"You know, Hermione, I'm kind of surprised that Dumbledore hasn't shown up here. It's been five days since Harry's dad got custody of him."
"I've been wondering about that too, Ron. Every time someone comes through the floo when I'm in the kitchen, I think it could be him." Hermione rested her elbows on the massive book she had propped up in her lap. Despite the fact that their watch was late at night, she still had a book.

"I wouldn't put it past that sneaky old man to have been here already without us noticing, but Sirius has some very good detection spells on this place." Gawain stretched out in the large blue chair that Sirius had purchased from an owl order catalogue. Though the adults had worked on cleaning up Grimmauld Place, everyone was ready to move as soon as Poppy gave the go-ahead. Harry still hadn't regained consciousness, but Poppy was more optimistic about his chances.

Suddenly, a loud buzzing noise filled everyone's ears. "That would be the Dumbledore detector. Do not, I repeat, do not let that man anywhere near my son. If you have to use magic, do it. I can always clear that up later." Gawain rushed off to the kitchen, while Hermione, Ginny, and Ron made sure their wands were ready to go.

"Make one move out of this kitchen and we will not hesitate to stun you or worse, Dumbledore." Severus' commanding voice would have been enough to make any less powerful wizard turn right around and never come back.

"I don't really think such a threatening tone is necessary, Severus. Minerva, make them see that I only want to do what's best for everyone. For the greater good, you know."

"Blocking the natural abilities of first years and younger is not for the greater good, Albus. Allowing my niece and James to die wasn't for the greater good. Separating Harry from the only magical biological family he has wasn't for the greater good either." Minerva looked the Headmaster straight in his angry blue eyes. It was almost scary how calm she could be.

"Offering to put my son in the care of Death Eaters wasn't for the greater good. And don't you dare say that Severus and I are Death Eaters, Dumbledore, not when you're the one who put our mothers under compulsion charms so that you would make sure that we'd join. We never wanted to serve that psychopath. Gawain's silver eyes flashed dangerously. If Severus was the most dangerous person in the room, it was acknowledged that Gawain was second most.

Despite Dumbledore's attempted insistence that they "see reason," not one of the wizards or witches in the kitchen put their wands away. " I can see that you all are unwilling to be reasonable here. Perhaps I can show you my reasons some other time, once Harry is well and in the care of more stable individuals like his uncle Lucius."

Gawain, Sirius, and Severus closed in on Albus, wands out. "If you think that Lucius Malfoy is a stable individual, than you need to get your head examined at St. Mungo's. Leave now."

Albus radiated anger. He knew that the wizards surrounding him would be more than enough to over power him, not to mention that they had equally powerful backups in Minerva, Poppy, Molly, Arthur, Remus, Fred and George. He left with one final glare.

"Poppy, do you think it's safe enough to move Harry?" Severus looked at Gawain, who wholeheartedly agreed with him. "I do not think we should take anymore risks."

"When I checked him earlier, he seemed nearly back to normal except for his magic levels, which are sky high because of all the blocks we removed. His leg should be healed by the time he wakes up. We can move him as soon as all of you transfer your belongings."

As Gawain didn't have any belongings at Grimmauld Place, he went back to the sitting room. "I know it's rather late at night, but we're moving tonight. You can go pack your things. Don't worry about my house, Hermione. I have a overflowing library and I treat my house elves with respect."
"Thank Merlin for that. Otherwise, you'd never hear the end of it. She'd go on and on about spew." Ron rolled his eyes.

"For the last time, Ronald, it's S.P.E.W. not spew." Gawain and Ginny listened to them argue all the way up to the second floor.

"Do they do that often, Ginny?"

"The proper question would be phrased 'when don't they argue', and the answer would be never. Harry says it's because they like each other and won't admit it."

"Sounds like Lily and I. W were always fairly good friends, our fathers were friendly, and thus she was an acceptable playmate. She was a lot like Hermione and I was more like Ron, though I don't think that I was nearly as blind as he seems to be when it comes to girls."

"That's my dear brother for you." Ginny rushed off to pack her belongings. Soon, there was a large pile of trunks at the bottom of the stairs, along with three owls( Hedwig, Pig, and Errol) and Crookshanks.

"Happy, Skippy, Bertie!" Gawain called. Within minutes, three house elves were standing in front of Gawain.

"What can we be doing for you, Friend Gawain?"

"Please take this luggage to the house. The kneazle should be put as far away from the owlery as possible. Our guests will be staying for at least the remainder of the summer, so please make sure all of the bedrooms are presentable. Thank you, that is all."

The tallest elf, Bertie, the one that was dressed in purple shorts and a tiny bright green t-shirt, snapped his fingers and the luggage was gone. The three elves each took an animal, with Bertie taking both Hedwig and Pig.

"Sirius, are we floo-connected to my house or do we have to go through a pub?"

"I think we're going to have to apparate. Floo connections in England aren't the safest these days. Severus can apparate with Harry." Sirius looked at Severus to see if that would be okay.

"We will go last, then. I want everyone to be around when Harry gets there just incase there's a problem." Poppy looked at Gawain sternly.

"I'm not going to argue with you. Does everyone remember the way there?" Several heads nodded. Gawain had made sure to take all of those able to apparate so that they'd know where to go. "We'll make the one stop at the Frog Prince. Hermione and I will go first." Gawain took Hermione's arm and they were off.

"This pub isn't a very friendly place this late, but the owner is a good friend of mine so we'll be safe enough. Just keep your wand ready." In the few days he'd spent with Harry's friends, Gawain had started to like the insanely curious girl who reminded him so much of Lily. The two stood in a corner of the pub, watching for the others.

"There's Remus and Professor McGonagall!" Hermione whispered loudly.

"The twins are coming behind us with Sirius. Don't let Minerva see them come in together, because she'd kill me if she knew that the twins and Sirius were apparating together." Remus grinned.

"Secret's safe with me."
Pretty soon everyone in the group arrived. They were just about to leave the pub when a tall brown-haired man in bright purple robes stopped them. "I need to see your international travel papers."

"Since when do my Aurors check for international travel papers, Pierre?" Gawain raised an eyebrow.

"Eh…Minister Fudge said that we were not allowed to let anyone apparate into France without checking for papers, Head Auror Malfoy."

"Pierre, if you don't let my family and I through, I will be forced to send you on a very long-term assignment to Siberia. I somehow doubt that your new wife would like that very much. I believe she's become rather fond of you." Gawain nodded to Severus, who apparated away, as did the rest of the group, with Hermione going with Remus. "If I ever hear that my Aurors are taking orders from Minister Fudge instead of Minister Claude or myself, you will find yourself out of work. Do I make my self clear, Pierre?"

"Of course, Head Auror Malfoy."

Taking orders from Fudge was one thing. He only hoped that none of his Aurors were taking orders from Voldemort.