I'm back! As per usual, I don't own anything in bold, anything recognisable belongs to our god, J.K Rowling and Damien belongs to Kurinoone. Oh and Harrys backstory in this kind of does too. Without further delay, onto chapter 3!

Chapter Three

The silence was interrupted by Tonks summoning the book over to herself with a lazy flick of her wand. True to her clumsy nature, she missed catching it, and it smacked into a disgruntled Kingslys face. He passed the book to her, ignoring her stuttered apologies and sheepish smile. Tonks cleared her throat and began to read.

Killings

Lily flinched at the title, her hands still trembling from having to hear about her oldest child killing a man. James grabbed her shaky hands, covering them with his own, and smiled reassuringly at her.

Lily was not amused. She had been looking forward to seeing James for over a fortnight now, and as soon as he had come, they both had not even been able to say two words to each other before Professor Dumbledore had requested an urgent Order meeting.

Lily looked sheepishly over at Dumbledore. He smiled at her with an amused twinkle in his eye as Sirius laughed. Lily groaned, placing her head in her hands and muttering, loud enough for the whole room to hear, "Why are my thoughts always being read aloud?" Laughter was heard around the room, as Sirius and James teased Lily good-naturedly.

James had not even been able to say hello to Damien yet.

Damien pouted. "Unfair," he muttered.

She sat with her arms crossed against her chest and was trying not to get her foul mood to show. Honestly, a couple of minutes with her husband were all she wanted, was that too much to ask?

"Aww Lily! I had no idea that you felt this way!" James cried with an exaggerated swoon.

"James I married you. I think my feelings are pretty obvious." Lily deadpanned to Sirius laughter.

Her thoughts were cut short when the room suddenly quietened down. James took his seat next to Lily and gently squeezed her hand. She looked up at him and gave him a half heartened smile. Looking around the room she saw all the familiar faces that were all looking tired and a little dishelved. There was the forever paranoid Mad-eye Moody, sitting next to Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt. Tonks was clearly noticeable with her bubble gum pink hair.

Tonks paused. "Bubble gum pink, hey?" she pondered. Then, to a round of applause from Hermione and Ginny, she changed her previously bright yellow hair to a bubble gum pink.

There was Remus and Sirius sitting next to James. Professor McGonagall and Snape were sitting near the front and were currently eyeing Professor Dumbledore with curious looks. Next to them were two empty seats that Lily tried to ignore. She didn't think she could bear thinking about them again.

Everyone looked down, remembering Frank and Alice in a moment of silence. Moody cleared his throat and spoke, his voice thick with emotion. "If I ever find out who killed them, I'll murder them." Dumbledore looked away guiltily, thinking of Harry. Only Snape and McGonagall noticed though, and suspicious frowns formed on their faces.

She looked around, there were other members also present that she was not very familiar with, and most were from the Ministry of Magic.

Her attention was drawn to the Headmaster who now stood in front of all the members. Albus Dumbledore was looking immensely tired and worn out, pretty much like everyone else. He cleared his throat and the already quiet room hushed into complete silence. He could see the expressions most were wearing; there were a few who looked annoyed at the last minute meeting while others were looking as if they were trying to prepare themselves for more tragic news. Dumbledore decided to share the reason for this meeting.

"Ladies, Gentlemen. Many thanks for being able to attend this meeting at such short notice. I am aware many of you had to cancel or rearrange your plans so I will not take much more of your time." Here he gave a significant look at Lily who seemed to blush and lower her gaze to her hands in her lap.

"It's okay, Lils, No one else noticed." Sirius joked to her.

Lily threw Sirius a glare, elbowing him in the side. "OW! No beating me up for something that hasn't even happened yet Lils!" He exclaimed, rubbing his sore side.

Lily threw him a sharp look but didn't say anything.

"No doubt she would have elbowed him if she wasn't in an order meeting," Remus whispered to James, who sniggered.

"The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the strange occurrences these past few months." Dumbledore carried on. "As you all are aware, there have been a number of attacks on Death Eaters in the past few months. Many were killed, some were gravely injured, but on purposely left alive. Many of these Death Eaters gave themselves to the Dementors of Azkaban willingly to save themselves from any other attacks. This shouldn't be a cause of worry but since neither the Ministry nor the Order has taken responsibility for carrying out these attacks, it leads to the question of the identity of this attacker."

"Well at least now we know it's the Potter brat," Snape sneered. James made to lunge at him, but Lily and Remus held him back. Everyone turned and glared at the spy, who looked away with a sneer still present on his face.

The room was silent, every eye was on Dumbledore.

"The most recent attack was carried out last night. A Death Eater named Jason Riley was killed in his home. The Ministry claim not to be responsible and we know that the Order didn't do this. It leads to the question of who is tracking down these Death Eaters and killing them." Dumbledore finished sounding very worried.

"What does it matter? Whoever this is, they are killing Death Eaters. They are helping us. Why should this be a cause of worry?" Moody asked in his gruff voice.

