Chapter 16: He's back!
"Albus, what are you doing here?"
Dumbledore strode past Sirius into the kitchen where Remus and Ali were waiting.
"Sirius, please sit down. I'm afraid I bring bad news. When Harry came back out from the maze, he explained everything to me. Alastor was not Alastor at all. He was Barty Crouch Jr who had escaped from Azkaban to come after Harry and had been using Polyjuice Potion to get close to the boy. Anyway, he had charmed the cup to be a Port Key and Harry and Cederic had grabbed it at the same time. They were transported to a graveyard, the same one Harry had been seeing in his dreams, where they saw Lord Voldemort return. I came by to say, we need to get the Order back together and I was wondering if we could re open our old Head Quarters?"
"He's back?" Ali gasped
"I'm afraid so"
"Well then, by all means Albus, gather the Order. Anything to make sure we stop him for good this time. I'll tell Kat. Thanks for stopping by"
"Goodbye Sirius. Oh, the normal charms should do it. I'll let everyone else know they are there"
Sirius nodded and with a loud crack, Dumbledore had vanished.
"Kat! I need to tell you something!"
Kat came rushing down the stairs.
"What? What is it?"
Sirius explained everything to her and Kat felt so weak she almost fainted. Sirius wrapped his arms around her and nuzzled his nose in her hair. Kat rested her head back on his shoulder.
"I need to do these charms"
"I'll make some tea"
Kat put the kettle on and got out some mugs. Sirius finished the last charm and sat down at the table next to Kat and continued to nuzzle against her neck. Ali sighed.
"So, it looks like we got our jobs back"
"I know right. More work..." Kat sighed in reply as she leant her head on Sirius' shoulder.
"Lighten up kitten; I have to suffer as well. At least you guys are all together working for Dumbledore. I have to work for that potato in a bowler hat!"
Ali burst out laughing and high fived Sirius.
"Well all I can say is good luck Sirius" Remus said.
"Thanks Moony"
Ali yawned and looked around the room.
"Well, all I can say is, it's back to the mishaps and mayhem, that's for sure!"