Chapter 10 The Order of The Phoenix

August 2nd, 1995

Well this certainly had been an eventful summer, to say the least. We've only been back to Little Whinging for about five days and already havoc has ensued on Privet Drive. We're moving for the summer to Grimmauld Place because of what happened today. Mum and Dad aren't too thrilled. Dementors showed up in Little Whinging. Mum nearly had kittens. Harry and I ended up saving Dudley and his little gang's lives when two dementors showed up at the playground. Harry casted his patronus as did I and we steered off the dementors. Mum and Dad showed up and couldn't believe it. And then, Harry, not me, just Harry received a letter from the Ministry saying he had broken the law and performed underage magic. Say what? Dad was pissed. Why did I get one then even though I casted a patronus? The ministry must have a trace on Harry's wand somehow. Dad said he was going to get to the bottom of this. Harry is also to appear before the Wizengamot on August 12th for a trial. Hopefully Dad and Mum can get everything taken care of...

August 4th, 1995

The six of us: Mum, Dad, myself, Harry and Draco and Aunt Cissy, have moved into Grimmauld Place. Because of everything that happened a couple days ago, Mum and Dad said we had to have security measures put into place. That was when Draco, Harry and I were introduced to The Order of The Phoenix. This was the "old crowd" that Dumbledore had mentioned that night after the third task. The Order is a group of wizards and witches protecting the light side against You-Know-Who's followers. Lupin, Dad and Aunt Cissy's cousin Tonks and a few other people, including the real Mad-Eye Moody, are a part of it. It started up when You-Know-Who first came into power and people like Uncle James and Aunt Lily were a part of it. Hermione, Josh, Ron, and Luna are going to be here in a few days, along with Frank and Helen. Dad is worried that Hermione's family might be targeted too. The Grangers agreed and canceled their appointments for the summer, saying to their patients that they were taking a month long vacation with their daughter before she went back to boarding school. The Weasleys and Farnhams are also going to stay here. It's going to be one cramped house. Oh, Percy and Penny had their baby as well! A girl to Mrs. Weasley's delight. Percy and Penny named her Molly after Mrs. Weasley. She is beautiful from the picture they sent us! I can't wait to meet her!

August 6th, 1995

Everyone arrived today at Grimmauld Place. As soon as Percy and Penny arrived with baby Molly, I rushed up to them and took the newborn into my arms. She looks just like Penny except she has the Weasley hair.

Harry, Draco and I relayed the story of what happened at Privet Drive with Dudley and the dementors. Hermione was livid. She said that it must be some kind of prejudice towards Harry. Hermione had said when she first tried spells when she got her wand, that there was no letter or anything from the Ministry like that. Someone was watching Harry and trying to have him expelled. We were all going to get to the bottom of this.

August 12th, 1995

He got off! He got off! Harry is not guilty! Hooray! Dad, Mum, myself, Harry and Dumbledore showed up for Harry's trial today. Fudge didn't want to believe that there were dementors in Little Whinging. Susan Bones' aunt, Amelia, couldn't either. I gave my testimony as best as I could. There was a woman in the Wizengamot wearing an ugly pink sweater under her robes. Her name is Delores Umbridge. I'm calling her Umbitch. She and a few others tried to get Harry found guilty but majority ruled over them and Harry was found innocent after pleas from Dumbledore to Fudge to look at the consequences with You-Know-Who returning. Anyways, after the trial, Dad had to go back to work, so Mum took Harry and I out to lunch before returning to Grimmauld Place. The others were thrilled to hear about Harry's acquittal and Mrs. Weasley threw a big dinner to celebrate.

August 15th, 1995

Our Hogwarts letters for the new year came today. Josh and I are Prefects for Ravenclaw! Hermione also got a prefect badge as did Harry. Draco is the Male Slytherin Prefect, much to his dismay. He's pretty sure that Pansy is the female prefect. Yech. What a pug-face.

