A/N- I might make this completely new chapter and defy my outline, but I really don't want to. I might have to so sorry. This isn't a Sky-filled chapter so the word 'meh' comes to mind. I know Sky's personality is kind of at a wavering point because you haven't seen her in a normal environment, but when she moves in with Arabella things change.
Chapter 6- The Weasley Assault
Arthur, Argo, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Molly and Ron all hurried back to the Burrow after finding out the news about the attack. They were now seated around the kitchen table with Fred, George, and Percy. Harry felt bad, he was waiting in anticipation for an attack, but what else could they do.
"Well why don't we just take patrols, kind of like scouting?" Percy suggested, but Ron cut that out very quickly,
"No way, that would tell them we already know what's going on, plus it would put our informant at risk." Hermione nodded, but Argo had something to say,
"Yeah, speaking of that who is your informant, we need their name to verify this."
"We can't tell you." Harry said very quickly. Ron and Hermione nodded solemnly as well. The rest of the table looked at them in shock,
"If this is some joke you honestly shouldn't play around seriously Ron I thought you-" Percy started, but Ron cut him off,
"Come off it Percy, would we lie about something this big. Our informant might be hurt if someone knew what was going on, so I think you guys should get a whole bunch of Ministry workers over here, pretend it's a dinner party, so that if something does happen you can make it look like a complete coincidence. If you hurry up then whoever is an leak at the Ministry will believe the thing entirely and pull away the Death Eaters."
"That's a perfect idea Ron! Did you ever think about becoming a strategist?" Arthur asked, getting and rubbing his boy on the head.
"Oh yeah, speaking of jobs just because you two have a business doesn't mean you get to slack out of work. Now clean out that closet before Ashwinder Webs form again, you know those things are nearly impossible to get out of!" Mrs. Weasley lectured at the twins. They nodded but went out to help with preparations anyway.
The whole family immediately got to work; Ron, Hermione, Harry and Ginny were putting extra wards on the house while Percy, Argo and Arthur were alerting the Ministry of a party. Fred and George were setting up some traps so that any intruder's would be damaged, and Molly was cooking, baking and frying.
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Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny all lugged up the stairs to Ginny's room; exhausted. They all went in and collapsed on various places. Harry sat down I a small chair and shivered as he felt something cold touch his bottom. He stood up and picked up a necklace with an amulet on it, inside was swirling orange . . . stuff.
"My Reserve, I forgot about it, Ginny must of left it in here the other day." He said aloud, causing Ron to raise an eyebrow.
"What's that Harry?" Ginny asked, but Hermione was already studying it,
"Oh, it's an authentic Reserve! Reserves are amulets that you can store your magical energy within, and anytime you need it you can withdrawal it. It's like an energy bank, but a real working one is hard to find, they were invented in ancient Greece." Hermione turned around and went to Ginny's bookcase, pulling out a thick purple book with; Greece and You; Knowledge is power on the front.
"Ginny, didn't you ever read this book, I gave it to you for your birthday?" She asked excitedly. Nobody really knew why she was so excited, but when it came to Hermione you never knew.
"See, look," She said, opening up to the chapter about Greek innovation, " read this part right here."
Of all the people in the world throughout time none were as intelligent or powerful as the Greeks. They invented many things, from the coliseum, large arenas made for events, to Ancient mythology, a favorite pastime of Muggles and Wizards alike.
The Greeks invented the game chess. It is a large part of culture involving strategy and mental training. They discovered the Aura, the visible power and exertion of power given off by a person, magical or Muggle. The ancient Greeks also invented the Reserve, a strong amulet letting a person place their power into it to either; transfer it to another, or save it for ones self once one gets weak or tired.
Harry wasn't necessarily surprised by the fact that Hermione knew what it was, nor was he surprised by the fact that Hermione had given Ginny a book for her birthday, but he was surprised by the sharp yell for the children to come downstairs. Harry dropped the book on Ginny's bed and the four went down the stairway only to be greeted by several faces they knew and several they didn't. Harry was the first at the bottom of the stairs and was seen by the three Sara's.
"Oh, hi Harry, how are you?" Sara Arlist asked, pulling him into a big hug. Sara McGreggors came behind her and hugged Harry.
"Where's Sara T.?" He asked, looking around,
"I'm right here, miss me?" She asked, coming from behind him. She grabbed Harry into a big hug also. He blushed as she let go and hugged the other three.
"Harry likes Sara, Harry and Sara sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-" Ginny whispered in his ear before Harry elbowed her quickly, he did have a slight crush on her, but that was beside the point. Ginny laughed and they continued into the kitchen where most of the family was gathered.
"Harry, Ginny, over here!" Bill Weasley called. He must have come in with everyone else. He pulled them off to the side,
"Okay, here's the deal, dad told everyone it's a surprise party for Fudge, so Fudge's wife is here and he will be over soon. Nobody but us know about the threat, it's to make sure no leaks get out."
