Beloved- George Weasley

Chapter 9

Diana purchased her books textbooks after the Weasley's. The Weasley's waited for her to finish before they moved to the front of the shop where the younger kids were waiting.

"Ron! What are you doing? It's too crowded in here, let's go outside." Mrs. Weasley said, before everyone noticed Draco Malfoy. 

"Well, well, well - Arthur Weasley." Mr. Malfoy said, putting his hand on Draco's shoulder.

"Lucius," Mr. Weasley said, in a very cold tone.

"Busy time at the Ministry, I hear. All those raids... I hope they're paying you overtime?" He grabbed the books out of Ginny's cauldron examining them.

"Obviously not. Dear me, what's the use of being a disgrace to the name of wizard if they don't even pay you well for it?" Mr. Malfoy said, Mr. Weasley turned a very, very dark shade of red.

"We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy," Mr. Weasley said,

"Clearly," said Mr. Malfoy, his pale eyes straying to Mr. and Mrs. Granger, who were watching from a few feet away, looking nervous.

"The company you keep, Weasley ... and I thought your family could sink no lower-" The cauldron in Mr. Malfoy's hands had fallen as Mr. Weasley threw himself at Mr. Malfoy, knocking him into a bookshelf.

"Get him Dad!" The twins shouted, as Diana couldn't contain her grin.

"No, Arthur, no!" Mrs. Weasley shouted.

"Gentlemen, please - please!" The employ shouted, looking very annoyed.

"Break it up, there, gents, break it up -" Hagrid walked in easily parting the groups of people that surrounded them watching the fight. He grabbed both of them by the collars pulling them apart. Mr. Weasley's lip was cut, and Mr. Malfoy had a black eye.

"Here, girl - take your book - it's the best your father can give you -" Mr. Malfoy shouted, thrusting one of Ginny's books that he had clutched onto during the fight, into her arms. He and Draco left the store, looking very angry.

"That was splendid!" Diana whispered to George, who couldn't wipe his grin off his face.

"Yeah, Dad really beat up Mr. Malfoy, didn't he?" He said, looking very proud.

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Summer vacation had come to an end a month later, Diana, Harry, and the Weasley's all ran late getting to the train station. They had to go back to the Burrow at least 4 times to get some last-minute items they had forgotten to pack. 

Once they parked in King's crossing, they only had ten minutes to get on the chair. They threw their bags on carts, and ran to platform 9 3/4's. 

"Percy first." Mrs. Weasley said, Percy ran forward first, then the twins and Diana. They had no time to stop and stare at the Hogwarts express. It blew its horn one more time, as they threw their trunks into the train, and hoped on.

"I really thought we weren't going to make it." Diana said, catching her breath.

"Thank goodness we did, or Mum would have blown a fuse." Fred said,

"Come on, let's go find our friends." George said, they walked down the train, looking for Lee and Madlyn. They found them in a cart in the middle of the train.

"There you three are! I was wondering why you were taking so long." Madlyn said, as she hugged Diana.

"It wasn't my fault, every single Weasley seemed to have forgotten something." Diana said, looking at Fred and George.