So sorry that it's so short! I am horrified with myself! wrote 21 pages yesterday and I forgot the disk, left it at my dads place. all i had was this, so sorry! it shoudlt be up tomoro! i hope! forgive me!

Discalimer: not mine!

9th August 1978

People have begun to arrive from all over. Alastor Moody, Cardoc Dearborn,(who helped us out when we were in a tight spot once, it was a shock to see him again, I'll tell you), Aberforth, who is Dumbledore's brother, and owns the hogshead. I think that he is a little apprehensive about Lily, Sirius and I, considering the circumstances under which we saw him last. Then again he is quite a strange man, and he might just act that way around everyone.

Arrabella Figg, who is a kind old squib, though slightly mad. Hagrid's here! It's good to catch up with him again! And Benji Fenwick, who stops in here occasionally, just to stay the night, or leave a message for Dumbledore. Alice and Frank are here, and have been since Wednesday, when they got back from visiting their family, after their mission, just checking in with Franks mother, and brother and all of them.

McGonagal turned up a few minutes ago. That was weird, seeing her out of Hogwarts. She gave Sirius and I a stern look, even though we're finished school, and we hadn't done anything wrong. I don't think that she'll ever trust that we haven't put a sticking charm on her chair, or turned her hair pink again.

Again James?

Yes Lily, again, now let me keep going, I'm on a roll.

Yes, I had bettergo anyway, I think I just heard a knock at the door, cant be certain though, it's so crowded. I think that we're going to have to put people up in that big old room at the back James. Sirius and Remus are out their conjuring up beds at the moment.

What about Wormtail.

Hasn't got a clue how. The one time that he did anything of use he conjured up a puppy. That's were Ella, Margaret and Danielle are, by the way.

What! Wormtail turned the girls into puppies?

No you idiot! They're playing with the puppy!

Oh, that's all right then.

Yes, there is someone at the door. I'd better go and see them in I suppose.

Now, getting back to it, Marleen McKinnon is here, she has been for a few days. She comes by a lot, and we sort of knew her before then too, is a family friend. Mum and dad both wanted to join, by the way, I think that I should mention hat now.

About a year ago, Dumbledore asked my parents, Tracy and mark to join the Order, except they said that they couldn't do it, because of Maggie. I am sort of glad that they didn't though; if I ever had to do anything dangerous then they wouldn't let me. Not that they could stop me, but they would be worried sick about Sirius and Lily and I.. I wouldn't like that. Dad still wants to join, says that he will the moment that Mags goes to Hogwarts. I told him that the war would be over them. He laughed, sadly. That was all. It's not like he argued with me, but it didn't sound like he had much faith in the war ever ending. Kind of scared. I just hope that Maggie makes a stir at Hogwarts, might see if we can give her the map!

Anyway, Dorcas Meadows just arrived, that was who Lily let in, I can hear him and Hagrid talking loudly upstairs. Dorcas is a nice guy, great wizard too. He's known Dumbledore for a ages, and works in the department of mysteries, at the ministry of magic.

Gideon and Fabian Prewet came yesterday, they flooed here around lunch on Wednesday, and have been staying in the room in the west wing of the house. I thought that this place was big, when it was just the eight of us rattling around inside it, now it doesn't seem that huge. Bet you it will when everyone's left and we have to clean it though.

Elphias Doge; he stops in occasionally too, and likes a good old chat with Remus from time to time, they get on quite well.

Well, that is about everyone, with of course the exception of Dumbledore, who isn't arriving until tomorrow.

And I think that that is all of us. The whole order of the Phoenix. Twenty. That's such a small number, no matter how crowded this house feels at the moment. We are trying to fight Voldermort with an army of twenty.

Stupid half a chapter. I apoligise again! please reveiw! PLEASE! and I will have a oneshot up soon too, called Code Red. I hope that u like it. It will be up tomoro as well! TOMORO! Grrrr. thanks for reading this far. I tryed to put alot of reasearcgh into this chapter, so that I didn't get the characters wrong! hope that it shows!

Luv ya, Ella xXx