Unbeknownst to everyone else, when James had run off after the death of
Dumbledore, and once she had found out, Cary had run off to find him. The two had
formed somewhat of a friendship after Cary had arrived at Hogwarts, and Caty had
wanted to check on him. She checked the Gryffindor Common room, no luck. She
checked the dormitories, again no luck. She checked the Great Hall, the laboratories, and
even the Library, still no James. Cary finally decided she would check the Astronomy
Tower, and it was there that Cary located James.
James sat beside a window on a couch which was usually reserved for those
students who were star gazing. James sat there, guitar in hand, strumming
absent-mindedly as silent tears streamed down his cheeks. Caty had started to approach
him, but before she could even take a step, James began to sing......
.....There was an instrumental break in the song, during which Caty moved and sat in front
of James on the floor, James noticed this, but didn't quit playing.....
....After James had strummed the last cord, he sat down his guitar, and Cary moved to sit
beside him. The two sat in silence for awhile, until Caty broke the silence, "Are you OK?"
James sighed and slowly replied, "Yea I guess, I mean I'm not, but I will be."
Caty just slightly nodded her head and sighed to herself.
After a few moment, Caty reached out her hand and grabbed James'. James had
often held hands with girls, but had rarely felt the electricity that he now felt. The touch
was comforting, and yet it was powerful, strong. It gave James strength, and for that he
was grateful.
'I won't let what happened to Dumbledore, happen to her. I won't allow that.' James
thought to himself.
"Do you want to......"Cary began, but James interrupted her...
"Let's just sit here for awhile, OK?"
"Allright." Caty said, smiling to herself. 'I will stay here as long as he needs me', she then
thought. Caty laid her head down onto James's shoulder and sighed in contentment.
***
Now, 7 days after the death of Dumbledore, Caty and James say at breakfast together,
enjoying eachother's company, as well as some eggs, as almost everyone else was. The
only people who weren't present were Harry and Hermoine.
The two lovers entered holding hands, it was the first time in over a week since the
two had shown any affection towards one another, and everyone was glad to see it.
"Bout time you two got ya'll's shit together." James remarked.
"Yes, well, we just had some things to talk about," Harry replied as the couple sat down.
As everyone else was already eating, and most were almost done, Harry found it a prudent
time to make an announcement.....
"We need to have a meeting after breakfast, I have a few announcements to make, so
everyone meet in Dumbledore's office after breakfast."
Everyone looked questioningly at Harry, but no one argued.
After everyone had finished their meals, all the members of the Order made their way to
Dumbledore's office.
Once everyone was seated, Harry took his seat. He did not sit in his usual chair, but sat in
Dumbledore's chair, the chair of the wizard with the most power, and he was undoubtedly
now, the leader of the group. He began the meeting with a few simple words.
"I'm sorry."
After everyone looked at him with odd looks, Harry found it prudent to explain, "I'm
sorry I have been acting like nothing matters anymore. I have turned away people that I
love and I have turned away people that love me, and for that I am sorry."
After forgiving murmurs from the rest of the group, Harry continued. "But being brought
out of the state I was in made me realize a few things. Made me realize what we need to
do, and what we need to accomplish. Even after we knew that Voldemort was returned to
the living, we did nothing. Oh sure we prepared, we trained, we did those types of things,
but we didn't do what we should have. We didn't seek him out. Well by god, I'm through
fucking around with this guy. We waited here for over a year, just waiting, and look what
that got us, Dumbledore's death. Well I say no more of that bullshit. We are gonna take
the fight to him. We are going to bring death to his door and make his answer the damned
bell. I'm tired of waiting and I'm tired of seeing the people I love live in fear, and I will
have no more of it."
Harry paused then to take on the reactions of those in the room. Some where amazed,
others just nodded their heads in agreement, others were shocked.
"And I need to know what you think." Harry finished.
Everyone looked around at each other, and Professor McGonagall spoke up, "It doesn't
work like that Harry."
"What do you mean?" Harry asked in response.