Frank and Helen and Mum and Dad were pleased at this, as well as Michael and Christina, and our parents gave us a big lunch celebration out at our favorite restaurant. We even invited Ron, Ginny, and Luna to join us and helped them blend into the Muggle world. Then we all went to Diagon Alley to get our two new books and some supplies for school.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention. There is a portrait of my Grandmother Black that hangs on the wall just at the top of the staircase. Dad has been trying for years to remove her portrait but there must be a permanent sticking charm on her or something. One of these days we'll get her down. She yells at us everytime we go past her and we have to shut the curtains. She calls me awful things since she had disowned Dad years ago. The most often one is "You Bastard Half-Breeded Child!" Lovely. I just tell her to fuck off and I shut her curtains. First time I said that to her, she replied, "You ungrateful little bitch". Dad nearly had kittens when he heard Grandmother say that to me. I thought he was going to burn her portrait right off the wall.

September 4th, 1995

Another year at Hogwarts. We left Luna, Ron, and Ginny with Neville in an empty compartment as the rest of us went up to the front compartment for the Prefect meeting on the first. Who knew there were so many rules to abide by? Josh and I have the afternoon patrol in Ravenclaw Tower, so that we have time to study.

Professor Grubbly-Plank is back, filling in temporarily for Hagrid. He's off on a special mission for Dumbledore, and we're not sure what for. And you'll never guess who our new Defense teacher is.

Umbitch. Great, just what we need. She gave this LONG speech when Dumbledore introduced her. When she was done, the hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Anyways, Harry told me that Seamus is mad at Harry. Supposedly his mum believes all of the rubbish that was written in the Daily Prophet about Harry and didn't want Seamus coming back to Hogwarts. Cho is captain for the Ravenclaw team, and Angelina Johnson, Fred's girlfriend, is Gryffindor's. Speaking of Fred and George, they've started their joke shop business at Hogwarts, and Hermione isn't too thrilled about it. She's been harassing them about setting an example for the younger students. Oh Hermione, lighten up will you?

Our first defense class went horrible. We aren't going to be using defensive spells at all in the class! It's just going to be a lecture and no practicing! You've got to be kidding me! Something has to be done about this woman! The ministry is out of their mind!

September 7th, 1995

Umbitch has been torturing Harry. That does it. She gave him detentions for the rest of the week and we found out that she was using a blood quill on Harry! Those are illegal! Also, Ron is the new Gryffindor keeper, replacing Oliver Wood. Also, Umbitch was appointed as the Defense teacher not by Dumbledore, but by the ministry and now she is the Hogwarts High Inquisitor. I've got a bad feeling about this.

September 30th, 1995

Well, the group of us have come up with a solution to the Defense practicing issue. We're forming a club. It's called Dumbledore's Army. We met in this dingy pub in Hogsmeade called the Hogs Head. About twenty-five other students showed up and we agreed that what the Ministry and Umbitch were doing is bullocks. Also, the quidditch captains had to get permission to reform the quidditch teams. Turned out that Umbitch can pass these so-called Education Decrees whenever she wants. We think she might be intercepting Harry's mail. Hedwig showed up with an injured wing. I wrote to Mum and Dad to tell this to them and used Pig. Instead of replying back, Dad showed up at Hogwarts and confronted the old hag. Dumbledore and the rest of the staff looked on in amusement as Dad confronted her. She said if he was challenging her methods, then he was challenging the Ministry. He turned to us, looked at Harry and I, and said, "Give her hell you lot."

We've decided to meet in the Room of Requirement. Everyone that joined had to sign a paper. It's been jinxed by Hermione in case someone decided to snitch on us to Umbitch.

October 31st, 1995

Hermione's brilliant. She's created these fake galleons to give to all the members of the D.A. The galleons will notify us of the next day and time the D.A. will meet so we can sneak around Umbitch. The first match of the Quidditch season also began today with Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Luna wore this rather large Lion hat and it was charmed to roar. Ron turned beet red at his girlfriend's display of affection for him in the Great Hall. Draco is still the Slytherin seeker, but Crabbe and Goyle are the new beaters. I have a bad feeling the Slytherins are going to be extra violent this season. And annoying apparently. They wrote a song about Ron being keeper to torment him during the game. Thankfully Harry managed to catch the snitch and win the game for Gryffindor. And then after the game, all hell broke loose. Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise Zabini started insulting Harry, Fred and George and the three got into a fist fight with them. Umbitch has given the three of them a lifetime ban! Holy crap! Angelina, Alicia, and Katie are not happy campers. Neither is Ron.

