Recruiting the Weasleys

They sat in silence for a while as they watched a large tentacle sticking out of the water. The giant squid that inhabited the waters of the lake at Hogwarts. Remus looked at his watch after what seemed like ten minutes.

"I think Dumbledore should have finished by now." Remus said. Lily looked at his watch as well.

"Yeah, come on, lets go." Lily said as she got up reluctantly. They walked up to the castle, it was so strange seeing it as empty as it was. As it was the summer holidays only the teachers, at most, would be in the castle, that wasn't including the various ghosts and creatures that lived there. They walked into the grand entrance hall and up the main staircase. They walked the once familiar path to Dumbledore's office. Remus had been in his office because of the various things Sirius and James got up to, where as Lily went because of her head girl duties. As they approached the gargoyle that protected the headmaster's office it moved out of sight and Dumbledore appeared where the Gargoyle had been.

"Lily, Remus." He said with a smile. He had light blue eyes that seemed to have a constant knowing but cheeky spark in it. He had long silver hair and an equally long silver beard. He looked at them over his half moon glasses and smiled. Lily grinned and Remus smiled.

"Dumbledore." Lily said politely.

"It is so nice to see you. May I enquire as to the reason for your visit?" Dumbledore asked.

"We have an idea of some new people to recruit to the you know what." Remus said. Dumbledore looked at them and led them to his office. Lily and Remus sat down in two rather comfortable chairs, Lily didn't remember the chairs being this comfortable. Dumbledore sat behind his desk and stroked a large red and gold phoenix that stood on a perch. The phoenix looked at them curiously before tucking his head under his wing.

"You do know that the Order has broken up for the time being." Dumbledore said.

"Yes we know but we think that these two would make valuable additions to the order. And do you think that maybe we should gather a few people together, surely you've heard about Harry and Rhia going missing recently?" Lily asked. Dumbledore nodded gravely.

"Yes, I have heard. Has Rhia been recovered? Last I heard Sirius was planning something rather daring." Dumbledore said.

"She's alive and healthy, Lily just managed to heal her." Remus said. Dumbledore looked at them curiously.

"Just managed?" He asked.

"She wouldn't let me near her. Apparently I performed the Cruciatus curse on or near her." Lily said, "So she's too scared to be near me." Lily said despairingly.

"Ah. Is she healthy mentally. If the Cruciatus curse was performed on her then her mind may not be as it once was" Dumbledore said.

"Well, Rhia wouldn't let me near her but Sirius is taking her to St. Mungos tomorrow." Lily said. Dumbledore nodded.

"But we were wondering if we should recruit the Weasleys to the Order. They've helped to find Harry, they're nice people and they hate the dark side. I haven't met them personally-" Remus was saying but Dumbledore cut him off.

"I remember Authur Weasley and Molly Prewitt." He said nodding his head "Both were very respectable Gryffindors. Very nice people. Very well. The order has disbanded but if you must use members of the order, I will call on a few members for help to protect your children and to do what you say though I would expect individuals of your skills and talents to protect your children." Dumbledore said slightly disappointed.

"Oh, we're not really asking for protection for ourselves." Lily said, "But for a woman called Louise Lovegood. She helped to save Rhia and her brother is a Death Eater. If we can gain her trust then I believe that we may be able to get rid of some of the last Death Eaters. She and Sirius know where their lair is on Dartmoor." Dumbledore looked at her curiously.

"Dartmoor?" Dumbledore asked. "I have heard rumours but never solid proof. Well, I suggest you tell James and get him to take his Aurors over and sort this out. As for the Lovegoods, I will find them someone to watch over them for the meantime. But it cannot go on for long." Lily and Remus smiled.

"Thank you. So can we recruit the Weasleys?" Lily asked. Dumbledore nodded.

"But be careful how you explain it." Dumbledore said.

"Thank you" Remus said. Dumbledore gave them both a smile and got up with them.

"You are all doing very well for what you have been through." Dumbledore said putting a hand on Remus' shoulder. "Take care and say hello to your children from me, I have not seen Young Harry and Bo for a very long time."

