Explain it to me again, why are we doing this?" Said a raspy voice in the night.
"How many times do we have to go over this?" Answered a man with a deep growl, clearly exasperated. "The rumor of the dark lord being dead is far from the truth. He is still alive. I know it. There are wizards on this ship and it is our job to tail them. They don't think we know where they're going, but unfortunately for them, we do. They're going to try and spy on us. But we have a plan and it will make it hard for them to keep their eyes on us when one of beloved children is missing."
"Why are we using a bomb when we can just use magic sir?" Asked the raspy man again.
"Because, you nit wit, the wizards have machines to sense magic. Using the bomb will be undetectable until it explodes. Now no more questions. Go fetch one of the children." He growled
"Yes sir." The man said as he ran off.
The man walked silently to the room, remembering what the other man told him about magic. He silently picked the lock, cursing Muggles and their weird inventions. After a moment he heard the soft click of the lock and entered the room. He slowly made his way to the bedrooms. Opening a door, he saw that there was a young boy sleeping in one of the beds. He made his way over to him and picked the child up; thanking the gods he didn't wake him up. He then made his way out of the room shutting the door behind him. He rushed back to the other man, all the while being careful not to rouse the boy.
"I got the child sir." Said the voice.
"Good now be quiet." The other man said.
"Sir." Pleaded the first man
"I told you to shut up." He snapped
"But sir look. There's a child." said the voice.
Hermione Granger had a sleep walking problem. It always seemed to happen when she wasn't at home. The doctors told the Grangers that she seemed to sleep walk when she was homesick.
The man turned around and saw a very shocked little girl. She was about to scream when one of the men grabbed her, putting his hand over her mouth. With his other hand he grabbed a knife out of his pocket and pressed it to the flesh of her neck.
"You scream girly and you die. It's easy as that." He whispered roughly in her ear. She squirmed and let out a cry of fright.
Ronald Weasley woke up immediately. He tried to get away but the man behind him had him in a good hold on him. There was a hand over his mouth keeping him from screaming out. Ron turned and saw Hermione being held on by another guy, with a look of pure terror on her face. Ron kicked and bit down on the hand covering his mouth hard, but the guy wouldn't let go.
"Easy there boy or you both die." Said one man.
Ron stop moving immediately but didn't take his eyes of the man holding Hermione. The men carried the children over to the side of the ship. The men maneuvered the kids into a lifeboat and duct taped their mouths. They then proceeded to tie them up. Then the men put their suitcases into the boat.
"What do you think you're doing?" said a woman. After watching for a moment she realized what was going on. "HELP!" she screamed "SOMEONE HELP!"
"Stupefy!" yelled the man.
"You idiot!" Yelled the other man
Sirens went off, waking up the entire ship. Arthur Weasley woke up to his magic sensor machine going off.
"Molly get the kids. We're leaving. Meet me by the pool." Arthur told her. He then apparated to where the magic came from.
"Stupefy!" Arthur shouted.
Curses were thrown at each other as the man and Arthur dueled. It was just as he was ducking a jinx thrown his way that Arthur spotted his kid Ronald in the lifeboat, tied down.
"Kids I am coming!" Arthur yelled.
The man cut the rope and was about to jump into the falling boat when Arthur stunned him putting him into a body bind.
BOOM!
The bomb went off. Arthur looked down and all her could see was smoke. He couldn't see the kids' boat any where. Panicking he tired to use a spell but found that he couldn't breathe. The thick clouds of smoke were filling his lungs.
"THE SHIP! IT'S SINKING." yelled the captain of the boat.
Arthur apparated to his room and ran up to Molly.
"Arthur they got Ron." Molly said, tears running down her cheeks.
Arthur took hold of his wife in a comforting hug "I know honey. Don't worry, we'll get him. They put them in a boat and I couldn't see where it was, but the men aren't in the boat with them." Arthur explained to her.
"Arthur you said them." Molly said warily "Is there someone else in the boat with him?"
"Yes a girl. She's around Ron's age. She must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Come on we have to leave now the ship is sinking we have get the kids out of here." Arthur replied quickly
"Arthur can't we just stop the ship from sinking?" Molly asked.
"Nom I've already tried. The men must have put some spell on it before they got on the ship. It's going to sink. All we can do is help everyone get into the safety boats. Now hurry." Arthur said while shrinking their stuff and putting them in his pocket.
Molly Weasley ran and woke up the kids.
"Put on your jackets everyone we're leaving." Molly told them, throwing their coats at them.
"Mom what's happening?" Bill asked worriedly.
"We will tell you later. Just make sure everyone is ready. We're leaving now!" Molly told her oldest son.
Bill didn't need to ask any more questions. He knew something was wrong so he went straight away to help his mom with his brothers and sister.
"Mom where is Ron?" Charlie asked
"Don't worry about that right now." she said as her voice cracked.
The entire ship shook furiously.
"Molly we have to go NOW." Arthur screamed.
"Arthur the kids. We need to get them. Ron and the little girl." Molly said completely panicked.
"I know Molly we will get them, but if we don't leave now we won't be able to. Everyone touch the portkey." Arthur said.
Everyone touched the portkey and were transported to the Ministry of Magic. There Arthur, Molly and the kids went to report the missing children.
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