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When they arrived at Wesley's house everyone settled in the parlor. Remus, Sirius, and Ethan spent a few minutes telling Xander, Willow, and Faith about Dementors. After that Harry, Buffy, and Cedric told the adults about what happened out on patrol and how they were able to drive the Dementors off. They had just finished telling their story when there was a tap on the window. Everyone looked up to see a brown owl. Sirius being the closet one to the window opened it and owl came in and flew toward Harry and Buffy. A feeling of dread came over the twins as they recognized what looked like an official Ministry letters. Harry and Buffy both received a letter and they opened it tentatively. Both Harry and Buffy read their letter the color draining from their faces the more they read.

"What does it say?" Sirius asked. Buffy then proceeded to read her letter out loud.

Dear Miss Potter

We have received intelligence that you performed the Patronus Charm at twenty-three minutes past ten California time in a Muggle inhabited area and in the presence of two muggles. The severity of this breach of the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery has resulted in your expulsion from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Ministry representatives will be calling at your place of residence shortly to destroy your wand. As you have already received an official warning for a previous offense under section 13 of International Confederation of Wizard's Stature of Secrecy we regret to inform you that your presence is required at a disciplinary hearing at the Ministry of Magic at 9 A.M. England time on August 12th.

Hoping you are well,

Yours sincerely,

Mafalda Hopkirk

"That's bullshit!" Faith exclaimed. "What were you suppose to do let those things kill all of you! We should go there and kick those stuffy wizards asses."

"Faith! Please calm down." Wesley said placing a hand on his slayer's shoulder. "Let's not rush into things and we'll help if we can. Is there a way that you can fight this?"

"I need to get a hold of Dumbledore and let him know what really happened. If anyone can get them to change their minds or at least let the twins tell their side it's him. I'll try and see if I can reach him in his office. Willow, Xander, you two should get home before your parents get worried."

"But what if those things come back? Vampires are one thing but we wouldn't stand a chance against something we can't see." Xander asked.

"Why don't Wesley, Faith and I take Willow and Xander home and then we finish Buffy's patrol." Ethan suggested.

"Sounds like a plan. I hope we run into a few vampires I need to vent a bit, or I might want to go and kick wizard butt."

Ethan, Wesley, and Faith got prepared and soon left escorting Willow and Xander home.


Buffy was sitting on the couch with Cedric. Buffy still hadn't gotten over her shock of being expelled from school. She looked over at Harry to see that he was just as shocked as she was.

"Wow! We've been expelled." Buffy said through her link with Harry.

"I know. I can't believe after everything we've done the past four years we get expelled for using magic to save our friends and ourselves."

"Do you really think they're going to take our wands? I don't want to give up my wand. It's not fair." Buffy thought with a pouty tone.

"I hope not. I don't want to give my wand up either. Hopefully Dumbledore can get this straighten out."

"I hope so."

"Me too."

The twins ended their conversation when another owl came flying in dropping the letter to Harry before flying out. This letter had the Hogwarts seal on it and Harry knew that it was from Dumbledore. Harry opened it and began to read it out loud.

Dear Harry and Buffy,

By the time you receive my letter I will already be at the Ministry. As you have probably already figured out I am aware of the situation you are in. Should the Ministry come do not give up your wands. Keep them but do not do any more magic. I will be in touch soon.

Albus Dumbledore

"That's good that Albus is already on the job. That man never ceases to amaze me." Remus said from the fire place where he had been trying to contact Dumbledore.

"I guess we wait." Sirius told them.

Everyone sat in quiet not really knowing what to say. No one really felt like talking and there really wasn't much to say. The silence was soon broken as a third owl came flying through the window. It dropped two letters one to Buffy and one to Harry. The twins looked at the letters to see that they looked similar to the ones they had received less than half an hour ago. They both opened their letters, but it was Buffy who read hers out loud.

