Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the characters and alas, not even the universe. Immense praise goes to JKR who does own this and who created it. I'm merely sharing what I think should/may happen inside her universe while we wait to see what really does.

The clan turned and headed up the stairs lead by Harry, who was still deep in thought, to the attic where they would discuss everything that needed discussing. From what the Order did and didn't know to what they needed and didn't need to know. They would go over it all. It was the first time Harry talked so freely for so long to so many people. What he didn't know was that Remus was listening and contemplating how to raise Harry for the rest of his life. Remus was going to ensure there was a 'rest of his life' to take care of if it was the last thing he did!

It was a few days after Harry arrived at Headquarters when a meeting of the Order was called. When Dumbledore arrived Harry had been sitting in the kitchen talking with Remus and Professor McGonagall about classes.

"I'm not really sure what I want to do. I know I told you I want to be an auror, but I'm not sure I'll want to do that once everything is said and over with," Harry was telling them.

"Mr. Potter, I don't understand what you mean. You won't be directly in the line of fighting during this war if I can help it, so why wouldn't you want to be an auror?" McGonagall asked him confused. As soon as se said this, Harry and Remus paled and Harry looked up at Dumbledore his anger beginning to rise.

"You mean you don't know? He hasn't told you?" Harry asked, looking between Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall.

"Harry," Lupin said, "calm down. I'm sure there was a reason he hasn't told everyone else yet. Hopefully in the near future he will though."

"Harry," Dumbledore spoke, oblivious to the conversation around him, "I'm afraid I must ask you to leave. The Order is about to meet down here."

"I'm not going anywhere," Harry said in cold, firm voice.

"Harry – you're underage, how can you expect me to allow you participate in the Order?" Dumbledore asked in a tired drawn out voice.

"Headmaster, I am his guardian and I will allow him to remain in the meetings, but not necessarily join the Order. I think Harry needs to know what is going on. I also think he wants to talk to you about something," Lupin said in a calm voice. He gave the Headmaster a strained smile and turned back to Harry.

"Harry, I think you are ready to join, but I don't think anyone else in here is ready to allow you to join. I want you to bring up the letter and the prophecy tonight during the meeting, alright?" Lupin asked Harry in an undertone so no one else heard him. He was tired of secrets and half lies, he wanted answers and he was sure that Harry did as well.

People began filtering in, throwing odd glances at Harry. In the past few days, Harry and Remus had been talking, not about anything recent, but getting to know each other better. Once everyone was present, Dumbledore began the meeting.

"I would like to thank you all for coming and before we start I would like to know if anyone has anything they wished to discuss," Dumbledore asked, regretting the words the moment they were out of his mouth.

Harry looked up at the Headmaster and in a determined voice said, "I do. I wanted to discuss why no one in this room apart from Remus and Tonks know the contents of the prophecy. I want to know why I was sent to live with the Dursleys, for my own protection, when my parents specifically stated that was not to happen. I want to know who my godmother is."

Everyone in the room was stunned at what Harry had said. No one knew half of what he was talking about. Dumbledore looked at Harry and knew he had to tell him, he also knew he had to tell the Order everything.

"Harry, are you sure you want to do this now?" Dumbledore asked, looking directly at Harry hoping that explaining this would put an end to the rift that had developed between the two of them.

"I'm sure Headmaster. And by the way, my guardian and I agree that although this may lead to helping us communicate better it will not fully mend all that has been done," Harry said.

"Harry, I thought Dumbledore was your guardian?" Mrs. Weasley asked with a confused expression.

"Dumbledore is not my guardian, but Lupin is. Dumbledore no longer has my trust and therefore I cannot have him as my guardian. He's withheld too much for me to trust him, and I'm afraid that due to resent events I can no longer except his judgment on most matters either," Harry said his eyes boring directly into Professor Dumbledore's.

Dumbledore cleared his throat, immediately everyone's attention was back on him. "I believe I have some explaining to do," he began. "As many of you know, Sibyll Trelawney is the divination teacher at Hogwarts. Many of you consider her a down-right fraud, and most of the time I am inclined to agree with you. But, what many of you don't know is that she has delivered us two prophecies. One regarding the escape of Wormtail and Voldemort's return to power, the other regarding the permanent downfall of Lord Voldemort."

Everyone around the table had sharp intakes of breath as Dumbledore said this. No one had ever known that Dumbledore, all this time, held the secrets about how to demolish Voldemort once and for all. "Sir, why haven't we heard of this information before? And, if there is a way to destroy You-Know-Who, then why the hell is he still alive?" asked Moody his real eye on Dumbledore while his fake eye was fixed on Harry.

"The answer is very simple Alastor, it is because the downfall of the Dark Lord falls onto the shoulders of Harry Potter," Dumbledore said with every bit of regret and sympathy he could muster. He continued on to explain the full details of the prophecy and answered many of the Order's questions which were very similar to those that Harry asked almost a month ago in his office.

"Headmaster, I understand why Harry is mad at you for withholding this information, but that doesn't seem like enough to cause him to go 'over the edge' as he has. What else were you not telling him that caused this rift?" asked a very perceptive Order member whom Harry had not yet met.

"He sent me to live with the people that my parents specifically expressed I was not to be sent with. He never told me I had a godmother, and to this day I do not know who she is. He sent me to live with the Dursleys who have abused me for as long as I've been with them," Harry said his voice filled with contempt. There were intakes of breath around the room.

"Albus, surely you didn't go against Lily's direct wishes, did you?" McGonagall asked hesitantly, voicing what everyone around the room was wondering.

"When you put it that way, it sounds so terrible," Dumbledore began. Before anyone could interrupt, he raised his hand and continued, "but, although Lily asked Harry not to be placed in the care of the Dursley's, she also asked that Harry be kept safe at all costs, she knew what he had to do one day. Harry needed the protection that Lily could no longer offer, and was therefore sent to live with her sister. He still needs that protection, but he will no longer remain at the Dursleys, I will no longer force him to. Harry, as far as whom your godmother is, I have no idea. I only knew of the appointment of Sirius as your godfather. He is probably the only one to know who your godmother is and seeing as he can no longer tell us, I am afraid we may never know."

There was a solemn silence in the room. People half expected Harry to start yelling and arguing again, but Harry simply got up and left the room. He couldn't stand it anymore. He had been hiding behind his anger for Dumbledore, and hadn't experienced much of his grief. Dumbledore's words were like a slap in the face, all the suppressed grief he had about causing this death of his godfather was released. Harry ran out of the kitchen and made to run up the stairs, but was caught on the way up by a small red headed girl who appeared to have heard the entire conversation during the meeting.

A/N: Since I totally thought I had given you chapter 5 sooner I will give you two chapters today and hopefully a few more this week. One is written, but needs to be proofread, the others need to be written. I'm sorry for not giving the chapters titles, but I'm not very creative as to summeries and titles and the like. Sorry, hope you enjoyed though,

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