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The doors of the Great Hall shut with a bang, and Jade felt a chill go down her spine as she heard Ophelia giggle quietly at something Remus said.

If only she knew.

"We will meet together, at least once a month, in the school until a proper place can be found. Never speak to any of the students if you see them, act as though you cannot, even if you knew them while you studied here. It may seem rude but this is what will be done. Now, we have people here from a variety of different areas in the field so that's one advantage we have.

"Basically what we're going to do is share information we have on the actions and whereabouts of Voldemort and his supporters so we can try to stop attacks before they happen and help the Ministry by catching Death Eaters."

There was a general murmur of consent around the group of almost thirty.

"Come, let me show you where we will hold our meetings. Whenever there is to be one, I want you all to come straight here. Do not linger, our students are not stupid, and if the wrong student sees you, it may cost you your life."

Peter Petigrew gave a slight gulp that Jade barely heard.

Dumbledore led them out of the Great Hall and up the main staircase, down that main hall, up two more flights of stars and down more corridors, until they were in an ill-lit area of the school which Jade had never ventured through.

"Where are we?" She whispered to Sirius.

"I have no idea. I didn't realize this castle was so huge!"

"What happened to the Mauraders' map?"

"We were more concerned with finding ways to sneak out of the school. And in finding rooms like the Room of Requirement." Sirius whispered in Jade's ear.

She blushed slightly and fought to conceal a smile.

After about twenty minutes, they went up an iron spiral staircase that led to one door with no handle or knob. On the right-hand side of the frame there was a small engraving of a Phoenix. Dumbledore touched this and it glowed silver for a second, before the door opened to reveal a golden circular room with a glass dome roof in which sunlight was bursting through.

"Nice." Said Ophelia out loud.

"Welcome to the Order Of the Phoenix's temporary Headquarters." dumbledore beckoned them inside where Jade noticed that there was a white table in the middle of it with chairs all around it.

"Very nice." Ophelia added. "I wonder why we never had classes here?"

"Well, it wouldn't be a secret-council room if everyone knew about it, would it?" Dumbledore responded, smiling.

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"We will have this room as our meeting place from now on. Really, we need to find a suitable area outside of Hogwarts, I do not want to endanger the Students of this school further." Dumbledore said. "So, everyone take a seat, and let us begin."

Everyone sat down and looked expectantly at Dumbledore. Jade noticed, for the first time, that McGonagal was sitting beside him.

"So, now, we will start by having Aurors talk about their plans and any tips they may have on Death Eater action. We also need to write up a list of people who could potentially be involved with the Death Eaters."

He sat silent for a moment before a harsh voice broke the silence.

"Alrigh' I'll start."

Jade almost jumped when she looked at the man who had spoken. His somewhat messy brown hair was slightly grizzled and he had quite a few scars on his face. But what really shocked Jade was that one of his eyes was brown, the other was an electric blue that was swiveling constantly around his socket, even to the back of his head.

Jade tore her gaze away from him as quickly as possible, she didn't want to seem rude.

"Some one get a quill and parchment out an' write this down."

McGonagal had already done this and nodded to him for him to start.

"Alrigh'. Now there's about fifty Death Eaters, and more people are trying' to join. But the dark one will only take the best, see. So tha's why there are so few of 'em righ' now. But that don't mean he ain't still got o'hundred o' followers, they just ain't as privileged. Now, I know for sure that McNair, Malfoy, Karoroff, and the Thiballs couple are up there in the ranks. I also have reason to believe the LeStrange couple have some role in this as well as..."

"Who?" Ophelia asked, a look of pure admiration on her face.

"Barty Crouch Jr."

"No!" cried Professor McGonagal. "Moody, you can't be serious?"

"O' course I am. I know it doesn't seem likely but there's just somethin' I don't like about the kid. Shifty eyes. An' two weeks ago I showed up at the scene of a crime: muggle killed at random. An' I saw him down the road.

'Wrong place, wrong time' was the excuse he gave me. Well, I said 'Just the same, I'd like to see your wand.' and, the littl' weasel handed me the wand after he said 'Lumous and bent down to 're-tie his shoe'! So I couldn' even check what spell he had done last! Maybe he's not a Death Eater but he's still doin' somethin' he shouldn' be." Growled Moody.

"I see." said Dumbledore.

"Can that eye see through the back of your head?" Ophelia asked suddenly.

"Yes."

"Cool!"

"Very useful this is, especially when your enemies are trying to sneak up behind you."