How he became...a Weasley
Finney had done it, He's a loner and the loser who had killed the Grabber... he felt the pride to avenge his friends. Still, as he walked into school, the black phone in his bag made things feel much heavier and sadder for Finn than it already was. The Grabber had not literally succeeded in killing Finn, but a part of him died the day he entered and left that horrid basement. The bullying only got worse — people saying he liked what the Grabber did to him, the way the Grabber touched him, it made Finn shiver whenever he thought about it.
Now, you may be wondering, isn't he happy? With Gwen and his 'Sober' Dad, HA! His dad went back to his old ways as soon as Finn acted like he was expected to, It was too much for Gwen, so she moved to Suizies. Finn didn't have that luck though.
Finn was limping, trying to run to the nearest sober adult he could find, the bruises on his back and legs making it painful too. He felt so vulnerable and he HATED feeling vulnerable. Ever since the Grabber he hated feeling vulnerable and weak, and he also hated the dark, Halloween, and, obviously, big masks.
"HELP!" He yelled out, his legs collapsed in the middle of the road, he was crying as he saw a car getting closer to hitting him. He closed his eyes and waited for the impact to hit him, but nothing happened.
"Kid! you okay?" A man's voice called out. Finney sobbed as the man got closer to see what was wrong.
"H-Help me please..." Now Finney was struggling to breathe as he thought that the man would take him back to his father, who would beat him twice as hard for trying to run away.
"Hey, hey, look at me," The man said. Finney took his eyes away from his hands and looked the man in the eyes. He had bright red hair, though it looked like he was balding. He wore glasses and had green eyes, and also possessed a tall, thin build
"Now breath in... and Out" The man helped him, and he could finally breathe.
"Are you okay now?" Finney nodded, closing his eyes for a second.
"Do you need me to call your parents?" Finney was alert now, he was shaking his head as a no relentlessly
"No? Okay, I get it. Do you have a good family?"
Finney started crying as he heard the question, and when he opened his eyes he saw a woman next to the man, the woman had bright brown eyes, red hair, and fair skin. She was about 5'3.5" tall, slightly plump, and kindly looking.
"Oh my, Arthur, what happened to him?" The woman asked and the man — no — Arthur looked at her signalling 'he didn't know but wanted to help'.
"Hey Hon, is it okay if I touch you to see how badly hurt you are?" Finney looked at her and nodded, she ran to the car
"Bill! Charlie! Get out here I need your help!" She yelled out, she then came back with a first aid kit and 2 kids came out from the car. One looked 16 and the other, 18 (Charlie is 3 years older than Percy who is 13, and Bill is 2 years older than Charlie, which makes him 5 years older than Percy — I had to do the math for this story and I HATE math, be grateful) The one that looked 18 talked with the woman, and the other that looked 16 came immediately to his side. He had the same crazy red hair as the woman and Arthur, he had a broad, good-natured face, which was weather-beaten and so freckly that he looked almost tanned and his arms were muscly.
"My name is Charlie, how old are you?" Charlie asked concerned, Charlie crouched down to where Finney was, looking at the damage he could see, Finney looked at him and thought about lying but that wouldn't help him.
"Uh I'm 13 and M-My name's Finney" He replied, the woman looked over to the two boys as she slapped a hand across her face, she walked up to Finney and crouched down to where he was propped up on the road.
"I am so sorry for not introducing ourselves, My name is Molly, the one that looks 18 and Is 18 is Bill, the man over there is Arthur, and as you might already know this is Charlie" Molly explained, she ordered Bill to come help Charlie and she got up, walked over to Arthur and started talking, Bill came and got down to Finney's level.
"He's 13," Charlie told Bill who looked surprised as he turned on a lantern to see Finney's injuries clearly.
"Who did this to you kid?" Bill asked. Finney had some scars from the Grabber, and some from his dad so he didn't really know what to answer.
"He might not be comfortable telling us, we are strangers after-all!" Charlie, who seemed like the smarter one scolded Bill. He looked at Finney and sighed. "Wait, was it, multiple people?" Charlie asked and Finney knew he should answer so he nodded.
"I uh was kidnapped a few months ago, and the rest is from my uh dad" He let out a breath as Charlie and Bill stiffened as he looked at his face again, and got out some First aid supplies.
"Do you mind if I take off your shirt to treat the wounds?" Bill asked and Finney shook his head, taking his shirt off after a little bit of struggle. Bill and Charlie treated him in a newfound silence which Finney found awkward, after they finished and Bill and Charlie were helping him stand-ish Molly and Arthur came up to them.
"We have decided we uh want to adopt you, to get you away from your horrible family, is that okay?" Finney smiled and nodded at Molly's words, he then realized GWEN!
"Can I make a phone call?" The family agreed and said yes, so Finney called Suizies house number.
"Hello? ___ household here" A woman - no Suzie's mum said through the phone.
"May I talk to Gwen, tell her it's Finney her brother" Suzies mum agreed and he sighed as he waited.
"Finney? what are you doing calling at this time it's almost 3 AM!" Gwen whisper-shouted through the phone.
"I left, I'm out of the house" He could hear Gwen's breathing hitch.
"R-Really? where are you going to live?" She asked and Finney felt so bad.
"I found a family they want to take me in but um they live back in London and want to take me with them" He can hear her gasp.
"Go- Go with them Finney, BUT promise me that you'll call if you need to" Finney agreed and Gwen said she would tell the school that he was moving.
"I'll miss you, Gwen," He said, a few tears falling.
"I'll miss you too Finney" She answered and Finney could tell she was holding in her tears, and then that was it the phone hung up, and he got in the who he learned last names were Weasley's car and silently cried with Bill and Charlie comforting him.