A Loss so Early in Life

A/N I won't be able to post the next chapter for a while because I'm going to Prague with my muggle friends! :) Also, I always imagined Fawkes as a girl...

Disclaimer: I own Meredith and the plot. Everything else belongs to the goddess JK Rowling!
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Ron decided to go back inside and drink some tea. It was cold and windy, and his teeth were beginning to chatter. But as he did, he saw two figures enter the graveyard and walk over to his family's graves. He followed them closely.

"Now that that's over with, we can go to him and start our next mission," said a male voice that sounded very familiar but different.

"Yes, but what if the rest of the family finds out?" said a female voice.

"We'll kill them too."

He finally entered the house only to find it empty. There was a note attatched to the sack of floo powder.

Dear Ron,
We couldn't find you so we decided to leave. We left you some floo powder to get back to Hogwarts. Hope you're ok.
Love,
Bill.

"Great, no tea," Ron mumbled. He took the sack and threw a pinch of powder into the fire. Soon he was back in Dumbledore's office, but only Fawkes was there, her head under her wing. She was asleep. Ron decided to poke around. Nothing interesting was found in the pictures of past headmasters. But when he reached Dumbledore's desk, he found something VERY interesting. It was a file on his parents' best friends, the Snyders.

The Snyders

Children: none
Home: Ottery-St. Catchpole
Criminal record: Mr. Snyder on trial for hiding Bartiminus Crouch Jr.
Observations:very interested in the Weasleys

Ron gasped. Could the Snyders have been the ones at the graveyard? You know our Ron, always jumping to conclusions. In a minute he was convinced it was them. He ran off to tell Meredith.

After he was finished with his story, Meredith added something she found suspicious.

"I was at the graveyard. It was the middle of the ceremony. I looked away and there were these two hooded figures in the bushes. They ducked away when they say me looking."

"I bet they were the same people that were at my family's ceremony."

"We have to do something."


A/N Sorry but you'll have to wait for the next chapter. I'm going to Prague. Please review!