Chapter 5:
Hermione and Bill landed just outside where she knew the burrow should have been. Though she could not see it she knew where it should have been. Looking around she also noticed the quiditch feild was gone too.
"You all hide the quiditch feild also?" Hermione asked amused. Bill laughed at this.
"You know us boys. We all like to play quiditch. The only way mum would let us play is if it is protected. So I added it to the protectio feild. Now come on. You have to be holding on to one of us Weasley's to get through for the first time. After that you will have no problem." He explained to her.
"What if some one impersonates one of you. Won't they be able to get through?" Hermione asked as they started to walk through the barriers.
"No. I have it set to recognize our magic. Not blood or anything else. Each core is different and recognizeable. You can't copy it. No matter what you try." Bill told her as they walked up to the house. In the kitchen Molly was cooking a lot of food with the help of Ginny, Aliesha, and Katie. Katie and Aliesha were currently dating Fred and George. The had been since the end of the war.
"Hello Hermione dear. How are you?" Molly asked.
"I am good, thanks. Starting the cooking early?" She asked in reply.
"A little yes. Some of this is for the meeting. As some of the people aren't staying for the party. Right now Ron has Harry and the twins out at the quiditch feild if you want to join the dear."
"Do you need any help in here? I learned a little cooking from my mum." Hermione said looking around at all the stuff.
"No that is alright. We have everything under control. Most of it is almost done now. It'll be about an hour till everyone starts showing up for the meeting. So enjoy yourself." Molly replied returning to the cooking. Hermione followed Bill out to the quiditch patch. Once there she could see the boys all up in the air playing a two on two game.
"Hey Bill, Hermione. Why don't you come join us." Ron called as he caught another goal. Hermione shook her head and called back.
"No thank you. You know that I do not like to fly." Ron shook his head at this and turned back to the game.
"How come you don't like to fly?" Bill asked as they sat down and watched the others fly around.
"Never have had a liking for flying. Or hieghts at that. I like to keep my feet firmly on the ground." She said with a small chuckle.
"Flying is not so bad. When you are up there just don't pay any attention to they ground. Keep looking straight ahead. And back wards once in a while. Don't want to get hit with a rogue bludger." Bill said looking up at the game as Harry scored another shot.
"Hey Harry, you sure your a seeker. Looks like your better at scoring the goals." Bill yelled up to them. Harry looked quickly at Bill then tuned back in to the game. Minutes later he caught the snitch and landed on the ground.
"Nah, I prefer seeker. I could have ended the game earlier. But what fun would that have been?" Harry said laughing at the looks on Fred and George's face.
"How's your summer been Hermione?" Ron asked walking up to her.
"Very well thanks. An yours? Did you get that homework done." Both Harry and Ron looked sheepishly at this.
"Um not yet. Almost there tho." Ron said. You could tell he was lying through his teeth. Hermione looked at Harry and raised an eye brow. He looked everywhere but her.
"I think it is time to get inside and change before the meeting don't you Fred?" George asked his twin and they started to walk off. Ron and Harry followed them quickly with the same excuse.
"Don't think I have seen any of the run that fast all summer. Unless it was from mum." Bill said amused.
"They all hate it when I ask them about homework. Most of the time because they haven't done it. They will thank me for it later though. If they want to graduate this year." Hermione said as Bill helped her up from the ground.
"That is very true. If Ron thinks he is getting an easy A in my class he has another thing coming his way." Bill laughed. They walked back to the house where there was a large group of people already gathered. Hermione looked around and saw Victor standing talking to Fred and Georege. He had a girl hanging off of his arm. She was short and blonde. Hermione said good bye to Bill and walked over to the group.
"Hello Victor how are you?" She said walking in to the circle.
"I am good Hermione. How are you?" He asked looking her up and down.
"I am well. How has your trip been?" Hermione asked. The girl next to Victor pulled his arm just a little to get his attention.
"Excuse my manners. Hermione this is Millina Costof. Millina this is my good friend Hermione Granger. We have known each other since the Tri-wizard Tournement." Hermione stuck out her hand to Millina.
"Very nice to meet you." She said
"And you. I have heard a lot about you." Millina said. The boys started to talk again. They brought up the prank store and quidditch.
"So how did you meet Victor?" Hermione asked Millina.
