Chapter Forty-One
The Orders
"Stop right there!" A girl said, but her accent was no were close to British and her English was shaky and not very smooth. A girl in soft blue robes stepped forward, about fifty others stepping in behind her. "I think it is time you leave."
Voldemort turned to them, hatred in his eyes. "And what is this parade for?"
"Don't put it past us!" Another girl yelled from the back, her voice American and Southern Bell. "Get your smelly red neck ass out of here!"
"My, my what language," Voldemort said.
In one motion, the whole group took their wands and pointed at Voldemort. "GO-VA." They said in unison. In a firm pop, Voldemort vanished from sight, with about twenty others Death Eaters with him.
"What was that?" Ron screamed, as though he could not before.
"A handy little trick," The first girl said, "That makes the Dark Order relocate."
"In Chili to be exact." The second girl added.
The rest of the Death Eaters, disappeared, seeing that their attempts had failed.
But one Death Eater remind. He walked slowly, parting the crowd as he moved toward Harry. He had Seri draped over his arms, her head resting on his shoulder. Little red headed Mark Evans was clutching the strangers robes with both hands, staring at everyone with frightened eyes.
Harry's stomach twisted and a leap of joy sang though him. his family was before him. Sirius, whipping the body away from his mouth step forward beside Harry, who, after seeing Bill fall, had leaped in front of the bush.
"Potter," the strange said, his voice, low and harsh.
He carefully placed Seri in Sirius's arms, "She was never anything else than a Black."
"Who are you?" Sirius asked, holding on tight to his daughter.
The Death Eater ignored the question. Mark ran to Harry and threw himself around him. "Harry!" He squealed in tears and fright.
"Who are you?" Harry asked again. But somehow he already knew. Harry knew who the boy was before he lowered his cape, before he saw the boy's cold gray eyes and bleach blonde hair. Somehow, Harry knew it was Draco.
"Why?" Ron gabed.
"All secrets are not bad secrets Weasley," Draco snapped. "Angelica was right all along, there was nothing holding me in my father's rein besides my cowardliness."
"Malfoy," Hermione said softly.
"Everyone inside!" Dumbledore yelled. "Professor Snape, go back to school and summing Daniela and Molly Brown, Adam McCabe, Luna Lovegood and Susan Bones."
"But." Snape said.
"Just do it Severus, we have no time to argue!" Dumbledore demanded. "Dung, go fetch Arebella, and Jess call on the other Orders."
"But most of them are here Albus," The girl named Jess said simply.
"Yet, some where not as willing as you, have a reason to come now. The Dark Order has formed, we must everything we can to fight it." Dumbledore said.
Harry was breathing in and out slowly. it had all been a bad dream. Death lingered over the area like a plague. The darkness was softly lifting and the street lights began to dim.
The loud, wailing sobs of Mrs. Weasley filled the night. "Why?" She screamed though tears, "Why?"
"Kingsely, Elphias, will you please carry in the Weasley's. I do not think it will be wise, for all of us to be out here when the Ministry arrives." Remus said.
"Ministry?" Ginny asked.
"The whole bloke was killed. Hestia Jones said sadly, "Didn't you wander why no muggles where out seeing what the noise was about?"
Harry picked up Mark a carried him inside and Mr. Weasley did the same for Mrs. Weasley.
In a solemn line the content of the front lawn and street began to enter the house. Dumbledore took the crowd at which had shown up at the end and was no doubt telling them where the Order was. Draco Malfoy was a part of them, and Ron and Mile lingered behind to wait on him. Kingsley Shacklebolt and Elpjias Doge where the first to go in, which Percy and Bill strung in their arms. Sirius carried Seri inside.
Percy and Bill Weasley were laid down on the matching sofa's in the living room, but Sirius preceded upstairs with Seri. Harry followed with Mark and Charlie with them. Seri was laid down in Sirius's bed, her wombs where fixed up and the covers pulled up to her chin. Sirius's eyes where wet with tears.
"Will she be okay?" He said.
