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A/N: Sorry it took so long to get this up, but I've put up about four new stories since the last time I updated. Well, thanks to those who have reviewed.
After dinner, all of the Gryffindors were in the Common Room, doing Homework or just chatting. Jen was sitting on the couch listening to Fred and George recount every prank Cadance ever played in her 7th Year. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were sitting by the fireplace talking. "I'm sure I've heard of Cadance Dumbledore before," Hermione said.
"Where?" asked Ron.
"I don't know. Maybe in a book?"
"You're not going to make us look in the library for her, are you? Let's not forget the Nicholas Flamel incident. We spent our Christmas vacation looking in the wrong section of the library," said Harry.
"No," said Hermione. "But the name sounds so familiar."
"Harry," said Ron, changing the subject before Hermione got any ideas. "Did you write to Sirius?"
"Yeah," said Harry. "But I'm going to tell Dumbledore tomorrow. I figure that's what Sirius is going to tell me to do."
The next day after classes, Harry went to Professor McGonagall to ask to see the Headmaster (as he didn't have the password). She told him the password and told him to go up. Harry walked to the ugly stone gargoyle, said "Chocolate Frogs!" and went up. He sat in a chair and waited for the Headmaster. Then, he noticed a strange silvery light playing on the glass case that held Gryffindor's sword. He turned around. The case that held the Pensieve was open. He walked over to it. It sucked him in.
"Damn my curiosity," said Harry. He looked around. He was in a house. He was just about to try to figure out how to get out of there when he was the front door open. He was quite surprised when he saw Sirius walk in only he was much younger.
"Lily! James!" he called.
"In the kitchen!" said another voice. He recognized it. He heard it every time he got near a dementor. It was his mother's voice. He followed Sirius into the kitchen. His mother was making dinner. His dad was sitting at the table reading the newspaper. But there was someone else in the room: a little girl who couldn't have been more than five-years-old. She looked familiar.
"I see you have the munchkin tonight," said Sirius when he saw her.
"I'm not a munchkin," she said. She looked over towards Lily. She was making a cake. She put her hand out and an egg came flying towards her. She moved her hand in Sirius's direction.
"Cadance!" said Sirius. He now had egg on his face.
"So that's Cadance," said Harry to no one in particular, as no one could hear or see him anyway.
James looked up at Sirius. He laughed then took out his wand and waved it. The egg disappeared from Sirius's face. Lily was laughing and holding onto the counter for support. Cadance just went back to playing with the dolls that spread out on the ground. "Lily," said James. "Can I see you on the porch for a second?" Lily followed James out onto the porch. As soon as the door closed, Cadance jumped up and ran to the window.
"Sirius!" she exclaimed. "I think he's going to do it!"
"Took him long enough," said Sirius without looking up from the newspaper.
"Sirius! He has a ring! Lily's nodding!" Sirius still didn't look up from the newspaper. Cadance looked back out the window. "They're coming!" She ran back to her dolls and pretended like she was playing the whole time. The door opened and Lily and James came walking in. They were both smiling.
"Hey! Guess what?" said James.
"Aww, just kiss her already," said Sirius. He still didn't look up.
But Harry didn't get to see if his dad kissed her. Everything faded. Then everything reappeared. He was in the kitchen again, but this was a different memory. His kitchen was jam-packed. Cadance and Sirius were there with his parents, but also two more people. He recognized them. They were Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. Harry clenched his teeth. He had to remind himself that this was only a memory to stop him from attacking him. Then he noticed that Lily was holding a baby with jet-black hair and green eyes.
"I was a cute baby," said Harry.
Then, everything faded and he found himself in a different house. Cadance was there and she was playing with dolls on the floor. She looked to be about nine-years-old. There was a baby with bright red hair next to her. It must have been Jen. Jen was throwing stuff at Cadance and she was using her telekinetic powers to throw them off to the side.
