Standing outside was Molly and Arthur Weasley. "Hello!" said Lily hugging
the new arrivals.
"We would have come by floo powder, but we didn't know if you'd be connected to the network or not, since you just moved into Godric's Hollow last month," Molly explained as Lily led them into the living room where James, Sirius and Dumbledore were seated.
"We got connected just about two weeks ago," said Lily closing the drapes so her neighbors wouldn't see her magically draw up extra chairs. She motioned for Molly and Arthur to have a seat and glared at James signaling that he should take their coats up stairs.
The fireplace on the other end of the room glowed and in a flash a man with a silly hat in his arms. He stepped out, bowed to everyone present in the room and put the hat on his head. "Ah, Elphias Doge, nice of you to join us," said Dumbledore getting up to shake his hand. Dumbledore introduced Elphias to everyone in the room and offered him a seat.
There was a loud crack that echoed in the kitchen announcing that someone had just apparated. "Hello? Anyone here?" called Remus' voice.
"In the living room, Moony," James called to him.
Remus came into the room and said his hellos. "Peter is going to be late..."
"We know," said James cutting him off and jumping up to take his coat up stairs.
"This is a nice house, too bad you have to live next to muggles," Remus sighed.
"Yes, I had to teach James how to use all of the muggle appliances before we moved in so they wouldn't get suspicious. That was a hard task," Lily laughed getting up to give Remus a hug.
The fire place started to glow again emitting Frank and Alice Longbottom. "Frank, Alice, nice of you to join us," said Dumbledore. "Have a seat."
Frank and Alice sat down next to Dumbledore and the Weasleys. "Looks like we are going to need some more chairs," said Lily conjuring up some more.
There were several more cracks echoing from the different areas of the house. Moody came from up stairs, Edgar Bones came from the coat closet rubbing his head and hanging up the coats that fell, Sturgis Podmore came from the kitchen, Aberforth Dumbledore came from the corner of the living room, Dorcas Meadows landed on an empty chair next to Alice Longbottom causing her to jump with fright and scream, and Benjy Fenwick strolled out of the cellar. They all gathered into the living room and sat down murmuring their hellos and introducing themselves to one another.
Everyone was talking merrily until there was a loud knock on the front door. James jumped up accompanied by Sirius to open it. They each had their hands in their pockets ready to pull out their wands if they were needed. James opened the door and sighed with relief. It was only Hagrid. Hagrid was half giant which explained the loud knock. "Come on in Hagrid," said James smiling and offering to take his coat.
Hagrid ducked into the door way and tossed his coat in to James' arms causing his knees to buckle under the weight. "Nice ter see yah again James. I haven't seen you since yer big day. So where are we all meeting?" he asked in his deep voice.
Sirius led the way into the living room and Lily drew up a chair to support his weight. Hagrid sat down and said hello to everyone. Dumbledore stood up and counted how many people were present. "Sixteen including me that should be enough, we can get started," he said.
Everyone in the room come to order and all eyes went to Dumbledore. "I hope that you all have been keeping up with the Daily Prophet because that is why we are having this meeting. Does anyone need to be filled in?" he asked.
"I do," said Dedalus Diggle who had just arrived through the fire place.
"Just in time as usual, Dedalus, we have just started the meeting," said Dumbledore drawing up yet another chair.
"Ah yes, I suppose we are discussing the articles in the prophet," he said sitting himself down next to Remus.
Just then a new wave of people came in. Dumbledore sighed, "Let's wait for our new arrivals to get situated."
Lily was reminded of her snacks that she had prepared and ran into the kitchen to get them. There she saw Marlene McKinnon dusting herself off. "Ah, Lily," she said straightening up.
"Yes, how are you Marlene?" Lily asked pulling everything out of the fridge.
"I am good, let me give you a hand," she offered seeing Lily struggle with all of the bowls and plates. The two brought the snacks into the living room and set them on the table. Sirius jumped into the table as soon the cookies were put down, snatching five. There were some other new arrivals that had seated them selves in the room. They were Caradoc Dearborn, Emmeline Vance, and Gideon Prewett.
"No sign of Peter yet?" Lily sighed. It was typical of Peter to be late, he always had something going on now a days.
Everyone shook their head. "Well let's get started," said Dumbledore looking frustrated. "Everyone is here except for Peter, so we can start. Now have all of you been keeping up with the prophet story?" he asked.
Everyone nodded murmuring "Yes," or "Absolutely horrible." "Good, good, now does anyone have a guess as to how this is being done?" Dumbledore asked smiling.
Again there were many head shakes, although Frank Longbottom spoke up, "The unforgivable curses. If you read the article about the Elophens it states that they had an expression of unbearable pain on their faces. This suggests that before they were killed they were under the Cruciatus Curse."
