Hey guys, sorry I seem to never update, but I'm really busy lately, with gymnastics, all my fanfics, and all this other crap going on in my life. And I'm starting high school next week, lol. Anyway, here's chapter 5, reviews are much appreciated!

Chapter 5

Harry got dressed quickly and headed down stairs. He found everyone in the kitchen scarfing down a quick breakfast. He joined Ginny (this time wearing a pink-halter and tight-fitting jeans) and Hermione at the kitchen table for some toast.

"Hey Harry," Hermione greeted him.

"Hey Hermione," said Harry.

Ginny greeted him with a smile, which Harry returned. Hermione seemed to catch this little flirty interaction, and looked accusingly at them.

"Guys? Is there…something going on here?" Hermione asked them.

Just then Ron started to decline down the stairs. He headed towards the table, but Hermione, Harry, and Ginny did not notice.

Harry had a gaping look on his face as he spoke to Hermione, "Of—of course not!"

Ron sat down, and interrupted them, "Of course not what?"

"Oh—uh—that's—um—that's nothing that would interest you," Ginny stuttered.

Ron looked questioningly at Hermione, who nodded in assurance, which seemed to satisfy Ron. Though Hermione wasn't truly so sure that Harry and Ginny had been completely honest with her.

The awkward moment was luckily interrupted with Mrs. Weasley calling them all.

"Harry! Ron! Hermione! Ginny! We're leaving, come on!"

They all got out of their seats, and headed to the front door. Fred and George met them there.

"Why hello children! And what are we all doing here?" said George.

"We're about to go to Diagon Alley," Ginny replied, "But don't worry, we'll show Harry your premises since you're unable to go."

"Okay, good. He has to check out the Wheezes. You should pick up some Laughing Lollies. They make the consumer of it laugh uncontrollably for ten minutes," Fred said.

"Sounds cool," Harry said.

Mundungus Fletcher stepped out from the hall.

"Now you lot be careful out there. You don't want to get into any trouble."

George looked at him. "Oh come one Dung! You don't think that Voldemort himself is going to show up in Diagon Alley with hundreds of wizards around shopping do you? Even he wouldn't risk that," he said starting to crack up along with Mundungus and Fred.

"BOYS! I told you that if you joked around ONE MORE TIME then you were out of the Order!" Mrs. Weasley roared.

The twin's eyes widened.

Fred looked at his mother.

"We're…uh…we're out of the Order?" he asked incredulously.

"That's right!" his mother shouted.

"But—but mum. What about that mission!" George asked, shock on his face.

Mrs. Weasley was silent in thought for a moment.

"Well—well, you'll have to be suspended for now. No more meetings, no more assignments, no more nothing…until Dumbledore sees it fit that you are able to TAKE YOUR JOBS SERIOUSLY!"

The twins nodded their heads slowly.

"Uh…okay then let's get going!" Tonks said in a falsely cheerful voice, as she walked in the room with Lupin and Mr. Weasley.

They exited the house. The limousine Harry had taken to get to headquarters was sitting outside the house.

"Oh no," Harry mumbled.

"Oh, awesome! I've really been wanting to ride this! It looks so cool!" Ron exclaimed.

"It's not so cool," Harry informed them dully.

They all got in the limousine, and buckled in. Ron and Hermione got in the back seats, but there were only two, so Harry and Ginny got in the middle seats, along with Tonks. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley got in the front seats. Mr. Weasley was driving.

"Everyone buckle in," Mr. Weasley said.

"How many seat belts do we need?" Ron asked.

"At least four, probably," Mr. Weasley replied.

Lupin strapped all of his on, Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione put on four. Tonks, of course, only put on one, and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley put on five.

"Everyone ready?" Mr. Weasley called. There was a chant of "Yes" throughout the car, and the car took off. The ride was just like the one Harry had taken to Grimmauld Place: bumpy and fast. When they arrived, everyone was nauseous. They all stumbled out of the car, while Ron and Ginny puked in the nearest trashcan.

"You guys all right?" Harry asked Ginny and Ron.

"Yeah," Ginny said looking embarrassed that Harry had seen her thow-up.

"Okay, children," Mrs. Weasley chirped up, "Let's go to Flourish and Blotts first. They'll have your books."

