The large dining room seemed to be a perfect place to hold a meeting as such Harry sat waiting at the head of the table for all of his guests to arrive. Draco sat to his left and Severus sat to his right. The raven haired teen was remaining quiet about who he had invited to this meeting and both had to wonder who would be there.
The seats next to Draco and Severus remained empty the twins would occupy those seats when they returned from collecting a few of Harry's 'chosen ones'. Remus and Narcissa had the next seats down.
When the twins returned they had four others with them only two of which Draco recognized. Luna approached giving Harry giving him a hug before turning to Draco.
"It's good to see you Draco." She smiled and took a seat. Neville shook Harry's hand and sat next to her. The other two were red heads and Draco assumed they were related to the twins.
"Bill, Charlie. It's good to see you both. I assume you are well." Harry nodded at the men.
"Very well Harry. We are glad you invited us." The taller of the two responded before taking seats as well. "Fleur should be here shortly." He added as an afterthought.
Once everyone had arrived the room was full and bustling with activity and voices. Harry stood and everyone quieted.
"Before I begin I know a lot of you have never met before so I would like to go around and introduce you all." Starting with Snape Harry went around the table naming off Severus Snape, Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, Neville Longbottom, Fleur Delecour, Tonks, Viktor Krum, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Narcissa Malfoy, George Weasley, and Draco Malfoy.
"Okay now then let's get started." Harry rubbed his hands together and rather than sitting in his chair at the head of the table he began to pace around the room so that people had to move their heads to keep focus on him.
Draco just smiled and shook his head. Harry had explained this to him. He had more power and energy than a normal person should because of the 'training' Dumbledore had put him through and as such couldn't sit still. The muggles has said he had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Harry just attributed it to being on the alert for danger all the time.
"The reason I called you all here is because I feel you have many of the same beliefs as I do. Voldemort is ripping families apart as we speak and not just muggles or half bloods. He's killing anyone he wants. Dumbledore is sitting back doing nothing waiting for the final show down hoping that the child he raised and trained to be his weapon will do what a prophecy says and destroy the bastard. Neither one of them want to fix the problems that started this whole thing to begin with." Harry paused for a moment collecting his thoughts.
"It is my belief that muggles and wizards should be kept secret, however muggleborn witches and wizards have as much right as anyone to learn the art of using their abilities. After all it would be far more dangerous if they weren't trained. I also believe though that if Muggleborns were taught more about traditions and laws, more about their abilities. Then pure bloods and half bloods would be far more accepting of them." Harry made his way back to his seat. "This can be more than a dream and I want to make it happen. But I need help."
"And zat is vere ve come in." Fleur nodded her head in understanding.
"I'm not questioning you Harry, but I am curious to know what Fleur and Viktor are doing here." Neville spoke up boldly. "They are from other countries. What does this have to do with them?"
Viktor saved Harry from having to respond by speaking first. "It has started here in your country Neville Longbottom. But how long do you think it will take for the problem to spread like a disease to other countries? Mine and Fleurs'? Our governments they are doing nothing to prepare. Nothing to stop it from occurring. I came to see what Harry had to say as an ambassador from a small uprising in my country. We have been doing all we can but we have not the funds or the resources to do much."
"Zat goes for me az vell." Fleur agreed. "There are many in my country who sleep in fear that the war will come to us and nothing is being done. But Arry' what are your plans?"
Harry smiled leaning forward. "We are going to need people on the inside of both organizations. The more of us with access to the ministry the better. Enough of us have access to the order of the phoenix and Dumbledore. Only one of us is able to get into Voldemort's ranks however. Unless we recruit straight from the Deatheaters that isn't going to change. I don't want any of you taking that risk." Harry was once again up and pacing. "More than anything we need identities and information. Death eaters are to be caught and or killed on sight. Order members are to be given the choice of changing sides or their memories wiped clean of any information about our little group here and set free. We will work in secret when there is a battle we will fight from the shadows. The two most important things to remember are that the Order of the Phoenix are our allies. The second is I do not exist. This group is funded by a rich and anonymous donor. Until the time is right no one must no of my identity." The room was deathly quiet for a few minutes until Bill rose to his feet. "I'm in."
The rest of the people in the room followed suit all pledging their alliance to Harry.
