Chapter Four- Wedding
The next morning, I grab my bag and Jayden's arm. We Apparate to just outside the Weasleys' house. Mr. Weasley greets us. "How are you two?" He asks. "Fine." I say, stuffing the necklace down my shirt.
"Hello, Mrs. Weasley." I say. "Hello dear!" She replies, not looking up from her busy preparations. "Hermione and Ginny are upstairs, would you mind helping them?" "Not at all." I reply, handing the bag to Jayden and heading upstairs.
Hermione looks up from her task. "Hello!" She says, walking over. "Hey." I reply. "Molly sent me up here to help, so... Need any help?" Hermione shakes her head. "We're pretty much done." She sits down next to me on Ginny's bag. "Watch out for Phlegm." Ginny says disgustedly. I smile. "She's going to be your sister-in-law as of tonight." "Doesn't mean I have to like her." Ginny retorts. I laugh, refraining from telling about the incident with Scrimgeour yesterday.
That night, I'm dressed in a blue set of dress robes, letting the golden necklace dangle in front of my dress, my hair dyed red, as it will be for a while. Jayden and I dance on the dance floor until I spot Luna and head over to see her. She is wearing a bright yellow dress.
"Hello, Luna." I say. She turns around. "Oh, hello Carina." She says dreamily. "That's a nice necklace. My father has one exactly like it." "He does?" I ask, surprised. "Yes, see?" She leads me over to her father. "Hello Daddy. Carina has a few questions about your necklace." Luna says, leaving me awkwardly with her father. "Xenophilius Lovegood. Luna's told me all about you." He says. "Hello." I say, shaking his outstretched hand. "So, what's this symbol?" I show him the necklace.
"It's the sign of the Deathly Hallows, of course." He says. "The what?" I ask. 'The Deathly Hallow? Surely you've heard the Tale of the Brothers?" Mr. Lovegood asks. I shake my head. "Mum never really was one for fantasy stories."
"Well, the gist is that three brothers met Death at midnight and he offered them each a gift. The first brother took a wand more powerful than any other, the Elder Wand. The second took the power to call others back from the dead, in the form of the Resurrection Stone. The last brother took something to hide from Death, the Invisibility Cloak. The first brother, drunk with power, was killed, thus starting the trail of the Elder Wand. The second brother called back his dead fiancé, but she did not belong, so he killed himself to be with her. The last brother could never be found by Death until he grew old and shed the Invisibility Cloak, passing it on to his son." Mr. Lovegood explains. "That is the symbol of the Deathly Hallows." He points at my necklace. "Thank you." I say, walking off to find Jayden.
A silvery light enters the room. I recognise it as Kingsley's Patronus. "The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour dead. They are coming." His deep voice says. At that instant, I can hear pops of Death Eaters Apparating to the Weasleys. "Carina, get out of here!" Tonks yells over the commotion. Jayden grabs my arm, swinging our bag over his shoulder, and I can feel us Apparating.