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A/N: Okay everyone. I decided that I'm not going to have separate stories for Year 6 and Year 7 as I already have plans for them and they are way shorter than the fifth year.

"Escaped!" exclaimed Cadance. "Are you sure we're talking about the same Pettigrew! He couldn't escape from Azkaban even if he had his wand. And he didn't. What happened to his guards?"

"They were found dead in Pettigrew's cell this morning," said Dumbledore. "It was the Avada Kedavra curse. And if Pettigrew is in this castle, I want him found immediately. I don't want any corner untouched. Remember, he's a rat Animagus so he could be anywhere. If you find him, you are to contact Azkaban immediately, then come and find me. And, Cadance, if you find him do not blow him up."

"Can I at least hurt him a little?" asked Cadance.

"Minerva, you better go with her," said Dumbledore. "Now everyone go." The teachers filed out, Cadance and Professor McGonagall last of all. Dumbledore started checking in the Staff Room and the Order of the Phoenix Meeting Room.

Cadance and McGonagall headed towards the Gryffindor Common Room. On the way, they met Sirius, who was twisting his wand murderously through his fingers. He was heading to check the Gryffindor Common Room himself.

They searched the Common Room and were about to head up to the dormitories. "Oh come on," said Cadance. "You both know as well as I do that he's not in the school. He didn't escape from Azkaban last night, he was rescued. By Death Eaters. They've taken him to Voldemort. And I'm sure my uncle knows this."

"I know, Cadance, but do you want to risk not checking? He could very well have come here," said Professor McGonagall. "If we don't check for him and he is in this school, then we risk having a student out of bed in the middle of the night coming face to face with him in a dark hallway where their screams wouldn't reach the ears of anyone who could help them in time. And while an older student may be able to cope with him with their wand, you and I both know that he could cut the head off of them with one quick swipe of a sword from one of the suits of armor that line the walls of every hallway in this school. And I'm sure you uncle knows this." Then it donned on her. Cadance wanted to come face to face with Pettigrew. "Let's just keep checking."

But after three hours of checking, neither teachers nor Aurors found any trace of Pettigrew and the anxious students were allowed out of the Great Hall.

Pettigrew was pushed out of Harry's mind as he, Ron, and Hermione decided to go for a walk outside. The Hogwarts Express was leaving at the end of the week and they were supposed to get the results of their O.W.L.s back any day now. The most you could get was 14 O.W.L.s but apparently that rarely ever happened. However, Harry was certain that Hermione had achieved this.

* * * The next morning at breakfast, Professor McGonagall came around with the results of their Final Exams, O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s. Jen, when discovering that she passed Potions, almost fell backwards out of her chair. Harry looked at his results; 13 O.W.L.s. He just started at it, wondering if his eyes were working properly. Next to him Ron let out a cry of triumph. He looked at Ron's paper. They had gotten the same scores. Hermione just sat there smiling at them. "Let me guess," said Harry. "14 O.W.L.s?"

"Well, actually, yes," said Hermione.

"Predictable," said Ron. He looked next to him where Fred and George were still debating on whether to look at the results of their N.E.W.T.s. "Oh, you two," he said exasperatedly as he grabbed the results out of their hands and looked at them. "You both got 17 N.E.W.T.s."

"YES!" exclaimed Fred. The N.E.W.T.s were worth scored out of 20.

"MUM'S NOT GOING TO KILL US!" exclaimed George.

* * * It was with a heavy heart that Harry packed his trunk up the night before the Hogwarts Express was supposed to take them home for the summer holidays. For the end-of-the-year feast, the Great Hall was decorated, once again, in red and gold. Gryffindor had won for the fifth year running. Dumbledore had taken so many points off of Slytherin for Malfoy's bad sportsmanship during the Quidditch Final that it secured the house cup for Gryffindor.

The Head Table had been expanded and the Hogwarts Aurors were sitting at it, too. Suddenly, an impressively large amount Filibuster Fireworks and Dung bombs went off behind the Head Table. The Hall was filled with laughter. Fred, George, and Lee had pulled their prank.

Cadance and Cati Nuperson, who were sitting next to each other, looked at one another. "FRED! GEORGE! LEE! YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT!" they exclaimed.

"Uh oh," said Fred.

"Run for it!" exclaimed Lee. He, Fred, and George leapt up and ran out of the Great Hall with Cadance and Cati close behind.

Jen shook her head. "And that's who I am going home with tomorrow. Oh boy. This should be an interesting summer."

Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement and the Hall became quiet. "Ah, the end of another year. I wish the 7th Years good luck with their lives. I hope this isn't the last we will see of one another. To the rest of you, I am eagerly awaiting the start of next term. I hope you all have a safe and happy summer. Also, for your safety, there will be Aurors on the Hogwarts Express on the way home tomorrow. just in case. Two of them just so happen be those mature adults who just raced after Mr. Weasley, Mr. Weasley, and Mr. Jordan. The other one will be Professor McGonagall. Mrs. Arabella Figg and Mr. Mundungus Fletcher will see you safely on the School Train, and Mr. Remus Lupin and Mr. Sirius Black will see you safely off. And, as that is all I have to say, let's get back to this delicious feast."

