Disclaimer: Never made up in the first place just having fun.

WARNING: CHARACTER DEATH, BLOOD AND GUTS. Now you have been warned.

Chapter 8. The DOM 6 CON'T

WEASLEYS:

Life in the Weasley household was never a dull moment. If it wasn't Arthur coming in or out from work or a mission for the OOTP, it could be the twins coming home from their shop were they were setting up their joke shop. Or it could be Ron or Ginny going through the house doing their chores, or even a fly in the meadow out back for a break.

"Ronald!" Mrs. Weasley called.

"Coming mum." Ron ran up to the house to see what his mother wanted.

"Its time for lunch, Ginny and Bill are waiting for you."

Nodding Ron went in and quickly washed up before going in the kitchen. Good thing mum said it was lunch he thought. Grabbing the sandwich tray he handed Ginny the pumpkin juice.

"Have you heard from Harry today Ron?" Ginny asked.

"Yes he's home from the hospital." Mrs. Weasley spun to her son.

"How is he doing now?"

"Well he said he was doing better. At least his aunt and uncle had backed down a bit."

Molly's eye just narrowed at that. She was livid when she first heard about Harry being in the hospital, she demanded Dumbledore to remove him from the house. His come back was always the wards were better for him there.

"Who was that girl I saw you talking with yesterday?" Bill asked Ginny.

Thinking for a second "Oh thats Luna Lovegood."

"You should remember her Bill, she and Ginny use to follow you around when you were home from school."

"Loony Lovegood¼" Ron started.

"Knock it off Ron, she has been my friend since I was little yes she's a bit off. But she always has been a good friend." Ginny snapped at him.

Ron just flushed red looking away.

Bill spoke up to relieve Ron. "Is she in your dorm?"

"No Ravenclaw, fits her to a tee."

"Oh come on Ginny! With all those things she says?"

"Stop it Ronald Billus Weasley! I'm tired of you always making fun of my friends. Luna has been a very good friend to o me." Ginny snipped back.

"One more word out of you Ronald and you'll be degnoming the garden for a week." Molly informed him hoping to thwart another fight between siblings.

Ever since the return from school, Ron and Ginny had been fighting more and more. Ron just couldn't seem to stop his mouth. Ron was more opinionated than usual. Arthur and Molly were told by Madam Pomfrey to expect some arguments from Ron. It just seemed he was letting the deep thoughts he received from the brains to control him more and more.

"Oh that reminds me. Guess what?" Ginny said excitedly.

"What's that dear?" Molly asked smiling.

"Luna told me that on the vacation she and her father found a herd of demeguise in Sweden!"

Molly dropped her fork in surprise. "What?" she laughed.

Ginny nodded "Yup, they were in Sweden looking for the crumple-horn snorkack when the found the herd of 20 female's and their offspring." She gleefully informed.

"Couldn't find any crumbly-horn snorknackle," Ron snorted.

Ginny turned on him "SHUT UP RON!" she snarled. With disgust Ginny sprang from the table and ran to her room.

With a glare to Ron that said I'll talk to you later. Molly got up from the table, took Ginny's unfinished plate and followed her daughter to her room.

Bill just sat at the table sighing and shaking his head. Looking at his brother who basically inhaled his food, Bill winced at his table manners. Really he thought, mum taught them better than that.

"What else did Harry say?" Bill asked.

"Just that Hermione came to visit him at the hospital. Said he was surprised when she showed up."

"Why is that?"

Ron shrugged his shoulders, "Something About some letter she received from him before he was admitted."

"Why would she go see him about that?" he asked confused.

Thinking¼ "Oh well the letter was old, or at least by a few days Hermione and her parents went to see some friends of there's, and when they got back, Hermione got his letter. Guess she was really worried about what was written." Ron said thoughtfully.

"Did he tell¼" he started

"No, only that she panicked about something silly. You know girls." Ron dismissed him.

Bill frowned at that; there would not be much that would get Ron and Harry's friend into a panic. Hermione was a too much of a levelheaded young girl. He made a mental mote note to talk with Remus about it.

After lunch Ron was ordered to de-gnome the garden because of his behavior with his sister. Bill could watch him angrily stomping around, chucking the garden gnomes over the fence. Maybe mum was right to ask me to speak with Ron.

Twin pops heralded the arrival of the twin terrors of the Weasley clan.

"Bill! How¼"

"Glad too¼"

"See you!" they greeted. With that Bill found himself under fire from the twins telling him how the joke shop was coming along.

"We just had to have them up front you see" one started.

