Chapter 6

Danielle plopped down onto the extra bed as Fred and George left the room.

"So what else can you tell us?" Harry asked sitting down on the opposite end of the bed.

"Well," Danielle replied. "What else do you want to know?"

"Oooo," Hermione piped in sitting down on her bed. "Tell us about your cousins, please?"

"Ok," Danielle said smiling at her friends. "Well first there's Piper, who you all know. She's the second oldest, but she's also more of the leader of the charmed ones. She's very strict on using magic unless its for good."

"What type of powers does she have?" Hermione asked, with great interest. Ron took a seat on the bed next to Danielle, all three of them waiting for her next words.

"Well, Piper has quite a few, but her main two are the ability to freeze time and the ability to blow items up. She's the strongest, most powerful charmed one."

"So you share powers with her, like you showed us how you can freeze things with a wave of your hand," Harry said.

"Exactly," Danielle responded. "Next is Phoebe, who has the power of levitation, premonition and empathy. Then there's Paige. She's the youngest Charmed One, but she's also their half sister. She is half witch and half white lighter."

"A white lighter?" Ron asked, looking at Danielle confused.

"Yes, their just like guardian angels. Their job is to look over witches and future white lighters. Paige, being part white lighter, has the ability to orb. This means she can transport herself from one place to another in a matter of minutes. Its sort of like apparition. There was also one more Charmed one, but she passed away. Her name was Prue, and she had the power of telekinesis."

"So that's your family?" Harry asked.

"Pretty much," Danielle said, smiling at her friends. "Making spells, potions and killing demons is an every day thing for me, but I have had three of the best teachers I could ever ask for."

"If you don't mind me asking," Harry added," What about your parents?"

"My mom was a witch and my dad was a wizard, but they were both killed when I was very young. No one knows who killed them, but they assume it was a demon or something along those lines."

"I'm sorry," Harry said, looking at Danielle.

"It's ok," she said with a grin. "We're both in the same boat."

The rest of the night the four of them shared stories, laughed, joked and had a great time.

Danielle was so happy Dumbledore came to them for help. She had mad three more friends, three friends than she had ever had.

"Well," Harry said standing up. "We should really be off to be."

"Yes," Hermione replied. "Its getting very late."

They all said their goodnights and the boys headed upstairs to the room as the girls shut out their door and continued to laugh and giggle for a little while longer.

A few hours later, after Hermione was asleep, Danielle slid out of bed and made her way to the bedroom door. She opened it easily to make sure no sudden noise were made. Once outside she made her way down stairs, Dumbledore's parchment from earlier in her had.

"Danielle?" she heard a voice ask from behind her as she stood in the living room. She turned around slowly to see Ron standing behind her.

"What are you doing up?" he asked.

"I…um…." she stared.

"You going to a meeting?" he asked again.

"Yes," she replied looking down that the ground.

"How have they been?" he questioned, taking a seat and nodding a the paper.

"What?" Danielle asked confused taking a seat next to him.

Ron turned on one of the near by lights. Danielle hadn't noticed it, but he had a plate of food and a glass of juice in hand.

"I got hungry," Ron said as Danielle notice the food. "So how have the meetings been?"

"Oh," Danielle responded. "They've been ok. I'm still a little confused at some of the meetings, but they have been very good. We're all getting stronger as a group. I just hope he can be stopped."

"Who?" Ron asked taking a bite of cake.

"Voldemort," Danielle answered.

Ron cringed at the name but kept eating.

"Ok, well…I should probably let you go before you're late," he said, looking at her.

"Yeah, I got to get going," she said standing up. "I'll see you in the morning."

"Yeah," Ron said standing up next to her as well. "Um…be careful."

"As always," Danielle replied. She leaned in and gave him a quick, soft kiss on the cheek, and shimmered out.

Ron sunk slowly back into the chair, a half smile on his face. He picked up his plate again and continued to eat.

"Ah, there you are Ms. Rockman," Dumbledore said as Danielle entered the room and slid into a seat next to Phoebe. "We were getting a little worried about you. I'm assuming you had to wait for Ms. Granger and the rest of the Weasley house hold to fall asleep. Now lets continue.'

Danielle always attend the meetings but never really had much to say. Some of the Order members didn't like her, they called her a "kid" who has no training not knowledge.

"He is growing stronger. Everything is changing, right down to the weather. He is waiting to make his move and it is going to be soon, I know it," Arthur Weasley said to the other members of the Order.

"You "know" it," Professor Snape piped from the opposite end of the table. "This is the Dark Lord we are talking about, no one knows when he will strike until he does!"

"You don't know that!" Remus Lupin added. "Arthur is right. He is getting stronger and he can strike at any moment. We all know it."

After the meeting was dismissed, Danielle said goodbye to her cousins and fellow Order members, and shimmered back to the Weasley house. She sauntered up the stairs to her and Hermione's room, and quietly opened the door. She snuck quietly to her bed, pulled off her shoes and pulled the covers over her. No sooner had her head hit the pillow and she was sound asleep.