A/N:- I had hoped to get this out before Christmas, but with one thing and another I didn't get a lot of time for writting in the lead up to Christmas. Anyway Happy new year folks, I hope you weren't too hung over.
Once again thanks to all of you who have read, favourited and commented on the story so far, I hope you all enjoy.
Chapter 25 The Rescue
"Harry what do you mean you don't know what to do?" asked Molly
"We got as far as putting the chains over each others necks, when we did that the Gemstones glowed briefly and that was when the attack started, both of us dived to the floor either side of Teddy, Ginny never got a chance to tell me what the necklaces were for, beyond making us feel more secure when apart, she certainly never said anything about how to use them." answered Harry.
As Harry finished speaking the hope he had seen in Molly's eyes seemed to fade, as she stepped backwards away from Harry. Arthur quickly guided his wife into a chair and beckoned Charlie and Ron to come over to her. Once Ron and Charlie were comforting their mother, Arthur stepped over to Harry along with Bill and Kingsley.
"Bill, Kingsley, do either of you have any idea what these things are?" asked Arthur.
"I think I do dad" replied Bill "Though I have only ever read about them while in training for Gringotts, I've never had the opportunity to study them. That's assuming its what I think it is. Harry did you have to give Ginny anything else for the necklace's?" asked Bill.
"She needed a lock of my hair, she never said why, just that it was for part of the gift."
"What do you think they are Bill?" asked Arthur.
"I think they are some form of Locator stones or Tracker stones as they became known later on. They date back to a time before the Protean charm was developed. They utilise a predecessor of the Protean charm, the charm wouldn't work without a physical sample from the people intended to use them, which is where the hair comes in. They used to use blood until they discovered hair works just as well. They were very popular among married magical couples for a while. They would buy them claiming they wanted to keep their partners safe but ultimately they would be used to check up and see if the partners were cheating" answered Bill.
"I'm liking the name Locator stone's Bill, but did your reading happen to cover how these Locator stones were used by the wearers to track their partners?" asked Harry.
"Yes, but there is a bit of a problem. My understanding is that there are various ways in which these Locator Stones could work. At a very basic level they would act like a compass and point you towards your partner, where as others would act like emergency port key's".
"Could the amount of money I gave Ginny give you an idea of what level of stone Ginny has purchased?" asked Harry.
"Theoretically yes, but these things have been out of fashion for so long it would be near impossible for us to figure out what level of Stone Ginny has purchased in the time available, for all we know she could have spent all of the money on the simplest stone or she could of received one of the more complex variants"
"Bill" came Kingsley's deep voice "Couldn't we start with the more basic variant and see if it worked? If not we could move up a level?".
"In theory yes, but I can only clearly remember the most basic level. If that doesn't work we will have to do some research for the other levels of stones"
Harry's attention was focused solely on Bill. His hope uncontrollably rising, more then anything he wanted to bring Ginny home and he found himself having to take a deep breath before asking Bill his next question "Assuming you are right Bill how do I try using this thing?".
"Place it in the palm of your hand and concentrate your thoughts on Ginny and yourself. If it works you should feel a pulling sensation. From the direction that Ginny is located" explained Bill.
Following Bill's instructions and let his thoughts focus on the two of them. Almost straight away Harry felt as if he was being pulled gently to the left. Turning to the left, the pulling sensation didn't change direction and Harry felt as if he was being pulled forward. Harry pointed forward and said "She's somewhere in that direction."
Kingsley stepped forward with his hand outstretched and the palm facing upwards and his wand lying on the palm of his hand. "Point me" At Kingsley's words his wand spun and pointed in the opposite direction to what Harry was facing. "If north is that way then Ginny is somewhere south of here."
"What use is it if it can only give us a direction rather than a location?" asked Percy who had wandered over and joined them.
For a few moments everyone was quiet, while they thought about what Percy had asked.
"If we apparate around the country to different locations we could determine a location from the direction the locator stone gives Harry" said Kingsley.
"Do we have time for that?" asked Percy.
Harry looked at his watch as was surprised to see it was eight o'clock already "The hand over isn't until Twelve o'clock tomorrow lunch time, that gives us sixteen hours. If I work through the night it should be enough time."
"Harry you shouldn't go out there alone at a time like this. I'll come with you" said Kingsley "While we are gone everyone else can get some rest or help plan how to approach the hand over at Euston station."