"Dear Miss Potter,

Further to our letter of approximately twenty-two minutes ago, the Ministry of Magic revised its decision to destroy your wand forthwith. You may retain your wand until your disciplinary hearing on the 12th of August, at which time an official decision will be taken. Following discussions with the Headmaster ofHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Ministry has agreed that the question of your expulsion will also be decided at that time. You should therefore consider yourself suspended from school pending further inquires.

With best wishes,

Mafalda Hopkirk"

"Suspended not so bad at least this means we have a chance to be able to go back to school." Harry said when Buffy had finished reading the letter.

"Remus, are we going to be staying on the Hellmouth now that Faith is back?" Buffy asked.

"I don't know. It's not really safe for either of you here. Until the trial neither of you should do any wand magic which will put you at risk if the Dementors return. I'm sure Dumbledore will be here soon and we will decide what we will do then." Everyone nodded at that.

"I've got one more question."

"Go on." Remus encouraged her.

"How is it the owls are delivering the mail to us so fast when it usually takes Cinnamon several days?"

"I was wondering that myself." Harry spoke up.

"Easy enough to answer. The owls have been enchanted to fly faster than your normal owls. They are only used for really long journeys such as this one." Sirius explained to them.

Both twins nodded. Everyone settled down to wait for the return of Ethan, Wesley, and Faith, or wait for Dumbledore to arrive whichever came first. Buffy looked up at Cedric as a thought came to her.

"I wonder why you didn't get a letter from the Ministry."

"I don't know. The age restriction doesn't apply since I'm of age, but I don't know why I didn't get one for breaking the International Confederation of Wizard's Stature of Secrecy. Maybe I slipped under their radar since you and Harry have such powerful Patronuses."

"Whatever the reason I'm glad you're not in trouble with us."

Cedric nodded and hugged Buffy tightly hoping that she felt comforted by it.


Ethan, Wesley, and Faith had returned to the house and it wasn't long after that Dumbledore arrived. It was decided that Harry and Buffy would leave the Hellmouth and would stay in a secret location until school starts should they be allowed to return. They spent the next morning packing and spending the rest of the time with Willow and Xander. At two that afternoon the wizards said their goodbyes to Wesley, Faith, Willow, and Xander. Buffy also said goodbye to Cedric who was not allowed to accompany them to where ever they were going. Remus, Sirius, and Dumbledore assured the two teens that should for some reason Harry and Buffy were not allowed to return to school then they would bring Cedric to see Buffy. Cedric took Buffy in his arms and whispered in her ear.

"It will only be three weeks. I know I'll see you on the train and I'm counting down the days. I love you."

"I love you too."

Cedric and Buffy leaned in and kissed. The kiss was passionate as they knew it would be their last kiss for three weeks. When they broke the kiss they held each other for another minute memorizing the other's scent. They finally let go of each other and they walked into the living room where everyone was waiting. Buffy went and stood by Remus. She took hold of his hand and they soon apparated. In Sunnydale it had been day, but now standing on a city street in London it was dark.

"Buffy, Harry, I want you to read this and you can't tell anyone about this." Sirius told them hand them a slip of paper.

Harry and Buffy both read the address that was on the paper and then looked up at Sirius curiously. They then noticed that Remus and Ethan had both taken out objects and soon all the street lights had gone dark.

"Now think about what you just saw and watch." Sirius told them.

As soon as they thought about the address a house began to appear. Harry and Buffy watched the other houses seemed be moving to make room for number 12. Buffy looked into one of the windows to see the people inside were completely oblivious to what was happening. It wasn't long before there was a very rundown looking house sitting among the kept up houses.

"What is this place?" Harry asked.

"This is my old family home." Sirius told him. "It's also the headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix."

"The what?" Buffy asked.

"We'll tell you once we're inside. The others are waiting for us." Remus said as he began to lead Buffy inside.

