The Trouble with Imps

Public Disownings and Enemy Makings

“Aren’t they out yet?” Ginny whined for what seemed like the thousandth time but in reality had only been the fifth.

“As you can see, they aren’t. You’ll see them the same time I will.” Tonks said gritting her teeth. Making sure her hands stayed away from her wand because if she touched it, she wasn’t sure if she would have enough will power to keep from killing Ginny in the worst way possible.

“I’m bored!!” Ron said leaning against the side of a shop. “Can we just go and buy some new robes yet?”

“With what money? We have to wait for Harry to get out here so that we have some money to spend.” Molly said, even she was getting fed up with Ron and Ginny’s complaining.

“Why can’t we just get the clothes and have all the shops bill to Harry’s vaults?” Ron says lighting up with his idea, pleased with himself for thinking the idea up.

“That wouldn’t work. We would need to have a signed permission form from Harry with both his family seal and magical seal on it.” Hermione says very prim and proper.

“What’s that?” Ron says pointing and looking at the sky.

“That’s just an owl Ron. They do fly around here, being the mail carriers of wizards.” Ginny says slowly as if he was a child.

“I know that git. I just meant that it was flying towards us.”

Looking up they realized that it was. The tawny owl was flying towards them with a large, smoking red envelope in its claws.

“Who would be sending us a howler?” Hermione asked shocked. In her mind they were perfect, they were the Boy-Who-Lived’s surrogate family and best friends. There was nothing they could do wrong.

If only she knew how wrong she was.

The owl was starting to draw a lot of attention from other shoppers wondering who would send a howler to someone in broad daylight, in a public space. The humiliation would be something no one would be able to live down.

Everyone watched as the owl landed in front of Mrs. Weasley. Trembling, she slowly opened it.

MOLLY WEASLEY!!! HOW DARE I GET A LETTER FROM CHARLIE AND BILL SAYING THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GUILT THEM INTO GIVING YOU, RONALD, PERCY AND GINEVRA MONEY? THEY ARE OUR SONS! NOT A WAY FOR YOU TO GET MONEY WHEN YOU NEED SOME! WHAT’S WORSE IS THAT I WENT TO GRINGOTTS TO FIND OUT WHY YOU WOULD NEED TO LEECH OFF OF OUR CHILDREN!! DO YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND OUT THERE? I FOUND OUT THAT THE REASON WHY WAS BECAUSE THE MONEY IN THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT YOU SAID DUMBLEDORE HAD GIVEN US AND HERMIONE FOR “BEING IN THE ORDER” AS YOU PUT IT WAS IN FACT MONEY STOLEN FROM HARRY’S VAULTS!! I MIGHT’VE FORGIVEN YOU FOR THAT BUT THEN I FOUND THAT YOU WERE ILLEGALY TRYING TO PUT POOR HARRY INTO A BINDING CONTRACT WITH GINEVRA! I’VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A LOW HANDED THING IN MY LIFE! I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH HARRY AND – by now the whole alley was listening in and they can even hear it through the walls of the shops. Rita Skeeter was even there with her quick-quotes quill getting the whole thing down word for word – TO FIND OUT THAT YOU, RONALD WOULD WILINGLY FORGE A NOTE FROM HARRY TO KEEP HIM AWAY FROM NOT ONLY ALL HIS MONEY BUT SIRIUS’ WILL MAKES ME SO DISAPPOINTED IN ALL OF YOU!! YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVED HIS GODFATHER! SO….. I, ARTHUR WEASLEY, AS THE LORD OF THE WEASLEY HOUSE DO HEREBY CAST OUT ONE MOLLY WEASLEY, ONE PERCY WEASLEY, ONE RONALD WEASLEY, AND ONE GINEVRA WEASLEY FROM THE WEASLEY HOUSE. I WITHOLD ALL FAMILY MAGICKES AND MONIES TO NEVER BE GIVEN BACK IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. FROM NOW ON, YOU SHALL BE ONLY BE REFERRED TO AS MOLLY PREWETT, PERCY PREWETT, RONALD PREWETT, AND GINEVRA PREWETT, CAST OUTS OF THE WEASLEY HOUSE. – here the voice changed to the combined voice of Fred and George – AND WE, FREDRICK AND GEORGE WEASLEY – Hermione, Ginny, Molly, and Ron all gasp knowing what was about to happen next – CO-LORDS OF THE ANCIENT HOUSE OF PREWETT – you could hear gasps up and down the alley from the shocking revelation. The Prewett house had been dead ever since Fabian and Gideon disappeared on a raid with the Order. – DO HEREBY CAST OUT ONE MOLLY PREWETT, ONE PERCY PREWETT, ONE RONALD PREWETT, AND ONE GINEVRA PREWETT FROM THE ANCIENT HOUSE OF PREWETT. WE WITHOLD ALL FAMILY MAGICKES AND MONIES TO NEVER BE GIVEN BACK IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. FROM NOW ON YOU SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MOLLY NONAME, PERCY NONAME, RONALD NONAME, AND GINEVRA NONAME, CAST OUTS OF BOTH THE WEASLEY HOUSE AS WELL AS THE ANCIENT HOUSE OF PREWETT. WE ALSO HEREBY PROCLAIM MOLLY NONAME, PERCY NONAME, RONALD NONAME, GINEVRA NONAME, HERMIONE GRANGER, AND ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, ENEMIES OF THE ANCIENT HOUSE OF PREWETT, MAY NO ALLIES OR FRIENDS TO THE HOUSE OF PREWETT HELP YOU UNTIL THE DAY YOU ALL DIE.  – Here the gasps got louder. It was one thing to be cast out of a house, but to be cast out and proclaimed an enemy made everyone wonder what they had done for Molly, Percy, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Dumbledore to be declared enemies.

