Upon entering the store, the group was amazed by the contents. It
looked very similar to their old stomping ground, The Magic Box. However,
there was one major difference; every item in here was intended to be used
for humor. Behind the counter were two identical red-headed twins, with
giant grins on their faces.
"Hallo, Professor McGonagall. Would you like to have a snack before the meeting? And who are your friends? Nice company, well with the exception of the old guy in the bad suit, and Moody Jr," said one twin.
"Allow me to introduce you two to the second most famous jokers in Hogwarts history, Fred and George Weasley. These companions are here to help, and you'll meet them in the meeting. Oh, by the way boys, Professor Dumbledore, Professor Flitwick and myself, felt that since you performed such extraordinary magic on your products, and the way you handled yourself at the end of last year that we would present you with you diplomas, even though you did not complete your N.E.W.T.S. And no thank you on the snack, maybe my companions would enjoy a custard cream." McGonagall said with a wink.
Fred and George were hugging each other and pretending to cry.
"We are so touched that you would allow us to graduate. Mom might even forgive us for quitting with these. We owe you one, Professor. From now on, anything you purchase in our store is on the house. And about those custard creams, anyone care?"
Xander picked one off of the tray, and looked at it.
"Why not? I haven't eaten in almost 20 minutes, and I hate to go to meetings on an empty stomach as well as eye socket."
The moment Xander finished the cream, the rest of the group erupted in laughter.
"What? What's so funny? What did I do?"
McGonagall gestured with her wand a full length mirror appeared in front of Xander. He had been covered with feathers. He couldn't stop himself from laughing either.
"First I am attracted to a giant praying mantis, then a mummy intent on sucking the life out of me, then a bout of Native American Syphilis, not to mention becoming Dracula's Man Bitch. Now I am a giant bird. What's next? Oye!"
"Don't worry, it will molt in a few minutes," said George. "Let's go into the meeting area."
Xander's bird outfit dropped off of him, and Fred used his wand to clean up the feathers.
"For future reference, never accept food from one of these two Weasley's. Though, Professor Dumbledore enjoys trying their new products. He can never resist a sweet, and he loves their new ideas."
The Scoobies and McGonagall followed Fred and George to the back wall of the store. On the back wall were 2 statues of Fred and George with their hands sticking out as if to shake another hand. The twins went to their counterparts, and took the statue's hand in theirs. And in unison they said, "Open Sesame!" Between the two statues a door appeared.
"We couldn't resist with a stupid password. We looked through many muggle stories before we could agree on something so obvious. The password however is locked onto George's and my voice. And we can only open the doorway together. We had a little help from Dumbledore setting it up. He was impressed with our idea on how to do it though," said Fred.
"Let's go in," announced Buffy
As they entered the room, there were many different people sitting around a giant table. In the center of the table, there was a picture of a giant golden bird clutching a bolt of lightning. At the head of the table was an old man, wearing midnight blue robes, and half moon glasses. Immediately, the Scoobies realized the power of this man, and that he could only be Dumbledore.
"Welcome all to the Order of the Phoenix. This area is not our headquarters, but it is a good place to meet for us, as it is sometimes difficult for some of our colleagues to arrange a trip to headquarters. Allow me to introduce you to our members. Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Arthur and Molly Weasley, their sons Bill and Charlie. You've already met Fred and George. This is Tonks and Alastor Moody. And finally, this is Severus Snape."
As Dumbledore introduced each member, they stood up to acknowledge themselves.
"Hello Ripper, it has been too long," said Snape.
"You too Severus. Let me introduce you all to my charges. This is Buffy Summers, the Vampire Slayer. Her sister Dawn. Willow Rosenberg, the most powerful Wiccan witch on the planet. And, this is Xander Harris"
"I've been keeping an eye on you, Ms. Rosenberg. You may be the first of our kind to understand Wiccan magic. I plan on helping you harness your powers," said Dumbledore.
"Your kind? But I thought I was not that type of witch?" Questioned Willow.
"Living on top of the Hellmouth made you impossible to detect. When I felt the emanations of your spell to activate all slayers, I knew you were to be one of us. Unfortunately, being the slayer inhibits any chance of magical powers. In fact, any witch or wizard who has been called has always been a squib, a child born to magical parents without magical abilities. The young Ms. Summers will have some magical talent of course, being constructed of mystical energy. And Mr. Harris is purely a muggle."
"Great, I'm a muggle. Why am I always the butt of the jokes?"
"Mr. Harris, being a muggle is no insult. The word muggle is what we wizard folk use for non-magical people, such as yourself."
"Got it. Living with these three has made me a little jumpy with sarcasm."