The inside of the house looked slightly better than the outside. The house had cobwebs, dust, and the air smelled old. Buffy looked back at Harry who just shrugged. They were led down a hallway and both Harry and Buffy were taking in as much as they could.

"Why are we here? Why couldn't we just go home?" Harry asked.

"And what is the Order of the Phoenix?" Buffy asked.

Before Sirius, Remus, or Ethan, could answer Mrs. Weasley was waiting in the parlor. She immediately hugged them both.

"Harry, Buffy, it's lovely to see you both. You two look absolutely peaky. They haven't been making sure you're eating properly have they?"

Molly Weasley sent a glare at the three men. All three shirked back knowing not to try and defend themselves right now. Harry and Buffy held back smirks. There was no way they could be looking peaky since Buffy had cooked most of the meals. Harry and Buffy both knew it was the mother in her coming out.

"You two head on up the stairs. The other children are in one of the bedrooms and have been eagerly anticipating your arrival."

Harry and Buffy both nodded and started to go up the stairs when the door to the room opened and they could see Rupert and Joyce, along with McGonagall, Hagrid, Snape, and several other wizards that Harry and Buffy hadn't met. Buffy and Harry turned to go greet Rupert and Joyce but were cut off by Mrs. Weasley.

"You can see them once the Order has concluded its meeting. Now upstairs with the both of you. Go on and keep your voice down in the hall."

"Why?" Buffy asked.

"We don't want you to wake the old hag up." Sirius told them and received strange looks from them. "I'll explain it to you both later. I'll show you to your rooms and then I have to get to the meeting."


Sirius led Harry and Buffy down another hall where they had to sneak by some tattered looking curtains to get to the stairs. Sirius then led them upstairs showing them where they would be sleeping. When he opened the door the twins were able to see Ginny, Fred, George, Ron, and Hermione were all in the room. They all looked up to see who was entering. Buffy and Harry stepped into the room and were nearly bowled over as the other greeted them. Hermione, Ginny and Ron had greeted Harry first while Fred and George greeted Buffy.

"Are you two all right? We heard about the Dementors." Hermione said hugging Harry.

"You've made us proud Fair Maiden." Fred started.

"Very proud. Who would have thought you and Harry had it in you? Being expelled before school even starts." George finished his arm around Buffy's shoulder.

"We're fine. Buffy, Cedric, and I were able to drive them off." Harry told them.

"And we're suspended from school until our hearing. Professor Dumbledore was able to talk them out of the expulsion until the trial. How long have you guys known about this and the Order?" Buffy asked them.

"Since three weeks after term ended." Hermione admitted. "We've been working on getting the place cleaned up."

"Why didn't you tell us about any of this in your letters or when you saw us?" Harry asked.

"We wanted to mate, but Dumbledore swore us all to secrecy. I guess he thought you and Buffy had enough to worry about with Faith being gone and Buffy being the only slayer on the Hellmouth." Ron told them.

Neither Harry nor Buffy could argue with that. Even though things had been mostly quiet on the Hellmouth there had a few demons that had caused them trouble. Everyone soon moved to sit on one of the two beds in the room.

"So what exactly is the Order of the Phoenix and do you have any ideas on what's been going on in these meetings. I assume the meetings are about Voldemort's return?" Buffy asked.

"The Order of the Phoenix is a secret society founded by Dumbledore who is also in charge of it." Hermione told them. "It's made up of people who fought You-Know-Who last time he was in power."

"Who's in it?" Harry asked.

"Well we know our parents, Sirius, Remus, Mr. Rayne, Hagrid, McGonagall, Snape, and Dumbledore of course. We know there more but those are the ones we know." Ron told them.

"We've never been allowed to any of the meetings" Ginny told them. "Mom always sends us up here, but we were listening in on some of the meetings with Fred and George's Extendable Ears."

"Extendable Ears?" Harry asked.

"It's one of our greatest inventions. It lets you here a far away conversation as if you were in the same room." George told them.