"Uh oh," said Jen. "Cadance and Cati on the same train with Fred and George. Bad things are going happen, aren't they?"

"Which is why Professor McGonagall is there too, I'm sure," said Ginny.

"Thank god for that," said Jen.

* * * The ride home on the Hogwarts Express was enjoyable. Harry, Fred, George, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Jen all got a compartment to themselves. With Professor McGonagall, Cadance, and Cati patrolling up and down the train, they didn't get a visit from Malfoy and his lackeys as in previous years. This, as Fred pointed out, made the train ride more pleasant than in previous years.

When the train pulled into King's Cross Station, Professor McGonagall, Cadance, and Cati got off the train and walked over to meet Sirius and Remus. "What are you doing over the summer? Are you staying in Hogsmeade?" Sirius asked Cati.

"Yeah," said Cati. "I plan on visiting my brother for a bit in July, though. What about all of you?"

"Hogwarts," said McGonagall.

"Home," said Cadance. "Godric's Hollow. It's a mere four hour car trip away."

"Us too," said Sirius.

"We're the one's giving Cadance and Jen the four hour car ride," said Remus. "We borrowed a Ministry car."

"Oh! Can I drive?" asked Cadance.

Remus took the car key out of his pocket and tossed it to her. "Knock yourself out."

"Yes!" exclaimed Cadance. Then she looked over her shoulder to Jen, who was saying goodbye to the Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione. "Jen! Hurry up, I'm driving!"

"Uh oh," said Jen.

"Harry! Come over here!" called Sirius. Harry walked over to him. "Listen, Harry. You write if you need anything. I mean it. And Arabella Figg is just across the street from you, too. You can go to her and she can get a hold of me if you need me."

"Okay, Sirius," said Harry.

Cati and McGonagall Disapparated out of King's Cross and the rest walked through the barrier. "Now," said Sirius. "Where are these relatives of yours?"

"Over there," said Harry nodding over to where his uncle was standing.

"Okay," said Sirius. "You better go. And I better get Cadance out of her before she realized who he is and attacks him."

He hugged his godson and Harry started off to meet his uncle when Sirius called, "And, Harry, keep you wand close."

Harry promised he would. He met his uncle and got in the car. Sirius watched them until they had driven away.

"Sirius!" called Remus. "Let's go! I call shotgun!"

Sirius walked over to him. He was already climbing into the car. Cadance was in the driver's seat. Sirius got into the back with Jen. "Everyone ready?" asked Cadance.

"You do know how to drive, don't you?" asked Jen.

"Well, I guess you'll see in about two seconds," said Cadance.

Jen and Sirius stared at each other in horror then, in one quick motion, they pulled their seat belts on.

Four hours and two traffic tickets later, they pulled into Godric's Hollow. There were about fifteen houses there, though they couldn't see them very well because night had fallen. Cadance drove down the street. She pulled into a driveway. "Welcome to your home for the next three months, Jen," said Cadance. "Remus's house is to your right. And Sirius's is to your left. Across the street is what's left of the Potters' house." She thought for a minute. "I hope I didn't leave the stove on when I left last August."

"You go check your stove," said Sirius getting out of the car. "I'm going to bed. Good night."

"Me, too," said Remus getting out of the car as well.

"Good night," said Cadance and Jen as they and their luggage got out of the car. "C'mon, Jen. I'll give you a tour."

Cadance unlocked the front door and they went in. She led her through the living room and kitchen, then to the dining room. "This," Cadance said, "is the dining room. I have never in my first nine years in this house ever eaten a meal in the dining room. It, apparently, is only for special occasions. But we always had Christmas Dinner at either over at Lily and James's place or at Hogwarts. So we've always just eaten at the kitchen table. But I think I played poker with Sirius at the dining room table once when mum was cleaning the kitchen."

Then she led her upstairs. There were four bedrooms. "For now," said Cadance. She opened led her to a room. "You'll be sleeping here in the guest bedroom until we can fix up your old bedroom. Your old bedroom was from when you were three months old so it still has a crib in it. My old bedroom is used for storage right now because when I moved in here after I graduated from Hogwarts I discovered that a Boogieman had moved into the basement. He's quite friendly if you don't catch him when he's grumpy. Then he'll attempt to kill you."

"I'll make a note of that," said Jen.

Cadance led her down the hallway and opened another door. "This is your old bedroom. We'll start redecorating tomorrow." She led her to the room next to it. "This is the Master Bedroom. I'll be sleeping here. Next to this room is my old bedroom. There are a ton of boxes in there. There's nothing to see in there, but if you want to look through the boxes, have fun. Well, I'm going to bed. See you in the morning."

