Chapter 9: The Black Streak

Arthur: Don't look so worried Harry. Molly will only be angry at me if she finds out that Fred and George were gambling.

Harry: Are you in no way concerned that your Satanic daughter thinks this year will be a good one?

Arthur: Ginny wasn't born in Mexico.

Harry: I don't know why I talk to you about this stuff. Maybe one of the responsible adults in this group will understand my concerns. Like Bill or Percy.

Charlie: What about me?

Harry: Since when is fucking a dragon responsible?

Ginny: Don't count on them helping you. They know what's good for them, and know not to talk about anything I do.

Harry: God damn it.

George: Don't look so down Harry. Ireland just won the World Cup.

Fred: And I just won my first bet ever.

Hermione: You know that's all leprechaun gold, right?

Fred: What makes you say that?

Hermione: *pointing at the writing on the bag* Property of Patrick O'Sullivan.

George: Probably just something a buddy of his gave him.

Hermione: Fine, don't believe me, but I'm telling you it's fake.

Fred: Oh yeah? I bet you that it's real.

Hermione: …okay.

George: WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU SAY THAT?!

Fred: Don't worry, I've got a good feeling about this.

George: That's what I'm afraid of.

Arthur: Alright, everyone off to bed.

Ron: But we're not tired.

Arthur: You're right, we need to stay up and party until we are tired *hears an explosion outside* See, everyone else is.

Percy: Why are people screaming?

Arthur: They're excited about the game *another explosion* Maybe it's fireworks?

Bill: Why does it look like a hellscape outside?

Arthur: …overly excited Irish fans?

Ginny: Those are terror screams. Trust me on this.

Arthur: Look, things aren't as bad as they seem…

Harry: Why are they wearing masks?

Arthur: …we might be in a little more trouble than I thought.

Percy: Dad, those are Death Eaters.

Arthur: Don't be silly Percy. Cannibalism is illegal.

Harry: Alright, enough of this stupidity. Who's in favour of running away?

Hermione: Oh, what's the worst that could happen?

Percy: Those guys are magical Nazis who hate people with non-magical parents.

Hermione: …I second Harry's running away idea.

Ginny: I vote to stay and see how this plays out.

Arthur: Fred, George, protect your little sister. Get her as far away from here as possible.

Ginny: What? *gets picked up by Fred* NO! Please, no, I don't want to go. Put me down. PUT ME DOWN! If you don't put me down right now, I'll start revealing Endgame spoilers.

Fred: Yeah, I'm sure our readers will be real thrilled with that.

George: To be fair, everyone knew he was gonna die. Not necessarily the how, but they knew it was coming.

Ron: Come on Harry, let's go into some dark corner of the forest where no-one can find us.

Harry: To hide from the Death Eaters, right?

Ron: We can do that too. Come on *drags Harry into the forest*

Hermione: HEY! Wait up.

Ron: Fine, I guess you can watch.

Draco: Aww, are you three running from the little bit of fun happening in the campground?

Harry: Shut up Malfoy. We all know your dad's probably one of the ones doing it. Besides, you're hiding in the trees too.

Draco: I'm only here so I can find mudbloods to tell the Death Eaters about.

Hermione: Hey Malfoy, how's your nose?

Draco: …okay?

Hermione: I can fix that for you.

Draco: …move along.

Harry: Damn right we can *flips Draco off as he leaves* Wow, it's dark here. Luckily we have wands to… *checks himself* Um, guys? I've lost my wand.

Ron: I've found it.

Harry: My MAGIC wand, Ron.

Ron: This wand is magical to me, Harry.

Harry: And sexual assault for me.

Hermione: LUMOS! *the area around them lights up*

Ron: Hey, you're using magic outside Hogwarts.

Hermione: So?

Ron: That's against the rules, isn't it?

Hermione: Screw the rules, there are homicidal maniacs nearby.

Harry: Hey, what's that?

Winky: *coming out of a bush, seemingly being dragged by something or someone* Winky wants to be away from the ones attacking the muggles. Please, come with Winky to safety *Winky disappears out of the clearing without even looking at the three of them*

Harry: Umm…was she talking to us, or…

Hermione: She said she was getting away from the Death Eaters. That should be good enough for us.

Ron: I don't know, can you really trust Crouch? I mean, everyone knows about his son.

Harry: We don't, nor do we care. If things go sideways, start punching.

Hermione: What makes you think that will work?

Harry: Because Voldemort tried to kill me with magic when he could have just as easily thrown me out the window. Honestly, I think the Death Eaters can't fathom doing anything without magic, so physical violence will confuse them.

Hermione: Anyway, what was with the way she was moving?

Ron: Didn't ask permission to hide?

Hermione: When they're in danger?

Ron: Them's the rules.

Hermione: What kind of stupid rule is "you're not allowed to protect yourself when in danger?"

Harry: One that I suspect will lead to a plotline they skipped in the movies.

