Chapter 2
Night had melted into day and shortly after turn over the nurse at the front desk was greeted to the presence of two aurors. Both of the aurors were young (in wizarding years) and appeared to be roughly the same age, but that was where the similarities ended. One was a stoutly, some would assume almost pompous, looking fellow while the other was tall, a little on the thin side but with a hint of muscles, and short red hair. The nurse had been informed by her night time counterpart that the Ministry of Magic would be sending aurors over first thing to take the statement from a young woman in recovery room two who had been attacked by a magical creature.
"Good mornin'." The stoutly fellow greeted the nurse. "My name is Ernie Macmillan; this is my associate Ronald Weasley." Ernie said.
"We're here to take the statement from the victim of last nights attack ma'am." Ron informed the younger woman. She looked as if she'd just finished whatever schooling was required to work here. Ron had an aversion to St. Mungo's ever since his fifth year of schooling when Harry had informed Ron that a giant snake attacked his father.
"Of course." The young woman is in recovery room two, directly down that hall," The nurse turned about and pointed in the direction. "It is the second door on your left."
"Thank you very much." Ron said and he and his associate walked the distance to the victim's room. The door was ajar but Ernie, being a gentleman and knowing that the victim was female stopped just before the door and knocked.
"Yes."
"Ma'am, are you up for making a report about your assault to the Ministry of Magic?" Ernie inquired still not entering the doorway.
"Yes. Please come in." The girl stated.
"Greetings ma'am, my name is Ernie Macmillan and this is my associate..." But before Ernie could continue the girl before him said, "Ronald Bilius Weasley."
Ron and Ernie looked at each other. Then Ernie said the first thing that came to his mind, "Bilius?"
Lilly giggled as Ron muttered for his partner to shut it. The larger red head turned to the dark haired girl and gave her a look of confusion. "Do I know you miss?" He inquired.
"We've never met, but I know who you are Mr. Weasley." Lilly replied. "Even if you weren't famous for your role during the second war, I would know who you are."
"Yes... well may we get back to the matter at hand?" Ernie inquired.
"Please... I'm sure you are both very busy." Lilly stated.
"The initial report we received stated that you were attacked last night by a Gnoll and that you and your..." Ron stopped to look at his note pad, "brother Evan was injured."
"That is correct. I was the worst of the two because I actually angered the beast." Lilly informed the two men.
"How did yah do that?" Ernie inquired taking notes.
"When the creature attacked, its sole intent was to rip my brother apart. Despite his pleas I ran at the beast and did everything I could to pry the beast from him. I punched, pulled and was about to bite it when the beast knocked me to the ground and then pounced on me. The moment it landed on me, I felt several of my ribs break. The medi-witch that checked me this morning said that I was extremely lucky that the ribs didn't puncture my lungs."
"Indeed you are very lucky to have survived." Ron stated. "Do you know the name of the medi-witch or wizard that healed you last night?"
Ron didn't get an answer. He took his eyes from the notes he'd made earlier this morning to see that the young woman was trying to decide what to say next.
"Miss?" Ron prodded.
"Weasley." Lilly answered in a tone so cold that Ernie got a chill.
"Would that be a Ginny Weasley?" Ron prodded back wondering why he felt like this young woman, whose life Ginny saved last night, appeared to have nothing but contempt for his sister.
Lilly, unable to verbally answer, shut her eyes and simply nodded in the affirmative.
"I'm sorry miss; my partner and I were in a rush to get here this morning so that once we finished you could get your final check up so that you might leave. For the record, what is your full name?" Ernie asked.
"Lilly."
"Yes, we have that much but what is your family name?" Ron asked in an annoyed tone. This girl was starting to rub him the wrong way and he did not like that one bit.
"I'd rather not say at this moment in time." Lilly said in almost a whisper.
"Do you have something to hide miss? Are you in some kind of trouble?" Ron inquired.
"NO!" Lilly replied in a defensively angry tone.
Ernie motioned for Ron to come closer. "Why don't you go check the records at the front desk while I see if she'll open up to me?" Ernie whispered.
"Why me? Why don't you go check the records?" Ron asked not sure why Ernie thought that Lilly wouldn't open up to him.
"Because Ron... she seems to have issues with your sister an' thus you by default." Ernie stated.
Ron sighed and left the room mutter as he walked down the hallway. Ernie closed the door and asked Lilly if she could answer his question now.
