Disclaimer: HP & Co. belong to JKR. This plot and other characters belong
to Dani.
***Sorry it's taken so long to put up more story, but I had midterms. Here's some more!!
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Harry waited, and waited, and waited for Sirius' reply. He was beginning to lose more hope of ever going to Ron's when Hedwig arrived with a letter.
Dear Harry,
personally, I wouldn't want you to move your position but I asked the higher powers and they said it was alright. Also, I'll be there to explain the Order to you. It was a right choice to trust no one yet because frankly, this Chris guy I haven't met. Just heard things about him. He is from the Order but I still say give it time. I'll see you then!
Sirius
Harry was thrilled! He could actually go to Ron's for the remainder of the summer. He told Hermione and she was as pleased. She could go there as well and she didn't want to spend it with Ginny and Ginny alone.
They got their things ready and decided to use the Knight bus.
On the night of August 24th, they went out and lit their wands to get the attention of a night bus. It hadn't been 2 seconds when one showed up.
The drivers weren't Ernie and Stan nor were they the women drivers Harry met last year. (I forgot their names.[pic] ) The drivers were a middle aged man and a not-so-young woman.
'Come in, kids. Where to?' asked the man.
'Uh...' where was Ron's house? Harry didn't know the address! He stood there clueless until Hermione told the address.
'Oh! There! Mighty nice people there. Mighty nice.' said the man. 'My name's Ken. That's my good friend Mary. She's not as young as she used to be, see. Keeps getting hallucinations. The company keeps her for pity. I'm driving with her cause she's a real good friend. But don't take what she says seriously...Oops. I might've said a little too much. He he.' said Ken. Harry knew from that point on that Ken was really talkative.
They passed Mary. She was eyeing them curiously.
When they sat near the window, Mary came to them.
She spoke in a somewhat calming voice to Harry.
'James? Is that you? What are Lily and you doing up so late? And where's Sirius, Remus and Peter?'
Harry was clueless to what she was asking but he wanted to know why she's calling him James and Hermione Lily. And just how exactly did she know about his parents and their circle of friends?
'Um, excuse me but, I'm not James and she's not Lily.' he said, trying to convince her.
Hermione was nodding her head in agreement.
'Sorry 'bout that kids. I told you she would hallucinate.' said Ken.
'I'm not hallucinating! He just looks an awful lot like James Potter and she like Lily Evans.' yelled Mary.
Harry now understood. He looked like his father. Before he was married. But what he didn't get was why Hermione reminded her of his mother.
Then, Mary fell asleep right where she was.
'I told you she was hallucinating. Don't blame her though. Mary Stevens has been like that ever since You-know-who started attacking people in the past.' said Ken.
Harry just put it aside and slept next to Hermione who was now sleeping
Harry was awoken by Hermione.
'Harry, wake up! We're here!' she said.
He got up very slowly. He noticed the bus had stopped and was right outside the Burrow.
'Are you getting off kid? We've got plenty of stops to make, y'know.' Yelled Ken.
After Harry and Hermione got their things, they knocked at the Weasley's door.
It opened and out came...
'Hello Mrs. Weasley. We made it.' said Hermione in a cheerful tone.
'Hullo, dears! Come in, come in!' she welcomed.
The Burrow was as magical always. Ron and Ginny came running down to greet them.
'Harry! Hermione! Long time no see, eh, mates?' said an excited Ron.
'Yeah. Long time no see.' said Harry.
Hermione was going to go over to Ginny and say 'hi' but she gave a really strange look. If Hermione didn't know better, she'd say it was a murderous look.
'So, Harry, how're things?' asked Mr Weasley, coming from the kitchen.
'Fine, sir.'
'I hear you and Hermione are an item now.' Mrs. Weasley brought up. 'So that Skeeter woman was telling the truth! Wonder what happened to her?'
Harry just remembered. Skeeter! Hermione kept her in a jar! He looked at Hermione who looked very calm.
'Uh, I don't think she'll be writing any more.' she said.
They had lunch and talked about Egypt and Romania.
'Charlie's doing fine with Herbert.' said Mr. Weasley.
'Norbert, dad.' corrected Ron.
'Yeah, Norbert. That's what I said. And Bill's great. Percy's busy but you can't blame him. Everybody's busy nowadays. The rising of the dark lord is still being debated over. Fudge won't believe Dumbledore, still.'
The talk continued until 4 pm. That's when the four boys went out to play some Quidditch. Hermione went to talk to Ginny.
'Hey, Ginny, wait up!' she called, as Ginny was about to go upstairs. She ignored Hermione's call. However, she wasn't about to give up that easily.
She chased her until her room. 'Ginny, what's the matter? Why're you acting this way?' she said in a rush.
'Why? Not only did you know I liked Harry and went for him, you completely ignored me and didn't even explain why you did it!' she hissed.
