Somewhere in the back of her mind, Hermione made a mental note to find out if a certain Mr Newt Scamander was still alive. If he was, she wanted to have a word with him. After all, his book, Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them, clearly stated that a Phoenix was a creature that associated with the light. There was clearly nothing light about Dumbledore, yet Fawkes still associated with the man and even did his bidding.
When they had arrived in the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office, all of the Weasleys gathered around each other in one massive group hug, offering support and comfort to each other as a family. As a result, Hermione was left alone, standing by the door to the office as Aurors, Hit Wizards and many other employees of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement bustled hurriedly about.
This gave her a very good vantage point when Scrimgeour marched in and began issuing orders.
"Potter's been located. He managed to trigger the underage magic detectors in the Improper Use of Magic Office. Port keys to the location are being made as we speak. I want all field units ready to go within the next three minutes."
Upon hearing the commotion outside the office, Ginny and the twins came over to Hermione's side.
"What's going on?" queried George, looking around.
"They've located Harry," replied Hermione. "He managed to set off an underage magic alarm somehow."
"Looks like they're sending in everyone with even the slightest bit of combat experience," observed Fred.
"Good," said Ginny, firmly. "I hope they reduce Dumbledore to a bloody pulp."
"If they get there in time," said George. "Anything could have happened since Harry set the alarm off and it's going to be a couple of minutes yet before this lot are ready to go."
Ginny sighed sadly and leaned against the door frame. "If only there was some way to get Harry out of there faster."
A moment later Hermione's eyes widened as Ginny's words caused a thought popped into her head, a thought that quickly became a plan.
Dumbledore's ears were ringing as he sat up. The last thing he could remember was skimming through a memory in which Harry apparently broke up with one of the Patil girls and then had a heart-to-heart with the Abbott girl when all of a sudden he was being thrown through the air.
Normally wizards of Harry's age did not have bouts of accidental magic, and if they did the results were usually not that powerful. But then most wizards Harry's age had not been through so much as a fifth of the crap that Harry had had to put up with over the years.
Looking around, Dumbledore took stock of the situation. Everyone was sprawled out on the floor, including Harry. The magical burst he had emitted had smashed apart the chair beneath him as well as blowing the glass out of all the windows. The magical barrier Dumbledore had created to keep the rest of The Order at bay while he and Moody went through Harry's mind had collapsed while the wards that surrounded the property in a protective bubble were failing fast.
Moody sat up, looking for his magical eye which had fallen out of its socket and rolled away. As he looked around he commented "That blast will have triggered every alarm the Improper Use of Magic Office has. Aurors will be here soon."
A sudden squawking caught their attention and Dumbledore looked over to the corner where Fawkes was thrashing about in a panic. The previously resplendent Phoenix did not look so regal anymore. Its gold and scarlet feathers were replaced by green and black ones. The previously swan-like body was now more like that of a vulture and the once melodious voice was now a mournful sound.
Albus Dumbledore knew that his long-time friend and ally was useless to him now. With the Ministry likely on their way, he did not have time to change the appearance of the bird. Decades spent perfecting this one particular project had been undone in a matter of moments.
Getting to his feet, Dumbledore grabbed a dusty old lamp and pointed his wand at it, muttering the incantation "Portus!"
"Severus, Alastor, grab Harry. Minerva, Mundungus, Dedalus, Elphias, Poppy, grab hold of this portkey. It will take you to a safe house in Germany."
Snape and Moody made their way over to Harry as McGonagall, Pomfrey, Fletcher, Diggle and Doge took the first portkey. In the blink of an eye they were gone as Dumbledore began making another portkey out of a cushion.
Harry glared up at the two men as they approached him and growled "Get away from me," revealing for the first time that the silencing charm that Dumbledore had placed on him had been broken.
"Come on Potter," said Moody, stomping over and grabbing Harry by the front of his robes. Snape mirrored his actions and together they pulled Harry up off the floor. Following his magical outburst, Harry was too exhausted to put up much of a fight.
"Bring him here," commanded Dumbledore, holding out the cushion portkey.
"Get off," groaned Harry as he attempted to pull himself out of the grasps of the two men. In the end what he managed was the equivalent to a shrug of his shoulders.
"Stop fighting Potter," snapped Snape. "And walk properly!"
As Harry tried once again to break free, three things happened at the same time.
First, the wards around the house finally gave out entirely and collapsed. Second, several battalions of Aurors and Hit Wizards led by Amelia Bones and Rufus Scrimgeour arrived in a ring around the house.
Third a high pitched voice cried out "You shall not harm Harry Potter!"
There was a pulse of magic and both Moody and Snape were thrown away from Harry who promptly dropped to the floor, partly out of instinct, partly because he was too exhausted to stand up under his own power.
Severus Snape was thrown towards the stone fireplace and hit it with a sickening crunch. Moody landed at Dumbledore's feet.
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