“I am a good friend of Dumbledore.  He sent an urgent letter telling me to come here as quickly as I could.  I had to burn the letter, so I can’t really show it to you.  I would have been here sooner, but I was caught up in several matters, which concerns the increasing strength and number of the dark side.  They are increasing everyday and I happened to be in the middle of several, which slowed me down by several days.  I must speak with Dumbledore.” Karen added the last part as an after thought.  She knew he would know what to do about the situ