"You have the girl's trust Lucius. She can be a grand asset to our cause." Voldemort said.

"But you have called her a traitor." Lucius replied.

"Maybe, but she hasn't had her chance yet. Do what you must to change her side."

"Yes my lord."

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Harry and Phoenix had finally made it to Dragon Gates. Harry noticed Phoenix's mood change completely when they walked into the gates. She was calmer, more relaxed.

"Wow, this place has a real affect on you." He said.

"Yeah, I feel safe here." Phoenix replied.

"Hey Phoenix, welcome back." A man called as he ran up her and Harry.

"Well hello Mike." Phoenix smiled. "How's Justin?"

"He's doing great, real excited."

"You aren't?" Phoenix asked.

"Nervous more or less, Groom always is."

"So's the bride." Phoenix said.

"Yeah, I know." Mike sighed.

"Oh Mike, I want you to meet Harry."

"Hello, sorry I'm such a nervous wreck." Mike said.

"Mike here's getting married in what is it, a month?" Phoenix asked.

"Yeah, Anton let me use a small meadow in section 6."

"Pixie Meadow?" Phoenix asked.

"Yeah, that big one." He said.

"Oh, it will be perfect and now you have my help and Harry's help." Phoenix said.

"Yeah, yeah, that's just perfect, I need all the help I can get." Mike sighed in relief.

"Who's the lucky girl?" Harry asked.

"Uh…" Mike began.

"I'll talk to him." Phoenix chuckled. "I bet your bride is waiting for you."

"Thanks Phoenix." He said and ran off.

"Did I say the wrong thing? I could have sworn that's what your soused to ask. Especially if you don't know the person." Harry babbled.

"Harry, you didn't say anything wrong, well, you didn't mean to say, what I mean to say is…how do I put this so you don't feel bad, um…" Harry watched Phoenix try to explain what he did wrong while she was also trying not to laugh. As he listened to her try and explain he also followed her to where her room was which was apparently next to her Aunt's room. What Harry soon found out it was also across the hall from Mike's. Phoenix and Harry walked around the corner and saw him talking to someone in his room.

"Who's Mike talking with?" Harry asked.

"Hey Phoenix, you tell him yet?" Mike asked nervously.

"Not yet, trying to find the right words." Phoenix replied.

"Oh my God, Phoenix Black!" A high-pitched squeal called from Mike's room. "How are you? How is school? I heard about the tournament, you must have been scared out of your wits. Is it true about you-know-who? IS he really back? Is this Harry? Well, Mike wasn't kidding when he told me about your letters."

The speaker was a tall blond nineteen year old. Phoenix was trying so hard not to laugh, Harry was just scared.

"He's obviously not met someone like me before." The man said sounding sorry.

"Harry, I want you to meet Justin, Mike's fiancée." Phoenix said.

"I see now." Harry said. "Sorry about that."

"No, sorry for not explaining, Justin can be quite outgoing at times." Mike said.

"Hey Harry, now that you know, can we play a small joke on Ron sometime?" Justin asked.

"How do you now about Ron?"

"Oh please, I stole Mike's letters of course." He said.

"Why do you want to play a trick on him?" Harry asked.

"Because that is Justin, he is also protective, but he scares the people in ways that I don't." Phoenix explained. "Do either of you know which room's mine?" Phoenix asked.

"Number 12, just there." Mike said pointing to the door across the hall.

"Thanks a bunch Mike, did anyone leave a key?"

"Yeah, Melinda left it with your aunt." He replied. "Her and a couple other people are in her room, Number 14." He said pointing to the door to the left of Phoenix's.

"I knew that, but thanks." Phoenix said and knocked on Gale's door. Bella came to the door and smiled.

"Gale, Phoenix and Harry are here." She called.

"Hello dears, Harry, Sirius can show you to your room and Phoenix, you must be here for your key." Gale said.

"Please." Phoenix said. Gale smiled and nodded. She began to search the desk by the door for it but then stood up suddenly.

"They set it up before your birthday and I just realized, I sent you the key. Dani's claw is the key. Claws are like their fingerprints and they knew I was sending Dani's claw for your birthday. The key for anyone is a claw of their first dragon." Gale explained.

"Oh, I see." Phoenix said taking the chocker off. "Where's the key hole?"

"Right under the 2, see it?" Gale asked.

"Got it, thank you." Phoenix said.

"I think I set it up right, you just tell me if I got your colors right." Gale said. Phoenix nodded and walked in to see the perfect room.

Her walls were deep red and the carpet was a soft dark blue carpet with thick black curtains over the window. They were pulled back to let in the bright mid-day light.

As she looked at the room Phoenix noticed she had a small table to the right of the door for her small gear, namely her wand, gloves, room key, etc. As she kept looking right she noticed the right wall was dedicated to pictures.

Gale had somehow gotten pictures from the Malfoys of her, Draco and their Slytherin friend Blaise as they grew up and some more from her first three years with Vince, Greg and Pansy added in. Then there were the pictures from this last year with her Harry and Hermione. None of which she knew had been taken. None of them were framed, but preserved by magic with a temporary sticking charm on them so Phoenix could more them around and take them down if she ever moved.

The door on the same wall, in the back right corner, which was open, went to the bathroom. It was all light, smoke gray tile.

Her bed sat in the opposite corner from the bathroom, to the left of the front door as she looked in door, with the foot of it facing the front door and the window to the right of the headboard. It had her maroon, yellow and black blankets and her mahogany wood desk on the other side of the widow, right in the middle of the open wall. More pictures littered the wall above it. The desk was stocked with all her things, parchment, quills, inks, etc and the closet to the right of it had her trunk on the floor and all her clothes hanging up.

Phoenix sat on the bed and faced the front door. The last two slivers of wall were dedicated to even more pictures.