Harry was about to accept Kingsley's offer to accompany him when Arthur spoke up. "Kingsley if we are planning to cover Euston station, your experience as an Auror will be needed here. I'll accompany Harry".
"Makes sense Kingsley" commented Harry.
Kingsley nodded his agreement and waved his wand in the air, conjuring a map, a ruler and a self inking quill "Take these you will be able to record the different directions".
Arthur took the items and turned to Harry "Lets floo to the Burrow, once you have established a second direction from the Burrow, we can start apparating from there".
Harry stumbled out of the Burrows fireplace, turning to check Arthur was with him, he pulled out the locator stone and quickly established Ginny's direction from the Burrow while Arthur did a point me spell.
"OK Ginny is due east from here" said Arthur as he pulled out the map, quill and ruler. He quickly marked Hogwarts on the map and drew a straight line down the map. He then marked the Burrow on the map and drew a line across the map. Harry couldn't help but notice that the two lines intersected in London.
"I know it already looks like we could skip straight to London but I suggest we don't rush and go to two more locations that are east and south of London. Hopefully by doing that we should be able to eliminate a degree of error and confirm the area she is in, before moving in closer"
"Makes sense, do you know of anywhere we could go to?" asked Harry
"I do, I'll take you side along" replied Arthur.
Twenty minutes later Harry and Arthur had been to two more locations and had four lines on the map. Although they didn't intersect perfectly they gave a clear indicator that Ginny was being held in central London.
"We will have to get in closer, but it looks like she is being held in or around Diagon Alley. Do you have your cloak with you?"
"No it was in Ginny's bag and she had it with her when they took her".
"OK hold still I'm going to place a disillusionment charm on both of us, not as good as your cloak but it will have to do".
Arthur then tapped Harry and himself on the top of the head with his wand. "If we stick to the shadows where possible it should help ensure we are not seen. I'm going to apparate us to four alleyways I know of that are around Diagon Alley, but within muggle London, if that confirms our suspicions I will take us into Diagon Alley itself"
Another twenty minutes later their suspicions had been confirmed. They had visited four different alleyways, on each arrival Arthur had performed a point me spell to acquire north and told Harry which direction Diagon Alley was from their location, each time the locator stone showed Ginny to be coming from the same direction as Diagon Alley.
At this point Harry could feel his heart beating in his chest and he was struggling to control the urge to apparate to the Leaky Cauldron. Turning to the shimmer he knew to be Arthur he decided to let the seemingly calmer older man take the lead for now.
"So what now?" asked Harry.
"We need to get into Diagon Alley without being seen, so going through the Leaky Cauldron is out. I was considering either apparating or flooing to Georges shop, but I'm concerned that they may have someone watching either it or Ollivander's. Apparating into Diagon Alley near the Leaky carries the same risk of being seen as there will be more people and they may have people watching the entrance".
"So somewhere in the middle of Diagon Alley?" asked Harry.
Arthur nodded his head in agreement "I think I know the place. There is a narrow alley between Madam Malkin's and Flourish and Blott's. I can take you side along, but we have noway of knowing if the alley is clear or not. We may apparate in and land on something making a noise"
"OK, apparate in by yourself first and check it out. If the alley is clear you can come back to fetch me, if you land on something we back off and have a rethink".
Arthur apparated away with a nod of his head, while he was gone Harry stepped back and leant against a wall and forced himself to take some slow deep breath's, in an attempt to try and calm himself and his breathing down.
Suddenly Arthur reappeared, grabbed Harry and just as suddenly apparated again taking Harry side along with him. As soon as they landed Arthur put his hand over Harry's mouth and shushed him to keep quiet.
"Shhh" said Arthur quietly, shushing Harry "Sorry about that, someone appears to be patrolling Diagon Alley, I had to grab you and get you in here while they were as far away as possible"
"Understood" whispered Harry, a tad shaken after being suddenly grabbed, his heart beating faster than before.
"The disillusionment charm is still working, I suggest you get a direction from the alley's entrance" whispered Arthur.
Harry walked carefully to avoid making any sounds and purposefully stayed within the shadows. Once in the alley's entrance he stood so he was facing across the street with the locator stone in his hand and concentrated on himself and Ginny. Immediately he got the now familiar pulling sensation, which was pulling him mostly to the right. Turning slowly to the right until the pulling sensation was pulling him forward Harry found himself looking across Diagon Alley at an angle and he found himself looking straight towards the entrance way to Knockturn Alley. Harry was suddenly hit with a bout of realisation, he had suddenly realised who the man with the oily sounding voice was and where Ginny was being held.