December 21st, 1995

Angelina managed to find two new beaters and a replacement seeker for Gryffindor. Jack Sloper and Andrew Kirke are the new beaters, and Ginny is the new seeker! And Hagrid is back! He's been trying to rally the Giants to help fight against You-Know-Who, but he didn't have any luck.

Mr. Weasley was attacked last night, just before we left Hogwarts for the holidays. He was attacked by a giant snake we think belongs to You-Know-Who. He's going to be okay though. Mr. Weasley was at the Ministry, guarding something. Not entirely sure what though. Anyways, it happened after our last D.A. meeting when everyone had gone to bed. Next thing I knew, Flitwick was waking Luna and I up, saying something had happened to Mr. Weasley and we and Josh, along with our belongings, were ushered into Dumbledore's office with Hermione, Draco, and the Weasleys. We were flooed to Grimmauld Place to find Dad and Mum sitting there with Aunt Cissy, the Farnhams and the Grangers. Mrs. Weasley was at St. Mungos. We are going to visit him tomorrow.

December 22nd, 1995

Mr. Weasley will be out in a few days, just in time for Christmas. He's pretty banged up but he's going to be okay. He will be in a wheelchair for a while until his injuries fully heal. In the meantime, we've gone about decorating Grimmauld Place for the holidays. While the Weasleys, Draco, Aunt Cissy, and Luna seemed to be using magic to decorate, Harry, Hermione, the Grangers, Josh, Mum, Dad and I decided to have an old fashioned time decorating the Muggle way. Mum put on her favorite Muggle oldies station and Christmas tunes from the Beatles and other artists poured out of the radio. We saw Neville at St. Mungos. His parents, my other godparents, are on the fourth floor in the Spell Damage ward. Frank and Alice Longbottom were tortured once by my cousin Bellatrix Lestrange and her asshole of a husband to the point of insanity. That was the only part of the story I knew, but Neville's Gran started to talk about You-Know-Who and secret projects and that Frank and Alice had been protecting something. Just like Mr. Weasley had been. Hmmm, must have been work for The Order. Oh, and you will never guess who else we saw on the fourth floor. Professor Lockhart the Fraud.

He still doesn't remember anything from two and a half years ago. He still thinks he's giving a world book tour. I honestly feel somewhat bad for the git, but he got what he deserved.

December 25th, 1995

Happy Christmas! Mr. Weasley came home last evening and we had a fabulous meal to celebrate. Mrs. Weasley decided we should just open gifts anyways since it was after midnight and we celebrated into the wee hours of the morning. Everyone got the usual Weasley sweater, along with some scarves and hats. Mum and Dad got everyone the best gift ever. Tickets! Tickets to see a Muggle musical that was all the rage on the West End right now. It's a musical that was actually based off of one of my and Hermione's favorite Victor Hugo novels, called Les Miserables. It's about a thief in hiding during the French Revolution in the 1860's. It was brought back as a revival. Dad said it would be good to culture the Weasleys and Luna in Muggle music and theatre, which is a lot different from the Magical Fine Arts. Anyways, the tickets are for Friday night. I'm really excited. We're going to take everyone shopping for Muggle Formal wear as you have to dress up nice when you go to these shows.

Josh got me a beautiful necklace he had bought through a mail-order service. I got him a new watch. Hermione got diamond earrings and a diamond necklace from Harry. She cried for about two minutes before planting a full snog on him in front of everyone.

We had a delicious feast later of ham, turkey, and so many wonderful goodies. I'm stuffed. Any who, goodnight!

December 29th, 1995

Oh my gosh, everyone had the best time at Les Miserables. We introduced The Weasleys and Luna to some of our favorite Muggle snacks and drinks, including Coke and KitKats. We had premium seating in the orchestra seating on the main floor of the theatre. We took up an entire row. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley didn't go, but everyone else did. Christina said that her great-great grandparents were active in this revolution back in the 1860's, fighting to have the monarchy restored. The cast was fantastic and I gave them multiple standing ovations during the show.