"If I tell you my full name... will your partner have to know?" Lilly inquired.
"Is there some reason why he shouldn't know who you are?" Ernie asked.
"It's personal. Before I answer your questions I need to know who will know before I answer any more questions."
"I promise that unless it's not relative to the matter at hand he need not know your family name."
Lilly studied the man for a moment. Growing up a Potter she'd quickly learned to read people to ascertain if they were honest and sincere or just trying to get into her family's good graces.
"My full name is Lilly Guinevere Potter." Lilly answered.
"Potter. As in..."
"Harry Potter is my father."
"I see." Ernie stated. He then closed his note pad and put his quill away. "Off the record... who is your mother?"
Lilly sat back and contemplated telling him the truth. In the sixteen years of her life many of your friends had always asked her that same question. For a long time she had no answer to give them. Her father had never told her anything about her. When they turned six Harry decided the twins were old enough to know part of the truth. He told them about himself, how he grew up without love under the care of his aunt and uncle, the death of their Grandma & Grandpa Potter. Then he told them that about their mother. Of the kind of person she was and the children were in awe of the picture that he painted. Never had they envisioned a more loving and lovely person. They were a little put out when their father finished his tale by saying that their mother was unable to be with them and that he would tell them more when they were older.
On their eleventh birthday, the day their Hogwarts letters arrived Harry James Potter told his children the whole truth. From that day forth Lilly knew exactly who her mother was. And from that day forth when anyone would ask her that question she simply told them that she didn't know nor did she care to know.
"Ginevra Molly Weasley." Lilly said just above a whisper.
"I see." Ernie said. "And is that the only reason why you did not want to answer my question in front of my partner?" The bewildered auror asked.
"Yes." A teary eyed Lilly replied.
"Ma'am if you will just read over these notes and make sure all the information is correct I think that will pretty much be it." Ernie stated not wanting to cause the girl any more discomfort.
Lilly took her time and carefully check to see if there was anything that might indicate he wrote down something he shouldn't have. When she was satisfied that he had all the pertinent information she nodded and handed him back his notepad.
"You won't tell him, will you?" Lilly asked again as the auror prepared to depart.
"He went to go check the records at the front desk. I'm sure he knows by now." Ernie informed the young woman.
Lilly shook her head. "My dad and brother had them take that information out to insure our privacy. The last thing they wanted was this incident plastered all over the Daily Prophet."
"Sounds just like your ol' man. How is your dad?" Ernie asked very curious to know the answer. It had been almost thirteen years since he last saw Harry, and even then it was only for a moment. The two had run into each other by accident in Italy while Ernie had been at a seminar on Magical Law Enforcement.
"He's good. He and my brother were here most of the night and left to get some rest. They said they'd be back to before ten."
Ernie reached for the door handle but stopped himself before opening it. He felt there that he should say something to the dark haired girl. "I'm not usually one to pry into other people's affairs but whatever issues you have with your... well you know who..." Ernie stated, "Be grateful that she's such an amazing medi-witch. If it weren't for her you might not be here today."
"I'll keep that in mind." Lilly replied in her most polite tone of voice.
Before Ernie could exit the room Ron opened the door and entered the room. To Lilly and Ernie's surprise a shorter, but infinitely more pompous looking red haired wizard followed him.
"Percy. What brings you down to St. Mungo's at such an early hour?" Ernie asked the young man.
"It's my job to look into suspicious things Macmillan, and things are definitely suspicious here." The older man answered.
"What are you blabbering about Percy? There is absolutely nothing suspicious going on around her." Ernie insisted.
"Miss, would please state your full name for the record." Percy requested holding out a notepad of his own and a quill.
Ernie didn't like being ignored and Ron knew that he would be catching an earful from his partner later that day because of this.
"Why?" Lilly asked annoyed that the man had just barged into her room and began harassing her.
"It's required for our records." Percy insisted.
Lilly was in no mood for this new fellows attitude so she decided that she would be as uncooperative as possible. "Well stuff your records and go stuff yourself." Lilly informed the man.
Ron and Percy were taken aback by the young woman's venomous tone. One so young had never addressed Percy, while use to the verbal beatings he received from his siblings, in such a manner.
"Mind you manner young lady. It is against the law to withhold pertinent information from ministry officials." Percy stated hoping to scare the young woman into cooperation. Much like at Hogwarts, this young woman failed to be intimidated by his demeanor.
