A/N: I'm pleasantly surprised with the reaction to these stories. I like them better as they advance because I get to develop the characters more and show how Ebony and Chelly grow and integrate with the others. So without further ado here's part 5.

Disclaimer: I only own Ebony and Chelly…and later on Luis

ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

WATCHING OUT FOR HARRY

Her legs moved faster than she thought possible, feet barely having time to touch the ground before moving back into action, her throat and lungs burning from the sprint, side aching miserably, running as quickly as she could. She was surprised the rain could touch her at all. She wanted to slow down, to stop for a moment and get enough air to stop the pounding in her temples, let the rain wash her sweat away and cool her skin. But she couldn't. It's what got her into this mess in the first place. She had stopped. She had decided Harry was safe and stopped to sit at a local coffee shop while Harry was at the park. She figured it was broad daylight and that nothing would chance attacking him. She even dozed off in the cushioned chair she'd been in, cloak aroundher…until she heard the thunder burst through the sky and woke with a start as the sky swirled to darkness and the skies broke. She'd been wrong…the Dementors were coming…for Harry. And she had taken off running, knowing exactly where he was. Her intuition being the better judge as she ran through the now muddy road. Her foot caught in a hole and she fell, sliding in the mud. She was back on her feet a moment later, running again with a bit of a slip but regaining her composure enough to sprint again, ignoring the pain in her hands and arm from the rocks she slid on.

She was getting closer now, she could see the pants of her breath in the icy air as she approached the dark halls of the under pass. She came to a skidding halt under the cover and pulled her hood up, becoming invisible. She drew her wand as she turned and saw Harry shout out his Patronus, his cousin Dudley on the floor being drained by another. Ebony, for fear of Harry hearing her voice and knowing she was watching, silently called on her own Patronus. The glowing dolphin attacked the Dementor, tackling it off Dudley as it chased it out the corridor. She saw Harry's frowning face for a moment before her Patronus disappeared and she backed away silently as Mrs. Figg approached, his mind preoccupied with the possibility of another Muggle.

She saw Harry tuck his wand behind his back as he sat kneeling next to Dudley."Mrs. Figg?"

"Don't put your wand away, Harry," the older woman said. "They might come back."

Ebony quietly snuck out the tunnel, following them back to Privet Drive under the shield of her cloak. She didn't trust to leave him alone again. Once she saw Harry was safely inside did she Apparate straight to Grimmauld Place, right inside Sirius Black's house. She apparated straight in front of the doorway before pulling down her hood and becoming visible. With an exhausted sigh she unlatched the cloak from around her neck and hung it on the coat rack which took it and stashed it into another compartment that was her box.

It didn't take long for the door at the end of the hall to open and others to step out to see who had just entered as she was sure they'd been alerted there was another presence in the house.

"Good heavens!" Mrs. Weasley pitched as she saw Ebony standing there, muddy and soaked. "What on earth happened to you child?"

"It's raining," she shrugged and spotted her father, both of them, coming up behind Mrs. Weasley upon spotting her from the doorway and seeing her disastrous looking state. Lupin not far off but staying a distance out of the way, but not so far off he couldn't intervene if necessary. It had been a draining summer for her with her fathers demeaning each other at every turn, right in front of her no less. She could only hang her head as it went on because it seemed they'd forget she was even in the room, neither caring how this possibly affected her. Her Uncle Remus had taken notice, giving her sympathizing looks or putting a hand on her shoulder, trying to avert her attention elsewhere than the scene the other two put on. Even her cousin, Tonks, was helpful, dragging her into another room with a grin to play Wizards Chess, tripping over three imaginary shoes or Hermione's cat, whatever it was the pink haired girl could blame it on.

Tonks was one of few family members she actually had and liked. She was related on her father's side of course being his cousins daughter, it was a down the line connection but still blood related, meaning she was as closely tied to Draco as she was Tonks due to both their mother's being sister's. Andromeda was Tonks's mother and Narcissa's, Draco's mother, sister which also meant they were Bellatrix's sister as well. Another major Death Eater who was sent to Azkaban and gave Ebony the heavy feeling of knowing they shared the same blood. The only one who wasn't a Death Eater was Andromeda which cast her out of the family when she married a Muggle and had Tonks. Someone Ebony was proud to call family, no matter how klutzy she was. She could see the pink haired girl waving from down the hall, Chelly standing in front of her lips pursued as she took in Ebony's dirt covered look.

