Trouble in the Ministry

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Sorry!



I realize I haven’t updated in a while and it’s just because things have been kind of hectic (for the most part in a good way) recently but they should be calming down now. I have stopped all my traveling for now, next place I am going to is Otakon and then no other conventions until September. I am sorry that is has taken me this long but I hope you guys will forgiver me as I promise to update the new and last chapter to this story next week!



On another note, I have currently found myself writing a Star Trek 09 fic which probably won’t be out for a while, as I would like to make sure I finish it before I post it but I am thoroughly enjoying watching the Original Series for that…..my family is making fun of me for it but it’s okay because it’s actually really really good!



Other than that not much has changed and I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!



Enjoy!





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Chapter 4: A Day of Headaches



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Arthur gasped as he sat up suddenly from the chair he was in. He looked over the dark hospital room before his eyes fell on his motionless son. He must have fallen asleep shortly after Snape told him that it took a day to make the potion. He stifled a yawn before he looked around the room one more time, his eyes finally adjusting to the darkness.



Ron was sleeping in the chair by the door and looked rather uncomfortable.



Arthur smiled at his youngest son, glad that Ron had stayed here with him. He looked over and was surprised to see Kingsley sitting on the floor with his back against the wall, Arthur briefly wondered if the younger man was awake but decided not to say anything as he stood from his chair.



He needed to drink something.



He noticed Draco’s bed was empty as he quietly opened the door and made his way to the reception area. He squinted at the bright lights in the nearly empty room before he spotted a head of blonde hair by the windows. He made himself some tea before he made his way over to the young man who still hadn’t noticed he had been seen.



“Can’t sleep?” Arthur tried softly before the blond jolted and then glared at him.



“No.” Draco said coolly before he turned so that he wasn’t looking out the windows anymore and instead faced the older man who was standing near him. “How are you feeling?”



Arthur smiled fondly at the young man before he took a seat next to Draco. They both sighed at the same time before Arthur took a sip of his tea with a small smile. Draco fiddled with the hospital robe he was in for a moment as they sat there in silence before the blond looked up at the redhead. “Snape will finish the potion today.”



“I am very grateful to your godfather.” Arthur took another drink before he looked at the clock that was telling him was only three in the morning.



Draco sighed in the silence again and Arthur took his time to look at the young man. It was obvious the blond was tired but he seemed to be fighting sleep, his bags seems dark under his pale eyes, his body slump in visible exhaustion.



“You look like you could use some rest.” Arthur stated before Draco smirked at him.



“I could say the same to you.”



Arthur just smirked slightly as he took another sip of his tea and closed his eyes. He was so glad that it hadn’t been poison in the tea; he just remembered mixing in this light colored liquid into the tea. Arthur ran a hand through his thinning hair as he sat back in his chair and he stared at the bright room.



“I need to do something.” Draco mumbled as he drooped further into the chair. He then sat up abruptly stood up again almost startling Arthur into dropping his cup. “I need to stay up.”



“Why?” It was at that moment that Arthur realized the blond had been talking to himself because the blond visibly tensed as he looked over at Arthur. The redhead quickly looked away as if he hadn’t said anything before he heard Draco get up, the blond walked over to the reception desk where there was a cute young nurse.



Arthur watched with amusement as the blond flirted with her, she flushed as he whispered something to her and the older man thought it had been going really well for the blond until he noticed Ron walk in. The redhead had been rubbing his eyes as he yawned before he had noticed Draco. He hit the counter with his arm hard causing both Draco and the young nurse to jump before he mumbled ‘oops’ and walked away.



Arthur sipped his tea as he watched the nurse mumble something to Draco and then leave the desk before the blond glared over at his son. He had thought his son’s interruption had been rude but figured that Ron was probably mad that Draco had left the room without telling any of the Aurors.



The blond was still in danger as far as they knew.



The redhead however choked on his tea as he saw Draco smirk at Ron, his son blushing furiously as the blond whispered something in his ear. He felt the tea cup in his hand slip as he watched the blond kiss his son passionately only for Ron to stop as the cup broke on the floor.



Arthur stared at the pair of them while Ron, just realizing his father had been there the whole time turned beet red. Draco just smirked as he kissed Ron’s neck before grabbing the redhead’s wrist and then pulling Ron down the hallway. Ron looked like he wanted so say something to his dad but was quickly pulled into the darkness of the dark hallway while all Arthur did was stare.



“That was interesting.” Arthur jumped slightly as he looked up to see Lupin standing next to him. The younger man smiled softly at Arthur before he bent down and waved his hand over the cup making it fix itself before he picked it up and carried it over to the sink at the side of the room. Arthur waited patiently before Lupin sat next to him, the graying man putting his arm behind Arthur as he sighed. “You shouldn’t be out here.”



