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Chapter 22

Confuto Celo Veneficus

Papers flying, people yelling, trunks thumping down the stairs, and several people rushing back and forth, it was a madhouse. Which at this point in time, was the one and the only way to describe the current state of the Burrow.

Molly Weasley was busy doing the yelling to a pair of ginger haired boys who had 'accidentally' some of their new brand of fireworks; soon to be available in time for the Christmas Holidays.

Elsewhere in this bustling building was the youngest of the Weasley men and best mate to Harry Potter; Ron Weasley he was in the process of running back and forth between his room and the rest of the house checking to make sure he did not leave anything behind. For he was eager to see his friend on the school train and did not want to be late.

Hermione Granger, the better half of the Golden Trio; the one who did her work and pushed the boys to do theirs was, at this moment sifting through the books she was looking to bring this term. In the end she decided that she should take all of them seeing as she might end up in any situation where she might need one.

The only person in the whole of the Burrow that did not seem to be in any rush was Ginny Weasley. Having done her packing the night before, she currently was sitting on her bed re-reading a letter she had received from Harry.

Dear Ginny,

You may be wondering as to why I am writing to you and well the truth of the matter is I really only sat down to write your brother and Hermione and the Headmaster. But I found myself writing to you to say that I thank you for all the help you gave me in the Ministry that night. Also while I know that all the stuff that happened that night was not entirely my fault I wanted to say that I was sorry for putting you in the danger I did. I am doing better than I was at the end of the year but I have 'come to grips' you could say about what happened. I am looking forward to seeing all of you on the train. At which point I will tell you what I can but of course I do need some secrets. I wouldn't be me if I didn't,

Take care and I shall see you soon.

Harry

"Ginny it's time to go" Ron yelled.

"Coming" Ginny replied stowing the letter in one of her pants pockets.

The ride to the platform was uneventful. Gone were the days when they had to turn around because someone had forgotten something. No, they were growing up and for two of them in the cab they had one more year left after this coming one. And there was the fact that they all wanted to see Harry; who had said he would be there.

They arrived at Kings Cross with just enough time to find a compartment and load their luggage. "Have a good year dears" Mrs. Weasley said "and make sure that either you or Harry writes to let us know that he got on"

"Yes Mum" Ron replied giving a wave and with that he led the way down the length of the train looking for an empty compartment. Unfortunately the only one left housed a boy of about twelve sitting in a corner with an open book. At seeing him Ron started to kick him out however Hermione cut in and explained to him that he had no right to order anyone around as if they were a house-elf. That last part shut him up but he could be heard mumbling "Harry…Seating…SPEW…Bossy know-it-alls"

And had Ron not been to busy brooding he would have seen her shooting glances between the boy and the compartment door. "Hermione, stop being so antsy he will be here" Ginny said as she had noticed the glances.

This caused Ron to snicker which stopped as quickly as it had started because Hermione had thrown him a glare that said 'so help me if you laugh'. They sat in silence for a bit longer. All of them keeping busy with their reading but if you were to ask Ron why he was; he would promptly point out that it was "Quidditch Through the Ages"

After having grown tired of his reading Ron made to put his book away but found he could not move, save for his head. "Hermione I am sorry I upset you and you're right I have no right to order people around, but you have no right to put a Binding Jinx on me"

It wasn't exactly an apology and Hermione noticed this and retorted with "Thank You Ronald for those 'oh so kind' words. But I will have you know that I did no such thing. Besides I can't move either"

"I'm stuck as well" Ginny chimed in.

"Hey kid can you move?" Ron asked

"My name is Tomin and yes I can move because I am the one who jinxed you Ronald" the boy said as he made to stand.

"Well take it off and I will think about not pummeling you" Ron exclaimed

"I'm sorry but I can't do that just yet" with that said Tomin withdrew his wand and with a fierce motion brought it down and said "Confuto Celo Veneficus" causing Blue and Gold sparks to shoot from his wand and land on the forms of Ron, Hermione, and Ginny.

"Reverse that spell right now" Hermione yelled.

"I cannot do that for you see, that was a one time spell and it has no counter" the boy said.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Ginny asked

"You mean to tell me that the great Harry Potters friends have not yet deduced who I am?" Tomin said with a sneer.

"If you have done anything to Harry I will personally AK you on the spot" Ron said quietly hoping to get how serious he was across to this kid.

"Well I would hope you at least think before you do something like that because Harry would surely miss your presence" Tomin replied.

"You have no right to say what or how Harry would feel" Ron exclaimed

"Or perhaps I would know"

"And how do you figure that Skippy?" Ron asked

"Maybe, because I am Harry Potter"

Elsewhere

"You summoned sir?"

"Yes, is everything in place?"

"It is and may I offer my apologies for thinking that this would not work?" the hooded figure asked

"You may but you should know I too had my doubts but it seems that you pulled it off" the shrouded figure said.

"If you did then you did not show it" the first figure commented.

"It is my job to not show it or have you forgotten that?" the dark figure questioned.

"No I have not but…" the hooded figure started

"Yes?"

"What I mean to ask is…what of Severus Snape master?"

"He served his purpose and if I am not at all mistaken you have somewhere you need to be correct?" The dark figure asked.

"Yes, you are right master may I take my leave?" the first figure asked

"You may" the shrouded man answered "and what an addition you shall make to the Hogwarts staff this year"

A/N: Well I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. I am sorry that this wa not up sooner but life is going on. I am preparing for school and I'm working plus my grandmother just passed away so...but have no fear I do have the next chapter written and am getting ready to send it off to my beta soon. I hope you all stay safe and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. And as always PLEASE REVIEW.