We go back to Hogwarts after the new year. I'm a little worried about Umbitch when we go back. Hopefully we can get a D.A. meeting in before classes resume in a week or so.

January 8th, 1996

We're back at Hogwarts for the spring term. Snape is going to teach Harry Occlumency. Of all people SNAPE! He hates our guts! Why on earth would he do such a thing like that? Well, it turned out that Harry isn't having visions, but instead is seeing through Voldemort's mind somehow and this makes Harry vulnerable.

Something is up with Lupin and Tonks. We walked in on them this morning at breakfast, the two of them in a deep whispered conversation. Hmm, can't put my finger on that one...

We took the Knight Bus to Hogwarts. Lupin and Tonks saw us up there safely. Oh brother. Never again in a million years. Who gave that Ernie Prang fellow a driver's license anyways?

January 10th, 1996

There's been a Mass breakout of Death Eaters from Azkaban. Shit, this is not good. Dolohov, Rookwood, the LeStranges, just to name a few. We think Pettigrew and Lucius Malfoy helped them escape. Draco looked fearful, as did Neville and several other students.

Also, this guy that worked with Mr. Weasley and my dad at the Ministry died mysteriously at St. Mungos the other day. He had received what was supposedly just a normal potted plant but it turned out to be Devil's Snare and it strangled him to death. He was an unspeakable.

Umbitch is back to her educational decrees. Teachers aren't allowed to talk to students about anything that isn't their subject. We think she saw the group of us visiting Hagrid.

February 14th, 1996

Happy Valentine's Day! We've had several D.A. meetings these last few weeks. Everyone is doing outstanding. Harry is a great teacher. He's going to teach everyone how to conjure a patronus at one of our next meetings.

Harry and Hermione, instead of celebrating V-Day together, met with someone unexpected at the Three Broomsticks today. Rita Skeeter. Remember how I mentioned at the end of last term that Hermione had banged her hand on the window? Turns out that Rita Skeeter is an illegal Animagus and takes shape of a beetle. That was how she was getting all of her information last year to write those nasty lies! Anyways, Hermione had caught her and made her promise not to write any horrible stories for a year or she would report Skeeter to the Ministry.

Anyways, they had brought Luna along to have her tell Rita that if she didn't write the truth about everything that Harry and Hermione were going to tell him, and then her father would publish it in The Quibbler.

March 3rd, 1996

The article in the Quibbler was published today. All of the students and staff (except Umbitch and the Slytherins minus Draco, Daphne, and Tracy Davis that is) congratulated Harry. Some of the other students even apologized to Harry for their behavior towards him, including Seamus. Umbitch also sacked Trelawney! We couldn't believe it! Dumbledore, however, said that she could stay at the castle anyways and Umbitch was furious! The new divination professor is Firenze, that centaur we met in first year in the Forbidden Forest.

April 4th, 1995

The rest of March was dull. We still have been meeting in secret for the D.A. Well, we were. Umbitch caught us finally. Marietta Edgecombe snitched on us. Turns out that Umbitch was using Veritaserum in the students' tea when she would bring them in for questioning.

Anyways, before we got caught, Harry, Hermione, Josh and I were showing everyone our patroni. Ron's came out to be a Jack Russell terrier, and he blushed when Luna's became a rabbit. Fudge proved to be in on Umbitch's shenanigans when he arrived to question the eight of us about our secret meetings. Dumbledore took full blame for it, saying that the D.A. was his idea. One of Dad's co-workers, a man named Dawlish, seemed to be on Fudge's side but Kingsley, a member of the Order, gave Dumbledore time to escape magnificently with Fawkes. Now he's in hiding and Umbitch is the new headmistress. Well shit, and I thought things couldn't get worse...

April 15th, 1995

Fred and George had a brilliant escape from Hogwarts today. They set off all sorts of spells and fireworks all day during classes but what happened later that afternoon was just brilliant. They turned a corridor on the fifth floor of the east wing into a portable swamp. When Umbitch confronted them, the two kissed Angelina and Alicia passionately, summoned their brooms that Umbitch had chained to the wall, and the two flew out of Hogwarts, promoting Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes in Diagon Alley.