"'Night, Cadance," said Jen as she went into the guest room to go to bed.

The next morning, Jen woke up, got dressed, and went down to the kitchen. Cadance was sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper and twirling her wand through her fingers. Behind her, breakfast was cooking itself.

"Whoa," said Jen sitting down next to her. "Cadance, you're cooking enough food for a small army."

"Have you ever seen Sirius eat?" asked Cadance. "Trust me, you need enough food for a small army."

"Sirius?" asked Jen. "Is he coming over for breakfast?"

Cadance looked at her watch. "Three. two. one." then she pointed in the direction of the front door.

Jen heard it open then Sirius's voice call out, "Good morning!"

"And Remus will be here in exactly five minutes," said Cadance. "And if Lily and James were alive, they would've been here twenty minutes ago. And Pettigrew would have been here five minutes ago. And now you can see why we have a kitchen table that can seat 12. It was the same every morning. Now Sirius is going to walk in here and sit down in the third chair on the left-hand side."

Sirius walked into the kitchen and sat down in the exact chair Cadance had said. "Done with the newspaper, Cadance?" he asked.

"Enjoy," said Cadance tossing it to him.

"All right! Crossword puzzles!" he said.

Five minutes later, a very sleepy Remus walked through the front door and into the kitchen. He sat down in the chair next to Sirius. "Morning," he said with a yawn.

When breakfast was ready, Cadance put it out on the table and Jen finally realized why Cadance had made enough food for a small army. Sirius was able to shovel down three pieces of toast in thirty seconds flat.

"And he's why we don't have a garbage disposal," said Cadance pointing to Sirius. "We don't need one."

"Is it the same arrangement for dinner?" asked Jen, who obviously thought this was amusing.

"Actually," said Cadance. "I never learned how to cook dinner so I hope you all like pizza, take-out, and Spaghetti-os'."

"I need a eight letter word for amulet," said Sirius who was still doing the crossword puzzle.

"Talisman," said Cadance.

Throughout the next few days, the exact same thing would happen every morning. Jen was finally able to sleep in her own room because she and Cadance fixed it up for a room that was appropriate for a 14 year old.

* * * "THAT RUDDY OWL!" Uncle Vernon exclaimed to Harry late one evening, about a week later. Hedwig had just returned with a letter from Ron and, not finding Harry upstairs, had decided to come and find him. Unfortunately, he and the Dursleys were in the middle of dinner. Uncle Vernon jumped at the site of an owl flying down the stairs and started throwing forks at it.

"Stop it!" exclaimed Harry. "You'll hurt her!"

"That owl has got the go!" yelled Uncle Vernon.

"Hedwig isn't hurting anyone!" argued Harry. He slammed his fists down on the table angrily. As he did so, the four chairs sitting around the table exploded.

In one quick motion, Uncle Vernon grabbed Harry by the neck. "How dare you!" he exclaimed. He dragged him down the hallway and shoved him in the cupboard under the stairs.

Harry listened as Uncle Vernon proceeded to chase Hedwig around the kitchen. He heard the window break. "PETUNIA! IT'S GETTING AWAY!"

Harry breathed a sigh of relief. Hedwig had gotten away. He, however, would probably have no such luck.

* * *2 Hours Later at Hogwarts*** "UNCLE ALBUS!"

"Jen, what's wrong?" asked Dumbledore anxiously as he jumped out of his chair. Cadance and Jen had come to Hogwarts for a visit. Also, they were tired of Chinese take-out for dinner. When Jen burst into his office, Dumbledore feared the worst. Death Eaters, Demons, and the Dark Mark ran through his mind as he jumped up.

Jen was holding an overexcited owl. "It's Harry's owl. And there's no message or anything and she's acting strange."

Dumbledore was just about to tell her not to worry when Fawkes flew in through the open window. He began to make a fuss. He hopped to his perch than to Dumbledore's shoulder then back again. "Go get your sister," said Dumbledore.

Fifteen minutes later, assembled in the meeting room was a small portion of the Order of the Phoenix. It was all Dumbledore could contact with such short notice. McGonagall, Snape, Cadance, Cati, Sirius, Remus and himself were the only ones present. Jen was told to stay in the Gryffindor Common Room.

"Something must be wrong with Harry," said Sirius nervously.

"I agree," said Dumbledore. "Someone must go and check on him without the Dursley's realizing it or else they'll get angry."

"I just an interesting idea," said Cadance. She smiled and raised her eyebrows.

"Uh oh," said McGonagall. "She's smiling."

"This cannot be good," said Remus.

"There's only one problem with my plan," said Cadance. "Neither Sirius or Remus could do it since, from what I understand, the Dursley's saw them the last time Harry needed to be rescued. And they are the two that would be most capable of carrying it out."