"And you decided to go gallivanting in the mud?" Snape asked and looked his daughter over. He wouldn't have known she had been wearing blue jeans if he hadn't seen her leave earlier that morning. And her tank top might have been red but was now rusty brown.

"Well…kind of," she shrugged. "Rain is kind of fun you know."

"Certainly did nothing to wash you clean," Sirius chuckled, flicking dirt out of her hair.

"You're getting the floor dirty," Mrs. Weasley huffed.

"Oh, it's not a problem, Molly," he told her. "It's my house after all…Kreacher can clean it later."

She heard the house elf mumbling up the stairs but didn't pay him any attention, nor did she alert anyone to the five teenagers listening from the banister up stairs, one of them being her red headed boyfriend.

"What happened to you?" Snape asked again not taking her earlier answer.

"I fell," she said simply.

"I can see that," he spoke through gritted teeth. "The question remains as to why and how?"

"Following Harry," she took a deep breath, removing her dirt covered hair from her eyes. "Seems like the Dementors are on the loose."

That caught everyone's attention.

"Dementor's?" Alastor repeated. "Bloody hell, he's pulling all the stops now."

"It gets worse," she said. "I got there too late. Harry ended up using his Patronus to get rid of them…in front of his cousin Dudley."

"Oh no," Arthur said and shook his head. "That's not good. They'll try to have him expelled now."

"Mrs. Figg was witness though to the attack. Let Professor Dumbledore know that as well."

"I'm already ahead of ya," Alastor said and was already limping into the den where the fireplace was burning to send word to Dumbledore.

"Is Harry all right?" Sirius asked her with concern in his blue eyes that matched her own.

"Yes, he was fine when I followed him to his Aunt's house."

"I'm more concerned about you," Snape said emphasizing the words to earn a glare from Sirius and grabbed her arm, turning it over to inspect the dirt covered cuts on her forearm and palm. He grabbed her other one as well, seeing it was in the same bruised state. "How hard did you fall?"

"I was running pretty fast, fell into a muddy hole, slid pretty well too," she said.

He shook his head and moved her down the hall. "Let's get your arms healed and then you can go shower and get rid of this clothing."

Ebony made her way down the hall, nodding her head at the others. She paused in front of Chelly as Snape went on down the other hall because the look on her face told Ebony she had something to say and couldn't contain it much longer.

Chelly shook her head. "Wow…what shitty situation did you get yourself out of? How did Dementors turn into a mud bath?"

"You're real sweet," she said sarcastically.

"You know, we could make mudpies out of you?" Chelly chuckled finding the sight of her best friend hysterical.

"You're a riot, Chell," she said.

"Looks like it's time for your weekly bath, Ms. Piggy," she chuckled.

Ebony smiled at her. "Oh, Chelly. You're my best friend you know that?" Ebony grabbed her friend before she could register what was about to happen and hugged her tight, wrapping her arms all the way around her, feeling Chelly stiffen and gasp. "What would I ever do without you?" she rubbed her friends back, transferring more of the mud and then pulled away. "Nice shirt by the way, what color was it…baby blue?" she patted Chelly's cheek, muddying it up.

Chelly glared through slinted eyes. "You are a bitch, you know that?"

Ebony nodded with a smile. "Least I'm not the only little piggy in the house. Oink oink."

She left Chelly grumbling and Lupin and Tonks chuckling at her, reassuring her they could get the stains out before Tonks took Chelly upstairs. Ebony heard her trip twice before she reached the master bathroom where her dad waited for her. The bathroom was as dark as the rest of the house, made of dark stones and black marble. Made her feel right at home…even though it was her home decades ago. Strangely the transition didn't bother her as much as she thought it might. But she hadn't spent much time in her old room or much time talking to George about it for that matter. She knew that he was aware Sirius was related to her in some way. And he had probably figured it out, she just didn't want to discuss it just yet. She had enough secrets as it was.

