Harry's knees slammed to the ground, and thuds echoed around him as Dumbledore, Tonks, Kingsley, and Lupin all landed much more gracefully upon their feet. Sirius's Limp form was being held up by Lupin and Kingsley, an arm draped around each of their shoulders. He was so thin it hardly looked as this was a struggle for the two men. Harry scrambled to his feet not meeting their eyes in embarrassment and wondering vaguely if he would ever mange to land upon his feet while traveling by Portkey.
These thoughts left his mind quickly however because he noticed they were no longer at the department of Mysteries. In fact, they weren't even at the Ministry Of Magic at all but back at the burrow in the back yard, chickens pecking absentmindedly around them. This would have normally been the most comfortable place in the world for Harry to have ended up, but his mind was racing remembering Ron and Hermione back at the Ministry.
His questions were answered before he could voice them however, for the back door of burrow burst open and several people came rushing out to their aid. Harry felt relief flood through him for hurrying towards him quickest were Hermione and Ron looking worried but unharmed having obviously returned before him safely. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and Ginny were all rushing towards them as well. Looks of horror were appearing upon all their faces as their eyes met Sirius's pitiful form.
"Is… Is he dead?" Ron blurted out his eyes wide and shooting from Harry to Lupin's face, Harry quickly shook his head and Ron let out a sigh and closed his mouth that had been hanging open. Hermione ran up to Harry and embraced him in a hug, he noticed the tears pouring down her cheeks.
"Bring him inside, quickly!" Mrs. Weasley commanded hurriedly, ushering Lupin and Kingsley to follow her back inside with Sirius. Mr. Weasley, Tonks, and Dumbledore brought up the rear and all followed her inside as well but Harry remained back with Hermione and Ron.
"What happened on the other side?" Hermione demanded wiping her cheeks having finally let go of him after a long and wet embrace. Ron too was looking at him with curiosity and urgency written upon his face.
Harry quickly told them the tale of finding Sirius, Embry's sudden change and fleeing, and finally how the Death Eaters had shown up in the end. Hermione looked horrified and Ron's mouth was hanging open again.
"Never mind that though, the Portkey should have brought her back to the other side to you guys. What happened when she landed back?" Harry asked quickly.
"She told us something had gone wrong, that you were met by people and she had tried to bring you back but only she made the Portkey." Hermione started to explain in a rush. "She sped off but something didn't feel right, she was still perfectly together with no sign of a struggle at all."
"Yeah so Hermione said we needed to move and alert the Order just in case, brilliant I tell ya. We must have just missed the Death Eater's crossing over as we had rushed to the top floor back to a fireplace to send word to mum and dad but Dumbledore, Tonks, and Kingsley were already rushing through the building." Ron explained shooting Hermione a look of admiration to which she blushed furiously.
"Come on, I want to see what they're saying about Sirius." Harry said and they both nodded and quickly followed him inside the burrow. It was warm and comfortable inside, and Harry walked through the kitchen to see the group all huddled in the living room. Sirius was laying upon the old worn-down couch still very white and unconscious. Harry ducked between the crowd of people in the small living room and knelt beside Sirius.
"What can we do for him?" Harry asked looking to Mrs. Weasley who looked quite shaken indeed by the poor state Sirius was in.
"We are going to take him to Saint Mungo's, he needs more care than I feel I can offer him. He is so bad off we've decided he would do much better to see a skilled Healer." She explained gently to Harry, her eyes full of worry.
"Don't worry Harry, I've called in a favor and we have a ministry car coming to transport him with another Auror, and of course Tonks and myself." Kingsley said in his usual slow and calm voice, Tonks nodding enthusiastically beside him.
"I'll go get ready, I'm coming with." Harry said standing up and making to head upstairs but Mrs. Weasley held up her hand to stop him.
"Harry dear please stay here and get a few hours of sleep, it will be awhile before he gets settled in and can be woken up fully, he will need a lot of care when he arrives." She said gently her eyes bright and full of sincerity. This made him uncomfortable though, for after all this time he had his godfather back and the last thing he wanted to do in this moment was be away from him.
"I'll be with him at least until you arrive Harry, I promise I will alert you if anything changes." Lupin said perhaps having noticed his look of concern. Harry looked back him for a moment and slowly nodded, he knew he could trust Lupin on that promise and he was quite exhausted.
The car arrived shortly after and Harry watched as they all carefully helped Sirius inside before he headed up to his bedroom that used to belong to Fred and George. He didn't realize just how tired he was until his head hit his pillow. He thought of Sirius at Saint Mungo's, where Embry who he thought he could trust was and what her plan had been. But these thoughts didn't keep him awake longer than a few moments before he drifted off into sleep.