Her - A Draco Malfoy Fanfiction

Chapter 19: Unfortunate News (Summer)

We all sat in the living room, awaiting Harrys arrival. "He's awfully late.. You don't think anythings happened, do you?" Ginny looked over at her mother, who was obviously thinking the same thing.

"No.. He's with Dumbledore." Bill added, though he looked equally concerned.

We all jumped, as someone suddenly knocked at the front door. "I'll get it." Arthur jumped up and headed for the door.

"Who is it.. Declare yourself!" He demanded as someone answered from the other side. "It is I, Dumbledore, bringing Harry."

We all jumped up from our seats, breathing out a sigh of relief as the door swung open to reveal Professor Dumbledore and Harry, who was looking rather thin.

"Hello Nymphadora." Dumbledore addressed the glum looking woman sitting in the kitchen. Tonks had been spending a lot of time at the burrow recently, Molly clearly wanted to match her up with Bill as she didn't like Fleur very much at all.

"Well, I'd best be off." Tonks got up from her seat, eager for an excuse to escape. She made her way out of the front door, ignoring Molly's please to stay.

"Well, before I leave I have some matters to discuss with Mirabelle and Harry." Dumbledore looked at me as I made my way over to him.

"Of course, professor." I nodded as he guided Harry and I back outside.

"It's a matter of Sirius' will." Dumbledore explained once we'd gotten out of earshot of the Burrow. Harry and I turned to each other for a brief moment, before Dumbledore continued.

"He's left you both everything he owns." He went on. "Buckbeak, Kreacher and his home." he explained.

"You both share them equally, if you do not wish for 12 Grimmauld place to remain the headquarters of-"

"I do." Harry cut him off, before turning to me, as if to ask if I also approved.

"Yes, the house can remain the Headquarters of the Order." I nodded, slightly stunned by the news. "I don't want Kreacher, though." I added quickly, before Dumbledore could continue.

"You may set him free, but he has much knowledge of the order. He could share this information, if he was released." Dumbledore looked between the two of us.

"Okay.. We'll keep him" we both mumbled, clearly neither of us were very happy with him.

"Another thing, and I wish to discuss this privately with Miss Riddle, if you don't mind Harry." He smiled down at the boy beside me, as Harry bade him goodnight and headed inside the house.

"Now, I have some unfortunate news for you Mirabelle." The usual twinkle in his eye vanished as he went on. "It's about Amelia Bones, your guardian." His face was filled with empathy as he went on.

"Amelia, unfortunately.. Was found dead two nights ago, we believe it is the work of Voldemort and his Death Eaters.." He paused, waiting for my response.

"Dead?" I stared back at him, not quite processing what he was saying.

He nodded.

"Professor, forgive me but I think you're mistaken. Amelia knows what she's doing she has all these enchantments on the house, she's very careful.." I looked up at him determinedly.

"Mirabelle.." He placed a hand on my shoulder. "I know this is hard for you to accept, I advise you to confide your troubles with your friends. You've experienced two great losses in the last month, you will need comfort from them."

But I wasn't listening, No Dumbledores not the pranking type..

"George? Fred?" I looked back up at him.