"About time? I was beginning to wonder if you fell into another mud hole?"

"No, I just gave Chelly a hug…I missed her."

Snape snorted. "I'm sure you didn't miss dirtying any of her clothing."

Ebony just smiled and sat down on the closed toilet.

"Give me your arms," Snape said and she held them out.

"Vanisho," he said with a wave of his wand and the dirt disappeared from each of her arms.

Ebony grimaced at the sight. With the mud she hadn't noticed the cuts and bruises, some of which still bled a bit. "You really did a number on yourself," a voice said from the doorway.

She turned her head to see Sirius standing there and felt her breath catch as the atmosphere seemed to grow thicker with the two enemies in the same area. "Yes. I'm getting good at being klutzy, must be my Black side of this seeing as how Tonks is just as good at it."

"Well, I don't know about that," Sirius smiled, leaning in the doorway. "I was never much of a klutz. Although I never did move around well in the dark…always managed to bump into something in my younger years."

"You did manage to bump into here though," Snape sneered, Ebony turned her head to see her Dad staring at Sirius as if he were a rodent. And so it began, just as it always did and she braced herself, holding her breath.

"Excuse me?" Sirius said slowly and Ebony found herself moving her head back and forth between the two.

"You come waltzing in here only after finding out Potter is all right. You were more concerned for him than for Ebony," Snape accused him.

"She was standing right there, Severus, she didn't appear to be harmed."

Snape gestured at her torn up arms. "You call this unharmed? Of course you would, after all it was you who used her as a shield in the shrieking shack and then left her to face a werewolf on her own."

Sirius stepped into the bathroom. "How dare you insinuate that I don't care for my daughter?"

"How dare you even call her your daughter when you act nothing like her father?"

Sirius took a step back as if physically hit by a blow, but his gaze hardened. "What would you know about being a father when all you've ever known is being a Death Eater?"

"More than you would considering all time you've spent in Azkaban."

"Again, flinging words of Azkaban to toy with me over the fact you got my daughter for it, taking your revenge with her as your pawn to get at me for things done years ago. When all she ever is is in danger when she's with you because you're a Death Eater, even if Dumbledore says you're only a spy," Sirius spat angrily.

"It's because of your bloodline she's in the most danger. She's Death Royalty due to your blood and marked for it, it's what will have the Dark Lord wanting her and will make her sought after if word reaches him. It's your fault she's in any danger," Snape countered.

Sirius smirked. "It would be just like you to turn her in to him. So who is she really in danger with, Snivelus?"

Snape took a step forward and Ebony tensed from where she sat. She had given up watching them after they did the "how dare you" part of the argument and she had felt each and every blow listening to them argue who she was in the most danger with.

"Excuse me, gentlemen?" Lupin stepped into the room, right between them casually, as if nothing had happened. Both men stopped mid step. "I believe you are both needed in the dining room, Alastor has word from Dumbledore and he's getting ready to speak from the fire pit as we stand here, but he's waiting on the two of you for certain reason."

Sirius nodded his head but stopped to glare at Snape once more and Ebony had a feeling this would go on later as it always did. Snape turned back to Ebony, the ice in his eyes slowly melting away. "I should heal those for you."

"It's all right," Ebony said with a wave of her hand and a smile. "I'm sure I can do a healing charm and take care of these."

Snape paused for a moment, unsure.

"Go on, Dad," she said and the word dad seemed to relieve him as if this would have changed her mind but it didn't really differ from every other time they argued this summer. She actually looked forward to going back to work, at least there the two of them couldn't clash and she wasn't a part of their game.

"Very well, but no more expeditions for the night," he disappeared from the bathroom with those words and Ebony let out the breath she'd been holding during the fight.

Lupin set down the set of clothes he had gotten from her room and sat down on the floor across from her. "How are you feeling?"

