Headline of the Daily Profit

FIFTH CHILD MISSING

The parents of London's magical community are terrified. Five children have gone missing in the last two weeks. No contact has been made by the kidnapper or kidnappers with the parents of any of the children and none of the children have been found.

Percy Weasley, spokesman for the MOM, stated the auror department had been working round the clock since the first kidnapping trying to find the children.

"There has been little clues to go on. All the children have been abducted in broad daylight, often from their own yards. Everyone, including Mr. Potter, head of the auror department, have been working the case. Most of us here at the MOM are parents and our hearts go out to the families. We are dedicated to finding the children and returning them to their parents."

The MOM continues to ask for your help in solving these cases. If anyone has any information please contact the MOM. They also encourage all parents to increase their efforts to protect their children. Do not let children be outside with out an adult near by.

Ginny tossed the paper to one side. The house was eerily quiet. Hermione had taken James, Al and Lily to the Burrow after the first kidnapping. Molly and Arthur had moved back in temporarily to watch all the children. Victoire, Dominique and Louis were with their French grandparents and Teddy was with Charlie. Angie and Audrey had taken their children to George's island.

Ron, Hermione and Percy were working round the clock and staying at Grimald place. Harry had been running the investigation personally. For the last two days he had not been home.

Ginny hoped that meant that they were close to solving the case and finding the children.

Harry was tired he had been chasing rumors and wisps for three long days. But he felt he had a real lead. He had found an abandon house in Shropshire that had traces of magic still in the air. There were muggle restraining devices in every room. Harry sent out a message to have a team come and investigate. As he was waiting the fire flared in the fireplace, he quickly hid himself.

A rough looking wizard stepped out of the fire. He had a hard edge about him. Harry decided to remain hidden and try to follow him.

Just then the team began arriving outside the house. It spooked the wizard and he turned to apperate. Harry leapt from his hiding space and grabbed the wizards arm. He felt the familiar sensation of side along and suddenly they landed in a cold warehouse building.

Harry quickly disarmed the wizard and bound him, he was preparing to send a message to the team when everything went black.

Ginny sat up with a start. Hermione was in her bedroom. "Ginny Harry is hurt badly and we need to get to St. Mungo's."

Ginny was sitting in a waiting room and only half understanding what Hermione was saying. " He sent Ron a message that a team should meet him at Shropshire immediately. When they arrived there was no sign of Harry. They spent the night trying to find Harry. This morning they had found him and the children in an abandoned warehouse near Dover. The children were badly beaten, but still alive. Apparently they were being abused by a wizard who got off on causing them pain. It looked as if Harry disarmed him and was winning the battle when he was ambushed by another wizard or witch. Ron found Harry."

A healer came in to the room. "Mrs. Potter?" Ginny nodded, to afraid to speak. "I'm sorry your husbands injuries are extensive. We are not sure we can save him we have replaced most of his blood volume. I would advise his family say their goodbyes. You may of course stay at his bedside Mrs. Potter."

Ginny was barely aware as members of her family came and went from Harry's room. She mechanically held Lilly when Molly had brought her and the boys to see their dad. She knew that Teddy had been there but what anyone said or even how long she had sat there she did not know.

She just sat, holding Harry's hand, willing him to live, to keep breathing to open his eyes.

Harry was pale and his breaths came in short puffs. He did not move, not even when the med witches rolled him and medicated him.

She was so scared and the only person who had ever been able to make her feel better when she was this scared was lying in the bed looking as if he was already dead.

Harry made it through the night, just barely. Ginny lost track of the times he stopped breathing. Her existence had been reduced to Harry. On second, one breath at a time.

Sometime the second day she became aware that Teddy was in the room too and that he was not leaving. They did not speak, they were both concentrating too hard on Harry.

Lord she was tired. Harry was breathing a better, Was it two or three days they had been here? She had only had snatches of sleep. But she had to stay awake her will was what was keeping Harry breathing.

Arthur was kneeling in front of Ginny. He was talking, but she could not understand him. Then he tried to stand her up. He was going to try to take her away from Harry! Didn't he understand she had to be hear? If she left Harry would die!

