The group slowly filtered out of the kitchen. Mundungus fell asleep at some point and Danny wasn't far behind him once the meeting was over. The caffeine hit wearing off. Sirius was in his usual post-meeting slump. The wizard wanted to help and leave the house, but Dumbledore had strict orders against it. Bill was chatting to his father as he lazily tidied up the plans. Danny was just starting to doze when the painting in the hall began screaming. He jerked awake and almost fell out of his chair.

Sirius jumped to his feet and ran out of the room. Miraculously Mundungus didn't even stir. Minutes later the screaming stopped and the remaining order members and teens filtered into the kitchen. Apparently Tonks had tripped over an umbrella stand and had woken the painting. Mrs Weasley cleared her throat loudly, startling Mr Weasley and Bill. Bill sped up clearing away the plans and Mr Weasley jumped to his feet.

"Harry! Good to see you!" the father exclaimed cheerfully, rushing to greet the teen. It was the first time Danny saw the young wizard up close. He was skinny, even more so than Danny who regularly skipped meals. His black hair was windswept and messy, barely concealing the lightning bolt scar on his forehead.

"Journey all right Harry? Mad-Eye didn't make you come via Greenland, then?" Bill greeted the teen as he struggled with the papers.

"He tried," Tonks grumbled. Danny smirked at the comment but kept quiet. These people were clearly friendly with Harry, besides he was too tired to get into another argument about him being too young to be in the order. Tonks and Mrs Weasley fussed over a toppled candle as Sirius introduced Mundungus to Harry, who woke up at that moment. Mundungus fumbled in his pocket and brought out a black pipe. As usual, Mrs Weasley scolded the wizard and started to prepare dinner, Tonks offering to help but being denied.

Harry and Mundungus started talking and Crookshanks, Hermione's cat, jumped up to Sirius. The cat didn't like Danny for some strange reason, he suspected the animal could sense his half-dead status. Danny began to doze off again as Sirius started to explain his situation to Harry. Once again he was woken up violently by shouting, this time from Mrs Weasley as she reprimanded her sons who had used their wands stupidly to bring the food to the table.

"Idiots," Danny hissed as the butterbeer spilled. He got to his feet and grabbed some rags to help mop up the mess, drawing Harry's attention away from laughing with his godfather.

Danny handed the teen a rag, and held out a hand.

"Danny Fenton. Nice to meet you," Danny introduced himself and then flinched as Percy's name was mentioned by Mrs Weasley as she reprimanded her sons. Bill quickly dissolved the situation by suggesting everyone eat. Danny sat back in his seat and began to eat, grateful for his breakfast/dinner since he skipped breakfast to watch Harry.

"Mate slow down," Ron chuckled having sat down beside the halfa.

"Sorry, haven't eaten today," Danny muttered, not really slowing down but paused long enough to talk.

"Why not?" Fred asked.

"Well, I was busy. When I'm busy I tend to forget things like meals. Drives my family and friends crazy," Danny answered.

The brothers shared a look before being distracted by Mundungus. Mrs Weasley interjected in the story, clearly not happy by what she overheard. She got up to get dessert, throwing Sirius a glare.

"Molly doesn't approve of Mundungus," Sirius muttered to Harry.

"How come he's in the order?" Harry asked.

"Was wondering why myself," Danny interjected.

"He's useful. Knows all the crooks, well he would, seeing as he's one himself. But he's also very loyal to Dumbledore, who got him out of a tight spot once. It pays to have someone like Dung around, he hears things we don't. But Molly thinks inviting him to stay for dinner is going too far. She hasn't forgiven him for slipping off duty when he was supposed to be tailing you," Sirius explained.

"So in short he sucks as a bodyguard," Danny surmised. Sirius shrugged.

"Hey! I'm righ' 'ere!" Mundungus complained.

"I know. And you can't deny it. Wouldn't even knock on Mrs Figg's door would ya?" Danny pointed out, smiling to Mrs Weasley as she placed a serving of rhubarb crumble and custard in front of him.

"What are you talking about?" George prompted.

"Well, he took me as far as the door and then disappeared off. Mrs Figg wouldn't open the door. I had to wait outside until Dumbledore's owl arrived to explain," Danny elaborated. The brothers laughed while Mrs Weasley glared at Mundungus.

"Why were you at Mrs Figg's?" Harry asked.

"Closest place to the Dursleys. I took over Dung's job when he messed up. Been keeping an eye on things for the last three days," Danny informed the wizard.

Harry blinked at the halfa.

"You were? Why you?!" Harry demanded, not hiding his anger well. Danny raised an eyebrow.

"Because Dumbledore said so," Danny simply replied.

"But you can't be older than me!" Harry exclaimed.

"I'm in the order, Harry. And I've been inactive since joining. Meaning You Know Who and Death Eaters wouldn't be looking for me," Danny countered carefully, throwing a plausible reason out there instead of that he was sent in case Voldemort used ghosts. He decided to call Voldemort You Know Who in his human guise to put distance between his halves, protecting his secret. His argument was helped by some of the men nodding in agreement. Deeming the matter closed Danny turned to his dessert. Unable to reopen the conversation, Harry dropped the argument. Danny had long ago mastered the art of shutting down tricky conversations, only his sister could dodge his techniques.

Once everyone had finished eating, Mrs Weasley announced it was time for bed.

"Not just yet, Molly," Sirius instantly interjected. The wizard then turned to Harry and pushed away his empty plate.

"You know, I'm surprised at you. I thought the first thing you'd do when you got here would be to start asking questions about Voldemort," Sirius remarked. The relaxed, sleepy environment disappeared.

