The five listened to the receiver but Harry could see that Jenny felt really uneasy about it. Her face was in a constant frown while the others were listening carefully.
"I'm afraid that there have been a few Deatheaters in Hogsmeade, I think we will have to call in for some extra protection for the school." Dumbledore said.
"Well, no one will bother trying to get into Hogwarts." Said Fred or George Weasley's voice. "You're invincible!" Harry could just picture one of the Weasley twins holding their arms out and trying to bulge their muscles.
"Yes, as much as I would like to believe that I'm afraid that even I am not invincible."
"Yeah but-"
"Fred, George you were invited to this meeting one the conditions that you wouldn't keep interrupting…again." Snapped Mrs. Weasley. Ginny sniggered and looked at Hermione, who was smiling slightly.
"Have we still got the Dursleys covered by the order?" asked a voice that Harry didn't recognise.
"Yes, we do. Arrabella will be watching all the time but we are still taking shifts. We also have the Grangers being followed" Dumbledore said. Harry glanced at Hermione.
"Has Hermione been followed all summer?" asked Mrs. Weasley
"Yes, she has in fact been followed since last summer when she is not with any other witches or wizards." Dumbledore said.
"You remember what happened last time, You-know-who would go after the friends as well as the people he was after." Came Moody's voice. There was a cough that sounded like Sirius's.
"I remember a little too well." Said Lupin.
"I still don't feel comfortable with this." Jenny whispered. Harry put a finger to his lips to indicate silence. Jenny frowned even more and left the room, closing the door a little too loudly.
"What was that?" asked Lupin.
"What was what?" One of the twins asked quickly.
"George!" Mrs. Weasley snapped, "Empty out your pockets you two."
"Damn." Ginny said as she turned the thing off. "Jenny has too much of a conscience."
"Well, at least we learnt something that the adults are bound to hide away." Ron said. "Deatheaters around Hogwarts." He looked at them nervously. "What if they invade?"
"Oh please. Ron it's highly unlikely they'd succeed, what with all the protection the castle has." Hermione said knowledgably. "One day I am going to sit you down and make you read Hogwarts, a history" She said slightly exasperated.
"Um, Ginny, what's Jenny's surname?" Harry asked, changing the subject.
"It's something like Martin or Marson" Ginny said, "I never really paid attention. No one does, she's just like this strange loner person, a bit like Loony Lovegood but Jenny's not strange in the head." Ginny stood up, "Well, I better go and hide this." She held up the walkie talkie looking thing and left the room.
"Well, Jenny has a house elf so she must be quite rich" Ron said not really taking in anything anyone had just said.
"I suppose." Hermione said frowning.
"Hermione, house elves like working they don't want to be freed" Ron said reading Hermione's expression.
"Didn't Shoner seem happy to see her?" Harry asked.
"I suppose, well they recognised each other." Hermione said. Harry was about to call out for Shoner when there was a shout from downstairs, which sounded like it belonged to Sirius. The three went to the door and opened it.
"Sirius, you have to let her come." Lupin said to Sirius.
"She hates me. What's to say she won't curse me and send me straight back to Azakaban, I have stuff to live for now."
"If she hated you she wouldn't have let Jenny come here." Lupin said. Harry, Ron and Hermione crept down a few steps and stopped and bent over so they could see Lupin and Sirius in the hall. Sirius was looking at Lupin angrily but with some curiosity.
"What about Jenny coming here?" Sirius asked. Harry didn't know if Sirius knew Jenny but Lupin obviously did. Lupin looked at Sirius like he was an idiot.
"Please, who do you think is Jenny's mother?" Lupin asked Sirius. Sirius looked at Lupin surprised.
"She's a mother?"
"Yes." Lupin said more calmly. "Didn't you recognise Castra? Merlin knows you spent enough time in his company." Harry thought he saw a bit of a smirk on Lupin's face.
"Is she married?" Sirius asked.
