A/N: Wow! Thanks for all of the reviews! Well I've had requests for longer chapters so here goes nothing!

Important: I made a very stupid (extremely stupid ) error, I wrote in that Amelia and Harry were identical twins, which of course is impossible, as identical twins are always the same sex, so I have changed that and apologise for my idiotic mistake!

To all my reviewers, keep reviewing please! It makes me smile! D

Disclaimer: Anyone or anything you recognise is not mine!

Chapter 7: A meeting of minds.

Its not very often that you would catch Ronald Weasley taking the time to sit and think, you may usually find him staring aimlessly into space, or muttering quietly to himself, but sitting there in deep thought wasn't a regular occurrence at all.

Although he has been doing it a lot more ever since Dumbledore died.

Tears began to sting the corners of her eyes, Hermione Granger shook her head, wishing the tears away.

I will not be like this!

Hermione looked back over at Ron, he was still lost in thought.

I wonder what he's thinking about, probably about Harry…

She kept looking over at Ron, he ran a hand through his red hair, that fell down to the tops of his shoulders, his blue eyes were still somewhere else, he raised a hand to his mouth and continued to think. Hermione sighed, she was staring, but he wouldn't notice he never noticed. Hermione sighed again, well one day maybe he will…

Just at that moment she realised that not only was she staring at Ron, but he was staring right back.

Oh no, oh no, calm down, just grab that book and pretend you were reading…

Hermione grabbed the nearest book to her and averted her eyes so that they were focused on the book and not on the tall red head who was sitting on the other side of the room.

There you go, he didn't notice, what a surprise!

"Hermione?"

She looked up, in front of her stood Ron with an amused look on his face.

"Yes Ronald" she replied coolly

"Well Hermione… I didn't know that you were into Quidditch!" He paused.

Oh dear…

"Enjoying it are you Hermione?" He asked with a big grin on his face.

"Well…yes… a little different to what I usually read, but its quite interesting."

"Well you might enjoy it more if the book was the right way around!" He said quietly, while smiling down at her the whole time.

Oh no oh no oh no…

Hermione looked down at the book she was reading, she had picked up a copy of Quidditch through the ages and was indeed holding it upside down.

She felt the colour rise in her cheeks, "Oh….well…..I…You see…" she stuttered.

"Wow Hermione Granger lost for words! I do believe this could be grounds for a National holiday!" with one last cheeky grin he headed towards the door.

Hermione was too embarrassed to form a coherent thought.

However before Ron could get through the door he was met by Mrs Weasley.

"RONALD WEASLEY! Where are Fred and George? When I get my hands on them! AAARRRGGHH!!!" she began waving a rolling pin around frantically.

I don't care if they're 19! Damn them! They are in for a WORLD full of trouble when I see them"

Hermione stood up, although was quite careful not to go too near Mrs Weasley, her moods were quite unpredictable with the wedding approaching.

"What's wrong, can we help?" Hermione asked anxiously.

Mrs Weasley calmed down slightly, but only very slightly.

"Oh thank you dear, its just those blasted two will be the DEATH of me! Not only have they enchanted the garden gnomes to sing and dance in pink tutus they have also done something to my flowers that makes them shout obscenities to anyone who walks by!!"

The rolling pin was flying all over the place and she began to hyperventilate.

"I CANNOT deal with this! What will the Delacour's THINK?"

Ron just stood there trying his hardest not to laugh as his mother continued to shout and curse, although he paid close attention to what she was doing with the rolling pin.

Mrs Weasley's rant was interrupted by a large owl, who flew into the room and deposited a letter in front of her.

"Mail at this time of day? I wonder…"

Hermione watched Mrs Weasley open the letter, and read the contents, her face getting more and more serious, until she finally snapped her head up.

"Oh this is not the best time…" she muttered to herself.

"What's the matter Mrs Weasley?" Hermione asked gently.

"I've got to go, urgent order business, you two will just have to look after the house until I get back, are you both ready to pick up Harry tomorrow?" Mrs Weasley asked as she wrapped a shawl around her.

Both Hermione and Ron nodded.

"Good, good, you should be safe here dears. I'll see you when I get back."

With that she left through the front door, tottered to the end of the garden path and apparated away.

Ron had a very confused look on his face.

Well to be honest, he has that look quite a lot.

Hermione smiled to herself, "What do you suppose that was about?"

"Not a clue." They both stood their lost in their own thoughts.

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It had been a long day for Nymphadora Tonks, she had been chasing leads on Death Eaters all day, all of them leading nowhere. The Auror office had been working non stop since the murder of Albus Dumbledore and Tonks felt tired.