"Yes," Charlie said softly. He went on to explain Peter's love sacrifice and how Seri could not die. He didn't explain why or how though. Sirius just needed to know when would be okay and did not question farther.
Mark climbed from Harry's hold and sat on the edge of the bed. Seri's hand was in his and he rocked it back and forth, apologizing over and over.
"Harry," Charlie addressed, "I told Seri she should have told you. but." He trailed off. "I think it's my place to now."
"Why you're place?" Harry asked, not looking up at him.
"Because I'm the only one who knows the truth."
"Alright then," Harry looked up and their eyes met and some unspoken agreement was made.
They got up and left the room only to settle down in another sitting room.
"Okay," Harry said, braking the silence, "Tell me."
Charlie was playing with his thumbs. "She never wanted to be a Death Eater." He said plainly, "She told me Lucas was obsessed with it, trying to prove to Lucious that he was a good father. He forced her to. she said when we was 18. but I think she was younger."
Harry fought to meet his eyes, but Charlie kept them well hid from contact. "Right after that, she ran away, she said she couldn't take it anymore, and she found Dumbledore. It took some time, but he finally smuggled her into Arebella's house and then to the Order. She stayed in your neighborhood all summer watching you. barely saw her myself." He gave a sigh, "She cried for days when she got here. you could see it in her eyes too, she was excepting a warm welcoming by her dad. a reunion, but all she got was a cranky house elf and a run down mansion."
"But she fixed the house up. and Kreacher got better." Harry interrupted.
But there was something else she was to worry about. you. When she found Dumbledore, he told her about her mother. Seri knew her name, but not her last. she had no idea she was a Potter and no idea she was flesh and blood with you." Charlie said.
"I understand all that," Harry said quickly, "But what about tonight. what was with Krum and everything else?"
"What she did tonight was the noblest and stupidest thing I've ever seen done before." Charlie was tearing up now. "She did it purely to betray Voldemort and try to get Peter. But it killed Percy and Bill."
"Who cares if Percy died." Harry said softly.
Charlie turned on him and glared, "You don't understand. Percy was the bravest of the lot!"
"But he was a Death Eater," Harry yelled.
"Only to protect mom and dad. Voldemort sought him out, telling him if he didn't join then he'd be after the whole family. Percy caved even though the family had turned their back on him and him on us."
"But."
"It is brave to do the right thing Harry. especially when it is hard, and the whole world deems you heroic for that. But what Percy did was difficult too, yes wrong. but even though what he did was wrong, he did it for damn right reasons! It would have been easy to say no to Voldemort and let him wipe out the whole family, but Percy didn't do that." Charlie hissed though gritted teeth, "And Seri was the same. She gave everything she had to make this work, we killed fifteen of Voldemort's follower, that include Lucas and Lucious."
"They weren't part of the Order?" Harry asked.
"The point of tonight was a few things. one to kill as many bloody Death Eaters as we could. two, find out what followers where part of the Order, three, to guarantee Wormtail be one of them." Charlie said.
"But that mean he couldn't die." Harry gasped.
"That also means, part of the Dark Order is in debt to you."
There was a knock on the door and it opened.
"Harry, Charlie," Draco said, stepping in the room, "There is a meeting down stairs, and Professor Dumbledore wants both of you."
They nodded and got up.
Sirius met them and they descending down to the Order together.
The door which used to read, "The Order of the Phoneix," was gone. Now, the sign said, "The Great Order". The hall way was just like the one in the Ministry; doors on either side, labeled different departments, but they weren't labeled "Auroras" or "Hogwarts" anymore, but "The Order of the Phoneix: England" or "The Order of the Raven: Spain" and so on.
"What happened to this place?" Harry whispered.
"The Orders have finally joined together," Charlie hissed back.
At the end of the hall were two grand doors. One was opened and they pushed through it. A huge room with an extremely long oak meeting table with possibly one thousand chairs on each side was in the middle of the room. Most of the chairs where filled. The three found chairs together quickly.
"Bless my soul," a women said. "It's Harry Potter."
