This is set at the beginning of GoF during the death eater riot at the Quidditch World Cup.
“Come on, let’s go” Hermione said briskly, grabbing each of Harry and Ron’s wrists and pulling them away from Malfoy
Ron was fuming, and calling Draco a lot of things he never would have said infront of Mrs.Weasley
“Ron” Hermione scolded “It doesn’t matter- we need to get into the woods like your dad said” she finished
After about fifteen minutes, they found a small clearing with dry grass. Ron sat down up against a tree and pulled out his miniature version of Viktor Krum.
Hermione started pacing back and forth feverishly
A very small twig seemed to snap in the distance, most likely an animal
“What was that?” Hermione asked sharply
“Probably just a squirrel or something” Ron said dully
After a few more seconds Hermione said
“I’m going to go check on it”
“ ’mione, it’s probably just an animal, it’s fine” Harry responded, now pulling out bits of grass from the ground
“Then I’m just going to check, just in case” She said and quickly walked back into the wood
“She worries too much” Ron said to Harry “maybe when she’s back we can find Fred, George, and Ginny,” Harry nodded
A few more minutes of silence, then from the opposite way Hermione went, voices.
“And find my wand” Harry added
Two familiar, very similar voices
“Ginny?! Ginny?!” Fred and George called out
Harry and Ron both stood up
“Ron?” One of the voices responded
The twins stumbled into the clearing, both with their wands out
“Harry, Ron- is Ginny with you” Fred asked desperately
“Wha-Ginny? No, why isn’t she with you” Ron said, both twins blanched
“We got separated, we can’t find her, where’s Hermione?” George asked
“She thought she heard somthing, she’s just back there” Harry said, jerking his head to where she had gone
“We need to find her, then she can help us find Ginny” Fred said
They all turned to where Hermione had went
Ron, Fred and George all lit their wands
“Ginny- Hermione?!” They all shouted
“Fred, Ron, Harry!” George yelled after a long while later “Over here!” He called
The three others went to join him, he was kneeling down in between to close trees, shining light right on the ground
George picked up two twigs- no, it wasn’t twigs- it was two halves of a Vinewood Wand- with dragon heart string poking out of each snapped half.
They all head a loud snap from behind them. A dark silhouette of a man
“Morsmordre” He muttered in a strange voice
A burst of bright green light erupted from the end of the wand, and it transformed to a skull and snake
“What is that?” Ron asked
“I don’t know, but it can’t be good” Fred said
The four all started running twords the spell caster, Harry tucked the fragments of Hermione’s wand into his pocket.
When they got there, there was no one to be found
A ray of white light shot from the edge of the wood,
“Stunners! Run!” George said
They all turned the other way but it was too late
Harry groaned awake there was a dull ache behind his temples. Everything was very blurry, he brought his hand up to his face and readjusted his glasses.
Everything went into focus, harry became aware of the many ministry wizard faces staring down at him, almost all of them had their wands lit.
The light cast on a familiar face
“Mr.Weasley?” Harry asked, finally sitting up
“Dad-what-” Ron said sitting up next to him
Fred and George sat up a few feet away both rubbing their heads
“Dad, we can’t find Hermione , and we lost Ginny” George said, his eyes darting from his father to Harry
“Lost ginny- Can’t find Hermione-what?” He asked
Harry pulled out the fragments of Hermione’s wand
“Merlin’s beard, what happened”
They told him all what happened, from Hermione going into the the woods, then George and Fred them, then all going to look for Hermione. Then finding her snapped wand, the strange man casting the spell, then the stunners.
Mr.Weasley had a locked jaw, eyes slightly glazed over. After a long pause, he spoke in a small voice
“I want you four to go back to the tents, Charlie, Percy and Bill are there, tell them to meet me back here, and have Charlie take you, and Cedric Digory to get a port key home, understand” He said
“But dad, we can help- we want to find them” Fred said
“No, you need to go home, now” He said
The four walked back scilently, Harry finally had his wand back, Mr.Weasley had given it to him, but didn’t explain why he had it, but Harry didn’t dare ask why.