Arthur just smiled sheepishly at the younger man before he looked at the hallway that he had just seen his younger son disappear down. “That was still a surprise though.”



“Don’t worry about it.” Lupin ran his hand across Arthur’s shoulder before he started to massage the back of the older man’s neck. Arthur sighed into the man’s hand as he closed his eyes and enjoyed the feeling of the man’s fingers on his scalp.



They sat there for a few moments before Arthur turned to the younger man, he opened his mouth to say something but felt something knot in his throat. He turned away then as he rubbed his eyes before he felt hands turn his face back. Lupin pulled him into a gentle kiss and Arthur leaned into it before he felt the younger man pull away.



“Everything is going to be okay Arthur.” Lupin said with such seriousness that Arthur couldn’t help but believe him. The redhead brushed his lips against Lupin’s softly before he placed his head on the younger man’s shoulder.



Lupin rubbed his back softly and Arthur enjoyed the warmth of the other man’s body. The redhead closed his eyes as he started to realize how tired he really was.



Maybe Lupin wouldn’t mind staying like this for a little while.



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Kingsley sighed in his spot on the floor as he heard the door close again. He opened his eyes to see that Ron had now left meaning that he was now alone with the unmoving redhead. He stood slowly ignoring his aching back before he made his way over to Arthur’s chair.



He would give it back when the man returned.



He sighed before he ran his hands through the short red hair. Percy had just returned his feelings to some degree and of course this would happen. He let his hand play idly with the hair as he stared down at the younger man, who now looked more peaceful than Kingsley had ever seen him.



The older man pulled the chair forward so that he could sit back and leave his hand in the hair.



They had always had a suspicion that it had been someone in the ministry before.



Kingsley let go of Percy’s hair and moved his hand to grab onto the cold pale hand of the man in the bed. He pulled the hand to his lips before he placed a gentle kiss on it and closed his eyes.



Now they believed in was an Auror?



No more.



Kingsley tightened his grip on the hand as he growled silently to himself. This potion had been meant for him and there was a good chance that the poison that had gotten Severus earlier had been meant for him as well.



Someone was after his life and they were risking the lives of everyone around the Minister in the process.



Kingsley would no longer stand for this.



He intertwined his fingers with Percy’s motionless ones as he sat back in the chair and let his arm fall on the bed. He had a lot that needed to be done in the morning and he knew he would need rest for the day ahead.



Kingsley spared one more look at Percy before he finally relaxed.



First on his list was to make sure that this redhead woke up as soon as possible so the older man could kiss him properly.



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Ron groaned as he was shoved against the wall in the deserted room that Draco had pulled him into. The mouth on his was relentless as he finally opened his mouth to give the blond access. The redhead enjoyed the noise Draco made as he deepened the kiss before he shoved the blonde off of him and glared at the shorter man.



“My dad was out there.”



“I know.” Draco smirked as started to work with Ron’s robes.



“He’s going to think there is something going on between us.” Ron stated before he was suddenly shoved onto a bed and the blond crawled on top of him. Draco kissed his neck and the redhead arched into the touch. “And what was with that nurse earlier?”



“Jealous?” Draco pulled away for a second. “I needed something to entertain myself with for the night and you had gone to sleep.”



“Is that what this is?” Ron muttered as he pulled Draco’s boring white hospital robe off the blond. “Entertainment?”



“I don’t like sleeping at night.” Draco said darkly as he grabbed the redhead’s forming erection causing Ron to gasp and push against the blond. “And you don’t seem to be complaining.”



“I’m not.” Ron whispered harshly before his hands were shoved above his head, he kept them there as he spread his legs for the blond that was over him as Draco’s hands moved down his body. “Don’t like sleeping at night? Afraid something might get you?”



Though Ron’s voice had been teasing the redhead couldn’t help but notice the blond tense. Grey eyes glared at him before he was pulled into a bruising kiss making the redhead moan before Draco pulled away. Ron gasped as he parted his legs for the blond and tried to steady himself by holding onto the mattress.



“I’m ready.”



“Good.” Draco stated as before he put two of his fingers in his mouth and sucked on them. Ron growled as he watched the blond hungrily, knowing what was coming before he watched the blond pop the wet fingers out of his mouth.



Ron opened his mouth as Draco came down and kissed him hard. He gasped as he felt a finger enter him, realizing how sore he still was from yesterday. He felt Draco move his kisses down his chin until the blond was biting on his neck. Ron moaned as he felt another finger enter him and he pressed his body harder against the body over him.



What was he doing?



Ron closed his eyes as he felt Draco pull the fingers out of him. He braced himself as he felt the blond move and suddenly there were gentle kisses on his shoulder before the blond thrust into him roughly and he grunted at the intrusion.



Why was he doing this?



