Chapter One Hundred And Twenty Six: Information Overload
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The four left the bedroom with the intent of going downstairs but before they could Ron flung an arm out stopping them.
"Hold it!" Ron breathed "they're still in the hall, we might be able to hear something."
The four of them looked cautiously over the bannister. The gloomy hallway below was packed with witches and wizards, Lina scammed the crowd looking for Cedric but couldn't see him, though she did spot Snape right in the centre of the group, Harry saw this too and leaned further over the bannister.
A think piece of flesh coloured string descended in front of Lina towards the group of witches and wizards, Lina looked up and saw Fred and George leaning over the bannister above lowering the Extendable Ear, Lina ginned up at them and they grinned back.
A moment later, they all began to move towards the front door and out of sight.
"Damnit" Lina heard Fred whisper as he hoisted the ear back up again.
They heard the door open and then close.
"Snape never eats here," Ron told Harry quietly "thank Merlin c'mon."
"And don't forget to keep your voice down in the hall, harry" Lina whispered.
As they passed the row of dead house-elf skulls they could see Remus, Mrs Weasley and Tonks doing up the locks and bolts of the front door behind those who had just left.
"We're eating down in the kitchen" Mrs Weasley whispered meeting them at the bottom of the stairs "Harry dear, if you'll just tiptoe across the hall it's through this door here-"
CRASH.
"Tonks!" Mrs Weasley cried in exasperation looking back at her.
"I'm sorry!" Tonks wailed lying flat on the floor "it's that stupid umbrella stand, that'd the second time I've tripped over-"
The rest of her sentence was drowned out by the wailing of the now uncovered portrait of Lina's grandmother. All down the hall more portraits woke and started to scream.
"DAD!" Lina yelled, she clamped her hands over her ears and made her way over to Tonks, helping her up. "DAD!" Lina yelled again "grandmothers going mental!"
Remus and Mrs Weasley tried to recover the painting but Walburga only screamed louder. "Filth! Scum! By-products of dirt and vileness! Half - breeds, mutants, freaks, be gone from this place! How dare you befoul this house of my fathers-"
"SHUT UP!" Lina yelled.
Tonks was apologising over and over again while putting the troll's leg back to a standing position. Mrs Wealsey abandoned her attempt to close the curtains and instead was stunning all the other portrait with her wand.