May 15th, 1995

Flitwick left the portable swamp up in the fifth floor corridor. So did McGonagall. They said that they enjoyed watching Umbitch and Filch struggle to remove it.

Gryffindor won the Quidditch cup. We played them for it. Since I was the best chaser on the team, I decided to have a little fun with Ron. I missed all of my shots on purpose, but made it look like I couldn't get past him. (Hopefully he never reads this one day. I would never forgive myself.)

Ginny caught the snitch and Ron was paraded out by the Gryffindors, singing their version of that stupid "Weasley is Our King" song. Harry, who was still banned from Quidditch, and Hermione went to pay Hagrid a visit instead of going to the match. We were in for a shock. Hagrid has a half-brother, a full grown giant. His name is Grawp.

O.W.L.S. start in a couple weeks, and everyone is studying like mad. Hermione is terrified that she's going to fail but I mean come on, she's the brightest student in our year. She's smarter than Cho for heaven's sake, and that's saying something!

June 8th, 1995

Well, the O.W.L.S are finally upon us. They are going to take place over the course of the next two weeks. We will sit the theory exams in the morning, and the practicals in the afternoon, with the exception of Astronomy, which will be at night.

Our Charms exams will take place Monday Morning. The examiners will be here tomorrow, just after or perhaps during lunch.

June 10th, 1995

The fifth years have a special schedule for their O.W.L.S., as do the seventh years with their N.E.W.T.S. Everyone takes their exams in the Great Hall. We are given two and a half hours to complete the theory exam. Then we eat lunch with everyone and then we are summoned to this little chamber off the side of the Great Hall. Everyone is called in groups alphabetically. First the A's, then the B's and so forth. The examiner I had was Professor Marchbanks. She's an old deaf woman who speaks super loud at you. She made me make the table dance. No sweat.

Tomorrow is Transfiguration, and Wednesday is Herbology. Thursday is going to be the big one. Defense Against The Dark Arts. Anyone in the D.A., which is just about every fifth year with the exception of about seven-eighths of Slytherin, should have no problem passing.

Hermione, Josh and I have Ancient Runes on Friday, and then the Potions exam is next Monday. Care of Magical Creatures will be on the 18th, and Astronomy is going to be on the 19th, as well as our Arithmancy exam since only a few select of us are taking it. History of Magic is going to be our final exam.

June 20th, 1995

No, no, no, no, no. This cannot be happening to me. To my family.

He's gone. He's dead. My dad is DEAD. Killed at the hands of our own cousin, that psycho bitch Bellatrix Lestrange. I don't even know what to write or think right now. I think I better start with last night. First off, Umbitch is gone. And would you believe it, Umbitch was the one who sent those dementors after Harry and I in Little Whinging! Centaurs carried her off into the Forbidden Forest after she attacked McGonagall during our Astronomy O.W.L. Poor thing took four stunners to the chest. She was transported to St. Mungo's this morning. Dumbledore wasn't back yet so Professor Flitwick took over as acting headmaster until one of them returned.

No one wanted to sleep after witnessing the attacks last night. Josh and I relayed the events to Luna, along with Padma Patil and Su Li. This morning we had our History of Magic exam for our final. All was going smoothly when Harry cried out in horror. That's where the trouble began...

"Harry! Are you alright?" asked Jessica. "What is it?"

"It's your dad," said Harry as he dragged Jessica, Hermione, Ron, and Josh into an empty corridor. "Voldemort has Sirius."

"Are you sure?' asked Hermione as Jessica gasped.

"How'd you-"

"Saw it. Just now. When I fell asleep in the exam," said Harry.

"But-but where? How?" asked Josh.

"I dunno how," said Harry. "But I know exactly where. There's a room in the Department of Mysteries full of shelves covered in these little glass balls, and they're at the end of row ninety-seven. He's trying to use Sirius to get whatever it is he wanted from in there. He's torturing him; says he'll end it by killing him."

"Are you sure it's real?" asked Jessica. "It's five o'clock, everyone's just getting off work. No way Voldemort could get in there without being detected."

"We need to get to London," said Harry. "We need to save Sirius."