Harry looked up to see a girl with long, curly brown hair which was pulled into a ponytail. She had dazing blue eyes and stood above the sitting people. "I'm Jessica Flowers," She shook Harry's unwilling hand, "The Order of Unicorn from France."
"I'm Cindy Porter from the Americas." Another lady said, pushing her hand into Harry's other. She had dark green eyes and bobby cut, light brown hair.
"I need to be famous," Sirius hissed in Harry's ear, "Look at all the attention you get from girls."
Harry grinned and elbowed Sirius in the ribs. Sirius forced a smile, even though his face still shed the pain of the fight. You could leave it to Sirius to have this type of reply. he always had something to say that could make you smile when the going got going tough.
"hem, hem." Dumbledore cleared his throat and everything sat down, Mrs. Weasley fighting to contain her sniffs, Mr. Weasley his arm stretched over her shoulders.
"What was the point of that fight?" a man yelled.
"Before we get anything started," Remus said, taking a stand, "I believe it will go much more successful if we do this in an orderly fashion. Speak after you tell your name and Order."
"Shut up you great werewolf." Another man barked.
"You shut up!" Sirius said, jumping to his feet, "If you can not sit here and not prejudge then get your ass out of here. We have no time for you intolerance while Lord Voldemort."
Sirius was cut out with whimpers and screames.
"LORD VOLDEMORT!" Sirius shouted, "You're fighting him might as well have the balls to say his god damn name."
"Padfoot," Remus said softly, "Please, sit down."
"Franlin Grooves, Order of Raven, Spain." The first man said, standing up. "What was the point of that fight?"
"To find out who exactly was in the Dark Order, to kill as many Death Eaters as possible and make sure one man WAS part of the Order."
"Who would that be?" Jessica said. "Sorry, Jessica Flowers, Order of Unicorn, France."
"Peter Pettigrew." Sirius said.
"But he's dead!" Jessica piped.
"No he's not." Sirius argued. "He's an unregistered animagius and fated his own death. But that doesn't matter right now."
"Charles Cooper, Order of Kappa, Japan. Why do we want him to be part of the Dark Order?"
There was silence.
"Because he owes his life to me." Harry said.
There were a few gasps and a few nods.
"Molly Weasley, Order of Phoneix, England. Albus, how many of those damn man did we kill?"
"Fifteen Molly." Dumbledore said kindly.
"Not including my sons?" She managed before breaking down into sobs.
"Not including Percy or Bill."
"Good," She wailed.
"Who is part of the Dark Order?" Harry asked.
People around him waved their wands and summoned quills and parchment.
Dumbledore cleared his throat, nodded at his brother and began to resound, "The Death Eaters are, Peter Pettigrew, Thomas Avery, Hooven Macnair, Oliver Crabber, Kendric Goyle, Theodore Nott, Antonin Dolohov, Nathan Flint and Bellatrix Lestrange."
Dumbledore's voice rattled on while most everyone scurried down his words. He named the three trolls, the eleven goblins, the thirteen werewolves, the five hags, seven vampires and nineteen numbered Dementors.
"Evelyn Elizabeth, Order of Sphinx, Egypt. So the Order is complete?"
"Yes mama." Dumbledore said.
"Hercules Smith, Order of Mantioore, Greece. Why is Mr. Potter here in an adult meeting?"
Harry felt his cheeks glow read, but Sirius grabbed his hand and squeezed it quickly, before dropping it as reassurance.
"Because Harry has as much right, if not more, to know what is going on and fight Lord Voldemort." Dumbledore said simply. "And he is example for my next topic. I believe we can no longer hide this matter from our youth."
His eyes danced to Harry.
"It seems, they find their way into trouble whether they ask for it or not and will also find themselves in a sticky situation."
"So you think let the kids in the Order?" Molly said.
There was a knock at the door.
"Awe, come in Severus."
The door was pushed open and Snape stood in the frame, bandages all over his pale body.
Ron, Hermione, Miley, Ginny, Fred, George, Mark, Adam, Molly, Daniela, Luna and the Hufflepuff in Harry' year, Susan's bones all stood behind him.
