Chapter 3
"A New Threat Arises"
It was a cold and rainy night, one of those nights you wouldn't expect anyone to be outside. Yet, two lone figures could be seen racing across the English countryside, if you cared to look.
"Damn it why must we trek through this hideous weather, I don't think a few hours will make a difference" whined the smaller of the two figures, as he bundled his cloak up a little tighter.
"Listen to me you little twit, if you don't shut up soon I may just find a more productive use for you than following me around whining" snarled the other man.
"Yes, yes of course no need for violence, I will be quiet now" squeaked the smaller man cowering away from his much bigger traveling partner.
"That's what I thought… Now then we have until the full moon to get there or this plan will be a bust and we will have to start from scratch… we have three days" said the bigger man looking up to the sky, shaking his head.
"Do you really believe turning him will help us to rise back to power I mean even if this does work he will still be no replacement for the Dark lord, Greyback." sighed the other man as he sat in the grass taking advantage of this short rest.
"I am aware of this fact Rookwood, but with the power of a werewolf and wizard combined he could become much more powerful than you'd expect" snarled Greyback losing his patience.
"I suppose this could be true, no need to get upset now. First things first we will have to find him and turn him" said Rookwood doing his best to keep his companion calm, for his own sake.
"Yes I suppose you're right Rookwood, now then let's carry on" said Greyback setting off across the countryside again with Rookwood close behind.
Elsewhere…
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were hard at work on the task Mrs. Weasley had given them for the day, cleaning the library.
"Goodness, this is this is the first time I think even I am beginning to get sick of books" Hermione sighed after sorting what seemed like the thousandth book that day.
"Blimey, Harry I think it's happened I think 'Mione's finally snapped" laughed Ron putting his arm around his worn-out girlfriend.
"Ha, I know all the times we wanted into the restricted section, now I think I'd be happy to never see this library again." chuckled Harry levitating another large pile of books on to the table in front of them.
"Geeze, Mum really did give us the most boring job possible didn't she?" sighed Ginny grabbing one of the books off the pile.
"Well at least we only have a few piles left, and the castle is finally starting to look like its old self again though" smiled Hermione grabbing an armful of books and putting them on the corresponding shelves.
"That's a thought that worries me" said Ginny a frown forming on her face. "Once this is done what's going to happen to George and Mum" she finished sighing and looking down at her feet.
"It is gonna be rough for all of us what with Fred, and Lupin, and Tonk's funerals all to be taken care of once we leave here" said Harry looking out the window
"Without the work to distract her I don't know how Mum is gonna handle everything" said Ron beginning to look a little glum himself.
"Well all we can do is do our best to be strong for them and be there for them whenever they need us, we will make it through this I know it" said Hermione getting to her feet with more books.
"You know what Hermione you're right we can get through this as long as we're together, the worst is behind us" said Ginny doing her best to force a smile on her face.
"Yes the worst is behind them, and it's all my fault they can't celebrate with their family properly" thought Harry to himself bitterly
"Are you okay Harry you have been unusually quiet for a while now?"Asked Ginny taking up the vacant chair next to Harry's.
"Yeah Gin, I'm ok I was just thinking about some stuff" replied Harry as he stood up, "Well we are almost finished here let's hurry up and get done so we can eat and then see what your mom has in store for us next" he said stretching.
"LUNCH! Sounds great mate" said Ron grabbing as many books as he could carry and shoving them haphazardly onto a nearby shelf.
"Honestly, Ronald is that all you think about is food?" Hermione chuckled trying her best to clean up his mess.
"Food and you, ha, what else matters" Ron said winking at Harry as he put his arm around Hermione.
"Well I am glad that we can still have some fun after all we have been through maybe things might be ok after all" Harry thought as he put his arm around Ginny and placed the last book on the shelf.
"Now let's go eat!" Ron cheered happily doing his best to lighten everyone's moods.
A/N: well that's two back to back I kind of rushed through this one but I am trying to make up for lost time I hope you like it. Again I am sorry that it is so slow going here in the early chapters but I promise things will pick up as the story progresses. For all you who take time to read this I will let you decide who Greyback should be trying to turn, I have my own idea for now but if I get enough votes for someone else I could be persuaded to make a change. Well let me know what you think so far, please be gentle if you don't approve that's all I ask.
How will the Weasley family cope with things once they are back in the Burrow with no Fred and a mute George?
Will we find out who it was that Fenrir Greyback needed to reach by the fullmoon so badly?
Will Harry ever overcome the guilt of all the deaths during the war?
Tune in next time for: CHAPTER 4 "Back to Reality"