Chapter 1:

A hand shoved him through the hall way as Mad Eye Moody overtook Harry, limping heavily as he passed to lead the way. The door to the unfamiliar house's kitchen was wide open and Harry could hear voices talking animatedly, he could see Remus Lupin and his godfather Sirius Black sat with serious expressions on their faces. There was a pause as they became aware of his presence, Molly Weasley rushed forward and pulled the young man into a hug, before closing the door behind her and ushering him upstairs. Once he had reached the landing, Ron and Hermonie pounced on him, greeting him before he demanded answers to the many questions that were formulating in his head.

"The Order of the what?" Harry repeated in confusion.

"The phoenix. It was created the last time you know who was trying to gain power, and it has been revived now that he's back again. There are a lot of very powerful witches and wizards involved Harry. But we haven't been allowed into any of the meetings we're too young." Hermonie explained patiently

"So you have no idea what's going on then?" Harry demanded.

"We see who comes and goes but that's about it" Ron shrugged.

"Until now my friends" George grinned sneaking up behind them, Fred joined him waving what looked like a human ear around "Come and listen!" They both chimed together. They all gathered around the end of the piece of string attached to the ear, which was dangled outside of the kitchen door. The conversation they could hear was clear, but they had joined mid-sentence and nothing much seemed to be being discussed. They caught Molly announcing to Sirius that Harry was as good as her son and that he was too young to be involved in the Order, as Sirius began to discuss exactly why he thought the opposite, Crookshanks appeared. He batted the ear and pulled at it with his paws until he could reach the ear and then began to chew it. All hopes of listening in were gone.

The youngsters ducked below the banister as they heard the front door bang shut and footsteps along the hall. A tall, blonde woman appeared in muggle clothing. Everyone prayed that she didn't notice the ear in Crookshanks' mouth and the near invisible string still dangling down the stairwell. Ron breathed out as she passed without appearing to observe the eavesdropping device.

"I thought we were busted then for sure!" Ron chuckled turning around, only to gasp audibly; the others turned to and remained silent. The woman they had seen enter was sat on an armchair, legs crossed in a leisurely fashion appraising the group.

"How the devil did you do that?" Fred demanded somewhat in awe of her stealthy appearance.

"I qualified to apperate a long time ago – with practice you learn to do so silently – its handy when you want to sneak up on people, especially when you've realised they were trying to listen into something they shouldn't be, although their efforts were thwarted by a scruffy moggy!" The woman who was a stranger to Harry explained. "Look the things the Order does are dangerous and that is why there's an age limit – I know it must be hard but you have to accept that, the people who love you are trying to protect you. So please no more prying into the meetings, it's not safe" She almost pleaded and everyone looked away guiltily as she stood to leave them. "Nice to see you Harry" She added as she descended the stairs.

"Who exactly was that?" Harry questioned, staring after her.

"That was Edwina – only never call her that, she prefers Eddie! She's an auror, she had only just started the last time you know who was active, but she was one of the most infamous. Eddie rounded up loads of death eaters; but now she's fighting against the Ministry, they won't let her investigate likely death eaters because they won't accept he's back."

"Tell me about it" Harry muttered, following Ron's explanation.

"And well she's really fit" Ron added. Hermonie rolled her eyes as she hit his shoulder with force.

"Eddie's one of the main assets the Order has, she can get information from the Ministry and well quite frankly she's brilliant at what she does" Hermonie paused "But for some reason her and Sirius don't get on, he refuses to speak to her"

"Well there must be a good reason, Sirius wouldn't just ignore her without one" Harry decided that he didn't like Eddie, his main reasoning based on Sirius' dislike.

The members of the Order were sat at the long kitchen table as the meeting came to a close and the children were allowed in so that the meal could commence. Molly and Sirius were still bickering over Harry's exclusion from the meeting, while Lupin sat quietly considering both sides of the argument.

"I want to fight" Harry insisted enthusiastically.

"It's not a good idea" Eddie advised placing cutlery on the table, both Harry and Sirius scowled at her, she stared back at Harry but could not look at Sirius' face. Throughout the meal Harry threw dark looks in Eddie's direction, she pretended not to notice and carried on her friendly conversation with Remus.

"Maybe you should talk to Eddie about becoming an auror Harry if you're still interested" Lupin suggested trying to break the tension.

"If I have any questions I'll ask Kingsley." Harry snapped out.

"You could learn a thing or two from her" Mr Weasley added

"I doubt that" Both men looked surprised at the sharp answer.

"Right who told Harry that Sirius and I don't get on?" Eddie questioned the table, Hermonie looked sheepishly at her plate. "Just because your Godfather and I don't get along very well, doesn't mean that we can't and that you should never cut your nose off to spite your face Harry. " She emphasised, raising her eyebrows, Lupin's expression suggested that he agreed with her reasoning.

Following his hearing two days later Harry returned to Grimmauld Place, he went to the kitchen where Molly had saved him some lunch. When he entered Molly and Eddie were sat at one end of the kitchen table, deep in conversation, the younger, blonde woman was staring despondently at the wooden table. Sirius wandered in behind Harry, squeezing his shoulder, he noticed the women.

"Here again are we? Do you have to look so bloody miserable sat in my kitchen?" Sirius goaded.

"Is that activity reserved solely for you?" Eddie spat out.

"Sirius can I have a word please, in the other room. And Harry dear your lunch is over there on the side, why don't you take it upstairs and tell Ron and Hermonie how it all went." She suggested ushering both men out of the room.

"Is this Sirius' house?" Harry inquired collecting his plate; Eddie looked over at him, nodding a reply. "Then don't you think you should stay away – he obviously doesn't want you here!" Harry was angry at her for no other reason than she unsettled his godfather.

"Harry! That's enough" Sirius admonished striding back into the room, he turned to Eddie "I'm sorry about your job. Do you really think that the Ministry will be watching your house?"

"It was made clear that as I wouldn't sign the new allegiance statement that I would be put on a watch list so it really wouldn't surprise me. Fudge suspects my uncle of god only knows what and he suspects I'm part of it too."

"Well you know you can always stay here" he offered, Eddie gave him an odd smile, as if she was remembering something pleasant from the past.

"Thank you, I wasn't sure that I would be welcome."

"You are a member of the Order and therefore this house is your house as and when you need it" Sirius informed her seriously.