flashback

"Miss Sapphire, your detention record is awful." A disappointed Dumbledore stared at her behind his half moon glasses.

"Yes, sir." She mumbled. Being scolded at was one thing. Being scolded at by the Headmaster was another.

"As for Professor Umbridge…" Jillian covered her hand tighter, "She's from the ministry, Jillian. Remember that…" He said.

"So?"

"The ministry is different now… If you mess with her, Miss Sapphire, she'll ruin your life. Not only yours…"

"But my dad's." Jillian supplied for him. Jillian's dad worked for the ministry, and the last time she checked, he liked his job. Jillian might have the power to make Umbridge's life hell at Hogwarts, but Umbridge could make her entire family's life hell.

"I promise I won't upset Professor Umbridge anymore." Jillian said solemnly. She stared at the back of her left hand as she said that. In a mess of scars and scabs she could read, "I will not misbehave in school."

"Just Professor Umbridge?" Dumbledore asked with smile. "At least you make promises you won't break."

That was Jillian Sapphire's first experience with the war.

end flashback

"This isn't about the prank… is it?" She said flatly.

"No, not really, Miss Sapphire. The prank… just reminded me of something." He goes to a bookshelf and pulls out a big grey book.

"Remind you of what? The Weasley Twins?" She asked sarcastically.

"No…" Dumbledore handed the book over to Jillian. "Your great-grandfather."

"You knew my great-grandfather?" She asked, nearly dropping the book.

"Yes, I did. I didn't know him when he was younger… but when I meet him he was a lively young man, always quick with a joke. He said he was quite the pranker when he was a school boy. Well, it was tough times then, with Grindelwald around. Your great-grandfather helped a lot then. He lost the immaturity and then… he helped to lead to the events of Gridelwald's defeat."

"But he died doing that, didn't he?" Jillian said.

"Yes, but that's beside the point. Your great-grandfather was somewhat powerful. He was a great for his time. He could keep the spirits positive, but he was smart at the same time. He was the only Sapphire Ravenclaw of his time. He was also good at Charms and healing… and excelled at Ancient Magic." He sighed.

"And you are saying…" Jillian asked, confused about what Dumbledore was getting at.

"You just resemble him. Too much, in fact… Has everyone ever told you you're only the second Sapphire to become a Ravenclaw?" Dumbledore asked.

"Many times." Jillian suddenly got the point. "Are you saying… that I'm like him… and have the…" She stopped.

"Yes, Miss Sapphire. I believe you have the powers of Timothy Sapphire." He paused for a minute. "You should read that book in your hand… it was his notebook. He wrote a lot in the journal."

"No kidding…" She said, eyeing the size of the book. "Is that all you wanted to tell me? That I have powers?"

Dumbledore sighed. He wanted her to understand the significance of these powers. But she will learn, just like Timothy Sapphire did.

"That's not all, Miss Sapphire… have you ever heard of the Order of the Phoenix?"

"The what?"

"The Order… An organization against Voldemort." Jillian shuddered. "Your father recently joined… and so will you. You'll go to it soon… Skylark will bring you there."

"Sky's in it?" Jillian asked.

"Yes." Dumbledore said. He started getting up. "I think that's all, Miss Sapphire. If you have any more questions…"

"I'm fine, sir." Jillian said quietly. She got up and headed to the door.

"And Miss Sapphire… Welcome to the Order."

That was Jillian's second experience with war. And it went downhill from there.

AN: Sorry for not updating sooner. I've been busy and/or had writers block. Sorry if this chapter is so boring… but it's necessary. Next chapter (for all who are in my RP groups) will be about May's RP groups….

Harpy: Sorry if it's confusing… it's mostly meant for me to have my RP events mapped out. Or at least since April, since that's when I started my main plot for Jillian.

Kefer: You're in around August… sorry. Still got a few chapters to go… but lucky for you July is nothing… since I RPed nothing in July. Unless I wrote about being unconscious for 3 weeks.

Maybe next chapter will come sooner… sorry!