A/N: Sorry that the story's "too muggle". I'm new to fanfiction.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
After lunch, the Weasleys, Harry, Hermione and Ara decided to visit Mr. Weasley accompanied by Mad-eye and Lupin. After Christmas pudding, all of them boarded a car that Mundungus "borrowed". The car was enlarged inside so everyone could fit comfortably. They arrived at St. Mungos minutes later after passing through the glass window of Purge and Dowse, Ltd.
"That was cool." Ara said after she passed through the glass.
"That's what I thought too!" Hermione said.
Inside, in a reception area filled with rickety wooden chairs and outdated issues of Witch Weekly. The place was decorated festively and there people were greeting 'Merry Christmas' to each other. Ara felt the hospital give off a nice warm feeling in her.
"Come on now, kids!" Mrs. Weasley said cheerfully and they all followed her down the corridor to Mr. Weasley's ward.
Mr. Weasley was propped up into a sitting position and was reading the Daily Prophet. He noticed the group put down the paper and greeted them.
"Ah! Merry Christmas!" he said cheerfully.
All the kids greeted him 'Merry Christmas' and they lined up to give him their presents. When it was Ara's turn, Mr. Weasley paused.
"One of Ginny's friends?" he asked, curious yet polite.
"Yes sir. I'm Ara Black." She said and gave the gift.
"Black, as in-" he dropped his voice into a whisper. "-Sirius Black?"
"Yeah. He's my dad." She said cheerily.
"Ah! So you're the famous Ara!" he said.
After Harry gave his gift to Mr. Weasley and he opened them all. Ara looked around. The room seemed quite gloomy to be a hospital. The walls were dark, there was a portrait of a stern looking wizard on the wall and there was only on small window in the far end of the wall.
"Ah! Harry, Ara! These are wonderful!" Mr. Weasley had just opened their gifts of fuse wire and screwdrivers from Harry and a rubber duck and two muggle television remotes from Ara.
He stretched out his hand to shake their hands and stopped when Mrs. Weasley yelled "Arthur!"
"You've had your bandages changed. Why are they changed a day early?" she snapped.
Ara remembered from the book that Mr. Weasley tried stitches for his snakebites but failed.
"Uh. I'll get a cup of tea." Ara said quickly and walked out the door before the argument went in deeper. She waited outside with Mad-Eye and Lupin.
"Yeah. Mrs. Weasley gets mad at Mr. Weasley because he tried muggle stitches." Ara said.
"And all these information are in the book?" Lupin asked.
"Yeah. I think Harry himself will write them in the future." Ara said.
"Well, best hope we could prevent the war from coming." Mad-Eye said.
There was a long silence, which broke when Ron came into view.
"Ah! There you are, Ara!" Ron said, followed by Harry, Ginny and Hermione. "We were just going to get some tea."
"Oh. Okay!" she said and followed them.
The stairwell to the tearoom was lined with portraits of medi-witched and wizards. All of them were shouting out cures and remedies of various illnesses. One wizard told Ron he had Spattergroit which made him turn red and shout back. "They're freckles!"
Harry, Hermione, Ginny and Ara were laughing at him and Ron glared back. "Let's just get out of here."
They climbed up more stairs. Ara was so fascinated by what the witches and wizards were telling her that she didn't notice the group stop.
"Oi! What's with the wall?" she asked.
She was replied by silence. Ara got frustrated and peered over Ginny's shoulder. There, his face plastered on the window, was Gilderoy Lockhart. His blond hair, wavy and his teeth shining white.
"It's Professor Lockhart!" Ginny said.
"Whoa." Ara said in disbelief. He looked just like the one in the movies, only shinning blue eyes were blank. "Let's get that tea now!" Ara said and pulled them into the door and dragged them to the door of the tearoom.
"Just wait, Ara." Hermione said quite crossly.
Ron and Ara rolled their eyes. Of course Hermione would want to see Lockhart. A motherly looking witch called out for Lockhart and pulled him into the closed ward. Ara sighed and followed them, hoping they could go out before Neville leaves. As they went inside, Ara eyes the flowery curtains surrounding two beds. The healer went out and came in with a stack of gifts in her hands.
"Her you are, Agnes!" she said and talked to a woman with a furry face.
"Harry." Ara whispered.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"We need to get out, now. Neville's about to leave." She whispered.
"What? How-"
"I'm in the Order!"
"Mrs. Longbottom, leaving so soon?" asked the motherly healer.
"Damn! Too late." Ara said.
The flowery curtains have been pulled back and an old woman in a long green dress, a red bag and a hat with a stuffed vulture. Behind her, was a tall plump boy, looking quite miserable.
"Hey guys! Let's go back to Lockhart!" Ara said, pulling them.
She managed to pull them near Lockhart a few inches but gave up when Ron said. "Neville? Neville!"
"Ron! You idiot!" Ara said.
"What?" He asked then returned to Neville. "Hey Neville! Did you know, Lockhart's here? Who are you visiting?"
Neville was pale and speechless. Mrs. Longbottom turned around and smiled.
"Ah, Neville. You're friends, I guess." She said and went straight to Harry.
"You, of course, are Harry Potter. Neville speaks most highly of you." She said and they shook hand.
"Oh! Thank you…" he trailed off.
"And you tow, must be Weasleys." She said, stretching her hand out to shake Gonny's and Ron's. She turned to Hermione and shook her hand.
"You must be Hermione Granger. Helped Neville out of some very tight spots." She said then looked at Ara and Mrs. Longbottom's face scrunched up.
"Have we met?" she asked.
"No, ma'am. I'm Ara Black." She said.
"Black eh?" she said, her eyebrows raised. "Related to Sirius Black?"
"Yeah." Ara said. "Why?"
"Do you know where he's hiding then?" she asked.
"No." Ara lied. "I haven't seen him at all." She said.
Mrs. Longbottom gave Ara a look then stopped when Neville's mum tapped her shoulder.]
"Yes, Alice dear?" she asked.
Neville's mum pointed at Neville.
"Alright. Neville, get it. Whatever it is." Mrs. Longbottom said.
Neville took the sweet wrapper from his mum's hand and put it in his pocket. Neville and his grandmum left.
"I never knew." Ron said.
"Me neither." Hermione said.
"Me too." Ginny said.
They looked expectantly at Harry and Ara.
"We knew." Ara said.
"Dumbledore told me and apparently, it was discussed in the Order." Harry said.
They before they left, Lockhart called them and gave them two large stacks of autographs.
"Thanks! I think." Said Ron as he took half of one stack.
The five went down back to Mr. Weasley's room. Mrs. Weasley cooled down and was talking to Mr. Weasley.
"Ah! There you are. What are those?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"We passed by Lockhart." Ginny grumbled.
Mrs. Weasley blushed, stood up and looked at the stack of photos. She flicked her wand and they all flew into her purse. Ara guessed there was an extendable charm because it didn't look bulky at all.
"I'll just keep these safe for you." She said and patted the purse.
A/N" How was this? Hope it wasn't too muggle. Since this is short. I'm going to update again later.