Ashes | 𝔇. 𝔐𝔞𝔩𝔣𝔬𝔶 [𝟙]

28 ⚡︎ Hearings and Reunions

♫ The World Is Ugly by My Chemical Romance ♫

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"Change my name,
shave my head,
tell my friends that I'm dead,
run away from the pain."

-Yesterday by Lil Peep

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Cassandra and the other Weasley children spent the week leading up to Harry's ministry hearing cleaning. They spent their whole days scrubbing, and the evenings trying to spy and listen in on the meetings. Dumbledore had showed up tonight, and it was the eve of Harry's hearing, but he hadn't even spoken to either of the twins.

They had found out quite a lot during dinner the previous night. For starters, Molly was beside herself that Cassandra, Harry and Ron even got to listen in the first place. She felt they were too young. 

There had been a raging fight between Sirius and Molly which was only settled once Remus brought up the fact that Cassandra and Harry weren't her children, to which Molly had responded that they were as good as. Cassie had felt slightly put off when Lupin had said that, because to her- Molly was her mum.

They had discovered that Voldemort wanted something that he didn't have the last time. Another thing they found out was that he was recruiting not only witches and wizards, but also magical creatures like the giants and dementors. Dumbledore had predicted that the dementors would abandon the ministry and join Voldemort, which is certainly what it seemed like when you consider the dementors that attacked Harry and Dudley last week.

To say that Ron seemed like he was scared shitless was an understatement, and a big one at that. Cassandra didn't feel much more scared now than she did before, and it seems like Harry felt the same as his sister.

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When Cassie woke up the next morning, she felt a pang of anxiety fill her stomach. She checked her watch and noted that Harry was already at the ministry for his hearing, and she walked downstairs. He would be coming back soon.

She descended the staircase quietly so as to not wake up Sirius' mother, and she crept into the kitchen where Lupin, her mum, Fred, George and Sirius sat. They were all eating breakfast. She went over and sat down next to George and across from Sirius before grabbing some toast and buttering it.

She slowly ate her sandwich while the others at the table returned to their conversations. By the time she had finished her breakfast, Ginny, Ron and Hermione had joined the table. It was about 11 O'Clock and Cassandra had been waiting nervously at the table for her brother to arrive for over an hour when she heard the front door open and close quietly.

She swallowed and held her breath, waiting for the person to come into the kitchen. Everyone had gone quiet. They heard footsteps round the corner and then Harry came into view.

"Cleared" Harry breathed out, and the room broke out into celebration and cheers as she ran forward to hug her twin brother. He hugged her back tightly, and she heard Fred, George and Ginny chant "He got off, he got off, he got off!" loudly in the kitchen.

"They were bound to clear you!" Hermione exclaimed, also hugging Harry. Sirius stood up and patted Harry on the back and he congratulated him before exiting the kitchen quickly and quietly. Cassie furrowed her eyebrows together, looking at where her godfather had just disappeared off to.