs Weasley walked up the stairs I'm assuming to go to her bedroom and Mr Weasley followed "Ginny as your big brother I have decided that you are not going to Hogwarts next week, you're staying here with us" Ron stated and walked away to the kitchen.
She smiled at me "Good because I'd rather be here with my family anyway, I'm going to go and write to Percy, Bill and George and let them know what's going on" with that she walked off to her bedroom and I was left alone.
I went into the kitchen where I seen Ron sitting at the dinner table with his head in his hands obviously thinking hard about something, I approached him and stood behind him with my hands on his shoulders "Everything will be OK again I know it we just have to kill him one more time then that's it, it is definitely over for good and we can live our lives properly" I told him, he leaned up and kissed me "I love you Ron, we got through this once we can get through it again I know we can" I kissed the top of his head then sat down next to him at the table.
"I know we can get through this but I wish Harry was back here with us, I don't see why he had to go into hiding he killed Voldemort when Voldemort had powers he doesn't have those now so why can't we go and fight him again? There is something Harry is not telling us and I'm going to find out what it is, you want to help?" he asked me with a smirk.
"Of course I'll help" we smiled and kissed once more.