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Chapter twenty-five: Wanting to help

Of course he knew , was the first thing I thought. I don't think there was anything happening around the school Dumbledore didn't know about. But the question I had was: why? Why didn't he do something about it? I couldn't imagine it was completely safe to have some creepy idiots walking around at night.

"May I ask why you haven't done something about it?" I asked Dumbledore and he focused his attention to me.

"Who says I haven't done something about it Miss Kessay?"

I didn't know what to say and felt my cheeks getting red. Maybe I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions, but I thought they would be scared of Dumbledore.

"But why were they there last night?" Sirius asked and I was glad I wasn't the only one who didn't quite get Dumbledore's answer.

"Because I haven't stopped them yet," Dumbledore answered and I still didn't get what he meant. So he was doing something about and yet he didn't. This was probably a could example why I wasn't sorted in Ravenclaw. Dumbledore must have seen our blank faces, because he continued to explain.

"I'm trying to find out what their plan is without revealing that I know what they're doing. I let them gather on the school grounds and let them have their meeting. You see, I was there as well last night, which is why I knew you two were there as well."

His eyes sparkled behind his glasses and I felt my face turn red. He had been there? Oh Merlin, what had he seen? He didn't say anything about it, but there was amusement in his eyes and I wished the earth would just open up so I could disappear.

"There are some students here at school, who want to be a part of Voldermort's group. It's my intention to make them change their minds, although some of them are raised with the same believes. I'm not sure if they would ever turn their back on him."

I could think of a few students, mostly pureblood. Mulciber, Snape, maybe even Regulus. From the corner of my eye I looked at Sirius and he was staring at the wall in front of him. He was probably thinking the same thing.

"Voldermort is raising an army and he is trying to get everyone on his side. Some of the families who think blood purity is important are agreeing with his vision. The same goes for the groups with less rights. For instance werewolves…"

Dumbledore paused and I looked at Sirius. He was staring at me and I knew he was thinking the same. Voldermort's group would be interested once they knew Remus was a werewolf. What if Snape told them? He was the only student who, as far as I knew, was aware of his situation. Would they try to recruit him as well? There had to be a way to keep Remus safe.

"I know you are thinking of Remus, but I think he will be safe for now," Dumbledore said and I looked at him. "No one is aware of his condition and as long as he is here it will stay that way. Once you've graduated it's out of my control."

I looked at Dumbledore. We had less than half a year left, before we graduated. What would happen after that? We couldn't let them harass Remus nor other wizards with less pure blood.

"Is there something we can do?" I softly asked. There had to be a way to stop this. Or at least we could try.

"There is something I wanted to talk about with you. I, and some other people, are starting a small organization who stand up against Voldermort. You, however are too young to join," he added when I opened my mouth. "But since Voldermort is recruiting young wizards who are still in school, I want to ask if you could keep an eye open. If you see something or hear something you can report it to me or Professor McGonagall."

I didn't have to think about it. I would do anything to make sure Remus was safe and I knew Sirius would think the same. His friends were the most important to him.

"What about our friends?" Sirius asked and I looked at Dumbledore. "I'm sure James, Remus, Peter, Lily and some others would like to help as well."

"I know what you're thinking Mr. Black, but I don't want this to have to many people involved. Only the ones you trust and they have to keep it to themselves. Make sure no one else hears about this or all my work is lost."

We were all silent for a moment. The thought that we would actually be doing something for the good side made me happy. But even though we didn't have to fight it still made me a bit nervous. What if something would go wrong? What if one of the Slytherins found what we were doing? There would be trips constant trips to the Hospital Wing or maybe even worse…

"I'm in," Sirius said and I also accepted Dumbledore's proposal.

"Well I'm glad we had this talk. Don't take it too serious. If you hear something you can tell us, but don't go looking for it. There are more wizards working on this and you've got NEWT's to focus on."

I nodded at Dumbledore, even though I didn't really care about my NEWT's. Sure, I getting good marks was nice and it would come in handy with my job application. But making sure my friends were safe was for more important to me.

"Well of you two go. If I'm not mistaken you have a double hour of Herbology in ten minutes."

I didn't want to go to a stupid Herbology class. Dumbledore just told us there were future Death Eaters gathering at midnight and I had to go to some stupid class with plants. Dumbledore gave me a stern look as if he knew what I was thinking. I got up and followed Sirius out of the door. I'm sure this was going to be the talk of the evening.

When we arrived at the green house our friends were already there. The looked at us expectantly, but we couldn't tell them now. Especially since we had Herbology with the Slytherins. "This evening," I mumbled to Lily and she nodded.

Herbology went by in a flash. I wasn't really focused on what we were doing and Lily had to come to my rescue a few times. We had to work with Venomous Tentaculas. We were supposed to extract it's juice, so it could be used in Potions. It was one of the most dangerous plants we had to work with and you had to be careful around them. Their vines tried to grab us all the time and my Venomous Tentacula succeeded in wrapping his vine around my arm twice. The second time Lily had to yank me away, she sighed impatiently.

