Chapter Three- Trouble with the Order

Harry was surprised to many members of the Order of the Phoenix and every member of the Weasley family, including Percy, already sitting at the table. "Percy made up with mum and dad at Christmas and has been by here every now and then since." Ron whispered in Harry's ear.

Harry took a seat in between Tonks and Ron. "What is the Order doing here, and not at Grimmauld Place?" Harry asked almost immediately after sitting down.

"Bellatrix was enraged when she heard about Sirius' will," Lupin began.

Mad- Eye Moody cut in, "She bloody attacked us and took your house, Harry."

"And nobody fought back?" Harry asked, getting angry.

"Nobody was there to defend it," Lupin explained. "Only Charlie was there."

"And I was happy to get out alive, too." Charlie added.

"When did this happen?" Harry interrogated.

"Only three days ago," Mr. Weasley said.

Harry fell silent for a while and listened to the other conversations as he ate his mashed potatoes. Tonks seemed to be happier now that she was engaged to Lupin and was changing her hair color and style to strange things, making Ginny and Hermione laugh. Lupin was watching her and chuckling at a few of her hair styles. Harry smiled. This was how it was at Grimmauld place two years ago, except Sirius wasn't here this time to join in on the fun.

Moody was having a very loud conversation with Mr. Weasley that Harry couldn't help listening in on. "… I knew he was never to be trusted. I mean for goodness sake, he used to be a death eater."

Arthur nodded his head. "How were we supposed to know that Snape was lying to us the whole time? We were easily fooled. For one thing, Dumbledore trusted him and that good enough for most of us…"

Moody rose from his seat and slammed his fist angrily down on the table. "Why did we even listen to Dumbledore in the first place? How do we know that we could trust Dumbledore? He could have been a death eater too for all we know."

"Calm down, Mad-Eye," Lupin broke in. "Don't say things like that. We know that Dumbledore wasn't a death eater. He was killed by death eaters so he couldn't have been one."

"Nobody can be trusted now." Moody barked. "For all I know, you could be on his side."

The whole room broke out in mass chaos. Everyone began yelling at each other, and Mrs. Weasley was left trying to get everyone to calm down. Fred and George threw their beef in Moody's face, and at one point, Tonks, who was extremely upset, walked out of the room. Harry seemed to be the only one noticing Tonks was gone, so he grabbed Ron, and pulled him out of the room with him so they could look for her and see if she was alright.

She was sitting on a couch in the living room, with her head in her hands, sobbing. "Tonks?" Ron asked. "What's wrong?"

Tonks looked up, and quickly tried to wipe away her tears on her shirt. "Oh, nothing," She said, though her voice was shaking.

"No, really," Harry asked. "What's wrong? You can tell us."

"Well, it's just that, they've been arguing like that since Dumbledore died." She explained. "I'm sick of it, but there's nothing I can do. I'm afraid the Order's falling apart, and without them, there will be nobody to stop You-know-who. I just wish they could get along."

"C'mon, cheer up," Hermione entered the room, unexpectedly. She looked at Ron and Harry. "I saw you leave, so I followed you." She turned back to Tonks, who was now crying again. "I miss you," She said.

"Miss me?" Tonks asked confused. "But I'm right here."

"No I miss the old you," Hermione told her. "The fun you. The one who made us laugh two years ago, the one that always had a fun idea when we were bored."

"I'm sorry," Tonks said, drying her tears again.

Lupin entered the room, looking very angry. "Well, that was an interesting dinner. They've stopped arguing now, finally." He went to go comfort Tonks, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione left them alone. They went up to Ron's room, bringing Ginny with them.

"Do you really think it's true?" Ginny asked, after they explained to her what happened. Harry took this opportunity to read the Dailey Prophet article about Dumbledore. Apparently, Hogwarts was staying open, but who knew how many people would still be going there. "Is the Order really falling apart?"

"I don't know," Hermione said. "All we can do is wait and see."

"Ginny, go away for a second," Ron ordered her. "We have to talk to Hermione alone."

Angrily, Ginny left the room, taking one last look at Harry before doing so. "What?" asked Hermione.

"We've had a change of plans," Harry said. "We've decided to leave for Godric's Hollow after Ron and I take our Apparating test, okay?"

"Well, it would be good for you two to have your license before we leave. It might be useful."

"Let's go downstairs to see if mom needs any help cleaning up." Ron said.

"Alright," Harry and Hermione said at the same time, and Harry quickly stuffed the Dailey Prophet into his trunk. They opened the door to Ron's room, surprised to see George standing there.

Ron, a little frightened of what George may have heard asked, "What do you want?"

"Oh nothing," George said, "Just wanted to borrow your cauldron."

"What for?" Ron said.

"Top secret business," George replied.

"Um, sure,"

As George went into Ron's room, Harry, Ron, and Hermione made their way downstairs.