"And you haven't even seen Emma, Rhia or Orion." Lily said.

"That is very true." Dumbledore said. "That will settle it then, you must come and have dinner with me one time during one of the holidays." Dumbledore said with a smile.

"I think it would be better if it were after Sirius and April's pregnancy." Remus said with a smirk. Dumbledore chuckled.

"Ah yes, Sirius's pregnancy, I had a letter from him asking how to get rid of it. A trick worthy of a Marauder I believe" he said with a wink to the two. "Now, I am afraid that is where I must leave you to find your own way out. I have a meeting with our new Minister of Magic, it seems wants to figure out the best way of keeping control of St. Mungos." Lily raised an eyebrow and looked at Dumbledore questioningly.

"Do not worry Lily. It will be partly of benefit to you. It seems that an auror has complained about the...um...forwardness of some healers to their colleagues." Dumbledore said to Lily. Lily shook her head.

"James?" She asked. Dumbledore nodded with a smile.

"Ok, well, we'll be off now and go and talk to the Weasleys." Remus said. Dumbledore bid them goodbye again and the two left the castle a little reluctantly.

"I don't want to leave." Lily said, looking back at the castle longingly.

"Neither do I but we're not students any more." Remus said with a sigh. Lily nodded and looked towards the Forbidden forest. She saw the ground keeper's hut. The ground keeper, Hagrid, was outside and appeared to be digging up his pumpkin patch. Lily sighed and once out of the grounds with Remus they went to have something to eat at the three broomsticks.

"Oh, Emma is here." Said one of the red haired twin as Molly Weasley let Lily, Emma and Harry in.

"Have you got your cat?" The other one asked

"No." Emma said stiffly. "Go way."

"Come Fred, it appears the young lady does not want our affections." George said. Him and Fred turned around and stalked off.

"Lily, it's so nice to see you." Molly said, "I was just saying to Arthur how nice it was having your children round." She said with a smile.

"So is your husband here?" Lily asked. Molly smiled again and led Lily to the kitchen.

"Lily, this is Arthur, Arthur, this is Lily Potter." Arthur Weasley stood up and shook Lily's hand.

"I've had the pleasure of meeting James Potter, after he accidentally lost your son." Arthur said. Lily smiled.

"Yes, well, James does that sometimes." Lily said. "Um, do either of you have to be anywhere any time soon?"

"No, I have the day off." Arthur said. Lily smiled slightly.

"Good, um..." Lily twisted her hands slightly. "I'm a member of the Order of the Phoenix. The order is an organisation that was started by Dumbledore to fight the Dark Lord Voldemort." Molly and Arthur flinched at his name, "Of course he is gone but we don't believe he's gone permanently, just gathering his strength. We fight for the cause of good and try and hamper the plans of Death Eaters or Voldemort. But basically, what I'm trying to say is, would you like to join us? But if you do join I'm afraid you'll be in it forever." Lily said. Molly and Arthur looked at Lily with mixed expressions on their face.

"You say you're a member of this organisation?" Arthur asked.

"I joined just after I turned eighteen." Lily said. Arthur nodded.

"Isn't that a bit young?" Molly asked. Lily shrugged. "Well, will we be in any danger?"

"Um, not unless you're the family of the boy-who-lived." Lily said. "But no, not at the moment. When Voldemort returns you might be in danger but as far as we are aware, he does know we exist but he isn't aware of who are members."

"How does he know?" Arthur asked. Lily took a sharp breath in and sat down at the table.

"A man called Peter Pettigrew." Lily said darkly.

"I've heard of him. He was imprisoned for being an animagus." Arthur said, "The Aurors talk about him quite a lot."

"That's because he's a traitor." Lily said, "We considered him one of our best friends. James and I trusted him with our lives and the lives of our children. We made him a secret keeper and then he-" Lily's voice shook with anger as she spoke. She had to stop and close her eyes. She felt a hand on hers and looked down. Molly held her hand.

