Chapter Nine The Surprising Attack
Jarrik was on the floor covered in soot, head to toe.
"I'd get out of the way if I was you. They'll come out on top of you."Fred
said, since he was there before him."It hurts."he added. Jarrik quickly got
up and looked around. The kitchen was small. The table was small also, with
Fred sitting at it.
"Want a tour?"Fred asked him. Jarrik nodded. Fred stood up and pointed out
the radio in the kitchen and other sights in the living room which included
a clock that said you're late, or time to feed the chickens. Other things
on the clock said if you were home, school, work, traveling, or in mortal
peril. Jarrik was amazed. He heard a sliding sound from the kitchen.
"Where are you guys?"George yelled.
"In the living room, Fred is giving me a tour."Jarrik yelled in reply.
George appeared in the doorway.
"Jarrik, I wonder where you'll sleep."George said out loud as Fred was
wondering it.
"He's going to sleep in a room off Ron's room."Molly said breaking the
silence."Some of us need to take a bath,"she said meaning Jarrik, Ron, and
Ginny.
"Not us, right?"Fred asked, hinting at himself and George.
"No you two took a bath this morning. Jarrik, sweetie, would you like to go
first?"she asked him.
"Do you have a shower?"Jarrik inquired hopefully.
"No, but I can make one. What is it exactly?"she asked.
"It's sort of like an elephant trunk, but not really. It sprays water on
you, lightly. It's just like the bath thing when you turn on the water
except not as fast. Just a tiny bit slower and above you instead of below
you."he explained. Jarrik didn't think that his description was very
accurate.
"Oh like this?"she said, making a sketch in midair. It looked just like he
had described it. It was even grey.
"Could you make it blue?"he asked.
"Yes."she answered and with a wave of her wand, the shower thing had turned
blue.
"But if I have that, I'm willing to go first."Jarrik said to Molly.
"Is that a muggle thing?"Arthur asked excitedly. He rushed over and
snatched it out of midair."Wow, amazing."he muttered.
"Dad loves muggles. Thinks they're facinating."Ron muttered to Jarrik in
his ear.
"Jarrik what does this do?"Arthur asked him.
"It's a shower. It sprays water on you when your standing up in the
shower."he told his dad."The water has to be turned on though."he added
quickly.
"Interesting. It's amazing how muggles manage without magic."he told
Jarrik.
"It's easy. I could teach you all how. It's very simple. Sound like an
adventure?"he asked his family.
"Yes!"Arthur exclaimed. Molly nodded, but the kids looked worried.
"Erm, can you cook without magic?"Fred, George, and Ron asked in unison.
"Yes of course. I've done it before."he told them as Ron gasped.
"You know how to cook?"Ron asked in disbelief."I thought that was a girl
thing."
"Ronald!"Molly said."No dinner tonight."she said sharply.
"But Mum..."Ron started to complain, but Molly inturrupted.
"Don't you but Mum me. Just because you have a new brother, doesn't mean
the rules change."she said angrily. Ron flushed with anger and stomped off
to his room.
"I think it's cool that you can cook."Ginny said shyly.
"Sorry about that Jarrik. What sort of things did you cook without
magic?"Molly asked.
"Well, macaroni and cheese, beef stroganoff, tuna salad, hamburgers and
cheeseburgers with fries. You see what I mean?"Jarrik asked.
Yes. How do you make beef stroganoff?"Molly asked confused at the name.
"Well, you take elbow noodles or macaroni noodles and boil them until
they're soft. While you've been doing that, you've been frying the beef. I
can teach you how to make it."he suggested. Molly nodded eagerly. Jarrik
walked into the kitchen and got supplies. He found that they didn't have
elbow noodles."Um, I need to go to the store. You don't have elbow
noodles."Jarrik told her.
'I can conjure them out of midair. What do they look like?"Molly inquired.
"That's really ok. I can go to the store. I still have muggle money."he
told her.
"Ok, only if Fred, George, and Ginny go with you."she said firmly. Jarrik
nodded.
"One thing though, guys,"Jarrik said to the other three as they walked out
the door,"you can't be surprised by the muggle things. How do we get
there?"he asked, suddenly realizing that he didn't know where he was going.
"We can lead."Fred said, pulling George ahead of the group to lead. Jarrik
fell back to walk with Ginny.
"So what do you think of Ron's behavior?"he asked her.
"Pretty unbelievable, to tell you the truth."she said, blushing furiously.
"Are you...taken with me?"he asked uncertainly. That made Ginny blush even
more. Jarrik had to smack himself to keep himself from laughing outloud.
"Erm... well... yes I am sort of."Ginny said as Jarrik heard running from
behind him. He whipped around. Ron was running full speed at him. He had an
insane look in his eyes. He ran into Jarrik without warning, and started
punching him for no reason. Before Jarrik could fight back, Ron had him
pinned.
"RON!!! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"Jarrik asked wildy. Ron
didn't answer. Instead, he pulled out his wand to point it at Jarrik. By
this time, Fred and George had heard the commotion, along with the owls,
who took off hooting.
"Don't come any closer or the boy gets it."Ron said in a voice not like his
own. Out of the corner of Jarrik's eye, he saw Ginny trying to get away for
help. Ron saw her too and said,"STUPIFY!!!"Ginny slumped to the ground.