"No, the father left before she knew she was even pregnant" Lupin told Sirius. Sirius just stared at him and pushed past Lupin and went back into the kitchen. Lupin looked up at the three staring at him and gave them a wink before heading back into the kitchen himself.
* * * *
When Harry, Ron and Hermione were finally allowed back into the kitchen they found Sirius muttering and cursing under his breath. Lupin sat down calmly and was reading the daily prophet and Kingsley Shacklebolt was eating something that Mrs. Weasley had cook up for them. They had decided not to say anything about what they had heard so that the adults wouldn't find out they'd been using Fred and George's inventions. Harry saw the table littered with sweet wrappers and odd bits and bobs that were no doubt Fred and Georges.
"You know, with the two house elves around there's really very little to do" Mrs. Weasley said, "They're even cleaning the house. They're better then Kreacher was." Mrs. Weasley sat down and sighed "I've never had nothing to do before."
"Kreacher was a useless little-" Sirius started muttering but at Mrs. Weasley's sharp gaze he changed his cursing. "I can't believe he…" Sirius' muttering wandered off into nothing. Ron looked at Harry and Hermione.
"You three sit down and have something to eat." Mrs. Weasley said getting up but sitting down again when Castra appeared. Hermione frowned but didn't say anything.
"Sirius, just be quiet, you can't do anything. Dumbledore's set his mind on it and you can't change it." Lupin said impatiently at Sirius.
"He could have chosen someone else" Sirius said. "I don't know why he wants her." Kingsley put his cutlery down.
"You do know she's the best." Kingsley said.
"Who's the best?" Harry asked. The four adults around the table looked at Harry.
"The head auror." Kingsley said.
"Dumbledore fears for all your safety at Hogwarts so he's calling in some extra protection." Lupin said. Mrs. Weasley gave him a warning look. "Well he's going to find out soon anyway so I see no problem in telling him." Lupin said holding his hand out slightly.
"Oh very well." Mrs. Weasley said. Harry grinned and Ron looked at the eagerly. Hermione got herself ready for what she thought might be a long explanation.
"But why her" Sirius muttered.
"Well I wouldn't complain. What she gave up for you." Lupin said.
"What did she give up?" Sirius asked.
"Let me think" Lupin said pretending to think. "Her life, you did break her heart a number of times." The three students looked at each other.
"Who is this?" Ron asked.
"April Marsden, She's the head Auror of Great Britain. That means she's the best auror." Kingsley said. "About fifteen years ago She submerged herself in her work. She disconnected herself from the world and just worked hard on avenging certain peoples deaths." Kingsley looked at Harry and turned to Lupin "You know her much better then I do." He said.
"Why does Marsden sound familiar?" Harry asked Hermione.
"Jenny." Hermoine said. Suddenly making sense of Ginny's guesses.
"Jenny's her daughter?" Harry asked Hermione. Hermione shrugged.
"Yes, Jenny is her daughter." Lupin explained getting their attention again. "Dumbledore feels that having her around Hogwarts may help protect the school. Apparently her name is quite famous amongst deatheaters, Snape tells us that they cower slightly at her name, she's sent so many deatheaters to Azkaban. We're hoping that she still answers to Dumbledore."
"She won't follow orders from anyone, not even the minister of magic." Kingsley said.
"Well, no she'll do anything for Jenny." Lupin told him. "She used to answer to more then one or two people though."
"She must be really brave if she doesn't take orders from the minister." Ron whispered.
"Yes, well" Lupin said with a slight smile.
"Who were the other people?" Harry asked, his curiosity rising. Lupin and Sirius both looked at him.
"Well there was the obvious one of Dumbledore, she occasionally listens to me. Her old best friend Jenny Chang." Harry looked slightly surprised at that name, "She did listen to Sirius until he got sent to prison, Peter Pettigrew and-" Lupin took a deep breath. "Lily and James Potter." Harry stared at Lupin in surprise before turning to look at his friends. They looked equally surprised.
"My parents?" Harry asked.
