When Bill finished speaking, the color on Dudley's head gradually lightened, and his short blond hair quickly turned into a conspicuous short pink crop. Dudley seemed to shrink a little, but his once-stocky build became lean, long-limbed, and full of energy. (Author's note: Dudley's hair color is brown in the movies and blond in the novels.)
"Remus, you really do look strange like this." Tonks undid her Metamorphmagus transformation, pulled a glittering ring from her bag, and slipped it onto her slender finger as she spoke to Vernon, whose face was covered in flab, with thick folds of chin piled up until he almost had no neck.
"Remus, everything go smoothly?" Mad-Eye said gruffly to Uncle Vernon. He pulled two huge, bulging sacks from a backpack that had been put under an Undetectable Extension Charm and threw them onto the ground.
"The others took over at the restaurant. They should have reached the new house by now..." Uncle Vernon, disguised as Remus Lupin, looked around. "Is everyone here?"
"Dumbledore and McGonagall aren't here yet..." Mad-Eye pulled a golden pocket watch from the collar at his neck and glanced at it. "They should be here soon."
As if they had only been waiting for Moody to speak, ripples seemed to pass through the dark air just then. Dumbledore canceled the Disillusionment Charm and began to appear, while the tabby cat on his shoulder leaped down and turned into Minerva McGonagall.
"Good evening. It seems we are the last to arrive, are we not?" Over his purple robes, Dumbledore had added a black traveling cloak. He wore a pointed hat and a pair of high-heeled boots with buckles, and the silver-white hair and beard visible beneath the light seemed almost to glow. "It has been a very long time since I last