"Okay everyone, we all know that our mission this morning is to recruit members of the wizarding world to the Order of Potter. You will be working in teams and will each go to different people in order to recruit them. Dray you will lead the first team. With you will go Vince, Greg, Theo, Millie, Pansy and Daphne. I want you to go to Marcus Flint, Terrence and Lawrence Higgs and Blaise Zabini and his father. If they agree to hear me out you are to bring them here. Your Portkey is this length of rope, to take you where you wish to go simply say your destination and then say activate. Be careful! Do not forget that the death eaters are after all of you now. Your only objective is to get in and out, with or without the proposed members."
"All understood Harry. We'll be back safely and we will bring back all the prospective new members if possible."
"Good. Move out. The 2nd team will be lead by Kingsley and Severus. You will take Oliver, Alicia, Angelina, Katie, Lee, Cho and Ted with you. You will be visiting the Diggorys, Ernie Macmillan, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Susan Bones. I must warn you to be very careful whilst you are at the Macmillan's. Whilst it is likely that Ernie is with us you must remember that his parents were on the other side of the room during that last Order meeting. We cannot risk Dumbledore discovering our whereabouts or that we have formed our own order."
"Understood Harry. I take it that safety is our primary issue?" Severus replied.
"Naturally! Now the third team will be lead by Tonks and Bill. You will take Dedalus, Dung, Hestia, Emmeline and Andromeda with you. Your mission is to go to Parvati and Padma Patil, Lavender Brown, Hannah Abbott and the Creevey brothers. Again I warn you to remember that the Patil's and Isabella Brown were both on the other side of that meeting so be very careful."
"Of course Harry! We won't risk any of our agents!" Tonks spoke quietly.
"The fourth team will be lead by Charlie and Made Eye. Hagrid, Madame Maxime and Fleur will join you. You will be visiting Lisa Turpin, Anthony Goldstein, Terry Boot and Eleanor Branstone."
"Understood!" Made Eye replied.
"The Fifth team is to be lead by Fred and George. My parents and Ginny will join you. You are to visit Mandy Brocklehurst, Sally-Ann Perkes, Micheal Corner, Stewart Ackerley, Thomas Warrington, Shaun Montague, Edward Derrick and Derek Bole. You are the smallest group but your mission is almost as dangerous as that of Draco's group. You are approaching Slytherins who have known Voldemort supporters for parents, you may even suggest that they themselves are Voldemort supporters however, all my sources suggest that this is not the case."
"Understood. No heroics!"
"Good move out! Now that everyone else is gone, I'm sure you are wondering why you are not members of a team? Well Ron, Remy, Siri that is because you are on the sixth and final team. My team will be heading over to Longbottom Manor where we will be retrieving Mrs Longbottom and Neville. We will then be heading over to Lovegood Cottage to fetch Luna and her father. Finally we will be going to Dean Thomas's house to retrieve him and Seamus who has been holidaying with him this summer."
"Okay then so Longbottom Manor is where we're heading then?"
"Yeah Ron. Okay guys we're using this boot as a Portkey so grab on. All ready? LONGBOTTOM MANOR!" When they landed Harry lead the way to the door that was answered soon after by Frank Longbottom, Neville's father. To say they were shocked would be a gross understatement. Frank Longbottom was supposed to be with his wife in St Mungo's after having been tortured insane by Bellatrix Lestrange and the Cruciatus Curse.
"M-Mr L-Longbottom? W-we're h-her to s-see N-Neville. Is he h-here?"
"Yes. I'll just go fetch him and his mother and grandmother." Frank said before leaving. Harry looked at the others confused and a little bit scared. Could it be death eaters under Polyjuice Potion? But Harry didn't get far into his deliberations before he was engulfed in the arm of his best friend.
"Harry! Ron! Oh it's so great to see you! I've missed you guys so much!"
"Uh Nev? Can't breathe…" Harry choked out and Neville let him go quickly. "Hey Nev! It's great to see you to! I really missed you too. Hey Siri, I don't think you know my best mate Neville. Oh don't worry he knows all about Wormtail. Remy I don't think you know Nev as my best mate. Okay so moving on to the reason I'm here. Nev, I need you!"
"Harry what are you talking about?"
"Okay that didn't come out right. Look this is a long story so I think it's be a wise idea if you introduce us to your parents and then I'll explain."
"Oh god where are my manners. Okay Harry, Ron, Sirius and Remus, I'd like to introduce you to the newly cured Frank and Alice Longbottom. Yeah it's the truth. You already know my gran but to follow tradition this is my grandmother Irena Longbottom. Mum, Dad, Gran, this is Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. Don't worry about Sirius, he was framed by Peter Pettigrew."
