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"WHAT!"
Hermione jumped a little, as the person shouted. The person was Remus Lupin. He usually wasn't one to shout. In fact he rarely ever shouted. He was normally the person to be calming other people down. Which could have been an answer to Hermione's slightly startled expression.
"Mrs Weasley just told me. She said Kingsley stopped by a few minutes ago. She said, he told her that the Aurors were sent out on a attack. Some of the Aurors were hurt. And a few of them were Order members." She said quickly, breathing a little heavily at the end.
Sirius answered before Remus could. "Thanks for telling us Hermione." He gave her a small smile. She nodded and left the room. Shutting the door behind her gently.
Once the door had closed, Sirius turned to Remus. "Why did you have to shout at her?"
"I didn't mean to. It's just…." Remus shook his head and looked down. "Just forget it. We need to go see Molly."
"Whoa. Are you Ok? You seem really….weird." Sirius, scrutinizing Remus.
Remus just shook his head and stood up, the chair scraping across the wooden floor. Creating a teeth grinding noise. Sirius clutched his teeth (A/N: This is exactly what I do, when someone makes an awful noise. Dunno why. Just do. : ) ) and cried dramatically, "Ow, that hurt Moony. Why did you do that?"
Sending a bemused look at Sirius, he said, "Sirius, I didn't even touch you. How could I have hurt you?"
"You hurt me mentally Remus." Sirius replied, giving him a look of mock hurt.
"How did I mentally hurt you?" Remus cried exasperatedly.
"You." Sirius broke off, but a moment later responded with. "You just did Ok?" He pouted like a two year old and crossed his arms.
Remus looked at him. "Brilliant comeback. You really got me there." He drawled sarcastically.
A glare was sent his way, from Sirius. "Shut up."
"Oh, the great king Sirius, can't think of a comeback. What has the world come to?" He declared, with a mock shocked look on his face.
Sirius sent him, once again, another glare, and decided to switch subjects. "You wanted us to go talk to Molly."
Remus glared at him once again. "Then stop distracting me!" He said angrily.
"Uh uh. Hating is the distraction in this case. And by your expression towards me, suggests that you don't overly like me. I don't see how, though." With that, he strutted out of the room.
Behind his back, Remus made a strangling gesture, and strode after him.
A few minutes later, they both burst into the kitchen, Remus leading. A frantic Molly, was scrubbing at the tables surface. She looked up as they entered, giving a faint smile, before going back to her scrubbing.
"Molly, what happened?" Remus demanded, worry evident in his eyes.
Sirius sat down in an empty chair. "Yes please tell him, he's being very insufferable." Even though he was being sarcastic, you could tell he was worried too.
Don't strangle. Don't hex him. It's just how Sirius deals with worry. Just don't physically harm him. You might go to Azkaban, for something pointless. Remus thought with a clenched jaw and tightened fists. He briefly closed his eyes, but snapped them open, when Molly stood up straight, a little too rigid to be natural.
"I guess Hermione told you what happened." She said quietly.
Sirius rolled his eyes. "You think. I had to stop him," he gestured to Remus, " from storming down here."
Remus's fists tightened, he had all but hurt Sirius on the way down, and his restraint only went so far, today. And Sirius was pushing it. Sirius must be looking to be killed. He could imagine the headlines. Sirius Black innocent. But killed at the hands of ex-best friend, or some other rubbish.
Trying to ignore Sirius, he answered Molly. "Yes we did, but she only said about some Aurors getting hurt. Do you have any more information?"
She nodded and paused for a few seconds, trying to think of how to word what had happened. Sirius got impatient after two seconds though.
"Are you going to tell us what happened?" He asked, impatiently. Molly didn't have time to respond, because Remus hit him, hard on the back of the head.
"OW! What was that for?" Sirius demanded, clutching the back of his head.
"Because Molly, was just thinking, and you had to be an impatient idiot." Remus said, in an annoyed tone.
"Is that the only reason for hitting me?"
"No, I had two other reasons." Remus said casually.
"Care to tell?"
"If I must. First reason, you're being an idiot and it might knock some sense into you. Two, I have been wanting to hit you, since we walked out of the room upstairs."
Sirius opened his mouth to retort, but was interrupted by Mrs Weasley.
"Boys! Stop arguing. Do you want to hear what happened?" She said sharply, to both of them.
They both shut up, at what Mrs Weasley said. Remus took an empty chair, next to Sirius, folding his arms, and placing them on the recently cleaned table top. Mrs Weasley stared at the two for a few moments, her eyes flickering over both of them for a few seconds at a time, before she decided to speak again.
"Well, there was an attack on some muggles, in….somewhere in either Yorkshire or Norfolk. When the Aurors got there, the Death eaters were there. There was a lot of fighting and some of the Aurors got hurt. A few of them were Order members. I only found out about fifteen minutes ago." Mrs Weasley looked down, her face was slightly paler than usual.
Remus and Sirius both had solemn expressions on their faces. They wondered which Auror and Order members were hurt. If there were any deaths, or the number of casualties.
"How did you find out Molly?" Remus inquired quietly, voicing one of Sirius's unasked question.
Mrs Weasley looked up. "Pardon?"
Clearing his throat Remus spoke louder. "How did you find out about the attacks? How long ago did it happen?" Adding another one of the men's questions.
"Ummm….Kingsley flooed over from the Ministry, around a quarter of an hour ago, and then Arthur owled me ten minutes ago."
Remus thought of another question to ask, oblivious to the fact that Mrs Weasley didn't answer his last question. "How many casualties were there?"
Mrs Weasley looked thoughtful for a moment. "I'm not overly sure dear, but between ten and fifteen…" She trailed off uncertainly.
