Chapter 1

- The Order of the Phoenix -

The front door to the headquarters opened, and Harry and his guards trudged inside. The door at the end of the hall was open and whispers were coming from inside.

Teddy watched from the top of the staircase, hidden from view. He watched as Moody, the real Moody this time, pushed past Harry and into the dining room. There was a thump as Tonks, a witch with bright violet hair, stumbling into an umbrella stand.

They all disappeared into the room, leaving Harry in the hall.

"Well, tonight I say it's time to take action!"

"Cornelius Fudge is a politician first and a wizard second..."

"His instinct would be to ignore it..."

"Keep your voices down!"

"He's getting stronger and stronger by the minute. We have to act now-"

Inside the dining room, Harry caught a glimpse of Sirius, Remus and other witches and wizards sitting around a large table. They both looked up at him before someone blocked their view. "Harry."

"Mrs Weasley." He smiled, happy to see her.

"Heavens, you're all right. Bit peaky, but I'm afraid dinner will have to wait until after the meeting's finished. No time to explain. Straight upstairs, first door on the left. You can go too, Teddy." She said, raising her voice to Teddy who groaned from his hiding spot. She shut the door, muffling the conversation inside.

"Hey, Harry!" Teddy stood up.

Harry looked up at Teddy in surprise. He looked very different from when he'd last seen him. He looked taller, almost as tall as Remus. His light brown hair had lost its shaggy texture. His voice was also slightly deeper and stronger. But his eyes and bright smile was the same. He looked nothing like the bleeding, bruised and terrified boy that'd walked out of the Dark Forest after watching a man die in front of his eyes. Something Harry wished he could relate to. "Hey, Teddy."

Teddy skipped down the stairs and hugged Harry brotherly. "My father told me about the Dementors. You alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Teddy looked at the door. "Been sitting here for hours, trying to hear what they're saying." He grumbled. "Come on, your room's this way." He led Harry up the stairs onto the second floor. "Oh, great." Teddy groaned.

"What?"

"It's Kreacher." He whispered as he continued to walk down the hall.

An ugly house elf with a beak-like nose was muttering to himself while looking into rooms one by one. The elf stopped upon seeing them and glanced from Harry to Teddy, his small beady eyes glaring. "Werewolves, mudbloods, traitors, thieves. If my poor mistress knew the scum they let into her house... What would she say to old Kreacher? Oh, the shame. Freaks. There, there, Mistress. Scum of the earth. Not like it was in the days of my fathers. Kreacher is here."

He muttered, still staring at them darkly.

"Charming isn't he?" Teddy said with a smirk as they passed by. "I'll have to keep one eye open tonight. I woke up this morning to find bear traps below my bed. Took the whole morning to get rid of them all." He laughed.

Harry gave a small nod but remained quiet. Teddy pushed open one of the doors and Hermione ran from inside towards Harry, wrapping him in an enormous hug. "Oh, Harry! Are you all right? We overheard them talking about the Dementor attack. You must tell us everything!"

"Let him breathe, Hermione." Teddy grinned from the doorway.

"And this hearing at the Ministry. It's just outrageous. I've looked it up. They simply can't expel you. It's completely unfair." She continued.

Harry's mood seemed to sour further. "Yeah. Well, there's a lot of that going round at the moment. So, what is this place?" He asked, looking around the room.

"It's headquarters, of the Order of the Phoenix." Teddy explained. "It's a secret society. Dumbledore formed it back when they fought... You-Know-Who. Cool place isn't it? A little dark though."

"Well, I guess none of you could put this in a letter I suppose?" Harry interrupted. The three of them looked at each other. "I've gone all summer without a scrap of news!"

"Harry, I understand how you feel." Teddy said, reassuringly. "I only found out about the Order a few weeks ago, but apparently my dad's been coming in and out of here for months."

Ron nodded. "We wanted to write, mate. Really, we did. Only..."

"Only what?" Harry was still fuming.

"Only Dumbledore made us swear not to tell you anything." Teddy mumbled.

That seemed to fan Harry's flames. "Dumbledore said that? But why would he keep me in the dark? Maybe I could help. I'm the one who saw Voldemort return... the one who fought him, who saw Cedric Diggory get killed-"

"Hey guys, have you seen Ginny-" Someone new appeared the doorway, Harry's mouth dropped in astonishment. "Oh, hey Harry. When did you get here?"

"Arkie? Dumbledore wanted Arkie here but not me?"

Arkie flashed an offended look and Teddy walked to her side. "Well, technically no. Arkie was supposed to visit Dad and I but then we came here. So, thanks to my amazing persuasive skills, and the tiniest bit of blackmail," He mumbled the last part. "I was able to convince Dad to let Arkie stay."

There was loud crack! And behind Harry appeared two familiar faces. "It was amazing to watch." Fred said.

"We were so proud." George grinned. "Gave him a few tips we did."

"Quite the looker too isn't he, George?"

"Oh, yes. And they're quite the couple too." George motioned to Arkie and Teddy, who were standing together in the doorway. "Drives me mad sometimes though, the constant sweet talk." Both of them blushed slightly.

Suddenly the twins looked down at Harry as if only just realising he was there. "Harry!"

"Thought we heard your dulcet tone."

"Don't bottle it up, though, mate. Let it out."

"But, if you're all done shouting, you wanna hear something a little more interesting?" One of them asked, holding up a long string. Attached to each end was a flesh-coloured ear that twitched at every sound. Harry looked at it in both disgust and interest. "What's that?"

"This here is an extendable ear."

"We bought a whole bunch of the of the holidays."

"How about we see if we can get a few words from the meeting downstairs?" The twins rushed to the door but Hermione blocked their way.

"The last time your mother saw you with that thing-"

Both George and Fred rolled their eyes. "Oh, relax. She'll never know." They both ran down the hall, with the others close behind. Soon they were all gathered around the top of the staircase as George lowered one end of the string towards the dining room door below.

There was crackling before they heard faint voices. "If anyone has a right to know, it's Harry. If it wasn't for Harry... we wouldn't even know Voldemort was back." Sirius whispered. "He's not a child, Molly."

"But he's not an adult either!" Mrs Weasley said. He's not James, Sirius."

Sirius shot back a reply. "Well, he's not your son."

"He's as good as. Who else has he got?"

"Hey guys." Ginny whispered, joining the group.

"Hey, Ginny." Harry whispered before continuing to listen.

"He's got me!" Sirius shouted.

"How touchingly paternal, Black. Perhaps Potter will grow up to be a felon, just like his godfather."

"You stay out of this, Snivellus!"

"Snape's part of the Order?" Harry asked in surprise.

"He comes and goes, never stays for long though. Thank Merlin, if you ask me." Teddy replied before getting a shove from Arkie.

"That's not nice, Teddy."

The extendable ear crackled slightly but continued to play the conversation below like a small speaker.

"...about your supposed reformation. I know better." Sirius warned and Teddy could imagine the two staring each other down.

"Sirius..." His father's voice warned.

"So why don't you tell him?" Snape jeered.

"Meow..."

Teddy peered down the staircase. Crookshanks, Hermione's cat, was playing with the speaker which was humming and crackling like made.

"Get off!"

"Stop it Crookshanks! Stop!"

They all whispered trying to get the flat faced cat to stop. There was a sharp snap and the cord connecting to the ear broke in two. "Damn it!"

"Bad Crookshanks!"