Chapter Eight
"Severus have you learned any more about the potion you are making for Voldemort," Dumbeldore asked?
"No, I have never seen such a complex potion. All I know is that he has five death eaters including me working on it, but he doesn't tell us any thing about it. All I can say is that he is eager for the potion to be done, and that he said he will finish the rest himself when we get to the last step of the potion," said Severus.
"Well, keep us up to date on the potion the best you can Severus. Is there any other information or updates to be brought to our attention?" Dumbeldore asked his order that were seated in his office.
"No, well then I hope everyone stays safe and watches themselves," said Dumbeldore.
"Very good Mr. Potter I am glad you are putting time into your studies now, you are becoming very formidable in transfigurations," said McGonagall.
"Thank you, I have grown rather fond of this profession professor," said Harry.
"Well I am glad to here it, and I do believe you are giving Ms. Granger a sound run for top of the class this year. If you keep this up you may well be on your way too becoming head boy next year. Believe me when I say Potter that you have made me and the other professors very proud as well as I know your parents would have been. Now run along, I believe you have Charms next if I am not mistaken," said McGonagoll.
"No you are correct, and thank you, what you said means a lot," said Harry.
An hour later the charms class were packing up their supplies and heading out of the classroom. "Come on mate, we have to get to lunch, I heard they are having pork chops. You know how much I like pork chops," said Ron.
"I know Ron, why don't you head down with Sarah and Hermione, I have something I want to ask Professor Flitwick first," said Harry.
"Okay, but don't be long Harry, I didn't see you eat much at breakfast either," said Sarah with a concerned look on her face.
"I'm fine Sarah don't worry, I just haven't had much success with the surprise I told everyone about Wednesday night that I had for them and it has really been bothering me. I tell you what, put whatever you want me to eat on a plate, and when I get down to the Great Hall I will eat what ever you have put on it okay," said Harry.
"Okay," said Sarah who's face brightened up immensely while flashing Harry a big smile.
"Don't worry Harry I'll make sure she piles your plate sky high, that way I can finish what's left on your plate as well," said Ron which caused Harry to laugh out loud, Hermione to roll her eyes and cluck her tongue in a disapproving way, and Sarah to go off on Ron about not touching a thing on the plate she was going to make for Harry as the three walked to the Great Hall.
"Professor Flitwick, I was wondering if you could help me with a charm I have been having some great difficulty with?" Asked Harry after his friends had left.
"Yes, Yes, of course Mr. Potter, I am glad to see you are working hard in charms," said Flitwick.
"Well, I am wanting to be able to put a flaming image of a phoenix in the air; now I am able to conjure up the flaming phoenix, but I can not get it into the air and make it stay. Do you have any suggestions professor?" Asked Harry hopefully.
"Mr. Potter, I most certainly do, and would be glad to help you with that. You have already done the hard part of conjuring up the phoenix, now all you need to do is point you wand into the air and say "Mobilaryheight," while saying the incantation you have made to conjure the flaming phoenix. That should fix the problem quite nicely, and may I ask what has brought you to make such an image?" Asked Flitwick.
"Oh, I was just wandering, I have always loved the image of the phoenix and it got stuck in my head to try and figure out how to make an image like that so people would be able to see it and feel safe. You know that the image of the phoenix is supposed to bring people a since of safety and peace," said Harry.
"That sounds like a lovely idea Mr. Potter, and I can't wait to see it someday," said Flitwick.
"Oh, don't worry professor, I am sure you will be seeing it a lot, but now I must head down to the Great Hall to meet my friends. Thanks again for your help," said Harry.
"My pleasure," said Flitwick as Harry made his way out of the classroom.
As Harry entered the Great Hall he searched the Gryffindor table till he saw Sarah stand up and wave at him.
"Oh Harry come on you only have about ten minutes to eat your lunch, and I have had to fight off Ron for the last ten minutes. I was afraid you weren't going to make it down in time before we had to leave for our next class," said Sarah.