Ron hissed as he was pulled forward so that he was sitting in Draco’s lap. The blond kissed him fiercely and he wrapped his arms around the blond, enjoying how Draco hissed when he scratched his back. Draco bit Ron’s lip and the redhead knew he was bleeding before he shoved Draco on the mattress and impaled himself on the cock.



Where was this going to lead?



His brother was unconscious in a room down this hall somewhere yet here he was fucking the blond bastard he was supposed to be protecting. Ron slowed as he placed his arms on either side of Draco’s face and stared down as the flushed pointed face under him.



How was he planning on this ending?



Ron stopped his action before he traced a finger over Draco’s nose. The blond stared at him with a tired expression as he tried to figure out what Ron was doing. The redhead sighed as he pressed his lips gently against the blonde’s. Draco moaned before he grabbed the redhead’s hips and quickened the pace. Ron gasped as he sat up and enjoyed the sensations of having the man under him pound into him.



This was just sex.



Ron felt Draco come as the body under him tensed. He continued to move his hips before he felt the blond grab onto his own erection. Ron groaned as the blond pumped him and his hips stilled, he looked down at the grey eyes that were staring at him intently.



“Do it.” Draco whispered and Ron felt his body tremble as he came into the blonde’s hand. He sat up panting as he closed his eyes and let the coolness of the night air touch his skin.



Ron sighed before he was pulled down. He blinked at Draco who was staring at him while holding the redhead’s neck down. They stayed there for a second before Draco finally pulled him into a gentle kiss and Ron hummed lightly into it.



“Thank you.” Ron pulled away and blinked at the blond stupidly as Draco glared at him as daring the redhead to ask him to repeat it. Ron just smirked before he kissed Draco roughly this time and enjoyed how the blond pulled him close into a warm embrace.



OOO



Snape glared at the sleeping form on his desk.



He had told the stupid man to go home after he dropped off the ingredients but Neville had demanded to be of some use for the potions master and shortly after Snape had finished mixing the potion the brat had actually fallen asleep on his desk.



Snape sighed as he walked over to the desk and looked at the young man that was snoring slightly. He had to admit that boy had grown in the past four years but Snape still couldn’t get the image of the stuttering teen out of his mind despite how competent the boy had seemed in helping him last night.



Yes.



Severus Snape was willing to admit that Neville Longbottom had grown to be slightly competent in potions.



In his head that is, he would never willingly say it out loud.



Snape turned to the potion that had been sitting all night and stifled a yawn. It looked like it was brewing fine and for the most part was pretty much done except for need to add shredded dittany every two hours and how it needed one counterclockwise stir ever thirty minutes with one clockwise turn on the third counterclockwise one. The potion itself was an easy one to make, the only thing hard about it would be the fact that it took about a day to fully mature.



He would be able to bring it to the hospital a little after dinner.



This was getting crazy.



In the past three days Snape himself had gotten poisoned, Draco had been nearly blown up, and now the Minister’s Undersecretary was in a near death like state until this potion was done. But the last attack didn’t make any sense.



Snape had been under the impression that the attacks had been from the anti-death eater radical group that had been sending letters to the ministry for the past four years on how they needed to execute those in prison as well as Snape and the Malfoys. But there was no way in denying that the last attack had been meant for the Minister himself.



Snape narrowed his eyes as he stirred the potion once counterclockwise.



So had the radical group decided to go after the man that was not heeding to their orders? This meant that the ministry would have to start making arrest of all the wizards and witches that they had known had been involved with the group, but that also meant the arresting of some ministry workers in that case.



But why hadn’t they used poison this time?



“You sigh a lot.” Snape raised an eyebrow as he turned to see Neville sitting up now, the younger man stretching as he got up from the chair.



“I didn’t mean to disturb you.” Snape said snidely as he placed the ladle down and turned so that he was facing the younger man that was walking over to him. “Sleep well?”



Neville nodded with a blush as he rubbed the back of his neck, his neck didn’t hurt as much as it usually did when he woke up on a desk and he could only think it meant that he was now getting used to sleeping on desks, and Neville didn’t quite know if he should be happy about that.



“How is it coming along?” Neville asked softly as he peeked over at the potion.



“Smoothly, and might say it’s thanks to your minimal involvement in making it.” Snape said dryly as he walked over to a chair he had conjured last night. He sat down in it and sighed again as he ran one of his hands through his shoulder length hair, he was really too old to be pulling an all-nighters again.



“What on your mind?” Neville asked as he pulled up one of the student’s chairs so sit near Snape, the older man glared at him and Neville just shrugged sheepishly. “We obviously have plenty of time before the potion is done to actually attempt a conversation.”



Snape just glared at the young man.



“Are you really that opposed to attempt a try at something that might resemble something close to an actual conversation with me?” Neville asked with a forced smiled and Snape felt himself rolling his eyes.



