Harry Potter and the Secrets of the Order
Chapter 10
A Rescue Made
By: Sirius **Padfoot
November 19, 2003
Snape has gone missing and Dumbledore has sent Anna, Remus, and Sirius after him. After a slight argument about it they left the school.
"Well Anna since you got us into this where to?" Sirius asked as the stood just out side of Hogwarts grounds.
"London!" Anna said and smiled.
"Voldemort wouldn't have taken him there. That's where the Ministry is." Remus said then got a look of understanding oh his face. "Auror's!" he said and smiled.
"Of course three Auror's aren't enough. We need the information of the rest." Anna said and smiled at him.
"Three? You forget Remus and myself lost our status as Auror's 16 years ago Halloween Night." Sirius said confused slightly.
"I'm head of my department and have reinstated both of you as Auror's. Well really at the beginning of this year. Sorry about not telling you." Anna said and handed both of them a piece of parchment each. Remus looked down at the parchment and read:
Dear Mr. Lupin,
You have been reinstated as an Auror attached to Miss Anna Willis' department, due to the necessity for Auror's and the war that has came up in the last year. We regret that you're status caused you to lose your job after the last war and hope you can forgive an old Ministry and help the new. We also regret not informing you earlier about your reinsertion but we were not able to avoid that.
Miss. Anna Marie Willis Head of Department
Mr. Black 2nd Chair of Department
Mr. Lupin 3rd Chair of Department
Hopefully this is correct for you to come back to a Ministry in trouble. This is the predicted places where you would have been had you not been fired.
This Letter reinstates you as an Auror. Signed by the Minister of Magic Cornelius Fuge and Head of Department of Auror's 2 Anna Marie Willis.
Cornelius Fuge
Minister of Magic
Anna Marie Willis
Head of Department of Auror's 2
"That's what mine say's basically but mine mentions my 10 years in Azkaban." Sirius said.
"Why didn't you tell us this Anna?" Remus asked as he looked back up from the letter that had been handed to him.
"Even I have bosses Remus. The ministry didn't want to look desperate enough to go to you Remus and an Ex-Convict that aluded all Auror's after him including me. Come on we need to go. Main Hall of the Ministry." Anna said then disapparated with a pop.
"Well come on Sirius before we lose our boss." Remus said then disapparated too.
"I get my life back after I lose it for 16 years." Sirius whispered then followed the others by disapparating to London.
"Well looks like we are all here. Come on." Anna said and smiled at the two.
"Wait Miss Willis are they visitors?" a guard asked as he looked over his paper to Anna, Remus, and Sirius.
"No David these are Auror's." Anna said then started towards the golden doors.
"Right Miss. Willis." The guard David said.
"Anna if we've been part of the Ministry again since September then why haven't we been paid anything?" Sirius asked.
"Oh you have been paid just not directly. You have a Gringots account set up threw the Ministry." Anna said as they got on the elevator to go to the Department of Law floor.
They got off the elevator and started for Anna's office.
"James my office bring all information and nessicary Auror's for a briefing on the Death Eaters from you all to us. You got 10 minutes move." Anna said sticking her head into a small office.
"Yes Ma'am!" James Williams said jumping up and heading for the office across from his. Anna, Remus, and Sirius all continued on their way to her office.
"Remus that desk is yours." Anna said and pointed to her left as they walked into her office. "Sirius that's yours!" she said and pointed to her right. She walked tot he desk that looked like a disaster zone and started looking through all the papers that had been placed on her desk.
"Looks like you've kept your organizational skills up Anna." Sirius said sarcastically as he looked at her desk then walked behind his.
"Oy Sirius!" Anna said as she looked up at him.
"Yes Anna?" he asked after he sat down behind his desk.
"Shut up! I haven't been here since August 28th." Anna said then continued looking through the papers on her desk.
"She told you Padfoot." Remus said and sat down behind his desk laughing.
"Miss. Willis we're ready for you!" Mr. Williams said as he popped his head in their office door.
"Seven minutes. Wonderful you're getting better James. Come on some things have changed since you were last here." Anna said as she walked out of the office and down the hall with James Williams, Remus and Sirius behind her.