Harry turned his head. There was Sirius and two more people; a man and a woman. The must have been Cadance and Jen's parents.
"All right, Sirius," said the woman. "We're leaving. If you need us, ask the ministry where we're on assignment and they'll find us."
"Bye!" said Sirius. "Capture lots of Death Eaters!" And with that, they disapparated. Sirius walked over to Jen and picked her up. "All right, kiddo. Time for bed. Cadance, be good while I put your sister to bed."
"Okay, Sirius," she said.
Sirius walked up the stairs. About half-a-minute later, Cadance got a weird look on her face. "Sirius!" she shrieked. She had a look of pure terror on her face. Sirius came running down the stairs. "Sirius! I had a baaaaaad feeling." Then a man started to emerge from the fireplace. It was Albus Dumbledore.
"Albus," said Sirius. "What's wrong?"
"They're dead," said Cadance. "They're dead. They're dead."
"Sirius,' said Albus. "I'll take Cadance and Jen in a couple of weeks but I need you to keep them until then. I have some business to take care of."
"Of course," said Sirius. "But she isn't right? She can't be right?" Dumbledore shook his head. "I'm so sorry." Dumbledore took some Floo Powder and threw it into the flames. The scene faded and a new one took its place. It was the same living room and it couldn't have been to long after the last memory. Jen was still a baby. Cadance was sitting on the couch and Sirius was holding Jen. Then Cadance got yet another weird look on her face.
"Sirius,' she said. "I have a weird feeling. It's bad and good." Sirius looked at Cadance. Then he plopped Jen down on the couch next to Cadance and bolted out the door. She got up and paced around the room a couple of times. "They're dead. Lily and James and Harry are dead. But Voldemort's gone." She walked over to the couch and sat down next to Jen. Sirius walked in. He was pale and shaking.
"They're dead," said Sirius. "But Harry survived."
"Sirius. Where is he?" said Cadance.
"Hagrid has him. He's taking him to Dumbledore."
"But you're going to take him, aren't you? He's not going to stay with…" Cadance trailed off.
Sirius went a shade paler. "Sirius! They're the worst kind of muggles!" said Cadance.
"Cadance, I know this is tough…"
"Sirius," said Cadance. "This has been the worst year of my entire life."
Just then, from the fireplace, Dumbledore came. "Sirius," said Dumbledore. "Cadance and Jen aren't going to be able to come to Hogwarts. It's not he right place for them. I need you to be their guardian. I think all you Aurors will have some time off."
"What do you mean?" asked Sirius.
"Voldemort's dead," said Cadance.
"Do you have to keep doing that?" asked Sirius. "You're going to turn into Trelawny."
"Sirius," said Dumbledore. "You will take them, right?"
"Of course," said Sirius. "But I need someone to baby-sit tonight. It's a full moon. James was supposed to be with Remus tonight." He looked at the floor. He was still pale and shaking.
"C'mon Cadance. I need you to help me pack a bag for you and Jen. You'll spend the night at Hogwarts," said Dumbledore.
Harry watched the scene fade. The last think he noticed before a new scene took its place was that the moon was not full. Sirius was going to hunt Pettigrew.
"All right, Harry. Time to go," said a voice in Harry's ear. Harry turned around and Cadance was standing there. It was the adult Cadance, not the memory Cadance. The next thing Harry knew, he was in Dumbledore's office with Cadance next to him.
"Those were you memories weren't they?" asked Harry. Cadance nodded.
Just then, the door opened and Albus Dumbledore walked in. "Cadance, can I speak to Harry alone?"
"Sure, but I'll be back," said Cadance. She walked out of the office.
"Have a seat, Harry," said Dumbledore. Harry sat down in front of the desk. "Minerva said that you wanted to talk to me."
"Yes. Well, I probably should have come yesterday. I don't know why I didn't. Yesterday, in Divination, Ron and I were crystal gazing… kind of. We were looking in the crystal ball and we saw the Dark Mark."
