A/N: Thanks for getting this far in my story! Again instructive and nice critism please! If you don't like my story then simply click out of it, don't feel obligated to read it if you don't like the story! Trust me, I've been there before! Anyway, for the people who like a little action...enjoy :)
"Potter, Weasley are you paying attention?"
"Of course sir." Harry replied to the already pissed off Robinson. Robinson nodded his head and returned to his map. Smith, Spinnet and Thomas were all laughing at the two of them. If only they weren't on the same team, Harry would curse them.
"Okay we'll ambush Lestrange in one hour exactly. Thomas from the east side, Spinnet from the north west, Weasley from the north, Smith from the south, Potter from the west, and I'll come from the south west. I know that there would be that stupid gap but Minister didn't give me enough aurors. You lot have to make sure he doesn't get out of there." Robinson pointed to Ron and Harry. This is exactly what Harry meant by being singled out for his accomplishments. Leave it to Robinson to give Harry and Ron the hardest and most pressured job out of all of them. "Now get back to your tents and I'll see you in forty-five minutes." All of the aurors nodded their heads and left the Head Aurors tent.
"Did you notice what Robinson just did to us?" Ron asked throwing his jacket onto his bed with anger.
"Yeah, I did. Ron, we should do this job perfectly and then he won't do that to us no more." Ron snorted.
"No it would give him another reason to call us out for things."
"Oh, so you want to do the job terribly?"
"No, he'd call us out for that and we'd never hear the end of it."
"So, what you saying is that we're going to have an endless vortex of humiliation?"
"Yes. It's all because we did a job that no one else in the whole world could do, kill Snake Face. And we did it. Which makes us more famous than Robinson or Spinnet or Smith or Thomas and now we have to endure them giving us the cold shoulder because of our experiences. It is just unfair."
"How would you rather be treated?"
"LIKE A NORMAL PERSON! You know like how we were or really who I was the first few weeks at Hogwarts. I don't think you have felt like a normal person since you were little over a year old." Harry snorted at the thought. He hasn't been known as a normal person in sixteen years. And he was almost sure that he wasn't ever going to go back as a normal person in the future. "Sorry, mate. I didn't mean it offensively. It was just a mere fact."
"I know. I'm not mad, actually I agree with you. But all I can say to you, Ron, is welcome to the club."
"I've already been apart of the club since we met Fluffy."
Ginny sat in the Common Room trying to write her essay for History of Magic that Neville and Hermione so kindly reminded her of. No matter how hard she tried to stay on topic, her mind couldn't stop drifting to Harry and Ron. Who were so kindly fighting someone in some god forsaken cottage. They both probably have blood dripping from their noses, or a bone sticking out of their arm, but even if they did, she would be the last person to get notified. She didn't understand why they would call Harry, of all aurors, and Ron to go on an auror mission. AUROR mission, it was not an AUROR TRAINEE mission. Why would they go? The other reason why she didn't understand why Harry and Ron went was because Harry just came out of his second depression in a year. He was in no fit state to go. WHY WOULD THEY GO?
"Hey, er, Ginny, right?" A chubby boy sat in the seat across from her. She didn't want to get into a conversation right now. She was too busy with missing homework and worrying about her boyfriend and brother to think of anything else.
"Yes…um…who are you?" Ginny asked as politely as she could.
"Well, my name is Carl. I was wondering if maybe you'd like to go to the next Hogsmeade weekend with me." The boy had a cocky expression on his face like he knew what her answer was going to be. "So when should I pick you up?"
"Wow, um, you are extremely mistaken. I'm seeing someone right now, so if you would just run along that would really be nice." Ginny returned to her books but the boy didn't budge.
"Let me guess, The Boy Who Lived? He's not good enough for you and you know it. He has been a complete mess all his life and doesn't see the real you. Maybe you should hang with a bloke like me."
"Oh, you mean a cocky, stuck up, stupid, uneducated, stubborn arse like you?" Ginny gave him a sarcastic smile, she was almost about to lose her temper when the boy scowled at her as his reply. "I can assure you that Harry is right up to par with me. If anything he's even more. So, I'll tell you again. IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU RUN ALONG!"
"Fine, but mark my words, you'll be jealous of me one day." Ginny snorted at him as he walked away. Something about him reminded her too much of Dean. A road she never wanted to take ever again mainly because she was completely sure Harry was the one.
"Wow, nice making new friends, Gin." Hermione approached after having a laughing fest over how the last scene played out.
"Bugger off Hermione." Ginny said scratching the back of her head.
"Are you still mad at me?" Hermione was now sitting where to other boy sat before. Ginny looked at her best friend completely confused.
"When was I ever mad at you?" Now it was Hermione's turn to act confused.
"You yelled at me in the Great Hall. I thought you were mad at me."
"It's called sarcasm. I would tell you to look it up in the dictionary but I'm sure you've already read it from cover to cover." Hermione giggled at Ginny's comment.
"To be completely honest, I did read it from cover to cover way back when I started preschool…muggle school." Hermione knew Ginny had no clue what a preschool was. Ginny nodded then took advantage of this opportunity.