"But they're so expensive to keep out in the open."

"So we struck a deal with Gerald Gauchely."

"And the deal is to be set¼"

Before they could continue "KNOCK IT OFF YOU TWO!" Bill yelled. "Damm it where's Charlie when you need him." He mumbled.

Molly just smirked at her oldest son. As if to say, it's your turn now. Deal with it. For some odd reason, Charlie was the only one who could rein in those two. Somewhat. Maybe. If he wasn't helping them with their pranks in the first place.

The twins laughed and headed to their room. They were in the process of moving into the upstairs apartment above the shop. It was just perfect for two young bachelors starting out.

"Hello Weasley clan!" Arthur cheerfully announced coming in the door. Giving a kiss to Molly, Arthur looked over at the table were most of his family congregated. "Sorry dear can't stay long. Need to meet with the Headmaster. What time will Percy be here again?" he asked.

"Dinner will be at 6:00pm." Molly reminded him.

Arthur dashed up to their room and found the reports he had kept for Dumbledore. Dashing back out again, he kissed Molly goodbye and waved to his family.

As Molly was putting the finishing touches on dinner, Bill decided to get Ron talking with him. It was Bill that had gotten Ron interested in chess, showing him the basic moves. Soon after Ron pickup the game, he started to decimate the rest of the family. Even Percy, who when younger showed early signs of prodigy for chess. Nope. Ron surpassed him to the point that Percy refused to play against him anymore.

Since the beginning of summer Bill had been thing about his family. Molly had asked Bill to come home earlier after school let out to help with Ron and Ginny. Both of his siblings had a hard time with what happened. Ginny's nightmares had returned and Ron, had problems because of those brains. He was spouting off more and more. Ron seemed to be angrier than usual, snapping and snarling at everyone. To say Molly was concerned was an understatement. Arthur couldn't seem to help him, busy as he was with the war effort.

When Molly had announced to the family that Percy was coming to dinner, it wasn't the twins that blew-up. It was Ron who had a conniption fit about Percy. Ron still had the letter he had sent to him earlier that year. Privately Bill thought Percy was under more stress than anyone could guess at the ministry. His father agreed after talking with Bill about it.

Molly had a hard time that the fact her babies went up against Death Eaters. Her biggest fear was that her family would be killed in the war. She was of two minds about Harry. On one hand she was just as protective of him as she was her own children. On the other she wished heartily that he didn't get into so much trouble. That is why she had a fit when Bill joined the OOTP. Then the twins came home form school early, escaping punishment at the hand of Umbridge.

After Molly had calmed down, she had a long talk with her sons about leaving school and why they wanted to open a joke shop instead of going into the Ministry for charms, potions, and research. Despite what the owls said, the twins weren't dumb by any means. Come on now, how can you be stupid and invent a treat like 'Canary Creams' and not have the basic knowledge of charms, transfigurations, and potions? When people had asked were they got the money for start-up, they both became tighter than a bowstring on which it was.

Just how stupid do you think Molly and Arthur are? Of course they guessed that Harry gave them the money. What they did not know was why? The twins had a talk with Harry shortly after the term started about that very reason. They even tried to give back the galleons, but Harry was adamant about them keeping the money. Fred and George said Harry positively got mutant on them returning the money. So they agreed between them, that they would make Harry a silent business partner. Just like they made their father one too. In the end Arthur had to co-sign for the store because of their age. Seventeen may be the age to be able to do magic, but they still had to have an adult sign the lease form for the shop. The age of majority is 21.

So the twins were basically set, Charlie still in his apprenticeship at the dragon preserve. Bill's youngest brother and sister on hold at least for the time being. Bill made a lunch date to talk with Percy.

When they first met at the Dragon and Eagle restaurant in Diagon Alley after greeting one another Bill thoroughly studied Percy. Percy was the perfect son from the beginning. I remember when he was young Percy wasn't much for fussing, as he grew older, the family knew he would be the diplomat of the clan. As much as Percy charged at the twins for their pranks, it was Percy who protected Ginny from her older brothers. From the very beginning Percy fell in love with her. In his eyes she could do no wrong. Of course being the first female born in generations to the Weasley clan, Ginny was spoiled rotten by all her brothers. But it was mainly Percy who spoiled Ginny rotten. He would always step in between Ginny and Fred, George when they were looking for a victim. Bill ended up protecting Ron, especially after that spider incident. Ron wouldn't touch that stuffed toy for anything after that. Molly had gone out and bought him a new stuffed toy, Arthur had to come up with some tricky magic to make sure the twins couldn't' do it again.

