The next morning came around, and it looked to be a good day; the sun was
shining, they were going to Diagon Alley and as Ginny was finally coming
out of her shell and talking to Harry, everything seemed to be a lot more
fun.
Then Mr. Weasley and Percy came downstairs, rushing around with toast hanging out of their mouths and desperately trying to find lost cloaks and shoes.
"What's going on?" Mrs Weasley said as she pilled three more pieces of toast on to both Harry and Hermione's already full plates.
"Muggle killings – seven of them, all separate, all last night." Mr Weasley said pulling on his shoe,
"You don't think…"
"Yes, Molly I do."
Percy butted in at this point, "There's been a party of American witches killed at a muggle theme park too."
"Surely that was accidental?" Hermione piped up, Percy shook his head,
"No injuries, no illnesses, Avada Kedavra…"
At this the two of them disapparated, Mrs Weasley turned back to the oven, busying herself and muttering, Hermione buried her head in her hands, Ginny ran upstairs and all Ron and Harry could do was look at one another helplessly.
Mrs Weasley refused to let them go to Diagon Alley, she said she'd contacted someone to watch them whilst she collected their things, and to their surprise, who should apparate before them but Professor McGonagall!
"Professor!" Hermione shrieked,
"Yes, hello…" She said, and she looked around the kitchen,
"Thank you so much for doing this Minerva." Mrs Weasley said,
"Well, Professor Dumbledore would have liked to do it himself ideally, Molly, but under current circumstances…"
"Yes, yes, well I'll be going…I should only be a few hours."
"Take your time." Professor McGonagall said, and she smiled, Harry, Ron and Ginny were gob smacked.
Mrs Weasley disapparated, and everyone sat in silence for a moment before Harry thought of something extremely important he needed to ask, and Professor McGonagall was just the person to answer it.
"Professor," He began, "Will we be able to play Quidditch this year at Hogwarts?"
She yet again smiled, "Professor Dumbledore has said that we will continue to run the school normally unless he sees a reason not to, and that includes Quidditch matches." The four of them seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. They were surprised more so when McGonagall said, "Have you got broomsticks with you? We can go up to the trees and I'll supervise a practise if you'd like?"
Ron looked like his eyes would pop out of his head at any moment, Ginny nodded shyly, Harry grinned and Hermione spent the entire walk to where it would be safe to fly talking to Professor McGonagall about the last issue of [I]Transfiguration Today[/I].
Professor didn't comment on Hermione's hair, or clothes, or even her piercing, she actually asked her where she got her lipstick (today it was a cherry red colour), and how was Viktor.
"They're even more alike than I first thought." Ron muttered,
"Hmmm." Harry said, and he looked at the ground for some reason.
Then Mr. Weasley and Percy came downstairs, rushing around with toast hanging out of their mouths and desperately trying to find lost cloaks and shoes.
"What's going on?" Mrs Weasley said as she pilled three more pieces of toast on to both Harry and Hermione's already full plates.
"Muggle killings – seven of them, all separate, all last night." Mr Weasley said pulling on his shoe,
"You don't think…"
"Yes, Molly I do."
Percy butted in at this point, "There's been a party of American witches killed at a muggle theme park too."
"Surely that was accidental?" Hermione piped up, Percy shook his head,
"No injuries, no illnesses, Avada Kedavra…"
At this the two of them disapparated, Mrs Weasley turned back to the oven, busying herself and muttering, Hermione buried her head in her hands, Ginny ran upstairs and all Ron and Harry could do was look at one another helplessly.
Mrs Weasley refused to let them go to Diagon Alley, she said she'd contacted someone to watch them whilst she collected their things, and to their surprise, who should apparate before them but Professor McGonagall!
"Professor!" Hermione shrieked,
"Yes, hello…" She said, and she looked around the kitchen,
"Thank you so much for doing this Minerva." Mrs Weasley said,
"Well, Professor Dumbledore would have liked to do it himself ideally, Molly, but under current circumstances…"
"Yes, yes, well I'll be going…I should only be a few hours."
"Take your time." Professor McGonagall said, and she smiled, Harry, Ron and Ginny were gob smacked.
Mrs Weasley disapparated, and everyone sat in silence for a moment before Harry thought of something extremely important he needed to ask, and Professor McGonagall was just the person to answer it.
"Professor," He began, "Will we be able to play Quidditch this year at Hogwarts?"
She yet again smiled, "Professor Dumbledore has said that we will continue to run the school normally unless he sees a reason not to, and that includes Quidditch matches." The four of them seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. They were surprised more so when McGonagall said, "Have you got broomsticks with you? We can go up to the trees and I'll supervise a practise if you'd like?"
Ron looked like his eyes would pop out of his head at any moment, Ginny nodded shyly, Harry grinned and Hermione spent the entire walk to where it would be safe to fly talking to Professor McGonagall about the last issue of [I]Transfiguration Today[/I].
Professor didn't comment on Hermione's hair, or clothes, or even her piercing, she actually asked her where she got her lipstick (today it was a cherry red colour), and how was Viktor.
"They're even more alike than I first thought." Ron muttered,
"Hmmm." Harry said, and he looked at the ground for some reason.