Prompt: Archaic
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Just before Midnight on Christmas, Molly quietly led the four young witches out of her kitchen to a clearing in the surrounding forest. By that point in the evening, the male Weasleys were all dozing, save for Charlie and Bill who were deep in a competitive game of wizards' chess.
"I can't believe we're going to do this," Hermione breathed excitedly. "I read about this spell in..." she gasped as Ginny elbowed her in the ribs and rolled her eyes. They giggled quietly together, warm breaths puffing like clouds in the cold air.
Molly whispered, "It has been decades since there have been enough witches in our family to do this." She quietly arranged her daughters until they faced inward in a circle, each points of the star.
The matriarch lit her candle first, solemnly declaring, "I light this candle to bring our family health." The candle rose from her hands, hovering in front of her, her gaze directed to her first unborn grandchild.
Fleur smiled at her mother-in-law, announcing next, "I light this candle to bring our family safe travels." She turned towards her most geographically distant sister-in-law, eyes shining as the candle rose.
Hermione grew serious declaring, "I light this candle to bring our family everlasting love." She turned to her newest sister-in-law, overjoyed to welcome Angelina to their tribe. Her candle rose.
Angelina turned to Ginny, tears of happiness threatening to spill from her eyes. "I light this candle to bring our family friendship," she tried to lighten her own mood with a wink of meaning. Ginny winked back, as the fourth candle joined the others, hovering flames in the darkness.
The youngest Weasley then turned to her mother, face full of love. "I light this candle to bring our family prosperity." Molly nodded to her only blood daughter, both allowing the tears to flow freely.
Together the five witches chanted, "We light these candles to bring our family protection." The candles moved to the center of the star, first forming a single light, and then rising to the blackened sky. The ground between them rumbled, and a small sapling emerged from the dirt and snow. "It worked," gasped Hermione, grinning with delight around the circle.
"It did," Ginny looped her arm around Hermione's shoulder, giggling and tugging her back down the hillside. "Now don't ruin Mum's moment with how long it's been since that happened."
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A/N: 399 words.
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