That Damn Weasley Charm II G.W

Part 4, Chapter 4- The Riot

            "Pay up Draco! Three sickles!" I cheer. Viktor Krum caught the snitch but Ireland had the most points.

Draco roars in defeat and slaps three sickles into my open hand. Uncle Lucius who was also cheering for Bulgaria looks defeated whereas Aunt Narcissa and I who were cheering for Ireland look like we are on cloud nine.

"Come now children, I don't want to be stuck behind a hundred thousand wizards trying to get out of the stadium." Uncle Lucius says. He bids goodbye to the Minister and ushers us forward out of the box. Getting down to the ground was a much harder task than it was when George and I snuck away.

It feels like forever till we touch the ground. And when we do Uncle Lucius guides us through the mess of cheering wizards and tents to the outskirts of the field. "Come in here, hurry now." Aunt Narcissa opens the flap of the tent and Uncle Lucius heads in first, Draco and I follow and Aunt Narcissa closes the tent flap behind her.

"Violet!" Emma launches herself onto me and wraps me in a big hug.

I hug her back as tight as I can and pull away quickly, "I hate that this is our reunion." I whisper to her. She nods her head, takes my hand and pulls me into the back of the very large tent. Henrietta, Miriam, and Clarissa are sitting down on one of the beds that are set up. Marcus, Cassius, Adrian, Miles, and Graham are sitting on the floor looking up at us.

"Welcome to the shit show Violet." Miles says from his spot on the floor.

I nod and sit down with Emma on an empty bed. Draco comes over and sits with us, not making eye contact with anyone. Gemma Farley, and Terrence Higgs, two sixth, well now seventh year Slytherins come over and sit on some arm chairs that have been set up.

"Draco's been recruited?" Miles asks me looking at Draco with a strange form of interest.

Emma looks at me, almost as if she has the same question. "No, he was just here to watch the match with our family. We can't really send him back home so he's staying with us. My uncle will have him hidden away in the forest to make sure he's out of harms way."

Everyone nods in agreement. Draco is far too young to be exposed to the horrors that will be occurring tonight whatever those may be. "Violet? What's actually happening...?" Draco asks me quietly.

I give him a quick run down of what I've ben told by my uncle and I literally watch the colour drain from his face, "I don't want to be here. I want to go home." He whispers.

I put my hand on his knee and squeeze, the same thing Aunt Narcissa did to me that day in my uncles office. "None of us want to be here kid." Miriam says, her voice monotone and deep.

"So we just... sit here and wait?" Cassius asks looking at us all.

Gemma clears her throat, "Well none of us are of age so we can't use magic tonight. Our parents and the other Death Eaters are in the other room planning out exactly what needs to happen. When they say, we'll follow them out of the tent and watch what's going on. I dunno about your parents but my parents wouldn't let be bring my wand tonight just in case a ministry man sees us."

"Yeah my parents took my wand from me last night and hid it in their room to make sure I didn't have it." Henrietta says. "But it's not like it matters anymore, they pulled me out of Hogwarts."

For the next like four hours we sit there in relative silence, listening to the Irish celebrate their win around us, and the soft murmuring of our parents in the other room.

The sound of high heels clicking on the wooden floor comes closer to us. We all look over at the room opening and Aunt Narcissa is standing there smiling sadly at us. "Draco sweety come with me now."