August melted away and soon it was September, and everyone was now busy with work. James, Sirius and Lily were now starting Auror training, Laura and Emma were starting Healer Training, Remus was studying to become a teacher, Jess had a job in the Muggle Relations Department in the Ministry, but Peter, due to his terrible NEWT results, was still unemployed.
Peter sat in his room, his father had said to go down to the Magical Menagerie, where he spent his practical week, and try and get a job there, but even if he wanted to he couldn't.
Last time he was there he had accidentally set all the magical rats loose, and when he couldn't find them, he just replaced them with ones he found in Diagon Alley. At first the shop owner just thought they were ill, but when she realized what had happened she made him clean every single cage in the shop with his bare hands, poo and all.
He had decided to go down to the Ministry in the morning and get a job filing papers, maybe in the muggle relations department. He only wanted to go there she he could be near Jess and as it would be the perfect cover. Who would think him to be a Death Eater if he was working in Muggle Relations, but then again who would think him to be a Death Eater in the first place?
"Peter Dinners ready." His Mum called up the stairs.
"Coming Mummy." He called back, and he went down stairs to the kitchen.
His Mum was over by the stove putting to food on to plates, she had messy fly away hair, and was, like Peter, short and fat. But unlike her son her round chubby face didn't look so much like a rat, it was more kind looking.
His Dad was already sitting at the table with his plate, surprisingly he wasn't fat at all, he was very tall and extremely thin. He had brown hair parted down the middle and scraped to the sides, his eye brows looked like two short Kit-Kats, and he did resemble a rat, just like his son.
"What have you been up to today?" Mrs. Pettigrew asked her son.
"Nothing really." He replied, he had actually been to a Death eater meeting, but he wasn't about to announce it in front of his parents.
"You really should get a job you know, we won't be around forever to support you." Mr. Pettigrew said.
"Don't talk like that." Mrs. Pettigrew said.
"Well it's true, and he needs to learn to stand on his own two feet." Mr. Pettigrew said, "why didn't you move in with your friends?"
"I could afford to pay the rent." Peter lied quickly.
"All the more reason to get a job, so you can pay the rent, and spread your wings."
"Percy, it sounds like we're trying to get rid of him." Mrs. Pettigrew said to her husband.
"I'm not trying to get rid of him Penelope, don't be ridiculous." Percy said.
"I'll go down to the Ministry tomorrow and see if they have any openings." Peter said, and he ate the rest of his dinner listening to his parents bicker over where they wee going to spend Christmas this year.
Lily apparated into her living room and was closely followed by James.
"Today was so boring, when are they going to let us go and capture Death eaters?" James asked, they had spent the day learning about all the procedures you have to go through and precautions you should take.
"The lectures are important too you know." Lily said as she dumped her bad full of notes she had taken during the days lectures. "Even if they are a little boring.
"So we're home alone are we?" James asked as he stood in the doorway to Lily's bedroom.
"Yes." Lily said and she moved closer to James.
He smiled cheekily, as he unfastened the silver clasp on Lily's black Auror robes and allowed it to fall to the floor.
"James Potter, what are you doing?" Lily asked pretending to be shocked.
James pulled Lily closer to his body and pressed a kiss against her lips, as they toppled onto the bed.
"HELLO?" they heard Sirius shout from the hallway.
Lily sighed and pushed jams off her.
He caught her arm and gently pulled her back down, "GO AWAY!" He shouted through the door and he locked it with his wand.
"What are you two up to in there?" He asked through the locked door.
"Nothing anymore." James said annoyed, the moment was ruined, "Now Bugger off!"
"Anyone would think you didn't want me here." Sirius said pretending to be hurt.
"Well they would be right." James said jokingly, and Lily hit him lightly.
Lily broke free of James and sat on the bed. "Be out in a minuet." She called through the door.
"Where are you going?" James asked pouting slightly.
"I'm going to get something to eat." She said.
"But don't you want to finish what we started?" He asked.
"And what exactly did we start?" Lily asked.
"You know." James said.
Lily just looked at him confused, "I think you might have the wrong idea about me." She said cheekily as she left the room.
Emma sat in the staff room in Saint Mungos, she had just come from a lecture and she had a twenty minuet break before he next one, they were desperate for healers in the hospital so they were really pushing everyone o get the work done as quickly as possible.
She was all alone as Laura had stayed behind to question Healer Humphries about the lecture, always the know it all. This was the perfect opportunity for her to get started on the paper she had to write on how to identify, and correctly heal different curses.
"I thought it was meant to get easier once you left school," She muttered to herself.
"I know what you mean." A man that was sitting at a table near her said. "I'm David," he said and he extended his hand.
Emma shook it, "I'm Emma," she said, David had blond hair with piercing blue eyes.
"I haven't seen you around here before." He said coming over and sitting at her table.
"I just started my training." She said.
"Fresh out of Hogwarts, I left three years ago, I've just qualified." David said not taking his eyes off Emma's.
"What house were you in?" Emma asked.
"Ravenclaw," he said, "you?"