Unable to stomach this any longer Ernie decided to come to the poor girl's aid. "She's not withholding information Weasley." Ernie said holding his notepad in his hand.
"Let me see that." Percy stated and held out his hand. Ernie however did not surrender his notepad.
"Weasley... would that be Percy Weasley?" Lilly inquired.
"Indeed." Percy replied. Ernie had turned to look at Lilly and Percy used that momentary distraction to snatch the notepad from his hand. Witnessing this action, and fearing that her identity was about to be exposed, Lilly shot upright in her bed in an attempt to protest this invasion of privacy. The move however only aggravated her injured shoulder and caused her to cry out in agony. Ernie called out for help while Percy callously examined the book.
"There's nothing here?" Percy said in an outraged tone of voice. He had bellowed so loud that his statement was heard throughout most of the floor they were on.
"The pads are charmed big head boy." Ron informed his older brother. He took the notepad from his sibling and tossed it back to his partner.
"I called him in because all the information pertaining to the victim has been sealed. No one has a reason to do that so I called Percy here to come "discretely" poke around." Ron informed the man.
"Well done." Ernie retorted.
"Gentlemen." A feminine voice stated addressing those in attendance. "You are disturbing my patient. I must insist if you've completed your business her that you let her rest." A rather young, but stern looking brown haired medi-witch informed the trio.
"We were just leaving." Ernie said. Unfortunately for the medi-witch and Lilly, Percy had an opinion of his own.
"On the contrary. I'm not going anywhere. Furthermore I must insist that you unlock this young ladies medical information and present it to me."
"Pardon me?" The medi-witch stated.
"I said..."
"I heard what you said you pompous fool... I just didn't think you would be naive enough to think that I would release private and confidential information to you for absolutely no reason."
"Madam, we are investigating an attack on one of our wizarding citizens by a creature that while no where near as intelligent as you or I has begun striking at innocents with reckless abandon. The attacks are becoming more frequent and we need all the information we can gather to help us combat this potential new threat. So I must ask you to release the information I have requested to me."
"I'm sorry Mr... Weasley was it." The medi-witch inquired. Percy nodded in the affirmative.
"I can not release the information you want about my patient. She is entitled to her privacy and I must now ask you to let her get her rest."
Percy sighed, took a deep breath and then went into on of his holier than thou tirades. "Miss, you will give me all the information about this girl's case that I have requested or I will have your competence as a medical professional evaluated." Percy informed the woman in his most threatening tone.
The medi-witch didn't even reply to Percy's statement. She composed her self and headed towards the front desk.
"See Ronald... I can get results doing things my way." Percy proudly stated.
Ron didn't even reply to Percy's comment. He just wished he'd known better than to involve his older brother and not called him. He felt horrible for the medi-witch because she was just doing her job. Percy had no right to speak to her like that.
"I'm sorry about this." Ernie said to Lilly.
"Not as sorry as they're going to be I can assure you." Lilly informed the auror.
While he waited for the medi-witch to return Percy looked over the girl. Her shoulder was bandaged still (there was obviously a healing patch applied to the wound she'd received from the knife. Her face only showed the faintest of traces of injury from the pounding she received. All in all, the girl was very lucky she didn't loose her life. Deciding to try and start a dialogue with the young girl to pass the time Percy decided to start a conversation with Lilly. "On an unrelated not why aren't you at Hogwarts, miss?"
"I don't attend Hogwarts." Lilly answered not looking at the pretentious fool.
"And why is that if I might ask?"
"You may not." Lilly retorted.
"Pardon?"
"You said if I may ask. I replied that you may not. As in you may not ask me." Lilly smugly replied.
"Now see here, young lady."
"Mr. Weasley! You need to stop badgering my patient." The medi-witch called out.
"Do you have the information I requested." Percy asked not taking his eyes off the stubborn girl.
"Firstly, Mr. Weasley you did not ask me to get the information, you ordered me to. You then threatened me to get it. Secondly, you are harassing my patient and I simply can not allow you to do so any longer."
"Pray tell, what exactly are you going to do about it?" Percy asked.
"She's going to call your father." Arthur Weasley, current Minister of Magic informed his third born son.
"Dad." Percy addressed the man.
"Percy... I understand you have a certain... enthusiasm for your work but you can not order medical staff to hand over information unless it pertains to an investigation concerning ministry affairs."
"But father, the Gnolls are becoming more bold in their attacks. This has already become the ministries affair and we need to know what this young woman is hiding." Percy stated.