Her and Remus both looked down, but snapped their heads back up, when Sirius banged his fist on the table angrily.
"Why can't the Ministry, just believe Dumbledore? (A/N s it an exclamation mark or a question mark?) Then we wouldn't have any people injured or-or people dying!" He claimed angrily.
"You know why Padfoot." Remus reminded Sirius, softly.
Sirius just glowered at a spot on the table and muttered. "I know, but its still stupid."
Remus sighed and turned to Mrs Weasley. "How' Dora?" He had been wanting to ask that since he got down, but he didn't want to seem too forward.
"I'm not sure of that either dear, I'm sorry." Mrs Weasley gave him a sad smile. "But I bet she's fine."
"We need to go to St Mungos. Now." Remus announced, suddenly, standing up
Mrs Weasley also stood up with him. "You can't dear, it'll look suspicious if you (A/N Déjà vu? I thought Sirius might have picked this up from Mrs Weasley and used it to show hes mature and stuff) do, You could jeopardise the Order. We shouldn't know about it for a few hours, at the least." She reasoned.
"But what happens if she's hurt?" Remus argued. "What if Dora is in a coma, or unconscious or-or." He was interrupted by Sirius.
"She'll be fine Moony. If it was serious, Kingsley would have told Molly."
Nodding, Mrs Weasley agreed. "Exactly. Now sit down. I'll start tea." With that she bustled out of the dining room, and into the kitchen.
There was still a sombre atmosphere, which didn't last very long with Sirius's next comment. Remus swore that one day, he would kill his best friend. Especially at moments like these.
Sirius's head lolled back, a teasing grin on his face. "So why are you so worried about dear Nymphadora?"
Remus could feel his cheeks heat up a little, and could imagine the faint redness of them, but thought of retort. "Why aren't you worried about her?"
He clutched his heart. "You think I'm that insensitive? I am worried about her, just not as much as you Moony."
Huffing, he replied. "Fine, let me rephrase. Why aren't you as worried as I am about Dora?"
Sirius just tapped his nose. "Don't ask me questions, and I'll tell no lies." He said cryptically. He grinned at Remus's confused expression, and put his feet up on the table with a dull thud,
"Why do you keep saying all these wise things today?" Remus asked, a curious expression on his face.
A smirk now crept its way onto Sirius's face. "Obviously because I'm wise. Merlin, keep up Moony."
Remus gave him a sarcastic smile. "Oh silly me, how could I have forgotten, oh wise and mighty Sirius."
"It's all forgotten, you peasant. I'm glad you have acknowledged your forgiveness. It's all in the past. But you should really remember in future Moony." Sirius chided him teasingly.
Shrugging, Remus looked down at his feet, lost in thought about Tonks at the hospital. What if she wasn't alright? What if she was in danger? What if she was hurt and Kingsley didn't tell Mrs Weasley so she wouldn't worry? No no! She's fine. We'll visit her later and she'll be fine.
A hand in front of Remus's face, made him jump, and he toppled off his chair pulling it over with him. Sirius was waving his hand in front of Remus. He grinned as Remus fell off his chair.
"You weren't responding. So I decided to give you a wake up call."
Pulling himself back onto his chair Remus gave a deep breath. "What was your question again?"
Sirius rolled his eyes, but repeated himself. "Why are you so worried about dear Nymphadora?"
Remus tried to think of an explanation. Why was he worrying so much? He gulped before answering. "Because she's my best friend."
With a dramatic gasp, Sirius clutched his heart, with a hurt expression on his face. "What about me? Aren't I your best friend?"
"You were until half an hour ago, when I wanted to strangle you, because you're an idiot." Remus muttered, an annoyed expression on his face, at the memory of Sirius's idiotic behaviour.
"But that's why you love me. And that's why I'm your best friend-"
"Former o ex best friend. However you want to say it."
Sirius continued on, like Remus hadn't even interrupted. "That's why I'm your best friend. And because of my hair. You love my hair. And you stick around because you love it, and want tips on how to style your hair." He made circular gestures around his hair, but refused to touch it.
Remus just smirked. "Dora is a much better best friend than you. One she listens. Two she doesn't annoy me. Three, she' mature and not an idiot like, someone." He broke with a cough that sounded strangely like 'Sirius', before continuing. "And four, her hair is amazing. She can change it to any style, colour, or length she wants, and that beats your hair hands down."
"How dare you betray my hair!" Sirius gasped, with mock shock in his tone, and expression.
"It's true though." Remus nodded.
"Is not!" Sirius argued.
"Is too!" Remus exclaimed back.
"Is not."
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"No!" Remus decided to use a trick on Sirius.
"Yes!"
"Ha!" Remus exclaimed, pointing at Sirius, with a triumphant grin on his face. "Even you admit it!"
"EVERYTIME! UGH!" Sirius wailed, crossing his arms over his chest.
Remus laughed at his childish expression. "You have to answer my question now."
Sirius didn't turn his head, still sulking, but he muttered. "What is it then?"
Chuckling, Remus asked. "Why aren't you as worried for Dora as I am?"
He had just opened his mouth to answer, when there was a shriek from the Kitchen door way. Both their heads snapped to the place where the shriek had come from. They discovered, Mrs Weasley standing there, hands on her hips, and an angry expression on her face.
"SIRIUS BLACK, GET YOUR FEET OFF THE TABLE, THIS INSTANT!"
Hi Guys.
I'm going to make you wait to find out what happened with Tonks. Don't kill me, it's just to make sure I still have readers after not updating last week.
I am so SORRY, I didn't update last week. It's just I had a lot of stuff going on, school mostly. And there's three reasons.
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Two: We had an English assessment, which I got really into, it was a creative writing one, and we had to create our own villain, and we had to describe it. I'll tell you what I got next update.
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