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I did what that house elf had told me to do - go straight to Dumbledore's office. I was quite curious as to what Dumbledore needed from me. I thought I had played my part already. I had reached the entrance of the Headmaster's office, so I said the password and made my way up to the door. I knocked on it and opened it slowly. I could see Dumbledore sitting behind his desk, writing something on a piece of parchment. He rested his quill down on his desk and looked up at me.

"Isabel," Dumbledore said, "come in, come in." I walked into his office and sat at his desk. I began to think about what this could possibly be about. Was I going to be released from my position at Hogwarts? Maybe the Headmaster was giving me a different position? Whatever this was about, it had to be important. Dumbledore was a busy man, especially now that He Who Must Not Be Named has now returned.

"Isabel, have you ever heard of the Order of the Phoenix?" Dumbledore asked me. Order of the Phoenix? I had never heard of such thing.

"No, Sir, I haven't," I replied. I sat down on the chair opposite Dumbledore, now extremely intrigued.

"It is a secret organisation, set up by me, to fight the Death Eaters and Voldemort. It was set up during the First Wizarding War. I am reviving it, now that Voldemort has returned," Dumbledore said. So this was to fight? A resistance of some sort. I already knew that I was going to join. Anything to protect Harry and the rest of the Wizarding World. "Many of your friends have already joined, such as Bill Weasley, Nymphadora and..." The Hogwarts Headmaster stopped before giving me a different look. It was close to being a look of pity.

"What? Who is it, Headmaster?" I asked.

"Remus." I froze. Remus John Lupin. This man, who I almost forgot about, was suddenly about to walk back into my life. I wasn't going to avoid joining the Order because Remus was going to be involved. I knew one day that I'd see him again, I just didn't realise it would be so soon. It would be uncomfortable, but I had to put my selfishness aside.

"Isabel, my dear, are you alright? I know this is going to be difficult for you, however Remus was in the original - "

"I'll join," I said, cutting Dumbledore off. I didn't want to talk of Remus. "Count me in, Sir." Dumbledore nodded, but had a worried expression on his face, as if he knew something would happen to me when Remus and I would see each other again.

"Fantastic. The first meeting is next week at Grimmauld Place. You obviously know how to get there," Dumbledore said with a little smirk. This was definitely an upside - I got to see Sirius more often. "You're going to need this to get in...I've put the Fidelius Charm on Grimmauld Place." Dumbledore passed me a piece of paper. I opened it and read the message.

'The Headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix can be found at 12 Grimmauld Place.' I nodded and put the piece of paper in my pocket.

"Thank you, Headmaster. I will see you there." I stood up and walked out of Dumbledore's office, nervous. It was only just a matter of time before I saw Remus again, and to make it even worse, I'd have to tell him about my relationship with Sirius. I would have to tell everyone of my relationship with Sirius. Even my father.


I had arrived at Grimmauld Place and found it easy enough to get in. Some people were easily confused by the Fidelius Charm, and I didn't blame them. I walked inside, and unfortunately, I wasn't early enough to spend some time alone with Sirius. As soon as I closed the door, I was greeted by Molly and Arthur Weasley. Without any exchange of words, Molly wrapped her arms around me, and held me tightly.

"Isabel Snape!" Molly exclaimed, letting go of me. "I have not heard one scrap of news from you at all in Merlin knows how long!" I glanced over at Arthur, who shot me an apologetic look. Molly could be a little overbearing at times.

"Molly," I laughed, "I saw you at the third task!"

"It's still much too long! I was worried about how you've been dealing with this whole situation, and I just wanted you to know I'd be there for you..."

"Molly, I'm fine, really. Now stop before you collapse from not breathing!" Molly threw her hands in the air, surrendering, before moving out of the way to reveal Bill standing behind her. My lips curled up into a smile as I threw myself into one of my best friend's waiting arms.

"Bill Weasley!" I said, hugging him tightly.

"Isabel Snape, how I have missed you." I rested my chin on Bill's shoulder and closed my eyes, taking in the moment. Bill released me and grinned.

"Have you met Sirius Black?" Bill asked me. I gulped and my heart began to race as I remembered that no one except Dumbledore knew about Sirius and I. How would they take it? I'd say Molly would probably die of shock or something. I looked down and flattened my dress, pretending I didn't hear what Bill had said. The best way around this was to avoid the subject all together.

"I actually have had the pleasure of meeting Miss. Snape," a voice said from the front of the room. I looked up to see Sirius standing there, grinning at me. My heart slowed down as I breathed out slowly. What this man did to me...it was utterly ridiculous. He walked over to me, took my hand and kissed it.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Miss. Snape," Sirius said. He released my hand, and I felt feint. I looked over at Molly, who was eyeing Sirius, her eyes full of suspicion.

"It's a pleasure to see you again as well," I replied, smiling at Sirius.

"The meeting is about to start, come along, Isabel," Molly said, grabbing my arm and pulling me away from Sirius.


