McKinnons:
Doe had a new appreciation for the victim of Death Eater's now. It had always been of the utmost importance of her to catch Death Eaters, but now whenever the familiar dose of pain coursed through her body when she moved a certain way, it reignited the flame of anger she had towards them.
She went back to work after only two days of being home from St. Mungos.
Remus wanted her to take more time off, fearing she would overwork herself. But she had already missed too much. She had to get back in thick of things.
So she returned to work and resumed trying to catch Alecto, though now Moody was forcing her to do it mostly from her desk. He didn't want to risk another attack so soon.
Sirius and Doe were working late at the ministry one night studying the files on Antoin and Alecto when Moody's massive Ox shaped patronus burst into the hallway between their two cubicles.
" Come to the McKinnon residence, now" it ordered and disappeared quickly.
Doe looked up to Sirius, " You don't thinks it's anything bad do you?" she asked him quickly.
Sirius frowned and grabbed his wand, " I hope not"
They got up quickly and made their way to the atrium. It was practically empty. Most of the other employees had left.
They disapparated and landed on the front steps of the McKinnon house.
Members of the Order of the Phoenix were scattered all about. Many of them looked outwardly upset. Emmeline Vance was crying into her handkerchief. Doe didn't see James, Lily, Peter or Remus. She turned to Sirius quickly.
Moody strode out of the house, " Black, Meadowes get in here!" he called over Emmeline's loud sobbing.
Sirius and Doe followed him into the house.
" Moody what's going on?" she demanded quickly.
" Why are we all here?" Sirius asked.
Moody didn't answer he just led them into the sitting room.
The moment they entered it, Doe wished she hadn't. She felt her knees buckle underneath her, and the tears begin to fall down her face.
All nine of the McKinnons laid frozen in the living room. All of them dead.
Doe looked to where Marlene was. Her beautiful face covered by her golden hair. She still clutched her wand in her hand. She was half lying against Landon's body.
" Voldemort got to them" Moody said quickly.
Doe started to cry harder. Sirius' face was pale and his mouth quivered slightly as he pulled her into a hug.
Marlene was dead. She couldn't believe it. It seemed impossible. She had been my friend for 9 years.
She would never see her mischievous grin or her watch her flip her hair ever again.
Dpe was paralyzed with sadness. Her entire family was dead.
She couldn't look anymore. She let go of Sirius and left the house quickly, wiping the tears from her eyes.
Remus & James and Lily were walking up the path to the house as she was leaving.
" Doe?" James asked.
" What's wrong?" Remus asked quickly.
Doe wiped her eyes quickly and tried to stop her hiccupping, " It's Marlene" she managed to get out.
" What happened to Marlene?" Lily asked quickly, her eyes wide with fear.
" SSSShe's gone" she said and tears poured down her face again.
Remus pulled her against him quickly, and over his shoulder, She saw James do the same to Lily, who had been overcome with tears.
" We need to get back to Headquarters" Moody snapped at the cluster of Order members outside of the house, " the ministry is on their way"
Emmeline Vance roared with tears again, a pale faced Caradoc Dearborn led her to the front of the house and apparated.
" Come on" Remus said taking her hand. He apparated quickly and they landed on the steps of the Diggle Manor.
The entire Order crowded into the dining room of Diggle Manor. Doe felt as though she was in a sort of trance. She sat down in the chair between Lily and Remus and felt the heavy weight of loss.
The rest of the Order gathered around the table as well, anxiously awaiting Dumbledore's appearance.
Sirius came through the door next and took a seat down next to James.
He threw her a worried glance.
The doors of Diggle Manor opened again and Dumbledore came in, with McGonagall at his heels.
He looked exceptionally upset. He stood in front of all of them with his head bowed.
" Tonight we have suffered a great loss" he said sadly, " the McKinnon family was a great friend and ally to us all"
Lily's lip quivered. She dabbed at her eyes quickly.
Dumbledore launched into a speech about the dangers that Voldemort posed and how even in these difficult times, they must remain united.
The entire room was silent. No one dared speak. The feeling of loss still hung in the air.
The McKinnons funeral was quite a large one a few days later. There were hundreds of witches and wizards assembled there to mourn the loss. It was horrible. Doe saw the coffin that was marked for Marlene and the sight of it made me want to cringe. She spent most of the funeral sitting silently, with tears streaming down my face. Lily was a mess. She couldn't stop bawling loudly. And eventually, James had to take her out of there.
Peter also seemed quite upset. He was extremely pale the entire time.
" Are you okay, Peter?" Doe whispered to him.
He nodded quickly, and stood facing forward.
They were going to have to get used to funerals. She feared there would be more of them before this was over.