The Other Granger- COMPLETED

Chapter 25

Elaine's POV: 

Throughout the next month at the Burrow, all of us helped prepare for Bill and Fluer's wedding.  None of us were allowed to go anywhere beyond the protections surrounding the house, and all visitors were questioned when they arrived.  This proved to be very tedious as the wedding drew closer and guests from all around the world were arriving.  Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were constantly running outside to question the new arrivals. 

Before anyone knew it, the morning of Bill and Fluer's wedding had arrived.  The house was in complete chaos as everyone rushed around to get ready.  Mrs. Weasley, before we were allowed to get ready, made us help set up the tent outside. 

"On my count...three, two, one," Mr. Weasley said as everyone setting up the tents raised their wands in unison.  Once the tent was secured, George and I began placing the chairs for the ceremony.  "What's the Minister of Magic doing here?" George asked, looking up from the ground as we secured the chairs.  I looked up to and saw that the Minister was making his way towards me.  "Miss Granger...I need a word with you," the Minister said, waving me towards him.  I glanced at George, and then started walking towards the Minster, following him into the house.  "Arthur could you get the other Miss Granger as well as your son, Ronald Weasley, and Harry Potter," the Minister said as he read off a list of names from a piece of paper.  "Certainly," Mr. Weasley said, rushing off into the house to find them.  

The Minister walked straight to the living room of the house and saw on the couch.  I sat on the couch opposite him and we waited in awkward silence for my friends to arrive.  After minutes of staring at the ceiling I broke the silence between the Minister and I.  "Minister...to what do I owe the pleasure?" I asked him.  He rolled his eyes saying, "I think we both know why I'm here Miss Granger."  Not a second later, Harry, Ron, and Hermione strolled into the room and squeezed next to me on the couch I was already sitting on.  

Once the four of us were crammed onto the tiny couch, the Minister took a sheet of paper out of his pocked with his wand and levitated the paper in the air.  "Here it is set forth.  The last will and testament of Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore.  First, to Ronald Billius Weasley, I leave my deluminator.  A device of my own making in the hope that when things seem most dark, it will show him the light," the Minister said, taking out a lighter-looking contraption and handing it to Ron.  Ron rolled it in his hands and then clicked the deluminator, causing the lights in the rooms to go out.  He clicked it again and the lights turned back on.  "To Hermione Jean Granger, I leave my copy of the Tales of Beedle the Bard in hope that she find it entertaining and instructive," the Minister continued, handing Hermione her book.  "To Elaine Samantha Granger, I leave my compass and hope it will point her in the right direction," the Minister said, taking out the compass.  I recognized it right away.  It was the compass Dumbledore always wore around his neck.  The Minister handed it to me and I slipped it over my head and around my neck.  "To Harry James Potter, I leave the snitch he caught in his first Quidditch match at Hogwarts as a reminder of the rewards of perseverance and skill," the Minister finished, handing Harry the snitch.  Once Harry held the snitch in his hands, the Minister seemed almost disappointed...like he expected something to happen.  "I don't know what you're up to, Mr. Potter, but you can't fight this war on your own.  He's too strong," the Minister whispered to us.  "Suppose it's a good thing he's got us then," I snapped.  I was tired of this guy giving us an attitude.  "Is that all then?" Harry asked the Minister.  "Not quite.  Dumbledore also left you the sword of Godric Gryfinndor.  Unfortunately, the sword of Gryfinndor was not Dumbledore's to give away.  As an important historical artifact it belongs to-," the Minister rambled on but Hermione cut him off.  "To Harry.  The sword belongs to Harry.  It came to him when he needed it most in the Chamber of Secrets," Hermione said in her usual matter-of-fact tone.  "The sword can present itself to any worthy Gryfinndor, Miss Granger, that does not make it that wizard's property.  And in any event the current whereabouts of the sword are unknown," the Minister replied.  "Sorry?" Hermione and I asked in unison.  "It's missing," he answered back.  With that, the Minister stood up, said a quick goodbye to us, and left the Burrow.