"This department is the best of all Auror's because of all the changes made by Miss Willis. You two are new aren't you?" James said excitedly.
"James do you not recognize them?" Anna asked as she looked over her shoulder at him.
"No ma'am should I?" James asked.
"Who am I, James?" Anna stopped and asked as she turned to face him.
"You're one of the 6 best Auror's in the history of Auror's ma'am." James said as Remus and Sirius looked between him and Anna questioningly.
"Be more Specific James." Anna said and smiled at him.
"You are Anna Marie Willis Head of Auror's Department 2. One of the absolute 4 best Auror's…" James said ans was about to continue.
"Stop!" Anna said cutting him off. "One of the four absolute best. Name them." she said.
"James Potter, Sirius Black, Anna Willis, and Remus Lupin - werewolf. But I don't' see how this Apley's to me recognizing these two unless." James said then paused as he looked at Remus and Sirius closely.
"Exactly. James Williams meet Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. All the changed I made were James Potter's ideas." Anna said then started walking down the hall again. "You're getting there James. A little more quick thinking like that and I'll put you in the field." She said as she entered a room with 5 other Auror's in it.
After three hours of this meeting every one was tired and ready to get out of there.
"Look Sirius, Remus Liverpool. That's where we are going." Anna said as she jumped up out of her seat.
"What why?" Sirius asked as he stood up and looked at what Anna was pointing at.
"well look this is the only place where a lot of Dark activity has occurred. That has to be where Voldemort it. Or at least his death eaters." Anna said and just ignored all the other Auror's that figited when she said Voldemort.
"I don't know Anna that's awful thin to go on." Remus said.
"Well it's the best we got Remus. if we don't take this he could die…it's our mission to bring him back to Dumbledore a live." Anna said.
"Auror's work for Dumbledore now ma'am?" James asked slightly confused.
"No! Auror's work for the Ministry and only the Ministry. The Ministry works for the wizarding community. The three of us double as teachers at Hogwarts and a teacher has gone missing. So we have been given the assingment to go find him." Anna explained.
"Anna since this is only and search and recover can I go too?" James asked.
"James this is still field work. You're not quite up to speed with thinking on your feet yet. Once you can do that with out me asking the questions then yes I'll give you a field assignment." Anna said.
"Come now Anna it's only slime ball that we are going after." Sirius said and shrugged.
"You want to give the rookie some expriouns right Sirius." Remus said as he watched Sirius. "I agree with him Anna." He said and smiled.
"My second and third chair disagree with me on this. James come on but if you get hurt I swear I'll put you behind a desk for three months after you get your quick thinking skills perfected." Anna said and walked out of the room with James Williams, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. "my own fiance dissagreed with me on that." She said and shook her head slightly.
"Sorry Anna but I did." Remus said and smiled at her when she looked at him.
"I hate you, you know that. I can't stay bad at you!" Anna said and smiled back at him.
"you know you love him Anna." Sirius teased.
"You on the other hand Sirius I can stay mad at." Anna said ans slapped his arm then started laughing when he started rubbing his arm.
"That hurts Anna." Sirius whined.
"Oh I hurt Paddy. I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt the baby." Anna said in a babyish way then stated petting him like she would a lovable pet.
"I'm not an actual dog, Anna." Sirius complained. Remus and Anna just cracked up laughing as they walked towards the elevator. All the Auror's they passed stopped and stared at them.
"Why is every one stairing at us?" Remus asked when he realized they were watching them.
"Oh miss Willis never jokes around with any one here. well except me every now and then but nothing like this." James said and stared at Anna like she had lost her mind.
"Yeah but you never saw her with us." Sirius said and got hit again.
"Shut up Padfoot!" Anna said and stuck her toungue out at him as they finally got tot he main hall.
"You do know how to appritiate right." Sirius said a little weary of James now.
"Of course he can Sirius. Every one in my department are the best we have now." Anna said.
"The out skirts of Liverpool correct." Remus asked.