Almost instinctively Harry took a blind step backwards and immediately back-stepped into Arthur. Realising something was up Arthur didn't speak and silently followed Harry to the back of the Alley.
"Harry what's wrong?" asked Arthur quietly.
"I know who he is" replied Harry breathing heavily "I know where she is"
"Harry keep your voice down" hissed Arthur "What do you mean you know who he is? How do you suddenly know where Ginny is being held"
"When the attackers took Ginny, one of them spoke, I knew I recognised him from somewhere but couldn't place him. The locator stone is telling me Ginny is somewhere in Knockturn alley, that's made me realise who the man who spoke is. It was Borgin from Borgin and Burkes. She's being held in his shop, she must be"
Arthur was quiet for a moment before replying, "I agree that is the most likely place she is being held but we had better make sure. Before we head back and plan a raid we need to be certain that is where she is being held".
"OK can we risk apparating any closer to the shop though? With the apparation sound we are likely to alert them that we are there" asked Harry.
"True but if we are careful we should be able to creep down Knockturn alley. I can renew the disillusionment charm's so they don't run out half way down Knockturn Alley"
Harry nodded his head and allowed Arthur to renew the disillusionment charm on him. Stepping back towards the alley entrance Harry glanced up and down Diagon Alley.
"Who did you think was on patrol?" he asked Arthur.
Arthur indicated he wanted to swap places with Harry, having done so he glanced up and down Diagon Alley. "It's the older looking gentleman in the brown cloak who is currently walking back down the street towards us"
Harry risked a look around Arthur and saw the man that Arthur was talking about. He was walking almost casually down Diagon Alley like any other member of the public. As he came to the entrance to Knockturn Alley he stopped and paused, making a point to look both up and down Diagon alley as well as down Knockturn Alley. When he eventually moved he continued on down Diagon alley, in the direction of the Leaky Cauldron.
"As he approaches Magical Instrument's head for Knockturn Alley, that shop is the far end of his patrol" whispered Arthur.
"Understood" whispered Harry back.
Harry kept switching between watching the man on patrol and the entrance to Knockturn Alley. "NOW" hissed Arthur. Heading across the road found himself instinctively jogging while bent over. A quick glance at Arthur's shimmer showed that he was doing the same as Harry. As they approached the entrance to Knockturn Alley they both slowed down to slow walk and headed for the darkest shadows they could find. Finding himself in the lead Harry lead them a few feet down Knockturn Alley, before holding his hand up to stop Arthur.
"Would a reveal spell work here?" asked Harry in a low whisper.
"The spell will work, but with us being outside and in a public area it would be near impossible to interpret the results correctly" Arthur replied.
Harry nodded his head to indicate his understanding, before he moved on. Walking slowly forward they crept further down Knockturn Alley. Suddenly they heard the sound of footsteps rapidly heading towards them. Instinctively they both stopped and pressed themselves against the wall. As they stood there an old bent over and crippled looking lady in a black cloak stormed past them while muttering things they couldn't make out. Harry suddenly realised he was holding his breath and let it out suddenly. In the quiet of the Alley it sounded unnaturally loud.
Arthur put his hand on Harry's shoulder and whispered "Try to breathe steadily through your nose, it's a lot quieter"
"Thanks" Whispered Harry.
Starting off again they came in sight of the shop Borgin and Burkes. As they got closer the first thing Harry noticed was that lights were on somewhere in the back of the shop, the second thing he noticed was a man with a dirty grey robe wrapped around him, sat in the doorway of the shop. Stopping once again, Harry watched him for a minute to see if he had noticed them at all. When the man didn't move he pointed to him to make sure Arthur was aware of him. Arthur nodded his head and lent into Harry and whispered into his ear "Direction"
Nodding his understanding Harry pulled out the locator stone. Soon enough the pulling sensation was guiding him straight at Borgin and Burkes. Without speaking Harry pointed straight at the shop, Arthur silently nodded his head, before pointing and nodding his head back up Knockturn Alley seemingly satisfied that they now knew where Ginny was. Harry turned to follow him but as they were about to leave the shop door opened and a second man stepped out carrying two mugs. Harry and Arthur both stopped and stood pressed up against the opposite wall. The man who had been sitting in the doorway stood up and accepted a mug off the second man, after taking a drink he started talking to the second man.