“If you must know, I was wondering who was actually behind all of this.” Snape sat back in the chair and watched Neville think about it for a second, he was somewhat impressed that the young man was putting some thought into it.



Only somewhat.



“We had our suspicions it was someone in the ministry.” Neville stated softly.



“I gathered that on my own.” Snape said coldly before he crossed his legs and started to fiddle with the end of his hair. Neville just glared back at the older man.



“We know that it has to be people involved with the anti-death eater thing but we never thought they would take it this far, I mean this time they actually attempted to take out the Minister of Magic.”



“But it wasn’t poison.” Snape said softly and Neville paused at this and put his hand to his chin. They both sat there for a moment before Neville closed his eyes and took a deep breath.



“An Auror has to be involved.”



“Why?” Snape had to admit that the thought had crossed his mind but it was just odd to hear the younger man say it out loud.



“Mr. Weasley was under the Imperius and it had to be a pretty strong wizard if he wasn’t able to fight it.” Neville ran his hands through his sandy curls and winced a bit when he pulled on a knot. “Only the Aurors knew that Draco was going to be with Ron that night so it keeps pointing to my department.”



“Do you have an idea who it is?” Snape watched Neville shake his head before the older man sighed again, but then a thought came to him. “What ab-”



At that moment the door to the potions classroom swung open to reveal McGonagall, as the door opened the two men could see the light from outside and realized it was probably well into the morning as the woman stormed in. “Severus!”



“What is it Minerva?” Snape got out of his chair as he realized she was holding something. She gave Neville a short look before she handed Snape the paper and the older man read over it quickly.



“Kingsley has put the Ministry under lock down?”



“Indeed.” The older woman stated before she looked over at Neville again. “I am surprised you are not there Longbottom.”



“He is helping me.” Snape said before the younger man could say anything. She nodded briskly before she looked at the younger teacher across from her.



“What is going on Severus?”



OOO



Lupin stared at the tall man in front of him.



“The Ministry is on lock down until we can get to the bottom of this.” Kingsley said in his deep voice that almost echoed in the room. Hermione was standing next to him with a slightly stunned expression on her face.



“But-”



“I have ignored this issue long enough.” Kingsley interrupted Lupin. “Too many people have been put in danger and I will not push it aside, this problem will be solved today.”



“Let us know what you need us to do.” Robards said sternly as he eyed the Minister who gave the short man a nod.



“I want everyone in their offices; no one is to wander the halls. If anyone is missing then I want to find out where they are, I want you to check every ministry official and then we will find who is doing this.”



“Are you sure they work in the Ministry?” Lupin asked and Kingsley gave him a small nod.



Details had been gone over, all offices were notified about the search today and the building was put under lock down. Lupin found himself glad he had never been on the receiving end of the black man’s bad mood when he had helped out the Aurors for a time and found himself taking pride in the minister’s choice of action.



It was mad but it needed to be done.



Kingsley Shacklebolt had never been one to worry about how other people viewed him like the other ministers before him and that gave him an ability that older men had lacked.



The ability to make the unpopular decision.



Things were about to get crazy.



Lupin ran his hand through his graying hair as he hoped Arthur was okay. He had to leave the older man at the hospital; Ron was now in charge of watching Draco, Arthur, and Percy. Robards had probably made it that way knowing that Ron would have been too distracted to deal with this.



Harry and Hermione were now setting up locks around the Ministry to make sure no one could leave.



He heard Robards telling him to go check out the floo offices and Lupin nodded as he went down the hall. Robards was now going to have to inspect each of his Aurors that weren’t already working in the field, a job Lupin was sure was weighing on the older man.



There was no doubt an Auror had been involved with Arthur’s case.



As Lupin opened the door to the office he smiled at the old wizard at the desk. The wizard handed him the roster of everyone in their department and told him who was on vacation or on sick leave. Two older witches were on vacation in Siberia, apparently they loved snow, and one wizard had come down with something like the flu a week ago but everyone else who was in the office had been there since the beginning of the incidents.



Time to work.



He made his way through each of the workers and everything seemed in order. None of the workers seemed to be worried about the lock down, in fact one witch asked Lupin to tell Kingsley he was doing a good job and it was a great idea to end the problem before anyone else was hurt.



Lupin just smiled sheepishly before he moved to the next witch that happened to be younger than most in the department. She had blond hair and seemed to be really nervous about Lupin sitting next to her.



“Hi.” She said sheepishly and Lupin gave her a small nod before he looked at her log of networks she was in charge of.



As his eyes went down the list he paused before he looked at her.



“You opened the floo network to Ron Weasley’s apartment?” She flinched slightly at that before she nodded her head. “May I ask why?”



“It was because…” Her eyes started to mist and Lupin felt his stomach sink at the possibility she was going to cause a scene. “I was told to.”



