Chapter 4
Mr. Weasley fell down next to his son "Ron!! Wake up Ron!" he yelled but it was hopeless Ron was petrified. The conductor fainted. Mr. Weasley then picked up the note and read
Dear Weasley,
do not worry, your son is not dead...yet
-you really think I would reveal myself? Ha ha ha
Mr. Weasley clutched the note in horror his son was petrified and someone was out to kill him! He picked up Ron's stiff body and apparated. Back at the burrow the Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione waited to welcome Ron. They heard a noise from the front room and hurried over but they didn't expect to see what they saw, Mr. Weasleys eyes were red and he was holding a petrified body. Harry looked closer at the body and his stomach dropped. It was Ron. Mrs. Weasley screamed. "What happened!!??" asked Fred in horror. Mr. Weasley looked at Harry, "go and send an owl to the ministry quick!" he said. Harry ran up the stairs to find Hedwig, she was sitting in the window seal holding a note in her beak. Harry ripped the note out and threw it on the floor he would read it later. Quickly Harry wrote a note to the ministry and tied it to Hedwig then gave her directions of where to go. He then ran back down the stairs forgetting about the letter on the floor. All the Weasleys and Hermione were standing over Ron who was lying on the couch. "Did you send for the ministry?" asked Mr. Weasley as Harry came in. Harry nodded. Hermione and Ginny were both crying hard and George was fanning Mrs. Weasley who had obviously just fainted. About five minutes later some men from the ministry burst into the house holding their wands ready. "What happened?" asked one of the men. "I just found my son petrified in the train he was supposed to come home in" said Mr. Weasley. Another ministry man studied Ron. "This is a very serious curse and it will be very hard to break!" he said sadly "you will try though wont you?" asked Mr. Weasley. "Of course sir, but we are going to have to take him to the ministry of magic headquarters to work on him and try to figure out who did this". Mr. Weasley nodded sadly and the Ministry men carried Ron out. After a while Harry couldn't stand to sit there any longer, nobody had said a word since Ron had left. He got up and went to his room to think. He opened the door to his room and flopped onto the bed. He then noticed a letter sitting on the floor 'oh yeah' he thought 'I forgot about that' he sat up, reached for the letter, and opened it. Inside was a thick piece of parchment with a short message,
Dear Harry,
I'd watch my back if I were you, I've already taken someone you love and I'm coming back for more!! Beware and take good care of your loved ones you wouldn't want to loose them would you?
-anonymous
p.s. poor Hogwarts
Harry looked at the letter confused. 'Who wrote this?' he thought 'and what do they mean poor Hogwarts?'. He laid his head back on the pillow and thought for a minute, his head hurt really bad, after a minute or so he fell asleep.