Chapter 5: A Change for the Worse
The banging of the front door and the hurried footsteps on the stairs, startled Ginny and Hermione; they stopped their chanting and dropped the book that they held. Both turned just in time to see Harry and Ron burst through the door. All four of them just stared at each other for moment, and then as Harry's eyes came to lie on the open spell book, a look of shock penetrated his features as he realized exactly what they were doing. "Ginny, Hermione," Harry's voice was cold and angry. "What the hell were you thinking doing magic?!"
Hermione looked a little too scared for a noise to escape her lips but it did, "Harry."
But she was cut off by her boyfriend, "Harry's right Hermione. You two should have never done a spell, especially one that requires more than just wands."
"They did what?!" Harry asked.
"Just look at the book, Harry. It's one that requires you to chant the spell, without the use of wands," Ron told him. Harry looked again at the open book lying on the floor in front of them and realized Ron was right.
Ginny took this opportunity to attempt to tell the two men the truth as Hermione had only minutes before and failed. "Harry, Ron," she pleaded. "Please listen to us. It's not what you think."
"Oh, really!" Ron retorted. "Ginny, you and Hermione have done something that might very well have cost us our lives!"
"No, Ron," Hermione said. Seeing that this argument was going no where, Harry bent down to grab the book off the floor. Closing it, he saw the title, just as Ron looked too. It was titled, Powerful Spells to Protect You and Your Family from Vampires, Demons and Other Forces of Darkness. Both turned their gaze to rest on the two women standing in front of them.
"Explain," Ron said. Ginny and Hermione looked at each other, thankful that the argument had finally ended.
Hermione decided to tell them. "We were doing a protection spell on the house to protect us from Voldemort."
"Hermione, why are you doing this now?" Harry asked.
"Because when we came home, we found this on the table," Ginny said, taking the letter off of the table to her right and put it in Harry's outstretched hand. He took and unfolded it. Ron leaned closer to Harry to read it.
"Hermione, Ginny. What the? Bloody hell," was all Ron managed to get out as he saw who the letter was from.
Dear Harry Potter, Ginny Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger,
I'm sending this letter to inform you that we have received disclosed information from one of our spies that Lord Voldemort is planning a full scale attack. It is not certain when and how he will do this. We are certain, however, that you four are the prime targets for the attack. Our sources tell us that his attack is planned for sometime in the near future and we advise you to do everything you can to protect yourselves from Dark Magic. There is little more information that we know, except that if he is not stopped, Lord Voldemort will change the entire world for the worse. It's up to you four to stop him. The fate of the entire world lies in your hands.
Wishing you the best in your fight,
The Order of the Phoenix