"So which idiot forgot the silencing charm then? I heard that scream out here, hell I bet half the alley heard it!" asked the first man.
"Merlin knows, no one is accepting responsibility for it. Thankfully this being Knockturn Alley, no-one will ask any questions" replied the second man.
"Small blessing's I suppose. What the hell caused her to scream out?"
"She's a fiery handful is that one, the second she woke up from the stunner she started fighting and refused to co-operate at all. She somehow managed to knock Borgin's wand out of his hand, at that point he snapped and stamped on her ankle in anger. The scream you heard was her screaming in pain from what looks like a broken ankle"
Briefly Harry closed his eyes and took a deep breath trying to control his rising anger and the rising bile that was now in his throat. Even with the two men stood outside the shop, Harry decided it was time to leave, granted if they moved there was a chance they would cause some noise and be heard, but listening to the two men was only causing his blood to boil and he needed to stay calm if they were going to stand any chance of getting Ginny back. He reached out with his right arm to where he thought Arthur was, with the intention of giving him a push away from the shop, only for his right hand to meet nothing but thin air. Confused Harry carefully looked around, trying to see the shimmer that would tell him where Arthur was. At first he thought Arthur might be further up Knockturn Alley having moved on thinking Harry had followed him. Seeing nothing to his right or further up the Alley, Harry looked to his left, wondering if they had somehow switched positions without him realising, but he couldn't see anything there either. Completely confused Harry slowly looked from left to right. Shortly after his field of vision had gone past the two men, he saw something that made him pause. Across the street and was what looked vaguely like a heat wave, Every so often it would move closer to the two men. Harry realised it was the shimmer created by a disillusionment charm and that it was probably Arthur, the one thing stopping him from darting across the street was that he couldn't be certain it was Arthur. Under the circumstances it was plausible that the kidnappers had someone on patrol using a disillusionment charm in order to stay hidden. If he went across the street and it wasn't Arthur he could give himself away and put Ginny at risk, at the very least she could be moved. Unfortunately if it was Arthur and Harry didn't move to stop him from doing what he thought Arthur was doing, Ginny could be put in the same risk.
Taking two steps forward, Harry paused, hoping for a confirmation as to who the disillusioned person was, but they kept moving slowly towards the shop. Taking two more steps forward Harry decided to take a risk.
"Arthur" he hissed
As Harry hissed "Arthur" the shimmer appeared to stop and turn before carrying on. Convinced it was Arthur, Harry realised what he was doing. He hadn't been able to control his anger after hearing what had happened to Ginny and he was going after the two men. Harry dashed forward after Arthur to try and stop him but it was too late. As Harry reached the other side of the road, Arthur fired two spells at the men and they both fell to the floor unconscious from the stunners.
Harry ran forward and grabbed Arthur's arm "Merlin's sake Arthur what have you done?"
"What? Harry! They..." stammered Arthur at first
"We needed to leave them alone, these two are going to be missed when they don't check in, we've just revealed to the kidnappers we know where they are" Harry said sharply speaking over the older man.
Arthur paused while the realisation hit him "Wha...What do we do now" he said with obvious fear in his eyes.
"We need to act now. Help me tie these two up then get back to Hogwarts and send the DA to Diagon Alley. I will take out their man on patrol while the DA are arriving"
Within a few moments Harry and Arthur had thee two men bound and gagged and they levitated them around a corner so they wouldn't be immediately seen if someone came looking for them. At which point a worried looking Arthur apparated away and Harry ran back up the length of Knockturn Alley. Arriving at the entrance to Knockturn Alley, Harry paused and looked out onto Diagon Alley. It almost seemed as his luck might be changing, not only was the lookout walking past Knockturn Alley but due to the late hour Diagon Alley was empty. Acting quickly Harry stunned the lookout and levitated him into the shadows of Knockturn Alley before tying him up, to reduce the chance of him being seen. As he returned to the entrance of Knockturn Alley Harry realised he could hear a large group of people walking up the street towards him. Turning towards the sound Harry saw the DA walking up the street towards him. Mixed in with the DA members were all of Ginny's brothers. As they approached Harry cancelled the disillusionment charm, having seen him first Ron and Hermione came running forward.
"Harry what's going on?" asked Ron "dad came back in a near panic saying he had messed up and we had to come here straight away"
"Listen everyone" started Harry "we need to act fast, Ginny is being held in Borgin and Burkes"
"Why the rush Harry?" asked Bill.
