Ok this is my first fan fic and I am glad that you all liked the last chapter I am going to try and update at least every other day or sooner so keep the reviews coming!!!

Chapter 2 – settling in

Wendy dusted the soot and dust of her clothes and looked around the kitchen. It was a cavernous room with rough stone walls. "What exactly is the Order of the Phoenix?"

"Its an organisation against Voldemort." Said a man with greying hair and shabby robes. "My name is Remus Lupin." He said extending his hand. Wendy shook it nervously.

"Wendy, Remus is going to explain anything you need to know, I need to go explain the situation to your parents." Said Lillian. All Wendy could do is nod. Her grandmother engaged her in a brief hug before she departed with a crack

"Well, I will get molly to get you settled into your room and then feel free to ask me anything you are unsure of."

"Ok"

They went up the stairs into the living area and Wendy saw many redheaded people.

"This is Wendy and she is going to be staying with us for the rest of the holiday. Wendy this is Molly, Arthur, Bill and Charlie. Wendy is Lillian's granddaughter. "

Molly was a short plump woman with a kind face. Arthur was thin balding man with horn-rimmed glasses. Bill was tall, with long, red hair tied back in a ponytail. He was wearing an earring with a fang hanging from it. Charlie was stocky with a broad, good-natured face covered in freckles.

"Oh welcome dear" said Molly "why don't I take you up stairs and get you settled in, you can share a room with Hermione and Ginny." Wendy nodded. "Where's Albus?" asked Arthur. "They had to have a emergency teachers meeting at the school," replied Lupin.

Wendy followed Molly up the dark and dingy stairs with her suitcase. They reached the landing and Molly knocked on a door and then opened it.

"Come on dear don't be shy." Wendy followed her into the bedroom. There she saw three people. A tall and gangly looking boy with bright red hair and a face splattered with freckles. A short, slim girl with red hair and another girl who was also slim but had very bushy brown hair.

Molly went over to a space near the window and conjured a bed with her wand. If Wendy hadn't have seen her grandmother fix the door back at her house she thought she might have fainted.

"This is Wendy, she is going to be spending the rest of the holidays with us." Repeating what Remus had told her down stairs. "This is Ron, Ginny and Hermione."

"Hi" Wendy said nervously

"Hi" they chanted.

"Be nice to her you three and don't let Fred and George bother her." She told them sternly.

"So what brings you here?" asked Hermione politely, as Molly left the room.

"My house was attacked by some lord," she said in her strong Belfast accent.

"You were attacked by Voldemort?" Ron and Ginny flinched.

"Yeah I think that was his name," she said as she sat down on the newly conjured bed.

"Bloody hell" exclaimed Ron "was anybody hurt?"

"No, people arrived at my house whenever he came through the door and sent these rays of light across the room towards them. Then this old man showed up and said that he would resort to his wand if they didn't leave."

"Dumbledore" said Ginny at once.

"And now my granny is telling me that I am a witch." They looked at her when she said this.

"You didn't know you were a witch?"

"No, I only got told this about a half hour ago."

"Its ok being a witch, I mean we are." Said Hermione

"Yeah I'm a wizard." Said Ron

They talked about random things for the next hour before Molly came in and told them all to go to bed. Wendy went to sleep thinking that maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing, being a witch. She remembered Ginny saying that there would be a surprise party for someone who was arriving tomorrow she distinctly remembered that his name was Harry.