"Hey Hermione, can you help me with my essay?" Hermione rolled her eyes and stood up.
"I've had too much experience with Ron over the past years, Gin. Don't try that with me." Ginny sighed, if only Ron hadn't used Hermione throughout Hogwarts to get answer then maybe she could have finished her essay sooner.
There the two were, hiding behind a bunch of trees, waiting for Rodulphus Lestrange to exit his small cottage so they can ambush him. Ron and Harry were lucky enough to be by each other so they could sort of communicate and pass the time. Robinson would occasionally make a bird noise to make sure his crew was still out there and not asleep. Ron's eyes were slowly getting heavier and heavier and he couldn't stop but drift to sleep.
"Ron…" Harry whispered. He looked around the ground to find a rock in the darkness. Finally he found one glistening of the moon's light. He chucked it toward his best mate hoping it would wake him up. The rock hit Ron right in the shoulder, which made him jerk up for a moment. "Ron…you got to stay awake, mate. If Robinson sees you, your auror job is out the window…" Harry's whisper was intense enough for Ron to know how important this mission could be. Finally a figure walked out of the small cottage and onto the front porch. Robinson made a high pitched bird noise which meant that he wanted everyone to get ready for the ambush. Harry and Ron glanced at each other. The adrenaline was the worst part of this auror mission. Harry listened closely for Robinson's low dog bark, which meant it was time to get the job over with.
Finally the bark came subtly. Ron nodded to Harry and they all got their wands at the ready. Three tree knocks meant that it was time to stupefy him. knock...knock...knock.
"STUPEFY!" all six aurors yelled in unison. Six whitish-blue sparks rushed through the air and hit the man straight in the chest. He fell onto the ground but, the aurors stayed put. They needed to be absolutely sure that Lestrange was completely alone and that they wouldn't be the ones attacked. After ten minutes of constant waiting, The six aurors ran to the man who was lying on the ground. Indeed it was Rodulphus Lestrange who was stunned in the middle of the big porch. Robinson nodded toward Harry to check the windows and make sure no one else was in the cabin.
Harry slowly approached the first window to his left. There sitting in front of the fire with a cigar hanging out of his mouth was the man Harry and Dumbledore stood up for in his sixth year. He still had the disgusting pimple filled face with the worst shaggy hair. Harry winced as his recollection of his appearances came back.
"Robinson…Shunpike is in there." Robinson seemed surprised that they'd get two death eaters in one night.
"Is there any others in there with him?" Harry turned back to the window and made sure that no one was in the room with him. Harry tried to see if Shunpike had his wand with him or without him. There it was on the side table completely unguarded.
"No other death eaters are with him, and his wand isn't anywhere near him…unless it's Lestrange's." Thomas opened Lestrange's jacket to check and see if his wand was with him or not.
"It can't be because his wand is right here."
"Alright, Potter, Weasley you come with me. Spinnet, Thomas, and Smith take Lestrange to the Ministry. You know where the convicts go." The three nodded and apparated with Lestrange by their side. "Okay, let's get him before dawn arrives. It's harder to catch them during the day." Harry nodded then looked back in the window.
"Wait a minute…he looks like he fell asleep." Robinson punched the air like he just got what he wanted for his birthday.
"That means it would be easier to get him." Ron chipped in. Robinson turned to him and nodded. He slowly opened the door and stunned Stan before he could wake up. Right on target. Harry and Ron quickly ran him and carried him to the head auror.
"Alright, we need to get out of here before any unwanted visitors come." They all apparated with Shunpike to the Ministry. They walked through the corridors of the Ministry toward the convict registration area. Robinson gave Shunpike to the other three aurors so that they could get him isolated in his own room to be interrogated. He then turned to Harry and Ron.
"I want to give my apologize to you both. I'm sorry I doubted your abilities. Kingsley was completely sure that you two would be perfect for the mission and I didn't believe him. I thought you two were skilled but not ready. Now I believe that you two are even more professional than I expected."
"It's alright…so does this mean we can go home now?" Ron asked. Truth was he was yearning for one of his mum's homemade meals. He hadn't had one since they had been called away and prepackaged food wasn't cutting it for him.
"Sure, you both are free to return to your homes. I'll see you two in two days."
"Two days? Sir, don't we have training tomorrow?" Harry asked.
"Usually you do. But it's Ministry policy that you get two days off after any mission." Robinson gave them a curt smile and walked away toward the interrogation rooms. Ron turned to Harry and high-fived him.
"Yes! We did even better than we wanted to!" Harry snorted.
"Since when do you care what he cares about?"
"Never, but I take any compliment. Anyway I'm going to get a real meal. Will you be joining?"
"Sure. But let me go home. I need to do something first." Ron nodded and apparated home.
Dear Ginny,
I'm back, but Ron and I can't come to your Hogsmeade weekend, training is now pushed to the weekend for us so we can catch up. Again, I'm sorry but, I'm promising you that I'll make it up to you. You just got to trust me. Anyway, both of us are perfectly fine. Like I said, don't worry about us we'll be okay. Write back.
Love,
Harry James Potter
Auror Trainee
A/N: Thanks for reading! :)