"Well thank you Sarah, but I'm not really that hungry. When I get to thinking and studying hard I just never seem to get hungry," said Harry.
"Please eat something Harry, I don't want you to get sick, and we have another meeting today. I know for a fact that everyone in the secrete order can not wait till tonight. I mean after our meeting Wednesday where you taught everyone how to conjure that awesome shield to block any spell or curse no one has been able to stop thinking about what you are going to teach us tonight. I also saw how much energy it took from you to teach us all how to do it to. I bet you had to conjure that shield fifty times before all of us where able to conjure it well enough to block a spell that you through at it. So please eat at least the potatoes and corn," pleaded Sarah quickly followed by Hermione who was agreeing with Sarah as well.
"Okay, I will," said Harry as he started eating some food. "I mean its not like I was going to starve, when my body needed food I would have eaten something, It's just I'm not hungry now," said Harry.
"Well I am, and they have taken all of the food away except for what is left on your plate," said Ron.
"Ron, enough all ready you ate two helpings of everything and Harry hasn't eaten anything since dinner last night," said Hermione.
"Okay," said Ron.
"Harry I do have a question for you," said Hermione.
"Yeah, what's that," asked Harry while eating a boiled potato.
"Well everyone that has come up to Sarah, Ron and I said that you asked everyone to bring 12 sickles with them tonight, but you haven't asked any of us to bring any money. Why did you want everyone to bring 12 sickles with them, and why didn't you ask us to bring any money," said Hermione.
"One it is another surprise for the order that I have been working on for the last two nights and have put several hours in, and two I didn't ask you guys to bring any money because I am giving yours to you as gifts. You three have been very supportive to me about this when you didn't have to, and I just want to show my gratitude to you all," said Harry.
"Oh Harry that is so sweet, but you didn't have to do that for us. We would support you in whatever you do," said Sarah with Hermione and Ron shaking their heads in agreement.
"Thanks again you guys, I don't know what I would do without you three," said Harry.
Later that night at the secrete order meeting. "Okay so everyone is here. Well I am sure you all have been practicing your shields since our last meeting," said Harry and receiving numerous nods. Well I also told you all that I had a surprise for tonight, and I asked that you all bring 12 sickles to this meeting. Well since I have collected everyone's money I would like to present you guys with what you have just bought.
"This," Harry said, "Is how I will be able to contact you when you are needed. Much the same way as the fake coins where used last year; I have charmed these necklaces to heat up when I touch it with my wand as well. Now I have also charmed these necklaces with a charm where when you apparate after I have summoned you, you will just apparate like normal and wish to be where I am and you will apparate to my location. Almost like the dark mark, but not as evil and you don't have to have your skin seared every time you are needed. I also have made it where if one of you is in trouble you can activate it as well by touching your necklace with the tip of your wand and we can apparate to your location. I did not feel it was fair that I was the only one that had that power. So come up as I call your name, and I will place our order symbol around your neck where you must never take it off till Voldemort is defeated," said Harry.
Ten minutes later every one of the order members had received their necklaces. The girls were all just elated about the gold color and beautiful stones that the necklaces had; while the guys all chorused about how cool they were and that they thought it made them look more masculine.
"I am glad that you all like the necklaces, but that is not all I have for everyone tonight. I have also made our symbol that we will leave in the air after we have stopped Voldemort at every fight," said Harry.
"Harry then raised his wand and muttered the incantation he had made to conjure the image of the flaming phoenix, in an instance there was a huge symbol of a flaming phoenix alight just below the ceiling of the room of requirements.
"Oh that is so cool, we have our own symbol now," said everyone as the stared in ah at the image Harry had just produced before them.
"Now I will teach everyone in hear how to conjure this next week because after every battle that takes place I expect there to be one of these in the sky from everyone of you battling the dark forces in this order," said Harry.
Harry was met with a booming reply acknowledgment and glee from the order that was before him, causing Harry to become even more prideful of the order that stood before him, and felt himself coming even more protective of everyone that had joined his order.
