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Percy did what Kingsley had ordered him to do, except for one thing: he did not wait for the Aurors to arrive. Instead of that, he had asked his older brother to inform the rest of the Aurors so he could leave the Ministry.
He had been careful to do not mention anything about Hermione. Kingsley did not want anyone to know. The Minister had said that he would deal with the young witch once this would be over. He would deal with her at Grimmauld Place, at home, like a father would do with his daughter.
Fair or not, Percy did not care besides whenever a member of the Golden trio was involved, people were always screaming injustice. People were thinking that their punishments were not bad enough or the contrary and this would last for many more years.
He had, basically, just explained the Audrey's situation to Bill before to leave, well tried to leave. ...
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Percy, really, had to run to the shop to speak with Fred and George but Bill was not letting him go. He had firmly grabbed his little brother's left arm with no intention of letting him go.
He was confused. He had understood only half of Percy' speech and he could tell that Percy had voluntarily passed on many details of the story and that was bothering him.
Also, he was worried about his wife, their sister Ginny, Hermione and all the poor girls who would have to fight against, only Merlin knew how many Death Eaters and other magical creatures.
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Percy tried his best to comfort his brother. He used different arguments. The girls would not be alone for long. They were strong and skilled witches. They all had been fighting at Hogwarts two months and a half ago so they could deal with the Death Eaters for forty minutes.
However, Percy's tactical did not work as Bill was still arguing with him. He wanted to inform his wife so Percy had to threaten him. He told his older brother that he would use the memory charm if needed.
« Kingsley is the Minister and we have to follow his orders. »
Bill chuckled, the comment coming from Percy was funny. He told Percy that he thought that he had changed. He had wanted to believe that his little brother would never again put the Ministry before his family and that Percy would never again follow absurd orders from the Minister of Magic, whoever he was.
Bill's comments hurt Percy. The young employee of the Ministry had learnt his lesson, he really had and he had thought that his family trusted him.
Offended, he looked into his brother's eyes. He saw anger, fear and pain. The knot in his throat became bigger. One day, he would prove them that they all could count on him. One day, not this one. Too many lives were involved, Percy did not want to be held responsible. He did not want to be the one to blame.
He did justify his choice of following the orders though.
« I am not doing this for Kingsley and I am as scared as you are but Kingsley is right. If we want to catch them all for good, we have to let them start. The woman that I am in love with is sequestered by those morons, we don't even know if she is injured or not so trust me, I want to end this as much as you want. »
Bill sighed, what could he answer to that.
He finally released his brother's arm and let him go.
« Just one last question Percy, why do you, specifically you, have to go to inform Fred and George. I mean, Fred is dating Hermione and Ginny is our little sister but they aren't Aurors or active members of the Order of the Phoenix at the moment so what do you need from them. » asked a suspicious Bill
« I cannot tell you Bill. I will see you at the burrow at 6pm. » answered, coldly, Percy before to leave
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Worried, Bill was looking at his brother leaving the Ministry. He was wondering what was going on as much as he was wondering what would change, if he informed Fleur. He was so scared for his wife.
Fleur might be pregnant, she could loose their baby during that fight. He sighed, he knew that he was being irrational but they were trying so hard to have a baby and it might had finally worked.
Afraid of not being compatible because of their mixed blood, they had seen a Healer about two months ago. It had been right after the battle of Hogwarts. Fred was still in coma and as they were spending so much time at St Mungo, Fleur had suggested that it could be a good idea to share their doubts with a Healer.
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The Healer had informed them that if they wanted to get pregnant faster, they should be active the nights before the full moon. Apparently, Bill's little soldiers were at their best those nights.
They had listened to their Healer and Fleur was late for the first time in years. She was only three days late but as she was never late, the young couple was growing hope of having good news to share soon. Moreover, a friend of Fleur's mother was a seer and she had told Fleur that she had foreseen a baby boy, with red hair, for the next year, for spring.
The thought of loosing his wife, and a possible baby, was killing him. They desperately wanted this baby boy.
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Bill still had to hope for the best though. He firmly believed that Percy would not be able to stop Fred from running to Hermione to tell her everything. Fred was not working at the Ministry, unlike him, so he would not have any problem on threatening Percy. Fred was impulsive and he loved Hermione too much to follow Kingsley's orders and he had George to help him. Fred and George would never stand against each other.
