A/N: (peeks around corner) Hello? Anyone still out there? I know I know I'm a terrible terrible person for not updating in a very long time...but really...it's excusable. I suck I know. But...here's another chapter...and hopefully you will like it...so read on...please?

Disclaimer: No, Anything Harry Potter related does not belong to me. Sucks I know.

Witches and wizards milled about the large room talking amongst themselves quietly. Every single agent, including ones that had been away on assignment, was called to attend this emergency meeting. The Order did not want to risk drawing attention to itself in this way, and they had only risked it one other time to announce the capture of the last Dementor. The creatures had been running loose stealing the souls of whomever they chose. The Order had lost many agents to them and the end of that threat was gladly welcomed.

After the last agent entered the room Arthur walked up to his podium in front. He pointed his wand towards his throat and muttered, "Sonorus." After loudly clearing his throat he asked everyone in a booming voice to please take their seats.

All three hundred and forty-two agents, plus the sixty seven that were in training hurriedly sat down and a hush fell over the room.

"What do you think this is about?" Katie Bell whispered to Fred who she had sat down next to.

"We're about to find out," Fred replied.

"Today, thanks to the work of several skilled agents we have managed to take in to custody Draco Malfoy, a wizard that has managed to evade us for a very long time," Arthur said. Immediately the room was filled with excited whispers. Katie grabbed Fred's arm.

"Is he absolutely sure that we captured the Draco Malfoy?" She asked. Fred nodded his head slowly.

"Aye, Harry and Hermione got him earlier today," he replied.

"I'm sure George is absolutely ecstatic," Katie replied biting her lip slightly. Fred nodded vaguely and turned his attention back to the front where Arthur was holding his hand up to silence the room.

"This is good news, but that is not the reason I have called you all here today. The reason you are here is of much greater importance which is why several of you were pulled off of assignment. You see with the capture of Mr. Malfoy we have discovered something very grave indeed." Fred glanced over at Katie who kept shifting in her seat.

"We have discovered that somewhere in the Order an Agent of the Phoenix has somehow resisted the binding charms and has betrayed us all. Mr. Malfoy knows of our establishment and we fear others may have been alerted as well!" A great uproar filled the room as agents cried out in disbelief and anger. Slowly Katie started to slide out of her seat. Fred's arm shot out and he grabbed her wrist pulling her back.

"Let's see what else my father has to say shall we?" he asked.

"It is absolutely imperative that we find who the traitor is and I'm afraid everyone has to go through processing and every binding spell must be re-administered for safety's sake," Arthur continued. "Wards have been placed around this room to prevent anyone from leaving until they have gone through questioning. I must assure you all what a grave situation this is. I promise you the informant shall be found and dealt with. Thank you." Arthur stepped down and the room was again filled with talking voices. Fred glanced over at the Katie who was looking slightly green.

"Interesting turn of events wouldn't you agree?" he asked. "Now, come with me quietly Katie. You know something about this don't you?" Katie nodded her head slightly and followed Fred wordlessly to a door on the side of the room.

Fred rapped musically on the door and Hermione opened it revealing a dim room with Arthur, Harry, Ginny, George, and Nymphadora Lupin inside.

"Fred, what's this?" George asked jumping up from the desk he was sitting on. Katie looked down and Fred shut the door behind them.

"I think we need to start the questioning with Katie," Fred said escorting her to a chair in the center of the room.

"Fred," George started, "Surely you can't think that Katie-"

"He's right George," Katie cut in tears gleaming in her eyes. "The questioning should start with me." Surprise lit up George's face and he fell back into a chair unsure of how to handle the turn of events.

"All right Miss Bell, perhaps you should start from the beginning," Arthur said. Katie nodded solemnly.

"About three years ago I was sitting in a little pub on the southern coast of Ireland. It was just after the terrible disaster when we were trying to capture Harkonin and his group of death eaters." Arthur nodded recalling the incident.

"We lost twelve agents on that mission," he said.

"That's right," interjected Ginny, "One of the agents killed was your fiancé Mark Jenkins." Katie nodded.