"No trouble I see." Dumbledore said merrily.
"None at all."
Dumbledore flicked his wand and the table extended a few more places. "Please, have a seat."
Looking very naive and somewhat amazed, the twelve took their seats.
Snape sat down next to Dumbledore, his cheeks raw and red, his eyes narrow and dark.
"You twelve are now part of the Order of the Phoenix." Dumbledore address the twelve.
"The what?" Susan Bones asked.
"The Order of the Phoenix," Remus repeated, it is an organization put together to fight against Dark Magic."
"So at the time, that would be the Dark Lord," Severus said, oddly, kindly.
"Okay." Susan stuttered, her cheeks red. "I understand why everyone else here. but why me?"
"This meeting is adjourned." Dumbledore said, adverting his eyes. "You will find that Sirius Angel is a very good hostess. There is more than enough room for all of you to dine and rest here. "Severus, Remus, Sirius. would you hang back with me and the students?"
The adults stood and left.
"I'll watch Seri," Charlie said to Sirius, who nodded.
As the people left, the table shrunk, compacting it to only around 20 chairs.
"Susan." Dumbledore said softly. "You're parents.are not your parents."
"Excuse me?" Susan said, a chuckle in her voice, no doubtable believing Dumbledore has flipped off the deep end.
"You parents were killed 16 years ago. You guardians now are you father's brother and wife." Servus said.
"But.." Susan studied everyone as though wanting to see a silly smile of a lie. "No, Costello and Amelia are my parents. It was my aunt and uncle that died."
Her face was whence up in tears.
"No honey," Sirius said, "I knew your parents very well, Edgar and Angeles Bones were your birth parents."
"Susan, they were part of the Order back then. Very powerful to out force too, but Edgar knew too much. He was a very powerful wizard as was your mother."
Susan had collapsed into her arms. "Why didn't anyone tell me!" She shrieked.
"Because you were saver not knowing." Sirius said calmly.
Susan looked up in totally peril. "I hate it!" She whipped her face then continued, "Costello told me that story a hundred times, wanted me to know how heroic and noble they were. It never hit me that it was because he wanted me to have a good memory of my parents." Susan took a deep breath, a tear rolling down her cheek. "He killed them personally. I sometimes wake up screaming, blinded by green light. but. I never. never thought."
Miley had put a bloody arm around her shoulders, "It's okay. at least your parents died nobly, my father just tried to kill me." Susan choked, but nodded.
"Why am I here though?" Susan asked again.
"Well," Dumbledore said, smiling, "Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Mark and Adam are all from Gryffindor, Miley and Draco are from Slytherin and Luna from Ravenclaw and I needed a Hufflepuff to complete my Hogwarts scale and I thought no one better than you my dear."
Susan nodded.
"You three will be excused from school tomorrow. Some of you need to rest of our battle, and others need to think though what is going on."
"Professor." Harry said softly, "What about Seri?"
"Kids, go get something to eat. Remus, would you show them?" Dumbledore instructed. Remus nodded, and guided the rest of them out. Fred and George chuckling on the way out.
The table shrunk to four chairs.
"So?" Severus said eagerly.
"Seri will be fine, all she needs is rest and support."
'Then why did you want everyone to leave if that's all you were going to tell us?"
Dumbledore's eyes sparked down on Harry as he spoke.
"I stand before the three strongest men I know. a man who over comes lies with his strength." his eyes landed on Sirius, ".a man who will fight with everything he has." He turned his blue eyes onto Servus, ". and a man who over comes lies, and secrets and haunting truths and lives with his head held high into his dark future." Haryr felt his ears grow pink and he felt like Ron.
"And the luckiest person in the world right now is Seri. her Godfather, father and cousin are these three man and they love her above all else. If I didn't know she would be okay, that would tell me so."
The three nodded.
Sirius looked up and smiled at his company, "Since my state has been questionable, would you mind telling me exactly what is going on with my daughter and this Weasley fellow?"
Harry covered his mouth, laughing and Servus and Dumbledore both fell onto the table chuckling.