"GINNY!!!"Jarrik yelled."HELP HELP HELP!"Jarrik yelled at the top of his
lungs. Ron slapped him hard. Jarrik's lip started bleeding. Suddenly, Fred
and George yelled, "Tarrentangula!"in unison. Ron's legs started wiggling
and squirming uncontrollably. Molly was at the scene then.
"STUPIFY!"Molly screamed. Ron slumped to the ground just like Ginny had.
Fred ran off to revieve Ginny. She sat up slowly. Jarrik felt Molly pull
him up to his feet.
"Arthur, take Jarrik up to the house. I need to revieve Ron."she ordered.
Jarrik started walking, dazed at the thing that had just happened.
"Are you all right?"Arthur asked.
"I don't know. My lip is swollen."he told his dad. Jarrik heard Ginny
sobbing into Fred's shoulder. Jarrik walked over to her and pulled her to
her feet."I'm fine, Ginny. Are you ok?"he asked gently, remembering the few
words before Ron attacked him.
"I- I- I was s-so sc-scared"Ginny stuttered.
"Albus!"Arthur exclaimed."What are you doing here?"Jarrik turned around.
There was an eldery man standing there in emerald green robes with half-
moon glasses on his long nose. He had silvery hair and a silvery beard that
were both long enough to tuck into his belt.
"I heard from the ministry that there was a dark soul sensed from here. So
I flew apparated here. Who was acting like he never has before?"he asked
concerned.
"Ron, sir."Jarrik said."He had me pinned to the ground and Ginny here tried
to get help and he... er-"he ended.
"Stunned her."George helped.
"Yeah. He stunned her and I yelled HELP at the top of my lungs and he
slapped me so hard that my lip started to bleed."Jarrik told the man,
Albus.
"Yes professor. Then Fred and I couldn't take it anymore and we put the
Jelly Legs curse on him."George ended the scene.
"Well Mr. and Mr. Weasley, Ms. Weasley, and Mr. Spellman, you've certainly
had a night already haven't you?"he said kiddingly. They all nodded, Ginny
sniffling.
"How'd you know my name?"Jarrik asked, surprised.
"I have my ways."Albus said, his eyes twinkling more than ever. Jarrik
nodded, still confused."Why were you all outside?"Albus asked curiously,
with a twinkle in his electric blue eyes.
"Moll-Mum said that I could go to the store to get elbow noodles only if I
took Fred, George and Ginny with me. So I did and Ron ran up to me and
tackled me and started punching me for no reason."
"I tried to run for help and got stunned. Then all the sudden, I was waking
up from on the ground, with a horrible pain in my head. It's still
there."Ginny said startling Jarrik. Albus walked over to her and put his
long nose close to her face and looked into Ginny's eyes.
"I see into the future you know. I foresee that the pain will soon pass."he
said, making the Weasley twins start to snigger. "I also see that you won't
have a very happy future. Oh dear."Albus said, making the twins stop
sniggering immediatly."That vision wasn't very good. Let's hope that my
talent was getting as old as I am at that moment."suddenly the worried
Albus stood up straight.
"Could you look into my future, sir?"Jarrik inquired hopefully.
"Call me Professor Dumbledore, Mr. Spellman. And it's could you please. Yes
I can and will."Professor Dumbledore said, making Jarrik stand up
tall."Relax."the old man said gently, as Molly came over with Ron, both of
them looking worried.
"Jarrik, did I really do that?"Ron asked. Jarrik nodded."I don't recall
doing that at all. I'm sorry for it anyway. I don't know what happened. I
was sitting in my room, looking at the ceiling and a black cloud came in
through the window and I opened my mouth to scream. It went into my mouth
and a voice rang in my head to jump out the window. That's all I
remember."Ron said. Albus looked at Ron.
"You were the one acting weird."Professor Dumbledore asked Ron."Ron isn't
it?"he asked him. Ron nodded solemnly."I need to look into your eyes."the
old man said, pulling Ron towards him."Oh dear. Not a good future. This
happens again. Do you anger easily?"he asked Ron.
"Sort of."Ron told Professor Dumbledore. Dumbledore nodded.
"We'll have to send him to the Ministry of Magic's Evil Extracting
Section."Dumbledore said."It doesn't take more than two to three days."he
added.
"Is it painful?"Molly, Arthur, and Ron asked at the same time. Dumbledore
shook his head.
"Not at all. They stun you and they have to complicated surgery that takes
about two days. Then you go home and take it easy. That is if they have
luck finding where the evil went."the old man added."Does that sound like
the best bet?"Professor Dumbledore asked. All nodded."I promise to keep it
away from the Daily Prophet."They all nodded again.
"What's going on? What are you all saying yes to?"a voice asked.
"Give it a break, Perc."Fred said."It's your fault you're deaf."he added.
"We're not going to tell him either. If he wasn't there, it's better for
him to not know."Arthur said loudly.
"Ron, time to go."Albus said. Ron walked uncertainly towards him."I'm
afraid no one can go with you."saying the answer to Ron's question before
Ron got the words out.
"We'll miss you and hope everything goes well, all right sweetie?"Molly
said, with tears in her eyes."You still can't have dinner. But everything
will be back to normal before the school year starts."Ron nodded.
"Bye Ron, to where ever you're going. Don't be too long."Percy said. Albus
put his hand on Ron's shoulder, and they disappeared.
