Characters: Caradoc Dearborn, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black Date: October 25, 1999 - same time as Sirius & James hospital trip. Location: 12 Grimmauld Place Rating: PG (language) Summary: Two Marauders are creating havoc, and got themselves on the wireless. Caradoc and Remus listen to figure out what the hell the idiots are doing. Sirius comes back afterwards. Status: Complete
Caradoc had been prepared for another quiet night, like all his other quiet nights. Orion had ended up staying elsewhere for the moon, which had left Caradoc time to catch up on reading and to recover from his rather emotional trip to Rhonsson. After grabbing himself a cup of dinner, he settled in his living room with the wireless on. It was more background noise than something he was actually listening to, until there was a sudden chirp and the music was cut off by a male voice.
"BREAKING NEWS: Two men have attacked St. Mungo's hospital in London. Current eye witness reports say the two men, both dressed in black have taken hostages in the main entrance. One source identified one of the males as Sirius Black--"
"WHAT?!" Caradoc yelled at the wireless, as if the voice would answer him. Caradoc flung himself off the couch, nearly sending his mug of blood all over his floor and ran into his room to throw on clothing. He thought about whether he should go to St. Mungo's, but there was a very good chance this was a ruse, perhaps even a DE plot to frame Sirius for something he hadn't done. He instead ran out of his house, and apparated just down the street from Grimmauld Place.
The apparation, which had been sudden, made Caradoc nearly fall flat on his face when he reached the other side, and he had to put a fist to his mouth to keep himself from wretching. He managed to not black out, however, perhaps because of adrenaline, and bolted at fast clip to the hidden address of 12 Grimmauld Place.
He didn't knock, he flung the door open, slammed it, and yelled out, "SIRIUS?! REMUS!!"