"Stop right there!" A girl said, but her accent was no were close to British and her English was shaky and not very smooth. A girl in soft blue robes stepped forward, about fifty others stepping in behind her. "I think it is time you leave."
Voldemort turned to them, hatred in his eyes. "And what is this parade for?"
"Don't put it past us!" Another girl yelled from the back, her voice American and Southern Bell. "Get your smelly red neck ass out of here!"
"My, my what language," Voldemort said.
In one motion, the whole group took their wands and pointed at Voldemort. "GO-VA." They said in unison. In a firm pop, Voldemort vanished from sight, with about twenty others Death Eaters with him.
"What was that?" Ron screamed, as though he could not before.
"A handy little trick," The first girl said, "That makes the Dark Order relocate."
"In Chili to be exact." The second girl added.
The rest of the Death Eaters, disappeared, seeing that their attempts had failed.
But one Death Eater remind. He walked slowly, parting the crowd as he moved toward Harry. He had Seri draped over his arms, her head resting on his shoulder. Little red headed Mark Evans was clutching the strangers robes with both hands, staring at everyone with frightened eyes.
Harry's stomach twisted and a leap of joy sang though him. his family was before him. Sirius, whipping the body away from his mouth step forward beside Harry, who, after seeing Bill fall, had leaped in front of the bush.
"Potter," the strange said, his voice, low and harsh.
He carefully placed Seri in Sirius's arms, "She was never anything else than a Black."
"Who are you?" Sirius asked, holding on tight to his daughter.
The Death Eater ignored the question. Mark ran to Harry and threw himself around him. "Harry!" He squealed in tears and fright.
"Who are you?" Harry asked again. But somehow he already knew. Harry knew who the boy was before he lowered his cape, before he saw the boy's cold gray eyes and bleach blonde hair. Somehow, Harry knew it was Draco.
"Why?" Ron gabed.
"All secrets are not bad secrets Weasley," Draco snapped. "Angelica was right all along, there was nothing holding me in my father's rein besides my cowardliness."
"Malfoy," Hermione said softly.
"Everyone inside!" Dumbledore yelled. "Professor Snape, go back to school and summing Daniela and Molly Brown, Adam McCabe, Luna Lovegood and Susan Bones."
"But." Snape said.
"Just do it Severus, we have no time to argue!" Dumbledore demanded. "Dung, go fetch Arebella, and Jess call on the other Orders."
"But most of them are here Albus," The girl named Jess said simply.
"Yet, some where not as willing as you, have a reason to come now. The Dark Order has formed, we must everything we can to fight it." Dumbledore said.
Harry was breathing in and out slowly. it had all been a bad dream. Death lingered over the area like a plague. The darkness was softly lifting and the street lights began to dim.
The loud, wailing sobs of Mrs. Weasley filled the night. "Why?" She screamed though tears, "Why?"
"Kingsely, Elphias, will you please carry in the Weasley's. I do not think it will be wise, for all of us to be out here when the Ministry arrives." Remus said.
"Ministry?" Ginny asked.
"The whole bloke was killed. Hestia Jones said sadly, "Didn't you wander why no muggles where out seeing what the noise was about?"
Harry picked up Mark a carried him inside and Mr. Weasley did the same for Mrs. Weasley.
In a solemn line the content of the front lawn and street began to enter the house. Dumbledore took the crowd at which had shown up at the end and was no doubt telling them where the Order was. Draco Malfoy was a part of them, and Ron and Mile lingered behind to wait on him. Kingsley Shacklebolt and Elpjias Doge where the first to go in, which Percy and Bill strung in their arms. Sirius carried Seri inside.
Percy and Bill Weasley were laid down on the matching sofa's in the living room, but Sirius preceded upstairs with Seri. Harry followed with Mark and Charlie with them. Seri was laid down in Sirius's bed, her wombs where fixed up and the covers pulled up to her chin. Sirius's eyes where wet with tears.
"Will she be okay?" He said.
