Chapter Eleven- June
Dear Journal-
I woke up today in St. Mungo's. Something terrible has happened. I still feel bloody foggy, but I know that yesterday we all got the golden feather from Fawkes. We knew to touch it, as Dumbledore said, and we'd be apparated to wherever he wanted us. It took us to the Department of Mysteries, at the headquarters for the Ministry of Magic. All of us; me, Kingsley, Remus, Moody… and Sirius.
We got there just in the nick of time. The Death Eaters were there, and they were about to close in on none other than Harry. He somehow got there from school with his friends, and landed himself the prophesy. At the time, he was trying to stop it from getting stolen.
Malfoy was the closest to Harry, so I blasted the git, and then I started sparring with my dear Aunt Bellatrix, who had nearly taken my head off with a Slasher Spell. Dolohov attacked Moody, who then made an attempt to get at the prophesy. I went to stop him, but Bellatrix blocked me. That's the last thing that I remember happening.
Kingsley says I fell from halfway up the stone steps. Guess that explains the broken arm, and this bump on my head. The Healers here really can work wonders, my arm is fixed, and they say I'm set to go home tomorrow. And that's important, I need to get back to headquarters, and, well, I need to talk with some people. I just wish this bloody headache would go away.
Moody came by earlier. He asked how I was feeling, and didn't criticize me for letting my guard down. I was already suspicious at that, then he took off his bowler and came next to me bed, and I knew it would be no good news.
He told me that Sirius took up my fight with Bellatrix. She shot a stunner at him, and it hit him in the chest. He fell backward, toward the arch, and it sent him through the veil on the dais.
I can't believe it…Sirius is dead.
I feel numb from head to toe. My thoughts are frozen. I'm itching to get out of here, to run away, to find out the truth. And to cry…I don't want Moody to see me cry.
How can Sirius be dead? How can my cousin be gone? I need to get back to Grimmauld Place. I have to find out what's happening.
Moody also says that Remus is missing. Reckons he's gone off too lick his wounds, after Harry's back safe at Hogwarts. I want to know where he is, I want to be with him. He shouldn't be alone now. If I do know Remus, he's gone off exclusively for the purpose of being alone. He doesn't want to expose his pain to anyone, he wants to keep it all inside, but he can't, so he's run off until it's back under control. I need to find him, to help him let it out.
Oh, and poor Harry. He's lost his godfather. I just can't believe it… I've got to floo my Mum. I don't know if anyone's told her.
Let me think, let me think...Harry's back at Hogwarts with Dumbledore and his mates to look after him. They're all ok, thank Merlin. It sends chills down my spine to think that You-Know-Who was really there. And I, a fully trained, Ministry of Magic certified auror, will only admit this to you, journal, it scares the hell out of me. I mean, he is the epitome of evil. The defining force that we are fighting against and he was really there. And now he's on the run again. Only now, everyone is going to know.
Moody says Fudge himself was there, and he can't deny it anymore that he's back. Thinking about how the public is going to react to that makes me want to stay in bed. Are people going to panic? How are they going to take it when they hear that the Dark Lord has returned? It's going to be a right mess out there.
And Kingsley, he was in charge of the hunt for Sirius. Now that the minister knows they both showed up together at the Department of Mysteries, what's going to happen to him, when he finds out he's been working along side the man he was intended to capture? Gods, only Dumbledore can save that man now.
So many new questions. I've just been awake a few hours, and it feels like a whole day has gone by. Moody's coming back in an hour, I'm gonna talk him into helping me get out of here now. There is too much stuff I have to do. I need to find Remus.
N.Tonks
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