Chapter Three
Alex walked hastily through the empty hallways, heading towards Dumbledore's office. It was just past midnight and she had received an owl once she had gotten out of the shower. As Alex had assumed, there was to be a short meeting. It was most likely to explain why she and her team were there, since it seemed that Dumbledore did not inform many of his request for help. That many, being Severus Snape.
Entering the office, everyone was already there sitting or standing in various part of the room. Her team sat clustered together in front of the desk, talking amongst each other. Most of them were tired from the long journey and the time difference.
"Ah, so she finally graces us with her presence." Snape sneered from the corner, where he leaned against the wall, his arms crossed in front of him.
"I don't know why you're complaining, Snivellus. You just got here yourself." A man with dark hair said from sitting next to Lia. A couple of the people in the room starting laughing as Snape glowered at the man. Humiliated, he whipped out his wand from inside is cloak and stood to face off with the man. In turn, the man reached for his wand but was halted by Lia as she grabbed his arm.
"Don't you dare, Sirius! This isn't the time or place for your foolish childhood animosity." It seemed to Alex that this was an often occurrence. Wow, she thought that her and Snape had issues with each other. He and Sirius were much worse.
"You are so lucky my wife is here, Snivellus." Sirius said, glaring up at Snape, as he put his wand away.
"What, are you Lia's lapdog now Black?" Snape smirked, not lowering his wand.
"Enough! This is not the impression I wished to make on our guests. Severus, sit down!" Dumbledore said standing up from his chair. Snape instantly complied, not wishing to get into more trouble with the headmaster.
"Now Alex, I am sorry for that. Please have a seat." Dumbledore said kindly, since Alex was still standing in the doorway. She sat down with the rest of her team as Dumbledore went to start the meeting.
"I would like to welcome our new recruits to the Order of the Phoenix. The order is a secret society that I have put together. The first group was during the original reign of Voldemort. I have reactivated the order when Voldemort was restored to full health a little over a year ago. I requested your help due to our loss of original members. In this war, we need all the willing help we can get." Dumbledore explained to Alex and her group.
"There are a handful of people off on missions right now, but allow me to introduce the members that here. Alex, you know Lia, Fiona, Remus, Severus, Minerva, and Hagrid. The man you saw fighting with Severus, is Sirius Black, Lia's husband."
"Weren't you the guy who was sent to Azkaban for killing thirteen people with a single curse?" one of Alex's teammates asked. Sirius looked up proudly.
"Wow! My reputation precedes me! I'm known in bloody America!" Lia couldn't help but roll her eyes at her husband. Only he would be proud of that.
"Sirius was cleared of all charges this past summer." Dumbledore explained. Alex's team nodded their head in acknowledgment while Alex just grinned over at Lia. She had written Alex and told her of the trial, during the summer. Dumbledore went on to introduce Tonks, Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody, Kingsley, Arthur and Molly Weasley, Bill Weasley, Mundungus Fletcher, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, and Hestia Jones. Alex knew it was going to take her awhile to learn all these names!
"Alex if you wouldn't mind telling us what you and your team have been doing over in the States? From what most of us have heard, you had a desk job in the ministry." Professor McGonagall asked politely.
"Well I guess I should start at the beginning. After I left here, I graduated from college and was recruited for a special branch of the American ministry of magic. I was put in charge of this team and what we have been doing is going undercover to find information from the death eaters themselves as well as ambushing attacks. It's not that big of a deal but if it helps in the war, we do it." Alex explained, tucking a stand of hair behind her ear nervously. She didn't really like being the center of attention and at that moment every eye in the room was on her. Especially those of Severus Snape.
"Oh please! You are being entirely too modest, Alexandra." a light brown haired man exclaimed from beside her. He turned to address the group. "She has always been modest, even when we dated back in school. Under Alexandra's instruction, we have saved so many lives and spoiled many of the Dark Lord's plans. I believe that we have accomplished the most successful missions out of the entire branch of the ministry. We are honestly the best, and it's all because of Alexandra."