"I'll explain more later but your dad stunned two guards that will be missed, we need to act now before the kidnappers realise they are gone"
"What's the plan?" asked Bill.
"Bill you now how to do an anti apparation jinx don't you?" asked Harry in response.
"I do"
"Right we are going to split into pairs. I want Weasley family members paired with DA members. Three pairs are going to make their way round to the back of the shop. Once Bill has put the jinx in place we move in quickly and as quietly as possible. Anyone inside that shop is to be stunned, disarmed and bound."
Neville stepped forward and started putting people in pairs, "If no one minds I'll pair people up. With working with the DA and some recent adventures I'm probably best suited for it. Bill, you are going to nave to stay outside to ensure the jinx stays in place, so I'm pairing you with Luna. She will keep you safe while you work on the jinx. Charlie, under the circumstances I reckon your best paired with me. Percy, I'm putting you with Padma, You should work well together. George, rather obvious Angelina. Ron as you worked together on the quidditch team I'm putting you with Alicia, Harry your with Katie for the same reason. Hermione your with Susan. Seamus, Dean, you've always worked well together and that leaves Lee pairing with Parvati. Er any complaints?"
No one had any complaints and they all moved into their assigned pairs.
"Right stick with your partners, if your partner goes down stay with them, protect them and get them out if possible. Ginny wouldn't want anyone to get hurt or worse trying to rescue her. Does anyone know if Borgin and Burkes has a back door?"
"Yes it has" said Charlie "I know how to get to it"
"OK, Charlie. Head off in front of us and take Neville, Seamus, Dean, Lee and Parvati with you, Send up red sparks when you are in position. I'll send up green sparks to signal moving in. Everyone else follow me"
Charlie and his team went first down Knockturn Alley, with everyone following Harry in their pairs. As they approached Borgin and Burkes Charlie lead his team down between to buildings and out of sight, Harry carried on and outside the shop he turned to Bill.
"Your up Bill"
Bill nodded his head and stepped forward and started waving his arms while saying the spell silently. As he finished his spell Charlie's red sparks came into view over the shop.
"Bill?"
"It's in place go!" was Bills reply.
"OK Percy I want you and Padma to stay by the door once we are inside, That way if we miss someone you should be able to prevent them leaving through the front door"
Harry sent up Green sparks and stepped up to the shops door, trying the handle he didn't expect it to be unlocked, but was surprised when the door handle turned in his hand. Cautiously he stepped into the shop with Katie behind him, They were followed by Ron and Alicia, then Hermione and Susan with George and Angelina coming last. Glancing around Harry saw the creepy artefacts that had been on display the last time he had been into the shop. At the counter Harry moved around it to go into the back room. Seeing a light coming from the back room he carefully glanced around the door. Sitting in the room were three men with cloaks wrapped around them, two were sat with there backs to the door the third was sat opposite them looking in the direction of the door. Stepping back from the door Harry turned to the others and held up three fingers. Everyone nodded their heads indicating they understood. Harry pointed to himself Katie and Ron, to tell them he wanted the three of them attacking the three kidnappers. Standing in front of the door with Katie and Ron behind him, Katie to the right and Ron to the left. Harry grabbed the door handle and pushed it open quickly, taking two rapid steps into the room Harry fired a non verbal stunner at the man facing the door, just before dropping to his knees so Ron and Katie could take their shots. The man facing the door barely had any time to register his shock at Harry's sudden appearance and the other two men didn't even have chance to turn around thanks to Ron and Katie's quickly fired stunners.
"Bind and gag them, take their wands and take them outside" Harry said to no one in particular, while walking around the room. The back room was seemingly set up as a combination living room and study. Settee's were in the middle of the room with tables and desk's were placed against the walls. Though it was as cluttered and dirty as the shop itself. There was doors set into two of the walls. Harry was stepping towards one of the doors, when the second door started to open slowly.
"Take cover" Harry hissed at the others.
Everyone in the room quickly tried to find something to hide behind, with most ending up behind one of the settee's. The door slowly opened to reveal Charlie being covered by Neville.
"Charlie you said the reveal spell picked up multiple people in here" asked Neville.
"It did" replied Charlie looking confused.
"Stand down you two" Harry called out before revealing himself. "Come across anyone?" he asked.