The voice changed again – AND I, HARRY JAMES POTTER, LORD OF MY HOUSES DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MOLLY NONAME, RONALD NONAME, GINEVRA NONAME, HERMIONE GRANGER, AND ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, ENEMIES OF THE ANCIENT AND NOBLE HOUSES OF POTTER AND BLACK, AND – They are truly shocked now, he wasn’t supposed to now about any of his other houses besides maybe potter and black – THE PRESEDENTIAL, ANCIENT, AND NOBLE HOUSES OF GRYFFINDOR, RAVENCLAW, AND PEVERELL. MAY NO LAND OWNED BY MY HOUSES LET YOU IN UNLESS PUBLIC TO THE PEOPLE FOR AS LONG AS LEGALLY REQUIRED, MAY NO ALLIES, FRIENDS, OR FAMILY TO MY HOUSES HELP YOU UNTILL THE DAY YOU DIE, NO MATTER WHAT. – at the final word there was a flash of light and the magic biding the oaths set in making Molly Weasley, Percy Weasley, Ronald Weasley, and Ginevra Weasley; Molly noname, Percy noname, Ronald noname, and Ginevra noname. And making them, as well as Hermione and Dumbledore, enemies of the families – YOU KNOW, MOLLY, RONALD, HERMIONE, GINEVRA, YOU GUYS USED TO BE MY BEST FRIENDS. YOU WOULDN’T HAVE NEEDED TO STEAL FROM ME, I WOULD GLADLY HAVE GIVEN YOU THE MONEY THAT YOU NEEDED. ALL I WANTED WAS A FAMILY AND YOU GUYS DECIEVED ME INTO THINKING YOU WERE MY FAMILY. THIS IS FOR YOU TO LEARN YOUR LESSON. ALSO TELL PERCY THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT HIS SECRET AND IF HE TRIES TO DO ANYTHING TO HINDER MY MATES’ BUSINESS, I SHALL ANNOUNCE IT TO THE PAPERS. AND IF I EVEN SEE HIM AGAIN, I WILL KILL HIM FOR WHAT HE DID.

After the last word was said, the howler snuffed out and all that could be heard were the soft murmurs of those in the Alley as glances were given at them. No one even dared to talk to them due to the proclamations. Tonks started to walk away and got quite a ways ahead before a shout stopped her.

“Tonks! Where are you going?” Hermione shouted indignantly, thinking at least Tonks would have stayed with them.

“Do I know you?” Tonks said, her hair turning a scarlet red as she stared stonily at them.

“What are you talking about Tonks?”

“As an enemy of my house, I will demand that you stop talking to me and don’t ask me for help or else I won’t be held responsible for my actions.”

“I don’t understand, your mother was cast off the Black family tree.”

“Not officially, Walburga really had no say in who was in the family not being of Black blood herself. She could blast the tapestry all she wanted, it made no difference. Everyone just humoured her because she was annoying when mad. Since the Lord didn’t cast her out, she was still in the family.” Tonks explained impatiently before walking away, leaving the Nonames and Hermione alone.