Chapter 25: The Order of the Phoenix
Disclaimer: I. DO. NOT. OWN. HARRY. POTTER! RAWR!
When the train arrived back at Hogwarts, everyone got off to go get their belongings. Being tired and the fact that they all had class tomorrow the five friends went up to bed early. Rose was bored and couldn't fall asleep. She closed the curtains around her bed and transformed into a small puppy. She fell asleep in the form of a dog hoping Lavender or Parvati would not try to wake her up in the morning. She doubted they would since they tried everything to steer clear of Hermione, Rose, and Mary.
The next day was Wednesday. Rose unwillingly woke up early so she could have some breakfast before class. Owls zoomed in and to Rose's surprise her owl, Larme flew down towards her. Rose was glad to see her owl. It had been about one month and a half since she had seen her.
"Hey Larme," Rose greeted and took the letter. She opened it and her smile faded quite quickly.
'Miss Lamya,
You and your friends will soon find it of great concern to join the Dark Lord. I am quite sure you do not wish to harm your family.' Rose stopped whoever this was had to be bluffing. They had just left her house yesterday morning. 'You may think I am luring you into a trap. You are deeply mistaken. Your mother and brother are here with me along with Miss Black's parents. Your brother is very funny with his American jokes. Who knew the chicken was so persistent to get across the road. If you wish to see your family have a happy life come down to the forest tonight at eight o' clock pm.
Damien'
"Come on Rose we need to get to Defense against Dark Arts." Mary said interrupting Rose's thoughts.
"I need to go talk to Dumbeldore." Rose said, standing up leaving her breakfast untouched.
"We don't have time, besides you don't know the password to his office." Ron said Rose figured he was right and decided to follow them up to the Defense against Dark Arts classroom.
'I'll ask Professor Lupin after class.' Rose thought.
Rose sat down next to her friends. They had to do boring bookwork that day but since they had spent a week on hands-on material it was more than fair. Her mind was far away from her work, even though she was writing down words her mind was not concentrating on her work. 'Was Damien fibbing?' Rose kept asking herself.
After class Rose told her friends she'd meet them in their next class (Charms) and went up to where Professor Lupin was.
"Err, Professor." Rose said.
"Yes?" Professor Lupin asked.
"I was wondering if you could tell me the password to Dumbeldore's office." Rose half asked.
"Is there any specific reason why"
"I got this letter this morning, it's from a death eater, and he says he's got my parents. I don't know if I should believe him or not." Rose answered handing Lupin the letter.
"The password is Pepper Imps. Although I can tell you right now that he is possibly lying. The fact that he states that your brother told a muggle joke means nothing. Most little kids tell pointless jokes." He reassured.
"Thank you Professor." Rose said and left to go to Charms. 'I'll go talk to Dumbeldore during my free period.' She thought and hurried to catch up with her friends. She reached them a bit out of breath.
"Why'd you stay behind?" Ron asked Rose. Rose caught her breath and muttered,
"Just needed to ask Professor Lupin something," She put on a fake smile and walked into the Charms classroom. Her friends shrugged and followed her in.
Just like during Defense against Dark Arts, Rose's mind was wandering away during this class. After class was over Rose darted out of the classroom and sprinted up to Dumbeldore's office. 'At least I'm getting my daily exercise.' Rose joked lamely trying to get her mind off the serious matter that her family may be in danger.
"Pepper Imps," Rose panted when the gargoyle was in view. It turned to reveal a twisting staircase which Rose ran up taking them two at a time. She knocked on the door to Dumbeldore's office. Dumbeldore let Rose in and said,
"Miss Lamya what brings you here today?"
"This morning I received a letter, from Damien the Death Eater that is after me and Mary. The letter states that he has our family." Rose said.
"May I see this letter?" Dumbeldore asked. Rose pulled the letter out of her bag and handed it to Dumbeldore. "I see no reason to panic. This is clearly a trap but I must say it was very smart of you to come tell me. Most people your age would have taken this situation on their own." Dumbeldore said after he had finished reading the letter.
"What if it isn't a trap though? What if he really has my brother and mother and Mary's parents?" Rose asked she was a bit annoyed at how calm the old man was treating this. As if it was a five-year-olds trick.