"The war brought us together. We were fighting in the same fraction of the Order. He came up to me and intorduced himself." Millina explained.
"That is sweet. When he came to Hogwarts he was really shy around the girls." Hermione said with a smile.
"Yes he is. He was very shy when he introduced himself."
"You didn't know of him before that? He is big in the quidditch world. Where did you go to school? I don't remeber seeing you in Hogwarts." Hermione said ever inqusitive.
"No, my family didn't follow quidditch. My mother taught me. She didn't want us going to some school far away from home. She was over protective. After you-know-whos first reign." Millina explained.
"Yeah, I don't think my parents wouldn't have let me go if they had known about him. They are not much for violence." Hermione told her.
"How could your parents not have known about him?" Millina asked.
"My parents are muggles. All they know about the war and Voldemort," Millina cringed at the name, "was what I told them. I kept them out of the loop for their protection." Hermione explained to the girl.
"Ah. That makes scence. It is good you did that. They shouldn't have to worry about that. There are enough people in our world that have to worry about it." Millina said with a small smile. The girls continued their talk till it was time for the meeting to start.
"Hello everyone. Thank you for coming. Now our friends from Bulgaria have come here with some information. We think this has something to do with the ministers murder. Mr. Krum would you please come up here." Professor McGonagall said. Victor stood and walked up to the elderly lady.
"Thank you professor. For the past three months we have been tracking the movement of three highly wanted Death Eaters. The Lustrange brothers, Lucius Malfoy and one low level Death Eater, Roger Davis. They have been staying in large cabins in the woods. We have been unable to get too close to the cabins. They have wards up. Nothing up to these standards, but still quiet effective." Krum began. As Krum was talking Bill came up and sat down next to Hermione.
"What makes you think they're trying to bring Voldemort back? I can understand them trying to reorganize and get back together under a new rule. But that monster is dead. How could the bring him back?" Bill asked after Victor was done talking.
"We over heard Davis and another man talking about it. They said they had some kind of spell that would bring him back." Another of the Bulgarians said.
"We have been looking up any spells that can bring a person back. The only thing that will do that is a horcrux. But Harry has destroyed them all." Millina said standing up next to Victor.
"That's not the only way for him to be brought back. They could use the stone from the hallows." Hermione said.
"Yes but we heard that they were going to use a spell. Spacificlly. When Davis is drinking he likes to go off t the mouth." Krum said, "He was bragging to me. He thought he was better than me even though I am a star quiditch player and he is a nobody." A lot of people smiled at this. The meeting continued on for a while talking about what else they could use to bring them back.
"We are going to need volunteers to research about all of the spells that can bring a person back. Also we need people to join our Bulgarian counter parts keep an eye on the rogue death eaters." McGonagall said. Hermione looked around at all the people before standing up.
"I will be one of the people to research. Hogwarts has the largest library, also I can get just about any books I need from the people around me, or buying them." She said. Everyone nodded knowing she was one of the best.
"I will help her anyway I can." Bill added. McGonagall nodded to this. With both of them at the school they would be able to accomplish a lot.
"I will join the Krum in Bulgaria." Remus said. He and Tonks had servived the war by mircle. Now they were raising Teddy the best they could.
"As will I of course. We can make it look like we just moved there. Find fake jobs." Tonks said standing next to Remus with Teddy on her hip.
"Alright be careful. We don't want anyone getting hurt. Act normal." McGonagall said. Everyone divided up the rest of the tasks.
"Alright, everyone it was good to see you again, I wish it was under better reasons. If you are heading out we will see you later." She said. Bill and Hermione stood up stretching. Molly had the girls help her bring out the rest of the food. Including Harry's birthday cake.
"Happy Birthday Harry!" Everyone choursed. Harry got red at this. Everyone gathered around him and put the presents in front of him. He opened each with a thank you. Hermione got him a brrom service kit for his Firebolt. Bill got him books on DADA. Ron got him chocolates, while Ginny got him a new watch.
"Thank you everyone for everything." Harry said standing up. "I couldn't have asked for a better family of friends around me to celebrate my birthday!" After everyone finished the cake and food off the table people started to wander around the property in two's and three's. Hermione helped Harry and Ron to bring up all the presents to his room. Than she sat down as they headed to the quidditch feild.