The Order of the Marauders
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Harry Potter universe. All I own is what comes from my little mind. Thank you JK Rowling for let me play with your characters for a little while.
A.N: I just wanted to say thanks for tuning into my first official story. I know where this is going and it's going to be a fun ride so come along and join the fantasy train to Hogwarts!
**Chapter Two: House of a Thousand Dreams**
Harry's broom wasn't really fit for two riders so the first place they went was to retrieve Buckbeak. After Sirius was comfortable on Buckbeak, the duo took off with Harry in the lead. Not really sure where they were going, just knowing they couldn't go back to Hogwarts.
A couple of hours into their journey they both agreed that they needed to rest. Sirius dipped below the clouds to scout out a place to land. He came back with a wide grin on his face.
"Harry, I think I found more than a place to rest. I believe I have found a hideout for us."
"Really? Let's go take a look and see what it's all about," said Harry having Sirius take the lead down.
They landed in front of a modest two story house that was well run down. From the looks of it, it looked to be a muggle house. It sat o 10 acres of land that was all surrounded by trees. It would have made a beautiful home, if it were kept up.
Harry walked to the front door and tried the knob and the door opened with an eerie creak. He turned around and looked at Sirius, who gave him a nod, and followed him into the house.
There wasn't anything out of the ordinary in the house. There was a large kitchen, bathroom, parlor, and dining room downstairs. Upstairs there was another bathroom and five bedrooms, the master bedroom also had a master bathroom. To the two wizards it looked like a large family home that had been abandoned.
"I say we make this a home until we come up with a plan and figure out what we are going to do." Sirius mentioned to Harry as he laid a hand on his shoulder.
"I agree and no one would think to look for us here. While we think about what to do we can keep busy by fixing this place up. Oh and I also thought that it would be best if we don't use magic."
"Excellent idea on fixing this place up Harry, we could really make it look splendid. About the magic I don't think that will be a problem for me. Seems to me, I may have been brought back a squib. I feel my magic there, I just can't tap in to use it."
"That doesn't sound like a squib Sirius, that sounds like a lock on your magic. We can't really worry about that because they will find me if I use my magic. We can do research on it, but I'm afraid we can't fix it until I feel it's safe for me use magic. You know it's interesting that I thought I was battling evil, but as it turns out I am caught in the middle of a battle between good and evil and I just realized I don't want either side to win. At least not with their current leaders."
"Harry, Dumbledore is becoming old and senile. He's a bit crazy and I don't think we will have too many problems getting people against him. Why don't we just find a room with a decent bed and sleep for the night, something tells me we will come up with a plan and figure this out later."
In the days that followed the two wizards came to some realizations. The first one was that Harry was kind of a handyman, the second was that Sirius was not. After Sirius' 24th time hammer blow to his thumb Harry decided to take away said hammer and have Sirius hold the items he needed. In return Sirius did the housework. Ho cooked all their meals and cleaned up all the rooms of cobwebs and dust-bunnies.
For the next few weeks following their grand escape the two had gotten to know their surroundings quite well. They came to know that the house was situated very near a village, and the village happened to be a wizarding community. They disguised themselves, for Harry was well known, as father and son and discreetly asked about the house. They found out that it actually was inhabited previously by muggles and they abandoned it saying it was haunted. Harry and Sirius chuckled at this for they had met the ghost and found her to be quite amusing. With the information they gathered they spent much of their money in the village buying tools and food and really anything they needed for the house.
As June turned into July the house was beginning to look like a new house altogether. Having been kept so busy they hadn't had time to talk about the beginning of the summer. Even though they hadn't had time for themselves, the house surely benefitted from it. Harry had magically transformed the house without using any magic at all. It looked newer, brighter and liveable. Sirius had taken over the grounds of the house and it looked beautiful. Harry's favorite place outside was a gazebo that sat next to a whistling brook with a bridge expanding over it. He felt the noises and lull of the brook to be a relaxing and comforting all at once. It was at the gazebo that Sirius found Harry deep in thought.
"Harry I think we need to talk about what we have both been thinking about."
"I agree Sirius, I just am unsure of where to start. I have so much anguish at a person I thought I could trust."
"As do I Harry, that man back there is not the same man I grew up knowing, somehow his ideas have been twisted and are no longer of the straight and narrow."
"So what do we do now? I feel so helpless right now. I'm also fearing for my friends, not knowing whether they are safe."
"I have an idea that I think will work but we will need more people."
"What's your idea?"
"I say we start our own order. You can be the leader and this way we know it's not corrupted. I fear the Order of the Phoenix is beyond corrupted and we need to recruit people we trust to our cause."
"I think that could work. I'll need all the help I can get if I am to fight two great wizards."
"We'll take it as it comes. We will be organized and only wizards whom both of us trust completely will be allowed to join our ranks. "
The two wizards continued to form a plan well into the twilight. Eventually they made their way inside, continuing their talk over dinner. They had come up with a plan and their first order of business was getting people on their side. They comprised a list of their top trusted friends, the ones they would talk to first. Their ultimate goal was to convert the whole Order of the Phoenix to Harry's cause, instead of Dumbledore's. Well after dark Sirius suggested they give it a rest and work more on the house the following weeks and come back to The Plan after they both had time to think more about strategies and ideas. Not long after the tired wizards made their way to bed.
A.N: I know this was kind of a filler short chapter but the next chapter is surely going to be an entertaining one when someone decides to drop by the house unaware of anything that's going on. It will be fun! Till next time.
