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Chapter 14—The Order, and Lily's News
"James Potter." A deep voice inside the room called. Sirius gave James a reassuring smile as James got up and walked inside the room. He was at his Auror testing. He wanted be able to go into the training program.
"It says here you are age 21, graduated from Hogwarts with top marks, received O's on your NEWTS and currently live with your wife, Miss Evans and friends from school. Is that correct?" James didn't recognize the man but nodded.
"Yes, sir." He answered.
"Excellent, now please perform everything you remember from your Defense Against the Dark Arts NEWTS test." The man instructed. James remembered a lot, most of it in fact. He thought he performed everything correctly. After doing the same for Charms and Transfiguration, he was free to go.
"Please fill this out and turn it into the front desk, Mr. Potter. You will be notified by next week if you made the training program." He told him. James said a quick thank-you and left. Sirius, Remus, Katie, Teresa and Lily were all gone, so James assumed they were in the other testing rooms. He sat alone at a table to fill out a sheet. It wasn't long before Remus joined him, followed closely by Sirius. They sat in silence, filling out the form and turning it in at the desk. Sirius breathed a huge sigh of relief as they sat back down, waiting for the ladies to finish. They came out shortly after, filled out their forms and left the building. James took Lily's hand into his as they walked down the sidewalk.
"How do you think you did?" He asked her.
"Alright. I mean, I don't know if I'll get accepted. I think you have to be like, a genius to be accepted when you're 20." She told him.
"Well, a lot of people have gotten in, Lily." Remus added. She didn't respond, thinking it would only make her more hopeful.
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"J. Potter, L. Potter, Black, Lupin, Shelley (Katie), and Sierra (Teresa) please enter Room 2." The director of the Auror training program called out. James grabbed Lily's hand as he stood up.
"I wonder why they want us together, don't they usually do this individually?" Lily wondered aloud. James shrugged as he opened the door. They saw two men and a woman sitting at a table, with six chairs surrounding it. The woman smiled, "Please sit down." She motioned to the chairs and everyone sat down. "First off, any questions?" One man asked.
"Um, yes, sir." Lily spoke up. "If you don't mind my asking, why are we doing this all together?" She asked, trying to be as polite as possible.
"Not at all, Mrs. Potter." He replied. Wow, they seem really nice, Lily thought, but she didn't like the 'Mrs. Potter' part, she though it made her sound old. "We have the same information for all of you and thought it would be better to do this together." He told her. She nodded in a nervous response and James gave her hand a comforting squeeze under the table.
"Now, first of all, we would like to congratulate you because you all made the Auror training program." The other man told them. All six grinned.
"Thank you so much." Katie spoke up for all of them. The people smiled and one looked down at his paper after.
"We also would like to ask you something. Have any of you ever heard of the Order of the Phoenix?" He asked them. They all nodded, since it was dark times, they knew about it.
"Did you ever have any interest in joining it?" The woman spoke up.
"I thought about it a lot. It's a great thing to find against the dark side." James told them. Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"Before you answer, we want to make sure you know the risks. Obviously you will fight You-Know-Who and his followers, which can cause great accidents. They know spells even some of the greatest and oldest wizards have yet to know. But being a member of the Order will earn you a ton of respect but responsibility and keeping secrets. It can also put you in terrible danger. Although, we do hope you join because you are all very intelligent and young witches and wizards." They filled them in. The room was silent for a while before Sirius spoke up.
"I'll join." He said firmly. There was still silence but the woman spoke up.
"Are you sure, Mr. Black?" She asked. Sirius nodded.
"Yep." He said calmly. The woman handed him a piece of parchment and Sirius read through it. He drew out a quill and ink and signed his name.
"Give me that." Remus answered. He read through and signed it, without questions from the directors. James took it without speaking, looked at Lily and read and signed it also. Eventually, all six of them signed it, feeling nervous but confident (a/n—I know that sounds weird but I couldn't think of something else.)
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A month after they all agreed to join the Order, James and Lily were hanging around the apartment. Everyone was out for lunch, but James and Lily wanted time alone.
"James?" Lily asked.
"Yeah?" He turned to face her. She took a deep breath. "Baby, you okay?" He looked concerned. She smiled and nodded.
"What is it then?" He asked. Lily smiled at him, then looked down.
"We're having a baby." She looked back up at him. James's jaw dropped and he grinned. He pulled Lily up off the couch, picked her up and swung her around, laughing. He set her down and kissed her sweetly.
"I'm so happy." Lily smiled again.
"Me too." James said and kissed her forehead. She looked up at him.
"For the record, I love you." She said.
"Funny, I was just going to say the same." James replied. Lily kissed him again. She loved him so much and they were going to have a baby.
