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Chapter 23
"What's happening?" Roxanne whispered pulling Albus' sleeve.
James, Albus, Scorpius and she were hiding behind the heavy curtain backstage and Albus was taking short peeks outside.
"Oh, this is bad, this is so bad", the boy said to himself ignoring his cousin.
"Why? What is it?" James demanded and pushed his brother out of the way. "Dolohov", he grunted after a few seconds.
"Dolohov?" Scorpius repeated. "Death Eaters? Here?"
"James, James we have to go and warn your dad" said Roxanne grabbing his hand. But the boy didn't move a bit.
"How?" Albus asked.
"We'll go up and hope that we'll find him", Roxanne answered pointing at the staircase they were previously sitting under still trying to make James move.
"I don't know", Albus said uncertainly. "You know what he's doing; What if we expose him?"
"Al, the situation has changed; there are Death Eaters inside the Ministry. I mean, what about aunt Ginny? Do you have any idea in what danger she's in right now? And Lilly? Just wait until they understand who they are", Roxanne explained. Albus looked at her terrified, his green eyes wide. Then he nodded.
"You're right; we gotta find dad" he said.
"Yeah", she nodded back. "James, come on, already!" she added irritated. But James had his eyes fixed on Dolohov, his hands wrapped in fists, his insides boiling with this new feeling, with this new desire for revenge.
"James, come on!" Albus demanded too. "Rox is right, we have to warn dad!"
James grunted again but then sighed and grabbed Roxanne's hand.
"Okay, let's go then, we need to hurry", he said and run to the stairs.
"We try to move him for like a century and now he thinks we need to hurry", Albus said to himself shaking his head exasperated but then he sighed and followed Scorpius upstairs.
The guests were separated in two groups, one at the left side of the fight and one at the right. Everyone tried to avoid being hit by the curses that flew all around and there was screaming and crying. And no one could leave since all the exits were closed.
Ginny was watching from a corner as the aurors fought the Death Eaters while fear was building up inside her. The aurors outnumbered the Death Eaters but they knew spells the aurors didn't so the fight was even. And Ginny had no idea where everyone she cared about was. Where was Lilly? She was supposed to be in the room but as much as she scanned the crowd with her eyes she couldn't find her. And James and Al and Roxanne? Were they okay backstage? Were they protected?
And because Ginny knew what the Death Eaters wanted she was more scared. They wanted the book. Would Harry manage to take it before the Death Eaters reached the higher floors? Just when she asked herself that she realized something. They didn't try to get to the higher floors. The staircase behind Dolohov wasn't guarded, if he wanted he could easily sneak upstairs but he didn't. Why didn't he? It was the book that they wanted, Ginny was certain of it. Didn't they know where to find it? Or...? Her heart lost a beat. Or there was more Death Eaters in the Ministry and these in her were only trying to delay the aurors? The moment she reached that conclusion she knew it was true. And if so what would happen to Harry? And Ron?
She tried to suppress her panic when a red flash of light hit the wall behind her missing her and the people around her only by luck. She grunted and pulled her wand out. She wanted to fight but...she looked at her belly and sighed. Harry would kill her if she got herself killed. And she didn't want to risk the baby either. She grunted again but held on to her wand. She wouldn't send curses but she would have to protect herself from the ones coming.
Harry took some steps back but looked at the person in front of him with disgust.
"Tell me Harry Potter", Apostollo said. "Did you know about us coming here tonight or do you just have a kick for being at the wrong place at the wrong time?"
Harry grunted; of course he was at the wrong place at the wrong time, wasn't he always? What a stupid question. He smirked.
"Well, I've been hearing so much about you and now that we finally meet all you have to say is this?" Harry asked Apostollo ironically. "How...frustrating".
The Death Eaters around Apostollo raised their wands warningly.
"I'm sorry you feel like this", the mysterious person said. "But believe me you won't be frustrated for much longer", he added and turned at Matthias. "I believe you have something for me old man".
Matthias glanced at Harry, who shook his head negatively and he sighed.
"This is not how I planned for this to happen", said Matthias.
"Surrender the book", said Apostollo simply. The Death Eater closer to Matthias held his hand out to take the book.
"What if I don't?"
"Oh, my dear old man, haven't we worked together all this summer?"
Harry winced; Matthias had told him already that he was the traitor but the confirmation from Apostollo hurt.
"Why end it now?" Apostollo went on. "What? Don't tell me you're ashamed because of Harry. Harry won't think badly of you. Right Harry?"
Harry could control his rage with difficulty.
"You can't do this, you can't use the book to bring him back", he said, his voice trembling with rage.
"But I can", laughed Apostollo. "Yeah, we can. Just as we could kill your old classmate Dean Thomas, just as we could burn down Weasley's house, just as we could take your son away from you, just as we could torture him", he explained slowly. Harry's hands were actually shaking with rage, the image of his son ripped and tortured coming back at him. "Just as we could finish off your friend Weasley at the stairs that was so conveniently waiting for us".
The blood drained from Harry's face as the words that the dark shadow in front of him just said ringed in his head...Finish off...your friend Weasley...Ron...
"What did you do?" Harry asked Apostollo and was surprised that his voice came out steady in spite of the terror that was consuming him.
"Me? Nothing. But my dear friends..." Apostollo gestured at the Death Eaters behind him. "I'm sure they found it really amusing".
Harry lost contact with reality for a split of a second. Ron...dead? No, it couldn't be. No it couldn't. What about Hermione and Rose and Hugo? It couldn't, it just couldn't be. He wouldn't believe it, no, because it just couldn't be true.
-Angie-
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