Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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The next day, Harry was woken up by the strains of a song filtering in from the direction of the common room. He snuck out of his dorm and crept down the stairs to find Hannah and Crystal singing along to the music.
"…Go on now go! Walk out the door, just turn around now, cause you're not welcome anymore. Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbyes' did you think I'd crumble. Did you think I'd lay down and die? Oh no not I! I will survive! As long as I know how to love I know that I will stay alive, I've got all my love to give and I've got all my life to live I will survive…I will survive! Hey, HEY!" Harry raised his eyebrows as the girls started to dance around the room. He coughed to signal he was there and they spun around to stare at him.
"How long have you been watching us?!?" demanded Hannah and Harry held up his hands and laughed.
"Long enough to know that you two ladies have lovely voices," he said and they all started to laugh. They were soon joined by the rest of the group and walked down into the Great Hall together. When they entered however, the Hall got very silent.
"Uh…that's never happened before," Harry whispered to the others. They nodded and silently walked over to the Gryffindor Table. The student body stared after them, mainly at Harry and Crystal. Fred and George handed them their timetables and Harry looked at it and grinned. "Yes! DADA is first!" This reminded Harry of what he was going to ask Remus and he looked at his watch. There was ten minutes before class and he glanced at the others. "Look, I'm going to go and talk to Professor Lupin ok?" and his friends nodded. He finished his breakfast and rushed over to Lupin's room. He knocked on the door and his teacher opened the door and grinned.
"Hello Harry, eager for a new year? Yes, yes, you must be, come in!" and he ushered Harry inside. Harry set his books on a desk in the front row and settled himself in the chair. Lupin brought up a chair and sat opposite Harry. "I know that finding out that you had a sister comes as a shock to you Harry. It came as a shock to me and it will be for Sirius." At the mention of Sirius' name, Harry asked his question that had been burdening his mind.
"Professor, is Silvia Sirius' daughter?" and Remus glanced at him. He sighed and nodded.
"Yes, Silvia is Sirius' daughter. However, she and her mother moved to America after Sirius was sent to Azkaban. She and her mother still believe that Sirius is a murderer." At this Harry glanced up.
"But he isn't! How can Silvia's mum think that?" Remus smiled sadly at Harry.
"Sometimes, our judgment isn't the best Harry. Whatever you do, do not let Silvia know that you've been contacting Sirius."
"Exactly why wouldn't I be informed?" a new voice exclaimed from the doorway. Startled, Remus and Harry turned to see a furious Silvia standing with her arms crossed in front of her. Harry stood up.
"Silvia, Sirius isn't a murderer!" Silvia's eyes narrowed and she spat out, "How would you know? He didn't abandon you now did he?" Harry moved towards her but she glared at him and he stopped. Remus spoke up.
"Silvia, he didn't abandon you. He fears what kind of reaction you and your mother would have." Silvia started to cry.
"Why would he go out and murder a defenseless man when he had a family?!?" she sobbed and Harry tried to explain.
"Silvia, don't you remember what Crystal and I were talking about in the Hospital wing? Peter Pettigrew was a spy for Voldemort! He was my parent's Secret Keeper and he ratted them out to Voldemort. He was my parents murderer!" Silvia gasped.
"Are you trying to tell me that my father killed him instead of letting the Ministry handle it?"
"Everyone believed Sirius to have been my parent's Secret Keeper. Only Sirius knew that Peter actually was the Secret Keeper. When my parents were found dead, he went out to avenge their deaths. However, Pettigrew escaped by cutting off his finger and transforming into-" but he was cut off by Remus placing a hand over his mouth. Silvia however noticed this.
"He transformed into what?" she asked Remus.
"I can't tell you now, you will find out. Just trust us that your father is innocent and that Pettigrew is still alive. You cannot tell anyone about this ok Silvia?" She nodded and at that moment, the rest of their class entered and took their seats. Remus walked to the front of the room and beamed at the class.
