Episode Sixty
As she lay awake that night she thought about everything that had happened over the past two years. She had learned that everything she knew was lies, fabricated for her by her mother. She had shattered those lies with her own strength of mind, but she had not learned all of the truth before her mother died.
She had fallen in love with Harry Potter and in love with Corwin Graves. She had reunited Gabby and Chris. She had met her great-great-grandmother Gemma in the faerie mound. She had suffered the Cruciatus curse. She had been saved by the Stag King. She had subdued an entire group of death eaters.
Most of all she had discovered who she was. She was young and impetuous still, but she was learning that bravery needed to be tempered with reason. Not everything could be solved with courage, although it certainly helped. Her problems seemed nothing compared to the world climate right now.
Fear was replacing joy. For fourteen years the dark lord had not been seen or heard. At first folks hardly dared to believe he was gone. But when he did not make an immediate return joy took over. The terror he had instilled within the wizarding world was slowly wiped away and happiness reigned. Life had returned to normal and it was good.
But the dark lord was returning. It could not now be denied, not even by Cornelius Fudge. The attacks of the death eaters were increasing alarmingly. The disappearances were just beginning. People were becoming tense and distrusting. Everyone feared what would come.
There were a few who did not cower so easily. There was a small group willing to fight, ready to take the dark lord down once again. This group was called The Order of the Phoenix and they had been inactive for many years. Dumbledore, the great and powerful wizard had been preparing for some time and the group was now fully reactivated, all of the surviving members reinstated.
The recruitments were easy. They selected the brightest wizards and witches who had graduated from Hogwarts not long ago. They invited any faculty not already a member. They had asked Harry, even though he was still only a student and soon after that they had asked Gwen.
Any one with a wand and a will was welcome into the inner sanctum of the Order.
Gwen was ready.