"She's not telling you her full name Percy, that's hardly the same as asking the girl to reveal the Gnoll's plans for the conquest of Europe." Arthur said. "That was just an example." Arthur informed the medi-witch and her patient. The last thing he needed right now was unfounded rumors of an invasion.
"I'm terribly sorry if we've cause you too much stress miss..." And for the first time since he had entered the room Arthur Weasley took notice of the girl. Her hair was black and flowed down past her shoulders. She was a thin girl, not pale but not tanned either. The thing that immediately caught his attention was her eyes. There were no glasses to hide the emerald eyes that were looking at him. Eyes the likes of which he'd only seen on one other person.
Lilly's eyes widened when she realized that Arthur Weasley, unlike his two sons knew precisely who she was.
"Percy... I want you and Ron to go to the area that this young ladies brother informed you about. Comb the land for any clues as to how the beast managed to get so far into out territory without us knowing about it and report your finding directly to me." Arthur then turned to his son's associate.
"Macmillan please take all the notes you have, compile your report based on those notes and I expect to see it on my desk before the end of the day." Arthur said in a very commanding tone. "Of course sir." Ernie replied and opted to apparate out of the room immediately.
Percy dared not question his father's orders (even if he did have questions, particularly why he was being assigned field work) but give his father's tone he said nothing, nodded and departed. However, before leaving he humbly apologized to the medi-witch and made tracks for the spot where Lilly was attacked.
When the two were alone Arthur Weasley paced in front of Lilly Potter for a few moments before finally asking if he could sit down. Lilly motioned for him to sit next to her.
"You know who I am don't you?" Lilly asked. Her lip quivered upon completing her question.
"Yes. I was present the day you were born." Arthur said.
"You... you're my Grandfather," Lilly said tears forming in her eyes again.
"Yes, and you're my beautiful granddaughter, Lilly Guinevere Potter." Arthur replied giving the young woman a kiss on her forehead.
The last picture Lilly had seen of Arthur was taken the day of Evan and her birth. The picture showed Arthur holding her while her Grandma Molly held Evan.
Lilly cried as her grandfather wrapped his arms around her and held her close.
To Be Continued.
Night had melted into day and shortly after turn over the nurse at the front desk was greeted to the presence of two aurors. Both of the aurors were young (in wizarding years) and appeared to be roughly the same age, but that was where the similarities ended. One was a stoutly, some would assume almost pompous, looking fellow while the other was tall, a little on the thin side but with a hint of muscles, and short red hair. The nurse had been informed by her night time counterpart that the Ministry of Magic would be sending aurors over first thing to take the statement from a young woman in recovery room two who had been attacked by a magical creature.
"Good mornin'." The stoutly fellow greeted the nurse. "My name is Ernie Macmillan; this is my associate Ronald Weasley." Ernie said.
"We're here to take the statement from the victim of last nights attack ma'am." Ron informed the younger woman. She looked as if she'd just finished whatever schooling was required to work here. Ron had an aversion to St. Mungo's ever since his fifth year of schooling when Harry had informed Ron that a giant snake attacked his father.
"Of course." The young woman is in recovery room two, directly down that hall," The nurse turned about and pointed in the direction. "It is the second door on your left."
"Thank you very much." Ron said and he and his associate walked the distance to the victim's room. The door was ajar but Ernie, being a gentleman and knowing that the victim was female stopped just before the door and knocked.
"Yes."
"Ma'am, are you up for making a report about your assault to the Ministry of Magic?" Ernie inquired still not entering the doorway.
"Yes. Please come in." The girl stated.
"Greetings ma'am, my name is Ernie Macmillan and this is my associate..." But before Ernie could continue the girl before him said, "Ronald Bilius Weasley."
Ron and Ernie looked at each other. Then Ernie said the first thing that came to his mind, "Bilius?"
Lilly giggled as Ron muttered for his partner to shut it. The larger red head turned to the dark haired girl and gave her a look of confusion. "Do I know you miss?" He inquired.
"We've never met, but I know who you are Mr. Weasley." Lilly replied. "Even if you weren't famous for your role during the second war, I would know who you are."
"Yes... well may we get back to the matter at hand?" Ernie inquired.
"Please... I'm sure you are both very busy." Lilly stated.
"The initial report we received stated that you were attacked last night by a Gnoll and that you and your..." Ron stopped to look at his note pad, "brother Evan was injured."
