Harry Potter The Kiss

The group waiting in Neville's room were all chatting about the changes planed for Hogwarts when a young doctor entered the room, looking disapprovingly at the bed where the young witch was sleeping while hugging the dieing wizard.

Recognising Harry, he wisely decided to say nothing and just carry out the diagnostic scan he'd been sent to perform. After casting the spell for the third time and getting confirming results, he rushed out the room and ran down the corridor to find his superior, leaving behind a room full of smiling people.

Hermione and family next found her favourite professor lying in bed with bandages covering one side of her face, Filius sat trying to comfort a crying Poppy.

"How is Minerva?" asked Emma who had liked the no nonsense professor since their first meeting.

"We think she'll be alright, the glass didn't reach her brain though her eye and optic nerve were beyond repair. At least she'll be spared 'Mad Eye McGonagall' as the damage is so bad that wouldn't even work," sobbed Poppy.

Hermione had to leave the room, silently informing Harry that she was going with him when they knew who was responsible for this.

They eventually found the marauders both in the same room and, while Sirius was still a bit groggy Remus had those werewolf powers of recuperation to fall back on, he was sitting up in bed.

Both were going to be spending a day or two in St Mungo's but were expected to make a full recovery. Enquiries about the conditions of others were being answered when a raging Ragnok and Amelia burst into the room looking for Harry.

"He's on his way," answered Hermione "what's happened?"

"They used muggles that's what happened," answered a raging Ragnok.

Harry arrived and Amelia started to explain, "we thought the story was contained with the muggle guests. We claimed the new window hadn't been finished properly and had fell out, smashing causing some flying glass. A few modified memories and it was taken care of."

"What's the problem then? Rita Skeeter concocting her own version of events as usual?" asked Hermione

"That would be impressive since she's dead! Rita was found ten feet of the ground pinned to the wall by glass and no ideas how she got in the church or up there, total mystery," said Amelia

"The problem is a muggle one. It's all over their news that an old couple were murdered while terrorists used their garden to fire a missile at a plane, but it hit the church instead," Amelia said to be greeted by total silence.

Ragnok was barely containing his anger, "that missile was aimed at the church and designed to burst through the window, exploding inside the building, killing most of the wedding guests. Only the wards and shields caused it to explode outside though they couldn't cope with the blast exploding right next to the stained glass. The muggles are saying it was a malfunction that saved us because if it had exploded inside, they would be looking through the rubble for bodies!"

"Our furthest perimeter was a hundred yards, we just didn't know something like this was even possible." Amelia was just as angry as Ragnok, she just hid it better.

Harry eventually answered, "we need to take them out and quickly, who knows what other technology they have available or what targets they could go after next. Missiles don't come cheap so someone has been moving a lot of gold but not necessarily in the last week. They must have had the muggles and missiles in place just waiting on a target so the money trail needs to be looked for. How's Griphook?"

"He lost his arm but will live. This is now an assassination attempt on the head of the goblin nation, the elves look to Dobby and Winky as their leaders and with the acting minister and chief witch there as well it would effectively beheaded the magical world" replied Ragnok

"If the goblins follow the finance while elves gather information then we want to publicise that whoever's behind this hired muggles to do their dirty work. The old pureblood houses will be appalled cutting off potential support." Said Hermione

Harry hammered home his point, "We have to be in agreement, this threat has to be wiped out before they get a chance to strike at an unshielded target, only the fact that half the elves in the country were in church kept the death toll down. Neville and Ginny would both be dead but for elves. There can be no buying their way out of this mess, those responsible will face the ultimate justice and pay with their lives."

Ragnok was in total agreement, this was a direct attack on the goblin nation and at any other time would signal a war, or as the wizards were fond of calling them, 'goblin uprisings'. Only the spirit of co-operation that they were working towards stayed his hand. That and the fact that he knew Harry wouldn't rest until the threat was extinguished.

Amelia listened to Harry's words and the thought of the damage done by one of those things fired at the ministry or, Merlin forbid, St Mungo's left her with only one answer. Whoever was involved in this had just lost the right to live.

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Neville Longbottom awoke slowly, unsure where he was. What he was sure about was the gorgeous little redhead that was cuddled up in bed with him.

He glanced around the room and saw the five Weasley brothers, Harry, Hermione and his grandmother.

"Ok, I'm dead." said Neville

"Only if you don't kiss me right this minute!" answered Ginny.

Neville quickly figured out which scared him most and kissed his girlfriend.

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