Chapter 23

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 Snape was just reviving the rest of the Death Eaters when Lucius and Malfoy showed up.  “What are we going to tell the Dark Lord?” asked Malfoy.  “I don’t want to die!”  Malfoy kneeled down and started sobbing.

         “Stop crying Draco.  We are going to tell him the truth,” answered Snape.

         “Are you stupid Severus?  If we tell him the truth, we all will meet our end.” Lucius informed.

         “Exactly.  The Dark Lord can’t afford to lose all his Death Eaters.  I guess we really do need to tell the Dark Lord a lie.”

         “Like how?” Malfoy got up and asked Snape.  “He doesn’t really believe lies.  He knows.  He always knows.”

         “Well, we can think about it when we are returning with Harry Potter.”  Lucius said.

         “What are you talking about?  We can’t get Harry Potter.”  Snape informed.

         “We can get him because he is in there.”  Lucius pointed towards the Burrow.

         “Right, lets go.”  Snape called to the other Death Eaters to surround the Burrow. 

         “We take out anybody who gets in our way.  Lets go.” Lucius waved Snape, Malfoy, and three more Death Eaters towards the house.

         Ron got up and walked towards the window.  He thought he heard something.  Ron opened up the curtains and peered out.  Just then, he saw six black figures ‘float’ towards the Burrow.  “Hermione!”

         Hermione ran into Ron’s room, holding her wand at the ready position.  “What?  What?”

         “Death Eaters are coming!” Ron whispered.  He grabbed his wand and ran towards the door to his bedroom.

         “What’s going on guys?”  Harry sat up and rubbed his eyes.

         “Death Eaters are coming!”

         “What!?”  Harry grabbed his glasses and shoved them on.  Then he took his wand and ran towards the door.  “Okay, Hermione.  You wake up everybody and warn them.  Ron, you keep them away from your family.  I will get them out of the house.”

         “No!  Harry, you are staying here.”  Hermione stood between Harry and the door.  Hermione yanked Ron out of his room and slammed the door.  She pulled out her wand and locked the door.

         “Well, we better get to work.”  Hermione ran down the hall and barged into Ginny’s room.  “Wake up and grab your wand!  Death Eaters are in the house!”

         Ginny leaped out of bed and looked at Hermione with fear in her eyes.  Then it changed.  It was rage.  “They are in the house!”

         “Go wake up everybody.  Be careful!”  Hermione ran out of the room and down the stairs.  She had to find George and Fred.

         Ginny ran to her parent’s room.  “Mom and dad!  Death Eaters are in the house!”

         Mr. Weasley shot out of bed.  “Why are they in here?”

         “They need Harry!”

         “Where is Harry?”

         “In Ron’s room probably.”

         “I’ll hold them off.  Ginny, you guard Ron’s bedroom.”

         “Let me out of here!  Alohomora!”  The door of Ron’s bedroom didn’t open.  Harry backed up and ran towards the door.  Harry hit the door head on and fell backwards.  “What the heck?!”  Harry stood up and walked towards Ron’s bed and sat on it.  He needed to get out of there.

         “Fred!  George!  Wake up!  Death Eaters are in the house!”  Hermione was freaking out.  Fred and George sat up and rubbed their eyes. 

         “Pfff.  Yah, and my mom plays with fireworks.”  George stated, cracking up.

         “No, really.  I am not lying.  They are here for Harry.”

         Fred walked to his door.  “I’ll bet you anything that Hermione is lying.”  He opened the door to find a Death Eater standing there.  Fred slammed the door and looked at his brother.  “How much do I owe you?”

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