The meeting had finally begun after we waited and waited for everyone to arrive. There were so many people that I knew, and so many people who I had never seen in my life. My father was here, which surprised me a little bit for some reason. Tonks had arrived, and when she did I held her tightly. I missed her so much. I knew she was struggling a little bit with her life at home. I just hoped she was doing better now. Remus wasn't here, and I was told by Sirius that he wasn't coming as he was sent on a small mission by Dumbledore. I was sort of relieved by this. The whole room went silent as the front door slammed. Soon enough, in walked Albus Dumbledore. He stood at the front of the room and faced everyone.

"Hello, everyone," Dumbledore said to the packed room. "First of all, I think each of us should introduce ourselves to each other, just incase you don't know each other. I am Albus Dumbledore and I am the Headmaster of Hogwarts. Hmm, Sirius. You go first."

"I'm Sirius Black, I spend twelve years in Azkaban because the Ministry think I am a murderer and I don't have many things going for me at the moment," Sirius said, half grinning. I tried my hardest not to laugh. Everyone else began introducing themselves. When it came to Tonks' turn, she decided to have a little fun with everyone and changed her hair colour and her nose to a pig snout. It then came my turn to introduce myself. I stood up and moved my jet black hair out of my eyes.

"My name Is Isabel Snape. I'm Assistant Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts, soon to take over the head job, and I was a Slytherin." I sat down and smiled at some of the people who were staring at me. I shifted in my seat uncomfortably. Everyone finished introducing themselves, and Dumbledore then stood up again.

"As you all know, we received quite a shock when Harry Potter finished the third task, a dead Cedric Diggory with him. What shocked us even more was the revelation that Lord Voldemort was the one that killed Diggory, and that he had returned. I have received intelligence that the Death Eaters have started recruiting, but Voldemort himself has been keeping a low profile."

"May I ask, Dumbledore, who this information is from?" Molly asked. Dumbledore looked quite uncomfortable at this question, and his eyes drifted to my father, who simply nodded at Dumbledore.

"Severus. That was who the information was from," Dumbledore replied. I raised my eyebrows and looked over at my father. How on earth did he know this? How was it possible that he knew confidential information from the Death Eaters and Voldemort themselves? Then it dawned on me. Father might have had a role that I never knew he had.

"How does he know this?" I asked. I then looked at Father. "How did you know this?"

"Isabel," Dumbledore said. "And for those of you who don't know, Severus has worked undercover for the Order for years. He finds out information for us from the Death Eaters." I looked at Father and shook my head. I felt so betrayed.

"How could you not tell me this?" I said to Father. "Did you just somehow forget to tell me?"

"Isabel, not here," Father said in a stern voice.

"Isabel, your father is right. You can talk about it later," Dumbledore said. I sat back in my seat and crossed my arms. I was not happy.

"Now, let's continue. We need to set up some sort of security for Harry Potter. He needs to be watched before eventually being brought here to Grimmauld Place. For now, I just need a few volunteers to watch him." A few people put their hands up, including Sirius. Dumbledore shook his head at Sirius, and Sirius' hand slowly went down.

"You of all people can't, Sirius. You know that," Dumbledore said.

"I just wanted to see my godson."

"You will eventually see him again, Sirius." I felt sorry for him. Sirius had to stay inside all day because the Ministry was still after him. I was worried that he would never be able to walk outside a free man again.


The meeting had finished, and most people began to leave Grimmauld Place. My father stood up, said his goodbyes to me and left. I assumed he left because he couldn't stand being social. We were soon joined in the room by Ron, Fred, George, Ginny and Hermione. I was glad to see them, but wondered why Fred and George weren't allowed in the room. They were of age, after all. Probably Molly being overprotective again. Molly began serving dinner to the people sitting around the table. Dumbledore had stayed, as did Minerva, Tonks, Moody and Kingskey Shacklebolt. The Weasley's also sat around the table, along with Hermione. I sat in between Tonks and Bill, but wanted to sit next to Sirius badly. As we began to eat, Sirius stood up and cleared his throat. I glanced at him, wondering what he was doing.

"I have an announcement," Sirius said to the group. I coughed and nearly choked on the bread I was eating. Bill hit me on the back to aid me. I knew that Sirius was going to tell everyone that we were together, and I was panicking. I didn't want half the people in here to know, especially Molly and Minerva. I would most likely be lectured on how I was being totally irresponsible by being with him.

"You alright?" Bill asked me.

"Yep, fine," I lied. Thank Merlin that Father and Remus weren't here, or this could have been very ugly. I wasn't ready for this. I had this all planned out. I would tell the important people, such as Father, individually before the whole group found out. Sirius looked down at me, and I tried very hard to tell him not to do it without giving it away.

"Yes, Sirius?" Molly asked.

"Isabel and I are together," Sirius said. I felt the whole room turn to look at me, and my head fell in my hands. What had Sirius gotten us into?

"Excuse me?" Molly snapped.

"Did you not hear me clearly, Molly? I said Isabel and I are together. As in romantically involved together," Sirius said slowly. I looked up at him, and he was grinning. He was obviously having fun with this.

"ISABEL SNAPE, I EXPECT BETTER FROM YOU!" Molly suddenly shouted, making me jump.