"Just one person guarding the back door to a store room, We've got him bound and gagged"
"OK Lee, Parvati, Seamus and Dean take the four we have outside. Charlie, Neville, George and Angelina stay here. Everyone else follow me" with Harry's words Katie, Ron, Alicia, Hermione and Susan followed Harry to the second door. Opening it revealed stairs leading upwards. Harry lead the way with Katie right behind him. Reaching the top of the stairs revealed a landing with three doors leading off it. Without having to be told Ron and Hermione both moved to separate doors along with their partners leaving the third door for Harry and Katie. Katie stood with her hand on the door handle ready to throw the door open for Harry. Looking across the landing Harry caught Ron and Hermione's eyes and held up three fingers and started a silent count down, reducing his fingers by one each time. On the count of zero Harry nodded to Katie who threw the door open. As the door flew open Harry ran the few short steps into the room. Once inside he realised it was a bedroom, like the rest of the shop it was dark and dirty filled with old and worn out furniture. In a corner was a single bed that was occupied, though the person in it was clearly asleep and unaware of Harry's intrusion. Deciding to take no chances Harry used Incarcerous to bind the sleeping person.
"Harry, isn't that Mr Ollivander?" asked Katie.
Taking a closer look Harry realised she was right, but was more concerned with what the others had found.
"It is, lets go and speak to the others and see what they found. If needs be we can come back and speak to him"
Stepping back onto the landing Harry saw that the others were already on their way back to them. As they approached Ron spoke first.
"Just a small bathroom. No one was in it" said Ron
"Our room had two men sleeping in it, we've bound and gagged them ready to take down stairs. No Ginny though. What did you find?" asked Hermione.
"Ollivander. Asleep" came Harry's short reply.
"Then they must have moved her, we've searched every room" said Ron.
Harry pulled out the locator stone once more and focused his thought on himself and Ginny. At first Harry thought the Locator stone had stopped working somehow, until he realised what the Stone was telling him. Looking down Harry said "She's beneath us"
"How is that possible Harry we searched all of the rooms downstairs?" asked Ron.
"It isn't unless..." Harry stopped talking mid sentence before turning and walked back into the room Ollivander was in. Once back in the bedroom he saw that Ollivander was now awake, but rather than fight against the ropes binding him he was lying still and looking straight at Harry.
"Harry my boy I'm so sorry, I never wanted this to happen" said Ollivander in a soft voice.
Not being interested in the old man's apologies, Harry got straight to business "Does this building have a cellar?" asked Harry.
"Yes, it's where your girlfriend is being held"
"Where's the entrance?"
"There is a trap door, hidden in the shadows in a corner behind the shop counter"
"And how do we know we can trust your directions?" came Ron's anger filled voice.
"There is nothing I can either do or say that prove to you I am telling you the truth. I just wanted to write my name into the Elder wand's history, by finding it, but no reputable person was willing to help and old man with what they saw as a fool's errand"
Looking into the old man's eyes Harry found himself believing him "Well you've certainly managed to write yourself into the wands history Mr Ollivander, but not in the way you wanted to I fear. There is one thing you should know though".
"What's that Harry?" asked Ollivander.
"The Elder wand no longer exists. At least not the way you want it to. I snapped it in two a couple of day's after the Hogwarts battle, in the hope people like you wouldn't come after me"
Harry knew he wasn't telling the exact truth but didn't want to put Ginny in any more danger by revealing she was the one who had snapped the wand. Ollivander didn't speak in response to what Harry said and just nodded his head slowly.
"What now Harry?" asked Hermione.
"Take Ollivander and the other two you found downstairs and outside. Then we go looking for the trapdoor".
Without being asked Katie, Alicia and Susan levitated the three bound men downstairs. As Harry, Ron and Hermione followed them, Hermione reached into a pocket and pulled out the two pieces of the elder wand and handed them to Harry.
"Thanks, when did you get these?"
"I didn't, Professor McGonagall fetched them for you. In the rush I didn't get a chance to give them to you".
At the bottom of the stairs they found themselves back in the shops back room with Charlie, Neville, George and Angelina. Almost immediately Charlie stepped forward asking questions.
"Harry what happened upstairs? Where's Ginny? Is that Ollivander?"
Harry held a hand up to stop Charlie's barrage of question's and turned to the three girls who were levitating the men.
"Take those three outside and put them with the others. Tell Lee, Parvati, Seamus and Dean to stand guard over the men we have captured. I don't want any harm to come to them. Then come back inside we are sticking with our current partners" said Harry.