"Did you say, save Sirius?" asked a voice. It was Ginny, walking with Draco, Neville and Luna. "Did we miss something?"

"Sirius is in trouble at the Ministry," said Harry. "Voldemort has him. We need to go rescue him!"

"Mate, look, as much as I would love to help," said Draco, "if Voldemort is really there, I can't go. I could be in more danger than you."

"He's right," said Ginny.

"I can keep a lookout for you guys while you get off safely to London," said Draco. Harry nodded.

"How are we going to get there though?" asked Ron.

"Thestrals," replied Luna. "They can fly, you know."

"Luna, they're invisible to anyone who hasn't seen death," said Jessica. "I think it would be odd for people to see just human bodies flying across the sky."

"We have no choice," said Hermione. "We need to go find Sirius."

The three Ravenclaws and five Gryffindors crept out of Hogwarts while Draco kept an eye by the front entrance. They hurried to the Forbidden Forest and found five Thestrals grazing nearby. Luna and Harry wrangled them up and everyone (with help from Harry and Luna) got up onto the Thestrals. Neville and Ginny flew seperately while the three couples paired up. They kicked off into the sky and headed for London. It was dark when they landed in the alleyway next to the Ministry of Magic's Visitors Entrance. The eight teenagers crammed into the miniscule telephone booth and Harry dialed "62442" which spelled "Magic". The phone booth lowered them into the atrium of the Ministry. The security desk was empty.

"Oh I've got a bad feeling about this..." muttered Neville as the eight climbed out of the phone booth.

"Me too," said Jessica, pulling out her wand. The others followed suit.

"This way," said Harry. They headed towards the elevators and Jessica hit the button for the Department of Mysteries. After a roller coaster of a ride in the elevator, the group got off on the Department of Mysteries floor.

"That's the door, the door in my dreams," said Harry, coming up to the entrance of the round black door. "I recognized it when we came here for my hearing."

As Harry went to open the door, Jessica put her hand on his shoulder.

"Be careful, Harry," said Jessica. Everyone held their wands up in defense as the eight entered the room. Thousands of shiny blue balls adorned the room on hundreds of shelves.

"What are these things?" asked Ron.

"They look like crystal balls," replied Luna as the group walked up the aisle.

"They're prophecies," said Jessica. "I overheard Mum and Dad talking about these one night this past summer. They are prophecies made by seers all over the world from years past."

The group continued to walk down the aisle, reading the numbers on the sides of the shelves.

"Here, this is ninety-seven..." said Josh. Harry walked up the shelf with the number 97 on it and the group gasped as the read the writing on a sticky label beneath two of the orbs sitting on the shelf.

"You guys, Harry's mentioned on both of these..." said Ron as Jessica picked one of them up. Harry picked up the other. His read:

S.P.T. To A.P.W.B.D.

Dark Lord and (?) Harry Potter

Jessica's read:

S.P.T. To A.P.W.B.D.

DARK LORD, THE POTTERS AND THE FARNHAMS

"Why does this one say just "The Potters and the Farnhams?" asked Jessica. "Surely this isn't about your parents, Josh?"

The orb seemed to answer Jessica's question and gave a response. The group watched in awe and disbelief as the prophecy played through the orb.

"THE ONE WHO WILL VANQUISH THE DARK LORD WILL MARRY THE ONE BORN IN THE NINTH MONTH... WHO IN TURN WILL STAB THE CUP. THE SEPTEMBER DAUGHTER OF THE RAVEN WILL MARRY THE SEPTEMBER SON... WHO WILL LATER EXECUTE THE FINAL BLOW TO THE HEAD. TOGETHER THEY SHALL SLAY THE DARK LORD."

"Bloody hell..." whispered Ron, and he, Luna, Ginny and Neville stared at the other four in awe.

"It's about us?" squeaked Jessica.

"Very good Miss Black and Mr. Potter," drawled a familiar voice. "Now hand them over."

The group whirled around and came face to face with Lucius Malfoy. Ginny gave a gasp of horror as black shapes emerged out of thin air around them, blocking their way left and right. A dozen lit wand tips were pointing directly to their hearts.

"To me, Potter and Black," repeated Lucius Malfoy as he held out his palm out.