"Now that that business has been taking care of I would like to get on to other matters of business before we start our training for tonight. I will always try to hold important information and votes till Friday nights so we can have George, Fred, and Angelina present. Since it is Friday I think it is time that we give out everyone's responsibilities to this secrete order. Now as I call out the different responsibilities I would like whomever that would be interested in that responsibility to step forward. There may be some responsibilities that better fit you then others and if you have already taken responsibility of an earlier one then you may switch if there is a vacancy open," said Harry.
The order all set quietly while they listened to the responsibility that best suited them.
"The first responsibility is our clothes. We need people who can design our robes to match and to charm them to keep out moisture," said Harry.
Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown, Padma Patil, and Sarah McGregor all stood up and came forward to take on the responsibility of designing and charming everyone's robes.
"Okay I am pleased that you four have taken on this responsibility. Now what I have thought is that everyone here will bring one of his or her school robes at time to have worked on. If you four could make them where everyone's robes are reversible so that their house robes are on one side and our order robes are on the other that would be great because we will always have our school robes on, so we never would have to think about going back to our dorms to get our order robes when the time comes. We will already have them on," said Harry. "The color and designs will be up to you four to decide, but keep in mind that I am a male as well as many others in this order and we will be wearing them also, so please no pastel colors," Harry said earning laughs from all of the girls present and the guys giving low manly growls of agreement.
"Okay, the next responsibility will be potion making," said Harry.
Quietly Anthony Goldstein of HuffelPuff, Micheal Conner of Ravenclaw, and Zacharias Smith of Ravenclaw all came forward for this responsibility.
"Okay what I need from you three right now are three different types of potion made and bottled. I need the blinding potion, the scalding potion, and the illusionment potion to be made for our upcoming battles. Will you three be able to handle this responsibility on your own?" Asked Harry.
"Oh yes I don't think we will have any problem making those potions for you. We are the three highest ranked potion students in the school," said Anthony Goldstein. "How many of each will you need, and when will you need them by?" Asked Micheal Conner.
I will need around thirty bottles of each kind, and as soon as possible. I do not know when we will need them, but it is imperative that we have at least seven of each potion by the end of next week. You never know how early a battle may come up. We have already got the supplies for the potion thanks to Fred and George. They were able to obtain our ingredients through a friend that got them for us at an excellent cost," said Harry.
With a polite nod the three set down together, and waited to here what other responsibilities were left.
"Okay, now I need people to do research for us," said Harry.
Immediately Hermione stood up with Ginny Weasley, Terry Boot, Susan Bones, and Cho Chang.
"Wonderful I am sure you all will do a terrific job, however Cho, I can not let you be a part of this responsibility," said Harry.
Cho looked up at Harry and immediately tears where brimming in her eyes with a look of deep hurt on her face.
"Cho please don't be upset I know you are more then capable of doing this responsibility, but I had you in mind for another type of responsibility. Please don't feel that I am singling you out for any reason because I feel quite close to everyone here in this order and would never do anything to hurt any of you," said Harry as he looked at Cho.
Cho nodded and sat back down after she regained her composure and looked up at Harry for him to tell the others what they would be researching.
"Okay I need you all to research for me how to make a Portkey and it not be detected by the Ministry. Also I want you all to research how to make it where when we are battling Voldemort, he will not be able to distinguish who any of us are," said Harry. After he received a nod of agreement he continued on.
"Now I need the best flyers among us to step forward along with Cho Chang to receive their responsibilities," said Harry.
Cho immediately stepped forward with a proud look on her face where Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet, Katie Bell, George and Fred Weasley, and Colin Creevey quickly accompanied her.
"Excellent, now what I need from you is to practice in being able to hit a target with a potion bottle from no lower then thirty feet. I will place a disillusionment charm on you all so it will be hard for a death eater to spot you in the air. That is where you will throw the potion down on top of them and hope that they hit their mark and do their job in impairing the death eaters while we fight below," said Harry.