"That was exactly the conclusion that the Potters, Mr. Black, and I came to before you all arrived," said Dumbledore.
"Please, call me Sirius," said Sirius, he couldn't stand being called by his last name.
"Right, sorry Sirius. Let's continue. Does anyone else have any ideas?" Dumbledore questioned.
Emmeline spoke up, "Well it is possible that they were killed by physical means, but the wounds were covered up."
"Very good, that was the other way that I was thinking of. The unforgivable curses and magical cover up were the two possibilities that I came up with. Are there any more?" Dumbledore said happy that they were coming up with the answers he was. This was going to be a good defense group against the new arising power.
They shook their heads. "Good, very well. So now here comes my next question, how many of you believe that there is a new rising power?" he asked. He wasn't surprised at the looks of shock and fear that he received; in fact he would have been worried if they hadn't reacted that way.
"What do you mean a new rising power? Are we going to go through a dark age or something? Is there going to be a wizarding world war or something?" panicked Benjy Fenwick.
"There is always the possibility. That is why we are all here tonight. If there is a power that is rising we need to protect each other and not be fooled by the new power," said Dumbledore calmly.
Lupin also looked calm, "What Dumbledore is trying to say is that we all agree to fight the evil before it gets to strong," he said looking over at Dumbledore with raised eyebrows.
"Well of course we are going to stop it! We can do it especially if we start now!" said Edgar Bones pounding his fist on the table.
"Well now Mr. Bones, lets not be too hasty, we don't even know who it is that is causing this mayhem. We need to find out who it is with out any one finding out about us. Sturgis?" said Dumbledore looking over at Sturgis Podmore. "Stand up please."
Sturgis stood up, "Yes Albus?" he asked.
"Everyone, this is Sturgis, the famous black market dealer. If he feels up to it, I am going to entrust him on the mission of finding out who is behind it all. Does anyone volunteer to help him out?" said Dumbledore.
"I will," said Peter walking into the living room.
A/N- Again sorry for a short chapter! I am writing on and off and posting at any suspenseful break in the story (hehehehe) aren't I mean. Even though I am still no where near finishing the story I have already come up with the last sentence. I made sure that I was going to be able to write a sequal from Sirius' point of view picking up where this story leaves off, but in the end writing a sequal comes down to the reviews, so tell your Harry Potter loving friends about me! LOL!!
Disclaimer-I own nothing related to Harry Potter. They belong to J.K. Rowling.
"We would have come by floo powder, but we didn't know if you'd be connected to the network or not, since you just moved into Godric's Hollow last month," Molly explained as Lily led them into the living room where James, Sirius and Dumbledore were seated.
"We got connected just about two weeks ago," said Lily closing the drapes so her neighbors wouldn't see her magically draw up extra chairs. She motioned for Molly and Arthur to have a seat and glared at James signaling that he should take their coats up stairs.
The fireplace on the other end of the room glowed and in a flash a man with a silly hat in his arms. He stepped out, bowed to everyone present in the room and put the hat on his head. "Ah, Elphias Doge, nice of you to join us," said Dumbledore getting up to shake his hand. Dumbledore introduced Elphias to everyone in the room and offered him a seat.
There was a loud crack that echoed in the kitchen announcing that someone had just apparated. "Hello? Anyone here?" called Remus' voice.
"In the living room, Moony," James called to him.
Remus came into the room and said his hellos. "Peter is going to be late..."
"We know," said James cutting him off and jumping up to take his coat up stairs.
"This is a nice house, too bad you have to live next to muggles," Remus sighed.
"Yes, I had to teach James how to use all of the muggle appliances before we moved in so they wouldn't get suspicious. That was a hard task," Lily laughed getting up to give Remus a hug.
The fire place started to glow again emitting Frank and Alice Longbottom. "Frank, Alice, nice of you to join us," said Dumbledore. "Have a seat."
Frank and Alice sat down next to Dumbledore and the Weasleys. "Looks like we are going to need some more chairs," said Lily conjuring up some more.
There were several more cracks echoing from the different areas of the house. Moody came from up stairs, Edgar Bones came from the coat closet rubbing his head and hanging up the coats that fell, Sturgis Podmore came from the kitchen, Aberforth Dumbledore came from the corner of the living room, Dorcas Meadows landed on an empty chair next to Alice Longbottom causing her to jump with fright and scream, and Benjy Fenwick strolled out of the cellar. They all gathered into the living room and sat down murmuring their hellos and introducing themselves to one another.
Everyone was talking merrily until there was a loud knock on the front door. James jumped up accompanied by Sirius to open it. They each had their hands in their pockets ready to pull out their wands if they were needed. James opened the door and sighed with relief. It was only Hagrid. Hagrid was half giant which explained the loud knock. "Come on in Hagrid," said James smiling and offering to take his coat.
