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Dumbledore's office was very noisy and full of familiar Order members chatting and conversing about day to day things. Dumbledore wasn't in yet and Harry wasn't there either but Sirius was (and he was in his regular form) and so was everyone else.
"I wonder what's new today. We haven't had a meeting in awhile," Tonks said.
"Probably just usual Order stuff like always. Where's Potter? He is in the Order now. Shouldn't he be here?" Kingsley asked.
"He should be," Remus said.
"Then we should send someone to get him," Moody said.
"I think he is coming with or after Dumbledore today," Sirius told them.
"What? How do you know? What are you not telling us?" Moody asked with his eye crazily scrambling about.
"I don't know!" Sirius said. "Let's just wait for Dumbledore."
"I am here. What is this all about? Are my Order members fighting?" Dumbledore asked in a shocked tone.
"No Albus," Remus said.
"We were just wondering where Potter was. Do you know?" Tonks asked innocently.
"As a matter of fact I do. If everyone would calm down and please sit, I shall begin this meeting." Everyone obliged. "Thank you all for making it here. I know that it seems we are missing Mr. Potter but I have asked him to arrive a little late due to the topic of our discussion today."
"Aren't most of our discussions about Harry and You-Know-Who?" Molly asked. "If he is going to be in the Order then is he going to be late all the time whenever we are talking about him? I still don't think he should be in the Order."
"I realize that Molly and I am sorry you feel that way. Also I would like to point out that this topic is much different from what we usually discuss."
"Can we just get on with it Albus?" Snape drawled.
"Very well, I have some very although shocking, important news to tell you. I found out a very short time ago that Mr. Potter is keeping a secret from everyone. I found out after receiving the Creatre Amuley and when I got close to Harry. You see, it glows whenever there is a werewolf near."
"And I wasn't near him then," Remus said.
"It seems that Harry is a werewolf and has been since the middle of the summer," Dumbledore said boldly.
"He's a what?" Molly cried.
"How did this happen?" Arthur asked.
"Are you sure?" Moody asked gruffly.
Sirius, Snape, and Remus stayed quiet.
"Who knew about this?" Tonks asked wearily.
"Quiet! Please everyone be quiet," Dumbledore spoke above them. Everyone's yells descended to whispers. Arthur was comforting a frantic Molly.
"Do we really have to explain it all Albus?" Sirius asked sadly.
"I am afraid it is for the best dear Sirius. Harry was bitten in the end of June by...Remus."
Molly stood up quickly. "Lupin how could you!"
"Molly, please?" Dumbledore said and Molly sat back down with a red face.
"It was of course unintentional and Remus remembered nothing of it the next day. He found out much later. Severus also found out the first week of school and Sirius found out not too long ago. Now, I know this may seem tragic to most of you but this could be an advantage besides...many of the disadvantages. We must not let the ministry or the public find out. This is, as most things spoke of here are, confidential."
"How can you say there are advantages?" Molly asked.
"Molly! I know you are upset about this and you feel like Harry is your own son but really! Can we please just listen to what the man has to say with out interruptions?" Snape asked.
"Well I-"
"Molly, please," Arthur said and grabbed her hand and pulled her into her seat.
"As I was saying, I think there could be some valuable advantages to this terrible happening. Like Lupin, Harry has some strength that we do not have. He is very strong and can hear and smell from very far away. His sense of taste is greater and his sense of touch is even more so. If we work together to teach Harry how to use his senses for the better, we will defeat Voldemort in no time at all. We will also have to use the Creatre Amuley and Harry will have to help with that."
"What is this amulet you are talking about?" someone asked.
Just then there was a knock on the door and Harry was let in. He immediately saw Mrs. Weasley and wanted to bolt for the door but he did not. He stayed right where he was and apprehensively observed the faces of the occupants in the room. Some looked sad, like Mrs. Weasley, and Sirius and others looked like they were definitely hiding their emotions such as Tonks, and Severus.
"Oh Harry!" Mrs. Weasley cried and she jetted from her chair and wrapped her plump arms around his shoulders and pulled him into a hug. She cried into Harry's shoulder and kissed his head several times before Remus and Arthur both guided her back to her seat.
"So," Harry started off awkwardly, "You all know?" Several people answered with a nod or a small "yes."
