Thanks for the encouragement. I have people actually waiting on me to update. Makes me feel warm and luvvely. Hrm... The delay came from procrastination and reupdating on the previous chapters. Might be a clue for you to go back and click through it just to see if anything changed when I posted this chapter.

Rowling's characters are hers, its my plot! I may deem usefulness of her pathetic attempt of book to include parts of HBP masterfully redone but you won't know what parts.

Ian Fleming's James Bond books are his own, I am just promoting them.

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Hermione had gotten home to recieve the notice that a will reading was to be done the next day but the only comment her mom could say was that it was typical that they couldn't get it all done on the same day. Her father volunteered to go with her tommorrow. She explained to him that he would need to be fitted for robes immediately when they got to the Leaky Cauldron to blend in. All her father did was jump for joy, it was like he was back in the service again or he was playing a role of a spy in one of the Ian Fleming's spy novels. Hermione just watched on in shame at the jig her father did while shaking her head. What was it with men not knowing how to dance?

The next day, she awoke in the morning to get prepared for the will when her father knocked on the door to her room.

"Yes?"

"Hermione, can I come in?" It was her father, souding slightly fearful.

"Come in, I'm in a bathrobe." When he entered, she noticed he was in black slacks with a white dress shirt but his hands were shaking as they held a newspaper. It was the Daily Prophet. "Oh god, what happened?" He handed her the newspaper as she read the headline.

"Ministry of Magic Employees Family Attacked!

Arthur Weasley was at work when his home was attacked by Death Eaters. " The rest of the article stated that Ginny, Ron, and Molly Weasley were at home and was suspected to be dead from the attack while Arthur was a wreck at work. Lucius Malfoy had stated that he had reported the attack minutes later after it happening but it was too late there was nothing that anyone would have done because the intensity of the fire had overwhelmed the wards. It was stated that there was several additional bodies found with the Weasley family being possibly the Death Eaters that had attacked them. (1) Also stated the remainder of the family were grieving as well in particular the other Ministry employee, Percy. Hermione broke down and lost it. Tears came to her eyes as her legs collasped under her spilling her onto the floor. Ron and Ginny were dead. She felt the arms of her father surround her, comforting her, letting her tears burst forth. All she could do was keep crying. Yes, she may have fought with him but all she wanted was for him to show his intelligence at non-trivial matters.

"Hermione, you've got to pull yourself together so we can get to the will reading and tell Harry the bad news. It would help to have another that knows what you are going through." Her father told her. She nodded, using her robes sleeves to dry off the tears, then pushed herself up before heading off for a shower.

The remainder of the morning and the car ride passed by in a blur until they had finished outfitting her father with a robe. They ducked into Diagon Alley easily enough when she turned to her father saying the words that would make any father worry, "If a Death Eater attack happens, run. You have no defense Dad. I don't want to lose anyone else."

"What about you?" he replied.

"Sometimes doing the right thing involves breaking a law or two." He grinned at the response, her mother would kill her for that. There was always special cases that would show the government or whoever that wanted to be the judge of them the truth. All they had to do was know where to look.

"All right dear, but if it gets tight in there, duck down and meet me back at the car." She nodded in agreence. They had almost reached Gringotts when it happened. The crowd had stilled. A large group dark cloaked figures stood in the middle of a crowd which seperated for them at will. These were Death Eaters and they were going after one person. Hermione gazed over the crowd quickly, paling when she noticed one figure. It was Harry. He turned around, spoke to a large teenager who nodded, grabbed a giraffe looking woman and sink back into the crowd before it was too late.

"Dad, run. Get inside Gringotts now." Hermione said as she whipped out her wand. She didn't even bother to see if he had taken her advice as she crept closer. She heard both sides exchange words as the crowd died down. They were scared of moving for some reason.

Then she heard Harry say the words that would cause the crowd and the Death Eaters to go into a panic, "Voldemort is a half-blood that needs to be put down like the rabid mutt he is and I am the one to do it."

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"Daddy, have you seen the news in the Daily Prophet?" Luna Lovegood yelled to her dad. Odd Lovegood was in the other room working on the muggle pictures trying to decipher where their next lead came from to get started on their fact seeking expedition for the Crumpled Horned Snorkack. In reality, wizarding names didn't equal muggle names for the same animal because muggleborns kept being put on tight leash. Purebloods began to know less and less about nature and more and more of the civilized warfare of words. Odd had created his paper to force people to look at it wierd and Luna was his biggest critic. It appealed to the liberals who knew how to mine for their gemstones that were covered in the shifting words of the newspaper. She kept saying the wizarding terms for the muggle animals to send anyone off balance gaining more of the truism reactions. She tested it against the Muggleborn Hermione mutiple times and Hermione never bothered to ask what they looked like. It was amazing what a simple description would reveal to a curious person.

