Order Only: Private message to Bill

[alt_rachel]

It's Percy, that's clear.

I'm sorry.

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[alt_rachel]

I'm not, no. And I haven't heard anything. Snowdonia would likely call one of the Aurors who regularly visits, if they thought an investigation was unavoidable.

[alt_bill]

It was ugly and violent. I know that. It wasn't an easy death.

Bloody hell, all that's been running through my head for the last hour is that he's gone, so we're so much safer now. He was my baby brother, I remember Mum changing his nappies, but I can't muster up the grief I want to have. Except that I let Dad down. And it's gutting me to see what Mum and Ginny are going through.

Look, I need to get out of this house before I go mad. I'll tell Charlie; he'll send me a patronus if I need to come back, if they finally get around to sending an official. But meanwhile, could you meet me? At--at the fishing hole? Say in about a quarter of an hour or so?

I just need--shite.

I just need to see you.

[alt_rachel]

Yeah, I'll be there.

[alt_rachel]

How do you -- I mean, what do you know? Given they haven't sent official word yet.

[alt_bill]

We haven't told the Order at large, because what happened made Mum go into shock--Poppy's dosed her--and I don't know if Mum wants it generally known. But I think you need to know. If there's any kind of investigation, knowing the truth would help you figure out if there's some kind of coverup.

He appeared at the Burrow. Called out to Mum from outside, and when she and Ginny opened the door, he was there, bleeding like a stuck pig with a knife buried in his chest, right through his heart.

They tried to grab him, but their hands went right through him. And he disappeared. He was a ghost...no. Maybe not even that. Maybe only a temporary apparition--it was only a few seconds.

Merlin, no wonder Mum was white as a sheet herself and almost passed out, right when I came home.

I'll see you in a few minutes.

[alt_bill]

The Snowdonia representative and the MLE Enforcer are gone, now, so the coast is clear.

Please, come to the Burrow now. We can discuss what they said.