The Boy Who Lived again...
Chapter five: Don't kill the messenger
Hermione's heart was beating out of control as she watched the door swing open, revealing Mrs. Weasley.
"Hermione dear. Good to see you. We didn't know you were coming." Mrs. Weasley greeted her "But come on in. I've got a pot of tea on the stove. The kids will be back from Diagon Alley shortly."
"Well, Mrs. Weasley. I didn't know I was coming. I'm bearing some very odd news." She told her, taking a seat at the table.
Mrs. Weasley came over and poured her a steamy glass of tea before sitting down as well.
"Odd news? Odd enough to have you come by unannounced after not hearing a thing from you for months?" Mrs. Weasley asked
"More so. This is the kind of news that I'm going to have to tell you before I tell the rest of the family." Hermione replied
"That bad? Surely not... I mean, Voldemort's dead. The Death Eaters turned themselves in..." Mrs. Weasley started
"I said odd. Not bad. Read this." Hermione said, thrusting the article from the day before into Mrs. Weasley's hands.
Molly read the article, her shock and outrage apparent.
"Who could do such a thing? And how isn't this bad news?" Molly demanded
"Because. Harry's alive. I have him with me." Hermione told her "HARRY! Come on in now."
Harry walked in from outside. Mrs. Weasley's eyes bugged out.
"I-it's really you?" Molly stuttered out through her tears. She didn't wait for a reply as she enveloped him in a rib-crushing hug.
"Mum?" a voice called from up the stairs "Are you all right? I heard crying..."
It was Ginny.
"Hide." Mrs. Weasley whispered to Harry and Hermione
They stepped underneath Harry's invisibility cloak.
"I'm fine honey. Has your fever come down?" Molly asked Ginny as she walked into the kitchen
"Yes it has." Ginny replied "Uh... Mum? Why are there two glasses of tea on the table?"
"Now Ginny... Don't freak..." Molly started, signaling for Harry and Hermione to remove the cloak.
Hermione's heart was beating out of control as she watched the door swing open, revealing Mrs. Weasley.
"Hermione dear. Good to see you. We didn't know you were coming." Mrs. Weasley greeted her "But come on in. I've got a pot of tea on the stove. The kids will be back from Diagon Alley shortly."
"Well, Mrs. Weasley. I didn't know I was coming. I'm bearing some very odd news." She told her, taking a seat at the table.
Mrs. Weasley came over and poured her a steamy glass of tea before sitting down as well.
"Odd news? Odd enough to have you come by unannounced after not hearing a thing from you for months?" Mrs. Weasley asked
"More so. This is the kind of news that I'm going to have to tell you before I tell the rest of the family." Hermione replied
"That bad? Surely not... I mean, Voldemort's dead. The Death Eaters turned themselves in..." Mrs. Weasley started
"I said odd. Not bad. Read this." Hermione said, thrusting the article from the day before into Mrs. Weasley's hands.
Molly read the article, her shock and outrage apparent.
"Who could do such a thing? And how isn't this bad news?" Molly demanded
"Because. Harry's alive. I have him with me." Hermione told her "HARRY! Come on in now."
Harry walked in from outside. Mrs. Weasley's eyes bugged out.
"I-it's really you?" Molly stuttered out through her tears. She didn't wait for a reply as she enveloped him in a rib-crushing hug.
"Mum?" a voice called from up the stairs "Are you all right? I heard crying..."
It was Ginny.
"Hide." Mrs. Weasley whispered to Harry and Hermione
They stepped underneath Harry's invisibility cloak.
"I'm fine honey. Has your fever come down?" Molly asked Ginny as she walked into the kitchen
"Yes it has." Ginny replied "Uh... Mum? Why are there two glasses of tea on the table?"
"Now Ginny... Don't freak..." Molly started, signaling for Harry and Hermione to remove the cloak.