An hour later, Hagrid had learned of Danny's halfa status and had been sworn to secrecy. Dumbledore, as Danny suspected, had been staying in Amity Park since fleeing from Hogwarts. He had taken Fawkes to visits to England when researching his next move and keeping up to date with the order. Hagrid was offered a place to stay and Dumbledore cured Fang of the spell related injury.
Once everything had settled down, Danny decided to head back to Hogwarts, leaving a message for Sam and Tucker apologising for not checking in with them during his very brief visit and bid farewell to Jazz and his parents. He teleported back to his room, shaking off his dizziness, and flew off to the hospital wing to check on Minerva. Madam Pomfrey noticed him as he remained visible the entire way and informed him that the injured witch would be moved to St. Mungo's. Then the halfa went to bed, exhausted from the teleportation and long day.
The next morning Danny paid a visit to Grawp, the giant was understandably upset once Danny explained that Hagrid was gone. Danny also made sure to remain visible, smiling boldly at Umbridge whenever she spotted him. She would always get out her wand and point it at Danny but the halfa would merely teleport away, having already revealed the power to the witch, laughing, thoroughly enjoying upsetting the witch.
Danny arrived at the Great Hall just as Harry's History of Magic exam ended. However the young wizard was nowhere in sight. Danny scowled. He waited for the hall to empty but Harry didn't come out. Worried, Danny flew off to search the castle starting at the common room. Danny zoomed through the castle fearfully, becoming more and more worried when he couldn't find Harry. He had one job! Watch Harry. That's it. And he was failing. He checked absurd places. The library, the astronomy tower, the classrooms, Snape's office. He checked the kitchens, Hagrid's hut, the staff room. But there was no sign. He even asked Peeves if he'd seen Harry, but the poltergeist was busy smearing ink on telescope eyepieces.
Danny bit his lip and raced to the common room again, worried that he'd missed Harry earlier or that the wizard may have gone there since. But Harry was nowhere to be found. Danny was starting to notice that Harry wasn't the only one missing. Ron and Hermione were missing. And he hadn't seen Neville Longbottom, Ginny or the Ravenclaw girl, Luna Lovegood all afternoon. Danny appealed to the ghosts to search for the missing students.
As night fell, Danny had to resort to his last option. Admitting he messed up and lost Harry to the only remaining order member in the school, Snape. Danny bit his lip and knocked on Snape's office door.
"Enter!" Snape called.
"Hey, before you shout, I have a very good reason for being here so can we just forget our differences for the time being," Danny interjected before Snape could demand the halfa to leave as he entered the office. Snape pursed his lips but said nothing more. Danny took the silence as permission to continue.
"Have you seen Harry since the exam this afternoon? I haven't seen him. He must have left the exam early," Danny asked.
Snape raised an eyebrow.
"Do you mean to say that despite orders, you haven't been watching Potter?" Snape sneered. Danny gritted his teeth, biting back a smart remark.
"I don't watch him constantly. I went back to the Great Hall at the end of the exam but he never came out. I've searched everywhere," Danny retorted. Snape gave a small smirk.
"Not to worry Phantom. Potter is probably with Umbridge getting punished. He broke into her office and got caught along with a number of his friends," Snape informed Danny.
"What friends? Ron and Hermione?" Danny asked worriedly.
"As well as Longbottom, Lovegood and Ginny Weasley. Now if you don't mind-" Snape confirmed and returned to his work.
"Why did Harry break into Umbridge's office?" Danny interjected. Snape sighed.
"His message was he's got Padfoot in the place where it's hidden," Snape replied.
"Padfoot?" Danny repeated confused. Snape curled his lip in dislike.
"Sirius. It's an old nickname," Snape explained.
"He's got Sirius in the place where it's hidden…oh no! Have you checked that Sirius is still at headquarters?" Danny realised.
Snape scoffed.
"Of course Phantom. Sirius is there," Snape confirmed.
"Did you tell Harry?" Danny asked. Snape frowned.
"And how can I do that when he's with Umbridge?" Snape retorted.
"Because I haven't seen Harry, or those students since the exam. And come to think of it, I haven't seen Umbridge for a few hours either," Danny replied. Snape blinked and then rushed out of the room. Danny chased the teacher as he ran to Umbridge's office.
"I'll alert the order," Snape decided, finding the room empty.
"And I'll get Dumbledore," Danny added and teleported to Fenton Works.
"Professor! Professor!" Danny roared, ignoring his dizzy spell. It was growing less and less each time, thankfully. He phased up through the ceiling and found Dumbledore and Jazz in the kitchen.
"Professor, order business," Danny announced and nodded to his sister, clearly asking for permission to continue. Dumbledore glanced at Jazz.
"Jazz, this must remain between us. Go ahead Danny," Dumbledore decided, sensing Danny's urgency.
"Harry thinks Voldemort has Sirius in the department of mysteries. He doesn't. Severus checked. But Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom are missing. Severus is alerting the order as we speak," Danny explained. Dumbledore got to his feet.