They headed to the store, and walked inside. Harry cast a glance around the shop and noticed a girl with long silver hair and beautiful bright blue eyes at the counter. It was Cho Chang, the girl whom Harry had gone out with the year before.

Cho turned away from the counter and saw Harry. She let out a small gasp, and blushed.

"Hi Harry!" Cho said quietly and brightly.

"Oh—er—hi Cho," said Harry awkwardly.

She grinned at him and batted her eyelashes in a flirtatious way.

Oh great, Harry thought, Cho still likes me. This could get strange.

"We had fun last year didn't we, Harry?" Cho asked.

"Erm—yeah—sure we did," he replied.

It was obvious that Harry was just being polite when he said this, but Cho obviously didn't seem to realize this.

"Bye, Harry," Cho said with a slight smile, as she waved at him and exited the store.

Right as she left, Harry let out a big sigh of relief and rolled his eyes at the thought of her.

"Relieved Harry?" Tonks said as she raised her eyebrows in a teasing way.

"Yes," Harry answered quickly.

"I can see," replied Tonks.

"Come on, let's get our stuff," Harry told everyone. They all bought there books, and left.

"Okay, what else do we need?" Ron asked. Hermione got out her list and checked it over.

"We need new magically-enhanced cauldrons, but that's it."

Ron looked over at Hermione, and whispered something in her ear.

"Ooh! That's a brilliant idea," Hermione exclaimed quietly.

Ron looked thoughtful for a moment, and then looked at his mother.

"Mum? Could Harry, Hermione, Ginny, and I hang around Diagon Alley by ourselves for like…an hour or so? Puh-leeeeeaaassse?"

"Oh, I don't know about that. It could be really dangerous," Molly replied.

"Oh, come on Molly. I'm sure they'll be fine," said Tonks. She winked at Molly with no one but Order members seeing.

"Oh, well…okay. But only an hour," Molly finally gave in.

"Yes!" Ron.

"We'll meet you at Florean Frescue's Ice Cream Shop in exactly one hour," Molly said.

"Okay," they all chimed.

The two groups parted.

"Come on guys. Let's go to the Quidditch store," said Harry.

Harry, Ron, and Ginny started walking that direction. Hermione sighed, but followed suit.

Harry ended up buying a new broomstick servicing kit, Ron bought a Chuddley Cannons magazine, Ginny bought a miniature Firebolt model, and Hermione—of course—bought nothing. They then walked around, occasionally visiting shops, and buying something fun.

With only twenty minutes left, the group headed to the ice cream shop.

"I'll take one Chocolate Vanilla Swirl," said Harry.

"And I'll have one Strawberries and Cream," Ginny said.

"Um, I'll have…" Ron wandered into thoughtfulness of what he would order.

"I'll take Carmel, and Ron here will have Double Chocolate Rocky Road," Hermione said taking control over the situation.

"HEY! How do you know that's what I was going to order?" Ron demanded.

"Because I know you, Ron," Hermione stated, rolling her eyes.

Ron smiled widely and laughed to himself. Hermione couldn't help but smile too. They four of them took their ice cream, and headed to a small table outside to eat.

"This was fun," Ginny said as she sighed, "too bad it's over." She looked glumly at the rest of the group.

"Oh come on! Cheer up Ginny! We still have fifteen minutes left. Enjoy it!" Harry said happily. Truthfully, this was the happiest Harry had been in days.

Suddenly, there were five loud CRACKS.

"Oh, come on Remus! It can't hurt if we go in a shop for a second. Nothing's going to happen to the kids," Tonks pleaded.

"Well, I don't know…"

"Please!"

"Fine," Remus said.

Tonks and Remus heard no loud CRACKS that filled the streets after they stepped into the shop.

Harry's reflexes got the best of him, and his head shot to where the noises had come from. He cursed under his breath, and gripped his wand tight. The others did the same.

There were screams, and people running when they saw the sight.

Five people in black cloaks started striding toward them.

"Death Eaters," Ron muttered under his breath.

The Death Eaters reached them and the group stood up. Then the cold voice of the woman that Harry hated most in the world came.

"Why hello Harry, Harry's friends," said the sinister voice of Bellatrix Lestrange.

Rage spread though Harry's body like wild fire.

"You know it's been only a few months since our last visit. I had the pleasure of killing your godfather. A very enjoyable time."