"No problem. Now that we have finished with the introductions, it is time for me to induct you into the Order of the Phoenix. I can tell that you will do this without hesitation, so I need you to roll up the sleeve on your right arm."
Without thinking twice, all 5 scoobies did as Dumbledore asked. With a wave of his wand, a golden bird appeared in the room. Dumbledore then waved his wand again and said, "Lumos Phoenices." With that, 5 beams emanated from his wand to each of the Scoobies arms. There was a golden glow on their arms. The bird then came over and dropped a tear on the spot where the beam had stricken them. After the bird had left, there was a tattoo, the same symbol that was on the table.
"This is your way of contacting any member in the order. I call it the 'Light Mark.' This symbol will be our way of raising moral. After a victory, we shall show this in the air, to let the people know that the Order of the Phoenix will stop the Death Eaters. If you ever need a member of the order, place your hand on your tattoo, it will work over clothes, and say the members name. You will then be able to speak to that person telepathically. The only member without the Light Mark is Professor Snape. The bird in the symbol is obviously a phoenix, as is Fawkes, who helped me construct the spell."
"Nifty, at least this one I won't have to get removed with emergency laser surgery, right Giles?"
"How many times do I have to apologize for that, Buffy?"
"About 10,000 more times, and then all shall be forgiven."
Buffy then noticed the empty looks on all the new faces in the room.
"Never mind, inside joke."
"Now, I shall get you up to speed on what has occurred within the last few years with our battle. This box next to me is called a pensieve; it contains my memories for the events that have occurred. I shall now allow all of you to see it. Reveale!"
After Dumbledore had cast his spell, a light drew up from the pensieve, and landed on the wall as if it were a movie showing what happened. It started with Trelawney's prophecy about Harry, and then continued through Harry's experience at the Ministry of Magic. After about 2 hours of watching, the pensieve stopped. Buffy wiped away the tears in her eyes, and stood up.
"Professor Dumbledore, My friends and I will do anything we can to protect Harry and stop Voldemort."
"I'm glad you said that, as I was hoping you would. For this to occur, I need you all to be in Hogwarts for the year. First thing, Rupert, I would like for nothing more than for you to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts this upcoming year. That position has been vacant, and we are having some trouble filling it. The rest of you are too old to be students, and have little or no magical training, therefore I have a solution for your roles. Hogwarts is separated into 4 houses: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. The students are sorted into them based upon their personal traits. Each house has a head of house which sees to it. However, I believe that the four of you can serve as a deputy head of house, a sort of student counselor. You will each have a room connected to your houses common room, where you will get to know the students. Your jobs will be to figure out which students are death eaters, and which students are willing to fight with us. I do not have the power to choose houses for you; therefore I have brought this along."
Dumbledore reached into his robes and pulled out an old, tattered hat.
"This is the Hogwarts' sorting hat. It is how the students are placed into their houses, and you shall each be sorted the same way. It knows to put each of you into one house. Ms. Summers, if you would be so kind."
Buffy placed the hat on her head, and waited to see what happened.
"Well, well, well. a slayer, never seen one of these before. Your power is rooted in darkness, but your heart is full of love. You have sacrificed your self on countless occasions and would do anything for the ones you love. I therefore see only one place for you.. GRYFFINDOR."
Buffy handed the hat over to Dawn.
"Hmmm, now this is odd, odd indeed. I sense that you are not human, but full of humanity, and plenty of magical talent. You are very knowledgeable and like to learn, for this I see.. RAVENCLAW."
After Dawn, Xander took the hat.
"You have no magical talent whatsoever. You're faith in your friends is amazing. They are your true family. You work extremely hard to fit in with these powerful women, and sometimes feel inferior to them. For that, I see.. HUFFLEPUFF."
Willow hesitantly took the hat from Xander.
"Wow, I have never seen such power, even from Dumbledore when tried on the hat so many years ago. Your quest to redeem yourself is not yet complete. You possess many courageous qualities, but you have seen the dark. And for that, you should be in.. SLYTHERIN."
Willow handed the hat back to Dumbledore, and had tears in her eyes.
"You okay, Will?" Buffy asked.
"I'll be fine. Don't worry."
Dumbledore smiled, "Good. Our next order of business is to retrieve Harry from his relative's house, and take him to headquarters. Remus, I suggest you be the one to get Harry, and why don't you take Ms. Summers with you? I certainly think Vernon Dursley might need some intimidation."
Remus smiled at what Dumbledore said and replied, "Sure, we shall gather him tomorrow."
"That's perfect. He will receive his O.W.L. results tonight, and be ready to leave tomorrow. As for now, I have a trial to attend as a member of the Wizengamot. Rupert, you may want to sit in for this trial, as it is a former classmate of yours."
