Return to Life

Mr and Mrs. Weasley came out of the fireplace just moments after Harry and Hermione left.

"Where did they go?" she asked Ginny.

"I think they were going to stop past Mione's flat then go to Harry's." She frowned. "Why what's going on?"

Mrs. Weasley pursed her lips as though debating on whether or not to tell Ginny. "Your brother is awake-'"

"That's fantastic! Did he say anything? When-," Mrs.Weasley cut her off.

"Virginia! Calm yourself. Your brother seems to be doing fine. But, there's seems to be some danger to Harry and the baby. Before we could get any more information out of him, the nurse came in and we had to leave." She sighed as she hung up her robe and Mr. Weasley wiped his face. "Arthur, do you think perhaps the Ministry can set up an emergency connection on the floo to connect to Harry?"

"I don't know dear." He sighed as he stood up. "I can check with Fudge. He's a changed man since that episode with Umbridge a few years back. I'll let you know," he said getting up and stepping into the fireplace.

Mrs. Weasley turned to Ginny. "Ginny dear, see if you can reach your brothers. We might need them." She bustled off into the kitchen.

A few moments later, Ginny walked into the kitchen. "Bill is on his way, some girl was at Charlie's-I asked her to tell him to contact us, and I couldn't reach Fred and George."

"Hm. I think they were going to see Ron after they closed the shop for the day." She nodded to herself. "They'll be through. Their stomachs will bring them if nothing else."

Arthur Weasley stepped out of the fireplace and brushed off his robes. He looked up just as Cornelius Fudge walked out of another fireplace. "Cornelius!" he said rushing forward.

"Ah, Arthur!" Fudge turned around. "How are things going? That new office all right?"

"Oh yes, it's perfect." He looked around. "I need to discuss a very important issue with you. Privately."

Fudge looked startled. "Oh, yes. Follow me."

They walked into Fudge's office and he quickly closed the door behind them.

"Cornelius, we seem to have a Death Eater problem," Arthur said.

"Tell me something I don't know. You would think with Voldemort gone they would have calmed down."

Arthur Weasley nodded not wanting to interrupt him. "Ron somehow found out that they plan on coming after Hermione's baby."

Fudge frowned. "What's so special about her baby? Granted she's an outstanding Auror-," he started.

"It's Hermione's and Harry's."

Fudge's mouth hung open as he contemplated the possibilities. "Oh. That sheds an entirely different light on the subject."

Mr. Weasley nodded quickly. "Yes, yes. I know. You see, Harry doesn't know about this danger, and he's taken Hermione and the baby back to his house."

"Which is locked down tighter than Gringott's Bank."

"We need to make some kind of special connection to him on the floo so that we can alert him.

Fudge sat down behind his desk. "I still don't trust half the people working here. We'll have to make the connection from your place. I'll take care of everything on this end. I'll let you know when everything's set up."

"Right," Weasley nodded. "I'll get back to Molly. She's probably rounded everyone up by now."

Mr. Weasley quickly left Fudge's office and hurried down the hall to get home.