"Yes," Charlie said softly. He went on to explain Peter's love sacrifice and how Seri could not die. He didn't explain why or how though. Sirius just needed to know when would be okay and did not question farther.
Mark climbed from Harry's hold and sat on the edge of the bed. Seri's hand was in his and he rocked it back and forth, apologizing over and over.
"Harry," Charlie addressed, "I told Seri she should have told you. but." He trailed off. "I think it's my place to now."
"Why you're place?" Harry asked, not looking up at him.
"Because I'm the only one who knows the truth."
"Alright then," Harry looked up and their eyes met and some unspoken agreement was made.
They got up and left the room only to settle down in another sitting room.
"Okay," Harry said, braking the silence, "Tell me."
Charlie was playing with his thumbs. "She never wanted to be a Death Eater." He said plainly, "She told me Lucas was obsessed with it, trying to prove to Lucious that he was a good father. He forced her to. she said when we was 18. but I think she was younger."
Harry fought to meet his eyes, but Charlie kept them well hid from contact. "Right after that, she ran away, she said she couldn't take it anymore, and she found Dumbledore. It took some time, but he finally smuggled her into Arebella's house and then to the Order. She stayed in your neighborhood all summer watching you. barely saw her myself." He gave a sigh, "She cried for days when she got here. you could see it in her eyes too, she was excepting a warm welcoming by her dad. a reunion, but all she got was a cranky house elf and a run down mansion."
"But she fixed the house up. and Kreacher got better." Harry interrupted.
But there was something else she was to worry about. you. When she found Dumbledore, he told her about her mother. Seri knew her name, but not her last. she had no idea she was a Potter and no idea she was flesh and blood with you." Charlie said.
"I understand all that," Harry said quickly, "But what about tonight. what was with Krum and everything else?"
"What she did tonight was the noblest and stupidest thing I've ever seen done before." Charlie was tearing up now. "She did it purely to betray Voldemort and try to get Peter. But it killed Percy and Bill."
"Who cares if Percy died." Harry said softly.
Charlie turned on him and glared, "You don't understand. Percy was the bravest of the lot!"
"But he was a Death Eater," Harry yelled.
"Only to protect mom and dad. Voldemort sought him out, telling him if he didn't join then he'd be after the whole family. Percy caved even though the family had turned their back on him and him on us."
"But."
"It is brave to do the right thing Harry. especially when it is hard, and the whole world deems you heroic for that. But what Percy did was difficult too, yes wrong. but even though what he did was wrong, he did it for damn right reasons! It would have been easy to say no to Voldemort and let him wipe out the whole family, but Percy didn't do that." Charlie hissed though gritted teeth, "And Seri was the same. She gave everything she had to make this work, we killed fifteen of Voldemort's follower, that include Lucas and Lucious."
"They weren't part of the Order?" Harry asked.
"The point of tonight was a few things. one to kill as many bloody Death Eaters as we could. two, find out what followers where part of the Order, three, to guarantee Wormtail be one of them." Charlie said.
"But that mean he couldn't die." Harry gasped.
"That also means, part of the Dark Order is in debt to you."
There was a knock on the door and it opened.
"Harry, Charlie," Draco said, stepping in the room, "There is a meeting down stairs, and Professor Dumbledore wants both of you."
They nodded and got up.
Sirius met them and they descending down to the Order together.
The door which used to read, "The Order of the Phoneix," was gone. Now, the sign said, "The Great Order". The hall way was just like the one in the Ministry; doors on either side, labeled different departments, but they weren't labeled "Auroras" or "Hogwarts" anymore, but "The Order of the Phoneix: England" or "The Order of the Raven: Spain" and so on.
"What happened to this place?" Harry whispered.
"The Orders have finally joined together," Charlie hissed back.
At the end of the hall were two grand doors. One was opened and they pushed through it. A huge room with an extremely long oak meeting table with possibly one thousand chairs on each side was in the middle of the room. Most of the chairs where filled. The three found chairs together quickly.
"Bless my soul," a women said. "It's Harry Potter."
