Harry Potter: Surviving the End

Mend On the Run

Everyone took off to their rooms, except for one. Harry just stood there staring at her. What was she doing back? Why do we have to leave? Should I say something to her?

HARRY! Go, now! She commamded angrily.

That brought him out of his thoughts and sent him back up the stairs in a daze. This was so confusing. He grabbed a bag and started throwing clothes into it. He slowly walked down the stairs to meet everyone else at the door. When they were all there, Ginny got everyone's attention and told them the plan. She had gotten a car that had been magically expanded so that they could escape without being noticed or tracked. They would go to a safe house to hide until the threat was over.

Of course, nobody had told Harry what this threat was. In fact most everyone had seemed to forget Harry was even there.

They got outside the house and piled into the car with the small bags each of them had brought. As they sped away, men in masks started to appear around the house. Harry looked back and jumped when he heard a loud crash as a plume of smoke appeared above the home they had all been in just moments earlier.

Harry turned in the seat and glanced around the car. Ginny was driving with a fierce look on her face. Mr. Weasly was comforting his wife who was in tears. Ron and Hermione were both looking stunned.

Harry's mind was racing as he tried to figure out what was going on. He had to have missed something important. When he had thought through every possibility, he finally decided to ask.

"What the hell is going on here?" Harry said to no one in particular, just hoping someone would speak up.

"Well Harry, if you had cared to pay attention to anything that was going on around you for the past few months, you would know exactly what was going on" Ginny said in an annoyed voice.

"The Ministry was being rebuilt. Some people started pushing for some of the old Order members to get involved, so that it would be built the right way. They wanted you Harry, but in your state, we didn't think it was a good idea, but I went to help in your place. I realized they were just trying to use me to get to you, so I cut all ties to you and the rest of the family. I had to know what was going on, so I had to stay. I've been a spy inside the ministry.

Harry, they're gathering a following. They know just the right things to say. They won't be taking over by force this time, they have the public support. But they need to get rid of the people who would stand against them. People like us. People who fought the Death Eaters last time."

"Those people at the house were there to exterminate you and everyone else found at the Burrow. I got there just in time though. You're lucky. Most haven't gotten out."

Harry tried to process this information, but only became angrier the more he thought about it. 

"Why didn't anyone tell me about this before?" Harry asked of nobody in particular.

"We were talking about it every day Harry, but you had so much on your mind, I don't think you really heard any of it. You just stayed in your room all day and joined us for dinner in a haze. We all took part in the rebuilding efforts at the beginning, but with you recovering from that curse mark, we didn't want to involve you. When it got worse, we just didn't know how to break the news to you." Mrs. Weasley explained. 

"So, what you're saying is, nothing has changed. Voldemort's followers are still after me. I can deal with that." Harry responded

Just as Harry came to this conclusion, the car came to a halt outside a run down shack on the outskirts of a forest. Everyone climbed out of the car and looked around. 

"Come on people, we're on the run! Somebody help me set up some wards. Otherwise we'll just be sitting ducks!" Ginny yelled to spur them into action.

Harry pulled out his wand and started to cast the wards he had last used with Hermione and Ron on the Horcrux hunt that felt so long ago now. Before he could enact the first spell though, he felt a searing pain in his chest and fell to the ground.