As soon as Quinn pulls back from his ear, Kurt runs out of the dorms before Quinn, Sebastian, or any of the other boys could stop him.

"Kurt, wait – " He just heard Sebastian say before he disappeared down the dorm stair case. No, he wasn't going to go back and listen to whatever was going to fall out of Sebastian's mouth, because more than likely, it wasn't going to be pleasant. And besides, Sebastian hadn't paid him any attention in months. Why would he listen to him now? Maybe, if Sebastian spoke to him at least once, Kurt would consider maybe going back to listen to whatever it was he had to say. But right now, his father was what was important – nothing else.

Once he steps out of the common room, Kurt isn't really sure where to go. He'd just ran out on an instinct, as though to actually run all the way to wherever his father was. But he didn't even know where he could be. His father could be anywhere. Though, before he fully threw a hissy fit, Kurt realized that he could just go and tell one of the Professors, preferably Professor Dumbledore. So, before any other prefects, or Professors could come and drag him back to the Slytherin Common room, he runs up to Dumbledore's office.

When he ran into Dumbledore's office (the door had been left open so he didn't need to say the password,which was convenient as he had no idea what it could be), Kurt instantly felt the heavy atmosphere. He looked around and saw Professor McGonagall's eyes wider then their usual narrowed state, Professor Dumbledore remaining unusually calm, and Blaine, who Kurt didn't know why he was here, looked somewhere between fully angry, and close to tears. Normally, Kurt would have asked what had gotten Blaine into such a state but right now, his father was far more important, and he had to know what happened to him.

"Professor Dumbledore," Kurt says, walking towards the desk, every syllable he said trembling "My father's been - "

"Your father has been injured in the course of his work for the Order of the Phoenix," Dumbledore says, cutting Kurt off.

"Excuse me?" Kurt says, confusion evident in both his face and voice "The Order of the Phoenix? What is that?"

"It's a secret society," McGonagall explains "Professor Dumbledore founded it You-Know-Who came to power to oppose him."

"Wait," Kurt says, "If this is a 'secret society' to defeat You-Know-Who, then why was my father attacked because of his work related to it?"

"As you are already aware of, your father knows a great deal of the Wizarding World because of you," Dumbledore says "He knew your friend, Quinn Fabray's father's face after he met up with your mother. Apparently, before Mr Fabray started working within the Wizarding World, he worked alongside your father in an attempt to find out more about Muggles. Mr Fabray did speak to your father about a mission he was to carry out to find more information on the Ministry's behaviour as well as Lord Voldemort, and explained that he was unable to take someone else's appearance. Your father knows how much this world means to you, Mr Hummel, so he volunteered to help. But somehow, it was revealed what Mr Fabray and your father had planned, so both were set out to be attacked to make sure that we couldn't get any information. Mr Fabray is currently missing, and your father has been taken to St George's Hopsital. A Healer from St Mungo's will be sent over to ensure that your father get the treatment he needs."

Kurt was only half able to listen to what Professor Dumbledore was telling him. He was too worried about his father to even care about what was going on around him. What would happen if he didn't make it? Would Carole be attacked as well, or would they leave her alone? And what about Mr Fabray? He could be lying injured – or worse, dead - somewhere, or Mrs Fabray, Francis, and Quinn could be attacked to draw him out so he himself could be attacked or killed then. It wasn't something Kurt wanted to think about at all, but any time he tried to push the images out of his head, they would come back more vivid than ever – particularly the ones about his father lying dead, all his blood completely drained from his body.

"I have arranged so that your mother will be escorted somewhere else in the country, and she has been protected by strong enough charms to keep her safe without the constant surveillance of Order members. Because of this, I am sending you, Mr Hudson, and Mr Anderson back to Mr Anderson's house. It is more convenient for the hospital rather than your house."

"Is that why Blaine's here?" Kurt asks, looking at the Gryffindor boy; he had been curious from the moment he stepped into the office why he was here in the first place, and he was growing more curious as to why he was allowed to stay here when Dumbledore had explained why he was here in the first place. Blaine opens his mouth, stuttering a little as he seemingly tries to say something before Dumbledore interjects.

"Yes, partially. I trust that Mr Anderson will fully explain once they arrive at his house...?"

Blaine mimics a gold fish for a few moments, glancing from both Kurt and Dumbledore before nodding "Y-yeah.. I should explain that before everything else.."

