Fallen from grace

Chapter Five

The following morning at Hogwarts was a quiet and sombre affair with Auror’s constantly patrolling and occasionally students and staff being asked questions about the evening’s events and their whereabouts. Breakfast in the Great hall was strained all three houses looked at the Slytherins’ with distrust and loathing, several fights had to broken up between students from Gryffindor and Slytherin over the previous nights events.

The Golden Trio were barely seen early in the morning by students as they were spotted by Ministry officials separated and questioned for an hour or so. Acting Headmistress McGonagall found them all in the common room in the early afternoon and escorted them to the Hospital wing to see Bill Weasley before he went to St Mungo’s.

As the four teenagers eagerly made their way in to the room they were quickly greeted by a sobbing Mrs Weasley who gave them all a fierce hug, looked them over and asked them if they were ok. The four of them all nodded a yes and the two Weasley siblings rushed to their brother’s bedside.

Bill Weasley was the only patient still in the hospital wing; all the previous patients from the night before had small bumps and scrapes which Madame Pomfrey had healed in seconds. The room was in pristine order all the beds were made and smell of antiseptic and potions hung in the air; it nearly made Harry think that none of last night had happened as everything was the same in the room except for the two Auror’s which he didn’t recognize guarding the double doors.

Madame Pomfrey was attending to Bill as they had all entered the room and seemed to be just finishing up running her wand over Bill’s face a couple of times, quickly jotting down a couple of notes “here you go you can take another pain potion now before your trip to St Mungo’s however it is going to make you feel tired and make everything a little slow and confusing.” She then quickly bustled out of the room in to her office to give the eight of them some privacy.

Bill Weasley was awake but half his face was bandaged and he looked a little groggy from the pain potion he was on. Ginny immediately hugged her older brother and started to cry “I am so glad you’re alive.”

“Of course I’m ok Ginny, as if someone like Greyback could hurt me I deal with Goblins day in day out and he is nothing compared to that” he said with a small smile on he half of his face you could see. Fleur his fiancé who was stood by the head of the bed looked down and smiled “Oh you are so brave, my husband to be.”

Mrs Weasley suddenly looked round to Fleur “I would have thought you would be calling the wedding off after what has happened to him,” and with a great heaving sob buried her face in her hanky “I mean …. We … don’t even know if they can heal what that monster has done to his face.”

Fleur looked extremely taken aback by what Mrs Weasley had said and fresh tears started to gather in he eyes “you really think that little of me that I would cast him aside because of what he may look like, he is my mate, he is brave and loyal and I love him with all my being.”

The whole room was in an awkward silence Harry and Hermione felt extremely out of place in the argument and inched away from the hospital bed; even the two auror’s looked extremely un-comfortable and left the room to guard it from the hallway. Arthur Weasley who looked washed out and tired went to his wife’s side trying to comfort her. Ron had moved to stand at the bottom of the bed with his parents in a sign of solidarity, and holding out a hand to a distraught looking Ginny.

“I am sure my mum didn’t mean for it to sound like it did darling were all just tired and grumpy,” lifting up Fleur’s hand and kissing it in an attempt to calm the situation. Bill was exhausted after the night’s ordeal, his face ached a little and he had a slight headache, but the pain potion he had just taken again was starting to take affect again and just wanted to sleep, he was too groggy to deal with a family fight over Fleur and her intentions.

However his actions were to no avail Molly thinking she was doing what was best for her son started again, “No I am just thinking of what’s best for both of you, I know you both know of my doubts about your relationship, your both young and taking things very quickly, and know Fleur what if Bill is permanently disfigured? You can’t honestly tell me that you would stay with him you would be off looking for new lover’s after a couple of months.”

Arthur moved a little to look at his wife but kept his arm around her shoulder’s “Now Molly dear you don’t know any of this, we were young when we married and look at us now and how happy we have been.” He was smiling down at her with absolute love and adoration in his eyes, “and Bill isn’t a child any longer he is free to make his own decisions in his life we should be here supporting the two of them, they are going to go through a rough couple days if not weeks.”

“No dad I think mum’s right, Fleur has never fit in with the family, she is all good looks and appearance and will never stay with Bill in the long run.” Ginny was looking at Fleur with great dislike and was backed up Molly and Ron. Arthur Weasley sighed and let his arm drop from his wife shoulder’s and went to sit at the by the bed shaking his head between his hand’s muttering “this really isn’t the time or place”.

He was ignored though and the tension in the room was building to what seemed a fever pitch and no one wanted to be the one to break it. Harry was fidgeting moving from foot to foot, wringing his hands and looking nervously back and forth across the room doing his best not to look at anyone or anything in particular encase he was brought in to the mounting conflict. Hermione was trying not to look anyone in the eyes either but felt an over whelming sense of sympathy for Fleur.