"Right, our wedding was only a month away," Katie drew in a ragged breath. "I blamed myself for Mark's death and the death of all the others. I had been the leader on that mission and should have done a better job of keeping my agents safe…"Katie trailed off as a tear slipped down her cheek.

"Miss Bell, I realize this might be hard, but I need you to try to continue," Arthur said sternly. Katie nodded.

"I understand. Well, after th…the incident I had decided I needed to get away. So I escaped to drown my sorrows and hopefully forget things for one night. After only a few drinks I was feeling pretty tipsy and suddenly a man sat down at my table and offered to buy me a drink. I was about to tell him to shove off when I realized it was Malfoy. I knew he was on the top of our list, and I thought if I could get him talking I might be able to capture him and be rid of one more of the scum that had killed Mark.

"Unfortunately I had had more to drink than I had realized and I found myself saying more than I had planned. I-I guess the secret binding didn't work properly on me because before I realized what I was saying I told Malfoy that the Order was looking for him and we were hot on his trail. He asked me what Order I was talking about and that's when I realized that I had said too much. I quickly said something about ignoring the ravings of a drunken lunatic and then I ran out of the pub and apparated home. I promise you I didn't mean to tell him anything!" Katie said as a small sob escaped her throat.

Hermione frowned.

"That's all that you told him?" she asked. "You didn't meet with him later on and tell him more?"

"No!" Katie said looking up with wide eyes. "Malfoy is scum and I would never purposely endanger the Order, I've worked to long and hard preserving it!" Harry pointed his wand at Katie and muttered a few words.

"She's telling the truth," he said.

"Then Arthur that means she's not the informant," Tonks said.

"That's right," Hermione cut in. "Whoever betrayed us to Malfoy told him a lot more than just that." Arthur nodded and looked at Katie.

"Just one more thing Katie," he said. "Why didn't you come and to us and tell us what had happened right away?" Katie bit her lip.

"I was scared. I didn't understand why the charm didn't work and after the loses we had just suffered I was terrified I would be accused of sabotage. The Order was still on relatively shaky ground and I feared what the repercussions might be for me." Arthur nodded in understanding.

"I see. Well Katie, it appears that you are innocent of sabotage and betrayal. We'll have Ginny here re-administer the binding spell and then you will be free to go."

"I knew it couldn't have been you!" George cried jumping out of his chair and grabbing Katie up in a tight embrace while planting a solid kiss on her lips. He then turned bright red when he realized what he had done. "Erm…that is…I…"

"Oh shut up and tell them already George," Katie said. "We knew we couldn't keep this a secret forever."

"Keep what a secret?" Ginny asked.

"Well you see…Katie and I recently discovered this strange thing we have in common."

"Which is what?" Fred asked.

"We're completely in love with each other," Katie replied smiling up at the red head that stood next to her. Everyone in the room broke out in happy chatter and took turns embracing the couple.

"This is indeed welcomed and joyful news, but I'm afraid we have much work left to do," Arthur said. "We still have many people to question."

"Right," Ginny said and she stepped forward to re-administer the binding charm. "That should do the trick. From now on Katie you should only be able to talk about the Order with people who are involved in it." Katie nodded and hand in hand she and George left the room followed by Harry who was sent to call in the next person.

One by one each of the agents were questioned starting with those who had been in the Order the longest, and ending with the newest recruits. The secrecy spell had been redone on every single person and each had been questioned on their knowledge of the informant. Not a single person knew anything about it. When the last person left the inquisition room Fred ran out to dismiss everyone. Arthur fell back in his chair with a sigh.

"Obviously there's a crucial piece of this puzzle still missing," he said. Arthur looked up at Hermione. "We can not risk letting what Mr. Malfoy said go. We can't find answers here, so that means we're going to have to go directly to the source."

"Meaning tomorrow when I go in to talk to Malfoy I've got to get him to reveal where he got his information from," Hermione said.

"Right," Arthur replied. Then he stood up. "Well everyone, it's been a long day. Let's all go home and get some sleep." Everyone muttered their agreement and slowly they all filed out of the inquisition room and down a long hall to where the lift was. The climbed on and when it stopped at their floor everyone but Hermione got off.

