"Molly served her six months in the low security wing in Azkaban and, as far as we know, returned to wizarding Britain," explained Hermione. "Where she is now, though, we don't know."
"We do know, though," added Daphne, "Arthur has divorced her and blocked her from returning to The Burrow. We think she may be staying with her Aunt Muriel." "Even though she's served her time, we've cut off all ties with the Weasleys except for the twins… who we know had no idea what was happening… and Arthur, who was the same," said Harry. "We don't know enough about Bill or Charlie to form an opinion about them. And Percy has his lips firmly attached to our current dear Minister's bum..."
"Harry!" gasped Hermione, giving him a little smack to his arm while she blushed.
"Well, it's true," smirked Harry right back.
"Even so, you shouldn't voice it quite so... crudely," she huffed.
Harry chuckled a little and said, "We like Arthur and the twins. You couldn't meet a nicer man than he. And the twins are very loyal to their friends, including us. "Bill, their oldest, dotes on his little sister. And we've no idea whether he'd side with her against the evidence, or still remain a good guy. But, I'm pretty sure Charlie currently hates me. I killed one of his favourite dragons in the first task of the Tournament.
"What I know about both of them is that they fled magical Britain and into careers that took them away from the Islands, as soon as they graduated. I think that was so they could get away from their overbearing mother."
"She sounds like a right harpy," said Alice.
"Oh, I don't fault her love of her children," said Harry. "It's just the way she goes about demonstrating that love. She smothers them." "But, why have the youngest two turned out the way they have?" asked Frank, genuinely curious.
"Ginevra was raised on those fictional stories about the Boy-Who-Lived. From them she developed this mindset that she was destined to marry him," explained Hermione. "When Harry didn't display the same affection for her, especially after he saved her life in the Chamber of Secrets, she apparently demanded of her mother her help in making Harry fall in love with her.
"Her mother saw that Ginevra marrying Harry would mean they'd have some access to the Potter fortune. And saw it as a way to drag the Weasley's out of what she perceived as near-poverty. So, she went along with it."
"Ronald's different, though," said Daphne. "As the sixth son he grew up having to put up with hand-me-downs that had often already been handed down before. Just about everything he had he got second-, third- or fourth-hand, including his wand. And, though the rest of his family is unlike that, he seems to have developed this belief that, as a pureblood, he deserved a lot more than he got.
"This then led to him being near-insanely jealous of others having more than he. Especially, when that person or persons were not pureblood, such as the case with Harry. So, he decided that Harry's fortune was his ticket out of financial poverty and into the life he believed he deserved. Then, when his mother told him to make friends with Harry as a plan to get Ginevra closer to him, he eagerly went along with it."
"I didn't know that," said a shocked Neville. "I'd've been disappointed with you if you did," smiled Harry. "You just need to be aware he may well try the same thing with you."
"He's already tried," the other boy scoffed. "However, no one in Gryffindor wants anything to do with either of them."
"Good," said Harry. He hesitated a moment before he admitted, "We've also been keeping a close eye on you, Nev. We know how you feel about Hannah. If we start seeing you pay more attention to Ginevra, and you've dropped Hannah, you can expect to find yourself being dragged to the Infirmary for Madam Pomfrey to take a look at you; no matter how much you try to stop us doing so."
While Neville blushed at the mention of Hannah, he also looked a little shocked that the three bondmates had been watching over him for Amortentia poisoning.
"Thank you," he softly said.
"Yes; thank you," said Alice.
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