Enchanted [Fred Weasley]

Seventy-Eight

After the words left his mouth William looked at his feet. Nervous about what Grace would say, he dug the tip of his shoe into the dirt.

"He's a Slytherin, isn't he?" Grace asked. William looked up at Grace. The young woman had a smile on her face.

"Uh, yeah." William confirmed.

"Yes, I've seen him around before. He has that curly, brown hair and those bright blue eyes? If I wasn't dating Fred I'd say he's quite handsome, but you didn't hear me say that." Grace smirked and leaned back against the tree. She opened her journal and gave one last message to William. "Go get him, Will."

William smiled brightly at Grace. He knew she would understand, but having her approval made butterflies swarm in his stomach.

"Hey, William?"

"Hm?"

"Have you told anyone else?" Grace asked, looking over the top of her journal.

"Yeah, my sister." William told her. Grace smiled at William and looked back at her journal. He knew the conversation was done. With a smile on his face he turned around and walked back towards the castle.

• • •

Florence and Sirius sat in their kitchen with Remus. Florence had an idea that immediately got turned down by Sirius and Remus.

"Oh, come on!" Florence cried. She flicked her wand causing three plates to fly out the cupboard and land on the table.

"First, I will not be tied to a leash. Secondly, we know what happened last time we both went out." Sirius reminded.

"No, I don't remember." Florence said. Remus reminded her.

"You threatened to beat Lucius Malfoy with his own arm." He told her.

"Oh, yeah, I do remember that." Florence said with a smile. All three adults became alert when they heard the front door slam open. Florence pointed her wand at the kitchen door which flung open seconds later. She immediately lowered it when she saw the person standing there.

"Emily?" Florence asked. The woman's breaths were short as she regained her normal breathing pattern.

"Emily, you need to sit down." Remus told her, but Emily seemed concerned about something else.

"They know." Emily revealed.

"They know what? And who's they?" Sirius asked.

"I don't know how, but they know about Grace's journals. She's in danger." An unsettling feeling settled in the room. Florence collapsed into a chair.

"Who could've told them?" Florence asked. Emily shook her head.

"I haven't got a clue, but Death Eaters know which must mean he knows." Emily stated. She shook her head and took a seat with the others.

"Do they know about the one spell that saved Cedric?" Sirius asked.

"Merlin help us if they do." Florence fretted.

Emily's return was short lived as she revealed news that would change everything. There was someone in the Order they could not trust. Someone that knew of Grace's spell books had revealed her biggest secret. The young woman was in danger and she didn't even know it.

• • •

Ben sat home, completely unaware of what was going on. At least for now he was. There was a knock at his door. Ben set down his quill and walked over to the door. When he opened the door he found Dumbledore, Kingsley, Florence, and Emily.

"Emily? You're okay!" He cried. Due to the somber looks on their faces something wasn't right. "What happened?"

Everyone was sitting in the family room. Emily set next to Ben, worried about how he would take such horrible news.

"Mr. Kellner, I'm sure you're aware of your daughters spell books?" Dumbledore asked.

"Spell books? The ones she needs for school?" Ben asked.

"Merlin's beard." Florence mumbled.

"No, Mr. Kellner, not those. The two journals Miss Kellner always writes in are spell books that contain spells of her own making. One helped Cedric Diggory survive the Killing Curse." Dumbledore informed him. Ben smiled.

"That's amazing! She's a hero!" Ben stood up, looking at the adults. "Why aren't any of you smiling? I think this calls for a celebration. I mean, my daughter saved a kids life!" With a flick of his wand several glasses flew out followed by a bottle of wine. Florence–extremely irritated–stood up as well.

"Ben, you should keep your trap shut before we finish! Death Eaters and most likely You-Know-Who know about these books! Grace is in danger!" There was a loud crash as the glasses and bottle of wine hit the floor. Emily pulled out her wand and fixed the glasses and bottle of wine. She then put them back where they belong.

"W-what?" Ben asked. Kingsley sighed.

"Something in the Order is not as trustworthy as we imagined. We don't know whom, but someone. We're doing our best to find the person." He told Ben.

Ben collapsed next to Emily again. The man was utterly shocked as he tried to wrap his head around it. He couldn't imagine his little girl being hurt by Death Eaters.

"You're saying he might be after my little girl?" Ben asked. No one said anything.

"Ben—" Emily began, but was cut off.

"She's my only child! She's so young a-and she's absolutely brilliant! This can't happen to her." Tears filled Ben's eyes. He didn't know what he would do if he lost her.

"Mr. Kellner, I assure you she's completely safe at Hogwarts. I will keep a close eye on her and so will everyone else. No one in the Order will let Grace get hurt." Dumbledore reassured Ben.

No matter how many times he was assured Grace would be fine, Ben didn't believe it. He lived through the first wizarding war and saw his many lives Voldemort took. The man showed no mercy and Ben knew he wouldn't with Grace either.

Grace didn't even know she was in danger.