Revenge
I finally reached Neville's office, which had a sign on it bearing the words: Head Auror. Neville looked up from the report he was writing to see who it was. When he saw me he turned in his chair to face me and knocked over a bottle of ink in the process. The ink spilled across his parchment, ruining the report.
"Oh oops. Evanesco!" he said waving his wand at the parchment, all ink disappeared, including the writing. "Well, good thing that report was only about six inches." He chuckled and so did I.
"So Harry, what's up?" questioned Neville with interest.
"Well, Hermione said you'd found something on… her." I sat out the last word as though it tasted bad.
"Yes, well we've had reports on Death Eaters a few miles east of Hogsmeade from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement." Answered Neville tentatively as though unsure what I would do next.
I considered this for a second as I stared at a picture of Neville's waving wife Parvati Patil.
"Well then, I'm going" I stated as though it were the simplest thing in the world."
"You're getting a partner then, I'm not letting you go alone!" replied Neville. "Malfoy!" he called.
I wasn't too disappointed about the pairing. Malfoy and I had actually become good friends in the seventh year at Hogwarts. He broke off from the family "tradition" of being a Death Eater and on the contrary, became an Auror. He rounded the corner and strode up to the cubicle.
"Sir?" he asked gazing at me.
"You're going with Potter here to pick up a lead on some Death Eaters east of Hogsmeade," stated Neville.
"Right" was Malfoy's reply.
We headed toward the lifts that led out of the Ministry. We climbed into a pretty packed one as we were in a sort of hurry. As soon as we got out of the Ministry I turned to face him.
"We'll meet here in an hour so we can prepare." I suggested.
"Sure" agreed Malfoy.
I set off to a deserted field so that I could Apparate to my mansion in Godric's Hollow. With a loud crack I appeared in the living room right in front of Ginny. She jumped a mile high and tripped over a bottle of butterbeer she knocked over. I caught her and pulled her into a quick hug.
"I gotta go Gin," I said as I pulled away.
"What's it about this time?" she pressed curiously.
"Her" I said shortly.
"Oh Harry can I come? I want to help." Pleaded Ginny.
"Of course you do, but after my parents, Sirius, and Hagrid, I can't lose you too." I replied to her.
"Okay, okay I'll stay but Hermione will hear about this," she said in mock anger.
"Ooooh, I'm shaking!" I replied giving a fake shudder.
"Bye, honey." I said
"Bye" she said.
I went out to the broom shed and took out my FeatherLite 620, blue racing broom. It would be safer that Apparating. I gave Ginny one last wave and Apparated to the Ministry.
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