Weasley

Chapter 6

On their last evening, Molly conjured up a sumptuous dinner that included all of Harry's favorite things, ending with a mouthwatering treacle pudding. Fred and George rounded off the evening with a display of Filibuster fireworks; they filled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour. Then it was time for a last mug of hot chocolate and bed.

It took a long while to get started next morning. They were up at dawn, but somehow they still seemed to have a great deal to do. Molly dashed about in a bad mood looking for spare socks and quills; people kept colliding on the stairs, half dressed with bits of toast in their hands; and Arthur nearly broke his neck, tripping over a stray chicken as he crossed the yard carrying Ginny's trunk to the car.

Allium was dreading the drive with her family, she may love them but even an enchanted car was not enough room.

Allium wasn't sure which would be worse. At the burrow with her mum or at Hogwarts where the other houses would taunt here. At school she did have more freedom so it's probably better. Though the cold of her dormitory compared to the warmth of the burrow did sting her heart.

At last they were all in the car, Molly glanced into the back seat, where Harry, Ron, Allium, Fred, George, and Percy were all sitting comfortably side by side, and said, "Muggles do know more than we give them credit for, don't they?" She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it resembled a park bench. "I mean, you'd never know it was this roomy from the outside, would you?"

Arthur started up the engine and they trundled out of the yard. Though almost immediately they were back George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks. Five minutes after that, they skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick. They had almost reached the highway when Ginny shrieked that she'd left her diary. By the time she had clambered back into the car, they were running very late, and tempers were running high.

Arthur glanced at his watch and then at his wife.

"Molly, dear—"

"No, Arthur—"

"No one would see—this little button here is an Invisibility Booster I installed—that'd get us up in the air—then we fly above the clouds. We'd be there in ten minutes and no one would be any the wiser—"

"I said no, Arthur, not in broad daylight—"

They reached King's Cross at a quarter to eleven. Arthur dashed across the road to get trolleys for their trunks and they all hurried into the station.

Allium had crossed the barrier multiple times so it was basically child's play at this point. She could tell that Harry was still slightly out of his element going through a wall.

"Percy first," said Molly, looking nervously at the clock overhead, which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier.

Percy strode briskly forward and vanished. Arthur went next; Fred and George followed.

"I'll take Ginny and you three come right after us," Molly told Harry and Ron, grabbing Ginny's hand and setting off. In the blink of an eye they were gone.

"Let's go together, we've only got a minute," Ron said to Harry. Allium would just go after them.

Allium watched as both boys bent low over the handles of their trolleys and walked purposefully toward the barrier, gathering speed. A few feet away from it, they broke into a run and—

CRASH.

Both trolleys hit the barrier and bounced backward; Ron's trunk fell off with a loud thump, Harry was knocked off his feet and was just barely caught by Allium, and Hedwig's cage bounced onto the shiny floor, and she rolled away, shrieking indignantly; people all around them stared and a guard nearby yelled, "What in blazes d'you think you're doing?"