"Gryffindor." Emma said proudly.
"So are you finding all the work hard?"
"No not really, it's just thee is so much of it to do," Emma said, "I thought it was hard in school, but I was obviously wrong."
"It takes a while to adjust, but you'll get used to it." David said smiling, and Emma saw all of his, dazzling, perfectly straight white teeth. "Look maybe if your not doing anything we could go out for a drink later."
"I'm really flattered but I already have a boyfriend." Emma said.
"I knew you were too good t be true." He said and he shrugged, "but you can't blame a guy for trying."
Emma just smiled, "I'm really sorry but I have to get to another lecture, see you later." She said as she gathered up her stuff and left the room.
She walked down the corridor, past healers in their lime green robes rushing around. She had been given a choice of the normal lime green robes, or a new powder blue, she had chosen blue it suited her much better then the green.
Laura rushed past her.
"Your cutting it pretty fine." Emma said.
"I know, "she shouted as she rushed down the corridor, "I'll see you in there."
Emma kept walking until she came to the right room and took a seat near the back, so to keep out of range of Healer Humphries spit when she talked.
He lecture had just started when Laura slipped in.
"What took you so long?" Emma whispered.
"I got talking to someone." She whispered back, "and they asked me out."
"What did you say?"
"Well yes of course." Laura said.
"What about the whole Remus still loving you thing?" Emma asked.
"Well he's the one who loves me, and it's his problem. I'm just moving on." Laura said.
"Good for you." Emma said and she got back to writing her notes.
Lily was in the kitchen with all her lecture notes spread out covering the table finishing off her latest paper, when she heard someone knocking on the door.
"Coming." She said and she went out into the hall. She opened the door to find an old man wearing purple robes littered with silver stars.
"Professor Dumbledore." Lily said smiling at the old man in surprise, "please come in."
"Thank you Lily, but there is really no need to call me Professor Dumbledore any more, just Albus will do." He said smiling and stepping into the house.
"Can I get you a drink, or something to eat?" She asked as she led him into the no clean kitchen.
"No thank you, I can't stay long I just wanted a quick word." Dumbledore said, "is there anyone else in?" he asked.
"No I'm all on my own, just getting some work done." Lily said sitting opposite Dumbledore. "I'm not trying to be rude, but what are you doing here?"
Dumbledore smiled in amusement, "I have a proposition for you, and all your friends, I can't say much here but I would like it if you could come to my office at about eight this evening."
"But why?" Lily asked.
"Like I said I can't say much now, but bring along Emma, Jessica and Laura, I've already gone to Mr. Potters house," Dumbledore said, "and I must say it wasn't half as clean as this one."
Lily smiled, "I'll tell the others."
"Good, good, now I must be off." Dumbledore said.
"It was nice to see you again Prof- I mean Albus." Lily said and she saw Dumbledore out.
"That was strange." She said to her self and she got back to her work.
Later in the evening when everyone had returned home Lily told them about Dumbledore's visit and they left for his office via floo powder.
They arrived coughing and spluttering into the familiar surrounding of the head masters office. There were many instruments clicking and wiring on small tables, and Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk.
"Please take a seat ladies." he said indicating to the four free chairs in front of his desk, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were already there.
"Well what's all this about?" Sirius asked.
Dumbledore smiled at him, "I have come to ask you all if you would like to join a secret organization." Dumbledore said becoming serious.
"What sort of organization?" Jess asked, "it's not like a cult or anything?"
"No nothing like that, it's a secret order that works to stop Lord Voldemort." Dumbledore said, "I founded it, and it's called the Order of the Phoenix. There are many members in it at the moment but we are always recruiting more, and I think you will be just perfect."
"If we joined what would we have to do?" Laura asked.
"Well, you would have to attend secret meetings, go on missions that sort of thin." Dumbledore said, "but you must tell no one about it, and I mean absolutely no one."
"I'm in." James said enthusiastically.
"Me too." Sirius said.
"Me three." Remus added.
"You sure you don't want time to think about this?" Dumbledore asked.
"No, I want in too." Lily said.
That goes for me as well." Emma said.
"Defiantly." Jess said.
Laura just nodded enthusiastically, then they all turned to Peter.
"Peter what about you?" Dumbledore asked.
"Um… Ok." he said.
Dumbledore smiled at them , "I knew I could count on you, I'll contact you later with some information, but I have t dash off I have an appointment at the Ministry."
They left Dumbledore's office, "anyone fancy a drink in the three broomsticks?" Sirius asked, and they went down into the pub in Hogsmeade.
It felt like such a long time since they had been in Hogsmeade, and Madame Rosmerta welcomed them with her usual smile and they sat by the window.
"So a secret organization, how exciting." Emma said quietly.
"I didn't even knew it existed." Peter squeaked.
"That's because it's a secret organization, the whole point is that no one knows." Remus said.
Peter just blushed, "Oh yeah." He said.
Right another chapter done, I should be getting into the main story soon, these first few chapters have really been introductory. I'm still open to any ideas you might have.
That's all for now and please review!