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Chapter Four: The Weasley Family
If Percy, Sirius, and Tonks thought that Ginny's anger had been a sight to behold, they have not seen anything yet. When Mrs. Molly Weasley arrives at 12 Grimmauld Place, all of London probably knows it. James Sirius, Albus Severus, Rose Weasley, and their cousins promptly hide themselves. They know to make themselves scarce when Grandma Molly is angry. Teddy hangs on to Remus for dear life, and Evan is being securely held by his Uncle Harry. Lily Luna and Hugo are both miraculously still asleep in the nursery. Thinking the shouting was from an enemy attack, Lucy runs upstairs to guard the nursery despite being wandless. None of the Weasleys have seen her, nor has she seen them, which is probably a good thing.
All the adults adults look on as Molly's rage breaks over the three. Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Ron, Ginny are very amused, as do Harry, Fleur, and even Hermione a little. Arthur shoots eve-ryone apologetic looks, but does nothing to stop his wife. Fred's wife Angelina, George's wife Padma, Severus, Madelyne, and Cedric just looked on with polite indifference. James and Lily looked alarmed, wondering if they should intervene. Percy's wife, and former widow, Audrey is torn between coming to his defense or helping her mother-in-law. She decides to just stay where she is. A very wise decision.
Molly is giving Percy the most severe of her famous shouting lectures. Percy, having witnessed his brothers get such lectures before, knows to stay where he was and not say anything until she was finished. Molly gives Sirius such a hexing that he ran for cover. He is now crouched behind James in a very undignified manner. Tonks gets such a scolding from Molly that she is left sob-bing and begging for forgiveness like a child who has been put in time out. If this was Molly's re-action, Tonks shuddered to think of the scolding her own mother, Andromeda Tonks, was going to give her when they reunited. Teddy gets distressed at seeing his mother distressed, and only Remus's soothing keeps him from crying out. There are no signs that Molly would be stopping anytime soon.
Lucy can't stand it any more. She had to defend her brothers from this attack. She still doesn't know that this it is her own mother doing all the shouting. Lucy rushes around frantically looking for a wand or anything else that she could use as a weapon. She quickly finds Percy's wand, which he had wisely left in the guestroom he was using. Lucy takes her brother's wand and runs back down the stairs.
Lucy raises the wand at her mother's back and shouts, "Stop!"
Molly stops shouting at once and turns around. She is shocked at what she sees there. A young woman who looks just like her, and just like her daughter Ginny. Arthur, the Weasley brothers (minus Percy and Ron) and their wives (minus Hermione) looked every bit as shocked as she was. They knew about Percy, and were ecstatic to have him back, but they had not been told about Lucy. The truth dawns on Molly, Arthur, Bill, and Charlie at the same time. This woman must be their little Lucy, their baby girl they had thought long gone. Her death had been crushing for them, especially for Arthur. Now, here she was, very much alive and very much a grown woman.
Arthur's knees buckle slightly, and Lily puts her hands around the Weasley patriarch's shoulders. Molly falls to the floor in a dead faint, with James catching her before she's hurt. James and Lily knew what Molly and Arthur must be going through right now. They knew how disorienting this must be, seeing their child as a baby one minute then an adult the next. James and Lily's hearts went out to Arthur and Molly. James and Lily had died leaving Harry unharmed, but Arthur and Molly had to survive the death of their baby. The Weasley siblings rush to their mother's side, but she regains consciousness quickly and waves them away. Molly rises to her feet and looks her elder daughter dead in the eyes. There are tears running down Molly's face, and so, so much love in her eyes.
Lucy meets her mother's gaze, and slowly lets Percy's wand slip out of her hand. Arthur steps out past his wife. He and Lucy run toward each other at the same time. Father and daughter embrace for the first time in thirty-one years. Tears stream down both of their faces.
Lucy looks into her father's eyes and whispers, "Daddy? Is that really you?"
"Yes, sweetheart, its really me."
Lucy starts to sob for joy into her father's shoulder. Arthur just holds her, trying not to start sob-bing right along with her.
Percy gathers his mother into his arms, and lets her sob for joy as he hugs her. While Fred and George stare open mouthed at the scene in front of them, while Bill and Charlie smile at the re-union of Arthur and Lucy. Bill and Charlie are old enough to remember Lucy and her death, so they knew who she is. They each put a hand on Lucy's shoulders. Arthur and Molly are standing hand in hand with all eight of their children for the first time.
