Chapter 6 |The Argument|

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"Weasley! Hey, Weasley!"

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"Weasley! Hey, Weasley!"

Adrien saw the golden trio standing ahead as Draco called Ron out while he also saw Ginerva halt in her movements to hear what Draco had to say.

"What?" he heard Ron say shortly.

"Your dad's in the paper, Weasley!" said Malfoy, brandishing a copy of the
Daily Prophet and speaking very loudly, so that everyone in the packed entrance hall could hear. "Listen to this!

FURTHER MISTAKES AT THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC

It seems as though the Ministry of Magic's troubles are not yet at an end, writes Rita Skeeter, Special Correspondent. Recently under fire for its poor crowd control at the Quidditch World Cup, and still unable to account for the disappearance of one of its witches, the Ministry was plunged into fresh embarrassment yesterday by the antics of Arnold Weasley, of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts
Office."

Malfoy looked up.
"Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley. It's almost as
though he's a complete nonentity, isn't it?" he crowed.

Everyone in the entrance hall was listening now. Malfoy straightened the
paper with a flourish and read on:

Arnold Weasley, who was charged with possession of a flying car two years ago, was yesterday involved in a tussle with several
Muggle law-keepers ("policemen") over a number of highly
aggressive dustbins. Mr. Weasley appears to have rushed to the aid of "Mad-Eye" Moody, the aged ex-Auror who retired from the
Ministry when no longer able to tell the difference between a handshake and attempted murder. Unsurprisingly, Mr. Weasley found, upon arrival at Mr. Moody's heavily guarded house, that Mr. Moody had once again raised a false alarm. Mr. Weasley was forced to modify several memories before he could escape from the policemen, but refused to answer Daily Prophet questions about why he had involved the Ministry in such an undignified and
potentially embarrassing scene.

"And there's a picture, Weasley!" said Malfoy, flipping the paper over and
holding it up. "A picture of your parents outside their house — if you can call
it a house! Your mother could do with losing a bit of weight, couldn't she?"

Ron was shaking with fury. Everyone was staring at him. While Adrien saw Ginerva looking furious with Draco and getting ready to pounce on him, but Adrien quickly made his way to her and pulled her to him.

"Don't do what you are thinking Ginerva, it would get you in trouble with the Malfoy's." He told her but it looked like she didn't pay any heed to him and was trying to get out of his hold.

"Ginerva!" He hissed in her ear, which made her look at him the same fury in her eyes.

"Oh yeah, you were staying with them this summer, weren't you, Potter?"
sneered Malfoy. "So tell me, is his mother really that porky, or is it just the
picture?"

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