"Well you are the leader now, unquestioningly, so in turn, you order we follow, it's that
simple."
The rest of the group just nodded their heads in agreement, even Snape seemed to be in
agreement.
"Well allright then, I'll tell you what I had in mind."
Harry turned his head toward Malfoy, "First and formost I need you Draco. You are the
most important person in this mission."
Draco seemed shocked, "Me? What do you want me to do?"
"I have to ask you to do something that I would not ask you to do unless it was the
upmost of importance. I need you to find your dad."
At the shocked face from Draco, Harry replied, "I need you to find him and spy on him,
we have to know the location of Voldemort's lair, or at least know where someone is who
will know where he is hiding. I really need you to get close to this new Minister, he's the
one causing all of the problems, and I need you to sort out just who in the hell he is, We
have to find Voldemort, it's of the upmost importance Draco, can I count on you?"
Draco paused for a second, thinking to himself, then said, "Yes Harry, you can count on
me."
"Good." Harry replied, "Oh and if it would help, you might want to try spying in your
anigmus form."
"Good idea." Draco said.
"Good well then I'll move on," Harry then turned his attention to James and Michelle.
"I need something from you two as well. I need the two of you to travel to America and
retrieve a few choice American witches that we will need. I have a list of course, there are
only five, but they would be the upmost of help. I believe that two of them were once your
professors." Harry then handed the two a list, and the list was very short. The five names
appeared as so....
'Micheal Stricks'
'Daniel McPhearson'
'John Rankhoust'
'Danielle Roberts'
'Janey Rickban'
"Allright Harry, we will do this. When do you need us to leave?" Michelle responded.
"As soon as you can. At dawn if you don't mind." Harry responded.
The brother and sister pair just nodded their heads and James told Harry, "We won't fail
man, give us a week or so, and we will be back. How we supposed to get them to come?"
"Oh I'll give you something to make them believe you are telling the truth, don't worry
about it." Harry said.
"Aight." James responded, content with that answer.
Harry then turned to his best friend, Ron Weasley. "Ron I need you to do two things for
me. First I need you to retrieve your family, I know they didn't want to come, but we will
need them here. Once you return, I need you to go with Hagrid, and help extend a hand of
friendship to the remaining Giants. There aren't many left that aren't already with
Voldemort, or so Dumbledore told me, but there are a few in the upper west regions of
the Himalayas that haven't been reached yet. I need you to go and help him."
"Good Lord harry, deal with the Himalayas and deal with my family, two punches with
one blow." Ron said with feeling.
"So I can count on you then?" Harry said with a small smile.
"Of course you can." Ron said offhandedly.
"Good." Harry then tuned to the senior members of the Order. "I need you to get in touch
with every single witch or wizard you know and trust and that can help us. Get them here,
I don't care how, why or with what meaning, just get them here and willing to help. I
don't care how evil they once were, and I don't care what species they are, just get them
here, we need all the help we can get."
"And what are you and Miss Granger going to do Potter?" Snape asked, his usual sneer
on his face.
"We are going to fly around England and try and locate every person we can that used to
attend school here. Anyone we know to have potential in magic, or who is already
showing it. All the former students we used to go to school with. And we are going to go
to the school where they are attending now to find them if they are there." Harry said with
confidence.
All of the group seemed satisfied with this answer, and each nodded their heads once
again in agreement.
"All right everyone, everything settled?" Harry asked.
A general murmur of agreement went up from the group and Harry continued, "Allright,
well I expect everyone to be gone by dawn, I give you the night before we leave, make
most of it. Oh and I would ask that everyone owl me with reports at least everyday, and I
do request that at least one member of the senior order remain here to hold down the fort
while we are gone. Thanks."
With that said, Harry stood up, grabbed Hermoine's hand, and left the chamber, without
another word.
******
A/N: Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I guess this is where things start to get
interesting. Im going to write one more chapter of nothing but nothing, the night before
they leave. It will contain fluff beyond fluff for Harry/Hermoine, Ron/Michelle, and
James/Caty. Please read and review. Thanks!!
