Lana stared around the room that comprimised of a small table with a few chairs, and various members of the Order. Bill Weasley saw Lanas eyes stray over to Snape and he made a movement as if to restrain her, but he noticed that she looked right through him, as if he werent even there.

"We were just discussing you. Funny how you got here so fast." Snape commented, obviously trying to provoke Lana.

However, she paid no attention and acted like she hadnt heard what Snape had said. "So you were all just gossiping about me then?"

"Youre just full of yourself arent you?" Snape said again, and Dumbledore put a hand on Snapes shoulder to restrain him.

Again, Lana didnt respond. She didnt flinch. She was in a good mood after spending...Time with Moony. She looked at Dumbledore. "Do we have a problem?" Lana asked.

"Of course not." Dumbledore spoke calmly. "Molly was merely stating that you and Remus were back late last night."

"So we couldnt have just been having a drink somewhere?" Lana said angrily, colour rising in her cheeks.

"Yes but you werent, were you?" Molly said, "Both of you flew off on that motorbike, I saw you. Goodness knows what you were doing. What kind of example do you think that sets to Harry? His Godmother and Remus flitting off somewhere together in the middle of the night."

Lana struggled to repress a smile and to stop her eyes flicking over to where Harry was stood. "Youve had a problem with me since day 1 Molly. This isnt about Harry; its yet another one of your personal attacks on me. And to be honest, I really dont care what your opinion of me is."

"We can discuss the situation at headquaters tonight," Dumbledore said with an air of authority, "We are going to attract to much attention here. I dont, and Im sure that the rest of you dont want the Order exposed." He walked over to Lana and passed her a piece of parchment with the words :

'12 Grimmauld Place' written on them.

Lana frowned. "Orders HQ are at that old battleaxes house?" she said dubiously. "Fun."

"The meeting starts at 3. And in the meantime...Id advise you all to stay away from each other."

"You have no authority over me Dumbledore." Lana said definatly.

The wooden door swung open and Lupin walked in. His robes were battered and he had slight bags under his eyes. Harry noticed that he looked a little happier and had some colour in his cheeks.

Lupin sensed the tension as soon as he walked through the door. Snape, Lana, Dumbledore and now Molly in the room...Not a good combination. He nodded at Dumbeledore who walked out of the room.

Lana heard Harrys footsteps and she began to cough loudly to cover them up.

Tonks looked at Lupin, with his sandy blonde hair and clear blue eyes...Then she shook her head. "Come on Kingsley, we better get to work."

"Oh, speaking of going to the Ministry," Lana started, "I want to pay my old boss a visit."

"Are you insane?!" Tonks burst out. "Youre as wanted as Sirius was!"

"Actually, Im not. I was never proved innocent or guilty. Nobody could ever figure out what happened to me, whether I was dead or not. So, technically, they cant arrest me."

Tonks stared at her, with an purple eyebrow raised. "Whys your name on the wanted section then? Right up there with mass murderer Sirius."

"I never killed anybody!"Lana protested.

Lupin laughed.

"What?!"

"You killed 7 of Voldemorts best men. You got really close to Voldemort. Betrayed him. Hell, even I had a hard time trying to figure out whos side you were on for a while." Lupin said, stopping when he saw the shocked look on Lanas face.

"Moony!" she said, looking at him disbelief. Not because he couldnt figure out what side she was on; that had been the idea; it was the fact that he had blurted it out in front of Molly - who already didnt like her. He had just given her more incentive to be funny with Lana.

Tonks was staring at Lana oddly. "Youre the Lana Madison who killed four Death Eaters at once, without even raising your wand?"

Lana looked at Tonks. "Yeah, what of it?"

Tonks laughed. "Youre my bloody hero! Youre the whole reason I became an Auror! To be like you!"

Lana couldnt help it; she burst out laughing. Kingsley rolled his eyes, hed been waiting for this.

Lupin slapped Lana on the arm, he couldnt believe how rude she was being.

"Im sorry, for a second there I thought you said I was your hero." Lana grabbed Lupins hand before he could slap her a second time, and their eyes met briefly, and, embarassed, Lana let go of his hand.

