A.N. I'm sorry that it took a little more time to get this chapter out, but I've been taking a break. After all I was getting chapters out almost every day and it was taking a lot out of me. This chapter is dedicated to Tadariada for helping me come up with ideas for this chapter and others! You're the greatest!!!!!!!!! Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!!!!
Malena
"I know who you are," Sirius said. Harry stared at him.
"Oh really?" Harry said, folding his arms and raising his eyebrows. "And who exactly am I?'
"Harry-"
"Who's Harry?" Harry asked, pretending not to know.
"Harry, I know it's you." Sirius said, giving a meaningful look at Harry.
"I still don't know what-"
"Harry," Sirius said, rubbing his face. "Do you have any idea how hard it was for us?"
Harry was silent for a moment. "What?"
"When you er-died your friends, Remus and I were devastated. There were so many things that we hadn't told you. For instance, did you know that your mother died when she was just 9 months pregnant with another ch-"
"I'm sorry, but I don't know what you are talking about," Harry said. "Do you know what the penalty is for-"
"I don't care," Sirius interrupted. He stared at Harry. "If you have to punish me, fine. But that is not going to make me forget who you are." Sirius folded his arms. Harry started to take out his wand and pointed it at Sirius. He clutched it tightly, opened his mouth to say a Memory Charm, but couldn't get the words out. He gave an exasperated sigh and lowered his wand. Sirius smiled.
"See, I told you," He said. He reached out and hugged Harry, and Harry hugged him back.
"Why are you working for the Order of the Phoenix?" Sirius asked when Harry pulled out of the hug. "And how are you alive?"
"I'm not allowed to tell you that," Harry said. "You know too much already. By the way, how did you find out?"
"Crookshanks," Sirius said simply. Harry remembered Hermione's cat and his powers of seeing through disguises and such stuff. "He told me."
"Oh," Harry said.
"So," Sirius said. "You're a blond now?"
"No," Harry replied, smiling.
Sirius smiled again and said, "How many other people are alive Harry?"
"I'm not allowed to tell you," Harry said gloomily. "I can only tell you that when Voldemort falls everything will be explained. And in the meantime you can't tell a soul about me or else I will be severely punished."
"Can you just answer me one question?" Sirius asked, getting a semi-sad look on his face. "Is… Are your… are your parents alive?" Harry didn't know if he should answer that question, but when he saw the look on Sirius's face he instantly said, "They live in Vermont or New England or some place like that." Sirius instantly grinned and Harry could even see tiny tears of happiness in his eyes.
"C-can I talk to them? Can I see them? What-"
"Remember that child that Mum died with?" Harry said slowly. "That's Jimmy. I also have two little sisters, Victoria and Olivia." Sirius smiled some more.
"Can I see them?" Sirius repeated.
"I'm… sorry, Sirius," Harry said. "My family will be coming here to deliver stuff, but my parents will be in disguise. You won't be able to recognize them." Sirius smile faded a little.
"But after Voldemort falls-"
"Yes, you can see them," Harry said. "Sirius, I'm supposed to be guarding the Common Room, I really have to get back now."
"All right Harry," Sirius said. "I'll talk to you later. I promise." Harry left just as his godfather changed back into the enormous black dog.
~*~
"Ivy! Ivy! Wake up!" Harry hissed. It was about 5 am and Harry was trying to coax Ivy to get up.
"Mmph," Ivy mumbled. Harry shook her on her shoulders and hissed, "Ivy! Get the hell up!"
Ivy simply rolled over, clutching the blanket around her. Harry shook her harder and she lashed out. Harry fell to the ground, clutching his stomach that she had just punched. Ivy mumbled, "I hate mornings."
"Oh no Ivy, don't worry about me! I'm fine," Harry said sarcastically. He rubbed his stomach, remembering that he hadn't taken his No Pain potion.
"Ivy get up before I have to curse you," Harry said. Ivy rolled into her stomach and curled up tighter. "All right, you asked for it." Harry grabbed her by her feet and pulled her off of the couch. She fell to the floor with a thud and yelled, "Stealth! What the-"
"We've got a meeting in five minutes, let's go!" Harry said, pulling her to her feet. "Just keep telling yourself, they'll have caffeine." Ivy looked mildly more interested and slowly followed Harry out of the Common room, still clutching the blanket around her.