Harry's insides plummeted sickeningly. They were trapped and outnumbered two to one.

"Where's my father?" Jessica growled. The death eaters around the eight teens laughed.

"Oh you have many things to learn, young one," replied Lucius. "Now hand over the prophecies you silly girl."

"Not until you give us Sirius!" replied Harry.

"You need to learn the difference between dreams and reality, Mr. Potter," replied Lucius.

"What would Voldemort want with these silly prophecies?" asked Jessica with a snarl. "And why send you to do his dirty work instead of coming and getting it himself?"

"Get it himself?" cackled Bellatrix LeStrange. "The Dark Lord, walk into the Ministry of Magic, when they are so sweetly ignoring his return? The Dark Lord, reveal himself to the Aurors including your father? My dear sweet cousin, you should know better..." Bellatrix trailed her long fingernail against the side of Jessica's face.

"NOW!" cried Harry.

"REDUCTO!" Eight wands shot red light and blew back the death eaters to the ground. The eight teens made a break for it.

"Now Harry!" cried Jessica. The two smashed the orbs to the ground as they ran and the orbs shattered, leaving the prophecies unknown to to the death eaters. Only they would know the truth.

The shelves of prophecies fell one by one behind the group as they ran towards the door. They ran farther and farther and piled into the door in front of them. The teens screamed as they fell and Hermione cast the charm to stop them safely, just inches from the ground. They slowly landed with a thud on the ground and the eight teens looked around.

"Where are we?" asked Ginny.

"No idea," said Harry. "Looks like more rooms. Come on, this way." He led the group into one of the doors.

"That's the Veil," whispered Jessica in awe as they entered the room. "The Veil of Death. They sentence prisoners to that. Once you go in you can never come out."

Before Harry could react, the other seven were forcefully pulled away from him and he stood in the middle of the room by himself as Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville, Luna, Jessica and Josh were held captive by Bellatrix and six other death eaters. Dolohov had Hermione and Rookwood had Jessica.

"Give us the prophecies, Potter," said Malfoy.

"They're gone, Malfoy, give it up," said Potter.

"Then you and your friends shall d-"

"STUPEFY!"

Malfoy was thrown backwards and Harry didn't even have time to react when Sirius, Arabella, Tonks, Lupin, Kingsley and several other Order members appeared instantly. The death eaters holding the other seven teens were stunned almost instantly, allowing the seven teens to break free of their captors.

"Dad! Mum!" cried Jessica.

"Sirius! It's a trap!" cried Harry as everyone brandished their wands.

"Harry! You and the others go! Now!" cried Sirius as the members of the Order started to fight the death eaters. Harry nodded and the eight teens tried to make a break for it. None were prepared for what happened next though. A red shot of light hit Sirius in the chest as Bellatrix cackled evilly. He froze in horror, the smile on his face fading. It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall. His body curved in a graceful arc as he sank backward into the ragged veil.

"SIRIUS!" cried Harry and Arabella.

"DAD! NO!" cried Jessica, trying to make a run to catch her father before death could take him. Lupin and Josh held her back as she screamed for her father in horror.

"He's gone, Love," said Josh.

"There's nothing you can do," said Lupin. "He's gone. Sirius is gone."

"He hasn't gone!" cried Jessica, tears streaming down her face. Harry was being held back by Arabella as he sobbed into his godmother's arms.

"SIRIUS!" bellowed Harry. "SIRIUS!" Arabella dragged Harry away from the dais and brought him over to the others as the Order members rounded up the death eaters, immobilizing them with invisible ropes. Kingsley was still fighting Bellatrix.

"Gone, he's gone!" sobbed Jessica into Josh's arms. "I'm going to MURDER YOU BELLATRIX!"

The group heard a yelp and saw Kingsley on the ground in pain and Bellatrix making a run for it. Harry and Jessica started to chase after her as she ran into the hallway.

"Harry! No! Jessica! Come back!" cried Lupin as Arabella sobbed into his arms.

"I, KILLED, SIRIUS BLACK!" sang Bellatrix in a high-pitched voice as she ran.