Tonks flushed a bright red.

"Just inflate her head even more Tonks, if thats possible." came Snapes drawling voice.

Shooting a look at Snape, Lupin turned to Kingsley. "Do you think its safe for Lana to go into the Ministry?"

"Oh safe shmafe," Lana shrugged. "The dangers half the fun."she said, winking at Lupin.

"Reckless, and irrisponsible" Molly said, casting a withering glance Lanas way.

"Hopefully one of the Aurors who can remember her will kill her." Snape said.

That was it. Lana had had enough of his snide comments. As she turned and looked at Snape, Lupin knew what was coming before anyone else. Like many years ago at Hogwarts, he saw that little flash of flame in her eyes, and the hem of Snapes robes set on fire.

Molly shrieked and jumped backwards. Bill grabbed his wand and pointed it at Lana, no matter how much he hated Snape, you just dont go around attacking people.

Charlie pointed his wand at Snape and muttered something to extinguish the fire, but it didnt work.

Knowing better than to try and reverse what Lana was doing, it was a totally different brand of magic, Lupin put his hand on Lanas arm.

The flames licked at Snapes robes, burning the robes but not him, as Lana controlled the flames.

Snape jumped around, trying to put it out. He reached into his robes for his wand, but Lana flicked her hand and his wand flung out of his hand.

"PUT THIS OUT! PUT IT OUT NOW!" Snape shouted.

"Guess youre pretty defenceless without your wand arent you?" Lana spoke calmly. She was enjoying this, the shocked and frightened look on Mollys face; the way Bill raised his wand and then lowered it; the way Snape was yelling and jumping around. They way Tonks and Kingsely just stared, unsure what to do.

Lupin squeezed Lanas arm, "Stop it. Youve made your point." He was afraid of how much her powers had developed. Back at school, she had no idea that she had them, never mind how to manipulate them. Even in the First War, they were unpredictable. She had to have learned something on the other plane.

Lana looked at Lupins light blue eyes. "Fine." She let her hand go slack and the fire went out. "You want to be careful, Snivellus...One day, my hand might just...Slip," she said, flicking her hand, making everyone but Lupin flinch. "And I might not be able to control myself."

And with that, she shrugged Lupins arm off her and walked out of the room, boots clacking on the wooden floor.

Snape, flushed bright red, his robes burnt, grabbed his wand from the table where Lana had placed it, swept out of the room, greasy black hair covering his face.

~*~*~*~*~*~10:45am~*~*~*~*~*~

Lana sat in a Muggle street, drinking coffeee and eating toast. Looking up, she saw that Lupin had changed into Muggle clothes to come and find her. He was wearing a white shirt with a pair of dark blue jeans. She smiled slightly, thinking what an attractive man he was and that he should be married and have kids and have someone love him for who he is. And that person wasnt to be her.

"Good morning." he said brightly as he sat down opposite her.

From beneath her sunglasses, Lana looked at him. "Who said it was a good one?" She sipped her coffee and flicked through the Muggle newspaper that she had brought. From the last war, she knew how to pick out Death Eater attacks.

The silence between them was slightly awkward. Lupin wanted to say something about last night, but knew she was would change the subject, and besides, he wasnt sure what he wanted to say anyway.

"I suppose youre going to lecture me and tell me to be a good little girl and not go to the Ministry." Lana said, folding the newspaper up and putting it on the chair next to her.

"No. Not at all. Because I know it wont make a difference anyway." he said, smirking slightly. "But tell me something. Who do you want to go and see?"

Lana sighed. "Bode. He was a friend of my mother. Very close. Thought he might know something."

Lupin looked at Lana with a pained expression. "Hes dead." he said quietly.

"What?" Lana said disbelievingly...She couldnt believe someone else she was close to was dead.

"He was attacked and was in hospital. Someone sent him a Devils Snare." He didnt need to explain the rest.

Rubbing her temples, Lana looked at Lupin. "Then Im definately going to the Minstry. I have to get some things. I was hoping Bode would be able to get them...But now Im going to have to call in a few favors."