So here he was growing up in a clan who loudly proclaimed their thoughts, feelings and problems. Percy had developed his diplomatic skill quickly. When Percy had joined the MOM and was assigned to the Internationals Regulations at first Percy thrived with the going ons. But now that he was assigned to the Minister, Percy was showing the tell tale effects of much bigger and meaner players. He had lost weight, Bill could tell. His face was thinner and he was jitterier than Bill could remember him being. After that lunch Bill got Percy to agree to come home for dinner. After completely chewing him out for his actions to the family.. In the end Bill reminded Percy he would always be a Weasley to very day he dies. No matter what he did the family would be there for him when he needed help. That set Percy off to crying at Bill begging for his forgiveness for how he treated them. Bill told him to just come home, back to the family

A soft pop announced the arrival of one Percival Weasley. With a last glance around Molly approved of the set up. Every one had spiffened up to welcome Percy home.

Slowly Percy entered his childhood home. After closing the door, Percy walked fully in.

"Hello mother" he said slowly.

Molly couldn't help it she started crying softly. "Welcome home son." She said sweeping him back into her arms. Kissing him gently "you will always be my son."

Gasping for air he noted that his mother patented hugs were just a potent.

His father came up next. "Yes welcome home son."

That was even harder for Percy to come to grips too. After all it was a fight with his father that started it all.

"Come dinner is ready." Even Molly was surprised that she was able to get everything ready in time.

The conversation around the dinner table was stilted at first, but eventually the clan warmed up again.

It was Arthur who directed the conversation at first to get the ball rolling.

"The owl results should be out some time this week." The matriarch informed Ron.

"Oh yes how were they for you?" Percy asked.

"Alright I guess. Hermione helped to get Harry and me ready. It wasn't till history that I had problems."

"Oh. Why?" Bill asked.

"Too many goblin rebellions to keep track of. Plus the fact that half the stuff on the exams I don't even remember hearing about."

Percy smiled wanly. "History was always a sticking point with Gryffindor's. We griffs like more action then learning from the past." His father just raised his eyebrow at that. Seemed Percy was referring to something else.

Ron snorted. "Yes history had some act¼" he fell short when he felt someone kick him. Looking around he saw Ginny glaring pointedly at him.

"Your history had action?" He asked confused.

Without thinking Ron said "well yeah, that when Harry received the vision about his godfather" Ginny rolled her eyes at him.

Percy was confused "but Harry doesn't have a godfather."

Arthur looked at him askance. "How would you know if he did or not?"

He stilled for a second. "Oh the trial last year. The minister tried to contact him about it when he told me that there wasn't one on file."

Fred glanced at him confused. "Why would they have a file for people's godparents?"

"Not a file for godparents just Harry" he explained.

Ron wasn't too pleased to hear that, just didn't reason why the ministry of magic had a file on Harry.

Bill knew that most people had a file, mainly the old pureblood families; there was a department that kept the bloodlines on a list for inheritance purposes. But that department was taken over by Gringotts after the war with Grindelwald.

"Are you talking about the hereditary file or?" Arthur probed.

Percy shook his head. "No since 10-31-81 a file was kept at the inner office of the ministry. I do know Dolores Umbridge was in charge of it." He offered.

Before Ron could jump on that the twins were howling their displeasure.

Both Molly and Bill stopped the twins before they could get too far.

"She's the reason why we left early!" Percy looked up at them in confusion. "What were you told Percy?" they demanded.

"That you were kicked out because of lack of work done."

Both of then snarled at that. Fred summoned the copy of all the educational decree's she made and handed it to him.

Reading over then both Arthur and Percy were paling by the page, Percy in disbelief and Arthur in anger.

Shakily Percy examined them again thinking of the damage control they would have to do. "Good god," he said. "Father I'm the ministry secretary and recorder. 95 of these never came by me so I could record them." His father nodded his head in acceptance. That was what the OOTP thought was the case. Very clever, if there wasn't on official record it never happened. Even if a copy was shown it could be easily dismissed in court because it wasn't verified in the first place.

Percy slumped in defeat, there was just too much going on, and he couldn't figure it out.

Percy threw down his fork and pushed away the plate in front of him. Percy's appetite had disappeared. With Voldemort back he and his family were in danger. The call for Fudge's dismissal was extremely high. There were a few contenders for the running most he thought he knew from dealings. But now he wasn't to sure about that.

Dinner slowly ran its course Bill and Arthur were keeping an eye on Percy. His pallor and stance looked defeated.