"Everything else?" Kurt asks, looking at him, "Blaine, what are talking - "

"Where is he! Is he okay!" A hysteric voice shouts as the door bursts open, cutting Kurt off as a dishevelled and wide-eyed Finn stumbles through the door and walks right up to Dumbledore's desk, accompanied by Professor Sprout

"Mr Hudson, your father is in a stable condition at St George's Hospital," Dumbledore explains calmly "As I have already explained to your brother, a Healer from St Mungo's has been sent to make sure that he get the correct treatment and heals as quickly as possible."

"When is he going to heal..?" Finn asks, looking at his feet.

"We cannot say for certain, " Dumbledore starts, "But we think -"

"That's not good enough!" Finn shouts, slamming his fists on Dumbledore's desk.

"Finn!" Kurt says walking over to his brother "Please calm down.."

"Mr Hudson," Dumbledore says, his voice still incredibly calm "While I cannot say for certain when your father will be fully healthy, I can assure that he will get better. He is under the care of one of the best Healers St Mungo's has to offer."

As Dumbledore explains to Finn what happens to Carole and what he and Kurt are going to do, Kurt looks over at Blaine, who still looks as distraught as he did when Kurt first came into the office. Sniffing a little Kurt walks over to Blaine, and tightly wraps his arms around him before burying his face into Blaine's shoulder as he tries not to cry out too loudly. Blaine seems to be taken aback as he waits for a few moments before his arms wrap around Kurt's body and rests his head on top of Kurt's, shushing him quietly as he rubs over his back soothingly. Kurt just lets the rubs to his back distract and calm him down slightly, only paying attention to what was going on around them when Finn speaks again.

"So, when are we going to Blaine's house then?"

"You will be leaving in a few minutes." Dumbledore says, moving to stand behind his desk.

"Are we getting there by Floo Powder?" Blaine asks, lifting his head up slightly.

"No," Dumbledore says "Floo Powder is not safe at the moment. The Network is being watched."

"So, how are we getting there, then?" Finn asks, sounding a little frustrated.

"You will be getting there by Portkey." Dumbledore explains, gesturing to an old teapot on his desk. "We are just waiting until the coast is clear before I send you - "

A flame flashes in the middle of the office, and in it's place falls a lone golden feather that falls towards the floor; Dumbledore catches it before it lands.

"It is Fawkes' warning," He says "Minerva, tell Dolores any story to head her off – She must know they're out of bed."

Instantly, McGonagall turns on her heel and leaves.

Out of the window, a red flash shines right out of the window.

"That is the signal," Dumbledore says, looking out the window before turning back to Finn, Kurt, and Blaine. "Come over here."

They walk to Dumbledore's desk; Finn slouching and dragging his feet; Blaine breaking away from Kurt's hug; Kurt holding tightly onto Blaine's hand as he walks.

You have all used a Portkey before?" Dumbledore asks and all three nod, reaching out to touch one part of the teapot. "Good. On the count of three, then... One... Two.."

On three, Blaine looks up at Dumbledore, and he notices that Dumbledore's gaze leaves the Portkey and onto Blaine's face. Instantly, Blaine's scare starts burning as fiercely as he did before, and Blaine feel a strong hatred – one that he'd never felt before – and fights the urge to just attack the old man in front of him, to sink his fangs into his neck -

"Three."

Kurt falls onto his back after the Portkey lands in Blaine's house, winding him slightly. He slowly pushes himself up, looking around the room. It appeared to be some kind of basement/dungeon kind of place.

"This is your house?" Kurt asks, turning to Blaine as he stands up.

"Y-yeah," Blaine nods "This is the basement kitchen. We should probably go upstairs into the living room.."

"We should." Finn says, starting to head towards the door "This place gives me the creeps.."

Kurt looks around again, in awe of just how large it was, and it then sinks in that Blaine's house is probably huge. Looking in the corner, Kurt frowns a little seeing the fireplace, and a few candles on the walls. Weren't Blaine's aunt and uncle Muggles? Why hadn't they installed a lightbulb down here?

"Kurt, are you coming?" Blaine asks, standing at the door.

"Hm?," Kurt turns his gaze from the candles to look at Blaine "Oh, yes, sorry." He smiles weakly before following Blaine and Finn up the stairs.

Once they walk in the hall, Kurt's eyes widen when he sees what appears to be a decrepit looking house-elf walking into the hall. Before he can question Blaine about it, the elf speaks.

"So, the Puffskin and Troll have come back.. leaving behind the Mudblood and Blood-traitor..." The elf snarls, seemingly to itself but it's brought back a fairy -"

"OUT!" A voice shouts, causing all three of the fifth years to jump, and a glass bottle is thrown in the general direction of the elf. The elf runs into another room and mumbles angrily to itself. Once it leaves, a familiar face appears at the door, his brown hair falling in his eyes as he smirks over at them.