"Brilliant chorused Fred and George together while everyone else agreed with them on this idea. They will never see this coming and it will give everyone on the ground an advantage," said the twins.
"Wonderful," said Harry. So now there is only a few of you left without a responsibility. I'm sorry that the rest of you will not get to choose the responsibility that you want, but so far you all have chosen the responsibility that I had planned you would. So Ron Weasley, Hannah Abbot, Neville Longbottom, and Lee Jordon I want you all to be our strategy organizers for our battles. It is imperative that you all come up with our battle strategies and actions that we could take while in battle, and I have the up most confidence in you all that you will not fail us in this department," said Harry again receiving enthusiastic agreements from the them.
"Finally that leaves me, Seamus Finnagin, Dean Thomas, and Luna Lovegood to gather information and recruit new members for our order. You three will need to learn to disguise yourselves where you will not be recognized when you go out in public to do your job," said Harry. The three of them looked absolutely ecstatic, and happily agreed to do what was asked of them.
"So if there is no objections to your responsibilities I want to teach you all the crippling curse. This curse will cause your opponent to lose all their ability to move and can last up to ten hours if done with enough power. This is highly advanced magic and is not an easy curse to learn, but very effective in battle, so let us start now on these dummies I have made up," said Harry.
One hour later the whole order was completely exhausted but looked more alive then ever. As everyone left the order again the showed their respect to Harry and told him they would not let him down on their responsibilities.
"I know you won't, but remember this is not just for me this is for everyone in this order," said Harry.
That night Harry was sitting in front of the fire in the Gryffindor common room deep in thought, well after everyone else had gone to sleep except one. Slowly Sarah made her way down from her dorm room to where Harry was sitting and slowly sat down beside him.
"Harry are you okay?" Sarah asked concerned.
Harry shook his head just realizing Sarah was sitting beside him in her nightgown. "What are you doing up Sarah you should be asleep?" Said Harry.
"I had a feeling you were sitting here and wanted to see if you would tell me what was on your mind," said Sarah.
"Its just I want this order to work so badly that I am afraid that I may not do something rite and get someone hurt," Harry said as he opened up to Sarah.
Sarah slowly put a gentle hand on Harry's arm and said, "Harry you are doing a wonderful job with this order. There is not a soul out their that could do any better a job then you are doing. You are kind and let us help make the decisions that happen with in the order. You have not made it a dictatorship but a democracy, and that is what will make your order the order that will eventually bring down You-Know-Who. That and you are leading us. Harry you have a way about you, you may not see it, but everyone looks up to you for answers. I know that I haven't known you long even though it feels like I have known you forever, but I know its true from what I see and what I feel. I feel safe when I am with you Harry, and we all draw our confidence from seeing you so confident," said Sarah affectionately.
"But I'm not Sarah, I am scared to be leading an order, but I am also empowered because I am doing it. You all have no idea how much of my confidence I draw from all of you. It will be because of all of you that I will defeat Voldemort," said Harry.
"And I am positive you will, but now you need sleep," said Sarah. Is that all that is bothering you or is there something else.
"I, it's nothing," said Harry.
"Harry please tell me, you know you can tell me anything, and I will always be here for you just like Ron and Hermione are," said Sarah.
"I am having nightmares again," said Harry.
"Oh Harry, I am so sorry, I didn't know. Do you want to talk about it?" Asked Sarah.
After Harry shook his head no, Sarah saw him fighting to keep his eyes open. Slowly Sarah placed a hand a Harry's shoulder and gently pulled him down where Harry's head lay comfortably on her lap where she started to gently stoke his hair. Harry put a small resistance at first, but stopped as his head rested on her lap and she started stroking his hair. She smiled affectionately at him while still stroking his hair as she felt His body relax to her touch and in minutes he was asleep. Sarah just sat there for an hour with Harry in her lap before she laid her head while still in a sitting position on the side of the couch and fell sleep as well.
Thank you all for reading, and I made this chapter extra long to make up for not updating Saturday. Enjoying reading and continue updating please. I hope you like it. Achilles
"Severus have you learned any more about the potion you are making for Voldemort," Dumbeldore asked?