"Yes! Keep your hand on your wands at all times. James stay with one of us at all times. these are real Death Eaters we're dealing with. Most likely the best Death Eaters." Anna said and waited for conformation from the three in front of her. "Good out skirts of Liverpool let's go." She said after they all nodded to her they all disapparated.
"All right be careful no stupid stuff. They know what you two and me look like the only advantage we have is James. They don't know what he can do." Anna said then they heard a yell of sever pain from inside the forest outside of Liverpool.
"Anna didn't that sound like Snape?" Remus asked.
"I don't know we don't have as good of hearing as you do darling. I'll see what I can find. Proceed with absolute caution into the forest." Anna said then turned into her owl form and started to fly into the trees.
"oh she's going to get herself hurt going off like that." Remus said as he watched her leave.
"Come on Remus she knows what she's doing. She's been at this since the four of us started together. Come on James let's keep her in Remus' hearing range." Sirius said as he started into the forest with his wand drawn.
"Right." James said as he followed Sirius and Remus. then they heard a scream of pain again.
"Remus, Sirius that…wait it me..." Anna said as she walked in their path before jumping behind a tree because of three stunning spell coming at her. "It's me people…" she said as she put her back to the tree she had jumped behind.
"Anna? Hey stop. James!" Remus said and grabbed James' wand.
"Is it safe this time?" Anna asked as she stuck her head around the tree slightly.
"Yeah come on Anna. Sorry about that." Sirius said slightly embarrassed that they had attacked their friend and boss. She walked over to them and looked at Remus holding two wands.
"Jumpy aren't we. Snape is just a little way's in front of us with Voldemort himself." Anna said and looked back at the screaming sound again. "Not even Snape deserves what he's getting over there. Remus why do you have James' wand? " She said sadly then looked back to Remus.
"Because he wouldn't stop using it." Remus said and glared back at James.
"Sorry I got scared." James said and looked down at the ground.
"It's all right James. I didn't get hit. Remus give him his wand back. But from now on James make sure it's the enemy first." Anna said and patted him on the shoulder.
"You knew this would happen that's why you didn't wan me in the field." James said sadly as he took his wand back from Remus.
"Come on Kid it's just an accident that no one got hurt in. it's your first time in the field remember Remus and I are old at this. And we attacked her. Thought you were still flying Wings!" Sirius said turning his attention to Anna.
"Well I had been but for some reason the closer I got to their came the harder it was to hold my Animagi form. It may work opposite for Remus though since he can't change into his at will." Anna said and looked worriedly at Remus.
"I'll stay in the back. Cause I don't want to find out. I'll guard our escape route." Remus said.
"Right then. James, Sirius follow me. Remus are you going to stay here or come up a little further?" Anna asked.
"I'll stay here. just to be safe don't want to scare the rookie again. Why don't you leave him with me Anna?" Remus said.
"I need at least three people to keep an eye on Voldemort at least plus all the death eaters there as well. James will be fine. I won't let him get hurt Remus you know that." Anna said and stated the way she had came earlier.
'him hurting one of you is what worries me, Anna. Not them hurting him. I thought he'd be fine out in the field at the Ministry. I don't think so now.' Remus thought as he watched the other three disappear into the tree's with out him.
"All right listen closely. Do not use the three unforgivable curses no matter what. We can win with out killing or anything of that nature. Got me. Sirius I don't have to worry about you unless Peter's here. James you got me." Anna said.
"Yes ma'am!" James said.
"No matter what the two of us do, absolutely do not use those three curses." Anna said spotting Peter near Voldemort laughing at Snape.
"Ma'am why would you want to use them." James asked.
"Never you mind that James. Just do as I say." Anna said as she clenched her wand and glared at Peter. "Sirius it would be wonderful to kill that bloody Bastered." She said turning to Sirius who only nodded.
"Right when we go in we'll have a few seconds of surprise. We must use that to our advantage quickly. Hit every one possible with a stunning spell or body bind curse or something like that." Anna said then looked at James. "I'm depending on you to do the best you can and get as many as possible and watch our backs." She said and put her hand on his shoulder.
"I won't let you down this time ma'am!" James said.