These were of her at Dragon Gates both before the Roberts and of last summer. There were ones of her and Dani, her and the Phoenix dragons, her and the pixie dragons and of all her different experiences at Dragon Gates. There wasn't a type of dragon she hadn't encountered here and not one of them missing from the walls at the end of her bed or to the left of her front door.

Phoenix smiled at the room, it was a little over the top, but in her aunt's excitement, she had decorated it to fit a normal teenager and it just made the room feel that much more like home. Phoenix took a closer look at her closet and noticed she had a few dresses she hadn't had before. Gale had gone shopping for her, and there was an envelope on the top shelf where her aunt had stored three new bags, all different.

Phoenix, Don't get mad, but I did a little shopping. Everything has a charm so it will size itself to fit you. The receipts are in the envelope if you find something you absolutely don't want, any money you get refunded is your, think of it as a late birthday present. You needed new clothes; all your old stuff is in boxes under the bed, except those dress robes of yours, it is gorgeous. Your shoes are in your new trunk; compartment one. Your books are on the shelf behind the red, orange and yellow tie-dye curtain on the desk to your left, your parchment is in the bottom drawer, quills are in the middle left drawer, sweets in the middle right drawer and ink is in the top drawer. All your jewelry is in the jewelry box on the table by the front door. Check out what's inside. Don't come next door and say you don't deserve any of it, none of your old stuff fit and the jewelry is all old stuff of mine that you used to love. Enjoy your new room, Gale and Bella.

"Should have known mum helped out with this." Phoenix sighed.

"Wow, this is amazing." Someone said. Phoenix turned to see Abby Gato, another intern Phoenix had befriended.

"My mum and Gale really know me." Phoenix agreed.

"Oh my god, look at your closet, have you tried anything on?" Abby asked.

"Not yet, I just got here." Phoenix said. Abby started to rifle through the closet and took out a floor length, strapless pink dress.

"I saw this in the market the other day." She said. Phoenix looked at it and saw that it was too much. The shade clashed with Phoenix's look and had a strip of lace down the front. The pink was a soft baby pink, but it still didn't agreed with Phoenix.

"You take it then, it's something I'm gonna take back if you don't." Phoenix said.

"But it is gorgeous." Abby said.

"It will go better with your look. It will look horrid on me." Phoenix said.

"Thank you Phoenix, you are amazing."

"I better see you in it at the summer dinner." Phoenix said.

"Definitely." Abby smiled.

"It will fit you, no worries." Phoenix said. Abby had looked worried about the fit because she was a half-foot shorter than Phoenix who was 5' 11".

"How do you know?"

"I haven't worn it yet and everything is going to size to fit the wearer." Phoenix said.

"Thanks Phoenix, your aunt is amazing."

"Yeah, her mistake is your dream come true." Phoenix chuckled.

"When's your first shift?" Abby asked.

"An hour, I'm with the Phoenix Hatchlings."

"You mean Jasper and Fiona?" Abby asked.

"Yeah, their mother needs to hunt." Phoenix replied.

"You ok?" Abby asked.

"Fine, why do you ask?" Phoenix smiled.

"You may look and act happy, but your tone has an underlying of worry."

"Oh, that." Phoenix said. "Don't worry about it."

"Is it the reason your mum is here?" Abby asked.

"You could say that." Phoenix said.

"Is it because of what happened at Hogwarts?"

"Yes and no."

"Phoenix, is it possible you could get killed?" Abby asked.

"Very possible." Phoenix sighed. Abby nodded and hugged the dress tight.

"I hope that day never comes." Abby said. Phoenix was glad her back was turned away from Abby because she had a look of fear in her eyes.

"Me too Abby." Phoenix said. Abby nodded to the back of Phoenix's head and left the room.

"Thanks again for the dress." Abby said before completely leaving.

"Hey Phoenix." Bella said. "How do you like your room?"

"Phoenix turned to her mum with a forced smile on her face, but Bella could tell something was wrong.

"What's wrong?" Bella asked.

"I'm scared beyond belief." Phoenix replied.

"Don't admit that, I thought Draco taught you better." Bella said with a smile. Phoenix couldn't help but smile too. "Its ok, we all are."

"Mum, why aren't you crazy? I mean, your mark is fake, but the dementors would still affect you." Phoenix said. "I always make excuses with my friends, but I don't know the real reason."

"I kept one thought on my mind at all times. What would happen to you if I let them affect me? It is drilled in our brains the affect that a dementor will have. What few know is that it is the individual that lets the dementor affect you. Course there are a few that have no control, you and Harry are two of them. Your pasts are so screwed up, you have no control. I'm sorry for that, but it will get better." Bella promised. She made to leave, but Phoenix stopped her.

"Mum," she called. "I love you."

"I love you too Phoenix, you will always be my little girl." Bella said.

"I can't lose you again mum." Phoenix said.

"You won't Phoenix." Bella replied. "Harry wants to see you before you go to work."

"Thanks mum, but I have no time."

"Anton will understand." Bella said and hugged her daughter.

"Just go make sure he is ok too." Bella said.

"Yes mum." Phoenix said. She left the room and went next door.

"Hey Harry." She smiled.

"Don't you have work?" Harry asked with a smile.

"Yeah, need to stop by the tack room and eat, see you tonight?" Phoenix asked.

"Yeah, see you." Harry agreed and gave her a peck on the cheek.

"Hey Harry, every year, dragon Gates holds a summer dinner. It is a little grander than the regular meals. There are no real shifts that day and it is like a huge party with dancing and eating…"

"And you would like to know if I would be your date."

"Course, everyone is invited, and I want people to know you are mine."

"Possessive aren't we?" Harry asked.
"Just a little." Phoenix agreed and with a quick kiss, she ran out of the room and on to work.