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"Alohomora"
The door slowly creaked open and Harry lifted his head from the sheets. There at the door were a group of people, milling about the shadows.
"Is not right, these muggles, a house this clean is unnatural." A rough, eastern London accent hissed.
"Shut it Tonks, fore' you wake up the whole bloody street." A male, but equally rough voice, permeated the still air.
"Oh for the love of Merlin...Harry, are you awake luv?" A familiar gentle voice chimed.
"Serena? What are you doing here ?"He whispered as his eyes adjusted to the lumos illuminated room.
His former DADA professor grinned mischievously from her spot by the bed
"Why, rescuing you of course." She quipped.
Harry lifted his head from the sheets and grinned at the assembly of people present. He jumped out of bed to hug Serena then Tonks.
"Come on, hurry up and get dressed. Are all your things in your trunk?" Moody stumped forward, barking orders at his aurors under his breath.
"Yeah, where are we going? Will Ron and Hermione be there ? Is Padfoot safe? What about Buckbeak? What shall I do with Hedwig ? How are we travelling? Is Remus alright ?" Harry asked while pulling on jeans.
"Merlin's knickers, Harry, stop asking all these questions. Don't worry bout nothin' just trust us." Tonks assured loudly.
"Be quiet Nymphadora! Are you trying to wake every bloody muggle on this blasted street?" Moody chastised
"Don't call me Nymphadora" the Metamorphmagus threatened her hair turning a startling shade of red.
"Tonks,not now dear." Serena soothed before waving her wand and shrinking Harry's trunk and allowing the boy to shove it into his pocket. Serena also shrank Hedwig's cage after releasing the owl into the open air with the command to follow them.
"Alright everyone stay silent, if we use too many spells the ministry will be able to sniff us out faster than a werewolf tracking a mountain troll." Moody hissed.
Everyone silently moved their way from Harry's room to the driveway of number 4, Privet Drive. With a wave of his wand Kingsley Shacklebolt summoned everyone's broomstick.
"Alright the lot of ya, kick off your brooms on the count of three, one...two...three."
At Moody's command, the group kicked off and flew towards the clouds. The snowy owl following duly behind Harry's fire bolt. The wizards and witches flew above the clouds, hidden from the muggles that swarmed London's night attractions.
Just as Harry's arms were getting tired from clutching the handle of his broom. Moody dived down suddenly, followed immediately by the rest of the group. They landed in front of a shabby, grey line of condos.
"This is where we're hiding ?" Harry asked incredulously scanning the buildings, which were teeming with muggles.
Serena snorted, and with a cheeky wink, she waved her wand and uttered softly
"Finite Incantum"
Suddenly the buildings started to stretch and an equally drab looking building popped in the middle in front of them.
"12, Grimmauld place. The ancestral home of the great Black family." Serena explained sarcastically to Harry as he looked on in amazement.
"Well stop gawking around and get yer arses inside." Moody commanded, watching the sky worriedly.
Harry followed Tonks into the narrow corridor, where he heard Mrs. Weasley's familiar voice shrieking at someone.
"-Molly calm down, you getting upset won't solve anything." Remus' quiet voice soothed.
"He's just a-oh Moody your back."
"Yeah and we have a special delivery."
"You bet we do " Tonks crowed as she stumbled into the room
Harry peeked his way into the room to see the order of the phoenix assembled, his eyes immediately found his godfather and mentor
"Sirius! Remus!"
"Harry!"
As both older men stood up and embraced the sixteen year old boy, Serena and Tonks watched the group bond with fond smiles.
"Look how tall you've gotten Harry."Remus said fondly, patting Harry's head.
"Tall? The boy's only taller than a goblin by a few feet." Sirius laughed
"Oh shut up, Siri." Harry giggled along with Remus and Sirius.
"Move aside, move aside, I want to hug my boy too." Molly bustled up with open arms.
"Molly I've missed you." Harry wheezed as Molly started to squeeze the oxygen out of his lungs.
"Oh I've missed you too dear. Hmm, looking a bit peaky, but dinner will have to wait for a bit, now why don't you head upstairs, first door on the left. Ron, Hermione and the others are already there. Yes right up there dear, go."
Harry climbed the stairs slowly, watching Molly, who looked at the order worriedly before shaking herself and closing the door behind her.