Harry saw that everyone else was already there, sitting at a round table that had been set up for the Agents. All of them were chattering loudly. Harry noticed that even a few Hogwarts teachers were walking around, looking in interest at the Agents. Harry went and changed his clothes and then sat down at the table.
"Hey! HEY!" Sphinx yelled over the noise. "Now I want absolute quiet, or no one is getting anything!" All ten of the agents went quiet.
"All right, who wants what for breakfast?" Sphinx said.
"You don't need to buy breakfast," said Professor Dumbledore, walking up to them. "We would be happy to provide-"
"It's okay Mr. Dumbledore," Sphinx said. "We get free food from the Order of the Phoenix because we're on a mission. Okay, who wants what?" After giving Sphinx their orders (Ivy simply said, "caffeine, and lots of it") She went through the Mission room to the Transporter.
"When are our potions arriving?" Asked Nelson.
"They should be arriving shortly," Anna said. And of course, the Potions arrived three hours later. Everyone, including the Hogwarts students, were in the middle of breakfast when someone walked through the door of the Mission Room. It was Jimmy.
"Hey Stealth," Jimmy said as he walked up to the round table and putting down two trays full of potion filled cups.
"Hi Jimmy," Harry replied. He looked up and saw everyone looking at the two of them and said, "Um… this is my brother Jimmy. Jimmy this is everyone."
"Hi," Jimmy said, waving slightly. He was about to say something else but there was a big swooping sound and several hundreds of owls came flying into the room.
"What the-" Sphinx exclaimed while drawing out her wand. Most of the other agents did the same, but Professor Dumbledore came over and said, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about this. The mail arrives like this every morning."
"Oh, it's no problem," Sphinx said, still looking up at the owls that were now circling around, looking for their owners.
"See ya Stealth," Jimmy said, walking back to the Mission Room.
"Bye."
Harry drank his potions and then said, "Okay, what are our shifts today?"
"Elsa, Anna, Ivy, and Stealth are going to be outside," Nelson said. "The rest of us are going to be inside."
"Have you asked the Heads of the Houses if there are any Quidditch Practices tonight?" Cedric asked.
"Um… no," Angelina said, "I'll ask them at lunch."
"Okay, someone needs to check and see if the surveillance device caught anything," Harry said.
"I'm guarding the Mission Room today," Will said, "I'll check it."
"All right, I think that that is about all we have to do," Sphinx said, "We should all go to our posts now and prepare…" All of the Agents got up from their table, except for Will and the Healer. The Healer hadn't said a word since they had arrived at Hogwarts, and was sitting at the table staring into space.
Ivy followed Harry out the door of the giant doors that led to the grounds of Hogwarts.
"So we're going to be outside the whole day?" She moaned, sipping her steaming hot coffee.
"Yep," Harry replied. "All day long." Ivy groaned and pulled her cloak up around her.
"Split up you two!" yelled Anna as she walked through the doors. "We need to cover as much ground as we can!"
"Yeah, yeah," Ivy said. "I'll talk to you later Stealth."
"See ya," Harry said. He started to pace on a part of grass over looking a small hill when he heard a voice calling him.
"Stealth!" Harry turned around and saw that Hagrid was yelling at him. "Could ye give me a hand?" Harry slowly walked over to the small and familiar cabin that he used to have tea in with Ron and Hermione.
"Of course, Mr. Hagrid," Harry said, feeling a little awkward. "What do you need help with?"
"Can you move these crates over into tha' paddock?" Hagrid asked, pointing a large finger to the back of his house. Harry used his telekinesis to move them. Hagrid watched in interest.
"Can all of the Agents do tha'?" Hagrid asked.
"Only the ones that want to," Harry said. "We get to choose our talent."
"Ah, an' you chose that?"
"Yes," Harry replied. "Sphinx chose the ability to freeze things, I know someone who has telepathy and someone who can walk through walls."