“Told to?” Lupin put the sheet down and turned so that he was facing her directly. She nodded her head and bit her lip as if she wanted to say something else. Her eyes kept traveling around the room and when Lupin took a quick glance around he realized she was probably worried about other people over hearing the conversation. “Do you want to go out in the hall?”



After she nodded he got up and escorted her out to the hall, he smiled to the wizard at the front desk as he left and the wizard just nodded before he continued his work. He closed the door to the office and turned to her. She was still looking around the hallway as if searching for someone to listen in before her eyes stilled on Lupin.



“My aunt was killed by death eaters.”



Her voice was cold though it slightly trembled as she spoke. Lupin opened his mouth to say something before he felt it.



The stillness in the air before something bad happens.



He looked at her for a second before he straightened up. He took a deep breath before he spoke slowly. “What you are doing is endangering the lives of many innocent people.”



“She was innocent too.” The girl’s eyes faltered to the side for a second and Lupin could smell the person behind him.



He flexed his hand for a second wondering if he would be able to knock them out when he felt the tip of a wand on the back of his neck. Lupin closed his eyes as he took a deep breath, the scent of the man behind him was so familiar.



The Auror.



Lupin opened his eyes and looked at the small girl in front of him. She had stopped crying and was now frowning at him. She took a deep breath before she smiled slightly at the werewolf.



“This won’t end well for you.” Lupin stated coldly.



“Yeah?” The girl said a bit sarcastically. “Too bad you won’t be there to see it.”



“Good night mate.” The voice behind him whispered before he felt a brief shock.



His head was going to hurt when he woke up.



OOO



Draco stared at the door in front of him in the room. He had soon discovered that it was the only thing in the room without red hair near it.



Percy was still lying motionless in the bed next to his.



Ron was leaning against the empty wall and avidly staring at the floor.



Arthur however, was sitting in the chair by Percy’s bed, and kept staring Draco then at Ron then at Draco again.



It was quite aggravating for the blond.



“Yes, we both had sex.” Draco drawled out before he looked directly at Arthur who was now blushing at him. “Do you mind not staring at me?”



“Oh, sorry!” Arthur looked away from the blond then and Draco just sighed as he watched Arthur’s eyes slowly fall on Ron who still wasn’t looking up.



Draco then turned to face Ron who was blushing but still looking at the floor. The blond really wouldn’t mind the quiet but it was obvious that Ron’s dad wanted some sort of explanation. Draco didn’t feel the need to give the older man any so instead he glared at Ron who seemed to be avoiding the conversation.



“Are you two…?” Arthur stated softly and Ron’s head popped up then shaking his head avidly.



“No! No, no!” Ron stated quickly, his face flushing as he looked at his father than at Draco. “It’s not like that.”



“Okay.” Draco could hear the confusion in Ron’s dad’s voice and sighed. His father would understand what they meant but of course the Weasley father didn’t.



There was a moment of silence before Draco glanced over at Ron who was now moving to the chair by the door. It was more of an improvement so that now if Draco needed to say anything to the redhead he didn’t have to turn his body around. The blond plopped down on the blankets as he felt a yawn come on.



He knew the Ron’s blue eyes were probably watching him before he lowered his hand that had covered the yawn and glared lazily at the redhead. He then turned to Arthur half expecting the older man to be watching them but the older man seemed to need just as much sleep as he did. Draco’s eyes dropped to the motionless form on the bed.



The Weasleys always ended up involved when something was going on.



Well there was also so many of them, Draco snorted to himself before he frowned a bit. He looked up at Ron who yawned slightly before he saw Draco looking at him and smiled at the blond, Draco glared as he felt a small flush form on his cheeks before he looked over to see Arthur smiling at him and then his son.



This was getting annoying.



He needed to get some sleep.



Draco turned over so that he wasn’t looking at them and pulled the blanket over him as he shut his eyes. He heard Ron whisper something lightly to his father and he tried to hear what they were saying but he soon felt sleep start to overtake him.



He wondered how things were going at the ministry.



About whether or not his parents were safe.



If Snape was going to save him from the boredom anytime soon.



Briefly wondered if Ron wouldn’t mind staying up with him another night.



Then went to sleep.



OOO



Neville placed his wand on the table and took five steps back before he put his hand out and muttered a small spell.



Nothing happened.



Neville glanced over at Snape who was busy doing something on the other side of the room before he took a deep breath and held his hand up again. He could do it, he knew he could do it; he had done it twice so far.



It was all about focus.



He closed his eyes and tried to focus on the wand. He took a deep breath.



“Do you mind?” Neville opened his eyes and turned to see that he was currently blocking Snape from getting around to the potion. He blushed furiously as he mumbled an apology and walked over to his wand, Snape just rolled his eyed before he went over to the potion and smirked.