"Harry why are you concerned for their well being, they are kidnappers who still have our sister, your girlfriend hidden away some where" said Charlie heatedly his voice rapidly rising.
"I'm well aware of what they are Charlie. I'm also aware of what we are not and we are not Auror's Charlie. We are currently conducting what is technically an illegal raid on a privately owned business and I don't want them to walk away free because they claimed we harmed them in anger. In answer to your other questions, we found three men asleep upstairs, one of which was Ollivander who confirmed Ginny is being held in the cellar. YOU, Neville, George and Angelina are going to stand guard while me, Katie, Ron, Alicia, Hermione and Susan go downstairs"
For a second Harry thought Charlie was going to argue with him, but after a pause he nodded his head in agreement. At that point Katie, Alicia and Susan returned.
"Everything OK outside?" asked Harry.
"For now it is" answered Katie "We quickly updated everyone on what we had found so far and Bill told us he had been constantly monitoring the jinx and so far no one has tried to apparate out. Only problem is we appear to be slowly attracting a crowd outside. Luna and Lee are keeping people at bay for now"
"Right follow me we are going after Ginny" said Harry.
Walking back into the shop Harry lit his wand using Lumos. A quick search behind the shop's counter revealed the trapdoor Ollivander had told them about. It was bigger than Harry had expected and lifting it up revealed a short set of stairs that were lit by lights from the bottom of the stairs. Leading the way, Harry was once again followed first by Katie, then Ron and Alicia and then Hermione and Susan. At the bottom of the stairs there was an open space that lead into a larger area. With no door to hind behind, Harry leant against the wall and cautiously glanced around the edge. His position prevented him from being able to see the entire room. What he could see clearly though was Ginny. She was sat in the centre of the room still tied to the chair. Her head was drooped forward and he assumed she was asleep, though she kept on making sudden jerking movements as if something was trying to wake her. Suddenly Ginny's head snapped up, her body stiffened and she cried out in pain.
"AGGHHH"
"Quiet girl" Came a familiar oily sounding voice.
"Perhaps if you did something about my ankle I wouldn't be crying out in pain so much" snapped Ginny.
"I told you I'm not a healer. Now keep quiet".
Harry couldn't help but smile. Despite everything that had happened to her this last year, she was still fighting back. As he was watching Ginny he saw that she was looking around the room. As she looked in the direction of the stairs, Harry risked leaning out further so she could see him. Having seen Harry, Ginny briefly froze, while her eyes went wide. Harry quickly pointed down before withdrawing further behind the wall. Thankfully Ginny understood what he meant and put her head down as it had been before but at a slight angle so she could see Harry. Having caught her eye again Harry pointed to his right, behind Ginny where the voice had come from. Ginny moved her left hand slightly and held out two fingers, meaning there was two men behind her. When he pointed to his left Ginny kept her fist bunched and carefully shook her head. Nodding his head in understanding to Ginny, Harry stepped back to speak to the others.
Not wanting the two men to discover them Harry spoke in what was barely a whisper. "Ginny is tied to a chair in the centre of the room. Two men are somewhere behind her. Me and Katie are protecting Ginny. You four are taking the two men out"
Everyone nodded their understanding and waited for Harry to give the signal to move. Once again he held up three fingers to do a silent count down. On the count of zero he stepped out into the room, hoping they would have the element of surprise. Moving as quickly as he could across the room towards Ginny, He was taken by surprise when he saw a spell coming straight for him. Instinctly he dropped to the floor and rolled and ended up at Ginny's feet. Unfortunately in the rush across the room Katie hadn't seen the spell, ran straight into it instead of Harry and fell to the floor unconscious. Suddenly finding himself with two people to protect, Harry realised he needed to get the two girls closer together so he could protect them at the same time. Scrambling back up to his knees he pointed his right arm with his wand down Ginny's left side and raised a shield, while at the same time he grabbed the chair arm on Ginny's right hand side and pulled the chair over sideways, bringing it crashing to the floor. Ginny's only response was to scream "HARRY" as she fell to the floor unable to protect herself. Keeping a tight grip on his wand he put his arm between Ginny's head and the floor so she wouldn't hurt it when she hit the floor. Harry realised he had left himself pinned to the floor underneath Ginny but he now had the three of them behind his shield and protected. As Harry had been pulling Ginny to the floor Ron and Alicia had entered the room. Working well together, Alicia had raised a shield that she was keeping both herself and Ron behind, while Ron fired stunners at the two men. Not expecting an attack in the shop neither man had prepared any defences in the cellar or agreed on any tactics. Both Borgin and his fellow kidnapper were fighting for themselves. Ron seemingly realised this and using his experience to his advantage focussed his attacks on the assistant, who couldn't defend himself quick enough and soon fell to the floor unconscious to one of Ron's stunners. Finding himself alone Borgin focused his attacks on Ron and failed to see Hermione and Susan step into the room. Using the same tactics as Ron and Alicia, they stepped out with Hermione behind Susan's shield. With Borgin distracted Hermione fired a single stunner rendering Borgin unconscious and bringing the fight to an end.
