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The Reluctant Servant

Hermione Granger

Ummmmmm guys I think that I missed a chapter… sooooo this one was MEANT to be BEFORE `Ships Sail'!!!! sry!!! I am soooooo sorry! But I don't wanna delete the other chapter! So I'm just gonna post this one after ships sail!

7 months prior to Prelude: The Reluctant Servant

Chapter 3: The Unexpected and The Uninvited

Music flowed through the air as the bride and groom twirled happily on the dance floor. The smiles on their faces could have outshone the brightest of stars. The dress robes that Fleur wore hug on to her perfect figure and her lovely hair was piled on top of her head. Bill still had a couple of scars that ran right through his cheeks, but apart from that, he looked quite handsome in his simple black dress robes.

As the song ended the bride and groom continued to dance while everyone else applauded and other couples joined them on the dance floor. The trio stood in one corner of the party with a simile on each of their faces, for one day all off their worries forgotten.

The rest of the day was spent in pretty much the same manner. Everyone danced, joked around and laughed, something that was become more and more rare in the dark times they were all being forced to face. By the end of the day the bride and groom had gone off to their honeymoon, after receiving good wishes from all that were present.

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In the evening as all the Weasley's - excluding Charlie and his wife Fluer- along with Harry and Hermione sat in the kitchen with mugs full of hot chocolate, talking about the events of the day a loud noise that sounded like an explosion shook the whole structure of the Burrow.

`What was that-' but before Ron could finish his inquires another tremor broke out, again causing the house to shake and bits dirt and clay to land of everyone's heads. This time everybody finally seemed to accept that something was going on and scrambled to their feet.

Wands held up high in everyone's hand they ran out of the kitchen and into the dark shadows of the night, for a few moments nothing seemed to happen and then all of a sudden all that anyone could see were flashes of colour from all angles. Screams rose up high and fast. They were under attack and with barely any means of defense.

They all split up and charged head first into the battle that had unrepentantly broken out. Their attackers were merely a hand full of Death Eaters, and the Weasleys greatly seemed to out number them. As they got closer in they saw that there lay someone on the ground, almost as if they had given up and were expecting to be killed and any moment. Soon the Death Eaters too realized that they couldn't very well face this alone and win, so in almost a shameful manner of cowardice, they fled.

But as the scene cleared they once again saw the solitary figure, lying on the floor. On a closer inspection they saw that it was a boy barely elder than Harry, Ron or Hermione. His black robes were ripped and filthy, with dirt and mud. His face was bruised and his lips were torn as if he had bitten into them. His hair looked almost black with the amount of mud the seemed to cling onto it.

Mrs. Weasley, Hermione and Ginny all rushed forward to see if he was still alive.

`Oh my, the dear boy! He's cold as ice!' exclaimed Mrs. Weasley, after she had made sure the he was still alive. `Come on, stop you staring, come boys, help him up and get him inside, before he catches his death!'

`Mum are you sure-I mean, he could be one of them-but Ron was cut off as Ginny gasped rather loudly from near the unconscious boy.

`What?!' questioned Harry and Hermione at the exact same time, both their tones a little jumpy.

`I- I know who this is-'her voice trembled as she spoke. `It's Draco-Draco Malfoy!'

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A/N: please leave a review…

PS: Amna did u really ignore all the H/Hr scenes in Cassandra's story?? :p LOL


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