Harry looked up to see a girl with long, curly brown hair which was pulled into a ponytail. She had dazing blue eyes and stood above the sitting people. "I'm Jessica Flowers," She shook Harry's unwilling hand, "The Order of Unicorn from France."
"I'm Cindy Porter from the Americas." Another lady said, pushing her hand into Harry's other. She had dark green eyes and bobby cut, light brown hair.
"I need to be famous," Sirius hissed in Harry's ear, "Look at all the attention you get from girls."
Harry grinned and elbowed Sirius in the ribs. Sirius forced a smile, even though his face still shed the pain of the fight. You could leave it to Sirius to have this type of reply. he always had something to say that could make you smile when the going got going tough.
"hem, hem." Dumbledore cleared his throat and everything sat down, Mrs. Weasley fighting to contain her sniffs, Mr. Weasley his arm stretched over her shoulders.
"What was the point of that fight?" a man yelled.
"Before we get anything started," Remus said, taking a stand, "I believe it will go much more successful if we do this in an orderly fashion. Speak after you tell your name and Order."
"Shut up you great werewolf." Another man barked.
"You shut up!" Sirius said, jumping to his feet, "If you can not sit here and not prejudge then get your ass out of here. We have no time for you intolerance while Lord Voldemort."
Sirius was cut out with whimpers and screames.
"LORD VOLDEMORT!" Sirius shouted, "You're fighting him might as well have the balls to say his god damn name."
"Padfoot," Remus said softly, "Please, sit down."
"Franlin Grooves, Order of Raven, Spain." The first man said, standing up. "What was the point of that fight?"
"To find out who exactly was in the Dark Order, to kill as many Death Eaters as possible and make sure one man WAS part of the Order."
"Who would that be?" Jessica said. "Sorry, Jessica Flowers, Order of Unicorn, France."
"Peter Pettigrew." Sirius said.
"But he's dead!" Jessica piped.
"No he's not." Sirius argued. "He's an unregistered animagius and fated his own death. But that doesn't matter right now."
"Charles Cooper, Order of Kappa, Japan. Why do we want him to be part of the Dark Order?"
There was silence.
"Because he owes his life to me." Harry said.
There were a few gasps and a few nods.
"Molly Weasley, Order of Phoneix, England. Albus, how many of those damn man did we kill?"
"Fifteen Molly." Dumbledore said kindly.
"Not including my sons?" She managed before breaking down into sobs.
"Not including Percy or Bill."
"Good," She wailed.
"Who is part of the Dark Order?" Harry asked.
People around him waved their wands and summoned quills and parchment.
Dumbledore cleared his throat, nodded at his brother and began to resound, "The Death Eaters are, Peter Pettigrew, Thomas Avery, Hooven Macnair, Oliver Crabber, Kendric Goyle, Theodore Nott, Antonin Dolohov, Nathan Flint and Bellatrix Lestrange."
Dumbledore's voice rattled on while most everyone scurried down his words. He named the three trolls, the eleven goblins, the thirteen werewolves, the five hags, seven vampires and nineteen numbered Dementors.
"Evelyn Elizabeth, Order of Sphinx, Egypt. So the Order is complete?"
"Yes mama." Dumbledore said.
"Hercules Smith, Order of Mantioore, Greece. Why is Mr. Potter here in an adult meeting?"
Harry felt his cheeks glow read, but Sirius grabbed his hand and squeezed it quickly, before dropping it as reassurance.
"Because Harry has as much right, if not more, to know what is going on and fight Lord Voldemort." Dumbledore said simply. "And he is example for my next topic. I believe we can no longer hide this matter from our youth."
His eyes danced to Harry.
"It seems, they find their way into trouble whether they ask for it or not and will also find themselves in a sticky situation."
"So you think let the kids in the Order?" Molly said.
There was a knock at the door.
"Awe, come in Severus."
The door was pushed open and Snape stood in the frame, bandages all over his pale body.
Ron, Hermione, Miley, Ginny, Fred, George, Mark, Adam, Molly, Daniela, Luna and the Hufflepuff in Harry' year, Susan's bones all stood behind him.