"I always did suspect something wasn't right about the whole secret keeper thing but Dumbledore, the ever so annoying one, wouldn't hear of it." Frank said.
"I hear you on that one. I'm glad someone else believes in Sirius. Okay so lets get to the reason we're here. I know our arrival was abrupt and all but it's necessary. This is a really hard story to tell and not one I've ever told before but everyone in this room has the right to hear it. It starts almost 18 years ago when Dumbledore decided to employ that old fraud Trelawney to teach divination. However, she's not so much of a fraud as we all previously believed. She has in fact made two real predictions, one after my divination exam in third year when she predicted Wormtail's escape and eventual return to Voldemort. The other is the incident we are talking about 18 years ago. Professor Trelawney made a prophecy about a child born at the end of the 7th month, whose parents had defied Voldemort three times, how…"
"Oh my god, Neville! It could be Neville!"
"No Mrs Longbottom, it could have BEEN Neville but there was a 2nd part of the prophecy, the part Voldemort doesn't know. The part that makes the Prophecy Child me. Basically put, Voldemort would mark one of the children as his equal and this child would have a Power that he knows not. Gods knows what it is, I certainly don't but the point is I have to find it and keep the Death Eaters at bay because if I don't kill him and he kills me, the world will be in darkness forever, because only I can kill him and only he can kill me. I need your help Nev because I'm not strong enough to kill him on my own. I need all of you to help me stop the death eaters so as to let me destroy the thing that has destroyed our lives." Harry finished in a heartbroken whisper. Neville pulled him into his arms and hugged him tight. He then pulled back and looked straight at Harry.
"Oh Harry, you don't even need to ask you silly thing. You know I'd follow you to the end of the world if you asked me to. I'm in but I have one condition, I get dibs on Bellatrix." Neville said and Harry threw himself at him and gave him the biggest hug possible. Soon after Irena, Alice and Frank asked if they could join and were told that they were in to.
"Okay gang, we're off to pick up Luna, Seamus and Dean. So if you'd all grab hold of this boot… LOVEGOOD COTTAGE!" They landed by a beautiful rose covered cottage that housed Neville's beloved girlfriend and her father. Neville lead the way too the door and knocked 4 times. It was their signal if there was danger and the retrieval of one of the friends was necessary. Luna opened the door quickly and flung herself into Neville's arms when she realised it was him.
"Oh Nev, I was so glad to hear about your parents. Oh I've missed you so much. What's the emergency? Why am I leaving now!"
"Slow down Lu. I know your glad to see Nev but what about the rest of us?"
"Oh I'm sorry Harry, Ron. Its great to see you to, I've missed all of my best friends so much but what's the emergency?"
"Dumbledore cannot be trusted and we have thus created our own order. We however, are not privates who fight in an army under generals etc but a family that fights for freedom and happiness for all people. Are you coming with us Luna?"
"Oh Harry do you even need to ask? Of course I'm with you and daddy is too if he's welcome."
"Of course he is Luna. Now everyone grab onto the boot we have to go to Dean's home to fetch him and Seamus. It should be safe because its only Seamus with Dean and not all the Finnegans but we must be careful. I wouldn't put it past his vile mother to go there just to see if we turn up to visit our friends and then turn us in to Dumbledore, or worse, Fudge! All aboard? Good! THISTLE COTTAGE!"
When they landed Ron decided that it would be wisest for him to knock on the door of the cottage whilst the others were prepared to stun the person who answered if it wasn't Dean or Seamus. Fortunately however, Seamus was the one who came to the door.
"Ron? What on earth are you doing here?"
"Shay, we have code nine here! We need to get you and Dean out now!"
"Code nine? You mean Dumbledore has finally gone too far? Where's Harry? Is he all right? Oh god I can't lose him now! My parents have found out about my real loyalties and disowned me! I need both my brothers right now!" Seamus cried, tears of fear and worry falling down his cheeks. Harry ran forward from the cover of the bush, closely followed by Neville and Luna. Dean, having heard the hysterical voice of his best friend ran through from the kitchen as well. They all met in a huge group hug around Seamus, Ron and Harry.
"Its okay Shay! I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. Well I'm going back to Potter Manor but you and Dean are coming with me I hope! I need both of you in my new order and in my family? Will you come?"
"Yes of course Harry! You don't even have to ask!"
"I'm with Dean on this one but what are we to do about my name? For the entire world I am now Seamus Nobody. I have no family name, nothing!" Seamus said his voice still hitched with a few sobs.
"Nonsense Shay, you are a Potter now, just like all the former Weasley children bar Percy. I'll have my new personal assistant, Kingsley Shacklebolt pick up the papers as soon as his team arrives home. Now everyone come out of those shadows and grab hold of this boot. Let us return home! POTTER MANOR!"