A/N- thanks to all of you that have been reading and reviewing. Special thanks to CocoaJoa for all the reviews and support...Sorry about the lack of polyjuice potion and Snape, but loving Lily seemed creepier to me. Thanks again everyone, and cocoa...you rock ;)

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The five men walked down a cobble-stoned street in silence. They were all alert, looking at the people walking down the street, trying to see if there could be any possible danger other than the one they were walking into. Lupin nodded to a dark alley with a single street lamp at the end of it. They slowly walked down it, their wands at the ready.

"Where are we going?" asked Harry.

"A little bed and breakfast owned by a witch around the corner. Apparently she overheard two men talking about a plan to destroy another muggle village. They've been staying there for the last week and there have been some strange goings on." Lupin explained quietly. They fell silent again and all that could be heard were their footsteps echoing on the cobblestones.

They reached the end of the alley and rounded the corner. There in front of them was a small cream coloured brick building, with an old black sign swinging lazily in the wind that read 'The Rat and Parrot'

"Sounds like a place that would be owned by pirates, not a witch." Neville said, to which Harry laughed.

"Ssh!" said Mad eye, "You're attracting too much attention to us! Lupin we should circle the B&B before we go in. Make sure the areas safe…"

"The area is never going to be safe if there are death eaters around," said Arthur quietly. Lupin nodded his head in agreement with Mr. Weasley, and they walked towards 'The Rat and Parrot'. They entered the building to find the reception area deserted, save for one old man sitting on a bench asleep. They looked around and Mad eye motioned for them to follow him towards a very narrow flight of stairs. They had to ascend it in single file. Mad eye at the front, Arthur second. Harry was third, then Neville and finally Lupin bringing up the rear. The walked up flight after flight in silence, Mad eye making sure the coast was clear before signalling them to move on to the next flight of stairs. The moved in quick silence, until Mad eye signalled that they had the correct floor. The walked silently up the corridor, passing old and dusty looking black doors on either side of them. They all pulled their wands out and they reached the door at the very end of the corridor on the right hand side. The lights flickered slightly as Mad eye pointed his wand at the door and uttered 'Alohomora' the door swung open slightly and Mad eye signalled for everyone to get ready. He raised his hand and held three fingers up…then two…then one…with one quick movement he pushed himself in the door, the rest of them quickly following.

"There's no one here!" said Arthur "How could they have known we were coming?" Mad eye made a few comments about circling the B&B as well as his famous 'constant vigilance' but no one was paying too much attention. They stood in a line staring around at the cramped room with the tiny bathroom attached to it and wondered who had tipped off the death eaters.

"AHHHHHHH!" screamed Lupin and fell to the floor in agony. They all looked up with their wands out and saw that a death eater had his wand pointed directly at Lupin, and was obviously casting the cruciatus curse. Harry saw the old man that had been sleeping in the reception area downstairs behind the death eaters. He let out a cackle of laughter as he pointed his wand towards them. Lupin stopped screaming for a moment, and Harry lunged to the side and jumped across the bed. He cast a shield charm around himself and knew that several hexes had just bounced off of him. Arthur and Mad eye scattered in different directions and both death eaters started firing off curses. Neville had stayed rooted to the spot and was looking at Lupin in horror. He was utterly silent as he raised his wand and pointed it at one of the death eaters now firing at Harry.

"STUPEFY!" he yelled and the death eater was hit with a bolt of red light. The old man that had been watching backed out of the room and Neville ran after him, firing hexes and jinxes as he went. His eyes were as cold as stone, and there was anger in his face that Harry had never seen before. He ran after Neville and the old man, thundering down staircases until he reached the entrance of the B&B. He ran outside and was greeted with total silence. There wasn't a single person walking the streets. Harry heard a noise to the left of him, he quickly turned and raised his wand but not before he found himself being flung to the side and hitting a pile of metal dustbins. He tried to get up but was thrown face first into the metal once again. He could feel a cold pain spread throughout his face, and the taste of blood filled his mouth. He heard footsteps coming towards him and waited…When he thought the old man was a couple of feet away he thought of a tripping jink, and heard him fall face first into the cobble-stones. He stood up quickly and stupefied him. Neville came running around the corner with a black eye and a split lip, but also looking very pleased with himself.

The second death eater was taken care of pretty quickly. He tried to run when he realised that he was now alone and was facing two healthy wizards and one that was hurt but severely pissed off. Everyone fired at once when he tried to escape the room, and he looked like one mass of flesh with different bumps, colours and boils on him once they were done. Mad eye silenced both the death eaters while Arthur made sure they couldn't move. Lupin contacted Azkaban to inform them that they had two more prisoners on the way. Neville and Harry entered a moment later, an old man floating behind them looking ten times worse than what they did.

"Who's the old man?" Arthur asked Lupin.

"I have no idea," replied Lupin "But I think that the ministry as well as the Order will be very interested in a snitch."

The death eaters, whose names were Dolohov and Jugson, were taken to Azkaban. Arthur and Mad eye left to inform the other members of the Order of the evening's events. Lupin and Harry escorted Neville back to school. Once they had said their goodbyes to Neville, Lupin and Harry walked around for a while. At first they were catching up, then they talked about Harry's dad. The subject of Tonks came up once or twice but Lupin laughed off most of Harry's rather cheeky questions. As Harry had suspected Lupin eventually brought up Voldemort, and how Harry was preparing for the final battle. Harry told him of the time he had spent studying different spells, and his progress of occulumency and his attempts at legilimens.

"The Order and I have been thinking about ways to prepare you. We think it would be wise if you spent a couple of hours a few days a week with each of us. That way you can learn different methods of fighting and a variety of spells. What do you think?" asked Lupin. Harry felt unbelievably relieved to have help from fully trained witches and wizards, and his face showed it. Lupin laughed and put an arm on his shoulder.

"You'll do fine Harry. Now we'd better get you back, I have some death eaters to interrogate. When we've decided who will teach you first we'll owl you with the place and time. Try to keep this discreet Harry. You never know who could accidentally let something slip…" said Lupin. They said their fond goodbyes to each other and went their separate ways.