When they got back to the tent, Ron held the flap open and the let the rest go in.
There, Charlie, Percy and Bill were all sitting around the small table. Bill had a sheet wrapped around his upper arm, Charlie had a tear on his shirt, and Percy was attempting to staunch the steady stream of blood from his nose.
“Good, you guys are back, where are dad and the girls” Charlie asked
George told them what happed, by the end, after telling them about Hermione’s snapped wand, the three oldest Weasley brothers were silent.
Bill stood up, looking very pale and clammy
“Charlie, you heard dad, go find Cedric and get them home” Bill said in a very hollow voice “C’mon Perce”
With that, Percy and Bill left the tent
“Alright, you guys pack up your things, I’ll pack up Hermione and Ginny’s things” He said
He pulled out his wands and murmured “Expecto Patronum”
A bluish, silvery baby dragon burst from it. It reminded Harry of the baby dragon Norbert that Haggrid had adopted in his first year.
“Come to our camp sight, pack your things. Your dad wants me to take you home” He spoke clearly to the animal, then he waved his wand, and the dragon flew out the tent
After ten minutes, Fred, George, harry and Ron all were packed up, and Charlie came back from the girls’ tent with their two bags.
The sound of huffing made everyone go outside.
There Cedric was with a very large bag, and looking like he had run ally he wa over to them.
“What’s going on? Why are we going now?” He asked
“Hermione and my sister are missing, our dads are looking for them now, but they want you five back home, okay?” He says in a would be casual tone
They walked to where they first arrived by port key, there Basil was waiting looking slightly harassed
“Basil, my dad and Mr.Digory need them to get home quickly” He said as he handed Hermione and Ginny’s bags in the twins’ hands
“Alright, one port key or two” He said, going over to the basket of old port key objects
“I think it would be better for two, one to the Digory’s and The Burrow- Cedric, you’re okay traveling alone right?” Charlie asked, Cedric nodded
Basil handed Cedric an old coke can and handed Ron a rusty horse shoe.
“Alright, go home, and tell mom what happened” Charlie said looking at Fred and George, he took a deep breath and said “We’ll find them- be safe”
And with that he backed away as Basil counted down
Harry and the twins grabbed onto the horse shoe
Harry felt a jerk behind his navel and felt his fingers glue to the horse shoe as everything blurred
Within seconds, all five of them were tumbling onto the Weasley’s front lawn
“Boys!” The voice of Mrs.Weasley sounded
She had been standing the doorway, clutching the Weasley family clock in her hands. She ran over to them
After a few moments of hugs, and shuffling back inside with all the bags, the twins told her what happened
“And then we used the port key home” Fred finished, Mrs. Weasley looked pale, and had watery eyes
“Her wand- it, it was snapped?” She asked in a shaky tone
They all nodded, harry felt a sinking feeling in his gut
He looked at the clock Mrs. Weasley had been clutching
Fred, George, Ron, and Mrs.Weasley’s names all pointed towards ‘home’
Bill, Percy, Charlie and Mr. Weasley’s names pointed towards ‘work’
And Ginny’s pointed to ‘Missing’
They all were sitting in the living room, no one spoke
Harry felt like an intruder on the Weasley’s private moment
Hours and hours they sat until the the moon dipped below the horizon, and the sun started to rise.
The clock spun, Bill, Percy, Charlie, and Mr. Weasley’s names spun, from traveling then to home.
Harry was hoping beyond hope that when they looked into the the fron yard, Hermione and Ginny would also be with them
The oldest Weasley’s all stood in the front yard looking, all looking gaunt and pale
Mrs.Weasley ran out to meet them like how she’d done for the first group
Harry looked throught the window as she led them back to the house.
