A.N.- Hey guys! I'm so sorry for not updating in so long, really I am. But now that it is summer, I'm going to try and update more often! I encourage all of the readers to know that since this is fan fiction, anything can happen and since it is MY story I can make the characters do whatever I want. I'm not going to make this like the Order of the Phoenix, because I could never write as good as J.K. Rowling. She is purely a genius, and she owns all of the characters (except Gwen and the other ones I made up) but I own most of the plot. So enough of me ranting, and on with the story!
Gwen sat in the dining room of the spacious, stone manor. Today was the day of the Christmas party, and Gwen was helping Saddy decorate. They had already finished decorating the rest of the old house, and Gwen was sitting down while the house-elf put the garland up around the walls.
" Missy Gwen, do you like what Saddy has done?" the house-elf asked with fluent, yet squeaky English.
" I think that we need to put some more wreaths in here." Gwen yawned. " I'll help, Saddy. Why don't you go and take a break."
Gwen watched as the elf left the room, then started putting the wreaths up with magic. Of course, since it was holidays, you could do magic as long as you weren't in the Muggle World. Gwen couldn't wait for the party. She hadn't seen George since break began, and missed him dearly. Gwen had just put up the last wreath, when she heard someone enter into the refectory.
" Oliver!" she exclaimed and ran to her brother.
" Oy, Gwen, your choking me!"
" Sorry," she laughed, " it's just
that I've missed you so much! Where
have you been anyway? You said you were coming back here, but you haven't been
here at all from what Aunt Dori said.
And I know you haven't been running around here for the last week,
because I've been here."
" Shh! I'll tell you later. It has to deal with Aunt Dori." Oliver said as he covered her mouth with his hand. " I'll tell you at the party, so no one will over hear it."
" Okay." Gwen said as he removed his hand. " You're lucky you just come back, because I've been decorating all day, and it's so bloody boring."
" I'm going to see Aunt Dori."
" Alright. Could you tell Saddy to come in here?"
" Yeah."
A minute after Oliver walked off, Saddy came into the room.
" What is it Missy Gwen? Did Saddy do something wrong?"
" No, you haven't done anything wrong." Gwen said shortly, then bent down until she was level with her friend. " Did you hear who Aunt Dori was talking to?"
" Mistress Dori was talking to Mr. Malfoy, Missy Gwen. He said he was coming to the party." Saddy squeaked.
" Blimey. Okay, good job Saddy. Did she suspect you?"
" Oh, no, Missy Gwen. She just thought I came in to fix the bed sheets."
" Good. Here, you go." Gwen handed Saddy a package.
Saddy ripped the paper off, to reveal a red sweater and a green skirt. " Oh, thank you Missy Gwen. You are so nice to Saddy, and you is not even my Mistress. I will wear it for the party tonight, yes I will!"
" Your welcome, Saddy, and I wish I was your Mistress. But that time will come soon." Gwen said and looked at her watch. " Speaking of the party, I should get ready."
Gwen raced upstairs and changed into her gown. It was a light blue with thin straps, with sequins, and the bottom of it touched the floor. She put on her sandals and applied her make-up. Then she fixed her hair by using her wand. Gwen curled it and put it up in a clip. She checked her reflection in the mirror, then she went downstairs.
" Missy Gwen, there is someone in the hall waiting to see you." Saddy squeaked.
She had already changed into her outfit.
" Okay, Saddy. You look absolutely stunning." Gwen said as she went into the entrance hall.
Gwen walked in and didn't see anyone. She stood in the center of the hall, and nearly gave a blood-curdling scream, when she felt George grab her.
" George Weasley! Don't you ever do that again!" she shrieked. " You nearly scared me to death!"
" Sorry, but I just couldn't resist." George said. " So how do I look?"
He was wearing beige colored pants and a red sweater.
" Absolutely dashing. I'm glad Aunt Dori decided to let the theme be of Muggles." Gwen said. " I mean, I did invite quite a few Muggle-borns and it wouldn't be fair if they had to buy expensive robes for a party."
" Yeah."