"It matters because it's Harry, Alastor! The little boy that used to crawl to you whenever Lily and James brought him to an Order meeting. He's just a boy!" Molly cried, to nods of agreement from all the Weasleys.

A few murmured their agreement to Moody's statement.

"It is a cause of worry since we don't know who is doing this and for what reason." Dumbledore explained.

"Maybe there is another secret society formed. Like the Order, maybe someone has formed another group to fight against You-Know-Who and they are targeting Death Eaters." Tonks supplied.

"It is so weird, reading my name out like that." Tonks shook her head in wonderment, before continuing to read.

"That is a possibility." Dumbledore inclined his head in her direction. "However, I think it would be wise to find out the truth of this matter as soon as possible."

Lily noticed that there was something Dumbledore was stopping himself from saying. She had spent a lot of time with Dumbledore, firstly as a student and then as an Order member and finally as a member of his staff, to see that the age old wizard was unsure of saying what was on his mind.

"Dumbledore, is there more?" she asked wondering if he had some more news.

"Ah, you know me too well, Mrs Potter," the Headmaster smiled warmly at Lily, who returned the gesture.

Dumbledore looked at Lily and his blue eyes fixed to her as he struggled to say what was on his mind. With a sigh, he began.

"I have a suspicion, and at this point that is all it is, but from reading the case reports on the deaths of the Death Eaters, I think

Tonks stopped, took a deep breath, and continued, stuttering over the next word.

Voldemort

There was a sudden intake of breath around the room, as Dumbledore sighed.

may be responsible for the deaths."

"How do you always manage to know exactly what You-Know-Who's doing Professor?" Ron said in amazement.

There was a sudden intake of breath at the mention of the Dark Lord's name. Dumbledore gave a mental sigh. How many times had he told them that fear of a name was just plain silly.

Tonks once again hesitated, before glancing up at her previous Headmaster and steeling her resolve. She made a silent oath to never hesitate in saying You-Kno-... Voldemort's name ever again.

Voldemort wasn't going to appear if you said his name out loud.

"Why do you think that?" McGonagall asked, composing herself the best she could.

"As I have said, it is only a suspicion. What I do know for a fact is that if Voldemort's men had been targeted and killed like this, he would not be sitting back and allowing it to continue. From the reports we have, it doesn't suggest that Voldemort is planning anything to stop these killings. It seems he is actually happy with the demise of these men. It makes me think that maybe these men have wronged him in some way and so he has arranged to have them killed." Dumbledore finished.

"But why would he want to kill his own men? It doesn't make sense." Remus asked.

"They've betrayed him," Damien supplied. Hermione shushed him, believing that the kids shouldn't speak, but James and Lily smiled proudly at him.

"I don't know. This is why I think it is a good idea to find out as much information as we can." Here Dumbledore turned to look at Snape.

"Severus, I have to ask you to try and find as much information as you can. I have a list of all the names of the deceased Death Eaters. See if you can find out what mission they were a part of before they died. See if they upset Voldemort in any way."

Dumbledore passed the parchment onto Snape who took it but didn't look at it. His dark eyes were fixed on Dumbledore.

"Did you know?" James turned to Snape. "Did you know about Har- The Dark Prince?" Snape hesitated in answering.

"Just like every Death Eater, I had heard rumours, but believed them to be nothing more than myths." James nodded, but Sirius wasn't done.

"It's your bloody job to report everything! Isn't that what a spy is for? You can't leave anything out, Snivillus." He glared at Snape who sneered back. Lily elbowed Sirius before he could say more.

"I want to read the book. Please. I need to hear about my son." Sirius nodded, leaning back to hear about his Godson.

"That is all for today. I thank you for your patience." Dumbledore finished with a polite nod at everyone.

James stood up from his chair as did the rest. His head was spinning with the news.

"What do you reckon?" Sirius asked. "Do you think it's another secret society or You-Know-Who has just decided he needs new followers?"

Lily sent him a glare but didn't comment.

"I don't know Padfoot. It does seem strange." James said.

"I'm with Moody. I don't think we should care who is killing them, as long as it's Death Eaters he's killing, we should be grateful."

Lily opened her mouth to shout at Sirius, but he held his hands up. "Lily, I don't know it's Harry okay? If I did, I would do anything to bring him back, you know that! I would never say those things!" She nodded, calm for now.

Sirius continued, walking his friend to the fireplace. He had nowhere to go as the Headquarters was his home.

James didn't say anything. He silently agreed with Dumbledore. If Voldemort was concerned about the death of his men, he would be doing something about it. The fact that he wasn't concerned could only mean that he was the one ordering the killings.

"At least some people are concerned," grumbled Moody. Everyone looked to Tonks, who passed the book to Kinglsy. He cleared his throat, and they prepared for the next chapter.

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Another one done! This was only a short chapter, so I got it out faster. As always, review please.

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