When they got inside, Charlie waved his wand and made all their bags disappear
“Did you find anything?” Fred asked in a shaky voice
Mr.Weasley shook his head numbly
Mrs.Weasley’s body wracked with a silent sob
“I think you all should but to bed” Mr.Weasley said, wrapping an arm around his wife
“But father, we shoul-” Percy started
“All of you- Now” Mr.Weasley cut him off in a tone that left no room for argument.
They all walked up the stairs, pairs breaking off to go their own rooms
When Harry and Ron finally got up to the attic bedroom,
Harry couldn’t bare to look Ron in the eyes, not when they were both trying to hide tears.
Harry let himself fall into his bed, and shut his eyes.
In only a few hours, judging that the sun was directly over head, there were loud noises from downstairs
“....Arthur.... Ginny’s changed....Mortal peril”
“....Bill....Percy..... Ministry”
“....found her wand.... snapped.... just like Hermione’s....”
the voices swam in Harry’s head
He jolted all the way awake when the distinct sound of breaking glass joined the din of noise
Ron and him got up and ran halfway down the the stairs to the twins who had also woken up
Mrs. Weasley was standing in the kitchen, clutching the family clock, with a broken glass right next to her feet, which, judging by the red-tinted brown liquid that had pooled around the glass, had contianed fire whiskey
The clock in her hands had changed from the last time Harry had seen it. Eight of the nine names were pointed towards ‘Home’, the last one, however, was Ginny’s name, and it was pointing towards ‘mortal peril’
“What’s going on” Fred asked, bounding down the stairs and catching mr. Weasley off gaurd
“They found your sister’s wand, also snapped” He said, harry looked again around at the Weasley brothers, they all looked slightly sick
Over the next twelve days, it stayed the same, Percy and Mr.Weasley would leave early in the morning, and not come home till well after midnight. Both Bill and Charlie were off of work for holiday, but half the time they were out helping search for Ginny and Hermione. The other half were spent at home, trying to help Mrs. Weasley around the house.
The worst part however, were the steady flow of horrific proclamations made by the daily prophet. The writers seemed to just be fear mongering, giving daily updates witch punching titles like
‘Muggle born missing’ or ‘Missing, Kidnaped, or Killed?’
Mrs. Weasley had gotten all of their school things while they were at the World Cup, but now, the large pile of books and robes seemed almost like omen.
Harry had no idea of what the next year was going to bring, when he’d pictured, it always had Hermione next to him and Ron
“Alright, Fred-George, Harry, Ron” Mr.Weasley started, as he waved his wand making the bowls float away from the dining table that had contained onion soup that had been their dinner
“But it’s only nine!” George wined
“Now, your mother and I need to have a conversation”
They all grumbled as they slowly made their way up the steep stairs
He thought he would pull on his pajamas when he got up stairs, but it was clear the twins’ had other ideas. They grabbed their brooms from the closet and rode them back down.
It took harry a moment, then he realized, they didn’t make any foot steps that way.
Harry got his Firebolt, and Ron got his old comet series broom.
They flew gently down, and found the twins, just out of where you could see up the stairs from the dining room.
“....There’s nowhere safer then Hogwarts....” the sound of Bill’s voice said shakily
“But wouldn’t it be better to keep them home? You heard Dumbledore, if he doesn’t want Harry leaving, I recon we keep them home” Said Charlie
“But they can’t delay their education- the twins are starting NEWTS this year!” Mrs.Weasley exclaimed
“Molly, I hardly think Fred and George would be un-happy about not going back” Said Mr.Weasley, in a very tiered tone
“Mother, if Dumbledore thinks it’s safer here, I believe we should keep them home, at least until we kind them. Besides, if the ministry permits certain security measures, I see no reason that they can’t do some at home studding” Percy said wisely
“I’m sure I get out some of my old notes from my fourth and sixth year, see what things we covered, and that’ll suffice.” He added
There was a long pause, as so much information rushed to Harry’s head
Dumbledore didn’t want him going back to Hogwarts?
