-Chapter 20-

Ron, Willow and Bill ran around the hedge, opposite the direction of Hermione, Charlie, Aislin and George.

"All right, over you go," Bill said aiming his wand at Ron.

"What, what are you doing?"

"Mobilicorpus!" Ron shot up over the hedge and landed on the ground on the other side with a thud. Willow landed next to him seconds later

"Ow! You git!" Ron growled through the hedge. Bill landed on the ground next to Ron. "How did you…what?"

"I learned when I was working in Egypt. Don't tell Mum I can do it. She thinks flying without a broomstick or anything is Dark Magic. I can only do short distances, that's the biggest leap I've taken in a while. Now come on, we've got to find a door!"

Ron, Willow and Bill ran around the house and found a door. Bill pressed his ear to it and heard nothing. He unlocked it and cracked it slightly. It was a kitchen, brightly lit. Pots and pans were bubbling on the large stove. Bill quickly shut the door when he saw a house elf come in from one of the other doors.

"Shit. We can't go in there, it's the kitchen. There's an elf in there getting ready to serve dinner."

"That's perfect, we can catch them all off guard in the dining room," Ron said.

"Good thinking little bro. Let's see if we can find another door."

They snuck around the house more until they found yet another door. Bill checked it again and unlocked it. He peered inside and it was dark. The tip of his wand lit up and he poked it inside the door.

"This one's clear, let's go."

The trio stepped inside the room. There was an old desk and a few old broken chairs off to one side, several tattered books were strewn about the room. There was a thick layer of dust on everything indicating no one had touched the room in years.

"Glad Hermione isn't here," Ron said. "She'd be trying to pack all of these books with us."

There was a thud from the desk when Willow dropped one of the books. Bill chuckled and Ron groaned.

"These books are ancient! They're probably worth…"

"Willow, I understand that you love books, I really do but we can't waste any time. I promise when the Aurors come clean this place out I'll get some of them for you but not right now!"

Willow smiled and flung herself onto Ron and kissed him.

"You will?"

"Yeah, but right now we've got to save Ginny."

"You got the Extendable Ear?" Bill asked.

Ron broke away from Willow and rummaged through his pockets and pulled out the ear.

"You know I actually had Fred and George send me some of these while I was still working in Egypt. They're brilliant for listening into tombs for poltergeists and the like."

Bill slid one of the ears under the door and he and Ron listened to the other.

"…a letter from the Ministry about Draco's trial…"

There was a thud and then several sets of feet scrambling. Ron, Willow and Bill joined them, they were just behind Hermione, Aislin, Charlie, and George. Everyone stood in the foyer facing opposite directions, wands drawn.

"They're in the dining room," Bill whispered.

"I think Ginny might be upstairs," Hermione added.

"I thought the dungeons were the best bet!" hissed Ron.

"We should get to the dining room and incapacitate whoever we can then split up. Harry, Ron, Willow and I will go down to the dungeons. Hermione, Charlie, Aislin and George, you go upstairs and check Hermione's theory."

"She doesn't have any evidence!" Ron hissed again.

"Yes I do! Please just let us try."

"We're doing it my way," Bill growled, "Hermione's no dolt, if she has a feeling then we're going with it. Someone conjure a patronus to come find us if she is up there and we will do the same if she's in the dungeon. The second you have her and send it or the second you see it then I want you to apparate to Grimmauld Place. Wait one hour if no one else shows up and then alert the Ministry. Everyone got it?"

A series of yeses and yeahs came from the group. They traveled down the hallway looking around. A glow was coming around the edges of one of the doors and they heard voices from inside.

"Where is Narcissa?" a female voice asked.

"She answered the door a few minutes ago. Probably someone from the Ministry," this voice came from a male.

"And Rabastan?" the female asked again.

"He went to…check on the girl," the same male voice answered. Hermione had a sick feeling when she heard that.

Bill, Charlie, and Harry burst through the door first and cast Stunning spells, immediately followed by a second wave of them from Hermione, George, and Ron. Aislin and Willow watched the doorway. Alecto hit the floor, unconscious and Rodolphus started casting back with different spells. A killing curse missed Charlie by centimeters and Rodolphus was taken down by a full body bind from Harry. Shards of dishes flew around the room.

The door to the kitchen swung slightly. Billy nodded his head towards it. He kicked the door open and a streak of green shot through it. The entire group ducked to the floor and Bill and Charlie both cast stunning spells. There was a loud crash of pots and pans hitting the floor. Ron stood up and started casting body bind curses into the room. He saw Amycus fly through the room and hit the wall then fall to the floor, unconscious.

"Bloody hell," Bill said, getting up from the floor and dusting himself off.

"I thought all the Lestranges were dead!" Charlie yelled. "And who the hell are these two?"

"Carrows," Harry said. "They're supposed to be dead, too."

"The Ministry is going to have a fit with this one…" Ron muttered.

"Come on guys! We have to get Ginny!" they heard Hermione yell from the dining room.

"You okay, 'Mione?" Ron pointed to her head when he came back in the room. Hermione reached her fingers up to her forehead and winced when she felt a gash.

"Fine, Ronald. I'll take care of it later."

"There is at least one more lurking around here," Bill said while Charlie did body bind curses on Rodolphus and Amycus. "Be careful, all of you. It's a Lestrange, he's not afraid to use the killing curse."

"We know, Bill," George said, rubbing a bruise appearing on his neck.

Bill peered out into the hallway and motioned for everyone to go. Hermione, George, Aislin and Charlie headed towards the staircase. Harry, Ron, Willow and Bill went to find the door to the Drawing Room where the entrance to the dungeons was.