George's head popped up looking around. For the past few minutes he had been feeling something. Getting up George waked around the kitchen trying to figure out what was wrong.

"George?" Fred asked.

Looking back "something's wrong. I can feel¼"

Just then an apparition ran in the door right to Molly. No one could hear accept her.

The apparition of a niffler relayed ""Molly be prepared! Death Eaters are out side your doors! This is Oddment, need to leave now!"

Molly jerked up from the table, she knew the only people to know how to do that spell were the OOTP. And Oddment Lovegood was one of the last one's to be taught by Dumbledore.

With a worried look, "Everyone we must leave."

"Molly love?" Arthur started.

"It was Oddment, Death Eaters!" she shrieked.

Every one jumped up with wands out. George by now was by the front door looked out trying to see. Fred rushed up and jerked him out of the way. Ron and Ginny ran up stairs to grab their wand. At a time like this who cares about underage magic use?

The ghoul in the attic started to make noise. Molly paled when she heard a scream from above. Ron ran down "Death Eaters at the back door."

"Death eaters at the front door." Bill announced.

"Who screamed?"

"Sorry that was me, the ghoul startled me." Ginny replied.

The family grouped together surrounding the two youngest wands all out.

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!

Ginny screamed in fear.

"Well look what we have here!" a Death Eater said lazily walking into the house.

"Looks like they knew of our arrival." Another said.

Fifteen Death Eaters rushed in. That's when the spells started.

"Reducto!" one aimed at Arthur.

"Protego" the spell bounced off the shield Arthur made.

"Well Weasels your in luck!" motioning one forward. "This here is a test for the young one" the Weasley all could tell a younger Death Eater walked up.

"Which one?" he asked. Ginny looked up. I think I know that voice she thought.

"Oh just pick one. Lets start with¼" pointing dramatically. "This one" the whole family stiffened.

"Crucio!" Molly went down screaming.

"Good, good, keep it up" he encouraged.

After about a minute the young Death Eater stopped they spell. Molly was withering on the floor trying to rip off her skin.

The twins flew up in front of their mother-firing spells one right after another. They were so fast the family was able to get to Molly and drag her to the middle. Ron and Ginny held their mother up. Ginny was crying hysterically.

Bill and Percy stood back to back firing spells at the Death Eaters.

The Death Eaters managed to get the family separated. Bill and Percy were defending from four Death Eaters that surrounded them.

Arthur was fighting furiously with the main Death Eater in charge. He knew who it was by his voice.

"You will not defeat us! Come, come man. There are 15 of us and only 9 of you. Two of them are useless as it is." He taunted.

"They maybe young, but never useless." He snarled back.

Ron and Ginny had their wands out surrounding Molly firing spells at another four Death Eaters who were laughing at them. Molly managed to come around and fired off some of her own.

Fred and George were firing off, holding their own. Using spells that they had created, which the Death Eaters was finding out they didn't know what to do. Managing to get 2 down, Fred and George concentrated at the two left. George blew one mask away.

"Warrington!" Fred snarled upon the face that appeared.

"Reducto!" he snarled back.

Both as one ducked down, the chimney behind them exploded outward. Brick, and stones crashed behind them. Creaks and groans from the ceiling supports declared there intention to fail.

Dashing out of the way, Fred and George tackled them, bringing them down. There heads bashed on the floor dazing them. Stunning them they ran off to Bill and Percy to help.

Ron, Ginny, and Molly were firing off still. DE started leaving them going around the house destroying the walls and windows. Glass, brick, stones and wood were crashing around them. One DE came down from the stairs tackling Ginny. The DE fired off a "Reducto" to Molly. Not noticing the spell, Molly's right hip and side splurged open.

"MUM!" Ginny screamed out loud. Fred and George hearing her crying ran over to get the DE off her. Fred went to his mom trying to stop the blood flow. Ron snarled even more and tackled the one who was thrown off Ginny. Punching and kicking him, the mask of the DE cracked in two to show Draco Malfoy.

"Draco!" he snarled. Stunned for a moment.

"Hello Weasel!" he smirked back.

Draco found himself under barrage from Ron's temper. George tackled another by Ginny who was trying to get up.

Ginny looked around noticing that Bill and Percy seemed to be all right, four DE were on the ground knocked out. Her father was still dueling with the main one, who even she knew by they voice, plus since Draco was here, to be Lucius Malfoy.

Fred was trying to help Molly keeping her alive at least. Fred found the device that all OOTP had just in case. Twisting it he said. "This is Fred Weasley, we're under attack. I repeat we're under attack. Send help!" he cried. Holding himself together he thankfully managed to get Molly under control. Covering his mother he summoned the kitchen table to cover her at least.