"Alright Bill." Ginny said, pulling Harry away from the crowd,
"You don't know half of these people do you?" She asked with a smile. Harry shook his head; he seriously didn't know half of these people.
"C'mon, I'll introduce you to everyone." She smiled, "Oh, there's Mr. Waters, Oiy Mr. Waters, over here!"
Harry had been introduced to nearly all of the Ministry workers by now. The 'party' had been going on for about half an hour and Fudge was due any moment. Everyone had taken his or her hiding spots. Harry was currently glued to someone in the closet, but he didn't know who,
"Who is this?" The other person asked. Harry froze and went frigid. He knew that voice; it was Sara Tangen.
"It's me, Harry." He croaked out, his voice higher pitched than usual,
"Well then watch it, your wand it's poking me." She laughed. Harry moved his wand over a little bit, barely touching the door, but making enough noise,
"Who's there?" The voice of Cornelius Fudge could be heard. Fudge had just entered the Weasley household, his wand outstretched. He had gotten a SOS call to hurry with no explanation. Harry tried to move to open the door, in order to scream 'Surprise' like everyone else was getting ready to do, but he couldn't.
"Sara, I can't move, can you?" He asked.
"No, It's like I'm stuck to something." She wiggled a little, causing Harry to wiggle also because they were practically connected at the stomach.
"Let me try a spell," Harry said, twisting his wrist so that his wand was pointed at the two, "Separas!" He whispered, but nothing happened. Harry tried it again, but nothing happened. Harry tried to wiggle again, but nothing happened.
"Surprise!" He heard everybody cry, jumping out from their hiding places. He heard some racket but couldn't place what was going on,
"Morde!" He heard a deep voice by the closet door cry. Immediately his and Sara's eyes lit up, that was a Dark Arts spell,
"They're attacking already!" Harry said,
"What?"
"Death Eaters, I have an informant that said they were attacking tonight, but not this early, we gotta get out of there and help them." Harry said, struggling harder, but the more he struggled, it seemed the tighter whatever it was held him. There was mass commotion outside but Harry could only hear it and think the worst.
"Harry, we gotta do something!" Sara panicked, but she couldn't move, whatever was holding them was restricting their movement. Hastily, the door burst open in singes, uncovering a site to them. The doors and windows were wide open and ministry workers were against Death Eaters. It was unlike anything Harry had seen before; it was like a police shootout with wands.
"Oh my god." Sara whispered, awe erupting obviously on her face. Several spells fired rapidly in Harry's direction, they must have noticed him. The last thing He heard before a blinding flash of light was Sara's scream.
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Harry sat up in bed, looking over at an unconscious Sara Tangen next to him. They were lying on Mr. And Mrs. Weasley's bed, he knew this because it was the only room of the house he had never been in, but he had seen it quite a few times.
Harry rolled over, out of bed; he still had his clothes from last night on. Slowly he walked out into the living room to find Ron and Hermione arguing over something trivial.
"What happened?" He asked, it seemed he was asking that a lot nowadays. He was constantly blacking out and falling unconscious. Ron and Hermione immediately stopped bickering and turned to Harry,
"You and Sara got trapped in an Ashwinder web last night, mom is busy telling the twin's off for not cleaning it. Since you two couldn't move you got hit with an advanced stunning spell, no damage though I think they were aiming for you but Sara got hit." Ron said. He tossed something up in his hand; it was the red stone they had found at Diagon Alley.
"So many people are hurt because of me." Harry mumbled incoherently and turned his attention toward Sara in the bedroom. She wouldn't have gotten hit if he hadn't been with her, that's another girl he couldn't protect.
"Harry, this stone is weird, it was glowing in the dark. I didn't notice, it's kind of weird, ever seen one?" he tossed it to Harry. Harry began to repeat he had never seen one and didn't know what it was, but he caught it, suddenly a picture came into his head;
Tears slowly fell down Harry's face as he pulled the chain holding the Kryptonite Stone from around her neck. Harry stood up, looking down at the stone in his hands.
He closed his eye, squeezed his palm and shattered it.
Harry lifted his head up slowly, shards of the Crystal still embedded in his palm.
"Voldemort doesn't have it." He said blankly,
"What?" They both asked inquired at the same time,
"The Kryptonite Stone, I shattered it in my hands last year Voldemort, doesn't have it."
A/N- Interesting, could this red stone be connected to the Kryptonite Stone by any means? I really hate to say this beforehand, but some points of this story are like Kirikarin's, but trust me it is all coincidence because I wrote this story back when I wrote The Crystal of Kryptonite. I had both plots planned out more than months ago, be4 my comp. Broke down even. Oh, because I always tend to do it, the new chapter minimum is 2500, but don't hold me too close to it!
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