The Truth Of A Certain Black Family Member

Chapter 4- Reactions

By: The Gryffindor Drummer

Disclaimer: I don't own it, just the plot.

Recap of chapter 3:

"What do you take me for? Actually, don't answer that...yeah, lets get started," said Harry. With that, they began to stuff their faces, whilst getting all their bad feelings out and all their anger.

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Back down in the kitchen, everyone was thinking about how they never picked up on the fact that Hermione was being beaten up at her own home.

"I can't believe it! Hermione was being hurt, and she felt that she couldn't tell us. I feel so terrible! I shared a room with her and I didn't even notice that anything was wrong! I'm a horrible friend!" Ginny wailed.

"You're not a horrible friend Ginny," said Sirius. "We all didn't notice..." he trailed off. He glared at the wall with as much malice as one could throw at a boring white wall, before punching his fist straight through it.

"I think that someone should take the first aid box upstairs now. Or should we floo Madame Promfrey?" Dumbledore asked. He wanted people to focus on the issue that was at hand, rather than the hole Sirius made in the wall.

As soon as Professor Dumbledore said this, the kitchen was alive with movement everywhere. There were people running about looking for the first aid box. Others were sitting down and talking about what jinxes that they would like to use on the Grangers, and then there were the other group of people (i.e. Fred and George) talking about what they should do to make Hermione feel better.

Eventually after a few minutes of mayhem, Mrs. Weasley took it upon herself to make a system happen.

"EVERYONE, STOP!" she yelled. "Clam down please; you are giving me a migraine. And I'm sure mayhem won't help in a situation like this." She studied the room before her.

"Minerva, Severus, please go to Hogwarts and fetch Poppy," she said. Without waiting for a response, she turned on the others. "Alastor, what room are Harry and Hermione in? And what are they doing?"

"Harry and Hermione are in the room Sirius gave her for the Christmas holidays. And it looks like Hermione is crying and Harry is holding her," Moody replied. He feared the rumors were true, that when Molly was on a mission, you followed what you were instructed to do, or you would wind up deaf for a week from her yelling. Molly nodded.

"Very well then. The rest of you, do not go anywhere near the upstairs third-floor unless you have permission from Dumbledore, Sirius, or me, or else you are doing washing up for a week without magic. Got it?" Molly instructed. Everyone nodded their heads showing her they would do as she said, for fear of getting one of her infamous telling offs.

Shortly afterwards, McGonagall and Snape left using the floo network, to go and fetch Promfrey from Hogwarts. Sirius rushed to find the first-aid kit, looking all over the kitchen, and almost overturning many chairs and cabinets.

Dumbledore, noticing Sirius' quick rush to find the medical kit, asked," Sirius, would you like to come upstairs with me so we can speak to Hermione and find out how she is holding up?"

Sirius nodded his head, not stopping to find the first-aid kit. Once he did, he rushed up the stairs, with Dumbledore close behind him. Molly started to give people jobs to do to keep them out of the way.

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