Uncharted {HP FF}

Chapter 50

“Why does this always happen to her? She’s been out for days” Lupin’s voice echoed around me but I had no strength to follow it.

“She took a nasty blow when someone shot her with a stunning spell, we caught her as she was falling with Moody” Bill’s voice retold

“Poor thing, always has to pay a price” Mrs. Weasley said

“She’s strong” Harry said quietly

“Harry’s right, she won’t be out for very much longer” Ginny agreed. “She’s always put up a good fight in these things”

“Right! I remember when they said she could be in a coma for years and she woke less than a week later” Hermione said

“Look! Her hand twitched!” Fred said excitedly

I gathered strength to open my eyes ever so slightly to see everyone hovering around me. I got a sick feeling in my stomach once I remembered what had happened and I sat straight up in the bed.

“Mundungus-pop-disapparated- Mad-eye- green light shot- dead…oh my god…he’s dead. It’s my entire fault” I cried out as Tonks pushed me back on the bed.

“It isn’t your fault. It would have happened whether you were on the broom or not” Mrs. Weasley said, but she didn’t understand that I could have told them. I could have told them that I knew they knew we were coming.

This was all my fault

~

“What about you dear?” Mrs. Weasley had snapped me out of my daze.

“Hmm?”

“What would you like to do for your birthday? Just before Harry’s! He says he doesn’t want anything to big” Mrs. Weasley explained

“Oh…I we would just skip it” I shrugged

“Skip it?! Dear, it’s your seventeenth birthday! You can’t just skip it!” Mrs. Weasley exclaimed

“Well, I didn’t think it was a big deal. I don’t want to take too much attention just before the wedding” I stated

“You and Harry” She muttered. “How about just a dinner? That’s all Harry wanted too”

“Sounds great” I nodded

~

“I require a word with you” The Minister said to Harry. “Also with Mr. Ronald Weasley, Miss Hermione Granger, and Miss Victoria Southway”

“Us?” I questioned

“Why us?” asked Ron

“I shall answer when we are in a more private area” He said stiffly. “Is there such place?”

“The sitting room, why don’t you use that?” Mr. Weasley said

“You can lead the way” He said to Ron. “There will be no need for you to accompany us, Arthur”

The minister explained that he was here because of Dumbledore’s will. I seemed to be the only one that knew I was anywhere in there. Hermione had her word with the minister about how he shouldn’t have checked our inheritance.

Ron was given Dumbledore’s Deluminator, Hermione was given an old children’s book. Then came my name in the will.

“To Victoria Evangeline Southway, I leave my box of Veiled Ribbon in hope she will learn the art of protection” He handed me a small white box with a red bow on top. I opened it and it was filled with a liquid that almost seemed solid. It looked like a wedding veil but thinner, silver, and hard to feel. There were also instructions taped to the lid of the box that the Minister didn’t seem to notice.