"What am I going to do? It's not like I can just run away, the dark lord would find me! He always finds his prey-"
"I'll tell you what we're not going to do, we're not going to panic," Sarah's dad snapped as Sarah paced back and forth. "We already sent a letter to Dumbledore, he will send a letter of instruction on what we should do-" At that moment, an owl showed up at the window and pecked at it furiously. Sarah opened the window and took the letter from the bird. She gave the note to her mom and she read it out loud,
"Due to Sarah's new issue, I suggest that she be sent to school early, along with anyone close to her who might be going as well, for their safety. A train for Hogwarts will be in Kings Cross tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. sharp, if they are not there, I will have no way of making sure they are safe. I suggest that you send this letter to everybody who would be coming early a.s.a.p. so that they may get ready tonight. If you have any questions, or are not able to send your child to school early, please inform me at once so we can make other arrangements. Dumbledore"

Sarah had already gone to her room and started to pack by the time her mother was done reading the letter. Her parents walked into her room and just watched as she hurried around the room cramming everything she had into the small backpacks she had.
"I don't think the kids should go to school early, maybe they should just go to a hotel in Hogsmeade or something like that. Then they're near Hogwarts, but they aren't there, so they don't' lose out on seeing it with everyone else," her mom rambled on about this for a while until her dad broke in.
"Why don't we just have them stay at the Grimauld place? That's what they normally do in cases such as this." At hearing this, Sarah stopped packing and looked at her dad. She was speechless. She knew from reading the books that the only way someone would know about the Grimauld place would be from someone telling that person about it and where it is, and the only people who are told about it were people in the order of the phoenix.
"Dad, is there something you're not telling me about what you actually do for a living? The only way one were to know about the Grimauld place would be to be told by someone, and that someone would normally have to be part the Order of the Phoenix-"
"Sweetheart, we didn't want you to get worried about us, that's all, we would have told you if it weren't for that fact-" her mom started to explain, but was cut off by Sarah.
"You mean you both have been part of the Order of the Phoenix, meaning you both know magic, and we've been sitting here living like muggles? And why didn't you say anything about it when I got my acceptance letter to Hogwarts? And why am I going at the age of 14 when the average person goes when they are 11? What else are you guys keeping from me?!" Sarah finished, getting louder with each sentence until she was screaming her head off. After this out burst, she grabbed her ipod along with her running shoes and started towards the door.
"Sarah wait! Don't go out there, it's not safe for you to be alone any-"
"Don't you tell me what to do! I can do whatever the hell I want to right now! So if you don't mind, I need to go blow off some steam before the whole damn house explodes!" She screamed as she put her shoes on. As soon as she finished she stormed out of the house, and began running as soon as her feet hit the concrete of the outdoors. She started running towards Brian's house, knowing he would be home around this time. As she ran, she would check behind her just to make sure there was no one there. Every once in a while there would be someone, but no one who looked suspicious. When she got nearer to Brian's house, she noticed some hooded figures coming from 50th street (only three blocks from Brian's house, the street which Amanda and Andrea live on). When she saw this she started running even harder to get to his house. By the time she was at a full out sprint, which was hard to carry on with since she had asthma, the hooded figures were only meters away from her. She got to Brian's house, opened the door, slammed it shut and locked it. By the time Brian came to the door, Sarah had locked all the windows and doors she could find. Before he could ask what was wrong, she pulled him into the basement, along with his brother and mother, and told them to be as quiet as they could.
"Sarah, what's going on?" Brian asked with "thought-speech", as they called it.
"I saw these hooded figures coming towards the house when I was coming over, they began chasing me and that's why I locked all the doors, and yes, I know that wouldn't do any good, but it's all I could think of. I really sorry, Brian, I don't know why they're after me, but I didn't want anyone, especially you to be dragged into it," Sarah said as she stood and watched the basement door. Suddenly, Brian's mom got up and whispered some kind of spell and the door was replaced with a cement wall.
"Come on kids, we need to get to Dumbledore's office as soon as possible. We'll inform your parents where you are when we get there Sarah," she spoke calmly as she walked towards an old fire place. She grabbed a pouch and turned back to the kids. "To get where we're going, you have to say 'Hogwarts, main office'. Do you understand me?" They all nodded and grabbed a handful of floo powder. Sarah stepped in first, then Brian, then his brother, and finally, his mom. When they got to their destination, they saw a tall, old man with a Santa-like beard, and half moon glasses.

"Hello Sarah, I'm Albus Dumbledore, I've been expecting you..."

(To be continued)