Dominique POV
Standing up, I became familiar with my surroundings, and took a guess that we were in the Room of Requirement. I dusted myself off, and looked to see how many of us were here. I counted over the heads, I saw Vic stand up, being helped by Teddy. The two of them were sickening together. Anyway, James, Fred and my brother Louis were all getting up and seemed very confused to where we were (more like acting, they used this room all the time for varying things), then there were the youngest of Lily, Hugo, Al and Rose all getting up and looking more confused than anyone and a bit scared. I spotted Molly and Lucy along with Roxanne already up with wands out. Took them long enough, being in the end of my Auror training like I was, it took me two seconds for my wand to be out and ready.
Knowing I was in the Room of Requirement was great and all, but why? Last thing I remember, all of us were at Grimmuald Place ready and waiting to go with Aunt Ginny to the annual Final Battle Anniversary dinner. I remember us doing that every year that I could remember. Uncle Harry gets all serious when he gives a speech, as does everyone else, and I was really looking forward to this year.
After all the years of the Final Battle, Uncle George is still sad at these things, but he finally agreed this year to give a speech, in light of Professor Flitwick's retirement. As he put it, 'He was my teacher, and this is our way to send him off from the school in style' and then he winked. Nothing is good when Uncle George winks. So tonight we were already for the semi-sad speech followed by explosions, jokes about 'old-moldywarts' and how Bellatrix Lestrange must have had an affair with Voldemort because he always looked disgusted when he looked at her face.
Anyway, back to our current situation, which was anything but good. James and Fred have now pulled out the map, and we will see what's going on.
Taping the parchment with his wand, James took one look at the map and gasped saying "No Bloody way" and gave it to Fred.
"That's, bad" Fred said.
"What is it?" Teddy asked impatiently. He took the map and a look of horror came over his face.
"What?" I asked annoyed.
"Snape is in the Headmasters office" He spoke.
"Isn't he always?" I asked somewhat confused.
"Walking, alive" Teddy said clearing up his earlier statement.
That was my turn to gasp in shock. But Snape had been dead for so long, unlessā¦..we time-traveled? It's not possibleā¦.but it seems anything is possible in our family I must admit. After a minute or two of Teddy and Vic talking, it was decided we stay in the room of requirement for a little while. He then went out and sealed all the loop-holes within the room. I saw Fred, James and Louis go over to Roxanne, and they started a whispered conversation, as had Teddy and Vic when he came back in the room.
I knew this was bad, and we had all started conversing, Molly and Lucy just joined Teddy and Vic. I saw it two ways, the good no risk group of Teddy and Vic, or go to Roxanne and see what she has up her sleeve.
Well Uncle Harry didn't call me reckless for nothing, I thought. I mean that was after I started to duel my second, set him on fire, and sent him to 's. Never mind that, though it was fun. Anyway, I went over to them to see their plan of action.
"What's the plan?" I asked in a low voice.
"I was thinking, we need to alert a few important people" James answered. "And I know Teddy will think it's a bad idea, but I think its best."
"I like that idea, but what are we going to do?" I asked.
"We need to alert McGonagall and Dumbledore's army, which we need to get into Gryffindor tower, and leave here" Roxanne answered indicating the room around her.
Suddenly a brilliant idea hit me.
"Listen, tell Teddy you three," I said indicating Fred, Louis and James, "Need to go to the bathroom, and make a door with a bathroom, but really it's a door leading into Gryffindor Tower. Stay a couple minutes and me and Roxy, knowing our brother's personalities will tell them we are going to get them and not to worry, we can handle it. We slip though and get out of the blasted room." I thought for a second and another thing hit me. "Roxanne, you alert Aunt Ginny, Louis, go get Neville, and call him Neville. Fred and James, you two need to stick together for the fact that you can anticipate each others moves. You two go to McGonagall and tell her any story you must to gain her trust." I said thinking back to Auror training. "Then I will head to Snape's office"
They all looked at me like I was nuts, but who cares? This was bad and Snape could help, as could Dumbledore's portrait.
"Sounds like a plan" Louis said looking me right in the eye, begging me to stay safe.
James got a wicked grin on his face and went to Teddy complaining about having to use the Bathroom. Finally after ten minutes of arguing, Teddy just said to go already. I nodded to Roxanne, and we joined the group with Teddy.
"I don't know how we really should handle this" Teddy said.
"We could wait out the night?" Vic suggested. "You said it was pitch black outside when you went out there."
"I don't like the idea of going anywhere with Death-Eaters and nighttime" Molly said.
"I agree, we should contact the Order though as soon as it's light out" Lucy said.
Me and Roxanne stayed silent, and I knew we had to put some-sort of an act on for two more minutes.
"But where do we go to contact the order? We don't know what point in time we are in except for the fact that Voldemort is controlling the ministry" I said, which was true. We needed to contact the order, and that's why if we get McGonagall then we can at least know where is the best place to go.
"We have a few options though." Teddy said. "The Burrow, Shell Cottage and even my grand mum's house, have at least one or two order members in them. And maybe Grimmuald Place, if we can guess what point in time we are in"
Roxanne groaned, right on que, she excused herself with something of the 'my idiotic brother and cousins' and stormed off in the direction of the bathroom. I smiled slightly.
"I better make sure she is fine, I got it Teddy," I added with the look on his face, "I will take care of it."
I really hated not telling them what we were doing, but it was better to have a plan, then let the four of them escape all by themselves, which they would have done mind you. Going into the room I sealed the door thinking that I no longer need it, and to leave it as a bathroom when I leave. Now I have no clue if it will listen or not, but there is hope.
Getting into Gryffindor tower, Roxanne went off to the girl's staircase, and Louis left into the boys. Fred and James followed me to the portrait hole, map out in hand.
When outside, I gave them one last look, they nodded and went off towards McGonagall's office and I left for my walk to the headmasters office.
God, if I get them killed, I am dead. I carefully started my walk, praying I had enough training to get to Snape's office without disturbing someone. This was going to be a long walk.
Vic POV
The minute I saw Dom disappear, I knew something was up. I turned to Teddy, and silently conveyed we needed to go contact the order, and now.
"Molly, Lucy, can you two watch the younger ones?" They nodded. "Good. Rose and Al come over here please?"
The two walked over here and looked up at me.
"What?" Rose asked nicely.
"Watch Hugo, Rose, take him as your responsibility. And Al I want you to do the same with Lily. Molly and Lucy will be watching all of you." The both nodded and went back over to their own sibling and Molly and Lucy went over to them.
"Dom is doing something reckless right now I suspect. As well as the rest. We need to contact the order ASAP just you and me I think. If we can convince them of the problem, then we can bring everyone else over." I said.
"What do you think she is doing?" He asked seriously.
"I have no clue." I said honestly.
"Where to?" He said giving in.
"Shell Cottage" I said immediately. Thinking in my head that I needed a place to apparate, a door showed up and me and Teddy walked through. This would be a long night I thought, as I pictured Shell Cottage clearly in my mind.