Fleur was shaking by this point and looked completely alone against the three Weasley’s: Hermione couldn’t help but feel sorry for her, they had never spoke or had anything really in common but facing of against one angry or upset member of the Weasley family was terrifying enough at times let alone three blatantly stating they didn’t want you in their family.

Bill was falling in to a state of un-consciousness “mum we love each…” as he yawned and his half opened eyes fluttered close against his will. “He just thinks he loves you at the moment this will all pass” replied Molly seeming to square up to Fleur.

Fleur gently laid Bill’s hand on the bed and took a step towards Molly, and in a hushed whisper said “even now you do not listen to your son, he loves me as I love him it is no enchantment or bewitchment from my part. I am also deeply hurt by your comments Ginevra that you think of me as someone who is so shallow.”

“Well you are look at you always primping and preening and fishing for every male’s attention, you have Veela blood in you and they are just vain and in-sincere creatures” Ginny stood from the bed to fully face Fleur who looked absolutely livid and had a small magical charge forming around her. Hermione’s opinion of Ginny was that she just couldn’t stop trying to pick fights since the events of last night and at her comment was small minded bigoted against a fellow magical creature.

“You don’t know that Ginny none of us no that much about Fleur and it is unfair to compare her to the Veela we saw at the world cup.” As she said this she moved around the bed to stand a little closer to Fleur in support. Everyone in the room looked at Hermione; Harry in what seemed to be dumbfounded horror believing even more now that any minute he was going to be asked a question, Fleur looked immensely grateful for some form of support, Arthur a little taken back by her action’s and the rest of the Weasley’s very angry.

“Oh what do you know Hermione, you just stick your nose in books all the time, cos no one really likes you for you or your looks just what you know in that big bushy head. As if you would know about love and boyfriends and girlfriends, I mean Viktor only pretended to like you to get information for the Tri Wizard cup is all.” Was Ginny’s extremely spiteful response to Hermione partly standing up to Fleur and in her eyes trying to make her look like a bitch for a second time.

The room once again fell into an ugly and tense silence, Arthur had looked up from the floor at his only daughter in horror at even thinking such awful thoughts about someone considered in his eyes as practically family. Ron and Molly looked a little unsure of what had been said but weren’t wavering in their stand together against Fleur and now Hermione. Harry seemed to look inwards; he had stopped fidgeting and from the outside looked completely calm and collected at the whole situation as if he was detached from the reality around him.

Hermione looked as if she had been dealt a physical blow by the youngest Weasley, even taking a step away from the bed, tears pooled in her eyes and she frantically looked to her two best friends for some from of support, but received none. With a heaving sob she placed a hand to her mouth as if to try and stop the tears and sounds of her crying escape her body and fled the hospital wing.

“Hermione, please wait” Fleur shouted trying to reach out to stop the fleeing girl but she was already gone. “How can you be so careless in your actions and words to one of your friends? She did nothing wrong and was right in what she said, yet you and your family would know noting of this as none of you have asked or looked in my heritage. You all just hoped I would flit away when some one new and more exciting or rich would catch my eyes.”

Fleur’s magic and delicate voice were building in the room, “let me tell you something Bill and I are destined to be with one another we are mates which have bonded for life nothing you can do or say will change this fact. If you cannot hold your tongues I suggest you leave or I will make you, Bill needs rest and all this shouting and tension will distress him.”

“Your right my dear, I am truly sorry for my part in all this stupid behaviour I am truly looking forward to having you as a daughter in-law. Can you forgive me?” Arthur had stood up and held out his hand across the bed to Fleur.

“Dad?” “Arthur, just wha..” The three Weasley’s were cut off by Harry this time “Enough, this is horrible how could you be arguing at a time like this you should be sticking together as a family and friends rather than pushing people away, he will just win otherwise.” He then stormed out of the room without looking back even when Ginny and Ron called after him to stop and wait for them.

The room once again fell in to a silence but most of the tension had dissipated from the room, Fleur and Mr Wesley had both taken up seats at either side at the head of the bed and proceeded to watch over Bill’s sleeping form.

Two orderlies from St Mungo’s appeared with the auror’s that had been guarding the door. “I think its time you two said goodbye to Bill and your Mother and went back to the common room or the great hall if its dinner time, I love you both but I think you Ginny need to do some thinking on what you’ve said today and apologize to Hermione.”

Ron and Ginny mumbled goodbye’s and left after Molly hugged them and told them to be careful and that she would keep them updated on what happened with Bill and they would all be home soon. Just as they left the two orderlies and Madame Pomfrey came from her office to make sure Bill was stable to be moved to St Mungo’s.


Hope you all like the new chappie, I am to be adding more soon. Again let me know if you want (can be bothered) that you like or don't or just random messages of insanity I don't mind. Also to let you know I am going to have Ginny as a bitch a lot in the story and Ron very hot headed!!!!

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