Neville watched the older man pour the potion into several small containers before he placed three into his pocket. Neville quickly slipped his wand into his pocket and started to clean up the papers he had been writing on as he heard Snape clean up the potion.



“Ready?” Snape said coolly and Neville nodded with a small smile as he followed the man out of the dungeons.



The day had gone by relatively quick and Neville hadn’t received much news from the ministry so he was happy to be going back. Hopefully he would be more use for them then he had been for Snape today.



He stared idly at the man in front of him as he walked a few steps behind and wondered why the man didn’t seem scared about the group that was obviously after his and the Malfoy’s lives.



Then again after a life as a spy the older man was probably desensitized.



It didn’t take long for them to get to the hospital after they apparated and they were met by Hermione and Harry at the door. Snape ignored both of them as he made his way down the hall and the two of them just fell back with Neville.



“Hopefully he wasn’t too bad.” Hermione whispered and Neville just smiled.



“He was actually decent company.” He then turned to Harry who was smirking at him. “How are things at the ministry?”



“Pretty smooth but for the most part we don’t seem to be getting any where.” Harry sighed before they made their way into the room where Percy was.



Ron jumped up at the sight of everyone and smiled. Arthur moved away from the bed immediately to give Snape room and Snape gave his thanks. Draco mumbled in sleep about noisy gits but Neville got the feeling that the blond was awake. They all watched patiently as Snape pulled out the potion and tipped a few drops into Percy’s mouth.



Neville frowned a bit when nothing happened right away but it was only a few seconds before the redhead started coughing.



Arthur pulling his son into a hug while Ron smiled at his brother, Neville looked over to see Draco sit up and smirk at the scene before he felt Hermione pull on his sleeve. Harry pulled Neville out causing the sandy haired Auror to rip his robe on the bed frame and then Hermione rolled her eyes at him before fixing it.



“I need to go tell the Minister he is awake.” Hermione said briskly as she looked at the two of them. “And you both have jobs you need to do.”



Neville just smiled before they made their way out of the hospital and made their way to the ministry.



Today was no where near over.



OOO



“Will you let go!” Percy groaned into his father’s grasp. He was able to pull away a little bit not really listening to what the man was mumbling about when he squinted around the room.



“Here.” Percy made out Ron’s figure and grabbed what he hoped was his glasses in the man’s hands and was rewarded as he saw the room was in fact a hospital room.



“Why am I here?” Percy asked before he had to stifle a yawn. He rubbed the top of his head before he grinned at his dad. “Dad?”



“I was so worried!” Arthur admitted as he sighed and fell back into the chair he had been sitting in.



“You drank the Draught of Living Death.” Snape said boredly and Percy finally noticed the man was in the room. He looked over to see Draco was in the bed next to his and nodded at the blond before he turned back to Snape.



He opened his mouth to say something before he furrowed his eyebrows.



“Tell us what you remember.” Snape said helpfully and Percy noticed Ron sit at the end of Draco’s bed.



“I remember talking to the minister.” Percy felt himself flush slightly at that. “Then Ron’s apartment blew up?”



“No one got hurt.” Ron said quickly before Draco hit him. “Ow!”



“No one?” The blond challenged and Ron just smirked before he turned back to his brother.



“Then dad brought me tea.” Percy’s eyes went wide as he looked over at his father. “The tea!”



Arthur frowned and nodded as he ran his hands through his hair. “I was under the Imperius Curse. I’m sorry son.”



Percy just nodded at his father in understanding before he looked around the room. He glanced down at the ground where he noticed someone’s wand had fallen. “Whose wand is that?



All the men looked towards the floor before Snape clicked his tongue and picked it up. He shook his head before he rolled his eyes. “Longbottom.”



“He might need that.” Ron said not really helping with the small smile that was forming at his lips as he thought about Neville fighting the bad guys wandless.



“My job here is done. I’ll take it to him.” Snape said boredly before he put the wand in his robes. He looked over at Percy who eyed the man in return. “You are going to be drowsy for a little while but you should be fine to do anything.”



“Thank you.” Percy stated and Snape just rolled his eyes as he left the room.



“He hates it when people thank him for something so trivial.” Draco stated as he eyed his nails. “If he hadn’t wanted to help he wouldn’t have.”



Arthur was about to say something to that when the door to the room burst open before it even had a chance to close. Kingsley was staring at Percy wide eyed and the redhead stared back in just as much shock from the loud noise. Ron could hear Hermione yelling in the hallway before the minister took five steps into the room and pulled Percy into a kiss.



“Wha-” Was all Percy managed to get out before he felt forceful lips on his. He heard people talking around them in the room as he tried to push the minister off of him but the Minister just tightened his grip and Percy opened his mouth to deepen the kiss.



