Sarafina Weasley: Book 5

Night of Worry

Sarafina's POV

We took a port key to Grimmauld place where Kreacher made a snide comment before Sirius ordered him out of the room. Sirius was hurrying towards us, looking anxious. "What's going on? Phineas said Arthur was badly hurt" he states.

"It's my fault Sirius" I say avoiding eye contact with everyone. "I was suppose to be on guard tonight with Tonks. But I've had so much on my plate recently so dad volunteered to take mine and Tonks shift. So that we both could sleep, it should be me in hospital" I state crying. Fred and George sandwich me between them.

"Don't say that, it's no one's fault" Ginny tells me.

"Yeah, besides I'm sure dad and mum are glad it's not you hospital" Ron adds.

"So Harry what happened?" Fred asks him.

"Yeah, I want to hear this also" George states. So Harry explains his dream vision of dad being attacked by a snake. After he was done Fred asked Sirius if mum was here yet.

"She probably doesn't even know what's happened yet" Sirius states.

"The important thing was to get you away before Umbridge could interfere" I tell them.

"I expect Dumbledore's letting Molly know now" Sirius assures us.

"We've got to go to St. Mungo's" Ginny says urgently. All of us are still in our pjs. "Sirius, can you lend us cloaks or anything?" she asks.

"Hang on, you can't go tearing off to St. Mungo's" Sirius tells us.

"Course we can go to St. Mungo's if we want, it's our dad" Fred states.

"But how do we explain how we knew what happened before the hospital even tells mum? Use your heads" I tell them as I sit down at the table.

"What does that matter?" George asks hotly.

"It matters because we don't want to draw attention to the fact that Harry is having visions of things that are happening hundreds of miles away!" Sirius says angrily.

"Somebody else could have told us we could have heard it somewhere other than Harry" Ginny states and I sigh in annoyance.

"Like who?" I ask her impatiently. "Listen, dad's been hurt while on duty for the Order and the circumstances are fishy enough. Without us knowing about it seconds after it happened, you could seriously damage the Order's..." I start to explain.

"We don't care about the dumb Order!" Fred shouts.

"It's dad dying we're talking about!" George exclaims.

"Don't talk to your little sister that way" Sirius snaps placing a calming hand on my shoulder. "Your father and sister knew what they were getting into and won't thank you for messing things up for the Order!" he states. "This is how it is, this is why you're not in the Order like Sarafina or your older brothers. You don't understand there are things worth dying for" he tells them.

"Easy for you to say, stuck here. I don't see you risking your neck" Fred states.

"Ok, that's enough all of you!" I shout standing up. "I know it's hard, but we've all got to act as though we don't know anything yet. We've got to stay put, at least until we hear from mum, all right?" I tell them. Ginny sits down while the twins sit either side of her. Harry and Ron sit down also, I do the same.

"That's right" Sirius says encouragingly. "Comeon, lets all let's all have a drink while we're waiting" he states taking out his wand. "Accio Butter beer!"  he says and seven bottles of butter fly over. As we drink nothing was heard except for the thuds of the bottles on the table and the crackling of the fire.

"We left Patchy and Yuki" I say tiredly after awhile.

"I'm sure they'll be sent here with your luggage later" Sirius states. Suddenlya burst of fire in midair illuminated the dirty plates in front of us. As we gave cries of shock, a scroll of parchment fell with a thud on to the table, accompanied by a single golden phoenix tail feather. Sirius picks it up. "That's not Dumbledore's writing it must be a message from your mother, here" he says handing it to George.

"Dad is still alive. I am setting out for St. Mungo's now. Stay where you are. I will send news as soon as I can. Mum" George reads aloud. We all fall asleep in our chairs as we waited for news. I was woken by mum barging into the room in the morning along with the others.

"He's going to be all right" she tells us smiling tiredly. "He's sleeping. We can all go and see him later. Bill's sitting with him now; he's going to take the morning off work" she explains. "And Sarafina, he told me to tell you to quit blaming yourself. He's just glad it wasn't you and he's fine" she tells me.

"Yes mum" I say as I give her a hug along with Ginny. Sirius then starts to make us breakfast and Harry goes to help him by grabbing plates. But mum takes them out of his arms and pulls him into a tight hug.

"I don't know what would have happened if it hadn't been for you, Harry" she says. "They might not have found Arthur for hours, and then it would have been too late, but thanks to you he's alive and Dumbledore's been able to think up a good cover story for Arthur being where he was" she explains. Then turns to Sirius thanking him for looking after us.

"It was no problem Molly, you're all welcome to stay here until Arthur is out of hospital" he tells her.

"Oh, Sirius, I'm so grateful they think he will be there a little while and it would be wonderful to be nearer of course. That might mean we're here for Christmas" mum tells him.

"The more the merrier!" Sirius says happily beaming at her. Mum then throws on an apron and starts to help prepare breakfast. Harry pulled Sirius aside to speak to him privately before breakfast. They returned as mum and I served the food & Ginny poured the drinks. After breakfast we all went to our old room to get some proper sleep before going to see Dad.