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Lily was three month's pregnant so it was starting to be noticeable. Obviously everyone Sirius, Remus, Teresa and Katie knew.
Finally, it was time for their first official Order meeting. They had stopped by at one but they had not really officially joined yet.
"Hey, I was thinking that we should apparate to Kings Cross and take the Hogwarts Express to the school. They have a train for the Order members since you can't apparate to Hogwarts." James told them. Everyone nodded in agreement and apparated to the train station. Lily grabbed James's hand as they both apparated, walked through the barrier and onto the train. Lily's eyes got all watery as they sat in a compartment. James put his arm around her shoulders and gave her a squeeze.
"Hey, you okay?" He asked her. She nodded.
"Yeah, I just miss Hogwarts and someday we'll see our child getting on here." She smiled through her tears.
"I know, Lily, and it'll be great." James wiped away a falling tear and kissed the top of her head. She giggled as she lay her head on his shoulder.
"I'm acting like a kid, but I'm 20, almost 21!" She said. Everyone laughed with them. (a/n—I know 21's a little young for a baby but work with me here, okay? haha thanks)
The rest of the train ride was uneventful, besides Sirius and James cracking jokes like old times. The train pulled into Hogsmeade and they got off and followed other members into the castle and to the Great Hall. A table for about 30 was set up, with Dumbledore at the end, smiling brightly as everyone sat down. "Welcome everyone, and our new members." He added, nodding to James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, Katie and Teresa. "We would like to give a special welcome to James and Lily Potter—." There was a lot of applause, as everyone who used to know them as teens never thought they'd be married. "—and to Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Katie Shelley and Teresa Sierra." Everyone clapped for them. "They have all already signed the contract, taken the oath and made the promises needed." Dumbledore finished. Lily smiled at him. "Ah, it's so different to see all six of you not being students." Dumbledore added and everyone laughed.
"Anyway, down to business. Alastor, do you have information from your mission?" Dumbledore faced Moody. (Non-Mad-Eye yet)
"Yes, sir. I found that some vampires have joined Voldemort's forces. There are, however some who decided against the dark side. Dumbledore nodded.
"I figured so. Voldemort is at his strongest point right now and most people and creatures are afraid of him and decided to join him, rather than be killed." He told them.
"But won't he kill a lot of them anyway?" A squeaky voice spoke up. James recognized it as Peter Pettigrew, an old Gryffindor he never paid much attention to. (major a/n—I wasn't planning on putting Peter in this story cause I hate him but I was stupid and didn't realize I'd need to use him later...sorry!!!)
"Ah, Peter, you do have a point there but if they are very faithful he might spare them." Dumbledore answered. James wondered how on earth Peter was asked to be in the Order. He put it aside and listened carefully. "Mr. Black, have you heard any news of your family?" Dumbledore asked. Sirius's expression darkened but he answered anyway.
"No, but I'm sure the whole lot of them will be Death Eaters, the gits." He said moodily. Katie patted his arm and looked at Dumbledore.
"I haven't heard from my parents since I moved into the apartment almost a year ago. I know they aren't in the Order but they aren't with V-Voldemort either. Will they be in danger, even though we are pureblood?" She asked, worriedly.
"Ms. Shelley, all families are in danger but pure-bloods not as much. But I would take extreme caution. You too, Ms. Sierra and Mr. Lupin." Dumbledore answered. Everyone nodded, not feeling as if they wanted to say anything.
"I have found out that Voldemort is after something, but do not know what yet. I'm trying to figure out, but no one knows except him and his followers." Everyone sat in silence, thinking.
"What if it's something hidden, that only someone like him can retrieve?" Lily thought of suddenly.
"That is indeed a possibility, Lily. Only we need to find out what it could be." Dumbledore told her.
"I think we will end it there for today, but if you find out any new information and updates, please don't hesitate to alert me." He finished and stood up. Everyone else did so too and said good-bye to other people.
"Let's floo home, okay?" James told them. They walked to the Gryffindor common room, wanting to use that fireplace. The Fat Lady knew they were Order member's so after welcoming them back and saying it was great to see them, she let them in. There were only a few students in the common room, but they smiled when they saw them. A seventh year girl approached them (she was a fourth year when they left). "Hey Lily!" She grinned. Lily smiled, she always helped Amanda in all her classes. Amanda took a good look at her and became wide eyed. "Lily! You're pregnant!" She realized. Lily laughed and nodded. "I'm so sorry Amanda, but I have to get back." Lily gave her a hug and since James just left by floo, she did the same and landed on the apartment floor. She felt James pull her up.
"C'mon, Lil, let's go to bed." He said. They said good-night to everyone else and walked to bed, thinking of everything that happened in the meeting and also thinking about the baby.
Authors note—Hope this isn't weird...I also hope you like it! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!