"Onto the train now! On with ya!" A gruff voice called to a few stragglers. The stragglers wrinkled their noses at the person that voice belonged to. It was Rubeus Hagrid, the gamekeeper. He looked ill; his face was blanched, his beard ragged, and his eyes very puffy Minerva sighed and walked up to him.
"Hagrid, we are all mourning Dumbledore. Why don't you go get some rest?" Minerva suggested not unkindly.
"No, no. I need ter be seeing Harry off to the train. Migh' be thinkin' of doing something foolish," Hagrid said with a tone of disapproval in his voice.
"I too do not want Potter doing anything foolish. There will be people watching out for him. I myself will be making an appearance from time-to-time this summer." Minerva looked thoughtful at the task ahead.
"I would try ter convince him to stay at school. 'Tis no safer place than Hogwarts." Hagrid gave a bit of a watery smile. Minerva patted his shoulder.
"I will try to convince him to continue his education. After all one can not become an Auror without proper training. At the present moment, I do not think Potter is listening to much of anyone," Minerva stated. Hagrid looked to the carriages and watched the students filing in. Harry, Hermione, and Ron all sat together in one carriage whispering in urgent voices. Tonks and Remus were in a carriage close by and their eyes were scanning every possible obstacle.
Minerva sat at the head carriage and looked off towards the distant Hogsmeade. Minerva felt uneasy that she did know why exactly Albus had left Hogwarts that night. She had no doubt it has been something important. Did she feel a little hurt that Albus had not trusted her with a secret. Minerva tried to shake such thoughts from her head, and she reminded herself to focus at the task at hand.
The journey to the train was uneventful. Some Slytherins tried to use various jinxes on Gryffindors. One third year suffered a bad bat boogey hex by Ginny Weasley.
"That enough!" Minerva bellowed at the troublemaking and all the students stopped and looked at her.
"As we all know, this year is different from previous years. We are all in danger, so I must ask that you take care of yourselves this summer. Now, more than ever we need to stand together as one." Minerva realized how much that last statement sounded like Dumbledore.
A few others must have felt the same for it seemed tears would come to their eyes. The train whistle began blowing and the students hurried to file onto the train. Minerva watched them along with the two Order members. They were lucky and no harm had come to them this day. Minerva watched as students hustled to put their luggage into racks and sit with their friends.
Ginny Weasley hung out the train window and called, "Do come see us at the Burrow Tonks!" Tonk's heart-shaped face lit up.
"You should find some new nose shapes," Hermione Granger called out the prefect's compartment. Tonks looked pleased at the suggestion.
"We should let them enjoy themselves why they can the joy will soon be overshadowed," Remus said. Tonks took his hand.
"Well, we have work to do," That was until Tonks tripped over a spare trolley.
"I'm sorry! It was an accident!" Tonks said with a blush on her face. Remus cracked a bit of a smile. Same old Tonks, she was as accident prone as ever. Remus and Tonks disapparated with a crack. Minerva watched the scarlet engine begin to pull out of sight. She then knew she had to talk to Albus. He had always known what to do, and at the moment, she did not/