"Besides from my arms being a bit sore and Sirius and Snape going at it every possible chance they can, I'm great. I think this was one of my favorite fights," she said sarcastically.

Lupin smiled and scoffed a little. "You take it pretty well…most would break under all that you've been through."

"There's no time for that and besides, have you seen my bloodline, not a lot of breakers on either side…and you know Snape, breaking is not something we do."

"Touché," Lupin nodded. "I just wonder how it makes you feel."

"I hate it, it exhausts me," she said flat out. With anyone else she would have said she was fine, that nothing was wrong, but with her Uncle, her godfather, she felt she could tell him everything she felt and he would truly understand her. "I wish that they could get along and let the past rest but I know they can't, that they won't. And I'll always be a pawn. Sirius will always see it as I was stolen from him and that I'm part of a game and Severus will always see it as Sirius will take me away and torment him in a way that's not so off from in the past…they can never just share me and understand that both of them do actually love me…you heard them I'm sure."

He nodded slowly. "I did…and you're correct. They'll never see eye to eye…but all that matters is that you know they both love you. You know it…you feel it…that's all that really matters. They may look at each other with hate but when they look at you its love…they share you in common."

"And neither of them likes to share," she snorted.

Lupin laughed. "That is very true," he sat up on his knees and took a look at her arms. "Let's get these cleared up shall we, shouldn't be too much," Lupin took out his wand and waved it over her arms with a spell. The cuts sewed back together into full skin and the bruises faded away, looking as if nothing had ever happened.

"There we go," he stood back up. "You're all set. I suggest you shower. I brought clothes from your room. When you're done meet us in the dining room. I'll save you a seat."

She nodded and spoke up before he left. "Uncle Remus?"

"Yes, my dear?" he turned around, one hand on the door knob, ready to close it for her.

"Thank you." It was two simple words but held enough that each knew what she meant, and why she felt the need to say it.

He smiled warmly. "It's what I'm supposed to do as your Uncle and Godfather. Save you from your parents and spoil you."

"I'd give you a hug but," she gestured at her clothes. "You saw what it did to Chelly."

"She's still grumbling about it," he told her. "Save it for another time then."

He shut the door behind him leaving her to shower. With a sigh she removed her ring and Slytherin pendant and started the water, hoping to not only to relieve herself of the mud and dirt but of all the spiteful words her dads had said.

RESCUING HARRY

"Ow!" Chelly whispered in the dark. "Tonks, that's my foot!"

"Oh, sorry," Tonks whispered back after having stepped on Chelly.

"Will you two shut it. Don't want to wake the entire house," Alastor hissed in the dark. "Is it this door, Chelly?"

She looked around the much taller and bigger man. "Yeah, second door on the right. That's Harry's."

"I got it," Tonks took out her wand and was already unlocking the door.

"Lumos," Chelly whispered and her wand lit up so she could get a better look at the door. It was her first mission in the Order, having finished all her training over the last grueling two months to the point she was ready to smack Mad Eye if he woke her up before six am ever again. The kind of training he put her through she'd have rather spent the time scrubbing the Great Hall floor with her toothbrush. It would have caused her less aches and pain in the end.

The door burst open. "Amazing, these Muggles," Tonks said.

"Tonks, for God's sake," Mad Eye shook his head as they stepped in Chelly between Mad Eye and Tonks.

"Professor Moody," Harry lowered his wand from where he stood. "Chelly…what are you doing here?"

"We were in the neighborhood, thought we'd come by for tea and cookies," Chelly teased. Mad Eye hit her upside the head earning him a slinted glare from her.

"Rescuing you of course," Mad Eye said. "Now get your things and let's be gone."

Chelly helped Harry pack his stuff into the suitcase before waving her wand over it, apparating it back to Grimmauld Place. She tried to avoid Harry's eye contact, knowing he'd have something to say or questions to ask. But even without looking into his eyes he had questions. "How've you been?"

"Good, busy summer," she said giving him the short version of the truth.

"Haven't seen you in a couple weeks, did you get to see Oliver?"

"Yeah, saw him a week ago when he got back from vacation with his family. He's good, he'll be back at Hogwart's this year."