Teddy watched his Grandpa try to get Aunt Ginny to lay down. She became panicked. He thought he understood why. "Grandpa! Leave her be! She won't leave him. Bring in some tea and some broth I'll try to get her to eat. Please Grandpa don't make her any more upset than she already is."

Teddy did get her to eat and her got her to lay her head down and rest from time to time. He did it with out saying a word. He would just hand her the cup or lay her head gently on the bed.

Teddy never left St. Mungo's. He would only leave Ginny long enough to shower, or to eat. Then only if someone was there to sit with Harry and Ginny.

Ron had entered Harry's room one week in to the ordeal and said softly to Ginny, "It's over, we have the people responsible. Neither of you are going to like this, it was Alphonse Skeeter. Rita is the one who cursed Harry."

That was the first thing that anyone had said since the med witch had told her Harry was going to die that made sense.

That evening Teddy knelt in front of her. "Aunt Ginny, Uncle Harry is doing better. Look you can see. He is breathing normal and his color is better. I know you have to be here with him. I'm not asking you to leave. I just want you to go with Aunt Hermione and change. Then come right back and You can hold his hand again. I won't let go of his hand the whole time you are gone. Uncle Ron will sit here with us. Please Aunt Ginny you need to take care of yourself too."

Ginny nodded and reached out a hand to touch Teddy's face. When had the gangling teenager became a man?

She let Hermione lead her to another room. She had a shower, never had a shower felt so good. Hermione had clothes waiting for her and she managed a few bites of a meal before she went back to Harry.

After that Teddy was able to talk her in to taking a break once a day. Everyone in the family understood Ginny was hanging on by a thread. No matter how scared they were for Harry they only showed Ginny strength.

Two weeks and one day after he had been found Harry opened his eyes and reached for Ginny. "Hello Beautiful.

Ginny smiled a weak smile. Teddy had gone for the med witch as soon as Harry had opened his eyes. They poked and prodded and pronounced him on the road to recovery. That night, after Harry had fallen back asleep Ginny finally cried.

Teddy was quickly around the bed and scooped up his Aunt in to his arms. Bill had seen him and rushed in to the room. With out saying a thing he held his arms out for his little sister. Teddy lovingly transferred his bundle.

Fleur assessed the situation and raised a stink until a bed was conjured for Ginny in Harry's room. Ginny slept a full eight hours for the first time since Hermione had wakened her.

Harry was sitting up in bed and had managed a meal of broth, toast and tea. Teddy was clearing the dishes away when he swayed and almost fell.

"Teddy sit down. Son how long have you been here with me and your Aunt?"

"Somewhere around two weeks"

"Son you look like hell. People are going to think you were the one that was attacked. I can't have you stealing my thunder now can I?" though weak Harry's smile shone. " I want you to go home tonight and get some sleep. That's an order!"

Harry improved slowly, September 1st, with Ron and Bill's help, he was able to go to Kings cross to see James off for his first year at Hogwarts.

He was off work for 6 months and Ginny took a leave also. Kreacher fussed and fixed all Harry's favorites.

The attack on Harry had long lasting consequences. Teddy and Louis both figured out they wanted to be aurors. Ginny decided that she had been away from home enough. She began cutting back on her Quidditch coverage.

Percy had been put on administrative leave, apparently he had tried to strangle Rita with his bare hands as she was being led in to the MOM. He was later cleared of any charges. Minister Shakelbolt had released a statement "if the ministry fired Mr. Weasley I'd have to fire half the staff, including myself. He was just the first one to get to her."

Hermione had personally and brilliantly prosecuted both Skeeters. There was no way either of them would be free ever again.

Ron became even more serious on the job. Harry introduced a policy that no auror would work alone ever again. He realized he could have gotten himself and the children killed.

And James managed to stay out of trouble for two whole months!

AN-Enough angst for a while. Yup you recognize some of this from my fic "Teddy". I wanted to show how one incident can cause you to become an adult over night. I also wanted to explore what it is like to watch a loved one be in mortal peril.

BTW James is in Gryffindor and Molly is sorted in to Ravenclaw.