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[alt_lupin]

Sirius and I are all right. Well, Sirius will be in a bit. We're at Bedford. Thought it better to go somewhere else, I mean, to split the group of us just in case.

Ellie's dead. Threw herself in front of Sirius when Bellatrix cast the killing curse.

She was the one who cast the Dark Mark. To warn people. Anyone who might be coming, to stay away.

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[alt_hermione]

Oh, thank goodness!

By 'she cast the Dark Mark,' do you mean Ellie? Not Bellatrix Lestrange, not to warn others.

What happened? I mean, how did they find you?

[alt_lupin]

Ellie cast it.

How'd they find us --

Sirius probably knows better than me, and he's still a bit indisposed. I haven't entirely pieced it together.

[alt_charlie]

Thank Merlin you're all right.

How did Ellie know how to cast the Dark Mark? And how the hell did you and Sirius get out of there?

[alt_hermione]

Ellie's--Ellie was--always very curious. About everything from before. And the war. And all sorts of things, and every spell she could find out about.

I wouldn't be surprised if she got the incantation out of Mr Snape.

[alt_severus]

She had quite an interest in history, and in how we got where we are. We spoke often.

I did not teach her the spell specifically, but I spoke of it often enough, and it is not difficult to cast. It was designed to take as little effort as possible, after all.

[alt_hermione]

She'd have seen pictures all over, too. In books and signs and all. And she was an artist. I mean, she liked to draw. She could have cast it if you'd ever told her the incantation.

[alt_severus]

I had, yes.

[alt_poppy]

Goodness.

Poor, brave girl.

You must both feel-

I'm sorry. It's terrible.