He could hear Hermione yell something before the door was slam shut. He wrapped his arms around the large man’s neck and hummed into the kiss before the older man finally pulled away to give the redhead some air.



“Bloody hell.” Ron’s reaction seem to echo in the room before Percy’s eyes widened as he realized who had just witnessed that.



The redhead glared at the Minister who just smirked down at him before Percy turned his head slowly to face his dad. Arthur was just staring at him with his mouth slightly ajar, almost stiff in shock.



“Two of his sons have gone down the path of no return.” Draco tutted before Percy turned to him to ask what the blond meant but he saw Ron blush as he smothered the blond with a pillow and was able to put two and two together.



“You could have waited for the door to be closed!” Hermione almost squeaked at them as her hair frizzled with her reaction.



Percy was about to say something but he looked over at the older man, Kingsley leaned over and brought his hand to Percy’s cheek gently. “You really scared me.”



“Sorry.” Percy murmured before he looked over at his dad who was now holding his head blushing furiously.



“Well this explains the lock down of the ministry a bit more.” Hermione sighed a bit as she leaned against the door and smirked over at Percy.



Percy looked over at the minister in shock and the large man took a step back as he smiled at the younger man. The redhead glared a bit as he tightened his grip on the covers.



“You what?”



OOO



Neville smiled when he saw Snape glare at him at the end of the hallway. He quickly ran up to him and smiled innocently as Snape just stared boredly.



“You have my wand?”



“Why would you think I have anything of yours?” Snape said dryly as he eyed the younger man.



“It’s the way you’re glaring at me.” Neville laughed as he held out his hand to the older man. “I could feel the annoyance at the end of the hall.”



Snape just rolled his eyes before he handed the younger man his wand and Neville gave him a small smile in return. “Thanks.”



“Neville!” Both Snape and Neville turned to see the Williamson waving over at him. The Auror paused for a second before he said something that Neville couldn’t quite hear to the wizard standing next to him.



Neville was about to turn back to Snape but Williamson stopped talking to the wizard and ran over to the young man. “Did you need something Williamson?”



“Harry was looking for you.” Williamson stated quickly as he walked over to the two men.



“I was just about to walk Snape out.” Neville gestured to the older man behind him.



“If you want, I could do it for you.” Williamson nodded at Snape who nodded back at the man. “I think Harry found something he needed you for.”



Neville paused for a second while thinking about what Harry could have found in the short time they had been apart but sort of shrugged. The man could handle himself after all whatever he needed Neville for could wait.



“Tell him I’ll be there in a second.” Neville said quickly before he started to walk away. “Let’s hurry Professor Snape, you don’t want to get stuck waiting in the lobby with the rest of the people wanting to leave today do you?”



“I suppose not.” Snape said as he turned to follow the young man.



A hand on his shoulder though stopped him from moving forward and Neville turned around to look at him oddly.



“Williamson?”



“I think you should really go see what Harry needs you for Neville.” The Auror stated as his grip on Snape’s shoulder tightened a bit causing the man’s black robes to wrinkle. Snape made a reach for his wand but the Auror grabbed the older man’s hand and pulled it behind his back.



“I really think you should let him go.” Neville stated as he raised his wand to the Auror he had been working next to for the past four years.



Snape didn’t move and still looked rather bored in the situation despite looking awkward with his arm behind his back. The man just sighed as if being held hostage was some sort of trivial task he did everyday.



“Neville.” Williamson sighed before he pointed his wand at Snape making Neville’s wand falter a bit. “Just go up to Harry and pretend you didn’t see me or Professor Snape.”



Neville looked confused at the man causing the Auror to laugh.



“Do you really want to fight for this man?” Williamson sounded shrill as he asked it. “He is a death eater! They ruined so many people’s lives, they even destroyed your-”



“My family by making my parents go mad, I’m twenty one years old Williamson. Believe it or not that is not the first time I have heard that.” Neville gripped his wand firmly as he raised it. “Now let go of him and come with me to Robards.”



“So you can arrest me?” Williamson laughed.



“Let him go!”



“As much as I am truly enjoying your conversation could you please get on with it?” Snape asked indifferently as he tried to glare at the Auror behind him. “I am a very busy man.”



Snape might have thought that was a bad idea when Williamson’s fist hit him in the face sending him against the wall. Neville raised his wand but suddenly fell forward as something hit him from behind. He briefly saw Snape yell something that forced Williamson back before there was a surge of heat around the room and the sandy haired Auror blacked out.



OOO



“I am perfectly capable of working.” Percy stated as he walked into the office as turned to face the group that was following him.



“I’m not saying that you aren’t but-” Arthur stated before he just sighed and turned away from his son glaring at Kingsley. “Does he need to be here?”



“I am going to be here whether he wants me here or not.” Percy stated flushing a bit at his father asking his boss that question. “The ministry is on lock down and as undersecretary I should be here during the whole thing!”



