"Harry? Are you there?" The voice came again.
"Yes," Harry replied, "but, erm, who exactly...is this?"
Harry spat on the glass to try to clear the view. A man's face came into the mirror, one that seemed more and more familiar as the face came into better view. It was Remus Lupin.
"Professor Lupin?" Harry asked in awe.
"Hello, Harry," Lupin began, "I found this mirror among many belongings of Sirius back in London. I left it out on the table to dust but forgot all about it. As soon as I heard your voice, I knew exactly what its purpose was."
"Wow," Harry said in disbelief, "how's the Order?"
"Everyone's here, The Weasleys, Moody, Dumbledore, everyone except..." Lupin broke off.
"Sirius." Harry finished for him.
"Well...it's just not Grimmuald Place without him." Lupin remarked.
Harry continued to pack his school trunk as Lupin talked about things Harry didn't care about. Just as he threw the last pair of socks in, Uncle Vernon's voice rang throughout the house.
"Five minutes, Potter!"
"What's that all about?" Lupin chuckled. "What have you done this time, Harry?"
Harry explained his predicament to Remus.
"Well, you know, you're welcome here..." Lupin said.
"How will I get there, though?" Harry asked, puzzled.
"Don't you worry about that. See you soon." Lupin answered and vanished.
Harry threw the mirror on the top of his trunk. He began to lug it across the room to the door when he heard a loud screech. He whirled around.
"Hedwig!"
Harry had forgotten about his beloved owl, Hedwig. He raced to the cage, grabbed it, and continued dragging his trunk to the stairs. Harry pulled the trunk to the foyer only to hear more shouting from Vernon.
"45 seconds, Potter!" Vernon came waddling over with his wife and porky son, Dudley. "Have a nice life," Vernon sniggered, "Goodbye, boy."
Harry held his hand out to the door to turn the doorknob when the crack of a gunshot rang through the silence. Harry flung open the door only to find Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, Remus Lupin, Arthur and Molly Weasley, Alastor Moody, and Mundungus Fletcher standing on his doorstep.