All thoughts stopped when he heard
“I better go check and see if the boy’s are in bed” Mrs.Weasley said
“Fat chance” He heard him murmur
All four eavesdroppers flew so quickly upstairs that they crashed into the top room
They were all still rubbing bruises when they had to pretend to be asleep when Mrs.Weasley peaked into the room
When she finally did leave, they all sat up, and making the side table lamps go on.
“So Dumbledore recons that it’s safer here?” Ron asked to the room at large
“You heard Percy, the ministry thinks they won’t find them for a while longer” said Harry numbly “and if the death eaters got to-” his voice broke away “If the death eaters got to Hermione and Ginny, who knows who’ll they’ll attack next”
Harry looked acrosss the room and saw Fred and George exchange a solemn look before both laying back down.
Harry didn’t sleep well that night, and judging by the infrequency of the snores issued by the three Weasleys, neither did the rest.
In the morning, the four boys went down stairs to find Mrs. Weasley looking uncharacteristically bright, she was frying up eggs and sausages
“Good news” She said, as the four sat down at the dining table
“Dad found Ginny?” Fred asked abruptly, Mrs.Weasley’s smile faltered a bit
“No, but they’re expanding the search- Barty Crouch has issued a search party in Albania for Bertha Jorkins, but they’ll also be looking for Ginny and Hermione” She said
Harry looked at Ron and the twins, none of them looked as delighted about this news as mrs. Weasley, but no one wanted to disabuse her of this cheery notion.
However, this did not pan out, they didn’t find a thing
After breakfast the following Sunday, Ron said
“You know, you don’t think the Malfoys could have, you know, be part of- of what happened. I mean, Draco practically told us that his dad was one of the masked lot”
George, who had been intently playing wizard chess with Fred looked up
“You never mentioned that- does dad know?” He asked
Both Harry and Ron thought for a moment
“No, I forgot to tell him” Ron said “Ought we?” He asked
“I recon you should, I mean, we all know the Malfoys don’t have a problem hurting kids” Fred said darkly
The Weasleys knew all too well the horrors Lucius Malfoy was able to commit. He had in fact been the reason that Ginny was almost murdered when she was eleven.
“Well, you should go tell him now, him and Percy are about to leave”
Ron ran downstairs and Harry and the twins were left in the room.
A few minutes, he came back up the stairs
“He wouldn’t give me a straight answer” Ron said “But I know dad would love to have an excuse to arrest Lucius Malfoy. But I don’t think taunts are enough to do a house search or something” He finished
Harry gave a great sigh and went back to folding the pile of laundry on his camp bed.
Twenty-four days, thats how many days it had been sense Ginny or Hermione had been seen.
Not a single lead- Mr.Weasley had tried to get a search warrant on Malfoy Manner, but he didn’t have enough evidence.
That was however, until a very rainy evening, there was a knock on the door.
Bill answered the door, harry looked up when he looked taken a back
“Aren’t- aren’t you Luscious Malfoy’s son?” He asked, that caught everyone’s attention
Everyone stood up accept for Mrs.Weasley and Percy
There, in the doorway, stood a soaked to the bone, Draco Malfoy. And for the first time sense Harry had known him, he looked truly terrified
“What are you doing here” Ron sneered, eyeing Malfoy up and down
“How did you get here, more like” Said Mr. Weasley “I thought your home was over in Wiltshire” He said
Malfoy held up his very weather beaten Nimbus 2001
“Why are you here?” Bill asked in a bitter tone
“They-they’re at the Manor, Ginny-Granger” He said, still looking terrified
Then Malfoy did somthing Harry thought he was not capable of; he started crying
“I’m so sorry- I didn’t know how to get here- I never wanted this to happen” He said
“What?!” All of the Weasleys and Harry said
“Ginny and Hermione- they’re the the cellar of the Manor-my father’s estate” He finished, trying to scub his eyes
Harry looked over at Mr.Weasley, he looked almost as scared as Draco
“ Percy, you take Draco to the Ministry, and tell anyone you can- the Aurors” He said “Bill, Charlie, We’re going to Malfoy manor”