“He’s right dad.” Ron yawned as he followed Draco into the room. The blond walking straight to the chair behind Percy’s desk and sitting in it. “I am going to go check in on Robards.”



Arthur looked over at his youngest son and nodded. “I’ll come too, I would really like to know what is going on.”



“I haven’t seen Lupin in a while.” Hermione stated as he brought her fingers to her mouth in thought. “And he usually came here every now and then to keep me updated.”



“I’ll check on him too then.” Arthur smiled at her and she nodded back and turned as the two redheads left the room. “Now Minister, you can update Percy on what we are doing while I find a better place for Malfoy to make camp.”



“I can’t stay here?” Malfoy mocked hurt. “With you? I mean you are all such wonderful company.”



“I can’t have you running around when you could still be in danger.” Hermione stated as she dragged him out of the office.



Percy turned to the minister before he was suddenly pulled into the minister’s office; the older man shutting the door behind him and kissing Percy gently on the lips before he pulled away with a smile.



“Are you sure you are okay?” He asked softly as he stared at the blue eyes that were glaring at him.



“Yes I am fine and I might actually be able to get work done if you wouldn’t do that.” Percy pushed the bigger man away half heartedly before he opened the door again and went back to his desk. “Now how much of the ministry is already cleared?”



“More than half but we’re keeping everyone here until we are done.” Kingsley stated as he placed his hand on Percy’s shoulder and looked over the shorter man to see the piece of paper the redhead was looking at. “There is a chance that we might have it wrong and it won’t be someone in the ministry but if that’s the case I’ll just give everyone a paid day off for their worries.”



“Stop joking around.” Percy said tersely before he looked up to see Hermione walk in the room looking a little worse for wear. “You okay?”



“I’m fine.” She blushed furiously though before she forced herself to take a deep breath. “He just gave me a mental image of Ron that I did not need.”



“What did he say?” Percy asked darkly but Hermione just shook her head.



“I am going to go check on Robards.” Kingsley stated as he let go of the redhead’s shoulder, both Percy and Hermione were about to say something when he lifted his hand. “I will be fine on my own, you two and make sure that I have a press meeting tomorrow to explain my actions today.”



Percy sighed as he watched the older man leave before he looked over at Hermione who was smirking at him, a blush still on her cheeks. “What?”



“I was just wondering how long it had been going on?” Hermione stated nonchalantly as she started to write her letter to the daily prophet letting them know when the press conference would be.



Percy just blushed and glared at her. “Not even a full day, well I suppose almost two but since I was asleep most of the time I wouldn’t say it counted.”



“Only a day?” Hermione seemed a little taken back before she coughed at her own reaction. “I wish someone would kiss me like that on a first date.”



“What?”



“Nothing.” Hermione muttered before she handed Percy the paper. “Will you send this for me?”



“Sure.” He stated shortly before he left the room. He passed by an Auror on his way to the room….William…Willy….something with a W before he handed the note to the lady at the desk. Percy sighed for a moment before he smiled at her and she smile back letting him know that the Daily Prophet would get it in a few moments and Percy told her his thanks.



He rubbed his eyes a bit as he made his way back to the office before he heard a loud crash. Percy paused for a moment before he pulled out his wand and ran over to the office. He poked his head in to see Hermione against the wall, her wand on the ground in front of her as she glared at her attacker.



“What is-” Percy walked in, his wand out and pointed at the Auror he had passed in the hallway. “Aren’t you an Auror?”



“Percy, go get the Minister!” Hermione yelled at him before the Auror turned on the redhead.



“Go get the Minister and let him know that I have Ms. Granger.” Williamson stated with a high voice mimicking Hermione.



“Let Hermione go and I will stay in her place.” Percy said; his wand shaking slightly as he stared at the man in front of him. He wished he had practiced dueling with Charlie the last time his older brother had offered.



“Percy?” Hermione’s voice broke as she looked up at the redhead. “Why wou-”



“Listen…whoever you are.” Percy didn’t bother trying to be polite in this situation. “I think she has been through enough in her lifetime. Let me take her place.”



Williamson frowned at the redhead before he shrugged. “Let’s go then.”



“What?” Percy’s voice cracked a bit.



“You didn’t expect me to stay here did you?” Williamson glared at the redhead. “I need you to show me where the Malfoy kid is.”



“BUT-”



“Okay.” Percy glared at Hermione hoping she got the hint. He had no idea where Hermione had taken Draco and that was probably for the best at the moment.



This was one hell of a day to wake up to.



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DunDunDUUUNNNN!



Percy if my favorite character, really, I don’t know if you guys have noticed yet lol.



I hope you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to the last chapter of this story next week! Then of course look forward to the sequel to this story after that, whenever I start posting it that is lol.



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