"That is correct. I was the worst of the two because I actually angered the beast." Lilly informed the two men.
"How did yah do that?" Ernie inquired taking notes.
"When the creature attacked, its sole intent was to rip my brother apart. Despite his pleas I ran at the beast and did everything I could to pry the beast from him. I punched, pulled and was about to bite it when the beast knocked me to the ground and then pounced on me. The moment it landed on me, I felt several of my ribs break. The medi-witch that checked me this morning said that I was extremely lucky that the ribs didn't puncture my lungs."
"Indeed you are very lucky to have survived." Ron stated. "Do you know the name of the medi-witch or wizard that healed you last night?"
Ron didn't get an answer. He took his eyes from the notes he'd made earlier this morning to see that the young woman was trying to decide what to say next.
"Miss?" Ron prodded.
"Weasley." Lilly answered in a tone so cold that Ernie got a chill.
"Would that be a Ginny Weasley?" Ron prodded back wondering why he felt like this young woman, whose life Ginny saved last night, appeared to have nothing but contempt for his sister.
Lilly, unable to verbally answer, shut her eyes and simply nodded in the affirmative.
"I'm sorry miss; my partner and I were in a rush to get here this morning so that once we finished you could get your final check up so that you might leave. For the record, what is your full name?" Ernie asked.
"Lilly."
"Yes, we have that much but what is your family name?" Ron asked in an annoyed tone. This girl was starting to rub him the wrong way and he did not like that one bit.
"I'd rather not say at this moment in time." Lilly said in almost a whisper.
"Do you have something to hide miss? Are you in some kind of trouble?" Ron inquired.
"NO!" Lilly replied in a defensively angry tone.
Ernie motioned for Ron to come closer. "Why don't you go check the records at the front desk while I see if she'll open up to me?" Ernie whispered.
"Why me? Why don't you go check the records?" Ron asked not sure why Ernie thought that Lilly wouldn't open up to him.
"Because Ron... she seems to have issues with your sister an' thus you by default." Ernie stated.
Ron sighed and left the room mutter as he walked down the hallway. Ernie closed the door and asked Lilly if she could answer his question now.
"If I tell you my full name... will your partner have to know?" Lilly inquired.
"Is there some reason why he shouldn't know who you are?" Ernie asked.
"It's personal. Before I answer your questions I need to know who will know before I answer any more questions."
"I promise that unless it's not relative to the matter at hand he need not know your family name."
Lilly studied the man for a moment. Growing up a Potter she'd quickly learned to read people to ascertain if they were honest and sincere or just trying to get into her family's good graces.
"My full name is Lilly Guinevere Potter." Lilly answered.
"Potter. As in..."
"Harry Potter is my father."
"I see." Ernie stated. He then closed his note pad and put his quill away. "Off the record... who is your mother?"
Lilly sat back and contemplated telling him the truth. In the sixteen years of her life many of your friends had always asked her that same question. For a long time she had no answer to give them. Her father had never told her anything about her. When they turned six Harry decided the twins were old enough to know part of the truth. He told them about himself, how he grew up without love under the care of his aunt and uncle, the death of their Grandma & Grandpa Potter. Then he told them that about their mother. Of the kind of person she was and the children were in awe of the picture that he painted. Never had they envisioned a more loving and lovely person. They were a little put out when their father finished his tale by saying that their mother was unable to be with them and that he would tell them more when they were older.
On their eleventh birthday, the day their Hogwarts letters arrived Harry James Potter told his children the whole truth. From that day forth Lilly knew exactly who her mother was. And from that day forth when anyone would ask her that question she simply told them that she didn't know nor did she care to know.
"Ginevra Molly Weasley." Lilly said just above a whisper.
"I see." Ernie said. "And is that the only reason why you did not want to answer my question in front of my partner?" The bewildered auror asked.
"Yes." A teary eyed Lilly replied.
"Ma'am if you will just read over these notes and make sure all the information is correct I think that will pretty much be it." Ernie stated not wanting to cause the girl any more discomfort.
Lilly took her time and carefully check to see if there was anything that might indicate he wrote down something he shouldn't have. When she was satisfied that he had all the pertinent information she nodded and handed him back his notepad.
"You won't tell him, will you?" Lilly asked again as the auror prepared to depart.
"He went to go check the records at the front desk. I'm sure he knows by now." Ernie informed the young woman.
