Harry Potter

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The Order welcomed Lydia into their numbers and filled her in on everything. Every night Hermione Granger and Ginny Weasley would pester her for information. Ginny wasn't a bad person, nor a bully like her brother Ron, she was actually quite nice. But soon something happened to distract everyone in the house from Lydia, she would happily admit that she hated the attention she got.

Harry Potter had cast a patronus charm in front of his muggle cousin and had to attend a court hearing at the Ministry of Magic. The Order had to quickly plan to get Harry away from his Aunt and Uncle's. They sent a team in to, to quote Moody, "Extract the boy."

Harry arrived at Number 12 Grimmauld Place a few nights before his hearing. When he arrived the Order was in a meeting.

"Oh, Harry dear, it's good to see you." Mrs. Weasley whispered as she ushered him up the stairs "Now Ron's room in the first door on the left. And would you be so kind as to send down Lydia. I think she's up there."

Harry entered the room to see Ron glaring venomously at a girl sitting in the window seat reading a book. She was blonde and petite with enormous blue eyes that seemed to hold the ocean, sky, and stars.

"Harry, mate!" Ron exclaimed, jumping up.

"Are you Lydia?" Harry asked the girl, who had put her bookmark in and was now standing.

"Yeah that's Lydia Smart." Ron sneered "She's a freak." He whispered, loud enough for Lydia to hear.

Lydia simply sighed and looked pointedly at Harry.

"Um, they want you downstairs." Harry stuttered.

"Oh, is it time for the meeting already?" Ron grumbled "Time for Miss Special to go."

As Lydia was walking out, Ron stuck out his foot and tried to trip her. But Lydia casually moved over and Ron growled at her.

"Get out!" He snarled.

"Ron!" Harry was surprised, he'd never seen this side of his best mate before "What was that about?"

"She's Lydia Smart. The weird girl of Hogwarts. She only comes second to Loony Lovegood." Ron defended "Her family's got a long history with experimenting on their daughters and wives. No one really knows why but there's a story about her great-great-great-grandfather who thought he could make people see spirits."

"Honestly, Ronald." Hermione came through the door "There's no such thing as- Harry!" She threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly "Oh, Harry I'm so sorry we couldn't tell you anything in our letters!"

"Yeah?" Harry was suddenly angry. They hadn't written a helpful word all summer. "So, what's been going on?"

"Well," Ron and Hermione exchanged glances "We're trying to clean this place up, and-"

"Not here! Out there! What's Voldemort up to?" Harry shouted.

"We don't know, Harry! We haven't been in the meetings!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Well, that's not exactly true. Smart's been in the meetings." Ron grumbled.

"Yeah? And who is she exactly?" Harry asked.

"She's in our year at Hogwarts. She rooms with Hermione. And Dumbledore brought her in himself saying that she has abilities the Order needs." Ron scowled "That's all we know about her."

"Really?"

"Yeah." Hermione nodded "She's actually quite nice. The twins really seem to get along with her. Even though she won't say a word about the meetings."

"She barely says a word, period." Ron grumbled.

"So, what? Is she a mute?" Harry asked, confused.

"She's a selective mute. She only talks to certain people." Hermione explained "Like Dumbledore or Sirius."

"She talks to Sirius?" Harry was suddenly slightly jealous.

"He seems to like her and she's comfortable around him." Hermione continued "She somehow knew, before anyone could tell her, that he was innocent."

"How?" Harry was honestly curious.

"I bet Dumbledore told her." Ron pointed out.

"No, he can't have. Remember? We heard him tell your mum that he hadn't even mentioned Sirius to her." Hermione argued.

"Well, how else could she have known?"

"I don't know Ronald! Why don't you go and ask her?" Hermione and Ron started bickering.

"Guys? Guys? Guys!" Harry shouted "Would you please shut up!"

They stopped shouting at each other as soon as the door opened.

Mrs. Weasley stood in the frame and sighed "You can come down now. Dinner will be ready soon and the meeting's over." She stepped out and, without a glance over his shoulder, Harry followed her.

They hurried down the stairs only to hear a loud crash and an unearthly wailing.

"Oh no!" Mrs. Weasley shouted and rushed down the rest of the stairs to be landing.

In the small hallway lay Tonks underneath a massive trolls leg umbrella stand.

"I'm sorry!" She shouted.

But the wailing wasn't coming from Tonks, it was coming from a large portrait of a wild, black haired woman.

"Mudbloods! Filth! Shame upon my household!" She screamed.

Lydia Smart ran in and walked calmly up to the picture and it quieted. She whispered something so quietly that no one else could hear it. The portrait grumbled but allowed Lydia to close the curtains covering it. She turned around and saw everyone staring at her. Lydia blushed, shrugged, and went back downstairs.

"How does she do it?" Mused a voice from behind Harry.

It was his Godfather, Sirius.

Harry turned around and hugged the man tightly "Sirius." He whispered.

"Good to see you, Harry." Sirius squeezed him back.

"She's got a real talent that one." Said Mad-Eye Moody who had been watching Lydia. "That old bat screams like the devil whenever anyone else gets close to her. But Arthur says to come down now. Dinner's ready."

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That night, Harry watched Lydia as she ate and smiled at Tonks turning her nose into a pig snout. She seemed like a normal person. But, every now and then, her eyes would flicker to a corner of the room and she'd smile sadly. Every time Harry looked at the corner though, it was empty.

He saw Sirius talking to her and felt another pang of jealousy.

He walked over to where they were sitting in time to hear Sirius say "They're here, aren't they? Watching over him?"

"Who's here?" Harry asked loudly, drawing everyone's attention.

"Well, would you look at the time?" Mrs. Weasley tried to divert Harry's attention away from Lydia and Sirius "It's getting late. Time for bed!"

"Who's here? And I'm not going to bed until someone tells me what's been going on!" Harry shouted.

Sirius looked at Lydia who shook her head 'no' and nodded silently before saying "Now Molly, Harry has a right to know the facts. He wants to know what's been going on. That's alright, isn't it?"

"Oh...fine but the rest of you: get out." Molly muttered.

"Harry'll tell me and Hermione everything you say!" Ron complained "Won't you?"

"Of course." Harry thought about saying that he wouldn't tell them a thing. But decided against it.

"We're of age!" The twins yelled in unison.

"Fine!" Mrs. Weasley roared "Ron, Fred, George. You can stay. Ginny, go to bed. Now!"

"But Mum!" Ginny complained as she was ushered out.

"Now, where to start?" Sirius mused, tilting back in his chair.

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