Hey, hey! Thanks for the reviews and such you guys! I'm rather chuffed. Well, I should probably have said it's set in the Marauders 7th year at Hogwarts, shouldn't I? Well, yeah, I said it now. So, this means James is Head Boy and Lily is Head Girl. The Gryffindor prefects and Remus and Mary. Mary isn't an OC, she was mentioned in Deathly Hallows once.
I'm not sure whether I really dig this next bit. I tried to my hardest to keep Dumbledore in character, but I'm sure there's time where I let him slip away from me a little. Its 3am, so yeah, maybe let me off a little haha.
Anyway.
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Chapter Two.
Klara sat in front Professor Dumbledore's desk, the past headmasters and mistresses of Hogwarts looking down at her, most of them with disapproving glares. Dumbledore was seated behind his desk, his hands in the prayer position, his chin resting on them while he surveyed the girl before him through his half-moon spectacles. Klara Pernondi was a fascinating girl. She brushed a chunk of brown hair behind on ear. It had once been extremely long, but now it barely brushed the top of her shoulders. A long fringe hung in her eyes, and she pushed it away impatiently.
"Klara, you must understand that using magic isn't going to fix all of your problems."
"I know that," She whispered, not able to meet Dumbledore's eyes
"I don't know if you do. It seems that you have been defending yourself- and most admirably, your classmates- with your wand. It does seem though that you're singling out a particular group of students to, ah, reprimand."
Klara visibly stiffened, "Is that so, sir?"
"It is. It seems you're targeting the Slytherins"
"This is crazy!" She yelled, tears welling in her eyes, "I'm targeting them? You're yelling at me for protecting the other people from their Death Eater mania? How many Muggle-born students have ended up in the hospital wing in the last few years because of them? They're disgusting. Their love of Voldemort and for being pure-blood's. It's pathetic. Severus Snape is a dirty coward, and he is not half as powerful, nor as deserving, as Lily."
"I am not angry with you Klara. It is fair enough, that you want to protect your friends and loved ones, but it is not your place."
"Then who's is it?" She was suddenly on her feet, "Yours? McGonagall's? You're not doing buckley's to help anyone!"
"Enough," Said Dumbledore. He did not raise his voice, but Klara stopped none the less
"Do you wish to fight? Do you truly wish to fight for what you believe in?"
"Well, of course I do!" She spluttered, "Why else would you have dragged me here if I hadn't been fighting for the greater good?"
"I have a choice to give you."
"A choice?" She said, sitting back down, "What kind of choice?"
"A choice that might change your life. If, and only if, you stop picking fights with your fellow students, I will allow you to join the Order of the Phoenix"
Her eyes widened, "I thought… I thought only witches and wizards who had finished school could join. I was going to ask you, as soon as the school year let out, but…" She stared at him, "Sir, I'll have you know I'm not picking the fights, I'm just finishing them,"
This surprised a chuckle out of Dumbledore, "Of course you are."
"I am!" She said, indignant, "If they weren't such a loathsome bunch of murdering dunderheads, I would be able to tolerate them, but they insist on being dirty toe-rags."
"Klara," He replied, his voice full of his seemingly endless patience, "I understand the death of you mother at Voldemort's hands must have been terrible for you, but-"
"Stop." Said Klara, "Don't say another thing about her, please."
"But what I have to say of her is of the utmost importance. When your mother passed on, she left a will."
"Yes, I know," Said Klara impatiently, "She left everything to me."
"Indeed, she did. But, you have not received everything she had to give."
Klara looked at him quizzically and he said, "Let me explain. Your mother was an exemplary witch, and she dedicated all of her life to fighting the Dark Arts. I have for you today a letter which she left in my possession, to give to you when the time was right."
Klara did not reply, but instead chose to stare at the floor while accepting the letter.
Dear Klara, (it read)
If you are reading this, then the worst has happened. I have left you. I don't want you to grieve for me though, my darling. I am now, finally, at peace. You must do what I could not- you must discover everything you can about how to defeat Voldemort. His power is terrible and he lacks a conscience. Every person in the world has something to fear from him. I have spent my life working tirelessly against the Dark Arts and its practitioners and the only wizard I have ever heard of whose evil and power matches that of Voldemort is Grindelwald, and only Dumbledore was ever able to stop him. While neither of us is in the same league as Dumbledore, we can still do our bit. We can still gather information, and fight the battles, and believe in the greater good! Today, Professor Dumbledore will give you all of my papers, my journals and the dangerous artefacts I have collected over the years. You must read them carefully and continue my work, because it will benefit all of mankind. Trust Professor Dumbledore; he can help you with whatever you're doing. Remember that I love you, and never forget that you always made me proud.
All my love,
Mum
She bit her lip, determined not to cry. "But what can I do to help? I don't know anything about arcane magic. I can't finish her work!"
"She seems to think you can." He said quietly, "It is a big responsibility for you. But she asked me to give it to you, and I cannot go against her wishes. The best way I can help you is to ask you to join the Order."
She gulped, "But what would I have to do?"
"While you are at school, you will attend meetings with me, and you will meet the rest of the Order. There will be other times thought, when we will discuss what work your mother left unfinished when she perished."
"What work thought?" She asked curiously, "She never told me what she was doing,"
"We will discuss the matter later, after you have gone through her things. But for now, I want your word. If you join the Order, you will fight for what you believe in, but you will not target the Death Eaters here at Hogwarts. By all means, defend yourself. I do not intend you to be a sitting duck, but I don't want you to start fights either."
She looked at him, "You'll really let me join, sir?"
Dumbledore nodded, his blue eyes locked with her golden brown ones, "I will."
She nodded, "Okay. But, can I ask a favour sir?"
He smiled slightly, "It depends, let me hear it Klara."
"Can I still jinx Black if he annoys me enough?"
Dumbledore smiled, "I don't believe it would breech our contract, but I think it would be best if you avoided it."
She grumbled, but agreed, "Okay."
"Thank you, Klara."
She smiled at him, "I know you're just trying to keep me out of trouble, but I appreciate the gesture all the same, Professor."
He smiled, "If I could keep all my students out of all trouble, Klara, I would. But for now, I can only hope to protect one, and that will be enough. I will send for you when we have our first meeting. Here are you mother's things."
Dumbledore handed her a large oak, solid chest, with an ornate 'C' engraved on the top. The lid was pattered with floral carvings, while the bottom of the rest remained plain and iridescent. The clasp was large, and of a dusty gold kind of colour. The edges of the chest were gold too.
"Thank you Professor," She whispered
After Klara had walked out of the office, Phineas Nigellus Black said, "Dumbledore, of all the things you've done whilst Headmaster, this has got to be the strangest. What are thinking, inviting a student in your precious Order?"
Dumbledore smiled sadly, "If you were the type to understand this sort of thing, Phineas, I would not need to explain it you."
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the endddddd.
for now.
Chapter Three, coming soon!