Lilly shook her head. "My dad and brother had them take that information out to insure our privacy. The last thing they wanted was this incident plastered all over the Daily Prophet."
"Sounds just like your ol' man. How is your dad?" Ernie asked very curious to know the answer. It had been almost thirteen years since he last saw Harry, and even then it was only for a moment. The two had run into each other by accident in Italy while Ernie had been at a seminar on Magical Law Enforcement.
"He's good. He and my brother were here most of the night and left to get some rest. They said they'd be back to before ten."
Ernie reached for the door handle but stopped himself before opening it. He felt there that he should say something to the dark haired girl. "I'm not usually one to pry into other people's affairs but whatever issues you have with your... well you know who..." Ernie stated, "Be grateful that she's such an amazing medi-witch. If it weren't for her you might not be here today."
"I'll keep that in mind." Lilly replied in her most polite tone of voice.
Before Ernie could exit the room Ron opened the door and entered the room. To Lilly and Ernie's surprise a shorter, but infinitely more pompous looking red haired wizard followed him.
"Percy. What brings you down to St. Mungo's at such an early hour?" Ernie asked the young man.
"It's my job to look into suspicious things Macmillan, and things are definitely suspicious here." The older man answered.
"What are you blabbering about Percy? There is absolutely nothing suspicious going on around her." Ernie insisted.
"Miss, would please state your full name for the record." Percy requested holding out a notepad of his own and a quill.
Ernie didn't like being ignored and Ron knew that he would be catching an earful from his partner later that day because of this.
"Why?" Lilly asked annoyed that the man had just barged into her room and began harassing her.
"It's required for our records." Percy insisted.
Lilly was in no mood for this new fellows attitude so she decided that she would be as uncooperative as possible. "Well stuff your records and go stuff yourself." Lilly informed the man.
Ron and Percy were taken aback by the young woman's venomous tone. One so young had never addressed Percy, while use to the verbal beatings he received from his siblings, in such a manner.
"Mind you manner young lady. It is against the law to withhold pertinent information from ministry officials." Percy stated hoping to scare the young woman into cooperation. Much like at Hogwarts, this young woman failed to be intimidated by his demeanor.
Unable to stomach this any longer Ernie decided to come to the poor girl's aid. "She's not withholding information Weasley." Ernie said holding his notepad in his hand.
"Let me see that." Percy stated and held out his hand. Ernie however did not surrender his notepad.
"Weasley... would that be Percy Weasley?" Lilly inquired.
"Indeed." Percy replied. Ernie had turned to look at Lilly and Percy used that momentary distraction to snatch the notepad from his hand. Witnessing this action, and fearing that her identity was about to be exposed, Lilly shot upright in her bed in an attempt to protest this invasion of privacy. The move however only aggravated her injured shoulder and caused her to cry out in agony. Ernie called out for help while Percy callously examined the book.
"There's nothing here?" Percy said in an outraged tone of voice. He had bellowed so loud that his statement was heard throughout most of the floor they were on.
"The pads are charmed big head boy." Ron informed his older brother. He took the notepad from his sibling and tossed it back to his partner.
"I called him in because all the information pertaining to the victim has been sealed. No one has a reason to do that so I called Percy here to come "discretely" poke around." Ron informed the man.
"Well done." Ernie retorted.
"Gentlemen." A feminine voice stated addressing those in attendance. "You are disturbing my patient. I must insist if you've completed your business her that you let her rest." A rather young, but stern looking brown haired medi-witch informed the trio.
"We were just leaving." Ernie said. Unfortunately for the medi-witch and Lilly, Percy had an opinion of his own.
"On the contrary. I'm not going anywhere. Furthermore I must insist that you unlock this young ladies medical information and present it to me."
"Pardon me?" The medi-witch stated.
"I said..."
"I heard what you said you pompous fool... I just didn't think you would be naive enough to think that I would release private and confidential information to you for absolutely no reason."
"Madam, we are investigating an attack on one of our wizarding citizens by a creature that while no where near as intelligent as you or I has begun striking at innocents with reckless abandon. The attacks are becoming more frequent and we need all the information we can gather to help us combat this potential new threat. So I must ask you to release the information I have requested to me."
"I'm sorry Mr... Weasley was it." The medi-witch inquired. Percy nodded in the affirmative.
"I can not release the information you want about my patient. She is entitled to her privacy and I must now ask you to let her get her rest."
