Marauders In Time part 2

"So let me get this straight," Sirius said calmly. "Dumbledore gave Harry, Ron and Hermione a mission...but you don't know what it is?"

"No one does," Ginny said. "Mum, dad and Remus have tried to ask about it and talk them down, saying they were too young to be doing missions. But they were determined."

"Of course," Sirius sighed, glancing over at Moody.

"Sirius," Moody started. "You were the one that tried to get him into the Order in the first place. Are you doubting him now?"

"I'm not doubting him!" Sirius replied hotly. "Its just...given how strong Voldemort has gotten and how powerful the other side have become, I just feel like they should be relying on as much as they can. They shouldn't be doing things alone. They have the whole Order backing them and they've just run off like they can't trust anyone."

"Maybe that's exactly why Dumbledore told them not to tell anyone," Moody grunted. "Because not everyone can be trusted, no matter how much you want to be able to."

Sirius clenched his fists under the table, with thoughts of Peter Pettigrew and the horrors of Azkaban flooding his memory again. Just then, there was another knock on the door and Moody strode to open it. Ginny followed, leaving Sirius on his own. As much as he trusted Harry, Ron and Hermione, he couldn't help but think they were lost on their own. What was it that Dumbledore told them that he couldn't tell the Order?

Ginny and Moody returned to the dining room followed by Fred and George Weasley, both looking rather cheerful.

"Hey there Padfoot!" both exclaimed.

Sirius grinned at them, "So you were from the future too?"

The twins nodded, "We came to get Percy."

"He dies as well?" Sirius asked. "God its worse than I thought."

"What did you think it would be, Sirius?" Moody's magical eye zoomed in on him.

"Not like this. So many people dying left, right and center. It seems to be getting worse than the First Wizarding War."

"Where is he?" Ginny asked, turning her attention to Percy.

"We don't know," Fred replied. "We found him and I think we convinced him. But then he said he had to do something and left."

"I doubt he actually ditched us," George frowned. "He looked like he was convinced enough."

"What happened to your ear?" Sirius asked George.

"Your old pal Snape cursed it off," George shrugged. "I'll get him back one day."

Sirius grinned, "So you guys are only going back in time to get those that are dead?"

"Yeah," Ginny sighed. "Sorry."

"Oh don't worry about me," Sirius chuckled. "I already know how and when I am going to die. I am not bothered too much. It just irks me that it would be my deranged cousin that-"

"Quiet!" Moody snapped all of a sudden. 

No one spoke and everyone watched him carefully. Sirius was half-convinced he was being paranoid again. 

"Someone is upstairs," Moody growled, storming out of the room and taking out his wand.

"How can someone be upstairs and no one know?" Fred asked. "Sometimes I hate to agree with Ron, but he may be right in saying Mad-Eye is barking mad."

"Mad but great," George added.

Moody had returned not long after with Percy right behind him. And he was holding two Time-Turners in his hand, with his wand in the other. Fred gawped at him.