"Can you please focus Rain? I can't watch two plants at the same time."

I muttered a sorry and tried my best to pay attention. I didn't want to get bitten, because a bite of a Venomous Tentacula could be deadly. Professor Sprout had the antidote with her just in case something went wrong, but she wouldn't be too pleased. I managed to stay alive and when the class was over I walked straight to the common room. The Marauders and Lily were right behind me and we sat down by the fireplace. It was silent for a moment, before James spoke.

"Well?"

I looked at Sirius and I hoped he would tell the story. I think he could see it in my eyes, because he gave a reassuring smile and started to repeat everything Dumbledore had said. While he was explaining everything I looked at the reaction of my friends. Lily was looking serious, while James had a frown on his face. Peter look absolutely mortified and Remus… My heart broke a little when Sirius arrived at the werewolf part. I saw him stare into the fire, his body slumped against the couch. I didn't know what to do. I wanted to hug him, but I knew Remus had the tendency to be self-destructive when it came to his condition.

While Sirius went on with telling the rest, I dropped down next to Remus. I didn't do anything and after a minute I slowly placed my head on his shoulder. I could feel his body stiffen, when my head touched his shoulder, but after a few seconds he relaxed a bit. I couldn't imagine how hard it must be for him. In us, he had found a group of people who accepted him the way he was. We had never judged him on his illness, because we judged him on his nice and goodhearted character. He was our friend and we would stand beside him no matter what. But most wizards weren't that open minded. I think not one of us knew how it must feel like to be detested by something so trivial. Sirius might be the one who could relate a little due to the situation with his parents. But the rest of the wizard world would accept him for who he was, Remus would never have that.

"I'll help Dumbledore as well," James said when Sirius had finished his story. Lily agreed and Peter mumbled something which sounded like a not sure. For the first time I wondered if Peter really wanted to do everything. Maybe he was too scared to say no, because he'd always admired the other three Marauders.

"What did you say Pete?" Sirius asked and Peter turned a little pink.

"Yeah I want to help as well," he mumbled while he stared at the floor.

Sirius smiled as an answer, but I wasn't so sure. We couldn't make Peter do anything he didn't want to. It wouldn't be fair to drag him into this when he didn't want to be dealing with this stuff. Lily obviously thought the same, because I could hear her whisper to Peter.

"You don't have to do this Peter," she said softly. He looked at her and gave her a small smile.

"But I want to," he answered and admired his loyalty to his friends. He would always follow them, no matter what they would do.

The only one who hadn't given an answer yet was Remus. He had stayed quiet throughout the whole conversation and I was wondering what he thought of it. Most of us wanted to participate to help him, would he also want to do this out of loyalty?

"Remmy," I started and he looked up at me. "What do you think of all this?"

He stayed quiet for a time and we all waited in anticipation. When he finally spoke his voice sounded much more determined than I thought it would. "I want to help. Not because I might be potential recruited or at least that's what they want. I want to help, because things can't go on like this. They can't attack muggleborns and muggles."

I agreed with him. Besides wanting to help Remus I also wanted to help the other groups who were on the list of the Death Eaters. Lily was an amazing witch and I was sure more muggleborns would have the same potential. Someone's bloodline wasn't important. I gave him a hug and before I knew it, it was one massive group hug.

"So we're all together in this?" Sirius asked and we all nodded. It might be dangerous and maybe we wouldn't hear or see anything, but the feeling that we were making a difference felt nice. And what was even more important, was that I was doing it with my friends.

"All together in what?" David Gudgeon, a fifth year Gryffindor, asked while he climbed through the portrait hole. We looked at each other and James found the perfect answer. "Oh it's about our new prank. You'll see it in a week or so."

David believed the lie, because he grinned before he went up to his dormitory. It was going to be hard to keep this a secret. Gryffindors weren't only brave, they were also extremely curious to the point of annoying. To keep other people from suspecting there was something going on we changed the subject. We talked for a while and it suddenly hit me this was one of the few times we were doing something together. Of course I spend a lot of times with Sirius and Lily as well, but the six of us together, it was a rare thing these days. Most of the time one of us had something different to do. Remus was spending more time with Jirina, James and Lily sometimes wanted to do stuff together. Sirius and I were quite fond of our alone time as well. In the end it was Peter, who was the one who relayed the most on us. I felt a little bad for him. He had always been the one who didn't have a big group of friends or associates. It was probably good for him to do this with us.

Not one of us discussed the previous topic anymore. We would see what would happen and how me could help Dumbledore. Even though it scared me, I couldn't help but feel this could be something to make us even more close. I trusted every single one of them with my life and at that moment I knew we would always be there for each other.

A/N: Well there it was, chapter twenty five. It took me a little bit more time, because I had my last exams. The next update will be this week, although I can't say which day. While I'm writing this (in my word document) I'm on a plane to Mexico and I'll have to see when I can update this week. It will probably be wedsnesday or something. I want to thank everyone for the favorites and follows. And a special thanks to andreams512 and HazelVex for reviewing. I hope you guys liked it and please review :)