"If it's to stop people like him then we'll join." She said. "I'll join, I'm not sure about Arthur. And if you say we won't be in danger for a while then I trust you. Though I'm not sure how I could help. I don't work for the ministry, I'm not a Healer, I'm just a house witch." Lily smiled.

"Well, it doesn't matter, we have a werewolf and a rich Chinese woman who help us as well as various other families who don't have very high ranking jobs." Lily said. Arthur smiled.

"We'll join your organisation." He said. "Just don't let my children get wind of it or they'll want to join." Lily smiled.

"Same with my children, but they're not as old as yours yet." Lily said.

"You're lucky." Arthur said. Molly nudged him and Arthur looked at her innocently.

James sat at his desk in his office and looked across it to Sirius. Sirius had told him the precise location of where the Death Eater hide out had been. James sat with his hands together on his desk.

"How is Rhia?" He asked Sirius.

"She's better" Sirius told James. "Lily tried to see her again but Rhia just screamed and held on to me as tightly as she could. I don't understand it."

"Red haired Death Eater obviously. And Rhia's associating red haired adults with whatever pain that she received. Have you taken her to St. Mungos?" Sirius nodded.

"The healers there said she's healthy, there aren't really any signs of any curses being used on her, though there were some, what was it? Um, Tissue swelling from where they've used the engorgement charm on her then stopped it. All the Healer said was that Rhia may have trust issues when she's older. And that she may get a few muscle pains." Sirius said. "I can't believe I let them do that to her." Sirius said with a sigh. James scowled and looked at the desk.

"Well if it's any consolation, they'll all go to Azkaban." James said.

"Yeah, I suppose but I want to know who took Rhia so I can get revenge-"

"Leave that to us Sirius. You're not authorised to do stuff like that and if you did you yourself would be sent to azkaban. I don't think April will be at all happy about that." James said.

"I suppose." Sirius muttered.

"Thanks for telling us though. I can get you a temporary auror permit thing but those are really difficult to get." James said.

"Oh, it's fine. I'll trust you with it." Sirius said. "I'm tired, feel incredibly sick and I just want to get home and stay with my family for a bit." James smirked. "It's not funny. Pregnancy is no joke." Sirius said.

"Not laughing" James said innocently. Sirius muttered something that James didn't quite catch and then disapparated. James sat in silence for a few minutes before getting a piece of parchment. He folded it up and put it in his pocket. He got up and pulled on his robes before leaving the office. He needed to get this mission authorised. He should get it straight away but he had to make sure anyway. He went to an office with MOODY written on it in slanted letters. There were a few other surnames on it but James wanted to see Moody. James knocked on the door and waited for a moment.

"Come in." Moody grumbled. James pushed the door open and narrowly missed a curse that hit the wall an inch away from his head. James looked at the wall wide eyed.

"Merlin's Beard Moody, are you trying to kill me?" James asked as he turned to see Moody with his wand pointing at him. Moody's magical eye was whirling around and his normal eye focused on James.

"What you want Potter?" Moody asked as he lowered his wand.

"I would like to request permission to perform and Death Eater Clean Out." James said, straightening his posture. Both of James' eyes focused on James.

"A DECO." Moody said. It sounded like a question but it wasn't. "You know where their hide out?" James nodded.

"I have just been given their whereabouts and the password to their hide out." James said. Moody nodded as he took it in.

"Close the door Potter." Moody said. James looked at Moody with curiosity but turned and closed the door. Moody stood up and walked to the front of the desk. There was a thunk every time his wooden leg hit the floor. Moody stood in front of James with his hands crossed in front of him. He wore his Rank II Auror robes. Moody was a very highly ranked Auror. James stiffened and looked at Moody with slight and mild surprise.

"Sir." James said uncertainly.

"Potter. How old are you?" Moody asked.

"Twenty five sir." He answered. Moody nodded and returned to his desk, so his back was to James. James stayed where he stood. His hand itching to get his wand in case this was another trap.