"How long have they been missing?" Dumbledore asked.
"I haven't seen Harry since the start of his History of Magic exam. I left for the test and when I returned at the end he was already gone," Danny admitted.
"We must get to the Ministry. I'll call Fawkes," Dumbledore muttered.
"Professor, I'll teleport us," Danny offered.
"Are you sure?" Dumbledore asked. Danny nodded.
"This happened because I wasn't where I was supposed to be. I'll get us to the ministry, mightn't be as accurate as normal though," Danny warned. Dumbledore nodded in understanding and took Danny's hand. Jazz blinked in shock and was about to interject when both Danny and Dumbledore vanished in a puff of green smoke.
They appeared in the atrium of the Ministry. Danny's dizziness increased and he fell down and retched.
"Danny!?" Dumbledore exclaimed worriedly. Danny shakily got to his feet and shook his head. Harry was more important right now.
"I'll go ahead, try and find the others before something worse happens," Danny mumbled before phasing down to the lower levels. He went into the door chamber and shut his eyes. The spinning walls weren't helping his vertigo.
"I need to find Harry Potter. Now!" Danny informed the room and a door opened to reveal the death room. It was Danny's least favourite room. He felt terrified of the veil and yet, if he wasn't careful, he regularly found himself drifting over to it.
But the room wasn't filled by whisperings this time. This time it was filled by witches and wizards duelling. Danny zoomed inside.
"Phantom! About time!" Moody growled as he duelled a Death Eater. Danny scowled before he charged his hands with green ghost energy. He fired ghost ray after ghost ray at the Death Eaters, catching a couple by surprise and knocking them out. But he still hadn't recovered from his teleportation and he wasn't quick enough to dodge a spell that hit his arm directly. His arm instantly erupted in agony. It felt like his arm was being burned and ripped apart at the same time. The pain radiated out from the impact sight and all the way up to his shoulder.
"Sirius! Sirius!" Harry screamed. Danny faintly heard Kingsley cry out before he felt someone grab his shoulder.
"Danny!? Are you alright!? Danny, can you hear me?" Lupin called fearfully to Danny. Danny suddenly noticed that he was on the ground, cradling his injured arm to his body, whimpering in pain. Danny shook his head, the shock of the attack wearing off. Lupin helped the halfa sit up and Danny saw Neville watching fearfully. Lupin ignored the teen as he pulled Danny's arm towards him to examine it. He grimaced and Danny saw why. No wonder he was in agony. His arm was severely burned, and his ectoplasm seemed to be breaking down.
Danny didn't know what spell hit him, but this was serious.
"Danny, you need a healer," Lupin whispered. Danny drew his arm back to himself, he felt almost like it was broken, it was heavy and useless.
"Well, there isn't one here," Danny gritted out as he cradled his arm.
"Danny," Lupin began.
"Remus, where's Harry?" Danny interrupted, noticing that Harry was nowhere in sight. Lupin sighed.
"He went after Bellatrix. She pushed Sirius through the veil. Sirius is gone," Lupin muttered sadly.
"I'm sorry Remus. But we have to go after-" Danny replied and struggled to his feet.
"You are in no condition to fight! Dumbledore went after him," Lupin scolded.
Moody and Tonks, looking worse for wear themselves, returned supporting Ginny and Ron and carrying Hermione. Luna stumbled along beside them, looking more dazed than usual.
"We need to get these lot back to Hogwarts," Moody announced. Danny took a deep breath.
"I'll take them. I'll take them to the hospital wing," Danny offered. Lupin, still holding Danny in case he collapsed, frowned at the halfa.
"Are you sure?" Lupin inquired.
"You want me to go to a healer," Danny pointed out. Lupin nodded, conceding the point. Danny then considered the five students in need to teleportation.
"I'll take three trips," Danny decided.
"Phantom, can you even teleport with that arm?" Tonks interjected, the order had been informed that Phantom could teleport with permission from Danny months ago. Danny looked down at his arm before his eyes flashed brilliant blue and he made an ice cast around his injury and then an icy sling to hold his arm for him.
Ginny, Ron, Neville and Luna gasped, Hermione was still unconscious.
"As long as I'm touching whoever I'm teleporting, I can do it," Danny answered. The three adults nodded, Kingsley guarding the Death Eaters. Danny considered everyone he had to teleport.
"Alright, I'll take Hermione first, I'll hold her with my good hand. And Neville. You need that nose treated and you can explain what happened to Madam Pomfrey. Fair warning, teleporting is a lot like apparating. Very uncomfortable. So sorry in advance," Danny informed them, and took Hermione from Tonks. Neville then grasped Danny's shoulder.
We're nearing the end of the fifth book now. But don't worry, this is story is far from over.
But Phantom has been revealed to be part of the order now.
Let me know what you guys think so far.
Until the next chapter.