" I didn't mean to make you feel bad, George." Gwen said quickly.
" Sorry." George said. " I just wished that mum had bought me a sweater that wasn't red. She got Fred a blue one."
" Why didn't you just switch?"
" Fred isn't stupid." George said. " But if he was, I would've been able to get away with taking it. He hexed me when I tried to switch them."
" Sibling rivalry over a shirt." Gwen mused. " Hello, Oliver."
" What?" Oliver asked, startled.
" What are you doing? Aunt Dori will curse you if she finds you sneaking around." Gwen hissed.
" I wasn't sneaking around." Oliver said as he neared them. " Aunt Dori has all of the bloody fireplaces blocked from the Floo Network."
" What?!"
" Shh!" Oliver covered her mouth. " I was just trying to talk to Katie, but I couldn't. So I used Snowy."
" Blimey." Gwen sighed. " Why would she do that?"
" I haven't a clue."
" Wait a minute." Gwen said suddenly. " Saddy said she was talking to Lucius Malfoy earlier."
" Then she's just blocked them after her little talk with her old friend."
" Why though?"
" Because," Oliver said as he slammed his fist into the wall, " she's on to us."
Gwen stared at Oliver. " This isn't good."
" You have that right." Oliver said as he fought back a scream. " That hurt."
" Well, what did you expect? The whole place is made of stone."
" I'm going to the school. I'll be back before the party."
" Oliver, be careful." Gwen said.
" Don't worry. If Katie gets here before I get back, tell her I'll be back soon."
" Okay."
Oliver grabbed his cloak and walked out of the manor.
" What are you and Oliver doing?" George asked.
" Come with me." Gwen pulled George downstairs to the dungeons.
" Do all manors have dungeons?" George asked, trying to get Gwen to laugh.
" No, I don't think so. Silencio!" Gwen performed the silencing charm on the walls. " Okay, now that old codger can't hear us."
" Okay."
" My Aunt Dori is a Death Eater. It's up to Oliver, Saddy, and me to spy on her. She's never been suspected, because she has a respectable image to all of the Wizarding World. She helped kill my parents, she is right in Voldemort's inner circle, but she also happens to be a Ministry worker. So, Fudge never suspected her. But, since Dumbledore's the temporary Minister, he wants to find out all he can about my aunt."
" Dumbledore's only a temporary Minister?" George asked.
" Yes, the new Minister will be announced upon the arrival of the new year. But my aunt is on to us apparently, and that isn't good." Gwen sighed. " We should go back upstairs before she finds us."
They walked back up to the first floor of the manor.
" Missy Gwen!" Saddy squeaked. " Mistress Dori is on a rampage. She couldn't find you, and now she is tearing things up. You have to tell her why you is down in the dungeons, cause that's the only place she isn't looking!"
" Oh, bloody hell!" Gwen exclaimed.
She stalked off, but stopped when she almost ran into her furious aunt.
" Gwendoylen Nikole Wood! Where on this green earth have you been?"
" I was down in the dungeons snogging George." Gwen said innocently. " I just couldn't bare it if you saw us, Aunt Dori. So I went down there with him. I do hope you aren't mad."
" You were snogging with a Weasley?" Dori hissed.
" Yeah," Gwen said.
" Well," Dori said flakily, " the Weasleys are really great wizards. I have to go."
" That went better than I expected." Gwen said as her aunt walked off.
" You is lucky, Missy Gwen." Saddy said.
" Too true." Gwen sighed heavily.
" I is got to go to the kitchens." Saddy squeaked.
" Bye." Gwen said dully.
The elf walked off, and Gwen went into the sitting room. George followed her, looking around the room as he went.
" This is a nice place."
" I hate it." Gwen said shortly. " The only reason my aunt kept Oliver and me was so she could be martyred for having to raise her dead brother's kids. My Grandmother Callena dropped my parents from her will, because they were traitors of blood."
The doorbell ran, causing Gwen to jump from fright.
" What?"
" Nobody ever rings it." Gwen said as she got up to open the large entrance doors.
She opened the doors and almost fainted from shock.