Chapter twenty one

Arthur glanced at everyone before he looked back at Charlie, 'Even when I explained to her how this would affect us, she did not seem to care. I know it's hard to say this about one of my own but she only cared about herself, not her mother, not me and not any of you. If she didn't take her own life then she would not have stopped until she took your life Charlie. Right now I'm disappointed that a child of mine could be so heartless, so selfish that even in death she wanted to stop you being together,' Arthur looked at his wife before his other sons before finally turning back to Charlie, 'In my opinion I would say show her that nothing can come between you two, stick to your plans. Molly dear, what do you think?'

'They should marry as planned and Charlie should open his shop. I am of the same opinion Arthur, she did not care about any of us. I am ashamed to be her mother, so let's send her off in a fitting service then all of us can have the life we all fought hard to get.'

Charlie looked back at Harry who was still staring at him, 'Alright, let's gets married as we planned.'

'Ron, Hermione, would you two write to all your friends that were friends with Ginny. Explain what happened and that the funeral will be in two days at Ottery St Catchpole's graveyard. Bill, Percy, George, you three write to the rest of the family, let them know. I will speak with Muriel so she knows that her home won't be needed for Ginny anymore,' Arthur said.

'Mrs. Weasley, would you mind if I stayed in the twins old room?' Hermione asked tentatively.

'Of course not dear, why don't you take your belongings in now, and I might start dinner.'

'I'll help,' Fleur said kindly as she stood up. So as Molly and Fleur went to organise dinner, all the boys apart from Charlie and Harry, gathered parchment, ink and quills. Arthur nodded to his sons before he left to speak with Muriel.

'I'm going to speak with a healer, you mentioned it a while ago about being tested and now Hermione mentioned it. If I knew about this when I was younger it could have stopped this from happening.'

'It would have, so they'll probably take some of your blood as you are now and as your dragon. Even though it's rare no one knows when this could happen again. You dated Cho when you were fifteen so it would need to be done before kids started to date each other.'

'Yeah, but I thought Cho was pretty when I was fourteen, I asked her to the yule ball but she already accepted Cedric's invitation. So what Hermione said about the age of ten or eleven, that sounds right, don't you think?'

'Yes, I never thought of girls until I was thirteen, all I thought about was dragons.'

'I was twelve when I first noticed girls, I don't know anyone that thought about dating before that age,' Bill said.

'If a healer can't do anything Harry maybe an unspeakable can. We have to go through their department anyway, maybe you could mention this,' Ron suggested.

'Good idea, I'll see a healer first. But Fleur, you're part Veela, can that be tested to see if your kids will have Veela in them?'

'It is part of us 'arry, zo we all know our children will be Veela or part Veela. If zomeone did not know anything about their family, then yes, our blood would show our Veela 'eritage.'

'Then maybe it can be tested,' Harry sighed as he stared down at Charlie's hand in his, 'I wonder how it works though, why a Morphixen choses one person over another. We both said it Charlie, we were seeing girls and now we're together like it was always meant to be.'

'We are meant to be but that's not what you meant is it?'

'Well, if they could test for the Morphixen then maybe they could test to see if certain people have something inside them that makes them accept the venom. You didn't hesitate when I asked Charlie, you just lifted your head to expose your neck.'

'I see where you're going with this Harry, yes, there must be something in Charlie that is different from the rest of the Weasley boys…or Ginny. It could be something in his blood, something to do with his soul or even his magical core. You two are soul mates, life mates, bonded in every way. Now there are ceremonies that couples can do that joins their souls during their wedding ceremony. Powerful people can also join their magical essence to each other with another type of ceremony, but that doesn't mean they are meant to be life mates or soul mates, they are doing it artificially, that's one way to describe it. You and Charlie are pure and natural soul mates in every way,' Hermione explained.

'Then let's both see a healer, if they can determine that I was always going to be the mate of a Morphixen then everyone can be tested. This could have been double trouble in a way, you were dating Ginny I could have been in a relationship with someone. That Sunday morning I turned up when I haven't been because of helping everywhere, yet I did. Maybe whatever it was that made me accept the venom gave me a nudge or something.'

'Then we'll see if they can find out. I might be the only one for another four hundred years but if they can work on some test then the next couple will know when they are young and have everything explained. Hey Hermione, maybe you could write down everything about us, the way we were on that day, how we reacted, how we've been since the Morphixen emerged. It would give a more up to date knowledge, especially with what happen.'

'I'll work on sitting down with both of you, probably one weekend when we have time.'

'Let's eat for now, those letters can be sent first thing in the morning,' Arthur said helping his wife and daughter-in-law load up the table. They might know that Ginny deliberately took her life to stop Charlie and Harry being together and they were upset they lost another member of their family. But they all realised they were not going to let Ginny's plans destroy their lives. They will bury another member of the family then they will support and celebrate Charlie and Harry's bonding, exactly what a family should do.

Two days later the cemetery in Ottery St Catchpole was crowded with people, some where there for the Weasley children, some for the parents. But even the teachers of Hogwarts turned up as most of them taught the Weasley's, Ginny being the last. The aurors apart from Ron and Harry were together, staying at the back to allow the extended Weasley family to stay close together.

When the service was over they all walked slowly back to the Burrow where all the boys helped bring out food Molly, Fleur, Hermione, Arthur and Bill had prepared that morning. Not a lot of people liked the moments right after a funeral, but having everyone join the family at their home is the way the Weasley family wanted to finish the day when they lost a family member.

'Harry.'

Harry turned and was instantly hugged, 'Hi Hagrid.'

'Are you okay mate?'

'You know, worried about Charlie and the rest of the family, but we're all doing okay, considering. How's Grawp?'

'Good, he's coming along great. We got word about why she did this and where.'

'Yeah, my parents place, it's still so hard to believe she did this and the reason behind it. We get she was hurt but to go this far is just unbelievable. Anyway, how's Hogwarts?'

'Not the same without all of you, actually,' Hagrid glanced around, 'It's kind a quiet.'

'That's a good thing Hagrid,' Harry gave his big friend a smile.

'It's just not the same.'

'You always knew we would leave one day, but now we're settled into being aurors I'm make sure to drop in to Hogsmeade to visit.'

'Actually, that's where I'm thinking of having my shop,' Charlie said as he stepped over to Harry, 'You can pop in and see me with all the animals Hagrid. But before you ask, no, there will be no blast ended skrewts, Ron told me about those and also no acromantula.'

'Their harmless Charlie.'

'Harmless, they tried to eat Ron and me Hagrid. But talk to Charlie for a bit, I want a word with Madame Pomfrey,' Harry kissed Charlie then hurried away, he really didn't want to get into a discussion with Hagrid about any of the monster animals he felt was just misunderstood, Harry knew the truth, most of what Hagrid liked were monsters.