"As much as I'm sure I'm going to regret this," said Dumbledore. "I'm going to permit you to make contact with the Dursley's to carry out your plan. Minerva and Severus, go with her."

"Dress in muggle clothes then meet me on Privet Drive," said Cadance without losing the crazy grin.

* * * There was a knock at the door of Number 4 Privet drive. Vernon got up and answered the door. There were three people standing there; two women and a man. One woman was tall with her hair pulled tightly into a bun. The man had greasy hair and a sour look on his face. The other woman was short with strawberry-blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Yes?" asked Vernon.

"We're selling completely normal magazines. May we come in?" said the second woman.

"Now isn't a good time," said Vernon.

"Refusing to buy magazines," she said in an undertone to the other two. "Not normal. Definitely peculiar."

"Well," said Vernon not wanting to be considered abnormal by anyone, including these three strangers. "I suppose I could answer a few questions." He stepped aside to let them come in.

"This is a family magazine, so please assemble your entire family in the living room," said the first woman.

"Of course," said Vernon. "This way." He led them into the living room. He left and was back a second later with Petunia and Dudley with him. They sat down opposite the three strangers.

"Is this it?" asked the man.

"Yes," said Vernon.

"Are you certain there's no one else?" asked the second woman.

"I'm positive," he said. There was a look of annoyance in his eyes but also something else. Was it fear?

"Okay," said the second woman exasperatedly. "That's it. I thought my plan would work brilliantly, but no. These damned muggles."

The first woman was now rubbing her temples. "Cadance, if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: watch your language."

"You're those freaks from that school!" exclaimed Vernon.

"Cadance Dumbledore," said Cadance. "And this is Minerva McGonagall and the one with the mean expression is Severus Snape. I would say we're pleased to meet you but that would be a lie."

"Get out of my house!" exclaimed Vernon. "And leave my family alone!"

Cadance, Snape, and McGonagall looked at each other then pulled out their wands. "Where's Potter?" asked Snape nastily. "I've had a bad day. The Dark Lord is pressuring me to kill people, I spilled a Shrinking Solution all over my desk, and to top it all off I was sent to help watch this one," he jerked his thumb over his shoulder at Cadance, " so she would kill you when she came to check on Potter. I don't like the kid anymore than you do. I've spent the last four years trying to get him expelled. But now, I'm fed up with you and I just want to go home. So tell me where Potter is or I'll blast you into a million pieces."

"I'd do it if I was you," said Cadance. "He's not joking."

"Now see here!" said Vernon moving forwards towards Snape.

"You have until the count of three," said Snape.

"Uh oh," said Cadance.

"One."

"Now you've done it," said Cadance.

"Two."

"If you're lucky he'll kill you quickly," said Cadance.

"Thr."

"HE'S LOCKED IN THE CUPBOARD UNDER THE STAIRS!" exclaimed Dudley. "Walk into the hallway and turn right. You can't miss it."

"Cadance, see if he's telling the truth," said Snape.

Cadance nodded and walked into the hallway. She unlocked the door to the cupboard under the stairs. "Harry!" exclaimed Cadance as she dragged Harry out of the cupboard.

"What are you doing here!?" asked Harry. While he was happy to be let out of his prison, seeing his Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor standing in front of him while he was at the Dursley's during the summer kind of made a few questions come to mind, 'What are you doing here' being the most obvious one.

"Selling magazine subscriptions," said Cadance.

"What?" he asked.

"Never mind, let's go." She led him into the living room.

"There now. You see?" said Snape upon seeing Harry. "This is a classic example of magic/muggle cooperation."

"The Ministry would be so proud," said Cadance.

McGonagall was just about to open her mouth to say something when there was an explosion from the front hall and the front door, blown off its hinges, came flying into the living room.

"Five galleons says it's Sirius," said Cadance. She walked into the hallway to see only to be thrown back into the room.

"What the." said McGonagall. She helped Cadance to her feet as ten Death Eaters walked into the room.

"I was a bit wrong," said Cadance.

The ten Death Eaters stood with their wands pointed at Snape, McGonagall, and Harry, who also had their wands raised.

"Severus," said the Death Eater in the front throwing off his hood.

"Lucius," said Snape coldly.

"I'm surprised to see you here," said Malfoy. "Not that I'm not pleased. But what are you doing here? And with them. NO matter. You can help us kill those two then take Potter back to Voldemort."

Cadance and McGonagall looked at each other. Snape would either blow his cover or they would die. This was a lose/lose situation.

"What about our agreement?" spoke up Vernon. "There's Potter. I've kept up my end of the deal. Now you keep up your end."

"You just shutup, Dursley. You'll get what you've earned," said Malfoy.

Cadance turned and faced Vernon. "You sold your nephew to the Dark side! Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you now!"

"Because we're going to kill you, Ms. Dumbledore," said Malfoy. "Go ahead Severus. I'll give you the honor."

"Crucio!" said Snape. But it wasn't Cadance who screamed in pain. Lucius Malfoy did.