'Ginny, if you think I didn't like Harry in the first place, you're wrong. I'm sorry that I ignored you but I had a very busy year! Voldemort was trying to kill us, remember? And Harry didn't see you as you see him so I'm sorry. I really still want your friendship. Sorry.' she said in a rush as well.
Ginny didn't say anything but the hand she held out made an official stop to the argument.
Harry slept at Ron's room that night. He wondered when Sirius would come and explain what the "Order" was. He dreamt of something peaceful...
He was in a house. He's never seen it before but somehow, he felt welcomed. Then, he heard someone coming.
It was a woman with a familiar child. The woman looked oddly familiar as well. She spoke.
'Honey! How was it? Did you catch him? I caught none today.'
Then, a man with untidy hair and emerald green eyes came into the picture.
'No, Hon. The Order's all tied up. Dark wizards here and there. I'm telling you, another heir of Slytherin!' he said. There was something very familiar about this family. Harry saw that the man had something on his fore...
'Harry!' Whispered Ron. 'Wake up! You're holding your scar!'
Harry awoke. He apologized to Ron and went back to sleep.
This time, he dreamt of a room full of blurry people.
It a room with people sitting behind a huge desk. Probably discussing something. The man at the side looked remarkably like Sirius but it was too blurry to tell.
The man in the head of the table was familiar. He had an untidy hair as well. But it wasn't the same man from his other dream. A red-headed woman sat next to him. She looked familiar, too!
He was about to guess who they were when...
'Harry, get up! Sirius is here!' said a voice which was unmistakably Hermione's.
He got up and got dressed (without Hermione outside, of course)
He went down and saw Sirius as a big black dog. Harry knew he was supposed to take it outside or something. Percy didn't know about Sirius and it was a good thing. He hated breaking any rules of any sort so if he saw Sirius, he'd be out of there before you can say 'Quidditch'.
Harry went outside with the dog-Sirius. When the coast was clear, he transformed back...
'Sirius, how are you?' asked Harry, not one bit surprised to see a full grown man emerge from a dog.
'Fine, Harry. Now, about the Order.' he replied.
'Yes, what about it?'
'Well, I guess the best place to start is what the Order is.' he said as Harry nodded. 'Well, the Order is short for 'The Order of the Phoenix'. It's a kind of private organization of aurors and people who are against dark wizards. They have two things in common. One, they want to put an end to dark wizardry. Two, they made the Order to be as secret as it can be.
The main thing is they cooperate. You might have suspected that I'm a member of the Order and that's true. I was nearly banished from it when they thought I betrayed your.'he trailed off.
Harry knew talking about Sirius' past made it all come back to him.
'Now, I can tell you some of the members as you already know them. Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Arabella Figg, Remus Lupin, that damn Peter Pettigrew.'
He stopped for a second then continued,' Lily Evans and James Potter. There are more of course, but you don't know them.'
Lily Evans and James Potter? His parents were members?
'Uh... Sirius, what were my parents? Were they important members?' asked Harry.
'Important? Your father was a great Auror and leader. Your mother built the most fool proof plans. They were the leaders of the two teams! Of course they were important.'
'But wasn't Dumbledore the president of the Order or something?'
'Well he had offers but he always refused them. Hogwarts was always his first passion. Anyway, the Order of the Phoenix was founded before Voldemort came to power. It became quiet around the Order when he lost his power and it's been even more under the radar these past few years. However, they can't deny he hasn't risen so it's as busy as it was 15 years before.'
'Sirius, aside from my parents being the "leaders" of the Order, what has anything got to do with me?' asked Harry innocently.
'Harry, have you not wondered why Voldemort's never tried to kill you when you were with the Dursleys?'
'No, not really. Why?'
'Well, when Dumbledore gave you to them, he knew it was for the best not only because they were your last remaining relatives but because a very powerful witch and member of the Order lived close by to perform the Fidelius Charm. She has been your neighbor for the 15 years of your stay there. Can you guess who?'
Harry thought for a moment. He really had no clue.until it dawned on him.Professor Figg! She's Mrs. Figg!
Sirius saw the Harry had some idea so he made it clear for him.
'Arabella Figg is your next door neighbor Mrs. Figg. She's a really great witch! Been there to tell the Order if Voldemort shows up.'
So he's actually had magical contact before. No wonder her house smelt like cats!
Harry felt so stupid not noticing it before. But it wasn't really easy to notice. After all, Mrs. Figg was an old woman but Professor Figg was probably only as old as Sirius!
'I understand this is all too much too soon, Harry but there's more.' he said.
Harry prepared for the worst...
'The Order has decided to keep an eye on you at all times. Voldemort might try and kill you again. And they can't afford that to happen. You have an entire future ahead of you, Harry. When you finish school, you are to take your place as the Order's auror leader.' said Sirius.
