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        Dumbledore handed the letter to Sirius.  Arabella, Remus, and McGonagall read it over his shoulder.

Dear Crackpot Old Fool,

        How dare you contact us!  We demand that you send that ungrateful brat back to us over the summer holidays.  We are his legal guardians and we have papers to prove it.  Unless you want a major law suite on your hands you'll send him back.  We'll be at Kings Cross Station to pick him up at the end of the term.

Vernon and Petunia Dursley
Non-Freaks

"They can't do this!" exclaimed Sirius furiously throwing the letter on the table.

"They can," said Dumbledore.  "It never occurred to me that they would want him to come back.  I assumed that they wouldn't, as Cadance would say, 'give a hoot' what he did."

Cadance walked in at that moment.  "All right.  I am completely packed and ready to go," she said.  Then noticing the looks on everyone's faces she added, "What in the name of Merlin's Beard is that matter with you?"

Everyone's eyes fell on the letter on the desk.  Cadance raised her eyebrows and Remus nodded.  Cadance picked it up and read it.  Her expression changed to match that of those around her:  a mix of furry and misery but mostly furry.

"You're not going to send him back to these… these… muggles are you?" asked Cadance.

"We have no choice," said Dumbledore.

"Who's going to tell Harry?" asked Arabella.

"I will," said Sirius.  "I'm his godfather.  I'll do it."

"Can't we talk to the Dursleys first?" pleaded Cadance.  "Oh heck, I'll talk to the Dursleys."

"Knowing you the words Avada and Kedavra will be involved.  You're hotheaded," said Arabella.

Cadance ignored her.  "We have to do something."

"We can't do anything," said Dumbledore.  "We have to obey their wishes."

"But they called you a Crackpot Old Fool!" whined Cadance.  "Can't we pretend that you didn't know that the letter was to you since they didn't call you by name?"

"Now you're getting ridiculous," said Dumbledore.  Then he looked at his watch.  "It's time for dinner."

"When should I tell Harry?" asked Sirius.

"Not now.  Wait until later.  Maybe even after Christmas.  He doesn't need to worry about this now," said Dumbledore. 

Sirius transformed and they walked down to dinner.  Most of the school was already there.  Cadance and McGonagall left dinner a few minutes early.  Cadance said good-bye to Jen and then they got their bags and walked to Hogsmeade to apparate to Majorca.

"Why are we leaving early?" asked Cadance on the way to Hogsmeade.

"Because Fudge is coming to the school tomorrow and your uncle wanted me to get you out of the castle before he comes," said McGonagall.

"Makes sense to me," said Cadance.

* * *

On Wednesday, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were on their way to Transfiguration.  They had already had Defense Against the Dark Arts on Monday.  Professor Lupin was as good of a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher as he was two years ago.  Harry hadn't really spoken to Arabella Figg since he saw her on Saturday.  The class went off smoothly.  Arabella Figg was also a good teacher and they spent most of the class taking notes on Animagi.  After class, Arabella Figg called Harry over to her.

"Professor Dumbledore wants to speak with you, Harry," she said.

All right," said Harry. "Thanks Mrs.…er… Professor Figg." Arabella winked at Harry then told him the password to Dumbledore's office. Harry told Ron and Hermione that he would meet them in Herbology, their next class, then walked up to the stone gargoyle that would give him passage to see Dumbledore.  He gave the password and ascended the stairs.  He knocked on the door.

"You wanted to see me, Professor?" Harry asked.

"Yes, Harry," said Dumbledore.  "I trust you know why I called you here."

"About Mrs. Figg?" asked Harry.

"Yes.  You see, Harry, I sent her to Privet Drive.  You had to have wondered why a Death Eater never attacked you while you were there," said Dumbledore.

"Well, sir, it never really crossed my mind," said Harry.

"Well," said Dumbledore.  "Even if a Death Eater, or even Voldemort, knew where you lived.  They'd never be able to find it.  Nobody with evil intentions can find it as long as Arabella Figg is alive or as long as they don't follow someone there.  Arabella is an Auror and, as you've already found out, she's also Cadance's godmother.  Cadance had spent a few summers over there, but whenever it was your cousin's birthday and you would go to Arabella's house, Cadance would be sent off on an errand or something like that.  I've always been afraid that if she knew where you were, then she would curse your relatives.  She's kind of a hothead.  She doesn't get it from my side of the family."  Dumbledore paused and shook his head.  "Now you better get to class."