"Yes, she was Lily's best friend, they were more like sisters actually. Inseparable most of the time." Lupin said. Castra had stopped working and stood to listen to what Lupin was saying. "Well, unless it came to James or Sirius. They were the only ones who could really pull them apart,"
"And Jenny when she was alive." Sirius added glumly. Lupin nodded.
"Yes and Jenny. James was right with his instincts about Jenny's niece though."
"Cho?" Harry asked. "My parents met Cho Chang?" Lupin nodded.
"Yes but Jenny died before Cho was born. She was killed by death eaters soon after James and Lily got together." Sirius said. Harry noticed that both Lupin and Sirius seemed quite distressed with this conversation. Sirius stood up. "Well I don't want April staying in my house. Her daughter is fine but I'm not having April-"
"It's the least you can do Sirius. You did give up your house for the Order and if you have forgotten April is as much a part of the order as you are." Lupin said sternly. The two old friends looked at each other before Sirius stormed out of the room.
"Well I better get going." Kingsley said. "The meal was very nice Molly, thank you." Mrs. Weasley smiled and muttered something like a your welcome. Kingsley got up and left the room after Sirius. Lupin sighed tiredly.
"Why is it that Sirius doesn't want her here?" Mrs. Weasley asked Lupin curiously, forgetting that Harry, Hermione and Ron were there
"Well, I don't really think I should be the one to tell this type of thing as I wasn't really there. You would do better asking April or Sirius. Lily or James even" Harry straightened at his parents' names. He was learning more about them this summer and he didn't want to miss a single thing. "Sirius was engaged to April but broke her heart twice. Once when he was put under a spell by a deatheater and cheated on her and again when he went to Azkaban. Of course we're all worried about how she'll react when she sees Sirius. No one has told her that Sirius is innocent, well I have tried but she won't listen to me about Sirius or any of our old friends. She never recovered from Lily's death." Lupin said sadly. Harry looked at Lupin then at the door as it opened and Jenny and Ginny both walked in.
"Heya." Ginny said. She looked at everyone's faces and frowned. "Who died?" She asked. Jenny managed to get eye contact with Harry briefly. Her face went from a smile to one of anxiety and shock.
"I'll leave." Jenny said. "I really don't mind I can go." She said panicking.
"You haven't done anything wrong." Hermione said, "Why are you-"
"Every time someone finds out who my mum is they freak out and-" Jenny said quickly.
"Jenny calm down. I was just explaining to Harry about your mum. She's on the way here." Lupin said, "Well we hope she is." Jenny's face lit up.
"She is?" She asked excitedly, her face broke into a grin. Lupin smiled and nodded. Jenny bounced slightly on her feet and then sat down next to Harry.
"How did you know that we knew about your mum?" Harry asked
"Jenny is very skilled at Legillimency." Lupin told Harry, "She has been studying Occlumency and Ligellimens since she started Hogwarts. Jenny you shouldn't be reading people's minds." Lupin told her harshly.
"Sorry." Jenny said though she didn't really sound completely sorry. "Is mum really coming?"
"If she'll reply to Dumbledore's plea then she should be staying in Hogwarts for the year as well." Mrs. Weasley said, "Are you sure you're comfortable in Hermione and Ginny's room, dear?" Jenny nodded. Ginny looked at her mum slightly annoyed.
"Why are you so excited to see your mum?" Ron asked.
"I haven't seen her since last summer. She was going to take me skiing during the winter but she had some trouble with some wild Thestrals." Jenny said. Harry listened in awe, his want to be an auror was increasing at everything he heard about April Marsden.
"Were my Parents aurors?" Harry asked Lupin.
"No, they worked for the ministry but your mum got the sack for no reason though we all know now that the person responsible for her losing her job was a deatheater and James worked for magical games. He lost his job when he went into hiding." Lupin said. Harry frowned slightly.
"Well, there's no use pondering on the past, there's plenty to keep us going in the present." Mrs. Weasley said. She turned around to get up but Castra quickly went back to work and Mrs. Weasley sighed.