"Your friend's family joined your mother?" Odd asked knowing it was a touchy subject at times.

"I don't really know. All I know is that it seemed wrong when I read the paper while eating."

Four distinct pops happened outside the house. Their repelling world worked. The owls were guided to a muggle mailbox anyone apparating always apparated at the guard point and odd things happened for people without their permission. The goblins had liked the article about the heliopaths enough to grant them the breaching punishment wards. Random things happened at whim because of the ward being breach, each amplifying off of each other. Four pops would cause chaos on whoever had came to call.

They both walked out of the room, slapping the doorway with their right hand if it was a casual high five. The door put down a metal wall in the normal place that had a map on it, saying "Lovegood Household Intruder Alarm. " Lhia (lee-ha) for short. Activating Lhia recquired both of them touching the door way. They always touched the doorway leaving the residence for either temporary or for Luna, boarding school at Hogwarts. Once they had brought a reindeer into their backyard, dressing it up and getting pictures in wierd clothing for their paper. It wasn't considered trash but humor to her, constant amusement. It let her think outside the box constantly, letting her see connections that weren't there before. It was amazing what she saw with it.

The four dots were labeled with names but the effects that were listed under them were more important to her. A kangaroo's legs, mooses antlers, silenced, and put to sleep. "Daddy, we're going to need the camera and to contact the Law Enforcement offices." Several flashes of a camera and two permissible entries into the property were preludes to laughter from the Aurors. They obviously noticed the combination of Lovegood and goblin work. Luna just smiled dreamily, she knew the paper would benefit greatly because of these creatures.

A couple pops later, Aurors Shacklebolt and Tonks arrived and let Odd Lovegood explain the situation to them. Getting a good laugh at the Death Eaters was always good for both of them. Details were discussed about the pictures and whether or not they were allowed in the Quibbler and of course the unmasking of the Death Eaters.

"Irk, more no names. Looks like You Know Who is bringing in internationals to do his dirty work for him." That peaked Luna's interest even more. 'Why bring in foreigners? Was this bigger than they thought it would be?' Mullling over those thoughts, she kept taking a couple pictures of the surroundings and the Death Eaters. She couldn't believe they had sent only four Death Eaters after her dad and her.

Tonks and her dad were on the subject of moving Luna to a safer place when Luna butted into it "Can I go to where Ronald is?"

Tonks eyes bugged out a little, "How do you know they aren't dead?"

"I know enough about the Weasleys to know the wouldn't go down without a fight. This was too clean." Luna stated almost dreamily. She had gotten the reaction she wanted from Tonks. Any other people would've thought she was a nutter but Tonks was in the fight at the Ministry and belonged to the Order of the Pheonix.

"Letme floo Dumbledore for permission and to let him know that you know about the Weasley's. We can swear you to privacy about it, correct?" Kingsley asked Odd.

Both Lovegoods nodded and both asked about running an article about it being a massive prank, farfetched as that may seem, in their paper. The Aurors just told them to make in unbelievable as possible since nobody believed in the Quibbler in the first place. Tonks explained it was somewhat the quickest way to get the Death Eaters off the Weasley's back. Who would want to harm the broken family now that they had lost their closest links to Harry Potter? was their witty excuse. Luna knew that with them being attacked like that, the Weasley's would fight worse than a badger in a corner would, ruthlessly til the very end.

The floo call was made as Luna was packing her bags obtaining permission for her to join the Weasleys in hiding. Her father sealed up the house saying he would join one of his journalist friends on Diagon Alley so he would be safer there.

Luna thought, Now to face Ronald.

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In all honesty, Percy Weasley was not having a good day, he was having a bloody freaking horrendous day. He finds out that Ginny, Ron and his mother die in a Death Eater attack that wrecks the Burrow and he can't go to them because of his just with the Central Intelligence Agency of the Ministry or C.I.A.M. for short. They were there to prevent corruption from running rampant in the government but they were under Unspeakable juristiction. No one knew who an Unspeakable was or what he did much less who their family was, not even their upper administrators. All people knew was he was Percy Weasley, Undersecretary to the Minister with Dolores Umbridge his immediate boss. He had taken this chance so he could get farther up in the ranks of the Ministry but at the same time he wanted to be able to protect his family as well, so here he was.