"Aren't you coming Hermione?" Harry asked looking back at his friend. Hermione shook her head. "I've got to finish up on some work first," she replied.

"All right, but don't work for too much longer. Your day has been a lot longer than any of ours." Hermione nodded as the doors to the lift closed. Hermione headed up to the section of offices where all work for the Order was done. When she reached her own office she plopped herself down at her desk and started rifling through the mass of papers stacked on it. About ten minutes after she sat down her door flew open and in walked Fred.

"Hey, I saw your light on and came to see what was up. Shouldn't you be home sleeping right now?"

"Oh, well I won't be here much longer, I was just trying to sort through some of the information that we have gathered. I thought everyone left already."

"They did, but I forgot a couple files up here and had to come back to grab them. What exactly are you looking for?" Fred asked walking around the side of the desk.

"I'm going through all the inquiries again to see if there's something or someone we might have missed," she replied. "It is not going to be easy to get Malfoy to talk tomorrow and so I'm hoping to find something here that will trip him up."

"Well here, let me help you," Fred said reaching for a small stack of files.

"Oh no Fred, that's all right. You don't have to…you should go home and get some sleep," Hermione said moving to grab the files from him. Fred quickly grabbed her outstretched hand.

"Nonsense, Dad's decided that until this matter is resolved Malfoy is going to be kept in custody by the Order alone, and therefore tomorrow I'll be in questioning him with you. Meaning I should be doing just as much research as you."

"Even still Fred the amount-"

"No Hermione!" Fred said cutting her off. With a frustrated sigh he set the stack of files he was holding down. "When are you ever going to get passed this annoying habit of doing everything by yourself?" Hermione frowned and realizing Fred was still holding her hand she quickly pulled away.

"I have no idea what you're talking about!" she said.

"Yes you do Hermione! For the past five years you've only relied on yourself never letting anyone help you or get close to you. Ever since Ron…ever since Ron died you've refused to let anyone near!" Hermione opened and closed her mouth a few times in shock. Then her eyebrows drew together in anger.

"You have no idea what you are talking about Fred Weasley!" she said standing up and walking towards the door. Fred grabbed her arm to stop her.

"Yes I do Hermione! I'm right and you know it which is why this is making you so upset!"

"No, I'm upset because you think you can just waltz in here and try to tell me what my problem is. I know what my godsdamn problem is Fred," Hermione shouted. "It's that six years ago the man that I was supposed to marry was murdered, and it seems that everyone has moved on and forgotten about him…everyone except me."

"Oh gods," Fred said realization dawning on him. "Today is the anniversary of Ron's…" Hermione nodded and broke down in tears. Fred pulled her into a tight hug. "How could I have been so stupid?" Fred wondered aloud. "I can't believe I didn't remember. Hermione I am so sorry." Hermione pulled away from him slightly.

"I guess it's all right Fred…I mean everyone was so busy with the inquiries…and it's very early in the morning still…I'm sure everyone would have remembered eventually…and well…he wasn't your fiancé…"

"No but he was my brother," Fred replied. "How could I have let myself forget? Mom never would have forgotten if circumstances had been different."

"You're right," Hermione said. "She wouldn't have forgotten in a thousand years." Fred smiled at the thought of his mother.

"Speaking of mum…how about you go home and get some rest, and later after Malfoy's interrogation we'll go visit her." Hermione shook her head.

"I was actually planning on going to visit Ron's grave later tonight," she replied.

"Well, then I'll come with you and after we can get a bite to eat and remember Ron the way he'd want us to." Hermione smiled. That sounds like a great idea," she said. "I would really appreciate the company."

"All right then come on. You need to get some sleep first."

"We both do," Hermione said smiling at Fred slightly. Fred just nodded and helped Hermione get her coat on. Then he offered her his arm and together they walked out of the office.

A/N: Hmm...is there a little spark forming between Fred and Hermione? How did Malfoy actually get his information? And how will the interrogation go? All this and more coming up...but first I'd like you to click that little button in the bottom left corner of the screen and tell me what you think so far. Thanks for reading!