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Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, nor do I know Rowling.

The Beginning of the End

Angelina ran quickly down the staircase. She was going to be late to the coaches thanks to yet another argument with Fred. It had been a month since they had found out Katie was pregnant, and Fred was beginning to suspect that Angelina was keeping something from him. She tried to explain that it was important he not know, but he claimed that as husband and wife, they should have no secrets. It quickly escalated into a shouting match before she mumbled that she needed to go. It was her night to chaperone a Hogsmeade visit.

The last coach was just pulling up to the door just as she ran outside. The only people left were professors who had also agreed to give up a quiet evening without students to chaperone.

"Has anyone seen Professor Snape?" McGonagall asked them.

There was no answer.

"Well, we can't wait forever," she grumbled, "Let's go. He'll have to chaperone next trip."

Severus Snape ran quickly through the underground tunnel that lead from Voldemort to just outside Hogwarts gates. He had to warn them. Voldemort was going to attack Hogsmeade. He could not begin to fathom what was going on. There was no reason. The Dark Lord did not usually attack young Hogwarts' students lest he accidentally injure his biggest follower's son, Draco Malfoy. The entire plan made no sense at all. Snape had tried to convince Voldemort to divulge more information, but he received none.

"Alohamora," he muttered breathlessly.

The door swung open, and he ran up the staircase, tripping over an errant tree root. The coaches were just disappearing into the distance as he made it to the front door.

"Blast!"

Angelina walked down the snow covered streets, the fight with Fred still fresh on her mind. She hated fighting with him. If only she could make him understand that telling him would put Katie and Oliver in danger.

A few students ran by shrieking with laughter, their cheeks red from exertion and cold. Angelina longed for those days. The days when she felt safe and secure, and Voldemort was the last thing on her mind. Being an adult meant being fully aware of Voldemort's presence and the danger he posed. The only children she knew aware of the danger were Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, and she hesitated to think of them as children. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were seventeen while Ginny was sixteen, but they lost their childhood innocence long ago. She doubted that Harry had ever really had a childhood at all.

There was a sudden strong gust of wind that knocked her hat clear off her head.

"Blast," she muttered as she watched it roll down an alley.

She chased after it. It had been a present from Fred, and she was not about to lose it.

The hat came to a rest just in front of a garbage can, and she stooped down to get it.

"There you…"

A strange feeling came over her. She attempted to turn and run, but was dismayed to find that her body would not obey her. A scream rose in her throat, but her mouth would not open.

"Mrs. Weasley."

Fear settled into the pit of her stomach as her body was forcefully whirled around. The cold dark eyes of Voldemort stared into her.

"I believe you have some information that I want."

His eyes stared deeply into hers, and she could feel him reaching into her mind. She tried frantically to close herself off, to think of other things to prevent him from reaching what she knew he wanted.

"Oi! Angelina, would you like to join me to Hogsmeade?"

He pushed the memory aside.

She was in gorgeous white dress robes. Fred stared at her lovingly. "I now pronounce you husband and wife"

He snarled, disgusted at the joy the memory evoked from her.

"Angie, I'm sorry. Alicia didn't make it."

Tears sprang to her eyes, and she tried to fight harder. Voldemort simply concentrated harder. Her deep resistance told him he was getting closer.

"I think Katie and Oliver are seeing each other."

Angelina could feel tears running down her face and prayed that he would not reach any further, but he could feel that there was another memory that she was hiding from him.

"Miss Bell is with child."

He dropped her to the ground, smiling at his triumph. Things could not have turned out better if he had written it himself. Oliver Wood had been a thorn in his side since he had began taking down high ranking deatheaters important to Voldemort's plans. Soon he would be able to put Oliver Wood and Katherine Bell out of the picture in one fell swoop.

Angelina was beginning to regain the feeling in her limbs, but she was in too much pain to move. Her life was already flashing before her eyes. Voldemort would never allow her to survive to warn Dumbledore. He aimed his wand at her. She braced herself, wishing that her last words to Fred had not been words of anger.

"Miss Weasley! Miss Weasley, it is time to leave!" Dumbledore's familiar voice rang out.

Voldemort put his wand back in his pocket. "You are lucky I do not dare kill one of Dumbledore's professors when he is close by."

With those final words, he disapparated.

Angelina screamed as loud as she could, knowing that time was now on Voldemort's side. They had to warn Oliver and Katie.

Professor Snape and Dumbledore came running around the corner. If she had not been sick with fear, she would have laughed at the sight of the two wizards running faster than she knew was possible for them, their hair flying in the wind.

"Mrs. Weasley, what happened?"

"Voldemort," she gasped, "I tried to keep him out. He knows. He knows everything. You have to get to Oliver before he does!"

Snape appeared confused. "I don't understand. What does Mr. Wood have to do with anything? What does Voldemort know, Mrs. Weasley?"

Angelina was tempted to strangle him. He was wasting valuable seconds. Voldemort had probably found Oliver's flat by now and extorting the information he needed from his mind.

"He knows that Oliver and Katie are together! He knows that Katie is pregnant! Stop wasting time and warn him!"