"Why don't you come and have a seat Harry?" Dumbledore asked calmly and pointed to the only open chair which was next to Sirius. Harry was glad to see Sirius' familiar face instead of Orion's. Harry didn't really know what to say so he just sat and waited for Dumbledore to speak. Harry really wasn't happy with the old headmaster. It was just a matter of time before everyone found out. It would be in the papers and everywhere. The school would know, Voldemort would know, and the newspapers would be in an uproar. So much for keeping things quiet and secret. One thing was for sure, Harry wasn't happy. He was ashamed and mad. It was not for Dumbledore to tell or even know about. Secrets are just that. They are secrets, meaning that no one knows about them. Well...the fact of it being a secret vanished long ago when Snape found out and then Remus, and then Sirius and then, well, everyone else. Of course they would all make a big fuss and Mrs. Weasley will never stop worrying and being frantic. Harry was alright! Couldn't they see? No one had to worry about Harry Potter. He was the-boy-who-lived after all.
Harry sat stiffly with Sirius' hand comfortingly over his.
"We were just talking about the advantages of you being a werewolf Mr. Potter," Dumbledore explained with a beautiful twinkle in his eye.
"Excuse me?" Harry asked.
"Advantages Potter. You do know what that means don't you?" Moody barked.
Harry rolled his eyes. "Of course I do. What are those advantages?"
"Well," Dumbledore began, "you will be taught by Remus, Sirius and Moody on how to focus your super strength and powerful senses and we will put them into good use."
"Use?" Harry gulped.
"In the war Harry. Your abilities will help us greatly in the war that is sure to be coming soon."
"Okay..."
"How we are going to finish Voldemort off is with the Creatre Amuley. You have to help me find the uses out and then we can use it to kill him."
"Oh, well...how do we find the uses out?" Harry asked with curiosity.
"We will have to see. You will come into my office sometime this week or the next and we shall examine it together and look in books."
Harry nodded.
"So," Dumbledore said looking around, "is it alright if we move on to other business?"
Everyone nodded, including the glum looking Molly Weasley.
After the meeting, everyone left and Harry went down to the dungeons after being asked by Snape.
"Yes Professor?" Harry asked when down in the dungeons.
"I just wanted to um...make sure you were alright. It is probably a lot for you to handle having them know about you being a werewolf. It isn't exactly fair."
"Am I hearing right?" Harry asked with a slight grin on his face.
"Yes Potter," Snape growled getting slightly annoyed. "Are you alright?"
"I...I will be fine. I am mad at Dumbledore but... I will be fine."
"Okay, you better go back to the common room. If you see Filtch's cat, step on her but if you tell anyone I said that you will have detention for the next five years."
"I graduate in two years," Harry said with confidence.
"Do you think I care?"
Harry shrugged with a smirk and left. He did not happen to see Draco Malfoy standing against the wall listening. The one big mistake Snape had made...was not putting a silencing spell on the room just then.
The next morning Harry went with Ron and Hermione down to the great hall for breakfast. They were running a little late so everyone was already there. When they opened the door everyone pointed their stare on Harry. Some were silent and some whispered and pointed. Harry couldn't understand. Was it because they knew the truth? How? Who told? How could all of Hogwarts know?
The great hall got silent to the bone and Harry looked up at the head table. Orion had his head in his hands and Snape was looking slightly sad down at Harry. Remus looked plain worried. Dumbledore on the other hand was not taking it well. He looked at Harry and sighed. Harry locked eyes with the headmaster and stayed like that for what seemed like hours but in reality, was only minutes. Then Harry did what most expected him to do. He ran out the great hall door being followed by Ron, Hermione, Remus and soon Orion close behind.
Everything was falling apart. Everyone knew. The whole wizarding world would soon know.
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A/N- Ah! I know a lot happened in this chapter and I am sure a lot of you are disappointed that the order and the school found out but my story is going somewhere and soon. Please stick with it. Thanks to all my reviewers. No time for review responses this time. Check later on my live journal for them. I will write them tomorrow. Keep reviewing and remember...NO FLAMES! Sorry if you are unhappy with them knowing. More stuff will happen soon. So....PLEASE REVIEW! Love you all!!
