At the tender age of nine, Percy Weasley announced to his family during dinner that he wanted to be the Minister of Magic. It was normal for young children to have great ambitions and parents usually replied those kinds of pronouncements with a distracted "That's very nice, dear".
Arthur and Molly Weasley said no such thing. Instead they told Percy that they were proud he wanted to work with the Ministry. Even Percy's older brothers, Bill and Charlie didn't laugh at him. All of them took Percy's words very seriously. It was a huge possibility that Percy would in fact become the next Minister of Magic. At nine it was already apparent that Percy was extremely intelligent and stubborn to boot.
If Percy Weasley really wanted to become the Minister of Magic, he will become the Minister of Magic.
Percy's ambition never changed and his resolve to become Minister never wavered. In Hogwarts, he showed himself to be a hardworking and astute student. The professors were all extremely impressed with him (including Snape who would rather die that admit it). Percy topped his class in every year. By the time he was in the fifth year, he became a prefect. In the seventh year, he was appointed the Head Boy. By the end of the school year, he had gotten the highest scores for the NEWTS Hogwarts had seen in over 200 years. There was nothing this boy could not do. What he wanted, he achieved. There was no one else with a future brighter than Percy Weasley. He seemed to have everything he needed and was on the fast track to becoming Minister and thus achieving his life long dream.
This was the reason why everyone was shocked when they found out that Percy Weasley was declared missing. When Percy failed to report for work after a week long vacation, his superior owled Percy's parents to ask about his whereabouts. Arthur and Molly, in turn asked their children if they had heard any word from Percy. After a few frantic conversations were exchanged via the floo network, no one knew where Percy was.
Molly Weasley was hysterical when Percy was reported missing. She tried to calm herself down but she could not help feeling afraid for her little boy. Her thoughts were in a mess as she tried to figure out what happened to Percy:
There was no reason for Percy to run away! He had a bright future ahead of him! He had no problems, financially or otherwise. Was he unhappy? Maybe we didn't pay enough attention to him. Kidnapped?! Or in some kind of danger? Foul play, perhaps? But he was a good boy! He never got into trouble, ever! Please, Merlin, please find my son…
Twenty-four hours had past since Percy was officially declared missing. The Ministry did everything and anything they could do to trace him. The Ministry even contacted the other Ministries of Magic all over the world about his disappearance. Countless of tracking spells later, no one had any lead as to where he was. The last anyone had seen of him was in Asia, where he was vacationing. After that, poof! It was like he dropped off from the face of the planet.
Percy Weasley was nowhere to be found…..
To be continued….
Author's note: Sorry for the long wait for this part. Being a surveyor is hard work! I'm well aware that this chapter is pretty short. But that's because the next part is gonna be really, really long. Really! grins What did happen to Percy? Hmmmm….. Again, if you liked it, please review it! I'm off to watch Adaptations….
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Snape's Slave and Sarah Anna : I hoped you watch The Hours already and were impressed by it.
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MidnightLoner : You'll find out in the next chapter.
Jenny: Wow! You have a lot of questions..but I don't mind. The War with Voldermort I was referring to is actually the first one, you know when Lilly and James died and Harry got the scar. As for Percy acting weirdly, no one really notices.. Perce doesn't like to tell people about his problems..Poor Percy has to do it all by his lonesome self.