"What have you been doing this summer?" he asked.

She shrugged as she apparated Hedwig's cage. "Same old same old…kind of."

"Have you seen Ebony?"

"Uh huh."

"How is she? Where is she?"

"You'll see her soon enough," she motioned him out the door. "Now let's go."

Harry followed the other five wizards outside talking to Moody as they went. "Where are we going? The letter says I've been expelled from Hogwart's."

"Oh, not yet you haven't."

"The letter said-."

Kingsley interrupted him as they stood on the sidewalk. "Dumbledore has persuaded the minister to suspended your expulsion depending on a formal hearing."

"Hearing?" Harry repeated confused.

"Uh huh," Kingsley said as he stared at the skies.

"Don't worry, Harry, we'll explain everything when we get back to head quarters," Tonks reassured him.

"Shhh," Mad Eye hushed her. "Not here Nymphadora."

The girl swung her head to him, giving him an angry glare as her hair turned a deep red. "Don't call me Nymphadora."

Chelly chuckled. "Okay…Nymphy."

Tonks turned her glare to her and they would have started bickering but Mad Eye tapped his staff on the ground and the brooms they had hidden came straight to them. Chelly caught hers, thankful it didn't smack her in the face as it had the first couple of times she tried it.

"Stay in formation everyone," Mad Eye said. "Don't break ranks if one of us is killed."

"That's real reassuring," Chelly snorted and winked over at Harry. A moment later they had taken off flying through the skies over the city before landing in a park and heading out the iron gate on the side to stand on a sidewalk outside a large apartment building. Mad Eye stood by the light post and tapped his staff again. Harry watched in amazement as the building shook and expanded sideways, creating a whole other doorway but leaving the people inside clueless that their building had shifted with earthquake like force. He stared at Chelly and she smiled with a shrug as they went inside. Alastor all but shoved Harry aside as he headed for the door at the end of the hall. Tonks gave him a wink and Chelly sighed patting his shoulder.

Harry looked past them all and saw Ebony sitting between Lupin and Sirius, Snape standing not too far behind her. Sirius, he was right there sitting with his daughter as everyone in the room sat arguing over something that he was sure he heard his name in. Ebony glanced up to see what caught Sirius's attention and saw Harry. She gave him a small smile before Mrs. Weasley busied herself out the door and shut it, shutting Harry out.

Ebony let out a sigh as Chelly sat down across from her, in a new clean outfit. Chelly stuck her tongue out at her but gave her a smile nonetheless.

"We have to act now," Sirius said again. "Before he finds it."

"And start an all out war?" Arthur argued.

"It's only a matter of time before Voldermort finds out about the prophecy, before he finds a way to get his hands on it," Sirius said.

"No one in the ministry even begins to believe that Voldermort is back," Chelly said. "You hear what they're all saying. That Dumbledore is crazy and Harry with him."

"And you believe that as well, Chelly?" Sirius asked, blue eyes turning to ice on her.

Chelly shook her head, but didn't lose the look he gave her and had been over the last few months. She still hadn't forgiven him for using Ebony as a shield and it was getting harder to think of forgiving him when he turned around everything she said. "No, I don't. I'm just saying that starting a war right now when the only allies we have are in this room is a bad idea. And I'd appreciate it if you'd stop giving me that look every five minutes or I'll smack it out of you…unless you want to hide behind Ebony."

Chelly saw Snape smirk from where he stood behind Ebony and Sirius glared harder but kept his tongue silent. "Fighting this fight is the only reasonable idea I can see."

"And keeping Harry in the dark over the prophecy and everything else is a good idea?" Chelly added on.

"Why are you in the Order again?" Sirius asked her.

"Because Dumbledore recruited me. If you have a problem take it up with him, furball."

"We can't let Harry know," Lupin said, again stepping in to stop these two from fighting as well. "It's too dangerous and he has enough on his mind as it is."

Ebony shook her head. "You're asking me to continue lying to him like I've had to all summer."

"In a matter of speaking yes," Mrs. Weasley said.