"Who's trial is it, Professor?"
"Lucius Malfoy."
"Hallo, Professor McGonagall. Would you like to have a snack before the meeting? And who are your friends? Nice company, well with the exception of the old guy in the bad suit, and Moody Jr," said one twin.
"Allow me to introduce you two to the second most famous jokers in Hogwarts history, Fred and George Weasley. These companions are here to help, and you'll meet them in the meeting. Oh, by the way boys, Professor Dumbledore, Professor Flitwick and myself, felt that since you performed such extraordinary magic on your products, and the way you handled yourself at the end of last year that we would present you with you diplomas, even though you did not complete your N.E.W.T.S. And no thank you on the snack, maybe my companions would enjoy a custard cream." McGonagall said with a wink.
Fred and George were hugging each other and pretending to cry.
"We are so touched that you would allow us to graduate. Mom might even forgive us for quitting with these. We owe you one, Professor. From now on, anything you purchase in our store is on the house. And about those custard creams, anyone care?"
Xander picked one off of the tray, and looked at it.
"Why not? I haven't eaten in almost 20 minutes, and I hate to go to meetings on an empty stomach as well as eye socket."
The moment Xander finished the cream, the rest of the group erupted in laughter.
"What? What's so funny? What did I do?"
McGonagall gestured with her wand a full length mirror appeared in front of Xander. He had been covered with feathers. He couldn't stop himself from laughing either.
"First I am attracted to a giant praying mantis, then a mummy intent on sucking the life out of me, then a bout of Native American Syphilis, not to mention becoming Dracula's Man Bitch. Now I am a giant bird. What's next? Oye!"
"Don't worry, it will molt in a few minutes," said George. "Let's go into the meeting area."
Xander's bird outfit dropped off of him, and Fred used his wand to clean up the feathers.
"For future reference, never accept food from one of these two Weasley's. Though, Professor Dumbledore enjoys trying their new products. He can never resist a sweet, and he loves their new ideas."
The Scoobies and McGonagall followed Fred and George to the back wall of the store. On the back wall were 2 statues of Fred and George with their hands sticking out as if to shake another hand. The twins went to their counterparts, and took the statue's hand in theirs. And in unison they said, "Open Sesame!" Between the two statues a door appeared.
"We couldn't resist with a stupid password. We looked through many muggle stories before we could agree on something so obvious. The password however is locked onto George's and my voice. And we can only open the doorway together. We had a little help from Dumbledore setting it up. He was impressed with our idea on how to do it though," said Fred.
"Let's go in," announced Buffy
As they entered the room, there were many different people sitting around a giant table. In the center of the table, there was a picture of a giant golden bird clutching a bolt of lightning. At the head of the table was an old man, wearing midnight blue robes, and half moon glasses. Immediately, the Scoobies realized the power of this man, and that he could only be Dumbledore.
"Welcome all to the Order of the Phoenix. This area is not our headquarters, but it is a good place to meet for us, as it is sometimes difficult for some of our colleagues to arrange a trip to headquarters. Allow me to introduce you to our members. Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Arthur and Molly Weasley, their sons Bill and Charlie. You've already met Fred and George. This is Tonks and Alastor Moody. And finally, this is Severus Snape."
As Dumbledore introduced each member, they stood up to acknowledge themselves.
"Hello Ripper, it has been too long," said Snape.
"You too Severus. Let me introduce you all to my charges. This is Buffy Summers, the Vampire Slayer. Her sister Dawn. Willow Rosenberg, the most powerful Wiccan witch on the planet. And, this is Xander Harris"
"I've been keeping an eye on you, Ms. Rosenberg. You may be the first of our kind to understand Wiccan magic. I plan on helping you harness your powers," said Dumbledore.
"Your kind? But I thought I was not that type of witch?" Questioned Willow.
"Living on top of the Hellmouth made you impossible to detect. When I felt the emanations of your spell to activate all slayers, I knew you were to be one of us. Unfortunately, being the slayer inhibits any chance of magical powers. In fact, any witch or wizard who has been called has always been a squib, a child born to magical parents without magical abilities. The young Ms. Summers will have some magical talent of course, being constructed of mystical energy. And Mr. Harris is purely a muggle."
"Great, I'm a muggle. Why am I always the butt of the jokes?"
"Mr. Harris, being a muggle is no insult. The word muggle is what we wizard folk use for non-magical people, such as yourself."
"Got it. Living with these three has made me a little jumpy with sarcasm."
"No problem. Now that we have finished with the introductions, it is time for me to induct you into the Order of the Phoenix. I can tell that you will do this without hesitation, so I need you to roll up the sleeve on your right arm."