Shuffling the papers on the desk, he noted that a will was being read today that bits of paper work were going to be needing to be signed by a Ministry witness but the names after it were odder - Harry Potter- was one of them. The others were in some way related to him. Percy sat there and thought about it for a few moments. He had written a horrible letter to Ron about needed to keep clear of Potter so he could keep a perpetual clean sheet so he would be granted work higher up the ladder later on in life with a little help from Percy's present position allowed it. That was rash to say the least from what his superiors had told him. They wanted Potter not to come anywhere near the Ministry and yet he came anyways for something that belonged to him! Why could he not do the lawful action of inquire about anything that was rightfully his and they be returned to him in a rapid fashion? Percy groaned at that thought, Potter was guided by the nose by his superiors like he, Percy, clung to the laws and regulations of any instution he was in whether it was Hogwarts, Ministry, or home! But that was changing now, Potter was breaking rules, not forcing himself to be led around on a leash. Maybe making friendly overtures to him would allow Percy the revenge needed to make up for his past misgivings about his family and the loss of his family members? Maybe, just maybe.

He noted the time and realized there was time to be able to notarize the will making it official by the Ministry eyes. He knew the goblins would perform the financial parts with ease but there were small hangups that were in quite a bit of wills that needed the government to do something about it like transferring titles, patents, etc... When the goblins were entrusted with the wizards gold supply, they stated that only them would make the decisions when it came to the money. Percy knew the government did not like that but did not want to lose any more of the public opinion when it came to them since the Minister was on rough shores as is with the Heads of Departments talking about a vote of no confidence. Percy laughed, it was unwise to hide a problem especially one that was a Dark Lord.

Percy noticed the crowds in Diagon Alley had stopped moving and was beginning to wonder why as he started his walked towards Gringotts. Then he heard why, "Nobody move. We just came for Harry Potter, let us take him and no one dies today." a voice sneered abover the crowd, most likely with a Sonorous on it. Percy just blinked, this was trouble brewing.

He fiddled with a Minsitry badge and squeezed it. It was a simple distress beacon that would get back to the Unspeakables saying Danger, Help Needed Immediately. Grabbing his wands, he held them down by his side letting his sleeves cover them. He had to get closer.

He heard more of the conversation as he got closer and it was starting to disturb him.

"Why? Why do you want a half-blood?" That was Harry's voice, loud and clear.

"Lord Voldemort has requested your presence, boy, and you will come." That was the sneering Death Eater.

"Why bother with a half-blood? Aren't you supposed to..."

"Imperio!" the Death Eater commanded while the crowd screamed at this. Of course, none had wanted to move. First one to move would be the first to die today.

"Come with us boy and no one gets hurt. Voldemort has summoned you and we are here to bring you."

"No!" Everyone who read the article about the rise of Lord He Who Must Not Be Named knew Harry Potter could shake off this curse easily except for his enemies who kept trying time and time again. When would they ever learn to shoot first and get going? Honestly they had no real training what-so-ever! How did they expect to take over yet rule a country? This was the reason why people that hated government could not be in government! They knew nothing about governing!

"Come with us to our pureblood lord and talk with him. No one will be harmed here. We give you until the count of five to make up your mind before we start killing bystanders. One!" Percy was almost in position to see them.

"Two!"

"Three!" Percy was in position and raised his wands. He noticed several others were doing the same.

Then he heard the next words that came from Potter's mouth, "Voldemort is a half-blood that needs to be put down like the rabid mutt he is and I am the one to do it."

That was all Percy needed to here. He saw Potter's wand come up and begin firing off Blasting Curses while Percy barked out alternating dual blasts of Silencing and Disarming. Others in the crowd had sent various colored spells the Death Eaters way while they all responded to escaping or targetting the nearest person. That was when all hell broke loose.

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1 Polyjuice duplicates a person all the way so whatever end effects that investigators use in the wizarding world would tell them that the three Kissed were the Weasleys. So in essence, Molly/Ron/Ginny are dead to the public by dying a matyr's death. Going to be funny when Ron and Ginny show up at Hogwarts ready for the new school year?

Sorry for the delays, my computer got hit by a viruses and spyware as well as I have taken over editting of Silver Trio which I will begin writing as soon as the editting process is over. The author let it pass to me and I will be keeping it close to both canons as possible.

Btw.. Harry's POV and Ron and Luna facing off is next.