"Hmm…" Hagrid said, turning back to the crates. Harry pulled on his sunglasses and looked in the crates, sort of scared of what he might find in them. Harry was relieved to see that they were only Puffskeins. The Puffskeins were round and had soft fur covering their body. They were making a lot of humming noises though.
"My friend Max has a pet Puffskein," Harry commented.
"How'd ye' know tha' there were Puffskeins in that case?" Hagrid asked. Harry merely pointed to his sunglasses.
"They're magical?"
"Yes." Harry replied. "There is x-ray vision, ability to see invisible people, and ability to see magical objects."
"So that's how you saw Yerrington's Dark Mark las' night," Hagrid said.
"Yes," Harry replied.
"Hmm…" Both of them were silent for a while.
"Well," Harry said, "I'd better get back on to my post."
"Yeah," Hagrid said. "Thanks fer your help."
"You're welcome," Harry replied. He Molecularized back to his spot.
At around 10 o'clock Harry was listening to DMX when Ivy's voice interrupted the song.
"Stealth!" She whined. "I'm bored!"
"So, it's not my fault," He said. "Where are you anyway?"
"I'm by the gates, making sure that no one who is not supposed to come in doesn't," Ivy droned. "So far I've been watching ants all day. It's really boring!"
"Well complain to someone else then," Harry said.
"Hey, I've got an idea," Ivy said in a sly voice. "Stealth come here."
"No."
"Oh come on!"
"Why?"
"So we can fight, you know, with swords or something."
"No way," Harry replied.
"Why not?"
"You'll kick my ass. You always do."
"What's your point?"
"Ivy."
"I'll duel with you later," Ivy coaxed. "If you fight with me now."
"You'll have to ask someone if we're allowed to fight," Harry replied. "Like Dumbledore or someone."
"I don't care what Dumbledore thinks," Ivy said. "I just want to fight."
"Well, ask Anna if you an abandon your post, or if I can so you can fight."
"Okay…" The DMX song started to play again while Ivy went and talked to Anna.
A few minutes later Harry saw several Hogwarts students walking past, going to their next class. Then Ivy appeared next to him.
"She said yes," Ivy said. "Ready?"
"Yeah, one minute," Harry said, taking off his sunglasses and pulling off his cloak as well. That day he was wearing a navy blue shirt that said No Fear and slightly baggy jeans.
"One… Two… Three!" Ivy said, getting quickly into the starting position. She aimed a kick at Harry's head, and he ducked, while attempting to swing a foot under her legs. She jumped and then aimed a blow to Harry's chest. He knocked her hand out of the way and flipped backwards.
"Wait," He panted, holding onto one of Ivy's fists, "I have one rule."
"And what's that?" Ivy asked.
"No low blows," Harry said, raising his eyebrows slightly. Ivy gave a small, sly smile and wrenched her hand out of Harry's grasp. She aimed a blow to Harry's face, which he blocked once again. Then without warning he was on his back.
"You gotta watch out for when I do that," Ivy said. She reached down a hand to pull Harry up, which he took. He flipped her over his head and sprang to his feet. She got back on her feet and then pretended to punch his face while punching him in the gut. He fell to the ground, panting.
"Want to do sword fighting now?" She asked, looking down at him.
"Yeah," Harry panted. "I guess." Harry got to his feet and looked around. He just realized that about 20 or so students were watching them in awe.
"You're going to be late for class!" Harry yelled at them. "Move!" The students scuttled off whispering excitedly to each other.
"Can't we just duel or something?" Harry asked.
"Oh," Ivy said, putting a look of fake-shock on her face. "Didn't I tell you? Anna said that we couldn't duel. I'm soooo sorry." Then she gave an evil grin.
"Forget it then, I'm not sword fighting," Harry said.
"Aw! Come on-"
"No!" Harry said, walking away from her.
"PLEASE!"
"NO!" Harry turned up the music on his earpiece so loud that Ivy's voice was drowned out.
"You were really good out there," said a voice behind Harry. He turned around and saw-Ginny Weasley.
"Thank you Miss Weasley," He said. "I still got my as-er-butt kicked."
