Once Harry's face left the fire, Sirius and Remus both stood up, the former running
his hands through his hair in frustration.
"Fuck! What do we do? Don't get me wrong, Moony, I hated that Dumbledore
wanted Snape to teach Harry, but he needs to learn it. If what Dumbledore says is true and
Voldemort can see in Harry's head without even being near him―"
Remus nodded, feeling a cold sweat run down his back. "We're all in danger."
June 18th, 1996"Master will not come back from the Department of Mysteries! Kreacher and his Mistress are
alone again!"
The house-elf's words echoed in Sirius's mind as Kingsley and Tonks stumbled
through the Floo to grab Remus. He knew they had hoped he would not be in the room
when they arrived, but there was nothing to be done about it now. Snape had contacted
Kingsley to let the Order know that Dolores Umbridge had detained Harry and his friends
for breaking into her office, and she was requesting Veritaserum.
It was Harry's warning message to Snape that made the Order members most
anxious: "He's got Padfoot at the place where it's hidden."
"I've summoned Albus," Kingsley announced to the rest of the small group, which
consisted merely of himself, Sirius, Moody, Tonks, and Remus. It was anyone's guess where
everyone else was, which only made Sirius more nervous.
"So what do we do?" Tonks asked, her blue eyes directed at Moody, awaiting official
orders.
"Well, clearly You-Know-Who has infiltrated Potter's mind. If the boy thinks that
Black is in danger―"
"We need to get a message to Harry," Remus said, interrupting Moody. "If he's
anything like his father, he'll stop at nothing to save Sirius if he thinks he's in danger."
Tonks nodded in agreement. "Not to mention the kids that are with him. Hermione
and Ron wouldn't let him go at it alone."