If Percy was really going to tell the twins what was going on then Bill could not imagine Fred, and George, obeying quietly. It was impossible.
Yet, Bill knew that Percy had not told him the all story. Bill was certain that the twins, Hermione and Percy were hiding something. Charlie had confirmed that his brothers and Hermione were acting weird. Whispering, closing doors or changing the subject of their conversations whenever they were seeing him.
A secret between those four could not lead to anything good, Bill knew it and this was scaring him more than Luna's party and the Death Eaters...
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In the meantime at the shop.
Fred and George were chatting actively about everything and nothing. They both could not wait to get rid of the time turner. Fred had already picked it up from the place where he had been hiding it for almost a month. The time turner was currently in the inside pocket of his jacket. There, it was safe.
Once, they would have destroyed it, they would finally be able to move on. They wanted to turn the page, to relax and live their lives. It had been their dream since Fred had awoken from his coma.
They had had to deal with so much things over the last two months and a half that at some point they did wonder if they were ever going to start writing on this new page.
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Lately, it had become worst. It had been so hard for them to keep their secret safe. They had been so worried. They had pushed people away which had only increase the suspiciousness of their friends and family.
Situation had got unbearable since Charlie had, temporarily, moved in with them. With him around, they could no longer talked freely at the apartment. This had been a major issue. If Luna had not decided to host this party, they would have kicked Charlie out. They loved Charlie and did not want to argue with him, or their mother, but they had to protect their secret at all costs. Harry had been a problem too. He had been questioning Hermione almost every day. Kingsley had also figured out that they were up to something. People around them were nosey...
They had been tiptoeing, and mega careful, for weeks but tonight they would finally get their freedom back.
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Fred already had many things in mind like asking Hermione to marry him. Yes, he was still determined to have her saying I do within a year.
George had, totally, given up on trying to make his twin understand that they were too young to get married. He had tried countless times before to give up though.
Fred was stubborn and for some unknown reasons he did not want to wait. He had affirmed that as Hermione was the love of his life getting married sooner than what people would expect would not change the end of the story.
He had even convinced George to help him to clean the space that was above the back shop and their workroom to enlarge their apartment so when Hermione would move in, George would not have to move out right away. If George had already moved then they would have two spare bedrooms for curly little redheads.
For George's despair, Charlie was around when Fred had got this fantastic idea and he had approved Fred's idea. He had said that it was a wonderful idea and that he was ready to help. He loved kids even more than dragons and he could not wait to become an uncle as he believed that he would never become a father.
George had never rolled his eyes more often than during this talk.
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They had this conversation so many times over the last few weeks that George was holding his breath every time he was seeing his twin becoming serious in the presence of Hermione. Fred had said within a year but somehow George was quite sure that what Fred really meant was before the end of the summer.
Yes, Fred had accepted the fact that Hermione wanted to go back to school but he was so afraid of loosing her that being engaged before having Hermione on her way to Hogwarts would help him to deal with this separation.
George knew his twin like no one else, he knew what Fred had in mind. Fred needed to be sure that Hermione would not end their relationship before to get on the train.
The fact that Fred had dragged him to few jewelers to have a look at engagement rings was another proof. For George, this had been the confirmation that Hermione was really about to become the next member of the Weasley's family.
Fred had not found the perfect ring yet so he was thinking about getting in touch with an independent jeweler to get the perfect ring for Hermione.
However and even if it was true that George had accepted the fact that Hermione would become number 3 of their duo, he could not stop thinking that Fred had a hidden reason to move on so fast. Also, George had stopped trying to dissuade Fred from proposing because he knew that Fred would never be able to cope with life if Hermione decided to end their relationship. It was a real threat, Fred would die if Hermione stopped to love him.
This and work's talk had been their main subjects of conversation for the last few weeks and thaFriday was no different than the other days.
As usual the happy conversation of the twins was slowly drifting to the ring and the why, how and when Fred would propose when Percy arrived at the shop.
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Fred and George asked him if he had seen a naked woman as he was all sweaty and looking paler than usual.
« There is no time for any joke. May we speak in private. » asked Percy who was praying for his plan to work
Fred and George nodded.