"I did! I asked Ron and Hermione but they said we're not allowed in the order so-" Harry began indignantly.

"And they're quite right. You're too young," Mrs Weasley interjected sharply. Danny ignored the glares from the other teens, internally groaning at the coming argument.

"Since when did someone have to be in the order of the phoenix to ask questions?" Sirius asked. Danny glanced at Lupin. Sirius was inviting Harry to ask as many questions as he liked and Sirius had almost seemed to agree to answer them. This was dangerous territory. What if the order's secret weapon came up?

"Harry's been trapped in that muggle house for a month. He's got the right to know what's been happen-" Sirius pointed out.

"Hang on!" George interrupted.

"How come Harry gets his questions answered?" Fred added angrily.

"We've been trying to get stuff out of you for a month and you haven't told us a single stinking thing!" George resumed, Ron, Ginny and Hermione nodding in agreement.

"You're too young, you're not in the order," Fred mimicked his mother.

"Harry's not even of age!" Fred exclaimed.

"And neither is Danny," Ron interjected, giving the halfa a glare.

"It's not my fault you haven't been told what the order's doing. That's your parents' decision. Harry on the other hand-" Sirius argued. Danny narrowed his eyes, seeing where the wizard was going. As Harry's godfather, Sirius had the legal right to allow or disallow Harry from doing things. And according to Danny's circumstances, that included joining the order.

"It's not down to you to decide what's good for Harry! You haven't forgotten what Dumbledore said, I suppose?" Mrs Weasley argued immediately.

"Which bit?" Sirius asked casually but even Danny saw the warning glint in Sirius's eyes. There was going to be a fight.

"The bit about not telling Harry more than he needs to know," Mrs Weasley retorted.

"I don't intend to tell him more than he needs to know, Molly. But as he was the one who saw Voldemort come back, he has more right than most to-" Sirius replied. Danny watched Sirius closely. The wizard was using every trick in the book to get the witch to back down. The argument progressed as they both forgot that they weren't alone.

Finally Lupin interjected that the adults should tell Harry some things so the teen didn't get the wrong idea or misinformed by the others from using their extendable ears. Thankfully Danny had been at Miss Fisher's when the Weasleys' mother found the stash. Offended, Mrs Weasley huffed and resumed the argument that Sirius mightn't be the best role model. Danny rolled his eyes. Lupin interjected again before the argument intensified further.

"I think Harry ought to be allowed to have a say in this. He's old enough to decide for himself," Lupin decided.

"I want to know what's going on," Harry replied instantly. Danny glanced at the Weasley matriarch, knowing that she'd only been trying to help.

"Very well. Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, I want you out of this kitchen, now!" Mrs Weasley ordered, her voice cracking initially with emotional hurt. The teens immediately argued their case to stay. Danny didn't miss the wary glance at Harry from Ron for assurance that the teen would recount everything to them anyway. Clearly they'd had a falling out. It was eventually decided that Ginny would go. The young witch stomped upstairs, shouting angrily at her mother causing Mrs Black's painting to scream which Lupin remedied.

"Okay Harry… what do you want to know?" Sirius invited the teen to start.

"Where's Voldemort? What's he doing? I've been watching the muggle news, and there hasn't been anything that looks like him yet, no funny deaths or anything," Harry asked. The adults began explaining the situation, Lupin expertly directing the conversation away as news of Phantom and ghosts became a possibility. Mrs Weasley was the one to end the conversation as secret weapons came up. Despite Sirius only hinting at the prophecy, Danny was grateful to the witch.

"I want you in bed, now. All of you," Mrs Weasley ordered.

"You can't boss us-" Fred began stubbornly.

"Watch me," his mother snarled.

"You've given Harry plenty of information. Any more and you might as well induct him into the order straightaway," she snapped at Sirius.

"Why not? I'll join, I want to join, I want to fight," Harry quickly decided. Danny had to hand it to the teen, he was determined. More decisive than he'd been, but then again he had more to lose than Harry did.

"No," Lupin answered sharply. Harry turned to the wizard.

"The order is comprised only of overage wizards," the werewolf resumed. Danny's heart skipped a beat. Lupin had practically blown his secret!

"Wizards who have left school," Lupin added, not realising his mistake yet but giving Danny a life line.

"There are dangers involved of which you can have no idea, any of you… I think Molly's right, Sirius. We've said enough," Lupin concluded. Sirius didn't argue further. The teens stood up before Hermione frowned.

"What about Danny?" she realised. Danny shot Lupin a discrete glare.

"Would you believe that Dumbledore asked me to join before he checked my age? Met in a pub in London and got talking. He heard I left school and assumed. Laws are different in America. So, since he couldn't go back on his word, he made an arrangement with my parents. I have to go to a tutor and I'm not allowed to be on the front lines. It's annoying, but at least I can help," Danny lied. Appeased the teens left. Danny excused himself for the night, asking for a quick word with Lupin.

In the living room, Danny glared angrily at Lupin.

"Only overage wizards are in the order," Danny hissed.

"Sorry Danny. Wasn't thinking," Lupin apologised, finally realising his mistake. Danny shook his head.

"Just… be more careful. Secret weapon, only overage wizards. You're lucky no one picked up on everything and I'm a good actor. Anything I need to report to Dumbledore other than what was in the meeting?" Danny relented, too tired to make a big deal. Lupin shook his head and Danny left the room.

"You're in the bedroom opposite Fred and George Danny. We cleaned it out while you were gone," Mrs Weasley informed him softly as he passed her on the stairs.

If you want the whole conversation, it's the same as the book. This chapter took ages to write because I wanted to weave Danny in without changing the whole flow of the chapter.

Let me know what you guys think so far.

Until the next chapter.