"I know you won't James. Now let's go!" Anna said and stood up then the three of them started into the clearing where all the death eaters, Voldemort, and Snape are. Yelling strings of curses, spells, and Jinxes at random Death eaters. They had got half of them before they could react.
"Stop playing around you idiots!!" Voldemort yelled then pointed his wand at James "IMPERIO!" he yelled and James turned to Sirius.
"Oy Sirius look out!" Anna yelled from over at Snape.
"Avada Kedavra!" James said pointing his wand at Sirius.
"PROTEGO!" Sirius yelled and a shield like charm covered him but he still got hit by the curse. It only cause a scratch across his cheek though since James didn't want to use the curse.
"STUPIFY!" Anna yelled as she pointed her wand at James who fell unconscious. "Sirius you all right?" she asked as she finally got Snape away from the Death Eaters.
"Yeah let's go!" Sirius yelled and motioned for her and Snape to move the way they had came. He picked up James and followed after Snape who had ran in front of them into the forest.
"CRUCIO!!!" Voldemort yelled and pointed his wand at Anna who was about to enter the forest after them. She screamed and fell.
"Snape stop watch James!" Sirius said putting James down and running back to Anna. Snape had no intention of staying there any longer so he grabbed James and continued on his way towards a town he had saw earlier.
"Snape!" Remus said confused when he only saw James with him. "where's Anna? Where is Sirius?" he asked.
"and why weren't you helping those two and this fool." Snape asked.
"Where's Anna?!" Remus asked as he frantically looked for her behind Snape.
"This fool attacked Black and before she could get out of the line of fire the Dark Lord hit her with the Cruciatus Curse. Those two are still back there." Snape said.
"Why didn't you help them?" Remus said as he started for the clearing.
"I don't have a wand that's why. My wand is at the castle." Snape said agitatedly.
"Come on let's go!" Sirius said coming out of the forest supporting Anna who looked about ready to fall unconscious.
"Anna!!" Remus yelled as he ran over and took over for Sirius.
"Come on let's go! Remus they're right behind me let's go!" Sirius said frantically.
"go ahead…I'll be fine…just leave me here." Anna said.
"Absolutely not!" Remus said then started for the place where they had apparated to.
"Remus… I can't…" Anna said as she stumbled trying to keep up. He stopped and looked at her.
"I won't leave you here." Remus said and kissed her then picked her up. And she passed out leaning her head in to his chest.
"how many times was she hit with that curse?" Remus asked.
"Three times. Several minutes each time." Sirius said sadly and took James from Snape as they all stared for the place where they had apparated.
"Well bloody hell no wonder she's out. What's up with that moron we brought?" Remus asked angrily.
"He was under the Impero Curse Remus." Sirius said.
"Yeah like he was scared before. He's incompetent in the field." Remus said.
"It's his first time in the field Remus give him a break." Sirius said.
"I know it's his first time. But he shouldn't go off like that." Remus said.
"Need I remind you Remus but we attacked too." Sirius said.
"but we stopped. I forced him to stop." Remus said.
"Let's just get out of here!" Snape said
"Ministry or Hogwarts?" Sirius asked.
"Hogwarts!" the other two chimed at the same time then glared at each other.
"all right let's get out of here before they catch up." Sirius said then disapparated. Remus and Snape followed suite.
"Come on lets' get up in the castle. Madam Pomfrey will have a lot of work for her." Sirius said then the three stared up the hill to the castle. Sirius supporting James and Remus caring Anna.
Several minutes later they entered the castle and were instantly bombarded with questions from Students who wouldn't let them get to the hospital wing. They were all worried about Anna except the Slytherin student who were asking about Snape who looked like hell.
"Now, now, now settle down. Remus, Sirius, and Severus please make your way to the hospital wing." Dumbledore said and all the students made a path for him and the other three to go up to the hospital wing.
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Authors Note: hey sorry it's been so long…I've been sick…I hate being sick…anyway hope you like this chapter and it's what you were looking for with the Snape disappearance thing. Please review and tell me what you think about it.
Oh I also have a new story The Past is the Future it's where Harry and James switch places in their sixth year. If you get time please read and review it.
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Sirius **Padfoot