"It's easy for you to do then, because I'm having a problem with it."

"He's just a boy. Let him have a normal life like everyone else."

"He'll never have a normal life like everyone else," she all but yelled. "Harry will never be normal, and keeping him in the dark about this is more dangerous than telling him the truth. Believe me, I would know. I keep enough secrets from him without this added on to it."

"It's Dumbledore's orders," Alastor said.

Ebony felt the air run out of her as she sank back in her chair. Dumbledore's orders. Again that seemed to be the underlying cause to everything she had to keep quiet about and it wasn't getting any easier to do. Not saying anything about Dark Royalty was one thing. Not many in this room knew about it except for those related to her in some way. She rubbed at her wrist where the mark was hidden beneath her watch and a concealing charm. She could still feel it there, not as active as it usually was but still there in her blood and magic. She felt Snape's hand on her shoulder, barely a touch but he must have seen her rub at her wrist.

"If anyone has a right to know its Harry. If it wasn't for him we wouldn't even know Voldermort has returned. He's not a little boy, Molly," Sirius said

"He's not an adult either. He's not James," Mrs. Weasley scoffed.

"He's not your son," Sirius argued.

"He's as good as one of mine," Mrs. Weasley said sternly. "Who else has he got?"

"I've been watching out for him, so he has me," Ebony spoke out.

"That includes me," Chelly seconded.

"And he's got me," Sirius added.

"How touching, Black, perhaps Potter will grow up to be a felon just like his godfather," Snape sneered.

"You stay out of this, Snevelus," Sirius hissed at him. "I don't care what Dumbledore says about it, I know better."

"Of course you do, that's why you were in Azkaban all these years."

"I agree with Sirius," Ebony spoke up before another argument could begin. "Harry's not a little boy anymore and as I said being left in the dark on something as important as this is not a wise decision. It causes more harm than good in the end."

"I refuse to let any of you include him in this," Molly said.

"Chelly, have you seen anything regarding this?" Alastor asked her.

Chelly shook her head. "No, I didn't get anything when I touched Harry and I haven't seen anything at all as to that." She had come to find out another surprise as well over the summer of her Auror training. She had a special ability that had been hidden even to her but brought more out and focused with help. She had the gift of foresight. She could see things that were going to happen before they did. She'd always thought she was daydreaming before, never really paying much attention to knowing the outcome of certain Quidditch games or knowing certain answers on test, though she felt jipped by not being able to see any answers or helping hints in potions. But it was why she had placed such high bets on the last game of Quidditch with Snape and Oliver, she knew she'd win. Even her dreams were foresight as she found she didn't dream like everyone else did. Her dreams were her own Pensive. She could see things that had already happened as if they were happening again as she usually did with her trip to Disney World or she'd sometimes see things yet to come. But she hadn't seen anything with Harry earlier. The visions came on their own.

"See no harm in telling him," Sirius said.

"Chelly, dear, did you see anything about the Dementor's attacking Harry?" Molly asked.

She shook her head. "Umm…no…I didn't."

"Then how can we know that telling Harry will have no harming effect?" Molly questioned. "She can't see everything."

"It's his prophecy, it's his right to know why Voldermort will be after him," Lupin agreed with Sirius.

"No," Molly said sternly. "It is Dumbledore's orders that Harry not know and we will abide by what he says and that's final."

It was quiet in the room for all of five seconds before everyone started talking at once. Chelly shook her head. "Can we get to more important matters here!" she said and to her surprise most of the wizards in the room quieted down. "When is dinner cause I'm starving?"

Ebony snickered. "You're thinking about food."

"You're bloody right I am. What about me and my needs? I haven't eaten all day? Is dinner almost done?" she batted her eyes at Molly innocently which seemed to melt the anger out of the older woman.

"Yes, dear it nearly is done since this meeting is over for now," she said and stood up from her seat, busying herself in the kitchen.

Chelly and Ebony stood as well, having had enough of the argument to last them a life time. Sirius stood hearing Molly speak to Harry and wanting to see him, she let him go first before she saw him, after all Harry saw her more often than his own godfather.