"Stupefy!" shouted several of the Death Eaters.

"Hit the deck," said Cadance grabbing Snape and pulling home to the ground with her. Harry and McGonagall hit the ground beside them as the spells shot over their heads.

"We're going to need some help," said Cadance. No sooner had the words left her mouth when Arabella Figg came running in.

"Whoa," said Cadance. "Perfect timing."

"What's going on here," asked Arabella exasperatedly while pulling out her wand. "I come home and I look across the street and I see the Dursley's door blasted off the hinges. So I rush over here and what do I find? Ten Death Eaters and you four on the ground. What am I going to do with all of you? Stupefy!" The spell hit one of the Death Eaters. Lucius Malfoy had recovered from the Cruciatus Curse. The curse had been taken off of him when Snape hit the ground. Cadance, Snape, McGonagall, and Harry were getting to their feet. Arabella continued, "Harry, go to my house. The key's under the mat. Floo Powder is in the flowerpot on the mantle. Go to the Weasley's house."

Harry nodded then dove into the next room as a new set of curses came at him from the Death Eaters. He bolted out of the door and across the street. He got the key and went inside. He used his wand to light a fire and threw Floo Powder in. "The Burrow!" he called as he got into the fireplace. He stepped out in the Weasley's kitchen.

"Harry! What're you doing here?" Mrs. Weasley was at Harry's side in a second.

Upon hearing Harry's name, Ron and Ginny rushed in. "Hey, Harry!" said Ron. "What're you doing here? Did you escape from you aunt and uncle's house?"

"Kind of," said Harry. "There are Death Eaters." Harry didn't even finish his sentence.

"ARTHUR!" Mrs. Weasley had tossed Floo Powder into the fireplace. Mr. Weasley's face appeared in it.

"Molly, dear, what's the matter," he asked anxiously.

"Harry just showed up. There are Death Eaters at his house," she said.

"What?" asked Mr. Weasley in surprise. "Get a hold of Dumbledore and I'll try to see if there're any Aurors left around here." His face disappeared.

Mrs. Weasley threw more Floo Powder in the fireplace. "Albus! Albus!" called Mrs. Weasley. "Where is he? Maybe I can get a hold of Cadance." She was about to throw more Floo Powder in the fireplace when Harry stopped her.

"Cadance isn't at home, she's at the Dursley's with McGonagall, Snape, and Arabella Figg," he said. "It's a long story but Mrs. Figg sent me here and here I am."

"Hmm." said Mrs. Weasley. Harry could tell she was worried and thinking quickly. She paced the floor a few times then threw more Floo Powder in the fireplace. "CHARLIE! CHARLIE, WAKE UP! I KNOW IT'S LATE BUT WAKE UP! CHARLIE!"

Charlie's sleepy face appeared in the fireplace. "Mum, what're you doing! It's late! Do you know what I've been doing all day!? I've spent the whole day chasing a Ridgeback! And that bloody son of a."

"Charlie! Shutup!" exclaimed Mrs. Weasley. "Get to Hogwarts and tell Dumbledore that Death Eaters are attacking Harry's confounded relatives' house. And tell him that Harry's here."

"Damn Death Eaters," said Charlie as his face disappeared from the fireplace.

* * * Charlie stepped out of the fireplace and into Dumbledore's office and looked around. "Great," said Charlie. "The one time I need him to be here and he's not here."

He rushed down the hall to the only other place that he could think of that Dumbledore might be. He opened the door to the staff room then bolted into the Meeting Room.

Inside he saw Dumbledore in his seat. Sirius and Remus were leaning up against a wall impatiently. Cati had her head tilted backwards and was balancing her wand on her forehead.

"Harry's at my parent's house and there are Death Eaters attacking the Dursley's," said Charlie panting.

The effect of this simple sentence was amazing. Dumbledore leaped out of his chair. Cati's wand fell off of her forehead. In a split-second they all Disapparated; Cati a little later than the others because she had to pause to scoop up her wand.

They Apparated into the Dursley's living room. The Dursley's and long since barricaded themselves in one of the bedrooms upstairs. Cadance, Snape, McGonagall, and Arabella were shooting spells from behind the couch. Most of the Death Eater's spells were hitting the couch, which was now almost falling apart.

Upon seeing the other five ender the room, the Death Eaters fired a few spells at them. Being unprepared for it, the five newcomers didn't' have time to block the spells but instead had to duck. Charlie and Cati dove behind the couch with Snape, McGonagall, Arabella, and Cadance. Dumbledore, Sirius, and Remus jumped behind the love seat (A/N: No comments from the slash-lovers please).

"Hey, Cadance!" Cati greeted upon hitting the floor behind the couch. "What's going on?"

"Oh, nothing much," said Cadance. "Same story, different day."

"Cadance!" called Dumbledore. "I think we're going to need a distraction. There's not enough room in here to fight. We have to attack them when they're distracted."