"No trouble I see." Dumbledore said merrily.
"None at all."
Dumbledore flicked his wand and the table extended a few more places. "Please, have a seat."
Looking very naive and somewhat amazed, the twelve took their seats.
Snape sat down next to Dumbledore, his cheeks raw and red, his eyes narrow and dark.
"You twelve are now part of the Order of the Phoenix." Dumbledore address the twelve.
"The what?" Susan Bones asked.
"The Order of the Phoenix," Remus repeated, it is an organization put together to fight against Dark Magic."
"So at the time, that would be the Dark Lord," Severus said, oddly, kindly.
"Okay." Susan stuttered, her cheeks red. "I understand why everyone else here. but why me?"
"This meeting is adjourned." Dumbledore said, adverting his eyes. "You will find that Sirius Angel is a very good hostess. There is more than enough room for all of you to dine and rest here. "Severus, Remus, Sirius. would you hang back with me and the students?"
The adults stood and left.
"I'll watch Seri," Charlie said to Sirius, who nodded.
As the people left, the table shrunk, compacting it to only around 20 chairs.
"Susan." Dumbledore said softly. "You're parents.are not your parents."
"Excuse me?" Susan said, a chuckle in her voice, no doubtable believing Dumbledore has flipped off the deep end.
"You parents were killed 16 years ago. You guardians now are you father's brother and wife." Servus said.
"But.." Susan studied everyone as though wanting to see a silly smile of a lie. "No, Costello and Amelia are my parents. It was my aunt and uncle that died."
Her face was whence up in tears.
"No honey," Sirius said, "I knew your parents very well, Edgar and Angeles Bones were your birth parents."
"Susan, they were part of the Order back then. Very powerful to out force too, but Edgar knew too much. He was a very powerful wizard as was your mother."
Susan had collapsed into her arms. "Why didn't anyone tell me!" She shrieked.
"Because you were saver not knowing." Sirius said calmly.
Susan looked up in totally peril. "I hate it!" She whipped her face then continued, "Costello told me that story a hundred times, wanted me to know how heroic and noble they were. It never hit me that it was because he wanted me to have a good memory of my parents." Susan took a deep breath, a tear rolling down her cheek. "He killed them personally. I sometimes wake up screaming, blinded by green light. but. I never. never thought."
Miley had put a bloody arm around her shoulders, "It's okay. at least your parents died nobly, my father just tried to kill me." Susan choked, but nodded.
"Why am I here though?" Susan asked again.
"Well," Dumbledore said, smiling, "Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Mark and Adam are all from Gryffindor, Miley and Draco are from Slytherin and Luna from Ravenclaw and I needed a Hufflepuff to complete my Hogwarts scale and I thought no one better than you my dear."
Susan nodded.
"You three will be excused from school tomorrow. Some of you need to rest of our battle, and others need to think though what is going on."
"Professor." Harry said softly, "What about Seri?"
"Kids, go get something to eat. Remus, would you show them?" Dumbledore instructed. Remus nodded, and guided the rest of them out. Fred and George chuckling on the way out.
The table shrunk to four chairs.
"So?" Severus said eagerly.
"Seri will be fine, all she needs is rest and support."
'Then why did you want everyone to leave if that's all you were going to tell us?"
Dumbledore's eyes sparked down on Harry as he spoke.
"I stand before the three strongest men I know. a man who over comes lies with his strength." his eyes landed on Sirius, ".a man who will fight with everything he has." He turned his blue eyes onto Servus, ". and a man who over comes lies, and secrets and haunting truths and lives with his head held high into his dark future." Haryr felt his ears grow pink and he felt like Ron.
"And the luckiest person in the world right now is Seri. her Godfather, father and cousin are these three man and they love her above all else. If I didn't know she would be okay, that would tell me so."
The three nodded.
Sirius looked up and smiled at his company, "Since my state has been questionable, would you mind telling me exactly what is going on with my daughter and this Weasley fellow?"
Harry covered his mouth, laughing and Servus and Dumbledore both fell onto the table chuckling.