"Molly, please," Arthur said to his wife, putting his hand on her arm, trying to calm her down. Molly shrugged Arthur's hand off her and walked over to Sirius, pointing some kind of kitchen tool at him.

"You are taking advantage of this girl, I just know it!" Molly exclaimed.

"Molly, he isn't taking advantage of me," I said.

"What?"

"Sirius and I are together, Molly. We care very deeply about each other, and I don't care what you or anyone else thinks. All I can ask is that you respect our decision," I said calmly.

"He is much too old for you, Isabel!" Molly cried. "You must see sense!"

"I am of age, I can make my own decisions. As for the age gap, I don't really see it. As long as we're happy and he is treating me right."

"You are making a huge mistake, Isabel, I'm telling you," Molly said, glaring at Sirius. "And I'll be watching you carefully, Sirius."

"Sure you will, Molly," Sirius said, brushing off Molly's comments. "Now, does anyone else have anything to add?" Sirius and I looked around the room at everyone's surprised faces.

"I would just like to say that I don't support it, but as long as Isabel is happy, I will not complain or make any negative comments about it," Minerva said. I smiled at Minerva, glad that she understood. I glanced around the room, and mostly everyone had the same expression, except Fred. Fred seemed somewhat hurt. I had no idea why he looked so upset.

"Did anyone know about this?" Minerva asked.

"I did," Dumbledore answered, raising his hand.

"Well, let's just hope Severus finds out from Isabel and not from any of us," Minerva said, looking at me. I suddenly felt a rush of guilt. I needed to tell my father sooner rather than later. It turned out he wasn't the only one with a big secret.


I was sitting in the living room by myself, when I was joined by Tonks and Bill. They sat either side of me, and were both silent. I knew that they were both shocked, too. I wondered if either of them were disappointed of me like Molly was.

"It's been quite a day," I said, breaking the silence.

"You can say that again," Bill said.

"Why didn't you tell us, Isabel? We're your best friends. We're always there for you. It doesn't matter to us if you're involved with Sirius," Tonks said.

"You don't expect me to believe that it doesn't matter to you.I saw the look on your face, Tonks."

"He's my cousin, he's much older than you...I just think it wouldn't end up very well. He has problems he needs to get passed first in order to be with you."

"I'm there for him through all of his problems," I replied. I was becoming offended at Tonks' words. Why did she care so much if I was with Sirius or not? It wasn't going to have any effect on her life.

"And what's going to happen if he's caught by the Ministry and sent back to Azkaban, and you were there with him? You'll be sent to Azkaban with him, and you'll be the shame to your family and the shame to Hogwarts," Tonks snapped.

"Where is all this coming from?" I asked rudely. How could she speak to me like this? I was her best friend. She was my best friend. I thought she'd be supporting me rather than shooting me down. "Why are you saying these things to me."

"Tonks, just leave it," Bill said. "You're asking for nothing but trouble and there is absolutely no reason to be saying these things to Isabel, okay?" Bill turned to me and took my hand. "I'm not going to lie to you, Isabel, it's not the ideal situation for you. Sirius is a good guy, there's no doubt about that, but he does have his problems. He's spent twelve years in Azakban, he drinks a lot and there is the age gap. We're just worried about you."

"There's no need to be worried about me. I'm a big girl and I can look after myself, alright? Thanks for being so concerned though." I stood up and walked out of the room, irritated. They were supposed to be my best friends. They were supposed to be there for me through everything, yet they couldn't support me through this one little thing. I walked up the hallway and ran into Sirius, who put his arms on my shoulders to steady me.

"It's been quite a day," Sirius said to me. I couldn't help but laugh at his choice of words...the same words that I used just minutes ago. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing, nothing. Never mind."

"There are some very unhappy people at the moment," Sirius told me. "Molly definitely wanted to curse my backside into next year."

"You think that was bad...you should have seen Tonks. She was going on about if you went back to Azkaban, I'd be dragged back with you and all that crap." I wrapped my arms around Sirius neck and closed my eyes. "I just want people to accept us for what we are." Sirius kissed my head and took my hands.

"I have something to ask you," he said.

"Yes?"

"It gets a little lonely sometimes here alone. I just wondered if you'd like to move in here to live with me."

"You're asking me to move in with you?" I asked.

"That's exactly what I'm asking you."

"I would love to move in with you," I replied, beaming. Like I said earlier, I didn't care what anyone else thought of Sirius and I. We were happy, and that was all that mattered.


A/N: As I promised, there would be a lot more action this chapter. Molly was very unhappy knowing Sirius and Isabel were together. I can only think of two people that would be unhappier about it. And they'll find out within the next few chapters.

I wanted to update quickly because I thought you guys deserved a chapter after waiting ages for the last one.

In answer to LaFlorine's review - Lucius will be back eventually, I just can't say when. It's a surprise.
In reponse to LadyFate's review - I actually haven't seen Phantom of the Opera...

Next Chapter -
Isabel bribes Molly into covering for her. Isabel tells her father she'll be moving in with the Weasley's for a while. Isabel moves into Grimmauld Place, and she celebrates her birthday with Sirius, Ron, Bill, Fred, George, Ginny, Hermione, Arthur and Molly.