Hagrid ducked into the door way and tossed his coat in to James' arms causing his knees to buckle under the weight. "Nice ter see yah again James. I haven't seen you since yer big day. So where are we all meeting?" he asked in his deep voice.
Sirius led the way into the living room and Lily drew up a chair to support his weight. Hagrid sat down and said hello to everyone. Dumbledore stood up and counted how many people were present. "Sixteen including me that should be enough, we can get started," he said.
Everyone in the room come to order and all eyes went to Dumbledore. "I hope that you all have been keeping up with the Daily Prophet because that is why we are having this meeting. Does anyone need to be filled in?" he asked.
"I do," said Dedalus Diggle who had just arrived through the fire place.
"Just in time as usual, Dedalus, we have just started the meeting," said Dumbledore drawing up yet another chair.
"Ah yes, I suppose we are discussing the articles in the prophet," he said sitting himself down next to Remus.
Just then a new wave of people came in. Dumbledore sighed, "Let's wait for our new arrivals to get situated."
Lily was reminded of her snacks that she had prepared and ran into the kitchen to get them. There she saw Marlene McKinnon dusting herself off. "Ah, Lily," she said straightening up.
"Yes, how are you Marlene?" Lily asked pulling everything out of the fridge.
"I am good, let me give you a hand," she offered seeing Lily struggle with all of the bowls and plates. The two brought the snacks into the living room and set them on the table. Sirius jumped into the table as soon the cookies were put down, snatching five. There were some other new arrivals that had seated them selves in the room. They were Caradoc Dearborn, Emmeline Vance, and Gideon Prewett.
"No sign of Peter yet?" Lily sighed. It was typical of Peter to be late, he always had something going on now a days.
Everyone shook their head. "Well let's get started," said Dumbledore looking frustrated. "Everyone is here except for Peter, so we can start. Now have all of you been keeping up with the prophet story?" he asked.
Everyone nodded murmuring "Yes," or "Absolutely horrible." "Good, good, now does anyone have a guess as to how this is being done?" Dumbledore asked smiling.
Again there were many head shakes, although Frank Longbottom spoke up, "The unforgivable curses. If you read the article about the Elophens it states that they had an expression of unbearable pain on their faces. This suggests that before they were killed they were under the Cruciatus Curse."
"That was exactly the conclusion that the Potters, Mr. Black, and I came to before you all arrived," said Dumbledore.
"Please, call me Sirius," said Sirius, he couldn't stand being called by his last name.
"Right, sorry Sirius. Let's continue. Does anyone else have any ideas?" Dumbledore questioned.
Emmeline spoke up, "Well it is possible that they were killed by physical means, but the wounds were covered up."
"Very good, that was the other way that I was thinking of. The unforgivable curses and magical cover up were the two possibilities that I came up with. Are there any more?" Dumbledore said happy that they were coming up with the answers he was. This was going to be a good defense group against the new arising power.
They shook their heads. "Good, very well. So now here comes my next question, how many of you believe that there is a new rising power?" he asked. He wasn't surprised at the looks of shock and fear that he received; in fact he would have been worried if they hadn't reacted that way.
"What do you mean a new rising power? Are we going to go through a dark age or something? Is there going to be a wizarding world war or something?" panicked Benjy Fenwick.
"There is always the possibility. That is why we are all here tonight. If there is a power that is rising we need to protect each other and not be fooled by the new power," said Dumbledore calmly.
Lupin also looked calm, "What Dumbledore is trying to say is that we all agree to fight the evil before it gets to strong," he said looking over at Dumbledore with raised eyebrows.
"Well of course we are going to stop it! We can do it especially if we start now!" said Edgar Bones pounding his fist on the table.
"Well now Mr. Bones, lets not be too hasty, we don't even know who it is that is causing this mayhem. We need to find out who it is with out any one finding out about us. Sturgis?" said Dumbledore looking over at Sturgis Podmore. "Stand up please."
Sturgis stood up, "Yes Albus?" he asked.
"Everyone, this is Sturgis, the famous black market dealer. If he feels up to it, I am going to entrust him on the mission of finding out who is behind it all. Does anyone volunteer to help him out?" said Dumbledore.
"I will," said Peter walking into the living room.
A/N- Again sorry for a short chapter! I am writing on and off and posting at any suspenseful break in the story (hehehehe) aren't I mean. Even though I am still no where near finishing the story I have already come up with the last sentence. I made sure that I was going to be able to write a sequal from Sirius' point of view picking up where this story leaves off, but in the end writing a sequal comes down to the reviews, so tell your Harry Potter loving friends about me! LOL!!
Disclaimer-I own nothing related to Harry Potter. They belong to J.K. Rowling.