Upstairs more where smashing the house supports, from the outside you could see it was leaning even more precariously.

CRASH! BOOM! The top floors came tumbling down one them.

Ron managed to get Draco stunned, he turned to see another DE standing over Ginny firing "Crucio" at her. Ron grabbed a chair in desperation and smashed it over his head.

A DE that had flown down the stairs after if fell, "The top floor is destroyed. House will fall down any minute," he bellowed. Then he went around to the falling DE tapping their chest for the special portkey, DE that were down started to disappear.

Fred and George dashed out to Bill and Percy to help them. One DE who was particularly difficult to take down was firing off curses at Bill and Percy. Fred and George continued their own creations; they were able to knock out 2 more. The other DE just bent down and tapped the portkeyed him away.

"TIME TO LEAVE THE MARK!" he bellowed.

"Well this has been fun! But so sorry have better things to do." Lucius smirked at Arthur.

Arthur fired off a stupify at him, but it was too late, Lucius portkeyed away.

"MORSMORDE!" A sickly green skull with a snake running in and out of it appeared in the sky.

The DE that was under barrage from Bill, Percy, Fred, and George motioned to the only one left.

"AVADA KEDAVA!" A flash of green raced to them, Fred and George turned around and saw that the spell was coming to them. The whole room stilled waiting for the spell to strike.

With a cry of "NOOOOO!" Percy jumped up and crashed into the spell saving his twin brothers. The whole family screamed "NO!" but it was too late. Percy fell on top of the twins knocking them down. Fred and George stunned, looked up seeing their dead brother on top of them, Ron ran over to his brothers.

"Flipendo!" he cried aiming at his face. The DE mask ripped off him to show is face.

"PETER PETTIGREW!" Ron yelled.

Peter just smirked and laughed at the family. "Well, at least I managed to get one of your useless family down. Kinda poetic justice don't ya think?" he taunted him. With that he tapped his chest portkeying away.

GROWN! KEEL! SNAP! CRACK! CREEK!

Bill snapped too. "The house is falling we have to get out!"

Fred and George still yelling "NO! NO! NO!" at Percy above them. Arthur ran to his wife "Molly love?" he cried. Tears were pooling in his eyes, holding his breath waiting.

Molly slowly opened her eyes. "Arthur love?"

Arthur let out the breath "I'm here" he touched her face. Arthur bent down and kissed her lips softly. Looking up he saw his only daughter lying still. Fearing the worst Arthur touched Ginny feeling her breathing. Arthur slumped over his daughter crying. Bill managed to pull Percy off the twins so they could stand up.

Ron was standing in what was left of the living room shaking and crying.

A pop was heard outside, all who were left standing stiffened in reaction.

A lone black man slowly approached the home. He stiffened when he saw the dark mark in the sky. Firing off a spell to dislodge the dark mark he called out.

"Can any one hear me? This is Auror Kingsley Shakelbolt!"

Bill slumped in relief. "Were in here! Send for more help!"

Shakelbolt slowly waked into the door. Looking around he saw that the house was in shambles. "There won't be any help. Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley are being attacked."

No one answered him back, quickly making a decision; Bill and Kingsley went around herding the rest of the family outside. Bill went to help his father who was crying over his wife and daughter.

"Dad, Dad, we've got to go." He shook his father gently.

Wiping his eyes, Arthur nodded, "Help your sister. She won't awake." He cried. Arthur went back to Molly gently spelled her up and walked her out the door. Bill followed him carrying Ginny.

Shakelbolt finally got the twins calmed down; they each carried their brother out the door.

CREEK! GROAN! SNAP!

Kingsley stood by Ron trying to get him to come to. "Ron? Ron? Ron!"

Ron looked up at him dazed. "We've got to go!"

SNAP! CRASH! The house was falling down around them. Shaking his head Shakelbolt grabbed Ron's arm and dragged him out the door.

With a final CRASH! The house fell down upon itself while the two ran out the door.

Gathered together the Weasley family huddled around the two women. Shakelbolt just took over, the family was too dazed to think or do anything. Grabbing a few objects "Portus" Shakelbolt laid the portkey on Ginny and Molly.

"Come on grab on!" he ordered.

Bill grabbed each of his brother hands, then his father's hand and laid it on the portkey. Bending down he put Percy's hand also. They would not leave him here.

"ACTIVATE!" Shakelbolt bellowed. A sharp jerk behind the navel took them away to 12 Grimmauld Place.