Sniggers came from the rest of the Death Eaters.

"The Dark Lord sent us here to bring you to him, Potter. You can either come willingly or put up a fight…and lose. What'll it be?"

"What do you think?" Ron snapped.

"Oh, Potter. You're friends are going to fight too? Again? Oh no. I'm so scared. Ready to avenge your godfather my dear Harry? Don't worry we won't be too hard on you. It's the Dark Lord who's got the pleasure of killing you. Not me."

Harry's terrible stare penetrated Bellatrix's body, but she just stared sinisterly back.

"Scared Potter?"

Harry's eyes thinned with hatred for the awful woman.

"You wish."

Bellatrix whipped out her wand in an instant and cried, "STUPEFY!"

But Harry was too quick for her, "PROTEGO!"

"Ooh, so you know how to play with the big kids, do you Potter?" Bellatrix sneered.

Harry just glared at her.

"Okay then Potter. I'm sure you've heard of the Imperious Curse?"

"NO!" Ginny cried, stepping in front of him.

"Move Ginny!" Harry said. She did so.

Bellatrix rolled her eyes. "Silly girl. Meddling in matters you don't understand."

Harry was too distracted to remember what to use to block the Imperious Curse.

"Imperio!"

Hermione, Ron, and Ginny all gasped.

"Come on Potter. Let's go join master."

Harry began to follow, but after three steps, a voice in the back of his head said, Why should I?

He hesitated, and Bellatrix stopped dumbfounded. At her hesitation, Harry was able to throw the curse completely off.

"COME POTTER!" Bellatrix screamed.

"I won't."

Bellatrix's eyes widened in fury. The pointed her wand at Harry.

"Cruc—" she began

"STUPEFY!" Ginny screamed from the sidelines.

Bellatrix Lestrange froze, with bulged eyes, and she fell to the floor stiff as a rock.

Just then, Remus and Tonks came running out of a shop from across the street, yelling curses at the remaining Death Eaters. Two fell to the floor, stunned, but the other two apparated away, in fear.

Tonks and Remus darted to Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny.

"Are you guys alright?" Remus asked in a gasp.

"Yeah, we're all fine," Harry replied.

Lupin looked at the fallen Death Eaters, whose masks had all fallen off.

"Who got Bellatrix?" He asked with a smile.

"Me," Ginny said proudly.

"Nice one," Lupin said.

"Thanks."

The six of them all sat down at a table of the ice cream parlor.

"So, what happened?" Lupin asked.

Harry began to speak, "Well they apparated here and Bellatrix and I made small t

talk, when she decided to take me to Voldemort. First she tried to stun me, but I blocked it. Then she tried the Imperious Curse—"

Remus cut him off, "SHE PUT YOU UNDER THE IMPERIUS CURSE?"

"Yeah," Harry continued, "but I threw it off after three steps. So then she was about to use the Cruciatus Curse on me out of anger when Ginny stunned her. Then you guys all came."

"It's a good thing Fudge is no longer in office—" Tonks began.

"What?" Harry yelped.

"Didn't you know? Fudge was kicked out of office and replaced by Amelia Bones a week ago. The ministry officials didn't care too much for the fact that Fudge had been lying to everyone about Voldemort for a year," said Tonks.

A grin appeared on Harry's face.

A few seconds later, Mrs. Weasley and her husband came over to the table.

"Well, hello everyone. How was your hour of shopping?"

"Oh, pretty quiet. Just some shopping, some ice cream, a Death Eater attack…" Ron said.

"WHAT?"

"Relax Molly. We got there in time. They're all fine. We'll hold an emergency Order meeting tonight. But I feel the children should be present, considering they need to tell the story. And maybe Fred and George, it was their sister and brother attacked," Lupin replied as Molly scowled at him.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley looked over at the three fallen Death Eaters on the ground. Mrs. Weasley gasped.

"I'll take care of it," Tonks said simply, and she appartated away.

A few minutes later, she arrived back with three aurors from the Ministry of Magic. They began to attend to business.

"Alright, alright. Well, let's get going, shall we?" Molly motioned them towards the limo.

"See you later, Tonks," Remus called over to the busy auror. She smiled, and waved good-bye.

They all got into the limousine, buckled up, and the limo took off.