Let's Get Ready to...
Faith and Willow arrived at the wizarding version of a hospital – St. Mungos. Mild bedlam ensued when they arrived on the floor that hosted Arthur Weasley. A sea of red hair filled the corridors, including the plump, effusive matriarch, who was sobbing into Kingsley's robes. Many Order members were also in attendance, most likely to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the latest events. Willow had been in one of her many secretive sessions with Dumbledore, before he suddenly stiffened as if seeing some unseen event. It was supported by the Patronous sent by Sirius announcing the assault against Arthur.
Arthur, a known Harry Potter-Dumbledore -Muggle supporter, working within an increasingly hostile Ministry, an institution that had been seeking to discredit both men, was attacked by Voldemort's snake, Nagini. As the healers worked to remove the poison from his system and repair the substantial blood loss, they managed to extract his recent memories in order to discern his most recent events. Remus, Tonks, and Sirius were already in another room looking at the memories. It wasn't long before they came marching out of the room with some urgency.
"We must get to the Ministry. Voldemort is sending his Deatheaters to steal the prophecy from the Department of Mysteries!" Sirius pronounced. Gasps echoed throughout the corridors as witches and wizards started to make haste towards the exit or a floo network. Willow and Faith shared a knowing look. The Slayer-Witch raised two fingers to her lips and whistled loudly, startling everyone into silence.
"Everyone slow down. We can't go in there guns ablazin.' Chances are they'll be expectin' us, so we gotta be prepared." Faith cautioned. She looked around the room wondering how/if these people were prepared to go into war. However if she learned anything, she knew that in times of crisis brings out distinct qualities in people.
"Someone should update Dumbledore and tell him to meet us at the Ministry." Molly, who planned on staying with Arthur, stated that she'd send another Patronous to him.
"While you're preparing a game-plan, I'm going to pop over to the Council and grab some help." Willow chimed in.
Following that entailed more plans on how to get into the Department of Mysteries without alerting the Deatheaters, giving them the advantage of the element of surprise. Faith cautioned Sirius to not go off half-cocked and to stay close to Tonks, one of the few remaining Black relatives. Suspecting it was a high-level Deatheater mission, chances are Bellatrix would be there, which meant she'd try to kill Tonks or Sirius, again. According to everyone, she saw them (along with Aunt Andy) as the ultimate Blood-traitors, a severe betrayal in Bellatrix's mind, and since she was several bottles shy of a medicine cabinet, it stood to reason that she would target Tonks or Sirius. It was also decided that everyone should pair-up to cover each other's back; no one fights alone if they can help it.
Faith also decided that either she or Willow would try to get the prophecy. Faith also had one crucial business to cover before they entered the fray. Clearing her throat to gain everyone's attention, she gathered herself for the difficult issue needing to be addressed. "All right everyone. This is a battle, most likely to-the-death. But just in case, I know many of you are hesitant, perhaps even opposed to killing. But you should know they will not hesitate. Those of you who've fought in the first war, you know from experience that you'll only have a split sec to make a decision. Most times it ain't even about decision-making, it's about instincts. Listen to em!' They've saved me more times than I can count. And in war: that'll probably mean the difference between livin' or dyin.'"
"But if you happen to take a life tonight, don't forget, but don't let it prevent you from doin' what you gotta do from there on out to win this war. Because this war will probably officially begin tonight – this'll be your openin' shot. Make it count, we may lose a few battles along the way, but this one tonight is to let Voldy-dick know that we're comin' for him and anyone else who supports him." When she finished, Sirius looked on with pride and love, Tonks nodded encouragingly, stress causing her hair and features to shift to different looks and colors.
Moody thumped his way to Faith, grunted and thumped his staff on the ground before growling out, "Let's get to it then."
As promised, Willow teleported into Giles' office before heading over the Ministry, once again startling him, causing papers to fly up from his desk. "Giles, I need a few Slayers! Voldy's minions are breaking into the Ministry – although there's some debate, at least in my mind about whether or not they're already there. Anyways, they're breaking into the Department of Mysteries, Nagini attacked Arthur Weasley earlier tonight, everyone's assembled at St. Mungos –a wonderful wizard-like hospital, do you think we should use it for the Slayer? But then the Order is going to fight them, I have to find Dumbles, even though I worry about his health—"
"Willow!" Dawn shouted from behind her as she just entered the room.
Giles was still looking at Willow in stupefaction, but chances are he was trying to decipher the major Willow-speak he'd just been subjected to. Dawn rolled her eyes. "Take a deep breath and slowly go over the highlights. I'm guessing we're going Def-Con 2?"
They'd come up with a system of preparation for mild to extreme Council-emergencies. Def-Con 2 meant that they needed a team, perhaps two teams of Slayers, whereas Def-Con 1 meant all-hands-on-deck. Rolling her eyes in self-deprecation, Willow gave a brief run-down of events. It turned out that the Twins: Kisona and Aleki were visiting, playing videogames with Xander who'd recently returned from Madagascar. Naturally once they heard about the recent events they insisted on accompanying the team of Slayers and Willow. Unfortunately Buffy was in Cleveland handling another Slayer emergency otherwise she would have insisted on being teleported in.
Dawn would be the Council's liaison to handle the aftermath with the Ministry. No doubt they'd need it. She'd also contact Helena and Cerise to alert them, only to be told that they'd be there to assist Dawn in dealing with the Ministry. Cerise had been furious! The only way Voldemort's snake was in the Ministry was because someone let it in, which meant that the Ministry was as compromised as they suspected. That meant she'd have to also alert her own Minister and prepare them for the war exploding open in Britain. Like the Ministry, they also had a relationship with the Muggle President, along with the Council's connections, it should be no problem in calming any murky waters with the coming fall-out. Kisona sent a Patronous to Andromeda to also alert her to the latest events; Giles offered her and Ted safe-haven as they awaited news of the coming events.
Nevertheless, suited up, practically glistening with weapons, Willow, Rona, Vi, Kennedy, Kisona, Aleki, and Dawn arrived at the Ministry, to complete mayhem.