Ron: So, are we following the house-elf, or…

Harry: Yeah, sure, see if that advances the plot or not *heading through the trees* Winky? Where are you Winky? *sees a figure through the trees* Is that you *approaches, sees they're too big to be Winky* Oops, my mista…

?: MORSMORDRE! *green flash erupts from the wand*

Harry: Wha… *falls over*

Ron: Well, that was a thing.

Hermione: Guys…*points at the sky* What the fuck is that?

Harry: That would be a skull with a snake coming out of it. Not sure why someone would bother making tha… *suddenly, the clearing is full of ministry* …well, hello there…

All the ministry people: STUPIFY!

Hermione: GET DOWN! *drags the other two down as the spell is fired, causing most of the Ministry guys to hit each other* What the hell?

Arthur: Oh, ah, please don't fire, it's just my son and his friends *sees his wand is still smoking after firing the spell, and quickly hides it*

Harry: Seriously though, what the hell was that about?

Crouch: Which of you cast it?

Harry: I…

Crouch: HE ADMITTED IT! ARREST HIM!

Harry: …don't have my wand right now.

Crouch: …ARREST HIM FOR TRYING TO COVER FOR THE REAL CULPRIT!

Hermione: Sir, we…

Crouch: SHE ADMITTED IT WAS ALL THREE OF THEM!

Harry: You seem very arrest happy. Like you want to push the blame to someone else, no matter what.

Crouch: WHAT?! How dare you accuse me of that. I can accuse other people if I want. Maybe it was that guy *points at Arthur*

Arthur: Shit, he's onto me *dives into a nearby bush*

Harry: To be fair, he'll believe anything you say about him, no matter how ludicrous.

Arthur: No I don't.

Harry: You're Michael Jackson.

Arthur: But Billie Jean is not my lover. Beat It, since you'll be defeated when you get hit by, you get struck by a Smooth Criminal.

Crouch: Well, if you three didn't do it, who did?

Harry: There was a guy over there who did it.

Arthur: Hey, maybe one of our spells hit them *goes over to check for a body*

Hermione: I seriously doubt…

Arthur: I found someone.

Hermione: Are you fucking kidding me? Surely they could have just Apparate out of here?

Harry: By the way, how do you explain that? And portkeys?

Hermione: Harry, I think we have more important things to worry about right now.

Arthur: Here they are sir *dumps Winky in front of them*

Ron: Good work dad.

Harry: That's not who it was. The one who did it was definitely human, and had a much deeper voice.

Ron: Look, she's holding a wand.

Harry: Oh, for fuck's sake…hey, that's my wand.

Ron: ARREST THIS BITCH!

Harry: Ron, you saw who cast the spell. You know it couldn't have been Winky.

Ron: I know. But she's touching your wand. That's MY property.

Harry: Just…no.

Bagman: *appearing on the scene* The fuck's going on here? *sees the Dark Mark* Oh…that's not good…

Harry: What the fuck even is that?

Amos: *waking up from being Stupified* Honestly child, you of all people should know that.

Harry: I take it it's Voldemort related? *a distance crack of lightning is heard* Huh…weird.

Amos: Child, that is the Dark Mark, You-Know-Who's symbol.

Harry: Huh…and someone designed a spell for the sole purpose of putting that in the sky? Does it…does it do anything? Like, at all?

Arthur: It looks scary.

Harry: So…it does nothing then?

Ron: You know this means You-Know-Who's coming back, right? And he'll want revenge on the one who nearly killed him.

Harry: It's not my fault he doesn't know how to dash a baby's brains against the sidewalk.

Ron: Don't worry, I'll protect you.

Harry: Excellent. You can be my meat shield while I run away.

Crouch: Are we all forgetting that my house elf summoned the Dark Mark?

Harry: She didn't, but go on.

Crouch: WINKY! Wake the fuck up.

Winky: *waking up* Winky didn't do it.

Arthur: Oh, well, if that's the case, sorry for bothering you sir.

Winky: Did you just assume my gender?

Crouch: Winky, we know you cast the Dark Mark. You were found at the scene of the crime, holding a wand, and we have witnesses.

Harry: To someone ELSE doing it.

Amos: For God's sake, put that child's wand in my hand…

Harry: PHRASING!

Ron: Plus, that wand is only allowed to be in MY hand.

Amos: Listen, I can find out what the last thing to come out of that wand was…

Harry: Oh my God.

Amos: Just let me play with that child's thing.

Harry: Are you related to McFondles? I swear, you're doing this on purpose.

Amos: *receiving Harry's wand* Hmm, his wood is thicker than I thought.

Harry: Oh, come on. What would your son think if he heard you saying these things?

Amos: Who cares? He missed the game because he was auditioning to be in some superhero movie.

Harry: Wow, he's gonna be in the MCU?

Amos: Nope, he's going to be in the train wreck one. But enough banter, time to make our wands touch.

Harry: Just…whatever.

Amos: PRIOR INCANTATO! *a serpent comes out of the wand* Deletrius *The serpent disappears*

Crouch: Winky *rips off his pants* YOU'RE FIRED!

Harry: And on that note, let's leave.