Dumbledore, and once she had found out, Cary had run off to find him. The two had
formed somewhat of a friendship after Cary had arrived at Hogwarts, and Caty had
wanted to check on him. She checked the Gryffindor Common room, no luck. She
checked the dormitories, again no luck. She checked the Great Hall, the laboratories, and
even the Library, still no James. Cary finally decided she would check the Astronomy
Tower, and it was there that Cary located James.
James sat beside a window on a couch which was usually reserved for those
students who were star gazing. James sat there, guitar in hand, strumming
absent-mindedly as silent tears streamed down his cheeks. Caty had started to approach
him, but before she could even take a step, James began to sing......
.....There was an instrumental break in the song, during which Caty moved and sat in front
of James on the floor, James noticed this, but didn't quit playing.....
....After James had strummed the last cord, he sat down his guitar, and Cary moved to sit
beside him. The two sat in silence for awhile, until Caty broke the silence, "Are you OK?"
James sighed and slowly replied, "Yea I guess, I mean I'm not, but I will be."
Caty just slightly nodded her head and sighed to herself.
After a few moment, Caty reached out her hand and grabbed James'. James had
often held hands with girls, but had rarely felt the electricity that he now felt. The touch
was comforting, and yet it was powerful, strong. It gave James strength, and for that he
was grateful.
'I won't let what happened to Dumbledore, happen to her. I won't allow that.' James
thought to himself.
"Do you want to......"Cary began, but James interrupted her...
"Let's just sit here for awhile, OK?"
"Allright." Caty said, smiling to herself. 'I will stay here as long as he needs me', she then
thought. Caty laid her head down onto James's shoulder and sighed in contentment.
***
Now, 7 days after the death of Dumbledore, Caty and James say at breakfast together,
enjoying eachother's company, as well as some eggs, as almost everyone else was. The
only people who weren't present were Harry and Hermoine.
The two lovers entered holding hands, it was the first time in over a week since the
two had shown any affection towards one another, and everyone was glad to see it.
"Bout time you two got ya'll's shit together." James remarked.
"Yes, well, we just had some things to talk about," Harry replied as the couple sat down.
As everyone else was already eating, and most were almost done, Harry found it a prudent
time to make an announcement.....
"We need to have a meeting after breakfast, I have a few announcements to make, so
everyone meet in Dumbledore's office after breakfast."
Everyone looked questioningly at Harry, but no one argued.
After everyone had finished their meals, all the members of the Order made their way to
Dumbledore's office.
Once everyone was seated, Harry took his seat. He did not sit in his usual chair, but sat in
Dumbledore's chair, the chair of the wizard with the most power, and he was undoubtedly
now, the leader of the group. He began the meeting with a few simple words.
"I'm sorry."
After everyone looked at him with odd looks, Harry found it prudent to explain, "I'm
sorry I have been acting like nothing matters anymore. I have turned away people that I
love and I have turned away people that love me, and for that I am sorry."
After forgiving murmurs from the rest of the group, Harry continued. "But being brought
out of the state I was in made me realize a few things. Made me realize what we need to
do, and what we need to accomplish. Even after we knew that Voldemort was returned to
the living, we did nothing. Oh sure we prepared, we trained, we did those types of things,
but we didn't do what we should have. We didn't seek him out. Well by god, I'm through
fucking around with this guy. We waited here for over a year, just waiting, and look what
that got us, Dumbledore's death. Well I say no more of that bullshit. We are gonna take
the fight to him. We are going to bring death to his door and make his answer the damned
bell. I'm tired of waiting and I'm tired of seeing the people I love live in fear, and I will
have no more of it."
Harry paused then to take on the reactions of those in the room. Some where amazed,
others just nodded their heads in agreement, others were shocked.
"And I need to know what you think." Harry finished.
Everyone looked around at each other, and Professor McGonagall spoke up, "It doesn't
work like that Harry."
"What do you mean?" Harry asked in response.