"Yes, sir," said Harry.  "Good bye."

"Good bye, Harry," said Dumbledore and showed Harry out of his office.

Harry had just enough time to get to Herbology without being late.  He took his usual seat next to Hermione and Ron and briefed them on his meeting with Dumbledore.

* * *

Professor McGonagall and Cadance were due to arrive back on Monday.  At approximately 1 o'clock on Monday, Harry, Ron, Hermione were in Transfiguration.  They were working on changing their desks into various animals.  They had been turning them into cats until Neville accidentally pronounced the spell wrong turning it into a lion instead.  Professor Figg gave Neville a few house points for discovering how to do it but the lion wasn't too pleased about being turned back into a desk and was quite hard to catch.  It was at this time that Professor McGonagall walked in.  She was a quite bit more tan than she was when she had left as training was in Majorca.

"Minerva," said Arabella when she walked in.  "How did it go?"

"Just fine," said McGonagall.  "There was no misbehaving, I trust?"

"Absolutely none," said Arabella.  "And class is almost done."

"Right," said McGonagall.  "Well you can all go early."

When the classroom was empty, McGonagall turned to Arabella.  "I just came from Dumbledore's office.  We have a meeting of the Order of the Phoenix tonight.  He said it was an emergency."

* * *

At the same time, the fourth years were in Defense Against the Dark Arts.  They were learning about Vampires when the door opened.  Cadance walked in, also quite a bit tanner when she had left.  "Hello!" she said cheerfully.

"Welcome back," said Jen looking up from her notes.

"How did it go?" asked Lupin.

"Quite good," said Cadance. 

"You're all dismissed," said Remus to his class.

When they had left, Cadance turned to Remus.  "I just came from my uncle's office.  The Order of the Phoenix meets tonight.  My uncle said it was an emergency."

"There's always an emergency," said Remus.

Then Jen walked back into the room.  "Cadance," she said.  "There's a demon right out here who is threatening to gut us like fish.  We have to do the vanquish-thing."

"If you get this one I'll get the next two," said Cadance.

"Deal," said Jen reaching into her bag to pull out the Book of Light and flipped through it as she went out into the hallway.

* * *

Albus Dumbledore stood up and the few Order Members that were present stopped talking.  Of the 15 people in the Order of the Phoenix, only eleven were present.  "As I'm sure that you may notice, we are missing some people.  I don't think that we need to worry as of yet."

"Uncle Albus.  Chill out.  They're just a little late," said Cadance.

"I hope you're right," said Dumbledore.  "We'll wait for them for fifteen more minutes, then we'll have to start the meeting without them."

The four that were missing were Arthur Weasley, Bill Weasley, Mundungus Fletcher, and Alastor Moody.  Only a few minutes passed when Bill and Mr. Weasley Apparated in.  "Sorry, we're late.  Molly made us eat dinner before we left," said Arthur as he and Bill took their usual seats at the table.  After that Mundungus Fletcher and Alastor Moody Apparated in.  They, too, gave their apologies.  They had come from the Ministry and had a little paperwork to do before they left. 

Dumbledore stood up again.  "As you all know, I have called this meeting tonight because some unfortunate information has reached my ears.  Professor Snape, through his spying, has learned that each and every one of you is being followed by a Death Eater."

Everyone's eyes grew wide, yet remained silent waiting for the Headmaster to continue.  "Luckily, the power surrounding Hogwarts is strong enough to prevent them from coming here, but we are all being tracked.  They are watching our every move when we are out of Hogwarts.  We have to be especially careful."  He paused to let it all sink in.  "On a happier note Cadance and Minerva got their Auror's licenses again so that they are able to legally fight the Death Eaters the next time they attack.  Alarms will be installed in Hogwarts that will go off when they need to be alerted to the Death Eaters' attacks.  They will go off in the Great Hall, their classrooms and offices, my office, and their bedrooms only as not to disturb the students and other teachers."

Nobody present knew that they would be hearing these alarms sooner than they thought.