"As I have taught all of you before with the exception of the four new students, I doubt that I will need to tell you who I am. However, in respect to the new students, my name is Professor Lupin and welcome to your first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson of the year. As Voldemort has been brought back to power, Professor Dumbledore has asked me to teach you about how to defend yourselves from the Dark Creatures that are most likely to side with him. The Dementors are already on his side, so we will start with how to defend ourselves against them. Can anyone tell me what the charm is to repel them away?" he said. Harry, Hermione, Hannah and Crystal's hands all went up into the air. "Yes, ah…Miss. Parfitt is it?" he asked referring to his class list. Hannah nodded and said "The Patronus charm is used to repel the Dementors. It is a complex charm and requires the caster to focus on a happy memory." Professor Lupin nodded and beamed proudly. "Excellent. Ten points to Gryffindor. The Patronus charm is fueled by a single happy memory. However, it is extremely difficult to cast. The incantation for this charm is 'Expecto Patronum'. Does anyone know how to cast this spell?" Harry raised his hand and to his surprise, Crystal did as well. Professor Lupin smiled at them. "Excellent, we have two people to demonstrate for us. Harry, Crystal, up here please." Harry and Crystal stood up and walked up to the front of the room. Professor Lupin situated them in the corners of the room, Crystal on the left and Harry on the right. "Now, on three, I want both of you to cast your Patronus." The two nodded and raised their wands. Harry concentrated on the memory of winning the Quidditch Cup in his third year. When Professor Lupin said 'THREE!', both Harry and Crystal shouted "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" and a magnificent silver stag exploded out of Harry's wand. He looked over at Crystal's Patronus and was shocked by her Patronus. It was identical to his. The two stags trotted towards each other, seemed to exchange hello's and walked back to their respective owners and disappeared. Professor Lupin looked stunned at the feat, but shook himself. The whole class just stared at the siblings who were staring at each other.
"Well, that was certainly interesting. Ah, class, you will now start practicing the Patronus charm. Hermione, I'm putting you in charge for a few minutes." When Hermione nodded, he dragged Harry and Crystal to the Headmaster's office. When they entered, they found Prof. Dumbledore seated at his desk as if he was expecting them. Harry, Crystal and Remus sat down in the chairs in front of Prof. Dumbledore and Remus was the first to speak.
"Albus, these two demonstrated their Patronus's in front of the class. They were exactly the same. It's not possible! It's written down that no two Patronus's are the same!" he exclaimed and Dumbledore chuckled.
"Remus, remember whose children you are talking about. These are James and Lily Potter's children. Naturally, they would be the one to defy all odds. James is their father and they share a bond. James is their guardian angel, so to speak, Lily is as well, but you wouldn't expect a flower to go charging at a dementor now do you? Harry, Crystal, cast your patronus's again please, I must see if I'm correct about something." Harry and Crystal obliged and stood up and moved backwards. They cast their patronus's and Dumbledore examined both before they disappeared. "Yes, if you noticed, there was a collar around the stag's necks. A charm was hanging from them. They were in the shape of a lily." Crystal raised an eyebrow.
"Are you saying that our patronus's are in the shape of our parents? Well, in a weird kind of way?" she asked. Albus nodded. "Oh," was the simple reply he got from Harry and Crystal.
"Well, Remus, I think that you've left your class long enough. You three run along now." All three of them nodded and walked back to the DADA room. They entered to find Hermione, Ron, Greg, Silvia and Hannah standing in the middle of the room amidst the other students. Who were unconscious. Harry and Crystal both raised an identical eyebrow and Remus was startled.
"Miss. Granger! What happened?" Hermione trembled.
"I don't know sir, as soon as you left, I told the class to try and make a Patronus. But once Neville cast his, everyone besides us fell unconscious! I didn't know where you went, so we tried to revive them, but 'Enervate' won't work!" She looked close to tears and Harry couldn't help but go over and give her a hug.
"It's ok Hermione, it wasn't your fault," he said, trying to calm her down. Remus walked around and examined each student. He went over to the fireplace and threw some powder in it.
"Albus, sorry to bother you, but your needed." A blurry figure started to revolve in the fireplace and soon the headmaster stepped out into the room.
"What happened here Miss. Granger?" he asked Hermione and she repeated the story again. The headmaster nodded. "Hmm….yes, yes, I think he would be the person for this," and he turned around to the fireplace and threw in some more of the powder. "Severus, your help is needed. I know you have a class, but this is a situation where you must come. Bring some Wakening potion with you," the headmaster said sternly and a few moments later, a very grumpy Potions Master stepped out into the DADA room. He sneered when he saw who was in the room.
"Headmaster, it is obviously another case of Gryffindor foolishness," and everyone in the room aside from the headmaster rolled his or her eyes. Dumbledore shook his head.
"Severus, the potion if you please?" and Snape pulled out a beaker of a light purple potion. He handed it to Dumbledore who proceeded to walk around the room and put a drop of potion in each unconscious student's mouth. Snape left after receiving his beaker back and five minutes later, the students groggily started to wake up.
