After The War - DARKNESS WITHIN (HP9)

Chapter 13 - Kidnapped

"Ginnyyyyy!" Harry yelled as Ginny vanished in front of him leaving Harry alone with Bifford.

Bifford came running towards him waving the boot over his head "I found it!" Then he looked around and asked "Where did Weasley go now?"

"We need to get help." Harry said quickly. "Someone took Ginny. It was a women, dark curly long hair. I couldn't see her face."

"What are you talking about?" Bifford asked looking confused.

"That wasn't Ron! It was Ginny. She was pretending to be him just for tonight." Harry said quickly.

"You tricked me!" Bifford said in disbelief, his face going pale. "You never took this seriously in the first place and now see what happened!"

"We can argue about this later." Harry said through gritted teeth. "We need to find Ginny."

They marched back into the Ministry and straight to the Minister's door.

"Come in!"

"Ah! Harry! What are you doing here on Christmas Day? I thought you would be celebrating at the Burrow." Kingsley said. He was sitting behind his desk, a quill between his teeth as he read some reports.

"Minister, another Weasley has been taken." Bifford said. Kingsley stood up, he looked behind Harry as though expecting to see someone standing there.

"Not Ron?" He said.

"They took Ginny." Harry said and he told Kingsley everything that happened and described the woman he saw take Ginny.

"They are bold coming to the door of the ministry to take her!" Kingsley said. "What were you doing instead of guarding them?" He snapped at Bifford who looked baffled.

"I-I was there! It happened so fast!" Bifford protested but Kingsley held up his hand to silence him.

"Go find Ron Weasley. Take him back to the Burrow and stay with him until Potter and I return. Also send every auror in the ministry to my office, now." Kingsley commanded. Bifford looked ashamed of himself as he bowed low and exited.

Harry thought about Mr and Mrs Weasley and how devastated they would be when they found out their only daughter was taken by Flamel.

"What do we do now?" Harry asked Kingsley as over a dozen Aurors filled the Minister's Office.

"We now have a description for the kidnapper. What Harry has given us today is more than we have had all this time." Kingsley said to all the Aurors present. "This should give us a good lead."

"There is something else that has me concerned." Kingsley continued looking into the fireplace. "Ginny was disguised to look like Ron. Perhaps she isn't the intended target at all."

"If they wanted a Weasley they certainly got one." Harry said.

"Of all the protection we have given the Weasleys, I considered the Burrow and the ministry to be the most impenetrable. The fact that they managed to grab a Weasley here makes me wonder why they hadn't done anything to the others. Unless Ron is their primary target!" Kingsley said.

"Why Ron? He couldn't possibly have done anything to be a target." Harry said. Kingsley shook his head. "There are a lot of unanswered questions. Let's just hope that Ginny is still safe."

Harry gulped.

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"Shall we head to the castle? It's time for dinner." Ron said. His stomach rumbling.

"You just had cake!" Hermione said. "Besides, I don't want anyone else to see you." 

"Why not?" Ron said surprised and Hermione told him everything about McGonagal.