Percy sighed, took a deep breath and then went into on of his holier than thou tirades. "Miss, you will give me all the information about this girl's case that I have requested or I will have your competence as a medical professional evaluated." Percy informed the woman in his most threatening tone.
The medi-witch didn't even reply to Percy's statement. She composed her self and headed towards the front desk.
"See Ronald... I can get results doing things my way." Percy proudly stated.
Ron didn't even reply to Percy's comment. He just wished he'd known better than to involve his older brother and not called him. He felt horrible for the medi-witch because she was just doing her job. Percy had no right to speak to her like that.
"I'm sorry about this." Ernie said to Lilly.
"Not as sorry as they're going to be I can assure you." Lilly informed the auror.
While he waited for the medi-witch to return Percy looked over the girl. Her shoulder was bandaged still (there was obviously a healing patch applied to the wound she'd received from the knife. Her face only showed the faintest of traces of injury from the pounding she received. All in all, the girl was very lucky she didn't loose her life. Deciding to try and start a dialogue with the young girl to pass the time Percy decided to start a conversation with Lilly. "On an unrelated not why aren't you at Hogwarts, miss?"
"I don't attend Hogwarts." Lilly answered not looking at the pretentious fool.
"And why is that if I might ask?"
"You may not." Lilly retorted.
"Pardon?"
"You said if I may ask. I replied that you may not. As in you may not ask me." Lilly smugly replied.
"Now see here, young lady."
"Mr. Weasley! You need to stop badgering my patient." The medi-witch called out.
"Do you have the information I requested." Percy asked not taking his eyes off the stubborn girl.
"Firstly, Mr. Weasley you did not ask me to get the information, you ordered me to. You then threatened me to get it. Secondly, you are harassing my patient and I simply can not allow you to do so any longer."
"Pray tell, what exactly are you going to do about it?" Percy asked.
"She's going to call your father." Arthur Weasley, current Minister of Magic informed his third born son.
"Dad." Percy addressed the man.
"Percy... I understand you have a certain... enthusiasm for your work but you can not order medical staff to hand over information unless it pertains to an investigation concerning ministry affairs."
"But father, the Gnolls are becoming more bold in their attacks. This has already become the ministries affair and we need to know what this young woman is hiding." Percy stated.
"She's not telling you her full name Percy, that's hardly the same as asking the girl to reveal the Gnoll's plans for the conquest of Europe." Arthur said. "That was just an example." Arthur informed the medi-witch and her patient. The last thing he needed right now was unfounded rumors of an invasion.
"I'm terribly sorry if we've cause you too much stress miss..." And for the first time since he had entered the room Arthur Weasley took notice of the girl. Her hair was black and flowed down past her shoulders. She was a thin girl, not pale but not tanned either. The thing that immediately caught his attention was her eyes. There were no glasses to hide the emerald eyes that were looking at him. Eyes the likes of which he'd only seen on one other person.
Lilly's eyes widened when she realized that Arthur Weasley, unlike his two sons knew precisely who she was.
"Percy... I want you and Ron to go to the area that this young ladies brother informed you about. Comb the land for any clues as to how the beast managed to get so far into out territory without us knowing about it and report your finding directly to me." Arthur then turned to his son's associate.
"Macmillan please take all the notes you have, compile your report based on those notes and I expect to see it on my desk before the end of the day." Arthur said in a very commanding tone. "Of course sir." Ernie replied and opted to apparate out of the room immediately.
Percy dared not question his father's orders (even if he did have questions, particularly why he was being assigned field work) but give his father's tone he said nothing, nodded and departed. However, before leaving he humbly apologized to the medi-witch and made tracks for the spot where Lilly was attacked.
When the two were alone Arthur Weasley paced in front of Lilly Potter for a few moments before finally asking if he could sit down. Lilly motioned for him to sit next to her.
"You know who I am don't you?" Lilly asked. Her lip quivered upon completing her question.
"Yes. I was present the day you were born." Arthur said.
"You... you're my Grandfather," Lilly said tears forming in her eyes again.
"Yes, and you're my beautiful granddaughter, Lilly Guinevere Potter." Arthur replied giving the young woman a kiss on her forehead.
The last picture Lilly had seen of Arthur was taken the day of Evan and her birth. The picture showed Arthur holding her while her Grandma Molly held Evan.
Lilly cried as her grandfather wrapped his arms around her and held her close.
To Be Continued.