"And who might you be?" Snape asked, having a feeling that he knew exactly who he was.
"This is Scott." Alex said, carefully avoiding eye contact with Snape and Lia. Both of them were glaring down at her. This was the man who hurt her and here she was sitting next to him! "The others are Paige, Nate, Anitrey, Carlos, and Kimi. This is the team that I have been working with ever since I graduated. And as Scott so embarrassingly put it, we are the best."
"What sort of undercover work did you do?" Tonks asked curiously.
"We worked in the clubs as waitresses, performers, and bar tenders. People have a tendency to talk under certain conditions." Alex explained. That was one of the main ways they got their information. There were also anonymous calls and letters.
"Ah the power of a woman." Remus laughed, leaning back in his chair.
"Well with that I do believe we'll end this meeting. We'll meet again in a few days to assign some new missions. Until then, do be careful." Dumbledore explained, ending the meeting. As everyone started leaving the room, Alex could see Lia trying to make her way towards her and not wanting a confrontation about Scott, Alex made a beeline for the door and escaped out into the hallway.
She made it to her door but as she started to open it, it was slammed shut. Turning around she saw Snape right behind her, holding the door shut with his hand.
"Can I help you?" Alex asked, annoyed. Damn, she forgot how tall he was!
"What game is it that you think you're playing?" he sneered.
"Excuse me?" Alex asked bewildered.
"Don't play stupid with me, Alexandra. You know exactly what I am talking about. You lie to us, then you show up out of no where with the man you have detested and who has hurt you in the past. Are you daft, woman?" Snape snarled.
"Why do you even care, professor? You made it very clear that what I did and how I felt was no concern to you." Alex argued. He said nothing in return but moved forward, making her back up against the door. Snape studied her for a moment and she couldn't read the look that was in his eye, then as suddenly as he appeared he was gone down the stairs to the dungeons.
"Stupid bastard." Alex mumbled softly and then headed into her room, not seeing Scott step out of the shadows. He had watched the entire exchange between them and with a strange look he headed back to his rooms on the other side of the castle.
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Alex walked hastily through the empty hallways, heading towards Dumbledore's office. It was just past midnight and she had received an owl once she had gotten out of the shower. As Alex had assumed, there was to be a short meeting. It was most likely to explain why she and her team were there, since it seemed that Dumbledore did not inform many of his request for help. That many, being Severus Snape.
Entering the office, everyone was already there sitting or standing in various part of the room. Her team sat clustered together in front of the desk, talking amongst each other. Most of them were tired from the long journey and the time difference.
"Ah, so she finally graces us with her presence." Snape sneered from the corner, where he leaned against the wall, his arms crossed in front of him.
"I don't know why you're complaining, Snivellus. You just got here yourself." A man with dark hair said from sitting next to Lia. A couple of the people in the room starting laughing as Snape glowered at the man. Humiliated, he whipped out his wand from inside is cloak and stood to face off with the man. In turn, the man reached for his wand but was halted by Lia as she grabbed his arm.
"Don't you dare, Sirius! This isn't the time or place for your foolish childhood animosity." It seemed to Alex that this was an often occurrence. Wow, she thought that her and Snape had issues with each other. He and Sirius were much worse.
"You are so lucky my wife is here, Snivellus." Sirius said, glaring up at Snape, as he put his wand away.
"What, are you Lia's lapdog now Black?" Snape smirked, not lowering his wand.
"Enough! This is not the impression I wished to make on our guests. Severus, sit down!" Dumbledore said standing up from his chair. Snape instantly complied, not wishing to get into more trouble with the headmaster.
"Now Alex, I am sorry for that. Please have a seat." Dumbledore said kindly, since Alex was still standing in the doorway. She sat down with the rest of her team as Dumbledore went to start the meeting.
"I would like to welcome our new recruits to the Order of the Phoenix. The order is a secret society that I have put together. The first group was during the original reign of Voldemort. I have reactivated the order when Voldemort was restored to full health a little over a year ago. I requested your help due to our loss of original members. In this war, we need all the willing help we can get." Dumbledore explained to Alex and her group.