Cadance looked as if Christmas had come early. "Cati, do you remember the time we had to get out of the Slytherin Common Room while it was full after the Halloween feast in our 5th year?" asked Cadance.

Cati grinned widely in reply.

"And you do still keep Filibuster Fireworks in you robe pockets, right?" asked Cadance.

"You never know when you're going to need them," said Cati pulling one out of her pocket.

"Follow me," said Cadance. She got up and ran into the next room and dove through a partially opened window. The Death Eaters' spells ricocheted off the walls inside. Cadance got to her feet and looked around.

"What is it with you and open windows?" asked Cati, who had used the door or, rather, lack there of.

Cadance and Cati walked over to the living room window. Cadance reached up and opened the window a crack. The Death Eater's were positioned directly in front of the window. Cati took about ten Filibuster Fireworks from her pockets. They lit them and threw them through the window. The fireworks went off causing the Death Eaters to be blinded by the smoke and giving the others inside the opportunity to stun some of the Death Eaters. The rest of them Disapparated out.

Cadance climbed through the window to get back inside. Cati used the opening in the wall where the front door should be.

Just then, six Aurors Apparated in with Arthur Weasley. The Aurors pointed their wands at the six unconscious Death Eaters. Ropes shot out of their wands and they were tied up.

"Is this all of them?" asked Arthur.

"No," said Dumbledore. "Three or four got away."

"Well this was totally unproductive," said Cadance. "Snape's cover is blown, the Dursley's living room is a mess, and I think I cut my hand on some glass."

"Still jumping out of windows, Cadance?" asked an Auror.

Charlie was looking at Cadance's hand. It was bleeding. "Oh, you think you cut your hand," he said.

Cadance looked at it then wiped the blood on her clothes just as the couch fell apart.

A second later, Vernon Dursley came thundering down the stairs with a shotgun in his hand. He looked at all the people crammed into his living room and started screaming at them.

"ALL OF YOU GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"

Cadance waved her wand and the shotgun turned into a cactus. He screamed and dropped it. "Now we can add 'confrontation with Vernon Dursley' to the list of the unproductiveness of tonight," said Cadance. "Great."

"Let's look on the bright side," said Sirius. "Harry's safe, we have six Death Eaters here, and you not only got to jump out of a window but climb inside through one."

"And we can't very well let Harry stay her anymore since his relatives made a deal with Death Eaters," added Dumbledore.

"How did you know that they made a deal with Death Eaters?" asked McGonagall.

"He made a deal with Death Eaters!" exclaimed Sirius.

"Sirius," said Cadance. "Calm down. The vein in your forehead looks as if it is about to explode."

"WILL YOU ALL JUST GET OUT OF MY LIVING ROOM!?!" he bellowed.

"All right, all right," said Arthur. "The Accidental Magic Reversal Squad will be here shortly to clean up this mess and make sure that none of the neighbors suspect anything."

"Let's go," said Sirius. "I'm going to go pick up my godson then I'm going to go home and sleep until twelve."

"Not if you're eating breakfast at my house," said Cadance.

"You making bacon?" asked Sirius.

"Yep."

"I'll be there," said Sirius.

"I'll have someone draw up some papers to make you Harry's legal guardian," said Arthur. He Apparated to the Ministry. The six Aurors followed with the Death Eaters, who were still unconscious.

Dumbledore went to Hogwarts because he decided that leaving Jen alone for too long might not be the best idea since the only other people in the castle were Filch and Trelawney, who were both very prankable. McGonagall and Snape went with him. Arabella and Cati went to their own homes. Sirius and Remus Apparated to the Weasleys' to pick up Harry. Charlie and Cadance went with them.

They Apparated into the Weasleys' kitchen. Mrs. Weasley was pulling cookies out of the oven. Harry, Ron, and Ginny were sitting at the kitchen table eating cookies. There were plates of cookies all over the kitchen. "Thank god you're all right," said Mrs. Weasley when she realized that they were there.

"Wow mum," said Charlie. "You must have been really worried to have baked so much."

"You have no idea," replied Mrs. Weasley. "Nobody's dead are they?"

"Nope," said Charlie. "Everyone's just fine. And Cadance even got to jump out a window."

"Anyone want a cookie?" asked Mrs. Weasley.

"When have you ever known us to turn down your cookies, Mrs. Weasley?" asked Cadance as she got a cookie. Sirius and Remus did the same. Charlie was already shoving his third one down his throat.

About a second later, Bill Apparated in. "Mum," she said. "You'll never believe this but I'm out of food at.what did I miss?" he added after seeing Harry, Remus, Sirius, Cadance, Charlie and that Mrs. Weasley had been baking. "Oh no. Cadance blew up the Dursley's house and now you're all on the run from the Ministry. You know, perhaps hiding at the Minister of Magic's house isn't the best choice of hiding spots but Sirius is the expert here and you should probably take his advice."

