Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Alright, alright!" grumbled Arthur Weasley as he hurried down the stairs of The Burrow, pulling on his dressing gown.
He made his way over to the back door of the house pulled it open.
"Rufus?" he asked in surprise as he saw who was standing at his door, and with five other Aurors no less. "What on Merlin's name brings you here at this hour?"
Like parents the world over who found themselves being awoken like this, he began to panic. "Is something wrong at the school? Is it the twins? Is it Ron? Ginny?"
"Something is very wrong at the school, Arthur," replied Scrimgeour, grimly. "However we currently have no reason to believe that any of your children are at risk."
"Then why are you here?" asked Arthur "What's going on?"
"We've come for you, Arthur," said Scrimgeour. "And Molly. You're both under arrest."
"What for?" demanded Arthur as two Aurors stepped forwards to arrest him.
"Arthur? Who's at the door?" asked Molly as she came down the stairs. She took in the sight before her and her tone changed from one of concern to one of anger.
"What's going on?" she demanded.
"Molly Weasley, you are under arrest," said Scrimgeour and he nodded to two other Aurors who moved to arrest the woman.
"Surely this must be some kind of misunderstanding," protested Arthur.
"Perhaps," said Scrimgeour. "But I doubt it. Is your son William at home?"
"No, he's… at work." replied Molly, faltering.
Scrimgeour raised an eyebrow. "Rather late for someone with a desk job at Gringotts to be working, isn't it?"
Without waiting for an answer he went on "Well, we'll just have to send a team to the bank. Now, I assume that you are both going to come quietly?"
"Very well," said Molly. "Please let us contact Dumbledore though. I'm certain that he can straighten all of this out."
"I somewhat doubt that, Mrs Weasley," replied Scrimgeour. "After all, you are being arrested for being members of his illegal vigilante group."
The shock of that statement silenced both Weasley parents better than any silencing charm could. Arthur found himself needing to lean against the table for a moment, no easy task when you're hands are bound behind your back.
Molly dropped to the floor in a dead faint.
Harry did not like the situation that he was in even a little bit. Luna had, according to her, told him everything that had been going on up at the castle during the past week, but Harry could recall none of it and none of it made any sense to him.
After all, everything seemed to centre on his rebelling against Dumbledore, but Harry could think of no reason as to why he would rebel, and Luna certainly did not know the answer. He could think of nothing to rebel against, except Snape and his slimy snakes. Apart from them everything was fine at Hogwarts.
He attended the best school of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the world and that school was currently being run by Albus Dumbledore, the finest Headmaster that the school had ever seen. The teachers were the best in the world, and there were no safety issues to kick up a fuss about as Hogwarts was the safest place in all of Wizarding Britain.
To Harry's mind, both Luna and Natalie had to be wrong.
But he couldn't do anything about this situation because his legs were still locked together and Luna had so very kindly taken it upon herself to steal his wand.
His thoughts were interrupted by Natalie whispering "Hey, look!"
Harry turned. They were sitting in the uppermost row of seats at Luna's insistence. She thought that they could keep a lookout for any approaching teachers and move off before they were caught.
Natalie was standing on the back bench and looking over the wall at the back. Luna stood up to get a look as well and, after some awkward shuffling on his part, Harry was able to get upright enough to peer over the wall too.
Professor McGonagall and Professor Tonks had come down from the castle and were now approaching the doors to the Quidditch changing rooms.
Thanking every deity he could think of that there was finally someone nearby who could help him Harry opened his mouth and shouted, but no sound came out. He frowned and turned to Luna who was pocketing her wand, her eyes still fixed upon the scene below.
Harry turned back to watch as Professor McGonagall raised her wand and unlocked the door. She and Professor Tonks went in.
A few moments later there was some shouting and the sound of spells being fired. Then suddenly a boy burst out through the door and began sprinting across the lawn. He didn't get very far before Professor Tonks appeared and brought him crashing down with a stunning spell.
Harry had to concede that that was rather odd behaviour for a teacher, even one dealing with wayward students.
"We have to move," hissed Luna, and she and Natalie downed down behind the wall.
Harry felt his legs free up, then Natalie grabbed his hand and began tugging in his arm, trying to get him to follow her and Luna towards the opposite end of the stadium.
And for reasons that Harry could not fathom, he followed.
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