"There are a handful of people off on missions right now, but allow me to introduce the members that here. Alex, you know Lia, Fiona, Remus, Severus, Minerva, and Hagrid. The man you saw fighting with Severus, is Sirius Black, Lia's husband."
"Weren't you the guy who was sent to Azkaban for killing thirteen people with a single curse?" one of Alex's teammates asked. Sirius looked up proudly.
"Wow! My reputation precedes me! I'm known in bloody America!" Lia couldn't help but roll her eyes at her husband. Only he would be proud of that.
"Sirius was cleared of all charges this past summer." Dumbledore explained. Alex's team nodded their head in acknowledgment while Alex just grinned over at Lia. She had written Alex and told her of the trial, during the summer. Dumbledore went on to introduce Tonks, Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody, Kingsley, Arthur and Molly Weasley, Bill Weasley, Mundungus Fletcher, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, and Hestia Jones. Alex knew it was going to take her awhile to learn all these names!
"Alex if you wouldn't mind telling us what you and your team have been doing over in the States? From what most of us have heard, you had a desk job in the ministry." Professor McGonagall asked politely.
"Well I guess I should start at the beginning. After I left here, I graduated from college and was recruited for a special branch of the American ministry of magic. I was put in charge of this team and what we have been doing is going undercover to find information from the death eaters themselves as well as ambushing attacks. It's not that big of a deal but if it helps in the war, we do it." Alex explained, tucking a stand of hair behind her ear nervously. She didn't really like being the center of attention and at that moment every eye in the room was on her. Especially those of Severus Snape.
"Oh please! You are being entirely too modest, Alexandra." a light brown haired man exclaimed from beside her. He turned to address the group. "She has always been modest, even when we dated back in school. Under Alexandra's instruction, we have saved so many lives and spoiled many of the Dark Lord's plans. I believe that we have accomplished the most successful missions out of the entire branch of the ministry. We are honestly the best, and it's all because of Alexandra."
"And who might you be?" Snape asked, having a feeling that he knew exactly who he was.
"This is Scott." Alex said, carefully avoiding eye contact with Snape and Lia. Both of them were glaring down at her. This was the man who hurt her and here she was sitting next to him! "The others are Paige, Nate, Anitrey, Carlos, and Kimi. This is the team that I have been working with ever since I graduated. And as Scott so embarrassingly put it, we are the best."
"What sort of undercover work did you do?" Tonks asked curiously.
"We worked in the clubs as waitresses, performers, and bar tenders. People have a tendency to talk under certain conditions." Alex explained. That was one of the main ways they got their information. There were also anonymous calls and letters.
"Ah the power of a woman." Remus laughed, leaning back in his chair.
"Well with that I do believe we'll end this meeting. We'll meet again in a few days to assign some new missions. Until then, do be careful." Dumbledore explained, ending the meeting. As everyone started leaving the room, Alex could see Lia trying to make her way towards her and not wanting a confrontation about Scott, Alex made a beeline for the door and escaped out into the hallway.
She made it to her door but as she started to open it, it was slammed shut. Turning around she saw Snape right behind her, holding the door shut with his hand.
"Can I help you?" Alex asked, annoyed. Damn, she forgot how tall he was!
"What game is it that you think you're playing?" he sneered.
"Excuse me?" Alex asked bewildered.
"Don't play stupid with me, Alexandra. You know exactly what I am talking about. You lie to us, then you show up out of no where with the man you have detested and who has hurt you in the past. Are you daft, woman?" Snape snarled.
"Why do you even care, professor? You made it very clear that what I did and how I felt was no concern to you." Alex argued. He said nothing in return but moved forward, making her back up against the door. Snape studied her for a moment and she couldn't read the look that was in his eye, then as suddenly as he appeared he was gone down the stairs to the dungeons.
"Stupid bastard." Alex mumbled softly and then headed into her room, not seeing Scott step out of the shadows. He had watched the entire exchange between them and with a strange look he headed back to his rooms on the other side of the castle.
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