Order Only: Private Message to Remus and Dora

[alt_sirius]

Merlin.

When Ron just appeared in the kitchen like that! And then disapparated with hardly a word, only to pop back a few minutes later. Could have knocked me over with a quill.

The look on Ellie's face. We're lucky she didn't scream.

And on a Friday, too. With this weather - Circe, if we'd been any busier ....

And yet. I'm dead chuffed for them all.

Right, well, Miss Fawcett's settling down. I'd better stay for a bit.

Comments

[alt_lupin]

Yeah, at this point I'd say that Rudy can shove his 'concerns' up a centaur's arse. If they want to join the Order, they've earned it.

[alt_nymphadora]

I nearly wet myself.

[alt_lupin]

I will admit I am not entirely disappointed I was out in the garden when he popped in that first time.

[alt_nymphadora]

Ellie dropped the glass she was washing. Then smashed the next one she picked up because he popped straight back out again.

[alt_sirius]

Oh, I dunno, it might have been amusing if Ellie'd kept her cool and you had shrieked.

[alt_lupin]

To you, undoubtedly.

[alt_sirius]

Yeah, I know.

I wasn't going to say.

[alt_nymphadora]

Sometimes dogs know more than is good for them.

[alt_lupin]

I'll also admit I'm chuffed it was us they came to, though we should think about whether we might want to provide them with a better safe harbour. Somewhere with fewer customers.

It didn't occur to them to go to Tilda's, despite it being close, safe, and recommended to them.

[alt_nymphadora]

You're right.

Even after Madam P took them there.

[alt_lupin]

They've been to Doughty Conduit more times. Perhaps that's why?

[alt_nymphadora]

That makes sense, doesn't it?

But it does give us something to remind them about. It wasn't a good decision in the field.

[alt_lupin]

Maybe they had a reason. They were trying to get a child away from Hogwarts as quickly as possible, after all; they might have been afraid that Tilda's house would be searched.

[alt_nymphadora]

Maybe they were worried it would be traced to Madam P.

[alt_sirius]

Won't know until we ask. Kingsley's right about that: We should ask them to go back and think through their plan, analyse it for what worked well and what could have gone better.

[alt_lupin]

And what could have gone wrong.

They were all sorts of lucky tonight.

I'm hesitant to ask that question, though; they might never sleep again. Any of them.

[alt_sirius]

Good point.

Reminds me of when we were just a bit older than they are now. And what we got up to for Albus back then.

But speaking of sleep ... don't you think it's about time to shut things down over there?

[alt_lupin]

Oh yeah.

We kicked out the last customers a little while ago, just finishing up with the dishes now.

We'll see you soon.

[alt_nymphadora]

Shame we'll have to wait to have them all here in one room with us again until term's over.

I suppose we could ask Hermione to go between for us, or the Weasley twins, but that seems as if it would be awkward and not very satisfying.

[alt_sirius]

Well, if we ask Hermione to be sure they do it, soon, while it's fresh, they could always bring the notes over the summer.

Listen to me, assuming they'll want to come back for the summer.

I think Grimmauld makes a lovely boarding school, don't you?

[alt_lupin]

Ron Weasley would probably say it serves us right for not letting him in the Order when he asked so nicely MONTHS ago.

[alt_nymphadora]

I suppose that says something about how they feel about us.

Which is rather nice, actually.

[alt_lupin]

That's how I'd prefer to look at it.

[alt_sirius]

True but that might be because Hermione knew the girl already had a brother at Moddey. Still, you're right, and it was a foolish risk for Ron and Pansy to Apparate all that way - and side-along at that! And Ron three times.

I'm feeling a bit sick just thinking about it, to be honest.

[alt_nymphadora]

Ask Alice to make you some ginger tea?

[alt_sirius]

Ha bloody ha, you.

I've in mind something a bit stronger.

I can't get over how coordinated they all were. One doesn't usually see that level of intricacy among people who haven't drilled together - well, of course, in a way, they have done, but it's not as if they've ever had to pull off an evacuation of this scale.

Maybe I was more right than I knew and we should stop wasting their time at school.

[alt_lupin]

I keep thinking about those portkeys we weren't able to make them.

This whole plan, that was undoubtedly how they worked around that lack.

[alt_lupin]

Well don't try to imagine apparating three times that distance YOURSELF. Of course you feel sick.

[alt_lupin]

We might ask them, if we can work out a way that doesn't sound like we're criticising their decisions. Maybe they know something about Tilda we don't?

[alt_nymphadora]

Oh. Well, that's a good point.