"No, I have never seen such a complex potion. All I know is that he has five death eaters including me working on it, but he doesn't tell us any thing about it. All I can say is that he is eager for the potion to be done, and that he said he will finish the rest himself when we get to the last step of the potion," said Severus.
"Well, keep us up to date on the potion the best you can Severus. Is there any other information or updates to be brought to our attention?" Dumbeldore asked his order that were seated in his office.
"No, well then I hope everyone stays safe and watches themselves," said Dumbeldore.
"Very good Mr. Potter I am glad you are putting time into your studies now, you are becoming very formidable in transfigurations," said McGonagall.
"Thank you, I have grown rather fond of this profession professor," said Harry.
"Well I am glad to here it, and I do believe you are giving Ms. Granger a sound run for top of the class this year. If you keep this up you may well be on your way too becoming head boy next year. Believe me when I say Potter that you have made me and the other professors very proud as well as I know your parents would have been. Now run along, I believe you have Charms next if I am not mistaken," said McGonagoll.
"No you are correct, and thank you, what you said means a lot," said Harry.
An hour later the charms class were packing up their supplies and heading out of the classroom. "Come on mate, we have to get to lunch, I heard they are having pork chops. You know how much I like pork chops," said Ron.
"I know Ron, why don't you head down with Sarah and Hermione, I have something I want to ask Professor Flitwick first," said Harry.
"Okay, but don't be long Harry, I didn't see you eat much at breakfast either," said Sarah with a concerned look on her face.
"I'm fine Sarah don't worry, I just haven't had much success with the surprise I told everyone about Wednesday night that I had for them and it has really been bothering me. I tell you what, put whatever you want me to eat on a plate, and when I get down to the Great Hall I will eat what ever you have put on it okay," said Harry.
"Okay," said Sarah who's face brightened up immensely while flashing Harry a big smile.
"Don't worry Harry I'll make sure she piles your plate sky high, that way I can finish what's left on your plate as well," said Ron which caused Harry to laugh out loud, Hermione to roll her eyes and cluck her tongue in a disapproving way, and Sarah to go off on Ron about not touching a thing on the plate she was going to make for Harry as the three walked to the Great Hall.
"Professor Flitwick, I was wondering if you could help me with a charm I have been having some great difficulty with?" Asked Harry after his friends had left.
"Yes, Yes, of course Mr. Potter, I am glad to see you are working hard in charms," said Flitwick.
"Well, I am wanting to be able to put a flaming image of a phoenix in the air; now I am able to conjure up the flaming phoenix, but I can not get it into the air and make it stay. Do you have any suggestions professor?" Asked Harry hopefully.
"Mr. Potter, I most certainly do, and would be glad to help you with that. You have already done the hard part of conjuring up the phoenix, now all you need to do is point you wand into the air and say "Mobilaryheight," while saying the incantation you have made to conjure the flaming phoenix. That should fix the problem quite nicely, and may I ask what has brought you to make such an image?" Asked Flitwick.
"Oh, I was just wandering, I have always loved the image of the phoenix and it got stuck in my head to try and figure out how to make an image like that so people would be able to see it and feel safe. You know that the image of the phoenix is supposed to bring people a since of safety and peace," said Harry.
"That sounds like a lovely idea Mr. Potter, and I can't wait to see it someday," said Flitwick.
"Oh, don't worry professor, I am sure you will be seeing it a lot, but now I must head down to the Great Hall to meet my friends. Thanks again for your help," said Harry.
"My pleasure," said Flitwick as Harry made his way out of the classroom.
As Harry entered the Great Hall he searched the Gryffindor table till he saw Sarah stand up and wave at him.
"Oh Harry come on you only have about ten minutes to eat your lunch, and I have had to fight off Ron for the last ten minutes. I was afraid you weren't going to make it down in time before we had to leave for our next class," said Sarah.
