October 16, 1977
10:00 a.m.
It's been a few months since the Death Eaters attacked during Bill and Fleur's wedding reception and they haven't heard anything from Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Which is for the best, since Voldemort and his forces have control of the Ministry and are watching the Weasleys closely. Though, after an incident at work, Mr Weasley and his family, along with Athena, had to go into hiding at Muriel's home. Not wanting to reveal their location, they are forbidden from sending any letters, making receiving news from the trio, Bill and Fleur, or Charlie impossible.
Athena walks down the stairs and into the living room, "good morning, dear," Mrs. Weasley calls from the kitchen and Athena sends the woman a smile before walking into the kitchen, where Mr Weasley sits at the table, eating breakfast and reading the Daily Prophet.
"Anything worthwhile?" Athena asks the redhead, who glances up at her before shrugging, gaze turning back to the Prophet.
"Same old rubbish," he replies, "Lucius Malfoy has been named 'Death Eater of the Month," he adds, voice laced with sarcasm. This causes both females to let out a chuckle, "but on a serious note, Harry, Ron, and Hermione remain three of the most wanted wizards in Britain and a few more muggle-borns were captured and killed,"
There is tension in the air at that last sentence. Now that Voldemort and his Death Eaters controlled the Ministry, they have been hunting down muggle-borns and torturing them before killing them. It was horrible and Athena hoped that the trio were still searching for horcruxes.
"It will be fine, dear," Mrs Weasley says, seeing the worried look on Athena's face, she smiles warmly to the girl and brings her a plate of food, "as long as we have hope, there is still a chance," Mrs Weasley reaches up and pats Athena on the cheek before walking off to dish her own breakfast.
Just as Athena sits down at the table, two pairs of feet rush down the stairs and into the kitchen, "something smells good," Fred comments, grabbing a plate and stacking food on it, George close behind him. The twins just sat down next to Athena when an elderly woman enters the room, her glare on the twins, who are stuffing their mouths full of food.
"Keep eating like that, and no girl will ever love you two," she snaps with disgust, before looking at Molly, "you raised them to be animals?" Mrs Weasley sighs, before dishing some food for the woman.
"There you go, Muriel," Molly says with a smile. Muriel mumbles a thanks before walking over and sitting across from Athena, who avoids eye contact. Mr Weasley quickly excuses himself and leaves, grabbing his plate but leaving the Prophet behind. Athena grabs it and starts reading it, wondering what to believe.
"Didn't anyone tell you not to read at the table?" Muriel snaps grumpily, causing Athena to look at her. Athena only met Muriel a few times during her childhood and the woman loved to remind her of her parents. Ten years later and Athena isn't yet used to the woman's remarks, "it's awfully rude, you know. I understand, you didn't have any parents to teach you the difference between right and wrong. Your mother was dead and your father was -
"Enough!" Athena snaps, startling everyone. The noise of silverware on plate stopped and Mrs Weasley's humming died down. Everyone was looking between Athena and Muriel, mentally placing bets on who would win this stand-off. Athena glares at the woman before speaking again, "you have no right to talk about my parents that way! None, whatsoever, and your age doesn't justify how rude you are towards your own family!" she pauses, taking a breath, "I was reading the Prophet because, if you haven't noticed yet, we are at war and I would like to know what is going on,
I would like to know who has died! I want to know whether Harry, Hermione, or Ron died. I would like to know if my boyfriend has died!" by now, her voice is starting to crack and she tries to stop herself from imagining the dead bodies of the trio and Charlie.
Athena stands up, pushing her chair back, grabs the Prophet, and storms off up the stairs. She only got angrier when she heard Muriel speak, "you're letting such a rude girl date your son?" she enters her room and slams the door shut and sitting down on her bed.
Athena wipes a few tears from her eyes, taking deep breaths to calm herself. While her father died two months ago, she still mourns his death. Granted he wasn't there for her for a majority of her childhood, he was still her father. Without him, she wouldn't even be here.
She opens up the Prophet and reads every word of it, not leaving her room for the rest of the day.
May 1, 1998
11:30 a.m.
"Gringotts was broken in to," Athena reads from the Daily Prophet at the breakfast table, causing everyone to stop eating for a few seconds, well minus Muriel, who keeps eating, showing no interest in the conversation, "it says here that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were the ones who broke in.......They escaped on a dragon......Voldemort eventually arrived and killed everyone at Gringotts due to them not capturing Harry,"
Athena hears Mrs Weasley let out a relieved sigh, "thank goodness Ron is still alive!" she says, hand over her heart, "and Bill stopped working there," Athena smiles, sharing her relief as she sets the Prophet down and focus on her food.
8:17 p.m.
Athena sits in Muriel's living room, listening to the twins explain one of their newest inventions, which gives the person terrible stomach pains for five minutes. They attempted to convince Athena to try one, but she refused. Mrs Weasley is cleaning up dinner and Mr Weasley is reading a book in a nearby chair. Muriel sits in a corner, knitting something and occasionally glancing at the group.
"We think this will be a best seller," George says, putting away the chocolate looking substance.
"A good way to get back at an enemy," Fred adds, "too bad we didn't have these at Hogwarts. Could've used these on Malfoy," Athena laughs at the thought of Draco Malfoy doubling over in agonizing stomach pains. She would pay good money to see that.
"Well, the kitchen is all cleaned up," Mrs Weasley says, entering the room and standing next to her husband's chair, "and it's getting pretty late, perhaps you three should go to bed,"
"Mum, we're 20 years old, Athena is 24," George points out and Athena leans back in the couch, "we aren't children anymore,"
"Yeah," Fred adds while Mrs Weasley raises her hands in defense.
"Fine," she mutters before sitting down, "I just hope the trio is safe. And Bill and Fleur, and Charlie. Not to mention Ginny, who is at Hogwarts with those horrid Death Eaters,"
Athena reaches over and grabs the woman's hand, "they're safe, I'm sure of it," she says, sending a warm smile over to the redhead, who returns it. A static sound interrupts the silence and a voice sounds through the radio on a table nearby.
"Lightning has struck," he says frantically, "I repeat, lightning has struck!"
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A Promise {C.W}
Fanfiction| Charlie Weasley x OC | Athena's parents were close to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley since they all went to school in the same year. Athena grew up as Charlie's best friend and shared his fascination with dragons. Everything in her life was just the way sh...