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Dumbledore's office was very noisy and full of familiar Order members chatting and conversing about day to day things. Dumbledore wasn't in yet and Harry wasn't there either but Sirius was (and he was in his regular form) and so was everyone else.
"I wonder what's new today. We haven't had a meeting in awhile," Tonks said.
"Probably just usual Order stuff like always. Where's Potter? He is in the Order now. Shouldn't he be here?" Kingsley asked.
"He should be," Remus said.
"Then we should send someone to get him," Moody said.
"I think he is coming with or after Dumbledore today," Sirius told them.
"What? How do you know? What are you not telling us?" Moody asked with his eye crazily scrambling about.
"I don't know!" Sirius said. "Let's just wait for Dumbledore."
"I am here. What is this all about? Are my Order members fighting?" Dumbledore asked in a shocked tone.
"No Albus," Remus said.
"We were just wondering where Potter was. Do you know?" Tonks asked innocently.
"As a matter of fact I do. If everyone would calm down and please sit, I shall begin this meeting." Everyone obliged. "Thank you all for making it here. I know that it seems we are missing Mr. Potter but I have asked him to arrive a little late due to the topic of our discussion today."
"Aren't most of our discussions about Harry and You-Know-Who?" Molly asked. "If he is going to be in the Order then is he going to be late all the time whenever we are talking about him? I still don't think he should be in the Order."
"I realize that Molly and I am sorry you feel that way. Also I would like to point out that this topic is much different from what we usually discuss."
"Can we just get on with it Albus?" Snape drawled.
"Very well, I have some very although shocking, important news to tell you. I found out a very short time ago that Mr. Potter is keeping a secret from everyone. I found out after receiving the Creatre Amuley and when I got close to Harry. You see, it glows whenever there is a werewolf near."
"And I wasn't near him then," Remus said.
"It seems that Harry is a werewolf and has been since the middle of the summer," Dumbledore said boldly.
"He's a what?" Molly cried.
"How did this happen?" Arthur asked.
"Are you sure?" Moody asked gruffly.
Sirius, Snape, and Remus stayed quiet.
"Who knew about this?" Tonks asked wearily.
"Quiet! Please everyone be quiet," Dumbledore spoke above them. Everyone's yells descended to whispers. Arthur was comforting a frantic Molly.
"Do we really have to explain it all Albus?" Sirius asked sadly.
"I am afraid it is for the best dear Sirius. Harry was bitten in the end of June by...Remus."
Molly stood up quickly. "Lupin how could you!"
"Molly, please?" Dumbledore said and Molly sat back down with a red face.
"It was of course unintentional and Remus remembered nothing of it the next day. He found out much later. Severus also found out the first week of school and Sirius found out not too long ago. Now, I know this may seem tragic to most of you but this could be an advantage besides...many of the disadvantages. We must not let the ministry or the public find out. This is, as most things spoke of here are, confidential."
"How can you say there are advantages?" Molly asked.
"Molly! I know you are upset about this and you feel like Harry is your own son but really! Can we please just listen to what the man has to say with out interruptions?" Snape asked.
"Well I-"
"Molly, please," Arthur said and grabbed her hand and pulled her into her seat.
"As I was saying, I think there could be some valuable advantages to this terrible happening. Like Lupin, Harry has some strength that we do not have. He is very strong and can hear and smell from very far away. His sense of taste is greater and his sense of touch is even more so. If we work together to teach Harry how to use his senses for the better, we will defeat Voldemort in no time at all. We will also have to use the Creatre Amuley and Harry will have to help with that."
"What is this amulet you are talking about?" someone asked.
Just then there was a knock on the door and Harry was let in. He immediately saw Mrs. Weasley and wanted to bolt for the door but he did not. He stayed right where he was and apprehensively observed the faces of the occupants in the room. Some looked sad, like Mrs. Weasley, and Sirius and others looked like they were definitely hiding their emotions such as Tonks, and Severus.
"Oh Harry!" Mrs. Weasley cried and she jetted from her chair and wrapped her plump arms around his shoulders and pulled him into a hug. She cried into Harry's shoulder and kissed his head several times before Remus and Arthur both guided her back to her seat.
"So," Harry started off awkwardly, "You all know?" Several people answered with a nod or a small "yes."