"Hmmm…" said Dumbledore. "It's a good thing you told me Harry. Did you see anything else?"
"No," said Harry.
"All right," said Dumbledore. "Well, I guess you should get to dinner." Harry got up just as Cadance was coming back in.
She smiled at him then at her uncle. "All done?" she asked.
"Yes," said Dumbledore. When Harry was gone, Albus turned to Cadance. "Are you ready for the meeting after dinner?"
"Yes," said Cadance. "That's why I came to talk to you. Where exactly is it?"
"Just go to the Staff Room after dinner," said Dumbledore. "I'll give further instructions there."
"Okay," said Cadance.
Before dinner was served, the students were chatting endlessly about two things. One: there was going to be a Hogsmeade visit on Saturday and two: there was five extra places set at the Head table. Five minutes later, Dumbledore led five people (and one dog) into the Great Hall: Remus Lupin (followed closely by a large black dog), Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, and a man and a woman that Harry had never seen before. Bill and Charlie made a quick stop at the Gryffindor table to say hi. Then they took a seat next to Cadance after hugging her and they began to talk. Then, the plate filled. Remus bent down, then Harry heard a sharp bark from under his table a minute later. Harry looked under and he found himself looking into the eyes of a big, black dog.
Jen was sitting next to him. "Isn't that your godfather?" she asked quietly. Harry nodded. She patted him on the head (A/N: the dog, not Harry).
After dinner, Albus said to Cadance, "Before the meeting take Charlie to Gryffindor Tower. He'll be staying there for a while and we don't have room for him anywhere else."
"Okay," she said. She and Charlie started up for Gryffindor Tower and Cadance told him that he'll be staying in the 7th year boy's dormitory. They found that his stuff was all ready up there. They started to the staff room. They got halfway there when Cadance said, "Hey, Weasley! Want to finish what we started eleven years ago?" she was grinning evilly.
Charlie grinned back. He walked to the nearest suit of armor and grabbed its sword. Cadance did the same.
"You're not 12-years-old anymore Cadance. I'm not going to let you win." He said. The next thing they knew, they were sword-fighting. "You've gotten better, Cadance." He blocked some blows.
"Thank you," said Cadance. "What's that?" Charlie looked in the direction she pointed. Cadance knocked the sword out of his hand.
"Never take your eyes of your opponent, Weasley,' said Cadance.
"I'll remember that next time, Dumbledore," said Charlie. They were both out of breath and grinning.
"Are you two quite finished?" asked a voice from behind them. They turned around McGonagall was standing there. "Your uncle wants you to bring the Book of Light with you, Cadance."
"Okay," said Cadance. "I'll meet you two there." She walked to her room and Charlie and Minerva walked towards the Staff Room.
After a few minutes, Cadance met them there. Also in the room was Dumbledore, Bill, Remus, Sirius, Arthur Weasley, Alastor Moody, Mundungus Fletcher, Arabella Figg, Snape, Hagrid, and the two people that Harry didn't recognize: Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel. "All right," said Albus. "Now that we're all here we can start the meeting. Follow me." He opened the door to the wardrobe and inside was…
"A secret room," said Perenelle Flamel.
"Wait a minute," said Cadance. "I've hid in that wardrobe hundreds of times to listen to what the teachers said at their staff meetings and I'm sure that there was never a secret room." Her uncle raised her eyebrows at her. She continued, "My name is Cadance and I have a problem."
"Follow me," said Dumbledore. They all stepped inside. There was a large table in the center and that was it. Everyone took a seat then Dumbledore continued, "Welcome. As all of you know, we are the members of the Order of the Phoenix. We are here to protect the members of the Wizarding Community from Voldemort. Allow me to introduce our new members, though I'm sure you already know them; that's Charlie, Cadance, and Bill." The three aforementioned members smiled at everyone.
"Alastor, what is our plan?" asked Dumbledore.
