“Yes, I’m fine.” Marlene was woken abruptly from sleeping curled up in the waiting room chair at St. Mungo’s. She was waiting for visiting hours to start that day so she could see Mary and Sirius again. She hadn’t left the hospital, not even to join the other mission leaders to plan the Order’s next move. “I’m fine, I promise--- my, my friends are here. I promised I’d stay.”












