Trouble at the Ministry.
Dont own any of the charectors. They all belong to Joe. Please review.
Harry landed in a very busy room. He looked around and saw Ron and Hermione also looking around. Last time Harry was in the Atrium it was almost empty. There were long lines and at the beginning of the line was a ministry official who was checking everyone with a secrecy sensor. Most of the ministry workers seemed tired.
Lupin and Tonks where leading them towards one of the lines with few people in it. It turned out to be a quicker line for people who worked for the ministry. Tonks showed an ID card and told the ministry worker that they were all together and that they were going to get Harry's and Ron's apparition license.
As they were walking toward the elevator Ron asked, "Why has the security been increased so much lately?"
"Ron use your brain. With Voldemort back they would have to raise security." Hermione said back with one of her Hermione looks of superior knowledge.
Ron was about to retort to that last comment, but Lupin interrupted them by telling them that they were at the elevator. When the lift got to the Atrium they noticed that they all couldn't fit into the elevator. They decided to split up. Ron, Harry and Lupin would go first since they had to take their test and Tonks and Hermione would take the next lift.
They entered the lift and it started to descend. Harry wasn't paying attention as the lift descended. He was to busy thinking about what he would have to do for the test and also looking around at the other people in the lift. There were a couple of figures in black robes who were looking at the floor plan.
"I think floor two is the Auror headquarters," one of the dark robe figures said.
"Well check to make sure it is Yaxley." One of the others said.
"Harry this is our floor," Lupin said as the lift stopped on level 6. All of the dark robed figures turned to look at him when Lupin said, "Harry."
They walked down a hall and then turned right at an intersected hall. They entered an oak door on the right and found themselves in a brightly lighted room. There was one rather large witch was behind a counter and there was another oak door to the left of the counter. Harry and Ron walked up the counter. Without looking up at the three people who just walked in she handed Ron and Harry to clipboards and made a vague motion for them to sit in the chairs to fill them out.
When Harry looked down at his piece of parchment there were some rather unneeded questions on it. It started with easy short answers like, what is your name and your birthday. After about 20 questions it turned to, Have you ever apparated (either normally or side along) who was the a) who was the instructor and/or b) who did you side along apparate with. Instead of saying he apparated with Dumbledore, he just put that he took the practice session at Hogwarts with Wilkie Twycross.
Ron who had already finished had taken his clipboard to the woman who read it and nodded in approval and sent him through the door. Harry stood up and turned the clipboard into the woman who barley scanned it and about to send him back when Hermione and Tonks came into the room. Harry turned at the voice of Hermione saying, "Good luck Harry!"
The woman glanced up at the sound of Harry and looked at Harry for the first time. She then glanced back down at the sheet that he just turned in. She was about to say something, but before she could Harry smiled at Hermione and said, "Thanks," before going through the door to the next room.
Harry walked into a small room were there was a single instructor in the room. He told Harry that his name is Mr. Orlofski and that he was his apparition instructor. "You will apparate to the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade. You will then apparate back here. I will join you at the Three Broomsticks to make sure you have done it properly. Do you understand?" He said all of this in a very fast board voice like he does this all the time.
"Yes I do."
"Very well. Whenever you are ready please apparate to the Three Broomsticks."
Harry concentrating very hard on the Three Broomsticks turned on the spot and with a pop he landed in front of the Three Broomsticks. He stole a quick glance at Hogwarts because this might be the last time that he sees it. The apparition wizard then arrived next to Harry with a pop. "Very well done. Now could you please apparate back to my office?"
Harry once again turned on the spot and disappeared with a pop to the small office. He was already there and was filling out a sheet of paper. "There you go Mr. Potter. Please take this up to the front desk where she will make a record of this."
Harry, who was very pleased with himself, walked back outside into the waiting room. There Ron was already don't and waiting. He was beaming excitedly, "Did you pass?"
"Of course I passed." Harry said with a laugh. He went up to the desk and gave the sheet to the woman who began to fill out a piece of paper. She had just finished with the paper when an announcement came over a speaker system of some sort.
"We have a code black on floors 7 and 2. We would advice everyone to leave as quickly as possible. All ministry workers please respond to either the 7th or 2ed floor. Please nobody panic." The voice said quite calmly.
Lupin and Tonks pushed Harry, Ron and Hermione towards the door. Harry asked Tonks what was happening. Tonks who was practically sprinting towards the elevator yelled over her shoulder that the ministry is under attack.
When they reached the elevator they realized someone had stopped them from working. "Damn." Tonks whispered to herself. "We need to take the stairs." She then headed them towards a door to the right of the stairs. "Up here." They ran up a flight of stairs when she stopped.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione. This is important so listen to me. I need you all to run to the Atrium and disapperate to the Burrow. Lupin and I need to go throw here."
Harry was about to argue when Hermione pushed Harry up the stairs to climb. Harry only had a peek inside the door and it looked like ministry workers where behind a table firing spells at a group of people in masks. The Death Eaters. The trio were almost squashed against the walls as they ran up because of ministry workers who were running down the stairs to join the fight.
They made it into the Atrium where witches and wizards were disapparating out of the place as quickly as they could without hitting other people. Harry, Ron and Hermione concentrated quickly on the Burrow and apparated out of the Ministry.
They all landed in front of the Burrow. Mrs. Weasley came running out all happy. "Harry how good it is to see you." She said while crushing him with a hug. She then looked around. "Where is Lupin and Tonks?" She then asked really worried.
"Mrs. Weasley, the Death Eaters invaded the ministry. They made us leave while they went to fight them." Hermione explained.
"Oh no, Arthur!" Mrs. Weasley cried. Harry just remembered that Mr. Weasley worked for the ministry.
"Mrs. Weasly would you like some tea," Hermione asked cautiously. "Or at least let's go inside and sit down." Mrs. Weasley followed without much persuasion.
While Hermione was making Mrs. Weasley some strong tea, Harry and Ron were trying to tell her that he would be all right.
Just when she was settling down someone came running down the stairs. "Mom are you ok?" She then noticed the other three in the kitchen. "Oh hello Hermione, hi Ron. How was the test?" She said pretending not to see Harry. He couldn't pretend he wasn't expecting this after he dumped her for her security, but her saying that made it 10 times worse.
He could tell that this was going to be a complication that he would have to settle quickly.