The very next morning while everyone was rushing around and saying good-bye to their friends, wishing them a swell summer. Some girls were even off in the corner crying and holding each other. We all grabbed our belongings and headed down to Dumbledore's office. He had to go over some last minute plans with us and give us some information and what we were to do after we got off the train.
"Good Morning. All of you please sit." He said waving his wand and enough chairs appeared. We all sat down and waited for him to explain.

"Well, as you know, we have some students who are death eaters in our midst. And since I am sure that they report to Voldermort often, I do not feel that it would be a good idea for any of you to travel home by train. Apparation should suffice for now." Dumbledore said. We all nodded and he told us that we could leave once the train has departed. We were one of the last ones to leave the castle and we all separated with partners and apparated to different locations before making our way to the safe house. Dumbledore had set up a house for the Order Headquaters. My stomach was nervous and it continued to do flip flops as we apparated. I admit that I was scared. My plan was to settle into our new house, which we all had rented together. It was a nice two-story house that had four bedrooms and it was actually perfect for all of us. We had seen the ad in the Daily Prophet and Dumbledore had called upon the owner and rented the house under a pseudo name. The house would not only be used as a roof over our heads but as the Order Headquaters as well. Dumbledore that was wise because the charms set upon the house would keep us safe. I had planned to sneak off and do something to try and find my mother and save her. I had to save her, she needed me right now.
"Hey, keep up with me." Drew said because I was lacking behind him. I quickened my pace and we suddenly closed in on the house. It was a nice house, it was a two-story house that was a beige color and it had white trim. It looked as if it was any other normal house.

Inside the house, the entire place was already decorated and the rooms looked roomy enough. Sirius grabbed me by the waist and pulled me up the stairs. I laughed as he pulled me along. He dropped his stuff and mine in one room and pushed me onto the bed.

"This one, we share." He said getting on top of me. He pinned my hands over my head and stared directly into my eyes. It felt like I could see into him and I knew that we would be happy together. He leaned down and gently kissed me. It was so soft and sudden that I didn't have time to think about it.

"What are you guys doing in here?" I heard Drew say as he walked into the room. Sirius didn't even get off of me, he just looked back and him and smiled.

"We are just making our new home." Sirius said. Drew laughed and shook his leaving us. That surprised me because I assumed that he would never let Sirius and I share a room. To be honest, I did want to share a room with Sirius. I did want to wake up each morning in his arms.

"I want to spend the rest of my life with you. After all this is over, I want to settle down and have kids and a beautiful house and the perfect life, with my perfect wife." He said kissing me deeper this time. The way he described it, I had never wanted anything more in my life. I wanted to be with him and have kids with him and make a wonderful home for the two of us. I wanted life to be normal.
"Ash, Sirius… come downstairs!" We heard James yell. We slowly got up but his eyes never left mine and his hand wouldn't let go of me either. It was seemed as if he was afraid of losing me. Dumbledore called our attention to him and we saw Mad-Eye and a few others with him waiting and sitting quietly on the couch. Peter, Emma, the Prewitt twins, Arthur Weasley and his longtime girlfriend, Molly were all gathered around.

"These are the new members of the Order. Mad-Eye will be training with them for the next two weeks. You six have already been trained, therefore I will be asking you to go on certain missions if you choose to do so." Dumbledore said. I felt a bit of excitement inside of me because I couldn't wait to get out there and fight against Voldermort. I couldn't wait to get rid of him.

"Please keep in mind that any mission that I ask you to go on is completely optional. I will not force you to fight against your will. If you choose not to do a mission, for whatever reason, please inform me immediately so that I can get someone else to volunteer. I will tell you your mission at a specific time and at times I may ask you to keep it confidential. But for the most part, we are a team and we are fighting for one common goal, and that is to ensure the safety of those who are defenseless out there." Dumbledore said. After he said his speech, he told us to go and relax before dinner.

"Ashleigh, Drew… could you come here pleas." Dumbledore said once everyone broke up and started to talk loudly. I noticed that Emma was making her way toward Drew before she pulled back and it looked as if she was almost embarrassed. Dumbledore pulled up toward the kitchen and then he looked at me before speaking.

"I know that you feel as if you need to save your guys' mom. And if so, I would like to do it in a way where the order can get you out of there in on piece. Voldermort is smarter than you think and he might be expecting you at some point." Dumbledore said. Drew's body went ridgid and I looked down at my feet. I knew that Dumbledore had expected me to do something to save her. He knew and in a way he wanted to help.

"I don't want to find her." Drew said before walking away. I stared after him and then I slowly turned my head toward Dumbledore. He was looking at me expectantly.

"I do. And regardless if he does or not, I am going to." I said.

"And you are absolutely sure that this is what you want?" He asked once again. I nodded without hesitation and he looked down before nodding.

"Ok then, Ashleigh… I will make arrangements for you to find her. You do understand that no one knows where Voldermort is at any time? Therefore you will need to be captured by his Death Eaters in order to get in to rescue her." Dumbledore said. I wasn't even scared at that thought. I knew what I had to do to save the last surviving relative of Drew's and mine.

"Very well. As soon as we can, we can ensure that you will be captured." He said before leaving. Drew came back and stared at me, I had to tell him even if I knew that he would be mad.

"I am going to get her. I'm am going to save our mother,' I said and I could already see his body language go from relaxed to rigid in seconds.

"Ashleigh, she is NOT our mother!" He said very loudly. He knew just as well as I did that she was our mother.

"Yes, she is! She gave birth to us." I said.

"She also abandoned us." I said through gritted teeth.

"And we can't abandon her! Two wrongs do not make a right. You know this. Isn't that what we were always taught? Isn't that what our parents taught us?" I reasoned with him. He sighed and I knew that I had gotten him.

