Ivy looked mildly surprised as she saw a car lift up from the spot where it was parked. She was glad that she had followed the two boys out of the train station. From what she had heard from the loud redheaded boy, he and his traveling companion were second year students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Ivy turned as she heard a slight scream of shock. She saw a redheaded woman staring at the spot the blue Ford Anglia had been a moment before.
Ivy approached the woman and looked at the spot as well “Was that your car?” The woman only nodded. Ivy smiled at the woman “I put down a special device that encapsulated the entire train station and parking lot in a, shall we say, fog of confusion. In other words, anything that some would consider strange would not be noticed.” The woman noticed Ivy for the first time “You mean that no one saw the car leave the station?” Ivy smiled and nodded. The woman smiled “Thank you! How can I re...” Ivy waved her hand slightly “I cannot accept repayment. Tell you what, let me get you lunch. The cafe here has some good food. In fact, that’s the reason I came here today.”
Ivy led her companion to the cafe in the train station and placed a similar device n the table the duo was using “Order anything that strikes your fancy.” Mrs. Weasley didn’t know what to think. First her husband’s car had literally flown off, with her youngest son at the wheel. Now, this young woman, who could pass for a Weasley, was buying her lunch and explaining how the flying car wouldn’t be noticed by muggles. Ivy smiled at her companion “I forgot to introduce myself, my name’s Ivy. Who are you?” Mrs. Weasley smiled “I’m Molly. Thank you, Ivy, for whatever you did to make the car not be seen.” Ivy smiled “Actually, the device I mentioned was a new way to protect myself. My brother is quite the inventor. I have quite a few enemies.”
Molly looked surprised at Ivy’s words “Enemies? Couldn’t you just obliviate them?” Ivy smiled “I can’t, you see, I cannot use magic, however, I know quite a bit about how it works.” Molly looked at Ivy in surprise “You’re a muggle? How do you know about magic?” Ivy laughed “You might say that I stumbled upon it one day.” Molly thought for a second. She remembered Arthur mentioning a meeting wth the minister of magic where a young redheaded woman sat in and happily told Arthur about several inventions that he might like to see. Molly looked surprised “Arthur has mentioned you before, aren’t you a friend of the minister’s?”
Ivy grinned “Cornelius is a good friend of mine. He helped me on a few cases a couple of years ago. Now. Let’s figure out what to do about that car of yours. Was that your son that got in the driver’s side?” Molly frowned slightly “Yes. Ron is very.... obtuse at times.” Ivy shook her head “I never had that problem while raising my younger brother. Zach and I... we’re orphans. Let’s just leave it at that.” Ivy looked tired and sad, all of a sudden. Molly went around the table and hugged the girl. Ivy tensed slightly, then hugged Molly back.
Molly went back to her seat and mentally planned on getting Ivy’s address, and sending her and her brother a care package. Ivy looked troubled for a minute “Molly, I forgot to mention this. The other boy that was with your son, he looked to be dressed in rags. He also kept looking around, almost as if he was waiting for someone, or something to attack him. I saw your family earlier. How did you come to meet him?” Molly thought back to earlier in the summer and told Ivy what happened “Three of my sons, Fred, George, and Ron, rescued Harry from his relatives house. They apparently had bars on his windows and were abusing him in other ways. I don’t want him to go back there, but, I can’t raise him. He house is already stretched to its limits.” Here, Molly began to cry.
Ivy went to Molly and hugged her. Ivy smiled “Don’t worry. Harry will not be returning to those people. Now, why don’t we go up to Hogwarts and surprise our wayward travelers?” Molly looked surprised “You know where Hogwarts is?” Ivy grinned “Yep. Come on, we can get there in a few seconds.” Ivy opened a C5 corridor to Hogwarts. Molly looked shocked at the portal in front of her. Ivy walked over to the cashier and paid for their meals, then walked back to Molly and grabbed the device from the table. Ivy smiled “Don’t worry. Just think of this as another form of magical transport. It doesn’t hurt and only takes a few seconds.”
Ivy led Molly through the C5 corridor and into the Hogwarts Great Hall. The duo came upon a staff meeting to go over some things before the students arrived in a few hours. Ivy and Molly’s lunch only took 20 minutes. Ivy cleared her throat and smiled at the assembled teachers, all of whom, but one, looked surprised to see Molly Weasley standing in front of them, along with a guest. Filius Flitwick smiled at Ivy “Ivy! It’s so good to see you. What brings you and Mrs. Weasley here?” Ivy turned to Molly, who explained what had happened at the train station. A greasy haired man stood up “Of course Potter and Weasley are behind this! The Potter brat is arrogant, just like his father. I’ll see those two expelled for this!” The man, one Severus Snape, began to stalk towards the doors. Ivy whirled around and shot the man in the back several times. Snape fell to the ground, dead.
Ivy looked at an old bearded man, who currently had his wand pointed at her. Ivy grabbed the wand, snapped it in two, and slugged the old man. He fell to the ground unconscious. Ivy looked at Filiu and smiled “Sorry about that, but, Dumbledore and Snape had their comeuppance coming. They really should not have tried to break the security around my home several months ago. Filius, can you serve as Headmaster while Pomona becomes Deputy? This will give Professor McGonnogal a break. You and Pomona just focus on the students. I can handle the administrative aspects, since I own Hogwarts.”
Filius smirked, while Molly and the rest of the staff looked surprised. Ivy grinned “Ragnok slipped a couple of forms into some documents that needed my attention a while ago. Now, Molly, why don’t you and I sit down here at the table and watch the reactions of your children when they walk through those doors?” Molly couldn’t help but chuckle, she hoped that Ivy would come to visit the Burrow with her brother every so often.