"Bill!" Cadance said cutting him off. "Chill out. I didn't blow anything up, we're not on the run from the Ministry, and the last time I took Sirius's advice I was grounded for two weeks."

"How was I supposed to know you're mother frowns upon keeping animals hidden in your closet?" argued Sirius.

"And, Cadance, I'd like to point out that you and Cati almost blew up one of the Dursley's walls with those Filibuster Fireworks so you're only telling a half truth by saying that you didn't blow anything up," said Charlie.

"How 'bout if I blow you up? That way it would be a whole lie," said Cadance.

"Oh c'mon. You know you love me," said Charlie.

"Drop dead," said Cadance.

Charlie clutched his throat, fell to the floor, and went through a totally fake, overly dramatic dieing sequence.

Mrs. Weasley looked over at Cadance. "What do I owe you?" she asked.

"That one's on me," said Cadance.

The next second, Mr. Weasley Apparated in. "Don't trip over the dead body, Dad," said Bill.

Mr. Weasley looked at the floor then back up at Bill.

"Cadance vanquished Charlie," explained Ginny.

"I never liked him anyways," said Mr. Weasley as he stepped over Charlie.

"That's it," said Charlie getting off the floor. "You guys are so mean."

"Deal with it," said Cadance.

"You know, you shouldn't talk back to you elders," said Charlie.

"You're three years older than me! You're hardly my elder!" argued Cadance.

"But I'm smarter," said Charlie.

Cadance shoved a cookie in his mouth.

"As entertaining as all this is," said Sirius. "We should probably be going. C'mon Harry. You're coming home with me." (A/n: duh)

"Okay, but all my stuff is at the Dursleys'."

"I have had that taken care of," said a voice behind them. They turned around and Dumbledore was standing there.

"How did you do that?" asked Sirius. "You were not there a second ago."

"Sirius, do you remember that conversation we had about you doing better not to ask?" asked Cadance.

"Harry," said Dumbledore. "Your stuff is already at Sirius's house. Cadance, Jen is at home waiting for you. She says that if you order a pizza one more time this week she's disowning you and moving to Australia so you might want to pick up some groceries sometime soon."

"You're letting your fourteen-year-old niece stay in the house with Cadance while she is using the stove?" asked Charlie.

Cadance shoved another cookie in his mouth.

Within five minutes everyone went back home. Sirius promised Harry that he would show in around his house in the morning. They went straight to bed. Cadance and Jen stayed up watching the late night scary movie with the boogieman from the basement.

The next morning, Cadance and Jen were sitting at the kitchen table while breakfast was cooking itself. The front door opened and they heard Sirius's voice say, "and this way to the kitchen where we'll be eating most of our meals, which consist of: breakfast, Chinese take-out, spaghetti o's, and pizza."

Jen rolled her eyes and Harry and Sirius walked into the kitchen. "Harry, I want to warn you," said Jen. "We have no actual food in this house after breakfast."

"I tried making hotdogs once but they exploded in the microwave," said Cadance. "My cooking skills are limited to breakfast and anything in a can."

"Haven't you ever heard of Easy Mac?" asked Harry.

"It's not as easy as they make it out to be," said Cadance.

A few minutes later, Remus came in and they ate breakfast. After breakfast, Cadance flicked her wand and the dishes flew into the sink.

"CADANCE!" exclaimed Charlie Weasley's angry voice from the hallway.

"Uh oh," said Cadance. "Tell Charlie I changed my name Franjelica and moved to Turkey to be the Supreme Ruler of McDonalds and other fast food franchises." She bolted out the back door.

Charlie came in the kitchen just seconds afterwards. "Where is she?"

They all looked at each other and pointed out the back door. Charlie ran out in pursuit of Cadance.

"What did she do this time?" asked Sirius.

"Beats me," said Jen.

"Sirius, we gotta get to work," said Remus. "We're already late."

"All right," said Sirius. "Harry, you can stay here during the day. It's probably more entertaining than staying at home. Just don't leave Godric's Hollow."

"I won't," said Harry.

They went out the back door. Jen and Harry heard the front door open then slam. Then they saw Charlie chase Cadance into the basement. "We better go make sure they don't kill each other," said Jen. She walked down the stairs for her first venture into the basement. Harry followed.

In the basement they found a large blue mat on the floor and a large wood board that was about five feet wide and extended from floor to ceiling. There were about five x's all around it. Cadance and Charlie were sword fighting on the mat. The boogieman was sitting off to the side watching amusedly.

"My basement is a training room for Lord of the Rings fanatics," said Jen.

"Not quite," said Cadance. "The archery stuff is at Cati's brother's house because his backyard is huge." She knocked the sword out of Charlie's hand. "I win."

"Best two out of three," said Charlie.

"Nah, let's play with the throwing knives for a little bit," said Cadance. She got a few throwing knives out of a box and threw them at each of the five x's on the board against the wall. She only missed one. She summoned them out of the board.