"Potter, your parents were amazing Aurors, your sister was highly respected and was well on her way to becoming a high ranking auror. You and Marsd-Black are the most talented aurors we've taken on since your sister. The two of you have a combined Death Eater capture count of nearly three hundred, you have led nearly a hundred successful raids and you both have a family. You are both rank eight Aurors, am I right?"

"Yes sir." James said. Moody nodded and turned slightly. James could swear he saw a slight smile on his face.

"April will be getting her letter of congratulations tomorrow." Moody said. "I would like to present you with these." Moody said holding a box in his arms. James looked at Moody rather surprised. "Take them Potter or you won't get permission for this DECO" He said. James rushed forwards and took the box. He opened them to find some robes he wasn't expecting for another few years.

"Rank seven?" James asked, looking at Moody very surprised. Moody clapped him on the shoulder.

"Congratulations Potter. You have an increased wage and you no longer have to get full clearance from your old Mentor for operations such as DECOs. In fact, you no longer need me." Moody said, "As long as you write up a report for each of your operations, and inform a rank two Auror of your operation." James looked at Moody surprised.

"But I'm not that good am I?" James asked Moody. Moody sighed a slightly hoarse sounding sigh.

"Potter. We still have Aurors twice your age who are still at rank eight. Now you and Black, you are the most talented Aurors we have. I wouldn't be surprised if one of you make it to head auror before you're thirty. Now, I believe we have Death Eaters who need taking care of." Moody said gruffly as he took a swig of drink from his hipflask.

"Yeah, I'll go and get a team ready." James said.

"Leave it to me boy, you put on your new robes and then meet us in this office in ten minutes." Moody said. He went past James and opened the door. He left the room and closed the door behind him.

"Yes sir." James said to himself, a smile plastered over his face. He left the office and ran straight to his. He pulled out a piece of parchment and dipped his quill into some ink.

Lily

I have some good news to tell you when I get home. Are you still at home or have you gone to work? I'll see you tonight.

I love you so much

James

James folded it up and looked at his owl, who sat perched in his cage. James gave a whistle and the owl flew over to James.

"Take this to Lily." He said. This was actually April's owl but April and Sirius had leant him to James for a while. The owl hooted and launched himself into the air. James pulled off his robes and got out his new robes. He admired them for a moment before putting on his new robes. There wasn't much difference apart from the fact that the rank VIII robes had a small 8 sewn into the chest of the robes in dark red. It also had a dark red lining. Both of which turned black when out on raids. The rank VII robes had a Purple lining. James couldn't help grinning.

Lily apparated back home and let out a long sigh. She wasn't supposed to go into work but she'd been called back for an emergency operation on a patient. She pulled her hair tie out of her hair and let her long auburn hair fall down her back.

"Harry, Emma." Lily called. They should be asleep, the lack of an answer proved her theory correct. She smiled and went up the stairs and to Harry's room. He was fast asleep on his back with his mouth open slightly. Lily smiled and closed the door then head over to Emma's room. Emma was curled up in her bed cuddling a fairly large soft toy in the shape of a stag. Her window was open and a slight warm summer's breeze blew her curtains slightly. Lily went into the room and closed the window and then put away a muggle toy called a Barbie away. Lily had always hated Barbie but Emma loved it. She bent over and gave Emma a kiss before leaving the room and closing the door behind her. She went into her room and found a note on her bed.

Lily or James

Kids put safely to sleep. Hope you have a fairly peaceful night. I'll talk to you soon.

Molly

Lily looked at the note slightly surprised. Molly had been here? Lily and James normally left the children on their own, they were perfectly fine on their own and they loved it. Unlike Orion and Rhia, who were younger then them, Emma and Harry didn't seem to cause much trouble. Usually they were at their friends houses but today had been one of those occasions where Lily hadn't been able to help it. Everyone had been rather busy and Lily had no other choice. Lily put the note on the dressing table then started to take off her uniform.

