Lily and Emmaline were sitting in their living room, talking excitedly about the wedding. They were all alone; the others were at their own apartment. The plan was that it would be held in two months, since Lily insisted on being eighteen before they got married. Emmaline, would of course be the maid of honor, and Sirius the best man. Just as they started to talk about decorations, the front door of the apartment flew open, and a distressed-looking Peter hurried in.

"Urgent meeting for the Order at Hogwarts. You can apparate there…Dumbledore lifted the charms for the time being."

Emmaline and Lily glanced at each other worriedly, and then back at Peter. "Do you know what's wrong?" Lily asked, standing up grabbing her things.

Peter shook his head, "No, I don't, and I should leave now. Dumbledore told me to inform everyone in the Order. Get there quickly, or it'll be my head." With that, he hurried out of the room, slamming the door shut behind him.

xxx

As they appeared in the Great Hall, Lily and Emmaline anxiously searched the crowd for Sirius, James and Remus. When they didn't find them, they walked into the group of people milling around, in search of someone who might know why they were here.

"There's the Longbottoms" Emmaline whispered, pointed towards the couple standing in the corner with worried expressions on their faces. Quickly, they walked over to them, "Do you know what's wrong?"

Alice bit her lip anxiously, and twisted her wedding ring around her finger, "No, but I hope it's nothing too bad."

Frank put his arm around her shoulder, "I don't think it will be. It seems to me that everyone's here," he peered around the room, "So it can't be that someone's left the Order and joined the Death Eaters. That would be the worst thing possible."

"Speaking of everyone being here…have you seen Remus, Sirius, and James yet? They weren't with us when we got here," Lily's voice wavered slightly. Obviously this wasn't an ordinary meeting, and everyone knew it. Looking around, she noticed that a tense atmosphere surrounded them.

Alice nodded, "Yes, don't worry. I think they actually went looking for you two…ah, there they are," she motioned towards the far side of the room.

Emmaline sighed in relief when she saw them walking towards her and Lily. She smiled nervously at Sirius, as he came over and put an arm around her shoulder, "I was worried that something had happened to you," he mumbled into her hair.

xxx

The members of the Order were seated around the Great Hall, looking up at Dumbledore expectantly. If there any bad news to be heard, they wanted to hear it quickly, and be rid of the suspense that lingered in the air.

"I called you all here today, because I have reason to believe that there is a traitor among us," suddenly the mood changed from suspenseful to anxious, "There is no other possible way that Voldemort," a shiver spread through the room, "could have possible found out all that he has. I advise you all to choose your words, and who you say them to carefully. Don't draw too much attention to yourself, and stick close to the ones you know you can trust. Difficult times lay ahead, especially for the members of the Order. I realize that I have probably interfered in your daily lives, and scared you all out of your wits, but this message must be heard, and actions taken."

Remus coughed quietly, and glanced around him; the thought of a traitor sitting with them, listening to this very speech was terrifying.

"Now you may all go back to what you were doing before I so rudely interrupted, but please keep these words in your head," Dumbledore continued, "Trust no one."

xxx

"Trust no one?" James spat the words out bitterly, "What is that supposed to mean? Does he seriously think that I'll stop trusting my best mates?" smirking, he shook his head in disbelief.

Emmaline sighed, "I think he's partly right, James. I trust all of you, but I don't know if I can trust many others. He doesn't mean for us to be paranoid, just aware." She glanced around at her friends. Peter had joined them after the meeting, for a bit of tea, as he had looked rather weary from running about and calling people to the meeting.

Taking another large sip of his drink, he replied, "I agree…I don't think we should stop trusting our good friends."

"I'm scared," Lily whispered, running a hand through her hair, "What if this supposed traitor sells all of us out? Before we know it, everyone in the Order will be gone. Then who will protect the wizarding community? No one. No one at all."

"Don't think like that, Lily. Besides, now that we know that there's a traitor, we won't be telling anyone anything, other than the people sitting here right now. Is that agreed?" Sirius asked.

Everyone nodded, and enthusiastically Peter replied, "Agreed."

A/N: This is a really short chapter, but I think it's fairly important. Now I need your help…I think this fic is going to be a little short. It's going to include all of the major events, like James and Lily's wedding, having Harry, and them being murdered. But I don't know whether I should make it a long fic, or a fast moving short one. Your opinions are greatly appreciated!