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"What is he doing here?" Ron asked, his ears turning red.

"I invited them over for lunch, so that 'Mione could tell us what's happened in the last eight years. You were there, Ron." Harry replied calmly.

"Surely you didn't mean him as well!" Ron shouted.

"Well, I said 'they' which, in everyone else's mind, meant the entire family." Harry reasoned. We all saw that Ron was going to be yelling for a while, but Draco was the first one to say something.

"Ginny, Harry, would you mind if I took the boys to Diagon Alley? I don't want them to have to hear any arguments."

Ginny replied almost immediately. "That's a brilliant idea! Harry, is that okay?" she said turning to her husband.

"As long as they don't come back hyped up on sugar, that's fine. That time your mum took them there was horrible. They were up all night!" he replied chuckling.

"Your not seriously going to let him take your children out of your house, are you?" Ron asked.

Ginny shrugged. "If 'Mione trusts him, I trust him."

"The same for me. You can always take them, if you want. But then you'd miss the story."

"I can do that. You can fill me in later."

I noticed the grin that spread across Ginny's face. She said, "You should probably take Scorpius too."

Ron gulped. "I should?"

"Mind you, he loves your brothers shop. We'd have to send you with some money. And if I find out you told him something I wouldn't want him knowing yet, I'll be looking for you tomorrow." Draco said, with one of his genuine smiles.

Ron gulped again. "Okay. Malfoy can take them. But if I find out you hurt James or Al, I'll be lookin for YOU tomorrow."

Draco snorted at this statement, which is pretty rare when there are people other than me around. "Why would I want to hurt children? I'll go up and get them. Harry, would you prefer us to floo, or apparate?" Draco said.

Harry looked taken back by the question. "Uh, I'm not sure. Gin?"

"Floo would be better. They've done that before. Will you need us to help, since there are three kids?"

"No. I'll be fine. I'll floo to George's shop and leave your boys with them and come back for Scorp." he said, as he started to walk up the stairs.

"Oh, and Malfoy? Don't let them get anything from George. I'll have to tell you what happened to Filch. It was absolutely disgusting, yet amazingly brilliant." Harry laughed, turning a slight shade of green.

Draco raised an eyebrow, but then continued up the stairs. A few moments later, the three heard the fireplace go off numerous times, telling them that they were the only ones left in the house.

"So, should we start with lunch?" Ginny asked. Ron smiled an went into the kitchen. We started to eat, and we lapsed into a tense silence. Then Ron asked me a question.

"'Mione, why don't you tell us about the day you left."

"Uh- okay." I said putting my fork down.

Well, that morning I went into the Minister's office to ask for an out-of-the-country job, because I was tired of the expectations between Ronald and I."

FLASHBACK

"Good morning, Minister. How are you today?" I asked.

"Doing well. What brings you here this morning?"

I chuckled nervously. "Well, I was hoping you had an assignment I could take that would put me out of the country for a while."

He opened a drawer, and started rifling through the papers that were there. As he did this, he said, "Well, there are plenty to take you out of the country, but most of them are only for a week. I take it you'd like to be gone longer than that?"

"Correct. I'd like to be away from here for as long as possible." she replied.

Then she heard him gulp. "The only case longer than a week is the Lucius Malfoy case. In which, you'd try to find out if he is innocent or guilty by searching his home, searching memories and solving if they are real, and interviewing family members."

"That's the only one?" I asked.

"Yes. And I think you would be perfect for this case. I was going to have to assign it soon if I didn't get an offers. I was going to have to sign it to Neville, but I'm not sure how that would work." he chuckled.

"Uhmm.. Okay. I'll take it. When do I leave?" I said nervously.

"This afternoon. Come here at noon and I'll give you the file and brief you."

END FLASHBACK