"What happened?" was the loudest question heard and Lupin shushed the room. He explained what happen and beckoned Neville to come to the front of the room. Neville looked terrified but Hannah gave him a reassuring look and he walked towards Remus. They had a conversation in hushed tones and Neville came back smiling. The bell rang and they all packed up, grinning when Remus told them there was no homework. They filed out of the room and were about to head to Charms when the group was stopped by Dumbledore. "I'll need to see you seven in my office now," and he walked off. (A/N: I'm trying not to put these in, but the group is the seven people: Harry, Hermione, Ron, Hannah, Crystal, Greg and Silvia. Yeah, ok. I'll make a name for them later.) They looked at each other, shrugged and hurried after the headmaster. They reached the gargoyle in front of the headmaster's office and Crystal told it the password. They filed into the office and settled down around the room Hedwig was back in her snowy owl form and Amethyst back in her barn owl, and they fluttered over to their respective owners. Harry absently stroked Hedwig's head while waiting for the headmaster. Where was he? Harry wondered and the group waited. When he entered, he was dressed peculiarly. He was wearing red robes with blue flames at the hem He was also wearing a cape that had a phoenix embroidered into it. He looked very powerful indeed. The seven kids looked at him in surprise.
"Um, professor? Why are we here?" Silvia asked timidly. Harry and Crystal already had a sneaking suspicion. Harry suddenly heard or thought he heard Crystal's voice in his head.
Crystal? Is that you? Harry thought and Crystal looked shocked.
Whoa, Harry, are you speaking to me in thought? Harry nodded and Ron looked at him weirdly.
"Harry, why are you nodding to nobody?" and Harry made up a story.
"Oh, just thinking to myself" and Crystal laughed in his head.
Actually, I'm thinking to you and your agreeing to me.
Oh shut up Crystal.
Children, stop this bickering and listen to me! Came a new voice and Harry and Crystal looked at Dumbledore in surprise and he winked at them. Both shook their heads and listened to him.
"You seven are here because when I saw that all your classmates save you seven were knocked unconscious by Neville's spell, I knew that all of you were to be in the Order of the Phoenix." All of them with the exception of Harry and Crystal looked startled.
"B-but, that can't be Professor! The Order is only for the most powerful witches and wizards of that generation!" Hannah blurted out and everyone looked at her in shock, including Hermione who didn't know this bit of information. Ron nudged her playfully.
"Hermione, you've got competition," he said and Hermione glared at him jokingly.
"Ron, it's ok if people know some more things than I do. You know more about the wizarding world than I do, so do me a favor and shut up!" Everyone laughed at this, including Dumbledore.
"Well, you seven are the most powerful wizards and witches of this generation Miss. Parfitt. Now, all of you show me your right forearm. Harry, Crystal, you don't need to do this." The five left over did as he said and he touched his wand to their forearms. A few seconds later, the tattoo of a golden phoenix appeared on all of their forearms. "Good, after dinner, you seven are to meet me here in my office. Now, run along to Charms, here is a note to Professor Flitwick. Harry, Crystal, I need to talk to you two alone again.
Again? Aw man! Harry thought and Crystal sent him a glare.
Do you forget that he can read our thoughts as well? She reprimanded him. He rolled his eyes.
Hey! So can we! Came a chorus of voices and Harry and Crystal whipped around. They figured it was the rest of their group. They sighed and faced Dumbledore who was smirking.
"Alright, now that we have settled the problem of mind reading, I need to inform you that your friends will all be receiving phoenixes. Harry, be prepared, they will all bow to Hedwig. At the meeting today, there is a different password to get into my office. When you say this password, it will lead you to the House of the Phoenix, that is where the Order members meet. Ah…do not be startled if you see some ghosts, the old members will still be there. Your parents were part of it as well, so they will be there. You will have a chance to talk to them. Now, run along. I'll tell you and the rest the password in thought." Harry and Crystal nodded, excited about talking to their parents. They left and walked to the Charms room. They suddenly heard Dumbledore's voice in their heads.
The password is 'Golden Phoenix'
Harry and Crystal entered the Charms class and settled down to take notes on Charms and after class, they left for lunch in the Great Hall.
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Look at that! TWO new chapters to make up for not updating at all! As usual review review REVIEW!!! Thank you…I'll go and get hyper on some Coca-Cola now. Hehehehhehe *Evil Laughter*
Ooh, before I forget, the song they were singing in the beginning belongs to Gloria Gaynor and it's called "I Will Survive" I LOVE that song, and I just HAD to get it in there!