"Well thank you Sarah, but I'm not really that hungry. When I get to thinking and studying hard I just never seem to get hungry," said Harry.
"Please eat something Harry, I don't want you to get sick, and we have another meeting today. I know for a fact that everyone in the secrete order can not wait till tonight. I mean after our meeting Wednesday where you taught everyone how to conjure that awesome shield to block any spell or curse no one has been able to stop thinking about what you are going to teach us tonight. I also saw how much energy it took from you to teach us all how to do it to. I bet you had to conjure that shield fifty times before all of us where able to conjure it well enough to block a spell that you through at it. So please eat at least the potatoes and corn," pleaded Sarah quickly followed by Hermione who was agreeing with Sarah as well.
"Okay, I will," said Harry as he started eating some food. "I mean its not like I was going to starve, when my body needed food I would have eaten something, It's just I'm not hungry now," said Harry.
"Well I am, and they have taken all of the food away except for what is left on your plate," said Ron.
"Ron, enough all ready you ate two helpings of everything and Harry hasn't eaten anything since dinner last night," said Hermione.
"Okay," said Ron.
"Harry I do have a question for you," said Hermione.
"Yeah, what's that," asked Harry while eating a boiled potato.
"Well everyone that has come up to Sarah, Ron and I said that you asked everyone to bring 12 sickles with them tonight, but you haven't asked any of us to bring any money. Why did you want everyone to bring 12 sickles with them, and why didn't you ask us to bring any money," said Hermione.
"One it is another surprise for the order that I have been working on for the last two nights and have put several hours in, and two I didn't ask you guys to bring any money because I am giving yours to you as gifts. You three have been very supportive to me about this when you didn't have to, and I just want to show my gratitude to you all," said Harry.
"Oh Harry that is so sweet, but you didn't have to do that for us. We would support you in whatever you do," said Sarah with Hermione and Ron shaking their heads in agreement.
"Thanks again you guys, I don't know what I would do without you three," said Harry.
Later that night at the secrete order meeting. "Okay so everyone is here. Well I am sure you all have been practicing your shields since our last meeting," said Harry and receiving numerous nods. Well I also told you all that I had a surprise for tonight, and I asked that you all bring 12 sickles to this meeting. Well since I have collected everyone's money I would like to present you guys with what you have just bought.
"This," Harry said, "Is how I will be able to contact you when you are needed. Much the same way as the fake coins where used last year; I have charmed these necklaces to heat up when I touch it with my wand as well. Now I have also charmed these necklaces with a charm where when you apparate after I have summoned you, you will just apparate like normal and wish to be where I am and you will apparate to my location. Almost like the dark mark, but not as evil and you don't have to have your skin seared every time you are needed. I also have made it where if one of you is in trouble you can activate it as well by touching your necklace with the tip of your wand and we can apparate to your location. I did not feel it was fair that I was the only one that had that power. So come up as I call your name, and I will place our order symbol around your neck where you must never take it off till Voldemort is defeated," said Harry.
Ten minutes later every one of the order members had received their necklaces. The girls were all just elated about the gold color and beautiful stones that the necklaces had; while the guys all chorused about how cool they were and that they thought it made them look more masculine.
"I am glad that you all like the necklaces, but that is not all I have for everyone tonight. I have also made our symbol that we will leave in the air after we have stopped Voldemort at every fight," said Harry.
"Harry then raised his wand and muttered the incantation he had made to conjure the image of the flaming phoenix, in an instance there was a huge symbol of a flaming phoenix alight just below the ceiling of the room of requirements.
"Oh that is so cool, we have our own symbol now," said everyone as the stared in ah at the image Harry had just produced before them.
"Now I will teach everyone in hear how to conjure this next week because after every battle that takes place I expect there to be one of these in the sky from everyone of you battling the dark forces in this order," said Harry.
Harry was met with a booming reply acknowledgment and glee from the order that was before him, causing Harry to become even more prideful of the order that stood before him, and felt himself coming even more protective of everyone that had joined his order.
