𝙿𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 - 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑦 | ✔︎

Chapter 80

A/N: just what I thought Natasha would look like 

Natasha and Fred were surprised to see Percy Weasley valiantly fighting off Death Eaters that had just flooded into the grounds of the school, after the barrier had been broken.

What surprised them more was to see Felicity Pearce fighting alongside him, blocking attacks from Death Eaters as he fired spells. "Need a hand?" Natasha asked, and Percy looked back for a split second, as Fred started firing his own spells, taking up Percy's place.

"Always from you Nat. I hear you're my sister-in-law now?" he asked, firing a spell at a grouchy looking Death Eater who had lost their mask.

"Indeed, I'm also the mother of your first nephew. I'll introduce you both after this ends; Reggie's been waiting a while to meet a few of his uncles," she said with a smirk, crying a war-cry before charging at Death Eater's like a bowling bowl, her duelling skills now on trial.

Percy smiled, having had missed Natasha and Fred and the rest of his family for years now, and quickly got back to duelling, laughing as he threw his tie in the direction of a former colleague, who growled.

"I've missed you Perce, though I must say, your hair looks astonishingly horrible. I take it you haven't been using the shampoo mum makes for us all?" Fred asked, narrowly dodging a jinx.

"FREDERICK STOP BULLYING YOUR BROTHER OR YOU'LL BE KILLED!" Natasha roared, trapped against a wall as two Death Eaters drew close.

"Stupefy!" she yelled, at the same time as Felicity Pearce, effectively knocking out both the attackers. Natasha glanced up, smiling thankfully at Felicity.

"Thank you," she said sincerely.

"I didn't do it for you," Felicity seethed. "Fred loves you, and I see now he will never love me, but I will always love him, so I saved you for him."

As she said this, a Death Eater shot a spell at the wall above Fred and Percy, and Natasha cried out, rushing to push Fred out of the way. With all her might, she grabbed him and pushed, shutting her eyes as an imminent death approached them both.

"I love you, my boys," she whispered, as her body continued to fall.

~.~

As Antonin Dolohov fired an assault of spells on Remus, Sirius and Tonks, they were cornered, their wands scattered away from their grasps. Remus hugged Tonks close to him as Sirius stood in front, praying for an easy death.

Aurelia had disappeared only minutes before, duelling a female Death Eater down a staircase, before she had doubled over, mumbling Severus' name over and over.

"I love you, my girls," he silently thought, and he shut his eyes, as a blinding light-struck Antonin, sending him flying out the window to his death.

"Dad?"

Sirius opened his eyes to see Adrian staring at him with a small smile, the boy tucking his wand into the back of his trousers. Remus and Tonks opened their eyes, both crying as they realised their time to go wasn't now, and they smiled at Adrian who nodded curtly.

"You saved us," Sirius gasped, pulling him into a hug, whilst holding the back of his head. "Have you seen Lia, or Natasha?"

Adrian shook his head, beginning to walk around the room in case of a surprise attack. "I've been with Ollie and his flyers most of the night. I only stopped in here because he said he saw you guys fighting," Adrian replied, twisting the ring around his finger nervously.

He went to say something else, but was stopped by the twisted, cold echo of the one voice all of them dreaded.

"You have fought valiantly... but in vain. I do not wish this. Every drop of magical blood spilled is a terrible waste. I therefore command my forces to retreat. In their absence, dispose of your dead with dignity. Treat your injured." As Voldemort's voice carried these words out throughout the castle, Sirius looked at Remus and Tonks, with terror in his eyes.

"I need to find my wife and child," he said urgently, running out of the rafters down flights of stairs, followed closely by Adrian, Remus and Tonks. Kingsley and Arthur, who were close by, also followed, as Voldemort's voice continued to reign terror on the minds of every being in the castle.

They were fast, collecting some discarded brooms along the way to speed up their journey, and finally, after a few minutes, made it to the Great Hall, where bodies had begun to line up along the floor in two neat rows.

Sirius teared up at the sight of Kira in a stretcher, looking peaceful as she drew in no breath, her hair covered with dried blood and flesh. Erin, her younger sister, was crying over her older sister's dead body, supported by Joan, who nodded sadly at Sirius when he entered.

He rushed along the aisles, glad to see the Weasley family all intact, but stopped in his tracks as he saw Fred missing, kneeling over the bloodied body of a girl.

"No," he choked, rushing to see if what he thought was true.

"Sirius, stop!" Molly said desperately, holding him back.

He didn't, and as Fred and the body he was mourning came into view, Sirius' heart stopped, before it finally allowed itself to beat.

It wasn't Natasha's body.

It was Felicity Pearce.

"A wall was hit with a jinx and it began to fall, so Natasha pushed me out of the way, but before the wall could hit her, Felicity jumped in, throwing Natasha out of the way. She died saving us," Fred said solemnly, closing Felicity's eyes, before draping a sheet over her.

"But where is Natasha now? And my wife? Where is my wife?!" Sirius said, his voice unable to echo over the continued talking and crying in the hall.

"Natasha shot off in the direction of the boathouse, muttering Snivellus' name. As for Aurelia, I haven't seen her since we all arrived here hours ago."

Sirius nodded, falling back to take a seat on the seats nearby, and Molly wrapped an arm around him, kissing his head. "They'll show up soon Sirius. Apart from my mother, they're two of the toughest, most spirited witches I've ever encountered. They know what they are doing, we just have to trust them," she said kindly, motioning for Fred to come sit by his father-in-law's side.

Fred, however, was distracted by a familiar looking blue wisp zipping past him, reaching Joan and Erin before transforming into a dragon. The two women nodded, pulling out their small satchels on their waists which contained healing herbs before running out of the hall, leaving behind Kira, who was quickly surrounded by Remus and Tonks.

"They're definitely alive," he said, pointing to the disappearing trail. Sirius looked up to see what Fred was pointing at, and smiled, clapping him on the back.

"My girls are alive," he whispered.