"She abandoned us." He barely whispered.

"Regardless if she did or not, we have to save her. Think of her as some complete stranger that we need to save. No one deserves to be controlled by him." I said quietly. I knew that would draw him in because he was such a humanitarian and he couldn't let anyone suffer. If he could do anything, he would.

"We do this together then." He said looking a little pissed off but determined.

"We need to get captured. They aren't going to hurt us, we know that much. But we need to get into the place where Voldermort is hiding." I said. He looked very unsure of this whole thing but he would never let me go it alone. That much I was sure of because we had made a pact and I knew that if I were in his shoes, I would do the same thing. At that moment, Dumbledore called for attention.

"Ashleigh, Drew, James and Sirius…I need you guys to go with Mad-Eye, there are some Death Eaters attacking innocent muggles and Lily and Remus, I need you to stay here. As far as they are concerned you aren't in the Order yet. They already suspect those ones. And you two still have family. I have something else for you to do." Dumbledore said. When he said the word Family, my heart ached for my own family and I stole a glance toward Sirius who looked more than ready to fight. James looked ready too but I could tell by the worried look on Lily's face that she was not happy about him going without her. At once we left the house and we followed Mad-Eye into our first real mission. Drew grabbed my arm once we arrived at the scene and pulled me back.

"We save their Asses and then we get captured. I don't want anything happening to them." He said. I nodded and we separated because there was no way they would grab us if we were together. I saw the hooded figures and I felt anger surge through me. I hated them and their prejudice ways. Immediately I started to stun and throw out curses and jinxes to stop them. I bound up a few of them and knocked them out cold with just my fist. I felt no remorse as I saw blood dripping from their nose to their mouth. I was pulled into the air by my ankle while I was enjoying the fact that I had somehow hurt them. I had hesitated a second too long because now they had me in their grasp.
"You filthy witch, I am going to kill you." I heard a familiar voice but I could not place it. I heard her scream out and then I fell to the ground with hard force. Before I could react I was thrown back and then everything started to swirl around. I was out of breath once I stopped. I looked around and I saw once word on the gate, West Minister. I knew that I was in a graveyard and it was probably impossible to apparate out of here, hence the portal key. I didn't have a chance to pick up any more clues because a black cloth was pulled over my face. I couldn't see a thing I could only hear laughing. I sensed that Drew was near but I couldn't tell where he was and that part scared me. I struggled to make it look as if I didn't want to be there. They walked me from my landing spot and into a building of some kind. I was pushed onto my knees and then the cloth was taken off. I wildly looked around and there were at least fifty Death Eaters surrounding Drew and me nowhere in sight. I finally stopped searching and Voldermort was waiting in front of me.

"Unbind her… she wont be going anywhere." He said the Death Eater was holding onto me flicked his wand and the ropes disappeared. I pulled my hands in front of me and rubbed my wrists. All I could think about was that I needed to invest in a couple of wands because mine were always getting taken away.
"So you came here to save your mom. Am I right?" He asked me. My mouth fell open in surprise because I couldn't have been that transparent. He laughed at my reaction and I got the chills up and down my back. It sounded like nails on a chalkboard.

"I am surprised at you… I thought you would be smarter than you are. You see, I didn't know if my plan would work, but I attempted it anyway. I have the ability to change your dreams and that is what I did. Although some things in that are true, your grandmother is dead. Your mother however, was killed long ago. Her mind was weak and I had probed into it too much. I had killed her by killing her mind." He said. I felt any hope that was within evaporate. There was no mom and there never would be. All my dreams of the two of us getting to know each other and having a real mother and daughter relationship were dashed away by this horrible man. I wanted to cry, I wanted to breakdown and just let the hurt wash over me but I was determined not to let him see. I couldn't let him have the satisfaction. He waved his hand two Death Eaters grabbed each arm and dragged me away.

I was once again stuck inside of a cell and it didn't have a muggle lock on it. I concentrated hard on the lock willing it to open for me. I knew that some could do magic without a wand and in some cases I could to but I hadn't practiced this one. I sighed and sat against the wall. The concrete floor was cold and uncomfortable. I no longer sensed Drew near me and I was beginning to lose all hope of ever getting out. I looked around the room realized that there was no way to get out unless someone opened the door. Voldermort walked up to the door and stood there waiting for me to look up at him. I had my head hung and I wasn't going to give him my attention.

"Look at me. I am not going to hurt you." He said in an almost gentle voice. I glanced his way and he seemed to look softer to me.

"Your friends have abandoned you, your parents have abandoned you. Your true mother didn't even want you…" The mere mention of my mother I concentrated hard to get into his mind, but he wouldn't let me in. He just smiled an evil smile and I wanted to kill him.

"You cant get into my mind. Nobody can." He said.

"I bet Dumbledore can." I said challengingly. He flicked his wand and I felt unbearable pain vibrate through my body, I tried not to scream but I couldn't help it. I started to scream and he laughed. The pain faded and I lay on the ground panting. I was too tired to fight anymore.
"I'll leave you here to think about that." He said and I heard his footsteps echo in the hall. I closed my eyes and a single tear slid down my cheek.

"All you have to do is give him your powers and he will let you go." I heard a voice say.

"Sure, I'll just let him kill me to get my powers." I said in a sarcastic tone. I turned around to see Joe standing right outside the cell door.

"Come over to the dark side. He can give you everything you have ever desired. He will treat you as a England's own Princess." Joe said. I turned my head and I heard him sigh before his own steps could be heard echoing through the hall. I thought about what Joe said and he was right. If I went over to the dark side, I would be treated as one of his prized Death Eaters. I would be given privileges beyond my wildest dreams.