"Now that that business has been taking care of I would like to get on to other matters of business before we start our training for tonight. I will always try to hold important information and votes till Friday nights so we can have George, Fred, and Angelina present. Since it is Friday I think it is time that we give out everyone's responsibilities to this secrete order. Now as I call out the different responsibilities I would like whomever that would be interested in that responsibility to step forward. There may be some responsibilities that better fit you then others and if you have already taken responsibility of an earlier one then you may switch if there is a vacancy open," said Harry.
The order all set quietly while they listened to the responsibility that best suited them.
"The first responsibility is our clothes. We need people who can design our robes to match and to charm them to keep out moisture," said Harry.
Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown, Padma Patil, and Sarah McGregor all stood up and came forward to take on the responsibility of designing and charming everyone's robes.
"Okay I am pleased that you four have taken on this responsibility. Now what I have thought is that everyone here will bring one of his or her school robes at time to have worked on. If you four could make them where everyone's robes are reversible so that their house robes are on one side and our order robes are on the other that would be great because we will always have our school robes on, so we never would have to think about going back to our dorms to get our order robes when the time comes. We will already have them on," said Harry. "The color and designs will be up to you four to decide, but keep in mind that I am a male as well as many others in this order and we will be wearing them also, so please no pastel colors," Harry said earning laughs from all of the girls present and the guys giving low manly growls of agreement.
"Okay, the next responsibility will be potion making," said Harry.
Quietly Anthony Goldstein of HuffelPuff, Micheal Conner of Ravenclaw, and Zacharias Smith of Ravenclaw all came forward for this responsibility.
"Okay what I need from you three right now are three different types of potion made and bottled. I need the blinding potion, the scalding potion, and the illusionment potion to be made for our upcoming battles. Will you three be able to handle this responsibility on your own?" Asked Harry.
"Oh yes I don't think we will have any problem making those potions for you. We are the three highest ranked potion students in the school," said Anthony Goldstein. "How many of each will you need, and when will you need them by?" Asked Micheal Conner.
I will need around thirty bottles of each kind, and as soon as possible. I do not know when we will need them, but it is imperative that we have at least seven of each potion by the end of next week. You never know how early a battle may come up. We have already got the supplies for the potion thanks to Fred and George. They were able to obtain our ingredients through a friend that got them for us at an excellent cost," said Harry.
With a polite nod the three set down together, and waited to here what other responsibilities were left.
"Okay, now I need people to do research for us," said Harry.
Immediately Hermione stood up with Ginny Weasley, Terry Boot, Susan Bones, and Cho Chang.
"Wonderful I am sure you all will do a terrific job, however Cho, I can not let you be a part of this responsibility," said Harry.
Cho looked up at Harry and immediately tears where brimming in her eyes with a look of deep hurt on her face.
"Cho please don't be upset I know you are more then capable of doing this responsibility, but I had you in mind for another type of responsibility. Please don't feel that I am singling you out for any reason because I feel quite close to everyone here in this order and would never do anything to hurt any of you," said Harry as he looked at Cho.
Cho nodded and sat back down after she regained her composure and looked up at Harry for him to tell the others what they would be researching.
"Okay I need you all to research for me how to make a Portkey and it not be detected by the Ministry. Also I want you all to research how to make it where when we are battling Voldemort, he will not be able to distinguish who any of us are," said Harry. After he received a nod of agreement he continued on.
"Now I need the best flyers among us to step forward along with Cho Chang to receive their responsibilities," said Harry.
Cho immediately stepped forward with a proud look on her face where Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet, Katie Bell, George and Fred Weasley, and Colin Creevey quickly accompanied her.
"Excellent, now what I need from you is to practice in being able to hit a target with a potion bottle from no lower then thirty feet. I will place a disillusionment charm on you all so it will be hard for a death eater to spot you in the air. That is where you will throw the potion down on top of them and hope that they hit their mark and do their job in impairing the death eaters while we fight below," said Harry.