The room erupts in loud cheering. Everyone knows Arthur and Molly Weasley well. They know that they are extremely loving and devoted parents to their children. They all saw how hurt the couple was by the death of Percy, who died as an adult. They can't imagine the utter devastation Arthur and Molly felt upon the death of their infant daughter. They are more than deserving of the miracle they have received today. Everyone is extremely happy for the Weasley family.
Arthur gives Lucy a kiss on the forehead. He puts an arm around her shoulder, and Lucy lays her head on his shoulder. Lucy, and the other Resurrected who don't know them, are quickly in-troduced to her other brothers and their families by Molly.
Molly starts, indicating Bill and Fleur, "This is your oldest brother Bill, his wife Fleur, and their three children, Victoire Apolline, Dominique Gabrielle, and Louis William Weasley."
Bill is the same as ever. He still had his long red hair and his edgier attire. Fleur has lost none of her inherited Veela beauty. Their eldest child, seven year old Victoire, was born on the day of the Battle of Hogwarts, and is an undeniable Weasley in her looks. Her five year old younger sister, Dominique, on the other hand, is Fleur's little clone. Three year old Louis is a good mix of his parents. All three children
Molly goes on, "This is our adventurer, your brother Charlie." Lucy can tell that she is going to like Charlie. She can immediately see that he can empathize with her more than the others. Charlie smiles at her, knowing what she needs. Working and living in a different country and ca-reer field than his family, Charlie understands the distance she feels from the family in spite of deep mutual love. Lucy is grateful that she will have someone from her family that can under-stand her in some way.
Molly puts her arms around Fred and George, "These are our resident troublemakers, your brothers Fred and George." The twins reward their mother with kisses on the cheek for her whol-ly appropriate introduction. "Fred, George, this is your older sister, Lucy."
The twins resolve to get the full story later from Bill or Charlie. Right now, they proceed to treat Lucy to their usual charming, mischievous, and dramatic selves. Lucy is laughing heartily, a sound that her family finds very encouraging. Molly shakes her head fondly, then introduces the twins' families to Lucy.
"This is George's wife, Padma, and their son, Panju Ronald Weasley. This is Angelina, Fred's wife, and their children, Percy Fred Weasley and Roxanne Angelina Weasley."
Percy snaps to attention at hearing his nephew's name. He looks at Fred, completely dumb-founded. Fred laughs at the expression on his normally serious brother's face, and nods at Percy in confirmation. Percy scoops up the little six year old boy, who seems very pleased to meet him. He then seizes Fred by the shirt and pulls him in for a bear hug and dances the three of them around a bit. Everyone cracks up at seeing Percy react in a way so uncharacteristic of him.
Four year old Roxanne pouts a little at not being a part of Percy's little happy dance. Lucy goes over and picks her up, spinning her around and eliciting some happy squeals. Two year old Pan-ju laughs at the antics of his cousins, showing none of the shyness the other children had upon first meeting the Resurrected. He appraises them with mischief and carefree eye, leaving them no doubt that this boy is truly the son of George Weasley and the nephew of Fred Weasley. Pan-ju, like James Sirius, is most interested in the three Marauders that his father and Uncle Fred idolized so much. One look of warning from Grandma Molly tells him not to get any ideas just yet.
Molly has only three people left to introduce, and she has clearly left them for last. She snaps her fingers importantly, and Fred and George take up stations behind Percy and Lucy. "This is Audrey, Percy's wife, and their twin daughters, Molly Audrey and Lucretia Cedrella "Lucy" Wea-sley."
George has to physically restrain Lucy as she begins to freak out with excitement over the fact that she has a niece named after her. The Weasley siblings chuckle as they remember Molly's reaction when little Molly Audrey's name was announced. The Weasley matriarch had done pret-ty much the exact same thing Lucy was doing now.
Percy falls back against Fred, who puts him back on his feet. Astonished, he stares at his six year old twin daughters. They have his curly, Weaseley red hair, but look exactly like their moth-er otherwise. Percy takes a knee and opens his arms. The two girls fly into his embrace without hesitation.
Their excited squeals of "Daddy! Daddy!" melt absolutely everyone's hearts.
Another loud round of clapping and cheering at yet another heartwarming reunion. The Resur-rect are of course delighted to have more children in the house. They repeat their earlier excited fawning, with Albus once again being a crowd favorite. Molly and Lily then lead the ordeal of put-ting all of the children to bed.
With that done, everyone starts to get settled in for the night. They go back into the dining room and get to work on some delectable desserts prepared by Dobby and Kreacher. Things slowly start to calm down at 12 Grimmauld Place.
There is a knock at the front door. Everyone gets their wands out, and Harry goes to open the door. He opens it to reveal Narcissa Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, and Andromeda Tonks.