"Miss Lamya are you aware of what the Order of the Phoenix is?" Dumbeldore asked.
"No sir." Rose said trying to be polite although she felt like screaming, 'Why the bloody hell should I care? My family may be in danger and you are telling me about some stupid Order of the Phoenix!'
"It is an organization that fights against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. I can send a few members to see if it is a trap or not." Dumbeldore explained. "I will send about three Order members to see but you have to promise that you will not leave the castle tonight."
Rose thought this over for a second smiled a fake smile and said, "Of course I promise." While crossing her fingers behind her back the whole time, "Thanks a lot Professor." She muttered and left his office.
'Pft' she thought, 'Like I'm going to stay inside the castle when my family may be in danger. I'm a Gryffindor after all.' Rose climbed down the staircase and went off to find her friends.
"Rose," Ron looked up from his chess game as Rose walked over.
"Hey guys." She said and plopped down on an armchair.
"Where've you been?" Ron asked.
"I needed to talk to Dumbeldore about something." Rose said plainly and pulled her Charms book out of her bag to start working on her assignment.
"About what?" Mary asked.
"The letter I got this morning during breakfast." Rose stated and pulled out a quill and parchment.
"Oh, what was it about?" Harry asked.
"Damien again, he says he has my mother and Danny." Rose paused and stopped scribbling on the parchment. "And Mary's parents," Mary looked up from the chess game which she was playing against Ron. Rose started writing again faster though.
"What do you mean?" Mary asked. Rose pretended she hadn't heard. "Rose, what do you mean by my parents?" Rose kept writing. "ROSE!" Mary yelled. It was a good thing only 6th years had this class period off, no one was in the common room. Rose sighed and reached into her bag for the third time that day to retrieve the letter which had caused her whole morning to go crazy.
"What did Dumbeldore say about it?" Hermione asked as Mary read the letter.
"He thinks it's a trap." Rose said.
"And you don't?" Ron asked.
"No," Rose said simply.
"You mean to tell me that he is just sitting up there in his office while our family may be in danger?" Mary said teeth grinding.
"Well he said that he would send a few people from this organization called the Order of the Phoenix." Rose said afraid of her friend's anger.
"And what good will they do?" Mary asked angrily.
"As long as Dumbeldore sends some good duelists I'm sure your parents are going to be ok." Harry tried to calm Mary.
After Rose told her friends about the letter no body except Hermione was able to concentrate on school. Mary and Rose eventually decided that they were going to go down to the forest when eight o' clock rang. They didn't care what type of danger they were getting themselves into, they could fight.
So that night at seven thirty PM the two friends went up to the dormitory saying they weren't hungry and put their bags down. Rose turned into a kitten and Mary became invisible and they headed down to the forest. There was no one there, something was wrong. Rose and Mary silently agreed not let their guard down.
There was a snapping of a branch and a few muffled voices. Rose and Mary walked around to find someone they wish they hadn't. Damien.
I am not dead. Sorry for taking forever to update. I now need to finish up the next chapter on "Who am I?" I was looking at some of my other author's notes and I promised a chapter a day, I'm sorry looks like I went back on my promise. I will try one chapter per week but I'm sure that will backfire also. If you need someone to blame, blame honors classes. rolls eyes
Ok now for my reviewers:
StonySilence: LOL ok then, cheerleading yeah…. walks away slowly
Misao, Demon Master: Ah. Well at least you possibly still have chocolate. I am out of chocolate and so I haven't had any for TWO WHOLE WEEKS! Another reason this chapter was late. Erm and I think that is all I can comment on the rest of your review was prattling.
IamSiriusgrl:
Thanks glad you like it.
Arisa-san:
Yes it would be fun if we could fly in basketball. And quite easy.
Sorry for the shortness of the game, I'm not that good at writing
Quidditch matches. I didn't understand your statement "its so
kawaii!" Can you explain? Yes the couples are a bit more serious.
Blame it on my friend who really wanted to see Rose and Ron get
together and err ok blame it on me too because I love writing fluff.
Who told you about the vampire attack? Are you Trelawney in disguise?
australiaman:
Thanks. Those were fun chapters to write, nothing better than
annoying Snape. -D
