After flooing out of Saint Mungo's and direct to her DMLE Director's office, Bones immediately began rattling off orders to the three of her staff who'd accompanied her.
With the three then immediately leaving to get them done she tried to figure out what to do next. There was only one option available to her.
Entering the bullpen she summoned all aurors still there into a gathering and barked, "Listen up!"
When the quiet talking almost instantly tapered off, she gave it a moment before she said in a clear and carrying voice, "Prisoner Albus Dumbledore, during the transfer from the secure ward at Saint Mungo's back to our holding cells here, was aided in escaping lawful custody.
"Myself, Master Aurors Moody and Robards and Master Healer Pockridge were escorting him at the time. We were attacked and all knocked unconscious. When we were woken less than a minute later by medical staff of Saint Mungo's, Dumbledore had already scarpered.
"He is an escapee of lawful custody and is to be considered extremely dangerous. If spotted, he is not to be directly approached. Instead, we are to be immediately alerted here, so a force of significant size can move in to re-apprehend him.
"Do not try to be a hero by apprehending him, yourself. This is the man the last two Dark Lords had reason to fear. This is the man we always feared of what would happen if he went dark. Well, he's done exactly that.
"We know he seems to have a very unsettling focus on young Lord Potter. So, we expect he may move to try and infiltrate the school. I will be alerting the standing force at the school, as well as Headmistress Lady Marchbanks, to be on the watch for him. That standing―"
"Ma'am?" said a young female auror, interrupting.
Bones frowned at her and snapped, "You'd better―"
"Today's a Hogsmeade visit day at the school, Ma'am," the young auror interrupted for a second time. "I believe Lord Potter and his party intend to visit the village today. He should be―"
"Shit!" Bones suddenly exclaimed, already knowing where the auror was going.
Switching to action she barked, "I want the ready reaction force apparating to Hogsmeade right now! Your task is to find Lord Potter and his retinue and get them back to the castle, fast! Go!
"Next, Aurors Second Class; I want you on the floo and contacting our people. I don't care if it's their day off! Tell them to get their guts here, right now; on my order!
"Senior Aurors; start forming teams of four of those here... not the Seconds who're making those calls. No more than one Senior Auror, per! As soon as you have a team, go! Your task is to get the rest of the students back to Hogwarts. Take no guff from any of them; this is a DMLE directive!
"I also want a Master Auror volunteer to remain here and co-ordinate the forming of those teams while I go to the school and co-ordinate from the village."
One immediately did, Proudfoot.
Looking around, she spotted a First Class who was looking for a team but had not yet been snagged for one. "Wilks!" she barked.
As the young auror spun to look at her, she ordered him, "Go into my office and get on the floo to Headmistress Lady Marchbanks. Inform her of the escape of Dumbledore and she's to immediately halt any further students from leaving the castle and recall all that she can. Go!"
The auror, 'got'; running to her office and charging inside.
Spinning back to the front, she spotted who she was looking for, the auror who had interrupted her, and barked, "McManus!"
When the Second Class spun to look at her from the team she'd already been dragged into, she forced herself to use a calmer voice and said, "Job well done! Spotting an emergency and cutting in like that took guts. Go with your team and get those students back to the castle."
"Yes, Ma'am!" the auror barked back. Moments later, she, with the team she'd been snagged for, were gone in the swirl of a DMLE authorised and created portkey.
Looking around at the proverbial anthill she'd just kicked over, Bones gave a nod of satisfaction and stalked back to her office.
Walking in, she could see young Wilks with his head in the fire. "Wilks!" she barked.
When the auror started to move, she barked, "Let Lady Marchbanks know I need to step through!"
The young auror signalled he'd heard. A moment later he withdrew and said, "She asks you give her twenty seconds to contact her staff and let them know what's going on, Ma'am; then step through."
Bones gave a nod back and went to her desk, from behind it she pulled an 'emergency' broom off the wall, kept there for when they needed to quickly move about in a very large anti-portkey anti-apparation warded area, such as the manor-hold of one of the Seven... or Hogwarts.
She gave it a quick check to make sure there were no immediately visible signs of problems, then walked back to the grate.
"Alright, Wilks," she said. "You're with me."
The auror, who hadn't moved to leave the office yet, gave a nod back and replied, "Yes, Ma'am.
A quick thought of how long it'd been and she said, "That should be long enough, Wilks. Open the floo."
Quickly moving to obey, he had the floo open in moments and immediately stepped through.
Bones was right on his heels.
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With Neville, Hannah and Susan trying to surreptitiously watch them from afar, Harry was escorting Hermione and Daphne into Scrivenshaft's where, they informed him, they needed to restock on parchment, ink and quills.
They'd just left that shop and were heading for Honeydukes - for anti-Dementor chocolate, of course - when, out of the corner of his eye, Harry saw a curse fly towards them.
Instantly recognising Daphne was the target, he called, "Down!" as he dropped and swept her legs out from under her.
The curse, a simple stunner, flew bare inches over her head. Thankfully, Hermione was somewhat used to this after their prior adventures and had already dropped into a low crouch as she also spun to where the curse originated; another had just missed her, also a stunner. Both came from the small gap between Scrivenshaft's and Gladrags Wizardwear.
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