"Do you two want to see something cool?" asked Charlie as walked across the room to get a throwing knife out of the box. "Cadance, head's up." He threw the knife and without even looking, Cadance snatched it out of the air.

"Don't kill the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor!" exclaimed Harry. "I don't think I can take having another new one."

"Don't you want a professor who is a little more normal than her?" asked Charlie.

"Are you questioning my sanity again?" asked Cadance.

"No, I was answered a long time ago so I don't need to ask anymore," replied Charlie.

Cadance raised her eyebrows at him. "Charlie, Don't move or you might get hit with a throwing knife." She threw one throwing knife. It missed Charlie by a few inches and hit the first x.

"Oh my god, Charlie, I can't believe you trust her enough to let her do this," said Jen.

"She has impeccable aim," explained Charlie. "Even though she is PSYCHOTIC."

"Charlie, you're dead," said Cadance.

"Uh oh," said Charlie. He ran up the stairs. Cadance followed.

Charlie ran over to the fireplace, grabbed some Floo Powder and threw it into the fireplace. He called "Hogwarts" and jumped in. Cadance did the same.

By this time, Jen and Harry made it up the stairs. "McGonagall is going to kill them," said Jen.

"I don't doubt it," replied Harry.

Five minutes later, Cadance chased Charlie back out of the fireplace. Harry and Jen half-expected to see McGonagall chasing them but she wasn't. Cadance was just chasing Charlie around the kitchen table when the front door opened and Cati Nuperson came in. "Whoa, Cadance. Are you trying to turn Charlie into just another homicide statistic? What are you two fighting about now?"

Cadance stopped to think for a second. "You know what? I don't remember."

"Neither do I," said Charlie.

"Cadance, are you aware that you have Apparating restrictions on your house? I had to Apparate two blocks down and walk here," said Cati.

"Yeah, so did I," said Charlie. "Why do you have Apparating restrictions?"

"Apparating, blinking, orbing, and shimmering," said Cadance. "They're all restricted. No Demon, Death Eater, or Evil Head White Leader will get in this house without using one of the two doors."

"Yeah, or blasting a wall to bits," said Cati.

"Exactly," said Cadance.

"You're paranoid," said Cati.

"Psychotic and paranoid. Not a good combination," said Charlie.

"I just remembered why I was chasing you!" exclaimed Cadance. And the chase resumed. Charlie went out the back door with Cadance in close pursuit.

"Cati, are you sure I'm related to her?" asked Jen jokingly.

"I don't know," said Cati. "Ask Sirius when he gets home."

"C'mon Jen," said Harry. "I'll teach you how to play Quidditch."

"All right," said Jen. They went out the back door. Cati helped herself to some ice cream from the freezer. She was just sitting down to eat it when Professor McGonagall emerged from the fireplace.

"Hello, Professor. Want some ice cream?" asked Cati.

"No, thank you, Cati," said McGonagall. "We have an Order of the Phoenix meeting tonight. I was just coming to tell Cadance."

"Ok," said Cati. "I'll be there."

"Where's Cadance?" asked McGonagall.

"Trying to kill Charlie," answered Cati.

"Still?"

"Well, they took a short break," said Cati.

"I see," said McGonagall.

It was just then, that Harry and Jen came back in. "Jen, you can't play Quidditch without getting on the broom. And that means you can't be scared of heights."

"I can't help it. I just." she stopped after seeing Professor McGonagall. "Whatever it is I didn't do it. I wasn't anywhere near Professor Trelawney last night. I mean. I. I'm just going to leave now."

"You have got to work on your excuses," said Cati.

"I'll remember that," said Jen. "I'm just going to go and see if there're any good movies on TV." She and Harry went into the living room.

"Kids these days," said Cati as she shook her head. "Honestly, I don't know how these youngsters are going to survive in the real world without better excuses. Why, in my day we made up much better excuses and we always had an extra one thought up just in case. And these were all- purpose excuses of the highest quality."

"Did you have to walk five miles in the snow to get to class and be able to use the excuses?" asked McGonagall jokingly.

"If we were going to Herbology," replied Cati.

Presently, the door opened and Cadance and Charlie walked in. "Hello, Minerva," said Cadance cheerfully.

"Hello, Cadance, Charlie. Order of the Phoenix meeting tonight," said McGonagall.

"Right," said Cadance.

"Hmm. since Cati and Charlie are here, I've just been saved two trips. I'm going back to Hogwarts and now I'll have time to work on my lesson plans before dinner."

"Can we do animal transfiguration this year!" called Jen from the living room.

"NO!" exclaimed McGonagall. "If you're anything like Cadance was in her fifth year, most of the other teachers will be bringing me a good portion of the students in bird cages."

Just then, who else should have Floo Powder-ed their way in to the kitchen but.

To be Continued Mwahahahahahahaha!