"You carry on like that and I'm afraid I can't tell you my good news." Came James' voice from the door. Lily broke into a wide grin and turned around. He was standing in the doorway. Lily was about to go and kiss him when she noticed something different about his robes. James grinned as he saw Lily hesitate.

"Like it?" He asked. Lily raised an eyebrow.

"Your robes are different." She said. James went to Lily and caught her lips in a soft kiss. James kissed the side of Lily's face and then kissed her ear lobe.

"I got promoted." James whispered into her ear. Lily's face broke into a grin and she hugged James.

"Oh my god, that's brilliant. When?" Lily asked.

"Earlier today." James said. "And I've led a successful clean out." He gave Lily a kiss. She pulled away slightly. James' arms stopped her from getting too far away so she leant in them and put her hands on James' chest.

"I like them." She said. James laughed.

"They're not much different to my last robes." James said.

"But they're a nicer colour, look at it!" She said as she looked at the robes. James laughed. Lily smoothed out a few creases and looked like she was getting an idea. "You know what you're going to have to do for me?" Lily asked James. She looked into his eyes. James smiled and looked back.

"What?" He asked, there was some laughter in his voice. Lily slipped free of his arms and went to a radio that was on the dressing table. She tuned it to a radio station playing some songs that she really liked. She turned to James with a mischievous look.

"Strip." She said with a laugh.

"No." James said bluntly. Lily pouted and began to undo her healer's uniform as she walked back to James. He was staring at her with a slight smile.

"Do it or..." Lily tried to think of something to do to James. She took her uniform off so she was literally in her underwear. This caused James to step closer to the bed. She put her arms around James' neck.

"I'll have to compare you to a few other people out there." She said. James bit his lip nervously. He didn't want Lily to go and sleep with other men, he knew she could carry that threat through, there wasn't a lack of men wanting to sleep with her but then, if James did give Lily the pleasure of a striptease he knew that it'd get back to Lily's friends. They all knew about each other's sex lives, it bugged the crap out of Sirius, Remus and James but they couldn't stop the girls at all. Lily removed a few other pieces of clothing so she was ONLY in her underwear. James ran his hands down her back and then nodded.

"But you owe me." James said. Lily clapped her hands and jumped on the bed.

"Yay, I win." She said like a child.

"I can't believe I'm doing this." James muttered with his eyes closed.

"Don't worry, I'll reward you very generously." Lily said with a grin.

"You better." James said as he put the volume of the radio up just a little bit more. Lily stuck her tongue out cheekily and hugged a pillow as James started his striptease.

FINAL DEATH EATERS ROUNDED UP

In a large scale operation last night, the top aurors of the Ministry rounded up the final Death Eaters that have not been caught or convicted for allegiance to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. The leader of the operation was James Potter, recently promoted from Rank VIII to Rank VII. The Death Eaters were found in an underground hide out near Cadover Bridge in Devon. The operation was of small scale but highly successful with only one entrance and therefore one exit. Intelligence was received by the Auror headquarters of this hide out when a young child was allegedly kidnapped and held hostage. The child, who will remain anonymous, is currently back home and recovering from her ordeal with her parents. When we asked James Potter what this operation meant for the wizarding community he told the Prophet this:

"The wizarding community can now heave a sigh of relief. We have interrogated those we have captured and we can safely say that there are no more lairs of Death Eaters. Though there may still be some rogue Death Eaters out there and still several supporters of you know who they will be dealt with appropriately." He announced. It is now safe to say that the wizarding world is now finally at rest and there is peace once again.

A/N:-Ok, I think i'll clear this up, I said i was sick of the story line....not the story. I love writing this story but i really want to get to a few years time where all the kids are a bit more grown up and bit more quirky. Anyway, thts it for this storyline...thank god! I rather liked the thing between JAmes and Lily..the striptease..I'm afraid only Lily will know how James did it and how good a stripper he is...hehe. Next bit of hte story will be like 7-8 months later...I'll put it at the top of the next chappie so don't worry. Hope you liked this chapter...WEASLEYS ROCK!!