The fight over Alicia and Susan immediately stepped forward and bound the two men while Ron went straight to Harry and Ginny and Hermione went to Katie, waking her up. As he lay on his side on the floor Harry found himself looking straight into Ginny's eye's. Without breaking eye contact with Harry, Ginny started talking.
"So hey" said Ginny.
"Hey" replied Harry.
"Do you think you …" started Ginny before Harry cut her off by pulling himself forward and kissing her fiercely.
After a full minute of watching them kiss Ron decided to get their attention "Hmm Hmm, don't you two think you would be better of doing that else where and preferably when my sister isn't tied to a chair"
"How I choose to kiss my boyfriend is my business not yours thank you very much" replied Ginny.
"Maybe, but you are tied to a chair, in the cellar of the creepiest shop in the wizarding world, with two tied up kidnappers and your brother behind you and four more brothers upstairs who are currently unaware you are safe and rescued" said Ron.
"He does have a point" conceded Harry "Can you pick the chair back up mate?"
As Ron grabbed the back of Ginny's chair and started to pull it up, Harry managed to pull his arm out and helped by pushing from bellow. Unfortunately they both forgot about Ginny's ankle until it was too late and dropped her chair back onto four legs, jarring her leg and ankle.
"Arrrggghhh" screamed Ginny.
"Perhaps a stretcher?" suggested Alicia.
"We would never get it up the stairs with Ginny on it" replied Susan.
"I'll go and get Bill" said Ron "He knows some better first aid with being a curse breaker"
As the others had been talking Harry had untied Ginny and stood holding her hand. Judging by how tightly she was holding his hand her ankle was bothering her more than she wanted to let on.
"Susan, Alicia will you take those two outside please and tell Charlie, Percy and George they can come down. Hermione would you send a patronus message to Arthur and Molly please" asked Harry.
Before too long they were joined in the cellar by Ginny's brothers and Bill conjured a magical cast that kept her foot immobile while allowing her to walk a short distance without damaging it further. By the time they got outside Kingsley had arrived with a team of Auror's. Some were keeping the growing crowd at bay with the help from the DA members. While most were processing the captured kidnappers. As they stepped out onto the street Harry saw that Borgin had been revived by someone and was staring angrily at the ground refusing to answer any questions. Harry who was supporting Ginny called Bill over and asked him to take over for a moment. As soon as Bill was supporting Ginny, Harry calmly walked up to shop owner.
"Mr Borgin" began Harry.
"What do you want?" asked Borgin his voice filled with anger.
"I believe we have a trade to complete"
"You what?"
Moving slowly and calmly Harry reached into his pocket and pulled out the two pieces of the Elder wand and placed them one at a time in the top pocket of Borgin's overcoat.
"What's this then?" asked Borgin confused.
"The girl for the Elder wand. That was the deal wasn't it? Well I have the girl and you have your precious wand. Enjoy".
"It's in PIECES" exclaimed Borgin.
"Yes it is".
"So now you have the girl you no longer need the wand so you've snapped it? Or have you just given me a fake to torment me?"
"Oh it's the real Elder wand Mr Borgin. I snapped it shortly after the Hogwarts battle, when I realised I didn't need it, didn't want it and sure as hell didn't want people like you attacking me in order to gain possession of it. Good day Mr Borgin"
With that Harry left a stunned looking Borgin to return to Ginny, taking his place by her side.
A/N:- If anyone is wondering about the layout of Borgin and Burkes, I should explain i have had to make it up as i couldnt find any sort of description of its layout anywhere. I have based it's layout loosely on a traditional British corner shop, which consists of a mixture of a shop on the ground floor and living quarters which would mostly be upstairs. Once again thanks for reading.