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"Daniel, Chris, we have to go!"

Daniel Black turned over quickly and heard his brother, Chris, in the bed next to him, do the same. Chris fumbled for his glasses as a man with brown hair streaked with gray moved throughout the room, waving his wand around, making things disappear.

"Don't sit there Daniel, we have to go!"

Chris was already jumping into his clothes as Daniel reached in his drawer to grab some pants and a shirt.

"Did they find us?" asked Chris as he struggled to put on a sweater.

"Not yet, but it's only a matter of time," said the man irritably.

"Dad again?" asked Daniel, who was trying to tie up his shoelaces and reach for his wand on a nearby table at the same time.

The man, Remus Lupin, grimaced. "Unfortunately. We did the best he could to cover the entire mess, but that didn't work out too well."

Remus took a quick look around them and finally turned to the two boys. Both were dressed, their eyes alert, their wands in their hands.

"You're both ready?" he asked.

Both nodded, gripping their wands tightly.

"Good."

Remus waved his wand at the things that he had packed and they automatically shrunk. He placed inside the pockets of his coat as the boys rushed out of the room. After years of practice, they knew where to go.

Daniel and Chris's room had been located upstairs. The fireplace, their usual exit, was located downstairs. They took the steps two at a time, Remus close behind them.

"Are we going to Andy's again?" asked Daniel.

Remus nodded as the boys reached the bottom of the stairs. "Unfortunately, she doesn't know yet, so we'll have to be quiet when we get there."

Daniel would've asked why, but he knew that whatever reason that Remus had for them to go to the Tonks' was a good one. Maybe Dad was waiting for them there.

There wasn't enough time to ponder the question. Daniel followed his brother into the back of the house where the fireplace was located. Chris had already thrown Floo powder into the empty grate. He threw the bag of Floo powder to Daniel as the green flames began to swirl.

Remus rushed in as soon as Chris disappeared in the flames. Daniel followed suit, taking note of the empty house, handing the bag off to Remus. Daniel saw Remus doing a quick inspection before he was swept away into the flames, his stomach churning uncomfortably.

I can't wait until we learn to Apparate, he thought as he fell out of the fireplace.

The house he arrived at was dark and his brother was nowhere in sight.

Great, he thought, allowing his eyes to adjust. Remus and Dad have always told us to wait for one another and Chris never listens.

Daniel took out his wand and whispered, "Lumos!" adding a dim light to the forbidding house.

A door stood ajar to the left and Daniel could see the outline of someone that looked like his brother.

"Chris? Chris, are you in there?"

"Yeah, I'm here," his brother replied. "I went to wake up Tonks. She's getting Andy up now." He rubbed his hand and Daniel noticed there was a large welt there. Chris noticed his twin's gaze. "She kind of freaked out when she saw I was there," he explained. "She's going to bring some balm."

Daniel stepped into the dim room, adding his light to it.

"Why didn't you wait for me?" asked Daniel angrily. "Anything could've happened to you."

"Calm down, Dan. I'm fine, you're fine." Chris paused, his green eyes alert. "But where's Remus?"

"He was still looking over the house," said Daniel offhandedly. "You know we can't leave anything behind that could lead them here. He's probably not even going to Floo here."

"Or maybe someone showed up after you left," said Chris quietly.

An awkward pause followed this grim thought.

"Why do you say things like that?" asked Daniel, even though he already knew the answer. He almost felt bad for asking the question.

"Because that might be what happened!" Chris said heatedly. "Don't you remember when we were seven and Dad barely came back alive. Anything can happen Daniel, anything! Remus and Dad aren't exceptions."

Chris left the room, leaving Daniel standing there, his wand limp in his hand, the light emitting from it fading slowly.

"That's why we have hope," he whispered. "So that things like that don't happen."

Daniel sat down in a nearby chair and waited for his brother to return, like he always did.

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