They told Verity and Lee to call them if they needed their help. Lee told them to do not worry about the shop. He would look after the shop as long as needed.
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Fred closed the door of their private office while George was massaging Percy's shoulders to calm him down. Percy pushed his brother away, the massage was just making him feel more nervous.
How was he supposed to tell the truth to the twins? He had already argued with too many of his siblings for the day. Charlie, Bill and even Ron with whom he had a different on the morning.
How was he supposed to deal with an angry Fred? Should not he just let Fred informed Hermione? He had forbidden and threatened Bill but he could not do that with Fred, could he?
He did not know what to think or do. He was staring at the twins and they were staring at him. Fred's fists were clenched and Percy did not want to experience what being punched by Fred felt like.
It took him some courage but he finally opened his mouth.
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He did not lie to the twins. He just forgot to mention most of the important details like the fake Audrey being on her way to Azkaban to, probably, free Death Eaters to crash Luna's party.
Ashamed, he confessed that he had made a mistake by not sharing with anyone his doubts about Audrey's weird attitude. He justified his action insinuating that no one would have believed him anyway.
« I know that you all think that I am obsessed with her in a not healthy way. You are laughing at me and making fun of me, don't try to deny it. You've been calling me stalker for weeks. I did not want to sound crazy. I mean until Charlie came to me two hours ago, I did believe that I was turning mad. »
Fred rolled his eyes and ordered him to get to the point. George scolded his twin. Sometimes, he wished that Fred could be less insensitive. Percy was suffering and if they had not been mocking him that much then perhaps they would not be in such a dangerous situation.
Fred sighed, a deep and long sigh. He apologized and this time, he, gently, asked Percy to purse.
Percy looked into Fred's eyes and said that there was not much to say. Most likely, a Death Eater was using Audrey's body to spy on them, all and they needed more proofs.
He then told them that Kingsley had summoned a meeting at 7pm at the burrow. He said that Kingsley wanted to share the information with the rest of the members of the Order so they could work on a strategy to unmask « Audrey ».
Fred interrupted his brother, he was getting suspicious. As most of the young witches that were part of the Order would be at Luna's why would Kingsley call in for a meeting with just the men of the Order. Moreover, if they were right and a Death Eater was using Audrey's identity then it meant that the girls were in danger at Luna's.
Percy tried to keep a straight face. He had anticipated this one but reality was harder to make up than his mind's plan.
He smiled genuinely and said that Kingsley simply did want the girls to have some fun. As for the fake Audrey, Percy affirmed that nothing would happen at Luna's.
« You cannot be sure about that Percy. » answered Fred worriedly
« I know Fred but that fake Audrey has to go to this party. She has to act like the real Audrey. Look if Charlie had not found the box of sweets in her pocket, he would have never put two and two together. For now, the fake Audrey is not trying anything but acting like the real Audrey. »
It must had been his lucky minute of the day as it seemed that neither Fred or George had something to say about that. Well, Fred said that he would tell Hermione to be careful but as he did promise to tell Hermione to do not share the info with any of the girls, Percy did not do anything to stop him.
At least one of the girls would be on her guard and it was better if that girl was Hermione as the Death Eaters wanted something that she had stolen.
He looked at his watch, it was 5:30pm, he had to go. He was done with the twins. He left their shop with an odd feeling of guilt mixed with a certain feeling of satisfaction.
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Fred left the shop too. He went to Grimmauld Place to inform Hermione. He made her promise to be careful and to use her magic mirror to call him if she was seeing something wrong.
« Fred, I swear that I will call you if I need you and I swear that I won't tell Ginny. Please don't worry, I am gonna be fine besides I am gonna be there only few hours. »
« I know but I am scared for you. Can't wait to destroy that damn time turner so we won't have to worry about all this ever again. » sighed Fred
« Agree. You pick me up at 10? » smiled Hermione
« I will be there at 9:50. I love you Hermione, be careful. »
« Fred, the worst thing that can happen to me tonight is food poisoning and a headache after listening the word nargles for the hundredth time. I see you later and I love you too. » answered a happy Hermione.
She kissed him goodbye before to push him back into the chimney. She was not worried about « Audrey », anyway why would she?
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