POP; I apparated onto the sidewalk of Grimmauld Place. It was pouring rain and in minutes my light cloak was soaked through. Fearing that lingering on the sidewalk too long would allow the rain to soak through to my long purple gown I walked across the street and took out the letter from Dumbledore.

My dear Alise,

You will find the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix at number 12, Grimmauld Place, London.

~Dumbledore

After reading these words I looked up. I watched as a door appeared in between numbers 11 and 13 and walked towards it; setting the letter on fire as I went. The ashes fell to the ground and were dissolved by the rain into the dirt in seconds. I knocked on the door. The door opened of its own accord and I walked in. It was dark and quiet.

And then an explosion of sound met my ears!

"Filth, dross, scum, how dare you enter the home of my ancestors, disturbing our treasures…"

I looked around for the source of the noise and found the portrait of a horrible old woman on the wall, screeching insults.

I rushed to the portrait and pulled at the curtains that hung at its sides. The old woman tried to claw at me from inside the picture as I pulled the curtains shut over her.

Breathing heavily I put my back against the wall. My gown was tight wasted and the corseting stitched into it made it more difficult for me to breathe. I pulled off my cloak and set it on a hook above a hollowed out troll foot holding umbrellas and canes. I pulled the pin out of my hair and sheets of shining brown hair fell over my green eyes, obscuring my vision. I pulled the sides of the front of my hair back and pinned it in place to keep it out of my face. Running footsteps came from behind a door at the end of the hall. Three people burst through it. Molly Weasley and her husband Arthur, and Remus Lupin. All three had their wands drawn and pointing at me.

"Alise?" Molly looked at me and broke into a huge smile, "Alise, how lovely it is to see you dear; and your soaked to the bone come in and sit by the fire."

"Molly, don't fuss," said Arthur.

I looked at Remus, I hadn't seen him in, what was it now, 13, 14 years?

I ran to him and he pulled me into a tight hug.

"It's so good to see you Alise," he said quietly. He squeezed me tight and let me go.

"Remus, it's been far too long my old friend," I said a frown on my face.

"That it has, I miss our little chats," he said with the hint of a smile on his prematurely lined face. He was so young but his face was grey and marred by many thin scars.

"As I remember it they were not short conversations, I think one lasted well past midnight once," I said smiling.

"Yes, I remember, we were talking about what would be the best potion ingredients in a potion to prevent my transformations," he said, "Comparing your ideas to the Wolfsbane potion, you were very close."

I smiled.

"Well let's not stand here while Alise freezes, come down to the kitchen, dinner is almost ready," said Molly and she turned to walk back down the stairs which were revealed when the door opened.