Kingsley pulled Ron roughly out of the chair and onto a bench on the side of the room. James and Lily both hugged Haley before she stood up. Tonks opened the door for her to enter the area. She looked up at the stand to see everyone's nervous faces. She looked across the floor to Ron who winked at her and blow her a kiss.
She heard Tonks say, "Don't worry if he tries to get to you he'll have to get through me." This would have been more comforting if she hadn't stumbled as she said it.
Haley sat in the seat and looked up at Fudge who said, "Ms. Menzel, could you please tell us what happened after Mr. Weasley left you."
Haley tried to speak but the words got caught in her throat. She coughed and tried again, "Well, I don't remember much of the flight. I passed on right after we took off. When I woke up I had a chain around my left ankle and it was attached to a tree. I tried everything short of cutting my own foot off but I couldn't get the chain off."
"Then how did you escape?" Fudge asked.
Sirius yelled, "Hey Minister! Don't ask her questions in the middle of the story! I learned that the hard way."
A couple people chuckled.
"As I was saying," Haley said sending a glare to Sirius, "I couldn't get it off so I slouched against the tree and began to sing. I do that whenever I'm sad or scared. Well, it turns out the centaurs really like music! They heard me sing and helped me after I told them my situation. Ronan got them to break me free while he went off. I stayed with the centaurs and sang for them until Ronan came back. He had a backpack with supplies in it and a blue car that is kinda alive. Apparently Ronald flew it to school once and crashed it. It drove me back. The flying part was damaged in the crash so we had to drive and go around several obstacles to make it back. But eventually we did."
"Did you see Madam Pomfrey right after you got back?"
"Pretty much," Haley answered, "We got interrupted a couple of times when she was trying to heal me."
"By what?"
"First Auror Tonks needed to talk to me. After that the Weasleys came in. They were kinda confused."