"We had to stop using them after mum caught us listening in. We had to hide them to keep her from finding them." Fred finished.

"So, what did you hear before you got caught?" Buffy asked.

"We know that some of the Order members are going after known Deatheaters and others are trying to recruit new members." Hermione informed them.

"Anything else like where Voldemort might be?" Buffy wondered.

"No once we got caught mum went about making us clean the place up to keep us busy." Ginny told them.

"Fred. George, think you can get us a pair of your Extendable Ears. I would love to hear what is going on in that meeting."

"Fair Maiden, I believe we can accommodate you." Fred said pulling an Extendable Ear out of his pocket.

"Fred and I wanted to listen when we saw how many members were arriving. C'mon."

Everyone got up and quietly made their way to the stairs. Fred let the one end hang down over the banister and told it go. The Extendable Ear went down and headed for the kitchen door. They all listened hoping to hear something. After two minutes of silence Fred retracted the ear.

"Why didn't it work? Are they broken?" Harry asked.

"There must be an Imperturbable Charm on the door. It keeps the ears from hearing anything." George told them.

"Damn that explains why I can't hear anything with my slayer hearing." Buffy said with a pout.

"I guess we should go back to the room. The meeting will probably be over with soon." Hermione suggested and everyone followed.


Thirty minutes later it was Mrs. Weasley who came to retrieve them to tell them that the meeting was over. They were all walking toward the kitchen when there was a crash. A sheepish looking Tonks, who had been helping to magically lock the front door with Molly and Remus, had tripped over the umbrella stand and was lying on the ground. Buffy and Harry had jumped when the raggedy old curtains opened and a voice began screaming and screeching as loudly as possible.

"Is that a window? And is that old lay yelling at us?" Buffy asked through their link.

"No I think it's a picture. I wonder who it is."

"One of Sirius' relatives?"

"Probably."

Sirius had come running out of the kitchen upon hearing the screeching portrait. He and Remus immediately began trying to close the curtain.

"Shut up you old hag!" After a few minutes Remus and Sirius had gotten the curtain close.

Sirius and Remus moved away quietly motioning for the others to follow quietly. When they were away and in the kitchen it was Harry who spoke first.

"Who or what was that?"

"That was my mother or her picture anyway since I'm the only surviving Black from this house. We've been trying for a month to get the old hag down but we think there's a permanent stick charm on it."

"Do you care if the wall behind the picture is damage?" Buffy asked.

"Not if it meant getting rid of the annoying hag. Why?" Sirius asked and the others in the kitchen also looked at her curiously.

"I'd like to have a go at it sometime before we leave."

"But magic won't work on it dear." Molly told her.

"Oh, I don't plan on using any magic just good old fashion slayer strength. I think with a little help from Harry we can remove her." Buffy said with a grin and Harry nodded in agreement.

"Couldn't hurt. With hers and Harry's strength combined it might be possible." Ethan said as he thought about the power they share.

"They'll be no trying to remove any picture until after dinner." Joyce said as she and Rupert came up to give Harry and Buffy a hug. "You look even thinner than the last time we saw you. They didn't make sure you ate properly did they?"

Joyce sent a glare toward Sirius, Remus, and Ethan. Both Harry and Buffy let out the laugh that they no longer could contain.

"Yes they made sure we ate at least three square meals a day and sometimes I ate more than that."

"And what about you Harry?"

"Me too though I don't think I ate as much as Buffy."

"I don't think even Ron could eat as Buffy has been lately." Remus teased.

"I can't help it. I'm a growing slayer." Buffy said with a pout causing the others to laugh.

"Everyone come and sit and we'll get dinner on the table." Molly called to everyone.

Rupert had his arm around Buffy in an affectionate hug as they walked toward the table. They all took their seats and it wasn't long before they all were laughing, talking, and enjoying dinner. The events of the past day and the threat of Voldemort were temporarily forgotten.


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