The Weasleys flooed back to The Burrow. Harry wrote notes to Olivia Greengrass, and Leo and then sent them by owl. The feud could, at last, be defeated.
The Burrow looked the same. Harry disapparated in the orchard and walked to the house. He stepped in through the open door. Molly and Arthur were in the kitchen. Ginny came down the stairs. She rushed at Harry and wrapped her arms around him, he was pushed back against the door post. Ginny wouldn’t let him move. She was crying hard. There was a rush of bodies towards him. Harry saw wands being drawn. He drew his wand and cast a silent spell.
It was a new one. Harry had asked Jonathan to request a new spell from the magic flow in California. It would be two spells put together. ‘Petrificus Totalus’ and ‘Wingardium Leviosa’ were two old spells he had learned at Hogwarts. They were useful but had their drawbacks. They were both long to say. The full body bind spell would freeze the subject who would then crash down on the ground. The levitation spell would stop the potentially harmful full-length face plant. The new spell would freeze the subject, then gently lift them off the ground leaving them under the control of the spell casting wizard. The subject was left fully conscious and unable to shout rude words.
Harry practised until he could cast it silently and rapidly. It sounded like Pet-owl. The bodies now floated gently with their feet just off the floor. They were, of course, George, and Ron. Arthur and Molly gasped and hugged each other. Ginny looked up at her brothers. Her tears immediately changed to shrieks of laughter.
While the brothers bobbed up and down in the breeze blowing through the door, Harry explained what his new spell was doing. The brothers glared.
“That was wonderful, Harry. Can we add the Bat-Bogey Hex to it?”
‘Darling, go and get your things, we should get out of here before it wears off.” Ginny ran up the stairs.
Molly and Arthur had gone from horrified to heaving with laughter.
The floating bodies were lined up in front of Harry.
“You guys are prime examples of something I’ve heard in the motorcycle riding fraternity. You’ve been running around with your mouth in top and your mind in neutral. I know you won’t listen to anything I say, but that won’t stop me from trying. I want you to go to your own homes and think about what you can do to help your father deal with what he is facing now.”
Ginny ran down the stairs. “Bye Mum, Dad, come to dinner tomorrow night.” She pecked them both on their cheeks, grabbed Harry who waved as he was dragged out the door. The apparation crack bounced around the room. The suspended bodies floated down to the floor.
“What did he mean? What is going on?”
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