Home for a short while((Closed to Weasleys only))

[Charlie Weasley]

Charlie apperated just down the road from the Burrow. He was headed home for the first time in what seemed like months and the short walk would only make it seem that much longer. He set off on his walk, seemingly getting faster and faster with every step until he felt as if he would set off running if he didn’t see his family soon. Charlie’s appearance gave his family name away. His red hair and freckles were what always gave it away, but it was never any big deal to him. He was proud to be a Weasley, there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. He couldn’t figure out what his younger brother Percy had ever seen so wrong with it, that it would cause him to almost completely stop talking to his family. Percy was just being himself, Charlie guessed. Percy had always been a little uptight like that.

Charlie looked at his hands after running them through his beachy cut hair. They were scared and burned. It was one of the bothers of working with the dragons. Dragons were colossal, and magnificent creatures, but required superb handling and care. No matter how careful one was, there was always a chance of getting burned, or clawed. Even the occasion rose where Charlie had seen some handlers get hit with the massive spikes of a dragon’s tail, all because they had approached the dragon the wrong way. Charlie had been working with the dragons for some time now, and it just excited him more and more to be working with the marvelous creatures. But in the times that it was, it also gave him the opportunity to be some what sure that the Death Eaters put up a good fight to get to the dragons.

Charlie suddenly realized that he had been looking at his feet for almost a mile now, which meant he should be almost home. He looked up from the road to see the Burrow coming into sight. He was close enough now that his mother’s intruder charms should be announcing his presence. Thus meaning that she or Fleur or Bill would be peeking out of the window to see whom could be approaching the house. They knew that Charlie didn’t like to apperate too closely to the house, for there could be Death Eaters located anywhere outside the boundaries of the intruder charms just waiting for someone to give The Weasleys a reason to lower their defenses for a half a minute. That would be all it would take for an intruder to get within the boundaries of the intruder charms, and once they had made it so far in, the charms would no longer notice them.

Charlie waved as he approached the house. He was sure that he had seen a face in the window just before he had waved, but now that he looked again, the face had disappeared. The next sound he heard was his mother’s loving voice, welcoming him home. “Charlie, Charlie. It’s so wonderful to have you home.” She had stated. He knew this was true, and yet he couldn’t put into words how happy he was to be home. Even if it was just for a short while.

[Bill Weasley]

" Bill, would you put your feet down. Your getting mud all over it," Fleur's voice traveled into Bill's thoughts as he read The Daily Prophet at his mother's kitchen table with his feet propped up on the chair opposite him. Ignoring her, he continued to read the bad news that lined the columns. " Eh, Fleur, this is terrible. That family that went missing in Birmingham last week was found. Terrible travesty and all. Seems that they were attacked by a pack of werewolves..." His words trailed off as thoughts of Remus Lupin crossed his mind. Poor bloke. He's probably devastated by all this.

Folding the paper back up, he placed it on the kitchen table and watched as Fleur's blond hair whipped around her. Bill couldn't help but stare in amazement that such a beautiful woman could fall in love with him. Getting up, he walked over to her and encircled her waist in his arms. " So, what you making?" He said as he kissed the crown of her head. " Eggs," was the short reply from her in a heavy accent. After hugging her for a few short moments, he abandoned her to her work. Sitting back down at the table, he picked up a ledger he had been working on for Gringotts.

Footsteps began to sound from overhead as the rest of the family woke up. It was nice to have most of the family home. Of course, he did miss his other brothers dearly. Unfortunately for him, he had seen Percy just a few short weeks ago. Bill had approached his brother with a warm smile, but was rebuked as Percy turned a cold shoulder toward him. This had really bothered Bill since he had always been real close to his family, and he just couldn't understand his brother's rejection.

Picking up a cup of luke warm coffee, he had begun to sit back down to his newspaper when one of the intruder charms had gone off. Pulling out his wand from the holster at his hip, he went over to the window and peeked outside. A man, with a red flame of hair, was walking down the road towards the Burrow. Too stocky to be the twins or Percy, his jaw dropped as the realization sunk in. Opening the door to the house, Bill ran out and greeted his brother, Charlie, with an enormous hug. " Charlie! It is so good to see you home. Come on, let's get you inside for some breakfast. Fleur is making it. How have you been, and what brings you home?"

[Molly Weasley]

Molly enjoyed spending time in her garden. Even though it meant that she spent most of the time chasing out nasty little garden gnomes. Her garden relaxed her, allowed her to drift away from the rest of the world, and seep into a realm that was almost dream like. Molly rarely took notice to anything other than her garden when she was working in it.

Molly had been working in the gardens when she noticed Bill running out of the house. It was unusual for her to notice the slight fact that Bill had even come out of the house. Molly had not heard if one of the intruder charms had went off, so she did not yet know what was going on. Pulling herself up from her knees, she went around the corner of the house, wondering whom or what Bill could be after. She had her wand ready, just incase it was an intruder. Molly would protect her home at all costs. Her home and her family were all she had, and she wasn't about to lose either of them.

As she turned the corner, she noticed a male with brilliant red hair walking toward the house. She looked more carefully, and noticed that it wasn't either of the twins. She also knew that Ron was in school, Bill was just ahead of her, Arthur at work, and Percy was still not having anything to do with the family. That only left one male Weasley left for it to be. Starting to run toward her son, Molly almost screamed with delight. She rushed to greet him, not far behind Bill. "Charlie, why didn't you send an owl telling us you were coming home?" Molly hugged her son gratefully, and happily. She was always glad to see that no harm had come to any of her children.

((Bill, hope you don't mind the small mentions. If you do I will be more than happy to change them. Just let me know which bother you.))