"I'm still working out the bugs, but basically our plan is to get as many Aurors as we can into Voldemort's lair and get as many as we can out," said Alastor.
"That's next te impossible," said Hagrid.
"I like it," said Cadance. "It's spontaneous. It's…"
"Dangerous?" offered Nicholas Flamel.
"Exactly," said Cadance.
"Where is Voldemort's lair, though?" asked Arabella Figg.
"I'll know soon," said Snape.
"Hagrid," said Dumbledore. "How are your plans coming? Are the giants on our side?"
"I'm working on it. I've located a group o' them in the mountains, but I'm goin' ter need time ter talk to 'em," said Hagrid.
"Right," said Dumbledore. "Until then, we need to keep Hogwarts safe. That's where the Book of Light comes in. Cadance, Bill, and Charlie, I want you to look in the Book of Light for enchantments."
Bill, Cadance, and Charlie begun looking while the others began discussing the plans for the invasion of Voldemort's lair.
Charlie turned the page in the Book of Light. "Oh. My. God."
"What?" asked Cadance and Bill at the same time.
Charlie looked around to make sure nobody else was listening. "Does the Book of Light often add pages to itself?" he asked in a hushed tone.
"Of course," said Cadance in an equally hushed tone. "All of the time. It's how it keeps itself up-to-date with all the demons."
"Look," he said pushing the book towards Bill and Cadance. They began to read:
Voldemort
After a series of transformations, the wizard, formally known as Tom Marvolo Riddle, emerged into this world as Lord Voldemort. His followers, known as Death Eaters, were as mysterious has him. It is believed that only Riddle himself knew who all of them were. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was in Slytherin.
Before his transformations, but after his graduations, he taught Transfiguration at Hogwarts, replacing the former Transfiguration teacher, Albus Dumbledore, when he moved on to be Headmaster. Dumbledore became Headmaster after the sudden demise of Armando Dippet. He later fired Riddle. Riddle disappeared from the Wizarding world forever. There was no more Tom Marvolo Riddle, only Lord Voldemort and, to Riddle, there was no more good and evil, only power.
Voldemort was finally defeated when he met Harry Potter. Though he was only one, Potter was for the good side, which always has the advantage (though it probably helped that he was the heir of Gryffindor). Voldemort was defeated and the Wizarding world was safe… for the time being.
He who has a heart of stone is not alive, and cannot truly die. Voldemort did not quite die that night. He was reduced to a powerless shade. Thirteen years later, he was revived by his loyal follower and his worst enemy, though it was not willingly.
"Oh. My. God," said Cadance and Charlie at the same time again.
McGonagall's head snapped over towards the three young order members. "What are you 'Oh My God'-ing about?" she asked.
"Where you aware that Voldemort taught at Hogwarts?" asked Cadance.
"Oh. My. God," said Professor McGonagall. Everyone was now listening. Bill pushed the Book of Light towards the middle of the table and Minerva read the whole section out loud to everyone.
"Oh. My. God," said Sirius and Remus at the same time when she had finished. Minerva raised her eyebrows at them.
"Sorry," said Sirius. "Couldn't help it."
"Albus," said Arabella Figg. "Is it true? Did he teach at Transfiguration?"
"It's true. And it's also true that I had to fire him," sighed Albus.
"Why?" asked Nicholas.
"Because he used an illegal curse on someone who came to the school," said Albus. "He tried to say that it was in self-defense but I didn't think that it was. I had to fire him. Not to mention that I knew he was going towards the path of evil."
"How?" asked Remus.
"It was Sybill Trelawny's first real prediction," he replied.
"She's had a real prediction?" asked McGonagall.
"Minerva," said Dumbledore, "Now isn't the time. Well, that's all we'll be able to do for now. We'll meet at the same time next month. Remus and Sirius, you know where you're staying. I have to leave for a meeting with Cornelius Fudge. I'm going to try to talk some sense into him."
"Good luck."