"Well you are the leader now, unquestioningly, so in turn, you order we follow, it's that
simple."
The rest of the group just nodded their heads in agreement, even Snape seemed to be in
agreement.
"Well allright then, I'll tell you what I had in mind."
Harry turned his head toward Malfoy, "First and formost I need you Draco. You are the
most important person in this mission."
Draco seemed shocked, "Me? What do you want me to do?"
"I have to ask you to do something that I would not ask you to do unless it was the
upmost of importance. I need you to find your dad."
At the shocked face from Draco, Harry replied, "I need you to find him and spy on him,
we have to know the location of Voldemort's lair, or at least know where someone is who
will know where he is hiding. I really need you to get close to this new Minister, he's the
one causing all of the problems, and I need you to sort out just who in the hell he is, We
have to find Voldemort, it's of the upmost importance Draco, can I count on you?"
Draco paused for a second, thinking to himself, then said, "Yes Harry, you can count on
me."
"Good." Harry replied, "Oh and if it would help, you might want to try spying in your
anigmus form."
"Good idea." Draco said.
"Good well then I'll move on," Harry then turned his attention to James and Michelle.
"I need something from you two as well. I need the two of you to travel to America and
retrieve a few choice American witches that we will need. I have a list of course, there are
only five, but they would be the upmost of help. I believe that two of them were once your
professors." Harry then handed the two a list, and the list was very short. The five names
appeared as so....
'Micheal Stricks'
'Daniel McPhearson'
'John Rankhoust'
'Danielle Roberts'
'Janey Rickban'
"Allright Harry, we will do this. When do you need us to leave?" Michelle responded.
"As soon as you can. At dawn if you don't mind." Harry responded.
The brother and sister pair just nodded their heads and James told Harry, "We won't fail
man, give us a week or so, and we will be back. How we supposed to get them to come?"
"Oh I'll give you something to make them believe you are telling the truth, don't worry
about it." Harry said.
"Aight." James responded, content with that answer.
Harry then turned to his best friend, Ron Weasley. "Ron I need you to do two things for
me. First I need you to retrieve your family, I know they didn't want to come, but we will
need them here. Once you return, I need you to go with Hagrid, and help extend a hand of
friendship to the remaining Giants. There aren't many left that aren't already with
Voldemort, or so Dumbledore told me, but there are a few in the upper west regions of
the Himalayas that haven't been reached yet. I need you to go and help him."
"Good Lord harry, deal with the Himalayas and deal with my family, two punches with
one blow." Ron said with feeling.
"So I can count on you then?" Harry said with a small smile.
"Of course you can." Ron said offhandedly.
"Good." Harry then tuned to the senior members of the Order. "I need you to get in touch
with every single witch or wizard you know and trust and that can help us. Get them here,
I don't care how, why or with what meaning, just get them here and willing to help. I
don't care how evil they once were, and I don't care what species they are, just get them
here, we need all the help we can get."
"And what are you and Miss Granger going to do Potter?" Snape asked, his usual sneer
on his face.
"We are going to fly around England and try and locate every person we can that used to
attend school here. Anyone we know to have potential in magic, or who is already
showing it. All the former students we used to go to school with. And we are going to go
to the school where they are attending now to find them if they are there." Harry said with
confidence.
All of the group seemed satisfied with this answer, and each nodded their heads once
again in agreement.
"All right everyone, everything settled?" Harry asked.
A general murmur of agreement went up from the group and Harry continued, "Allright,
well I expect everyone to be gone by dawn, I give you the night before we leave, make
most of it. Oh and I would ask that everyone owl me with reports at least everyday, and I
do request that at least one member of the senior order remain here to hold down the fort
while we are gone. Thanks."
With that said, Harry stood up, grabbed Hermoine's hand, and left the chamber, without
another word.
******
A/N: Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I guess this is where things start to get
interesting. Im going to write one more chapter of nothing but nothing, the night before
they leave. It will contain fluff beyond fluff for Harry/Hermoine, Ron/Michelle, and
James/Caty. Please read and review. Thanks!!