Disclaimer: The characters belong to J. K. Rowling, except for Jess. She is mine.

This takes place during the fifth book, and Harry has just arrived at the Order's headquarters. Harry is not going to be so very angry, because I don't LIKE him that way. Man, he was a jerk. There is no Umbridge, and Harry has gone to his trial and got off, but that happened earlier, so they have more time before going to Hogwarts.

Chapter 1

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the twins all sat at a table. Sirius was waiting by the door. The Order seemed to be expecting somebody, but who ever it was, they were late. The others watched as Ron played Harry in wizard's chess, giving bits of advice to Harry because he was losing by a large margin. Ron kept telling them to be quiet, Harry could do it on his own, but secretly Harry was glad for the help.

The members of the Order were all gathered in their meeting room except Sirius. He kept looking at the clock and mumbling to himself. Finally the door opened and a tall, very light blond woman rushed through the door. She took off her long black coat revealing more black clothes underneath. She had freckles on her face that gave a look of innocence, but there was no innocence reflected in her eyes.

"Sirius! Sorry I'm late. How much have I missed? I was held up at-"

Sirius shushed her quickly and glanced over at the group of kids over at the table. "We'll hear you at the meeting. They just started so you haven't missed anything. Come in."

"Why are there kids here?" They both went into the meeting room and shut the door so the kids couldn't here Sirius' response.

"Who is that?" Fred asked quietly.

Ron moved on of his knights who quickly took Harry's king. "You lose Harry. How should I know?" we said back to Fred. "I was just sitting here like you."

"Ickle Ronnsie seems upset Fred." George taunted. Let's leave the wittle baby alone. We have things to do anyway!" Ron turned crimson and the twins rushed upstairs nearly knocking Ginny over who was coming down the stairs.

"Watch it! What's going on?"

"Some strange woman just came through the door. We don't know who she is."

"Well, maybe she's the new professor! Dumbledore hasn't found one yet has he?"

"She didn't look like the professor type." Ron put in. "She looked serious and well…dangerous."

Hermione snorted while she tried to contain her laughter.

"What?" Ron asked, becoming defensive. "She did! One of those serious types who…I don't know, kill people for a living! Not someone who reads books at home and has large reading glasses!"

"Ron! Not all professors sit and read. Many of them teach from experience. Why do you think Professor McGonagall-?"

"All right! Enough! You've made your point. But she still doesn't look like a professor. Ginny, you want to play me in chess?"

Ginny sat down and Harry and Hermione tried to help her as much as they could, but Ron still beat her each time. He was just about to play Hermione when the Order finished their meeting. Everyone came out and Sirius sat down to watch the chess game.

"Hey, Sirius," Harry started to ask. "Who is the woman who came late? We've never seen her before."

"Who, Jess?" Sirius looked startled. "Haven't I told you about her before? She was in my year back at school. She was in Ravenclaw. I actually dated her for a while but…it didn't work out. We had different interests, but enough about that. She's your new professor for Defense Against the Dark Arts."