***Sorry it's taken so long to put up more story, but I had midterms. Here's some more!!
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Harry waited, and waited, and waited for Sirius' reply. He was beginning to lose more hope of ever going to Ron's when Hedwig arrived with a letter.
Dear Harry,
personally, I wouldn't want you to move your position but I asked the higher powers and they said it was alright. Also, I'll be there to explain the Order to you. It was a right choice to trust no one yet because frankly, this Chris guy I haven't met. Just heard things about him. He is from the Order but I still say give it time. I'll see you then!
Sirius
Harry was thrilled! He could actually go to Ron's for the remainder of the summer. He told Hermione and she was as pleased. She could go there as well and she didn't want to spend it with Ginny and Ginny alone.
They got their things ready and decided to use the Knight bus.
On the night of August 24th, they went out and lit their wands to get the attention of a night bus. It hadn't been 2 seconds when one showed up.
The drivers weren't Ernie and Stan nor were they the women drivers Harry met last year. (I forgot their names.[pic] ) The drivers were a middle aged man and a not-so-young woman.
'Come in, kids. Where to?' asked the man.
'Uh...' where was Ron's house? Harry didn't know the address! He stood there clueless until Hermione told the address.
'Oh! There! Mighty nice people there. Mighty nice.' said the man. 'My name's Ken. That's my good friend Mary. She's not as young as she used to be, see. Keeps getting hallucinations. The company keeps her for pity. I'm driving with her cause she's a real good friend. But don't take what she says seriously...Oops. I might've said a little too much. He he.' said Ken. Harry knew from that point on that Ken was really talkative.
They passed Mary. She was eyeing them curiously.
When they sat near the window, Mary came to them.
She spoke in a somewhat calming voice to Harry.
'James? Is that you? What are Lily and you doing up so late? And where's Sirius, Remus and Peter?'
Harry was clueless to what she was asking but he wanted to know why she's calling him James and Hermione Lily. And just how exactly did she know about his parents and their circle of friends?
'Um, excuse me but, I'm not James and she's not Lily.' he said, trying to convince her.
Hermione was nodding her head in agreement.
'Sorry 'bout that kids. I told you she would hallucinate.' said Ken.
'I'm not hallucinating! He just looks an awful lot like James Potter and she like Lily Evans.' yelled Mary.
Harry now understood. He looked like his father. Before he was married. But what he didn't get was why Hermione reminded her of his mother.
Then, Mary fell asleep right where she was.
'I told you she was hallucinating. Don't blame her though. Mary Stevens has been like that ever since You-know-who started attacking people in the past.' said Ken.
Harry just put it aside and slept next to Hermione who was now sleeping
Harry was awoken by Hermione.
'Harry, wake up! We're here!' she said.
He got up very slowly. He noticed the bus had stopped and was right outside the Burrow.
'Are you getting off kid? We've got plenty of stops to make, y'know.' Yelled Ken.
After Harry and Hermione got their things, they knocked at the Weasley's door.
It opened and out came...
'Hello Mrs. Weasley. We made it.' said Hermione in a cheerful tone.
'Hullo, dears! Come in, come in!' she welcomed.
The Burrow was as magical always. Ron and Ginny came running down to greet them.
'Harry! Hermione! Long time no see, eh, mates?' said an excited Ron.
'Yeah. Long time no see.' said Harry.
Hermione was going to go over to Ginny and say 'hi' but she gave a really strange look. If Hermione didn't know better, she'd say it was a murderous look.
'So, Harry, how're things?' asked Mr Weasley, coming from the kitchen.
'Fine, sir.'
'I hear you and Hermione are an item now.' Mrs. Weasley brought up. 'So that Skeeter woman was telling the truth! Wonder what happened to her?'
Harry just remembered. Skeeter! Hermione kept her in a jar! He looked at Hermione who looked very calm.
'Uh, I don't think she'll be writing any more.' she said.
They had lunch and talked about Egypt and Romania.
'Charlie's doing fine with Herbert.' said Mr. Weasley.
'Norbert, dad.' corrected Ron.
'Yeah, Norbert. That's what I said. And Bill's great. Percy's busy but you can't blame him. Everybody's busy nowadays. The rising of the dark lord is still being debated over. Fudge won't believe Dumbledore, still.'
The talk continued until 4 pm. That's when the four boys went out to play some Quidditch. Hermione went to talk to Ginny.
'Hey, Ginny, wait up!' she called, as Ginny was about to go upstairs. She ignored Hermione's call. However, she wasn't about to give up that easily.
She chased her until her room. 'Ginny, what's the matter? Why're you acting this way?' she said in a rush.
'Why? Not only did you know I liked Harry and went for him, you completely ignored me and didn't even explain why you did it!' she hissed.