"Are you coming home or are you staying here?" Snape asked her. She turned around to see him and decided it was best to ignore the tone in his voice when he asked the question.

"I think I'm going to stay here one more night. I have some things I need to get done before I head back to Hogwarts," she told him.

She saw the flash in his eyes that she didn't understand but it was gone as quickly as it had come. "Very well…I understand." He Apparated before she could say anything else and was left only to shake her head, Chelly patting her on the shoulder.

Ebony walked out of the cramped dining room into the narrow hallway, about to head up to their rooms to wash up. "Can I speak to the two of you for a moment?" they both turned halfway up the staircase to see Harry staring up at them.

"Sure, Harry," Ebony nodded and descended the stairs.

They walked with him into the den where he shut the double doors. Ebony hadn't been in this room in years, nothing had changed about it since the last time she was in it except now there weren't four wizards discussing her fate and what should be done with her while she sat in the couch. Harry spun around the second the doors were shut.

"Why didn't either of you tell me?" he asked.

"Tell you what?" Chelly blinked in confusion.

"About the Order? About any of this?"

"It didn't seem important," Ebony answered.

"Didn't seem important?" Harry repeated. "How could this not be important?"

"Look, we couldn't tell you exactly what was going on without worrying you any further," Chelly put in. "Didn't think it would do you any good."

"You both wrote to me over the summer, both of you saw me and never said a word about this. That you were any part of this, Auror's and the Order of the Phoenix…never anything."

"How could we, Harry?" Chelly asked. "It's not exactly something you say in a conversation. Gee, how's your summer? Mine's pretty good I'm in the Order of the Phoenix and an Auror now which is a life and death job, other than that I'm great?"

"Does Oliver even know about any of this?" he asked Chelly irately. "Are you lying to him too? Keeping all this from him about what you're doing with your summer?"

Chelly let out a humorless laugh her anger getting the best of her. "Oh, I know you're not fighting with me before I've had anything to eat because I get crankier when I haven't eaten and you really don't want to screw with me when I'm cranky so back off."

"How do you go about this without telling him or anyone?" he asked.

"We couldn't tell you, Harry," Ebony shook her head.

"You don't tell anyone anything apparently. I've found out more about you by accident then from your own mouth. Does George know any of this or is he just barely finding out that Sirius Black is your father and not Snape?"

"They are both my family," she said.

"No, Sirius is your father. That's why you're here because of Sirius."

"I'm here because of you," she set him straight causing Harry to step back. "That's why Chelly and I are here. For you. It's why we're part of the Order and Auror's, so we can protect you."

"I can protect myself," he said.

"I know you can," Ebony agreed. "And it's unfair to not tell you anything. It really is. I hate leaving you in the dark because I feel you're safer in the light of it. But…Dumbledore didn't want us to tell you…so we saw you over the summer…even when you couldn't see us we were watching your house, watching where you went just to make sure Voldermort wouldn't try anything."

"The Patronus…the dolphin," Harry remembered. "You were there, Ebony."

She nodded. "I was, but please don't go voicing that around the Ministry. No one can know I'm in the Order, least not there."

"Understandable."

"Then you understand why we couldn't tell you anything?" she asked.

He shrugged. "Dumbledore's orders."

"Just know we got your back, Harry," Chelly said, a lot calmer than she had been a couple minutes ago.

"I know, I'm sorry for yelling."

"Understandable," Ebony grinned and slung her arm around his shoulders. "You know, you're a lot taller than I remember."

"Maybe you're just shrinking," he teased. They heard a rumbling noise and looked over at Chelly.

She grinned sheepishly. "I told you I was hungry."

Harry put his other arm around her shoulders, dragging her closer. "Apparently your appetite never shrinks."

"Cold day in hell when that happens, now can we go to the kitchen before Ron takes the last helping of chicken. I'll beat him over the head if he gets the last drumstick."

The three laughed as they headed back out the doors and towards the kitchen to have dinner where Ebony felt there would be another argument awaiting them.

CH2 Coming soon R&R in the meantime