"Why don't you come and have a seat Harry?" Dumbledore asked calmly and pointed to the only open chair which was next to Sirius. Harry was glad to see Sirius' familiar face instead of Orion's. Harry didn't really know what to say so he just sat and waited for Dumbledore to speak. Harry really wasn't happy with the old headmaster. It was just a matter of time before everyone found out. It would be in the papers and everywhere. The school would know, Voldemort would know, and the newspapers would be in an uproar. So much for keeping things quiet and secret. One thing was for sure, Harry wasn't happy. He was ashamed and mad. It was not for Dumbledore to tell or even know about. Secrets are just that. They are secrets, meaning that no one knows about them. Well...the fact of it being a secret vanished long ago when Snape found out and then Remus, and then Sirius and then, well, everyone else. Of course they would all make a big fuss and Mrs. Weasley will never stop worrying and being frantic. Harry was alright! Couldn't they see? No one had to worry about Harry Potter. He was the-boy-who-lived after all.
Harry sat stiffly with Sirius' hand comfortingly over his.
"We were just talking about the advantages of you being a werewolf Mr. Potter," Dumbledore explained with a beautiful twinkle in his eye.
"Excuse me?" Harry asked.
"Advantages Potter. You do know what that means don't you?" Moody barked.
Harry rolled his eyes. "Of course I do. What are those advantages?"
"Well," Dumbledore began, "you will be taught by Remus, Sirius and Moody on how to focus your super strength and powerful senses and we will put them into good use."
"Use?" Harry gulped.
"In the war Harry. Your abilities will help us greatly in the war that is sure to be coming soon."
"Okay..."
"How we are going to finish Voldemort off is with the Creatre Amuley. You have to help me find the uses out and then we can use it to kill him."
"Oh, well...how do we find the uses out?" Harry asked with curiosity.
"We will have to see. You will come into my office sometime this week or the next and we shall examine it together and look in books."
Harry nodded.
"So," Dumbledore said looking around, "is it alright if we move on to other business?"
Everyone nodded, including the glum looking Molly Weasley.
After the meeting, everyone left and Harry went down to the dungeons after being asked by Snape.
"Yes Professor?" Harry asked when down in the dungeons.
"I just wanted to um...make sure you were alright. It is probably a lot for you to handle having them know about you being a werewolf. It isn't exactly fair."
"Am I hearing right?" Harry asked with a slight grin on his face.
"Yes Potter," Snape growled getting slightly annoyed. "Are you alright?"
"I...I will be fine. I am mad at Dumbledore but... I will be fine."
"Okay, you better go back to the common room. If you see Filtch's cat, step on her but if you tell anyone I said that you will have detention for the next five years."
"I graduate in two years," Harry said with confidence.
"Do you think I care?"
Harry shrugged with a smirk and left. He did not happen to see Draco Malfoy standing against the wall listening. The one big mistake Snape had made...was not putting a silencing spell on the room just then.
The next morning Harry went with Ron and Hermione down to the great hall for breakfast. They were running a little late so everyone was already there. When they opened the door everyone pointed their stare on Harry. Some were silent and some whispered and pointed. Harry couldn't understand. Was it because they knew the truth? How? Who told? How could all of Hogwarts know?
The great hall got silent to the bone and Harry looked up at the head table. Orion had his head in his hands and Snape was looking slightly sad down at Harry. Remus looked plain worried. Dumbledore on the other hand was not taking it well. He looked at Harry and sighed. Harry locked eyes with the headmaster and stayed like that for what seemed like hours but in reality, was only minutes. Then Harry did what most expected him to do. He ran out the great hall door being followed by Ron, Hermione, Remus and soon Orion close behind.
Everything was falling apart. Everyone knew. The whole wizarding world would soon know.
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A/N- Ah! I know a lot happened in this chapter and I am sure a lot of you are disappointed that the order and the school found out but my story is going somewhere and soon. Please stick with it. Thanks to all my reviewers. No time for review responses this time. Check later on my live journal for them. I will write them tomorrow. Keep reviewing and remember...NO FLAMES! Sorry if you are unhappy with them knowing. More stuff will happen soon. So....PLEASE REVIEW! Love you all!!