"Brilliant chorused Fred and George together while everyone else agreed with them on this idea. They will never see this coming and it will give everyone on the ground an advantage," said the twins.
"Wonderful," said Harry. So now there is only a few of you left without a responsibility. I'm sorry that the rest of you will not get to choose the responsibility that you want, but so far you all have chosen the responsibility that I had planned you would. So Ron Weasley, Hannah Abbot, Neville Longbottom, and Lee Jordon I want you all to be our strategy organizers for our battles. It is imperative that you all come up with our battle strategies and actions that we could take while in battle, and I have the up most confidence in you all that you will not fail us in this department," said Harry again receiving enthusiastic agreements from the them.
"Finally that leaves me, Seamus Finnagin, Dean Thomas, and Luna Lovegood to gather information and recruit new members for our order. You three will need to learn to disguise yourselves where you will not be recognized when you go out in public to do your job," said Harry. The three of them looked absolutely ecstatic, and happily agreed to do what was asked of them.
"So if there is no objections to your responsibilities I want to teach you all the crippling curse. This curse will cause your opponent to lose all their ability to move and can last up to ten hours if done with enough power. This is highly advanced magic and is not an easy curse to learn, but very effective in battle, so let us start now on these dummies I have made up," said Harry.
One hour later the whole order was completely exhausted but looked more alive then ever. As everyone left the order again the showed their respect to Harry and told him they would not let him down on their responsibilities.
"I know you won't, but remember this is not just for me this is for everyone in this order," said Harry.
That night Harry was sitting in front of the fire in the Gryffindor common room deep in thought, well after everyone else had gone to sleep except one. Slowly Sarah made her way down from her dorm room to where Harry was sitting and slowly sat down beside him.
"Harry are you okay?" Sarah asked concerned.
Harry shook his head just realizing Sarah was sitting beside him in her nightgown. "What are you doing up Sarah you should be asleep?" Said Harry.
"I had a feeling you were sitting here and wanted to see if you would tell me what was on your mind," said Sarah.
"Its just I want this order to work so badly that I am afraid that I may not do something rite and get someone hurt," Harry said as he opened up to Sarah.
Sarah slowly put a gentle hand on Harry's arm and said, "Harry you are doing a wonderful job with this order. There is not a soul out their that could do any better a job then you are doing. You are kind and let us help make the decisions that happen with in the order. You have not made it a dictatorship but a democracy, and that is what will make your order the order that will eventually bring down You-Know-Who. That and you are leading us. Harry you have a way about you, you may not see it, but everyone looks up to you for answers. I know that I haven't known you long even though it feels like I have known you forever, but I know its true from what I see and what I feel. I feel safe when I am with you Harry, and we all draw our confidence from seeing you so confident," said Sarah affectionately.
"But I'm not Sarah, I am scared to be leading an order, but I am also empowered because I am doing it. You all have no idea how much of my confidence I draw from all of you. It will be because of all of you that I will defeat Voldemort," said Harry.
"And I am positive you will, but now you need sleep," said Sarah. Is that all that is bothering you or is there something else.
"I, it's nothing," said Harry.
"Harry please tell me, you know you can tell me anything, and I will always be here for you just like Ron and Hermione are," said Sarah.
"I am having nightmares again," said Harry.
"Oh Harry, I am so sorry, I didn't know. Do you want to talk about it?" Asked Sarah.
After Harry shook his head no, Sarah saw him fighting to keep his eyes open. Slowly Sarah placed a hand a Harry's shoulder and gently pulled him down where Harry's head lay comfortably on her lap where she started to gently stoke his hair. Harry put a small resistance at first, but stopped as his head rested on her lap and she started stroking his hair. She smiled affectionately at him while still stroking his hair as she felt His body relax to her touch and in minutes he was asleep. Sarah just sat there for an hour with Harry in her lap before she laid her head while still in a sitting position on the side of the couch and fell sleep as well.
Thank you all for reading, and I made this chapter extra long to make up for not updating Saturday. Enjoying reading and continue updating please. I hope you like it. Achilles