Cassie got up the next day to find Janey's bed empty, and all her belongings gone. She'd actually done it. That was another person Cassie felt as if she'd lost. She wanted to tell herself otherwise, but Janey had no chance.

The school was quiet as Cassie walked the corridors alone. Quidditch was off, the whole sports calendar at school had been cancelled. There just wasn't enough interest to make it possible. Her bag hit her leg with every step, but she didn't care. Even the pain made her feel better, less alone. She heard footsteps in the corridor, and saw a familiar face, but not in a good way.

'Cassie?' The voice called. Ginny Weasley?

'Yeah?' Cassie replied, as they met in the corridor.

'I… I wanted to talk to you,' Ginny told her. 'You… my brother wants you to do something.'

The more Ginny explained, the more interested Cassie became. It turned out that Ginny was doing a job for the Order of the Phoenix. She was taking people from the school, and sending them to the Order to help out. That's how Janey had gotten out so easily, McGonagall was letting her use the Floo network in her office. Ron had recommended that Cassie came forward, and sent Ginny to go and locate her.

'So…' Ginny concluded. 'You game?'

Cassie thought about it. But not for long, her heart took over. 'I'm game.'

The Order of the Phoenix headquarters was the oddest place to be. As Cassie stepped out of the fireplace after Ginny, it looked as if she'd walked into just another house. She expected it to be grand and with old, antique weapons lining the walls. It wasn't like that at all. As Ginny led her through, she recognised a few familiar faces. Professor Lupin was one, he used to be a teacher at Hogwarts in Cassie's third year. He nodded at her, a smile on his face.

'Cassie, I believe,' He held out his hand. She shook it.

'Professor,' She smiled.

'Please, call me Remus. I'm not your teacher anymore.' He told her. He nodded curtly and continued about his business. Cassie followed Ginny into a small room, with a couple of bookshelves and a table. She opened the door and then promptly left. Harry Potter spun around and looked at Cassie.

'Oh. So you came.' He said. It was hard to tell whether he was happy about it, or disappointed.

'Yeah. I did.' Cassie said flatly.

He let a smile slip onto his lips. 'Good,' He sat down and gestured that Cassie should do the same. She did. 'You're determined, you're smart. I reckon you'll be brilliant.' Harry smiled. Cassie returned it, but only to be polite.

'I think you've met mostly everyone here, probably,' Harry told her. 'Ex-teachers, ex-pupils, and people you might have heard of.' He explained. Cassie nodded, she knew this already.

'So…' She didn't want to sound thick, but she had to ask. 'So, what exactly do you want me to do?'

Harry looked back at her, suddenly serious. 'Anything. Everything. We plan, we think, we fight. Whatever comes up. You okay with that?'

'Yeah.' She replied quickly.

'And don't worry. I'll teach you some things, I've seen you in Defence Against The Dark Arts,' He smiled. Cassie knew she really was quite shocking at it. 'Well, I'll show you where you're sleeping. You'll have to share with Ginny… but you can cope, right? I don't think she'll hurt you – not if you behave.' He smirked. Cassie couldn't help but giggle, as she followed him out of the room and up a few flights of stairs. She passed the Weasley twins on the stairs, one of them eyed her up and down, and the other simply ignored her. She couldn't tell the difference between them.

'There,' Harry knocked a few times, then pushed the door open. 'This is your room. Your stuff's already here.' He smiled and shut the door after himself.

Ginny was curled up on her bed reading a magazine. She glanced up.

'Oh. I had a feeling I'd be sharing with you.' She muttered, turning back to the magazine.

'Yeah, well, it's not exactly my choice.' Cassie retorted, moving across the room to her suit case.

Ginny sighed. 'Something tells me we're going to have to get on if this is going to work.'

Cassie didn't reply straight away. She took out her pyjamas and stared back at Ginny. 'I guess so.'

The girls got changed for bed. They spoke a little bit, trying their best to get along. They didn't speak after that. The main light was off, as Ginny continued to read her magazine, while Cassie got out a book.

Ginny sighed. 'Why did you do it?' She asked suddenly.

'Do what?' Cassie replied, not looking up from the book.

'Agree to come here.' Ginny told her, folding the magazine and sliding it onto the bedside table.

'Because I wanted to,' Cassie shut the book, she realised this conversation might need her full attention. 'And it's the right thing to do.' She answered. Ginny nodded and thought about it.

'Yeah… I know that,' She thought about how to phrase what she wanted to say. 'But you're Slytherin… aren't you supposed to agree with Voldemort?' Ginny asked her, not even flinching at his name. 'Sorry,' She added, spotting Cassie's reaction.

Cassie shook her head. 'I'll have to get used to that, I suppose,' Ginny smiled. 'But that's where it gets confusing. See, you'd think that all Slytherins are destined to be Death Eaters, but that's wrong. I mean, take Janey for example, you took her last night, didn't you?'

Ginny nodded. 'Yeah.'

'And she was determined to do this. I tried to talk her out of it because it would be dangerous, but she was having none of it. And I realised that she was right. It doesn't matter if I get hurt, or killed, I don't care. I just want to know that I did my best to try and stop him.'

'Whoa…' Ginny muttered. 'I didn't expect that from you. No offence. I just thought… you know, you're that close to Malfoy, I just presumed you'd follow him.'

'No.'

'You know you're against him now,' Ginny told her, her eyes trying to break it softly.

Cassie sighed. 'I know. But that's how it's supposed to be.'

Ginny paused. 'I'll admire you if you do it.'

'Do what?'

'Fight against him. I wouldn't be able to do it. If there was someone I loved, I wouldn't be able to just turn on them.' Ginny said, admiration in her voice.

Cassie smiled at her. 'I didn't say it would be easy.'