Not long after Xenophilius went upstairs, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black appeared at the entrance to the Hog's Head Inn.
Both men wore obvious exhaustion on their faces. Sirius especially—his black hair was completely unkempt, longer and messier than usual, with pronounced dark circles under his eyes, making it clear that he had not slept at all last night.
It was almost a repeat of Aberforth Dumbledore's meeting with Xenophilius, except this time, the questioners were Remus Lupin and Sirius Black.
Aberforth Dumbledore sighed and nodded. "So you two as well..."
"Us as well?" Remus realized something. "Are there others who want to do this too? Is it Headmaster Dumbledore?"
Sirius was focused on something else. "Who's upstairs? Could it be that nothing happened to Wizet? Is this false news spread by some idiots? Why would they do that?"
"I don't know at the moment either..." Aberforth Dumbledore shrugged. "The person who arrived before you was Luna's father, Xenophilius. You know him, don't you?"
"Right!" Remus sighed, his tone gaining a touch of disappointment. "I wouldn't find it strange at all for him to come here..."
"And you?" Aberforth Dumbledore asked. "Did you arrange to meet Fred and the others?"
"Yes!" Remus nodded. "I received news from North America..."
"Apparently, even the Muggle president knows about this now. Some wizards are lobbying that Muggle president, seemingly trying to make him do something."
"As for exactly what they intend to do, the person who gave me the information wasn't very clear either. But linking those two things together, it must be something particularly bad."
"If this is true, then that means..." Sirius's brows drew tightly together, his face darkening. "A new 'Paris Region Incident' may be about to happen!"
"From the looks of it, that's the worst-case scenario!" Remus nodded. "After