Though they knew they could be helping put their dad in jail for there was a chance, the twins knew they needed to do this, and were not backing out. Their little brother had done so much for them, given them the money and the courage to open their shop, and they would stand by him. The money had been bad enough, they could not believe their family had done that to Harry, but to think their dad would give Albus drugs to use on Harry, was above and beyond. Albus would likely have not even known about such drugs, he had likely turned to his contacts for some ideas, and Arthur because of all of his work, much have been happy to tell hm. Fred knew his dad had been doing work with a hospital that combined wizard and muggle medicine, one of the many attempts since the war, to bridge the gap. Fred remembered before the war wards were so worried about trying to bridge, worried about the dangers it might introduce, and it seemed they had been right on that.
It was agreed that Fred would keep an eye on their dad, and George was going to look into the school, wishing he had Harry's map. He knew his brother would have given it to him to use, well he only had it because the twins gave it to him in the first place, but they had not wanted to worry Harry if they could. As far as the twins knew he had not been told about the drug, just given something any time he needed to be near the headmaster alone, for he had enough pressure on him. The twins were hoping they would find the proof to get the headmaster out of the school sooner then later, but at least Christmas was approaching. They had heard the headmaster was trying to press Harry to be sent to the Burrow for Christmas, especially with Remus and Tonks to head off on a honeymoon, but Andromeda would see to that.
Fred had been following his dad for a few weeks, as best as he could for his brother had the cloak, and had no sign of proof. But that unfortunately was all about to change, well fortunately for Harry, but not for Arthur. Fred was shocked when his dad actually was handling it at home, Fred would have thought his dad would have been smart enough to keep it away from the home, since he would risk the house doing it here.
He summoned Alastor as he was told. "I have seen that man with dad at the hospital a few times. I have a feeling we may have the proof that we need."
Alastor cast disillusionment charms on them both. "We need to catch him red handed. But unless your dad agrees to testify, we will need proof on Albus too."
Fred of course knew that, it was the reason his brother had been spending time at the school, but this would be a start. He kind of hoped his dad would be willing to testify against the headmaster, perhaps to get a lighter sentence, and help this end for Harry sooner. He had long ago stopped hoping his dad could show some honour, he had sadly seen the true side of his parents and some of his siblings, but he thought the man might act to save his own skin. Fred had been told to call on Moody, Tonks would have been called bias because of her soon to be stepson, so Alastor had been the obvious choice, and Shacklebot was an obvious Albus flunky.
Arthur was smart enough to be in the back garden, Fred wondering if he knew his brothers did not trust him, for both Charlie and Bill had proven true to Harry. Percy and the younger two were the only ones who really were with their parents on this.
Arthur looked at the man. "Have you got what I need from you? Brian is worried they have caught on to the other, it has not been working well."
The man handed him a bottle. "He will have to be careful about how much he uses on the boy. This stuff can be deadly if he uses too much on the kid."
Fred shared a look with Alastor, knowing deep down that Brian was Albus, it was his middle name after all or at least one of them. The words though hit home more then anything, and Alastor knew they had enough to arrest both men for it. They knew they would risk tipping off the headmaster, but they would have to Alastor summoned a few others of his men and approached Arthur.
Arthur looked surprised at him and at his son. "What are you doing here Alastor?"
Alastor smirked at him. "Arthur Weasley you are under arrest for possession and intention of distribution of an illegal substance."
Though they were apart from the house, those inside had over heard the commotion as Arthur and the other man, who was caught by a leg locking curse before he could attempt to escape, by Fred, and the family came flooding out of the house. They were all in shock, especially seeing Fred, but the look on Bill and Charlie who had been home, though both had found new places to live since the summer, reminded Fred of their support of Harry that summer.
Molly came over to her son. "What have you done? I can't believe you would have any part in setting your father up like this."
Fred sneered at the woman who called herself his mother. "Dad has been helping to drug Harry to try and get his money. I am protecting my little brother."
Amelia met them at Moody's office for they were trying to keep it as low key as possible, Moody having a friend cut off the floo network from the Burrow, hoping to give them some time. Arthur was made promises of some leniency if he admitted that the headmaster was involved and would testify to the part the headmaster had played in all of this, but if Arthur never seemed to have loyalty to Harry, or to some of his kids, he proved his loyalty to Albus that night.
Moody motioned for him to be taken away. "You will stand trial in a few days, and you can be sure we will press for you to face prison time for this."
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Severus was worried when the news hit them that Arthur had been arrested, for they knew that Albus would know soon enough, from home or the ministry. They were surprised that the man had not agreed to testify against the headmaster, to save himself from going to prison. They would have though his desire to be there for his family and take care of them, would be greater then his loyalty to the headmaster. The headmaster did not have the power he had during the war, and when his crimes against Harry came out he would have enough trouble saving his own skin, to try and help Arthur out of his mess as well.
He was not sure why he was worried, Harry was supposed to have been spending some time with Draco and his friends, under the guise of potions work, but he could not sit still. He had sinking feeling something was not right, and when he found Draco and Harry was not with him, he was concerned even more.
Remus had appeared and it seemed he was not the only one. "I saw Percy come onto the grounds. The headmaster knows about Arthur. Harry needs to be careful."
Severus explained that they were not sure where Harry was at the moment. "I hate to think it, but there is a chance that Albus will try something, nothing to lose."
They had word from the ministry that the drug that Arthur had been seen to purchase was a serious narcotic, and considering how much rohypnol Albus had used, there would have been a good chance that the headmaster would have used too much, if he got his hands on the rest.
Filius appeared when they were heading through the entrance hall. "Poppy asked me to keep an eye on Harry for you. I saw him leaving with Albus."
Severus was shocked when the man admitted Harry looked unwilling, but he had been unable to stop the headmaster. "Damn it, where the hell did he take Harry?"
They had known the man was greedy, for both power and money, and is actions that year had been worse then before, but they had still held out some hope. They were not sure he would hurt Harry, as in kill him, for he needed Harry and his power and money, but that brought little comfort to any of them right now. They needed to call upon anyone who they could trust to help them, to try and find Harry, without raising too many alarms. There were a few members of the order, Harry's older friends and even perhaps Charlie, for he was involved with Oliver.
Lucius had come up when he heard what was going on, and clapped Remus on the shoulder. "We will find your son. That man will not hurt him again, I swear."
Remus sighed and looked around. "I'm just worried, why take him from the school unless he is going to......"
He trailed off for e refused to say the words, for if Albus was going to kill Harry he would not do it at the school, it would be too hard for him to escape or hide it after. He was taking serious risk taking Harry from the school, too many people had noticed he had done it, and it worried them how desperate the man had become. Remus prayed that Lucius was right, he could not lose Harry, he had lost too much already, and his son he could not lose now.
Tonks appeared as they were heading out onto the grounds. "We know where he took them. We got word, but we have to hurry."