As she lay on her sofa, her head resting on Remus Lupin's chest, while he was stroking her hair (which was pink and curly today) she began to relax a little.

"I'm worried Remus, the ministry may have stepped up Harry's security, but after what happened to Dumbledore, can we protect Harry? Can anyone protect him?"

Remus sat her up, brushed the hair from her face and looked directly at her.

"You can't think like that Nymph, your also forgetting that Harry is also a very skilled wizard and can do a pretty good job of protecting himself."

"He's just so young…" she sighed, "But at least something good came out of all of this mess…" she smiled mischievously at him.

Remus smiled back, "I'm not sure I know what your talking about?!" he said with and air of amusement in his voice.

Tonks gently punched him on the arm before gently pushing him back onto the sofa… they were interrupted by a owl hooting loudly as it flew into the room, dropping a letter on top of them.

Tonks sighed in frustration as she ripped open the letter and scanned its contents.

"Its for both of us Remus, we need to meet McGonagall immediately, its urgent."

Tonks and Lupin grabbed their wands, put on their travelling cloaks and apparated to the meeting point.

………………………………...

Minerva was pacing the dark room, anxiously waiting for the others to arrive, she had decided what she wanted to do with the information that Dumbledore had bestowed upon her, but she was going to need support.

Suddenly the room was filled with loud pops as various witches and wizards apparated into the room. Minerva McGonagall turned to face the various members of the order.

She was met with Molly and Arthur Weasley, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Alastor Moody and Kingsley Shacklebolt.

"Thank you all for coming at such short notice, if you would all like to take a seat."

The members of the order took a seat around the round table and placed their wands in front of them. She took a seat herself and addressed the room.

"The room has been secured with secrecy charms, so you may speak freely, but I must impress on you how important it is to remember that whatever is said within this room, stays in this room unless discussed otherwise."

There was a murmur of agreement around the room as she took a deep breath and continued.

"What I have found out is a matter of great importance, it concerns Harry Potter…"

The room was silent, all eyes were focused intently on her.

"In the wake of Dumbledore's death I received a letter, a letter that he wrote before he died. It appeared that Albus Dumbledore carried a great secret around with him, which was to be passed on to me in the event of his death."

She paused and looked around the room, not a sound could be heard.

There is no time for beating about the bush, best to come right out with it.

"There is no easy way to tell you but…" she paused and took a deep breath. "On the night that Lily Potter gave birth to Harry Potter, she also gave birth to a girl, Amelia Elizabeth Potter, Harry Potter has a twin sister…"

There was a collective gasp, then everyone began talking at once…

"How could we not know…?"

"Why was this a secret…?"

"Oh poor Harry! Oh what Lily must have went through"

"How could Dumbledore do this?"

The noise was deafening. "SILENCE!!" Roared Professor McGonagall.

The voices ceased, everybody sat back down, their eyes immediately went back to her.

"This is a huge shock I know. Amelia was taken from Lily and James when she was only a few days old, she has been brought up as a witch and mentored by Albus, he…"

At that point Molly Weasly stood up and SLAMMED her fists on the table. Everyone turned to look at her, shock and disbelief on their faces.

"Molly sit down please.." begged Arthur.

"I WILL NOT!" she roared, she looked directly at Minerva,

"Are you telling me that Harry, who I have come to look upon as one of my own, has been feeling so lonely without a family, looking at other families and wishing with ALL of his heart that he had a family of his own, and ALL ALONG HE HAD A TWIN SISTER. How could ALBUS do this?"

She hit her fists on the table once more, her face was red with rage.

"Molly calm yourself." snapped Alastor Moody, "Albus must have had a reason, and I for one would like to hear it."

Anxious eyes watched Molly Weasley waiting to see what she would do next. Slowly she sat down. Minerva continued.

"All I know is that Amelia was taken so that she would be protected from Lord Voldemort. Albus said that she has a power, a power that he couldn't yet understand, but if Voldemort had found her the result would have been devastating."

"So what are we going to do with this information?" Asked Tonks, "Harry turns of age tomorrow, he will be old enough to make his own decisions…"

Minerva took a deep breath.

"I propose we tell him."

Silence fell once again in the room, slowly everyone began to nod their head.

"We still don't know what we are dealing with, so every precaution needs to be taken." She took a deep breath.

"So tomorrow all will be revealed…"

A/N A bit of Knights and the round table moment there ( I don't own that either). Please review x x x