"Hey," The man says.

Kurt's eyes widen when he realizes why this man was so familiar and just who exactly he was. He pats himself down, cursing internally when realizing that his wand was back at Hogwarts. Looking behind him at Blaine and Finn who didn't seem to care who this was, he notices Finn's wand sticking out of his pocket. Before Finn was able to stop him, Kurt snatches it from him and points it right at Cooper.

"Kurt, what the hell are you doing!" Finn shouts his eyes widening as he looks between the two of them.

"Finn, do you even know who this is!" Kurt says, keeping the wand pointed at Cooper – who didn't actually seem to care about the fact that the wand was right in his face – as he shakes his head at his brother.

"Of course I know who it is!" Finn snaps, rolling his eyes. "It's Cooper -"

"Exactly!" Kurt shouts back at him "We need to report this – either to Dumbledore or -"

"That won't work," Cooper says, his smirk widening.

"Sh-shut up!" Kurt steps a little closer, his voice cracking slightly. It was getting harder and harder for Kurt not to actually show just how terrified he was right now: with Cooper just standing there and at how calm both Finn and Blaine were about his presence.

"Kurt," Blaine says, sighing a little as he walks closer to him "Just calm down, we'll explain everything in a -"

"No, Blaine. I will not calm down," Kurt says, snapping to hide the shakiness in his voice. "I know you've faced a lot of great trials and terrifying situations in your life, but some of haven't, and we tend to get just a little bit panicky when there's a wanted mass murderer in the room!"

"Wow," Cooper says, rolling his eyes "And I thought Quinn was pretty and crazy."

Kurt snaps and quickly flicks his wrist "Stupefy!"

Cooper reacts almost instantaneously, whipping his own wand out, "Expelliarmus!" Cooper shouts, point his own wand at Kurt, Finn's wand flying out of his hand and clattering behind him. Kurt watches it hopelessly, panicking for a few moments before deciding to lunge forwards, but for once, Finn acts quickly and restrains him.

"God, Finn!", Kurt says as he starts clawing at Finn's hands "Let go of me!"

"Will you calm down!"

"Not until that bastard's back in Azkaban!"

"Kurt, let us explain - "

"Blaine, he's the reason your parents are -"

"ENOUGH!" Cooper shouts again, and all three of them fall silent. "God, you three are loud," He mutters. Cooper walks towards them, and Kurt backs away, further into Finn's grasp.

"Kurt, is it?" Cooper asks, raising an eyebrow at him.

Kurt says nothing, and just glares right at Cooper fiercely.

"Now, I know you think I'm a crazy murderer who really shouldn't be allowed to wear clothes lest I use them as a weapon to kill everyone within a fifty mile radius thanks to the way that the Daily Prophet painted me, but I can assure you I'm not." Cooper then flashes Kurt a charming smile, one that was very similar to the goofy smile that was usually on Blaine's.

This alone was what made Kurt agree.

"Fine," Kurt mumbles. "I still don't trust you."

Finn lets go of Kurt, mumbling "Finally" to Blaine, causing Kurt to glare at him, before following Cooper as he heads into the room at the end of the hall.

"I didn't expect you to, Sweet-Cheeks." Cooper says winking at him.

Kurt crosses his arms, rolling his eyes as he walks into the room, not noticing the scowl on Blaine's face as he follows.

Cooper leads them all into a large dining area, and they all sit fairly close together, although Kurt stays as far away as possible from Cooper without being at the other end of the table.

"So," Kurt says stiffly "What exactly is it that you have to explain to me then?"

"We want to explain to you what actually did happen the night.." Blaine starts, before cutting himself off as he shakes his head.

"What happened the night our parents died," Cooper continues, briefly glancing at Blaine, and Kurt swore that he could see a hint of sadness in his gaze.

"Well, what happened then?" Kurt asks, leaning forwards a little.

"First, we need to go back" Cooper says, grinning wryly "I can't just explain straight away because it won't make any sense. Just think of it as a little bit of build-up to the main plot."

"Fine.." Kurt mumbles.

"Okay, so you've heard of the Marauders, right?" Cooper asks.

Kurt bites his lip for a few moments as he tries to think "I think I have.." He says slowly.

"Well, to refresh your memory, they were a group of four Gryffindors that were best friends. They caused a hell of a lot of trouble across Hogwarts when they were there." Cooper explains. "They were Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, and James Potter."

"James Potter?" Kurt repeats. "Harry's dad?" He looks over at Blaine with a raised eyebrow.

"The very same," Cooper says "They both are actually incredibly important to this story, but I'll explain it later. It's not relevant just now."