"STUPEFY!" cried Harry. Bellatrix fell to the ground and the two teens brandished their wands at Bellatrix. Jessica tied her up and pointed her wand at Bellatrix's throat.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't slaughter you," growled Jessica.

"Oh sweet cousin, he got what he deserved, the blood traitor," replied Bellatrix. "It's not too late you know." Her voice turned to a whisper. "You can still join us, you know, make a name for the Black household."

"I would rather choke to death on my own vomit," replied Jessica with a sneer. Just then, with no warning, Dumbledore appeared as did Voldemort.

"Harry Potter...and Miss Black, isn't it?" sneered Voldemort. "Ah, so we finally meet, Miss Black, your cousins speak so highly of you and your many, talents. Dumbledore, you never cease to amaze me. How do you know when I show up?"

"Stay back Harry, Jessica," said Dumbledore. The two teens nodded and stepped back as Dumbledore and Voldemort began to duel. Midway through the duel, Voldemort disappeared and Harry yelped out in pain, collapsing to the ground.

"Harry! Harry!" cried Jessica, rushing to his aid.

"Stand back, Jessica," said Dumbledore. "Lord Voldemort has taken his body. Fight it Harry. He can't win."

"Kill me now, Dumbledore..." Harry spoke but it wasn't his voice, it was Voldemort's.

"If death is nothing, Dumbledore...kill the boy..."

Harry thought long and hard of the things that mattered most to him. Sirius, his parents, Lupin and Tonks, Jessica, Josh, The Weasleys, Arabella, Neville, Luna, and Hermione. Hermione! The others had walked into the room and saw Harry lying on the ground. Harry's eyes met his lover's and he and Hermione shared an understanding. She knelt down to his side.

"You're weak, Tom," said Harry in his normal voice. "You know nothing of friendship, or bravery, or love!"

Hermione and Harry's lips met and the group watched in awe as a black shadow emerged from Harry's body, withering in pain and it reshaped into Voldemort. By now, several ministry workers, along with Minister Cornelius Fudge had appeared to see the Dark Lord standing in front of them in disbelief and Voldemort took Bellatrix and disapparated into two black smoky figures.

"He's really back!" exclaimed Fudge in disbelief. "Voldemort is really back."

June 24th, 1995

Fudge was sacked last night after the fiasco at the Ministry on Thursday. The group of us that were there are being dubbed as the "Ministry Eight". Lucius Malfoy and the other death eaters captured were sent to Azkaban. Dad's memorial is going to be held after we get back from Hogwarts. Mum is distraught. She's lost her husband of eighteen years. Harry has been walking aimlessly around the lake with Hermione all day. The other prophecy that we didn't get to hear was told to Harry by Dumbledore last night.

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies …"

We also learned that this prophecy could have also meant Neville when first told to Dumbledore. He was born the day before Harry. But Harry was marked with that scar, and Harry has to be the one to kill him.

As for the other prophecy involving Hermione, Josh, Harry and I, I think it means we have a long ways to go before Voldemort is defeated. Dumbledore ventured into the forest and rescued Umbitch. She was still in a bit of shock, and didn't say much as she laid in the Hospital Wing. The eight of us were told to stay there overnight for observation and treatment. Neville's nose had somehow broken, and Ginny broke her ankle when she fell off of one of the rocks by the veil. Ron had been hit with a dazing spell, but was getting back to normal. The rest of us had been excused Friday morning and just hung around in disbelief. Oh, and Hagrid's back! Umbitch had tried to sack him Wednesday night during our exam and he disappeared with Grawp into the Forbidden Forest. Dumbledore got that straightened out thankfully. Also, Firenze is staying on as a Divination professor, along with Trelawney. Now that is an interesting combination... oh, McGonagall is going to be just fine! In fact, she came back today, her cane and carpet bag in hand. She made Crabbe and Goyle take her bags to her chambers.

Josh and I paid a visit to my Dad and Mum's old tree they used to sit under by the lake. Theirs and the Potters' initials were carved into it, and I had Colin Creevey snap a picture of Josh and I in front of it. Then I snapped my dad's wand in half and buried it under the tree, just like he had wanted. Now a part of him will always be at Hogwarts(besides the Map of course). I love you Dad. I will miss you.