'Ginny, if you think I didn't like Harry in the first place, you're wrong. I'm sorry that I ignored you but I had a very busy year! Voldemort was trying to kill us, remember? And Harry didn't see you as you see him so I'm sorry. I really still want your friendship. Sorry.' she said in a rush as well.
Ginny didn't say anything but the hand she held out made an official stop to the argument.
Harry slept at Ron's room that night. He wondered when Sirius would come and explain what the "Order" was. He dreamt of something peaceful...
He was in a house. He's never seen it before but somehow, he felt welcomed. Then, he heard someone coming.
It was a woman with a familiar child. The woman looked oddly familiar as well. She spoke.
'Honey! How was it? Did you catch him? I caught none today.'
Then, a man with untidy hair and emerald green eyes came into the picture.
'No, Hon. The Order's all tied up. Dark wizards here and there. I'm telling you, another heir of Slytherin!' he said. There was something very familiar about this family. Harry saw that the man had something on his fore...
'Harry!' Whispered Ron. 'Wake up! You're holding your scar!'
Harry awoke. He apologized to Ron and went back to sleep.
This time, he dreamt of a room full of blurry people.
It a room with people sitting behind a huge desk. Probably discussing something. The man at the side looked remarkably like Sirius but it was too blurry to tell.
The man in the head of the table was familiar. He had an untidy hair as well. But it wasn't the same man from his other dream. A red-headed woman sat next to him. She looked familiar, too!
He was about to guess who they were when...
'Harry, get up! Sirius is here!' said a voice which was unmistakably Hermione's.
He got up and got dressed (without Hermione outside, of course)
He went down and saw Sirius as a big black dog. Harry knew he was supposed to take it outside or something. Percy didn't know about Sirius and it was a good thing. He hated breaking any rules of any sort so if he saw Sirius, he'd be out of there before you can say 'Quidditch'.
Harry went outside with the dog-Sirius. When the coast was clear, he transformed back...
'Sirius, how are you?' asked Harry, not one bit surprised to see a full grown man emerge from a dog.
'Fine, Harry. Now, about the Order.' he replied.
'Yes, what about it?'
'Well, I guess the best place to start is what the Order is.' he said as Harry nodded. 'Well, the Order is short for 'The Order of the Phoenix'. It's a kind of private organization of aurors and people who are against dark wizards. They have two things in common. One, they want to put an end to dark wizardry. Two, they made the Order to be as secret as it can be.
The main thing is they cooperate. You might have suspected that I'm a member of the Order and that's true. I was nearly banished from it when they thought I betrayed your.'he trailed off.
Harry knew talking about Sirius' past made it all come back to him.
'Now, I can tell you some of the members as you already know them. Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Arabella Figg, Remus Lupin, that damn Peter Pettigrew.'
He stopped for a second then continued,' Lily Evans and James Potter. There are more of course, but you don't know them.'
Lily Evans and James Potter? His parents were members?
'Uh... Sirius, what were my parents? Were they important members?' asked Harry.
'Important? Your father was a great Auror and leader. Your mother built the most fool proof plans. They were the leaders of the two teams! Of course they were important.'
'But wasn't Dumbledore the president of the Order or something?'
'Well he had offers but he always refused them. Hogwarts was always his first passion. Anyway, the Order of the Phoenix was founded before Voldemort came to power. It became quiet around the Order when he lost his power and it's been even more under the radar these past few years. However, they can't deny he hasn't risen so it's as busy as it was 15 years before.'
'Sirius, aside from my parents being the "leaders" of the Order, what has anything got to do with me?' asked Harry innocently.
'Harry, have you not wondered why Voldemort's never tried to kill you when you were with the Dursleys?'
'No, not really. Why?'
'Well, when Dumbledore gave you to them, he knew it was for the best not only because they were your last remaining relatives but because a very powerful witch and member of the Order lived close by to perform the Fidelius Charm. She has been your neighbor for the 15 years of your stay there. Can you guess who?'
Harry thought for a moment. He really had no clue.until it dawned on him.Professor Figg! She's Mrs. Figg!
Sirius saw the Harry had some idea so he made it clear for him.
'Arabella Figg is your next door neighbor Mrs. Figg. She's a really great witch! Been there to tell the Order if Voldemort shows up.'
So he's actually had magical contact before. No wonder her house smelt like cats!
Harry felt so stupid not noticing it before. But it wasn't really easy to notice. After all, Mrs. Figg was an old woman but Professor Figg was probably only as old as Sirius!
'I understand this is all too much too soon, Harry but there's more.' he said.
Harry prepared for the worst...
'The Order has decided to keep an eye on you at all times. Voldemort might try and kill you again. And they can't afford that to happen. You have an entire future ahead of you, Harry. When you finish school, you are to take your place as the Order's auror leader.' said Sirius.