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Chapter 13:
"Thank you all for coming," Professor Dumbledore says to Lily, James, Remus, Sirius and Peter who are now seated in front of him in his office, nervously awaiting for their 'official' invitation to join the Order of the Phoenix, and in turn, their first 'assignment'.
This is so much more important than school: here, we have the chance to bring down Voldemort.
We can beat those pricks!
"Lily, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter, today I would like to extend an invitation to join the ranks of the Order of the Phoenix to you all. I now require you to state your answer clearly – yes or no," Dumbledore continues.
"Lily?"
"Yes"
"James?"
"Yes"
"Sirius?"
"Yes"
"Remus?"
"Yes"
"Peter?"
"Yes"
"Well that is settled then; the five of you are now officially members of the Order. We are having a meeting tomorrow at 5pm in here – you will receive your co-ordinating devices and everything else then. As for now, please return to your normal day-to-day routine until then. Thank you, for being the new generation of fighters – we really need all the top witches and wizards we can get!" Dumbledore says, and the youngsters feel like adults for a moment, before being switched back to children.
They take this as a dismissal: they all stand up at the same time and walk out of the room together. Once they are outside, James takes Lily's hand whilst the three other boys stand there like spare parts to the happy couple (even though they have been this 'happy couple' for less than a day – oh it feels like more than a day… it feels like forever!)
"So what are we doing this afternoon?" Sirius asks, "Off to cause some mayhem?"
Lily snorts before saying:
"Well I'm off to talk to Vera for a bit then going to do my homework, so I'll see you Marauders later!"
She gives James a kiss on the lips before she leaves and Remus, Sirius and Peter wolfwhistle whilst James stands there, stunned.
"Well, I think that calls for a celebratory round of hexes and mayhem today!" James jokes with his friends.
So for the rest of the day, James and the Marauders hang out by the lake, charming and jinxing everything they see – typical childish guy stuff – whilst Lily does a lot of homework: Vera is nowhere to be found.
In fact, I haven't seen her since yesterday in the pub…
Dinner rolls around, and Lily sits with the Marauders, with no sign of Vera still. She catches Professor McGonagall after dinner in the Entrance Hall and says:
"Professor, have you seen Vera? Because she went to Hogsmeade – I saw her in the 3 broomsticks – but she hasn't been seen since then," Lily asks, extremely concerned.
"Wait here a moment," her teacher replies, before running off to talk to Dumbledore, who then returns with her. As they see Dumbledore approach Lily, the Marauders join her.
"Miss Evans, boys, I believe I have a mission for you – Ootp style. Your mission: find Vera Verino before Tuesday morning"
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Apologies, this chapter is awfully short: I just wanted to give you something: I have this new story on Morganville Vampires and I write that a lot (over the past 3 days) but now I have writers block for Harry Potter! It blows!
Still, review please!
Vicky xx
P.S tell you what, 5 reviews and I'll attempt to get a half decent, full length chapter next time, ok? If not… well, it may take longer with the lack of encouragement!