A rather late night last night

[alt_arthur]

Molly decided to go to New London to spend some time with Bill this weekend, now that the children are off to Hogwarts. So I was alone last night when I received a rather unexpected visit from a few chaps from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. It seems that they had a few questions about Ronald's rather unorthodox method of getting to Hogwarts this year. Given that young Harry Marvolo accompanied him, they felt (quite rightly, I'm sure) that perhaps the questions were urgent enough that they couldn't wait until I showed up again at work on Monday morning. Since I was, of course, most anxious to do everything I could to set minds at ease, I accompanied them back to the Ministry, and we chatted rather late into the night. I'm home again now, as is Molly. I trust that all the Ministry's queries have been entirely satisfied.

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[alt_percy]

You were taken in for questioning? Is everything all right, Dad? You were able to convince them that there's nothing to it, weren't you?

[alt_arthur]

Well, I think everything has been more or less cleared up, son.

Things are a little higgledy-piggledy here. The MLE was, er, a trifle over-enthusiastic while they were looking around the Burrow.

[alt_percy]

They searched the Burrow? For Merlin's sake, why?

Ronald ought to be hexed.

[alt_arthur]

Now, now, Percy, no hexing your brother, if you please. He's had his detention, and his Howler from your Mum, and I'm sure the Headmistress has spoken to him, too.

[alt_percy]

But you shouldn't have to go through this because of him! And honestly, it's so--so embarrassing!

[alt_arthur]

Well, my dear boy, if you have children of your own someday, you'll find that there's quite a lot you end up facing in life that you never quite expected.

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[alt_bill]

He means that he's embarrassed. The prat.

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[alt_arthur]

Let it go, Bill.

[alt_ron]

What? You're afraid they found your collection of you know whats under your mattress?

[alt_percy]

I cannot believe you! After what you did, after everything you've put Mum and Dad through, after getting Dad dragged into the Ministry for questioning because you did such a monumentally STUPID thing and THEN blabbed about something you had no business saying, never mind the consequences, you're still flinging insults around instead of apologising? That's really going to help Dad convince the MLE that you're sorry and that you'll NEVER DO SUCH A BLOODY STUPID THING AGAIN! Isn't it?

What happened is shameful. Insulting me doesn't change that.

AND IT'S ALL YOUR BLOODY FAULT!

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[alt_bill]

Well, now I'll reverse myself and say that in this case, I think Percy's right. (Don't tell him I said so, though.)

What are you going to do about Ron, Dad? I swear, sometimes he doesn't have a knut's worth of common sense.

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[alt_arthur]

Hope he lives to grow up, I suppose. Maybe he'll pick up a little wisdom along the way.

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[alt_bill]

Ha, if you and Mum survive his upbringing, that is.

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[alt_arthur]

It worked with you, didn't it?

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[alt_bill]

I was never this bad. Neither was Charlie.

The twins get up to pranks, true, but they're never so thoughtless.

At least Percy never would do this sort of thing.

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[alt_arthur]

No, Percy finds entirely other ways to turn your Mum's and my hair grey.

[alt_ron]

How is it my fault, Perce? It's not like Dad having the car's against the law or flying it's against the law. If it was, he wouldn't have got it, and he sure wouldn't have taken us to the station in it, would he? If it was so shameful to have the car, I'd think you wouldn't have gone to the train with us, would you? So how is saying that it's Dad's and admitting we flew it bad?

And what I really, really don't get? Is you or all the rest of them who seem to wish I'd just let somebody attack Harry Marvolo and maybe kill him. Is THAT what you wanted???

So, yeah, if you like, I apologise to you that I helped Harry not get murdered.

Honestly!

[alt_bill]

Oh, for the love of Merlin.

Ron, as a personal favor to me, would you please, please just shut it. Not to mention Mum, who had spend the whole afternoon crying while sweeping up broken glass, all because of you. Go off and sulk all you like. I don't care. But quit whingeing here in the journals about how you're so bloody misunderstood. All right?

[alt_ron]

Fine.

But I'll tell you what I won't do. I won't let anyone mess with my friend if I've got anything to say or do to stop it. It's not like whoever hexed that barrier was kidding around.

I'd have thought you, of all of them, would get that.

[alt_sally_anne]

Oi Ron Pansy and I were thinking tonight would be a good night for a walk around the lake. The weather's very nice. Come join us?

[alt_ron]

You can try it.

[alt_percy]

Don't tempt me.

[alt_ron]

Well, come on then.

I'm in the Great Hall playing chess if you want to find me. Course it won't be a fair fight, 'cause you know my wand got broken when the car crashed. But don't let that stop you.

[alt_bill]

If it were up to me, Mum and Dad won't ever get you a new one.

Hex him for me, would you, Perce?

[alt_percy]

I would, except Dad asked me not to.

So I'll have to settle for wringing his scrawny neck.