"Harry?!" Hermione was sitting in the kitchen. She was sipping at something. It was steaming green and red. Harry smiled the first real smile he had smiled in a long time.
There was a loud pop and the kitchen was filled with another person. Mr. Weasley was standing there. He was smiling.
"Well, its good to see you guys back here again. Let me fill you in on what's happened since school let out. After the attack at the ministry the Daily Prophet printed up the article. When it was released the magical community broke out into an uproar. And its been in chaos ever since. The Ministry might as well not exist anymore for the good its doing."
Mr. Weasley looked around the kitchen. Everyone was sitting there in a shock. So it was starting to happen. The magical community was breaking in on itself.
"What are we supposed to do?" Harry looked around. Oliver was standing there.
He was the only one that seemed surprised to see Oliver. Everyone else continued like it was a normal thing.
"Dumbledore has a plan. He's going to explain it to us tonight at the meeting." Mr. Weasley told Oliver.
"Where's the meeting supposed to be at?" Oliver sat down beside Harry. He accepted a cup of tea from Mrs. Weasley.
"Well since Mr. And Mrs. Malfoy took over the headquarters at Grimmauld Place, we've decided to have the meeting here until we can find another place to go."
Percy walked into the kitchen, he looked pale and sickly thin. He glanced around the kitchen, and sat down at the table across from Harry. He gave Harry a weak smile and looked down at the floor.
"Come on Harry, lets go outside and enjoy the weather while its still good." Ron, Harry and Hermione got up from the table and walked outside.
They sat down in the grass watching as some gnomes ran across the yard.
"What's wrong with Percy, and why is Oliver here?" Harry asked them.
"Well, Percy still thinks that everyone hates him and he's letting it affect him. As for Oliver, he's been hanging around ever since Percy came back." Ron laid down on his back and relaxed letting the sun shine on his freckle covered face.
Harry looked up and watched Oliver and Percy walk out into the garden. They were striding towards the group. They sat down.
"How you doing Harry?" Oliver asked. He leaned back onto the grass.
"I'm actually doing better than expected. Hows quidditch?" Harry asked.
"Its…gone. I've got a job in the Ministry. I took Ludo Bagman's job in the Games and Sports Department." He smiled at Percy. Percy turned a color of red. It looked better than his pale face Harry thought.
"I'm sorry to hear that. I know how much that meant to you." Harry said to Oliver. Oliver smiled.
"There are more important things to me than quidditch." Oliver smiled again. Percy's ears turned a shade of red. Harry was starting to wonder but he thought better of it.
"I'm going back inside. I'm not feeling to well." Percy stood up.
"I'll go with you, make sure you don't hurt yourself." Harry watched Oliver and Percy walk back into the house.
"They've been acting really strange." Harry looked at the other two for their opinions.
"I don't know. Percy has. Oliver seems cool with everything though." Ron said. Hermione nodded her head in agreement.
"Lets go back inside." Ron got up and so did the other two.
They walked back inside. Ron and Hermione sat down at the table.
"I'm going upstairs and get my wand. I feel vulnerable without it." Harry walked up the stairs. He walked into Ron's room and looked around. He found it laying on Ron's bed. He walked back out into the hallway.
"What's wrong?" He heard Oliver's voice. He walked to the other end of the hall. Percy's door was cracked open and Harry didn't want to snoop but he couldn't help himself.
"I feel like and outcast here Oliver. Its my own fault since I abandoned my family." Percy sounded like he was crying.
Harry peered around the corner. Percy was laying on his bed and Oliver was sitting in a chair.
"Listen to me. None of your family is going to make you purposely feel like an outcast its just you."
"Maybe, but I feel so lonely. I have no one." Percy sat in a ball rocking back and fourth. Harry felt so bad for him.
"Look at me. No matter what happens, You've always got me." Oliver kissed Percy on the lips.
Harry gasped and turned around he walked towards the stairwell.
"Harry!" Oliver was chasing him across the hall.
"Don't worry Oliver, I'm not going to tell anyone." Harry started back down the stairs.
"Thanks Harry." Oliver walked back into Percy's room. Harry leaned against the wall and felt anger and depression go through him.
He wanted Oliver Wood.