Destiny

Chapter 23

The following chapter will have a lot of references to and lines from the book. The Goblet of Fire was written by J.K. Rowling and it was our source.

No One's Perspective:

"We have to go, now!" Arthur Weasley shouted.

Lillian was fully awake, though still shaken by the nightmare. Fred grabbed her hand and led her out of the tent, Lindsay, Harry, Hermione, and the rest of the Weasleys behind them.

"Fred, George! Ginny is your responsibility! Get into the woods, and stay together. I'll come get you once we've sorted this out!" Arthur ran in the direction of floating muggles, Death Eaters, and fire with three of his sons behind him.

"C'mon!" Fred grabbed Ginny's hand with his empty hand and led them at a sprint toward the forest. George and Lindsay were running behind them. They ran with their backs to burning tents and injured people, horrified by the crowd of Death Eaters they had seen. When they entered the woods, everything seemed to get suddenly quiet. Fred didn't stop running. He continued to run deep into the forest. He had no idea where they were going, but he knew that someone had to be confident. Moments later, there was a bright flash of light overhead. They stopped running to look up.

"It's Voldemort's Mark!" Lindsay said, horrified.

Everyone paled slightly and looked at each other. They all noticed Harry, Ron, and Hermione had disappeared.

"We have to go back. What if dad's injured?" Ginny pleaded.

"And we lost the other three," George said plainly. "I'm with Ginny. We should head back."

Lillian nodded, "Me too."

"Fine, but don't get lost," Fred said.

He started off at a run in the direction they had just come.

"I have a sickening feeling my father was behind that," Lindsay breathed as she ran.

"I'm sure he'll get what he deserves," George grumbled.

When they arrived back at the tent, Bill, Charlie, and Percy were already there taking care of some wounds they had gotten in battle. Lillian went straight to one of the bunkbeds and curled up with a pillow. Fred sat beside her, his hand on her back to comfort her. Lindsay sat down and immediately opened a book, determined to forget about what happened. George comforted Ginny, who seemed to be more upset than the rest of them.

It was a long time before Arthur arrived with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, all of them unharmed.

"Did you get them, Dad?" Bill asked, "The person who conjured the Mark?"

"No," said Mr. Weasley, "We found Barty Crouch's elf holding Harry's wand, but we're none the wiser about who actually conjured the Mark."

"What?" Bill, Charlie, and Percy said together.

"Harry's wand?" Bill asked.

"Mr. Crouch's elf?" Said Percy, sounding thunderstruck.

With some assistance from Harry, Ron, and Hermione, Mr. Weasley explained what happened in the woods with Barty Crouch, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, his house elf, Winky, and Harry's wand apparently conjuring the Mark. When they had finished their story, Percy swelled indignantly.

"Well, Mr. Crouch is quite right to get rid of an elf like that!" He said, "Running away when he'd expressly told her not too...embarrassing him in front of the whole Ministry...how would that have looked, if she'd been brought up in front of the Department for the Regulation and Control—"

"She didn't do anything — she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time!" Hermione snapped at Percy, who looked very taken aback.

Lillian's Perspective:

As Percy and Hermione continued to argue, Ron eventually saying something, I began to tune them out. All I knew was that there had been Death Eaters in the camps, ones that definitely knew Voldemort was coming back just like my parents did. I really didn't want to think about it, but I couldn't get the Dark Mark out of my head. Did it mean that Voldemort was going to be coming back sooner than we thought?

Instead of listening to the rest of their conversation, I caught a few of Mr. Weasley's words before I drifted off to sleep.

"We'll get a few more hours of sleep and then try to get an early Portkey home," he said, and as soon as he finished, I was asleep.

No One's Perspective;

Ginny and Hermione didn't go to the girl's tent. Bill and Charlie gave up their beds so that the girls could sleep there. Percy grumpily went to his bed and laid down. Ron and Harry went to their set of bunk beds, and Arthur fell asleep in a chair. George made sure Lindsay was safe and comfortable before he climbed into the top bunk of his and Fred's bed. Fred laid down next to Lillian and wrapped his arms around her. He wanted to be near her in case she had another nightmare. Fred pulled a blanket over her sleeping form and then fell asleep himself with his head resting on her shoulder.