Without thinking twice, all 5 scoobies did as Dumbledore asked. With a wave of his wand, a golden bird appeared in the room. Dumbledore then waved his wand again and said, "Lumos Phoenices." With that, 5 beams emanated from his wand to each of the Scoobies arms. There was a golden glow on their arms. The bird then came over and dropped a tear on the spot where the beam had stricken them. After the bird had left, there was a tattoo, the same symbol that was on the table.
"This is your way of contacting any member in the order. I call it the 'Light Mark.' This symbol will be our way of raising moral. After a victory, we shall show this in the air, to let the people know that the Order of the Phoenix will stop the Death Eaters. If you ever need a member of the order, place your hand on your tattoo, it will work over clothes, and say the members name. You will then be able to speak to that person telepathically. The only member without the Light Mark is Professor Snape. The bird in the symbol is obviously a phoenix, as is Fawkes, who helped me construct the spell."
"Nifty, at least this one I won't have to get removed with emergency laser surgery, right Giles?"
"How many times do I have to apologize for that, Buffy?"
"About 10,000 more times, and then all shall be forgiven."
Buffy then noticed the empty looks on all the new faces in the room.
"Never mind, inside joke."
"Now, I shall get you up to speed on what has occurred within the last few years with our battle. This box next to me is called a pensieve; it contains my memories for the events that have occurred. I shall now allow all of you to see it. Reveale!"
After Dumbledore had cast his spell, a light drew up from the pensieve, and landed on the wall as if it were a movie showing what happened. It started with Trelawney's prophecy about Harry, and then continued through Harry's experience at the Ministry of Magic. After about 2 hours of watching, the pensieve stopped. Buffy wiped away the tears in her eyes, and stood up.
"Professor Dumbledore, My friends and I will do anything we can to protect Harry and stop Voldemort."
"I'm glad you said that, as I was hoping you would. For this to occur, I need you all to be in Hogwarts for the year. First thing, Rupert, I would like for nothing more than for you to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts this upcoming year. That position has been vacant, and we are having some trouble filling it. The rest of you are too old to be students, and have little or no magical training, therefore I have a solution for your roles. Hogwarts is separated into 4 houses: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. The students are sorted into them based upon their personal traits. Each house has a head of house which sees to it. However, I believe that the four of you can serve as a deputy head of house, a sort of student counselor. You will each have a room connected to your houses common room, where you will get to know the students. Your jobs will be to figure out which students are death eaters, and which students are willing to fight with us. I do not have the power to choose houses for you; therefore I have brought this along."
Dumbledore reached into his robes and pulled out an old, tattered hat.
"This is the Hogwarts' sorting hat. It is how the students are placed into their houses, and you shall each be sorted the same way. It knows to put each of you into one house. Ms. Summers, if you would be so kind."
Buffy placed the hat on her head, and waited to see what happened.
"Well, well, well. a slayer, never seen one of these before. Your power is rooted in darkness, but your heart is full of love. You have sacrificed your self on countless occasions and would do anything for the ones you love. I therefore see only one place for you.. GRYFFINDOR."
Buffy handed the hat over to Dawn.
"Hmmm, now this is odd, odd indeed. I sense that you are not human, but full of humanity, and plenty of magical talent. You are very knowledgeable and like to learn, for this I see.. RAVENCLAW."
After Dawn, Xander took the hat.
"You have no magical talent whatsoever. You're faith in your friends is amazing. They are your true family. You work extremely hard to fit in with these powerful women, and sometimes feel inferior to them. For that, I see.. HUFFLEPUFF."
Willow hesitantly took the hat from Xander.
"Wow, I have never seen such power, even from Dumbledore when tried on the hat so many years ago. Your quest to redeem yourself is not yet complete. You possess many courageous qualities, but you have seen the dark. And for that, you should be in.. SLYTHERIN."
Willow handed the hat back to Dumbledore, and had tears in her eyes.
"You okay, Will?" Buffy asked.
"I'll be fine. Don't worry."
Dumbledore smiled, "Good. Our next order of business is to retrieve Harry from his relative's house, and take him to headquarters. Remus, I suggest you be the one to get Harry, and why don't you take Ms. Summers with you? I certainly think Vernon Dursley might need some intimidation."
Remus smiled at what Dumbledore said and replied, "Sure, we shall gather him tomorrow."
"That's perfect. He will receive his O.W.L. results tonight, and be ready to leave tomorrow. As for now, I have a trial to attend as a member of the Wizengamot. Rupert, you may want to sit in for this trial, as it is a former classmate of yours."
"Who's trial is it, Professor?"
"Lucius Malfoy."