Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Harry Potter series. That credit goes to the brilliant mind of J.K. Rowling. Go Jo! I also do not own some of the material used. Again, that belongs to Jo and Warner Brothers.
Chapter 1 Mission
It had been ten years since the Dark Lord's defeat. Ron and Draco, who were both now eleven, were flying on their broomsticks for the last time before they had to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This would be their first year. Molly could tell something was bothering her husband as he walked into the kitchen from work at the Ministry of Magic.
"Is everything all right?" she asked.
Arthur glanced at his wife, and noticed their daughter was also present.
"He's still out there," he said.
The small girl turned to her mother, who had put a hand on her shoulder.
"Ginny, your father and I need to talk alone," Molly said.
Ginny sighed and went upstairs to her room. Molly turned back to her husband after hearing the door close.
"He? Are you saying…" she began to say.
Molly gasped and covered her mouth when Arthur looked down and nodded.
"Isn't this a good thing, though?" she asked.
Arthur slowly looked up.
"Yes. The Dark Lord's hanging on by a thread though. And he's given Ron a task," he said.
Molly's head immediately turned to out the window where she watched her youngest son and his friend flying in the backyard.
"Ron?" she asked.
Her eyes were wet when she turned back.
"It's all part of a plan for him to regain power," Arthur said.
"By using an eleven-year-old boy?" Molly asked.
Tears were now streaming down her face uncontrollably. Arthur wrapped his arms around his wife.
"Don't worry. Ron will be in no danger," he assured her.
Molly began wiping her eyes when Arthur let her go.
"When will you tell him?" she asked.
Molly noticed her husband look out the window.
"Tonight," Arthur said.
He took his wife's hand as she looked down.
"Do you think he'll be able to do it?" Molly asked.
Arthur pulled the hand that was in his up and kissed it.
"Befriending Harry Potter and bringing him to the Dark Lord shouldn't be a problem," he said.
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The next day found Ron and Draco at King's Cross. They told their parents goodbye and boarded the Hogwarts Express. Ron and Draco were able to find on empty compartment at the end of the train. Ron didn't think his mother would ever let him go from her embrace.
"I don't believe it," Draco said after Ron told him about the mission.
Ron looked down and laughed. It had been an hour since he had let Draco in on what Voldmort wanted him to do.
"That's about the thousandth time you've said that since I told you," he said.
Draco looked sad when Ron looked over at him. Ron thought his best friend would be happy.
"Why not me?" Draco snapped.
This surprised Ron. This was certainly not anything to be jealous about Ron thought. This was going to be a difficult mission. Ron couldn't be too surprised, though. This usually came out right after the "I can't believe this" line.
"I've told you that for the thousandth time as well. No one knows about my family's involvement with the Dark Lord. It'll be easy convincing Potter that the Weasley's have been in Slytherin because of being Pureblood and nothing else," Ron said.
Draco crossed his arms and looked down with a sour face.
"He better believe it," he muttered.
"Who can resist this face?" Ron asked.
He was determined to get Draco out of this mood, and it worked. The two began laughing. They quickly stopped laughing as they heard a knock.