"Where did you learn to fight like that?" Asked Ginny.
"Everyone at the Order has a basic knowledge of fighting," Harry said. "Ivy over there is the Fighting Master, that's why she's so good."
"Oh, well I'd better get to my next class," Ginny said. "Goodbye Agent-"
"My name is Stealth," Harry said.
"Bye Stealth."
"Goodbye Miss Weasley."
"It's Ginny."
"Bye Ginny." She turned around and started walking over to the Greenhouses.
"She likes you," Ivy said, appearing beside Harry.
"She's had a crush on me ever since we first met," Harry said. "Well, she had a crush on the other me."
"I gotcha," Ivy said. "Just wait till she finds out that her boyfriend is really ali-"
"I have never, and never will be interested in Ginny Weasley," Harry said.
"Oh, are you still in denial from your break up with Celeste?" Ivy said sympathetically. "You'll get over her Stealth, just keep telling yourself that. It's over-"
"I got the point Ivy," Harry replied. He had just opened his mouth to say something else when he heard Jeff's voice in his ear.
"Stelath! Get up to the Potions classroom, there's been an accident."
"Be right there," Harry said. "See ya Ivy."
"Bu-bye," Ivy said. Harry Molecularized to the Potion's classroom and found it flooded with potion.
"Apparently this boy here had a little bit of trouble with his Shrinking Potion, everyone's feet are shrinking," Jeff motioned to a pudgy boy that Harry recognized to be Neville Longbottom.
"I didn't mean too," Neville said, trying to stay balanced on his tiny feet.
"Look at what you did!" Hissed Professor Snape, running up to Neville and grabbing him by the arm. "Look at my classroom!"
Several of the cauldrons had shrunk to the size of a box of Kleenex. There was potion all over the floor and people were standing on their miniature stools.
"All right, all right, he didn't mean to," Harry said.
"But this has happened one too many times," Professor Snape snapped at Harry. "Follow me Longbottom."
Snape swept from the dungeon classroom with Neville following him.
"Why does he always have to pick on Neville?" said Ron, who was sharing a table with Hermione in the very back of the classroom.
"It wasn't Neville's fault," Hermione said. "He's just naturally clumsy."
"And naturally stupid," drawled Draco Malfoy.
"Why I outta-" Ron said, springing forward and knocking Malfoy to the ground.
"Hey! HEY!" Yelled Harry, rushing forward and pulling the two of them apart. "Stop it!"
"Who are you anyway? Why are you nosing into our business?" Malfoy spat, pulling himself out of Harry's grip.
"Because we are responsible for the lives of everyone in this school Draco Malfoy," Jeff said. "Therefore, your business is our business. Besides, you wouldn't want to make an even bigger mess here, do you?"
"I don't care," Malfoy snarled.
"Weasley, go over to that side of the room. Malfoy, you go over to that side," Harry said.
"Make me." Malfoy hissed. "Come on, I can take you!"
"Doubtful, very doubtful," Harry said softly. "Move! NOW!" Ron backed into the corner but Malfoy remained defiantly in his spot.
"Malfoy, I believe that I gave you an order," Harry said. "Don't make me use force."
Malfoy folded his arms. Harry started to take out his wand, and he saw fear in Malfoy's eyes.
"Are you aware that at the Order of the Phoenix we are able to use any of the Unforgivable curses whenever we feel like it?" Harry asked.
Malfoy slowly shook his head.
"Well, we can," Harry said. "The Imperious Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, Oh! And of course the Killing Curse. I could kill you right here, right now, and all I have to say to is I felt threatened. I won't be charged, I won't be sent to jail, and nothing will happen to me. You however…"
Malfoy was definitely panicking now. He backed slowly into a corner and continued to stare at Harry.
"Now then, let's get this cleaned up," Jeff said. He pulled out his wand and waved it, causing all of the potion to go into a bucket that he conjured up.
"Can we trust you to behave yourselves until Professor Snape gets back?" Harry asked.
All of the students nodded.
"Good. Have a nice day," Harry said. He Molecularized out of the room and back to his post outside.