"How isn't it relevant?" Kurt asks.

"Because it just isn't" Cooper says. "It's part of the build up."

"Anyway, I was at Hogwarts at the same time as them but all four left in my first year. Though, once they left, I had a similar group of friends, and we were actually referred to among the Professor's – and some of the students – as the Second Marauders because of the way we acted. Though with the other Professor's it was for another reason." Before Kurt can question him, Cooper says firmly "Which, also, is relevant but I'll explain it in a few mintues.

"Anyway, this group of the "Second Marauders" was made up of yours truly, William Schuester who was a Ravenclaw at the time -"

"Professor Schuester?" Kurt interrupts, looking at him with raised eyebrows "As in 'Muggle Studies Professor Schuster'?"

"The very same," Cooper nods "He wasn't always a stuffy old git. Anyway, it was me, Will, Carl Howell, and the Scumbag Bryan Ryan." Cooper spits out the last name, venom dripping heavily from his voice.

"Bryan Ryan?" Kurt says "Wasn't he the one you kill – I mean, the one you were accused of killing in that attack?"

"Yep" Cooper scowls, his expression darkening as he continues to speak "Apart from the same amount of trouble we caused, we were similar to the Marauders in the way that we could all transform into animals."

"What!"

"Three of us are Animagi, and one of us is a werewolf," Cooper says. "We found out that dear Carl was a wolf in first year, and me and Will took it upon ourselves to become Animagi. Bryan decided do the same, so we let him. Will did most of the work, but Bryan took all the credit when we successfully transformed to Carl in third year. Me and Will were pissed, but we decided to let him have it. We took pity on him considering he barely achieved anything. In case you were curious, Will transformed into an owl, I turn into a cat, while Bryan, so fittingly, is a snake. Potter, Black, and Pettigrew did the same for Lupin"

"I'm sorry, this is a nice story and all, but I don't believe it," Kurt says "I had to research Animagi for extra credit in Transfiguration, but I didn't see Mr Potter and his friend's names, nor did I see yours, Professor Schuester's, or Bryan's on the list."

"We're not registered." Cooper rolls his eyes "Did you not hear me say that we became Animagi in third year? Potter and his pals became Animagi while they were still at school as well."

"That's.." Kurt starts slowly "That's impossible."

"Not impossible; just unlikely," Cooper smirks "Blainey here – he could produce a Corporeal Patronus when he was in third year, and you managed to make those Dumbledore's Army coins with the Protean Charm. Even though they're both highly advanced spells. And Blainers here tells me that you're one of the best in the classes, and consistently gets either Os or Es in all subjects despite taking every damn one? That sounds impossible, but it happened with you, and that sounds pretty exceptional and amazing."

Cooper winks, and starts chuckling when Kurt looks at the floor blushing.

"So, anyway," Cooper says "After all of us became Animagi, we spent the full moon with our were-wolf friend to make the time more bearable. And I know this doesn't have a lot of relevance us being Animagi, but it was how I escaped Azkaban, and how Bryan's still pretending to be dead."

"How did you actually break out of Azkaban anyway?" Finn asks furrowing his brow in confusion. "Isn't it like.. impossible?"

"Dementors can't detect animals. They prey off human emotions which was what drove almost every prisoner mad." Cooper explains "I just sat in my cat form and waited until I was thin enough to slip through the bars. The Dementors were none the wiser, and I waited until I was a good while away from the island before I transformed back. I'm a much stronger swimmer when I'm a human."

"Well.. That explains that mystery, but it still doesn't explain how you're innocent." Kurt says, as he suppresses a sigh.

"Right..." Cooper says through gritted teeth "There was this.. prophecy made, about this kid that was going to be able to defeat Voldemort. Only thing was, there were three potential kids for this. It wasn't really sure if it was a child born at the end of July, or February in 1980. The Seer that told the prophecy wasn't really sure which one it was exactly. So, to make sure, Voldemort attempted to kill them all."

"That's horrible," Kurt says, his face falling

"It is, but it happened," Cooper says, shrugging "Well, not really. Because the first one he tried to kill ended up being the one that defeated him."

"Blaine.." Kurt says, looking over at the boy, who was just staring at the ground, and didn't want to be a part of the conversation.

"All three of the families went into hiding. The Longbottoms, and their son, Neville, and the Potters, and their son, Harry." Cooper says "And of course.. our mum and dad, with me and Blaine. We all had Secret Keepers, but I don't know who the other two were. Ours was going to be me, but I felt like I'd be an obvious target, so I asked if we could have Bryan instead. Even though he loved praise and was obsessed with his reputation, I felt like I could trust him. Because if we'd made it through, he'd be seen as a hero, and that alone would keep his mouth shut. And I thought 'Bryan's my friend. He'll want to keep me and my family alive, right?' But no.." Cooper's face falls into a scowl and his tone darkens. "Turns out Bryan Ryan is a backstabbing little shit, and worked for the Dark Lord. As soon as he found out, he went running off to his Master and sold us out. I wasn't in the house when it happened. I thought Bryan had been hurt because he hadn't came into contact with us all day, so I left to go look for him."

Cooper falls silent, and Kurt looks between the two brothers. They both look obviously distressed about the conversation – Cooper's face was hard to decide if he was angry, or close to tears, Blaine was avoiding anyone's gaze and was instead staring at the floor, but it was easy to tell he was doing all he could to stop himself from crying out loud - and Kurt didn't want to pry any further if it was obviously bothering them both – well, bothering Blaine.

"Look, you don't need to continue now.." Kurt says, sighing a little "You can tell me later if you -"

"Finish the story, Coop.." Blaine murmurs, not looking up from the floor.

"Right.." Cooper gives a curt nod before sighing "When I came back home, the house was in ruins, and I feared the worse. That all of them were dead. But Dumbledore was there, and he told me that Blaine was still alive, but mum and dad.. They weren't so lucky. He told me that Voldemort had been defeated and they were just waiting for some kind of safe way to get Blaine to my aunt and uncle's house." Cooper folds his arms, shaking his head "I was supposed to take him, but I had to deal with Bryan. I told Dumbledore to just have Hagrid take him."

There was another silence, before Cooper continues "I found Bryan a little while away from the house. I snapped completely and attacked him. Don't look at me like that, " Cooper snaps, noticing hints of disapproval forming on Kurt's face "I didn't kill him, I know he's not dead. Anyway, like I was saying," He mutters irritably "I attacked him, and it turns out little Bryan Ryan could fight after all. I have to admit, it was pretty damn close.. But when Bryan was starting to lose?" Cooper's face becomes foul as his fists clench "The little fucker used a Blasting Curse and destroyed the entire street. I just managed to get a Shield up for myself and I couldn't do anything for the Muggles unfortunately. During the explosion, Bryan cut off part of his ear and left it among the rubble before escaping. He'd turned into a snake, and because we're unregistered Animagi? None of the Ministry members suspected him and I couldn't prove anything. So, I was thrown into Azkaban without trial for "mass murder, endangering the Statute of Secrecy, and 'being an accessory for two murders and an attempted murder'."" Cooper just lets out a scoff. "So that's basically it. You can believe it or not, I don't really care."

Kurt thinks for a few seconds.. What Cooper was telling him couldn't be true. But he didn't seem like he was lying. And Finn and Blaine seemed to trust them and they showed no signs of being under any spells, or anything. More importantly.. Why would Professor Dumbledore send them here if he knew Cooper was dangerous? Dumbledore wasn't about to send them into the clutches of a crazed murder after what just happened.

"I believe you," Kurt says after a while. "I'm sorry for completely freaking out earlier -"

"Understandable," Cooper shrugs. "The Prophet seems to have a thing for painting us Anderbros in a bad way in their little articles. And I suppose 'crazed mass murderer' is just a little more daunting and scary than 'lying little attention seeking git'."

Kurt looks at Cooper in disbelief as soon as he says "Anderbros", though, he couldn't help but agree. It wasn't a personal vendetta or anything about the Anderson name considering the slander Blaine was getting was only recent.

"But," Kurt continues, looking right at Cooper "I still don't trust you. Not completely anyway." Ignoring Cooper's face falling, Kurt sighs a little "As soon as we get Veritaserum, or Professor Dumbledore's confirmation, I can trust you fully. But for now, I can't"

"Whatever," Cooper sighs shaking his head "You do what you want. Can't force you to trust me." He mutters standing up from his seat. "Anyway, Dumbledore told me he's sending someone from Hogwarts to confirm you got here safe, and to bring your things over." He says. "We'll be waiting in the living room, and I know you're all probably really tired just now, but just wait in there until they come. Then you can sleep all day tomorrow." Cooper winks at them before walking out of the room, and was quickly followed by Finn.

Blaine waits for Finn to leave the door before standing up, gesturing at Kurt to follow "C'mon," He says, the hints of the usual cheeriness in his voice slowly returning.

Nodding, Kurt stands up and walks forward, smiling at Blaine as he holds the door open for him, and heads down the hall, upstairs, and into the living room, walking side by side with Blaine the whole way there.