"Very good. Now so that we are all clear. Any information that you find is to come straight to me. If I am unavailable or otherwise occupied you are to go to my father." Harry smirked as the group looked around at each other in absolute confusion.
"If I cannot be located here in my room or office. You will be able to contact me at Hogwarts. If such a case arises make sure you have another reason for coming to see me. We do not want Dumbledore to become suspicious." Snape stood and announced.
This of course caused another stir in the room until Harry silenced them. "Yes, Severus is my father. The details at this time are not important but it is true. Now there is a question that has been raised. I want everyone here to vote upon it I will not force it on you. Dumbledore and Voldemort both mark their followers which can be immensely useful for contacting everyone at once. This will also notify me if one of you is in danger or hurt. Once the war is over I will gladly remove them if this is what everyone wishes."
"What will it be Harry?" Luna asked in her dreamy voice.
"A phoenix." Harry announced. "As a sign of rebirth from the ashes. Ultimately that is our goal."
"Harry, this is all a very noble idea. But how do you know things will change if we win this?" Bill then questioned.
"That is the question isn't it?" Harry shrugged. "It seems to me that the winners are the ones left holding all the chips. The victorious ones will call the shots from there. Lets make sure its us."
"Who wants to take the mark?" Remus then made his presence known. After a little bit of conversation amongst themselves Neville spoke up. "I'll take it."
"So will I." Luna agreed.
Before long everyone had agreed to take Harry's phoenix brand.
"Dray? Did you still want to go first?" Harry asked the blond. With a shaky nod of his head Draco followed Harry into the kitchen and sat down at the smaller table.
"Where is it going to go?" Draco whispered.
"Take of your shirt." Harry instructed. "This will hurt a little bit."
Draco did as he was asked and Harry placed the tip of his wand to Draco's chest over his heart.
"Are you sure about this?" Harry gave the Slytherin one last chance to back out.
"I'm positive." Draco sucked in a deep breath as the tip of Harry's wand pushed against his skin and the teen spoke an ancient Latin spell a burning pain spread throughout the area and when Harry pulled back there was a black phoenix with a purple outline etched into his skin.
"The outline will change colors depending on your physical and mental health to alert me to any danger." Harry then explained.
"So if I was under the imperious you would know?" Draco asked.
"Imperious or if you are hurt in any way that we can't immediately see." Harry nodded. "Why don't you go tell the next person to come in and go take a hot bath. I'll be up as soon as I've finished here."
Draco gave Harry a quick kiss and left the room.
The hot water burned against the mark as he sank down into the tub. But off all the choices he had Draco was glad it was a phoenix burning on his chest and he momentarily wondered if Harry was in the kitchen with a topless female. His mother briefly flashed through his mind and he laughed.
Draco was in bed when Harry finally arrived upstairs his own mark had been placed on his bicep. Draco ran his fingers lightly over it. "Did you place everyone's in different places?"
The men have theirs in the same place as yours. The women have theirs on their ankles. Mine as the one that connects them all is here." He gestured to it.
The ring around his was a light blue color. Which made Draco wonder about the colors.
"Why is mine purple and yours isn't? Shouldn't we all know what the colors mean so we can identify them?"
"I told the others the meanings before I came upstairs. Purple means your health is normal. Red is a critical injury, green means a mental issue such as the imperious, dark blue you have a minor injury." Harry recited off.
"But what about yours?" Draco asked cautiously knowing Harry had issues talking about himself or any inflictions he might have.
"Let me get ready for bed and I'll explain it to you." Harry replied with a tired sigh before going into the bathroom for a shower.
After he had returned and they had curled up to go to sleep Harry did as promised and explained it to Draco.
"Remus' ring is the same color as mine. It means you have some sort of toxin in your blood stream. Remember when you asked me if I was a werewolf and I said not exactly?"
Draco nodded.
"Well I'm not exactly a vampire or a wizard either. When I was young maybe around seven or eight. Dumbledore decided to do some experimental testing on me. I was injected with diluted forms of werewolf and vampire venom. Not enough to kill me or even change me completely but enough to instill me with their strengths. I almost died during the procedure but when I came around I was and am stronger, faster and more powerful than I would have been as a normal wizard."
"Harry that's horrible." Draco gasped. "He used you a guinea pig, and for what?"
Harry smirked and fire lit in his eyes.
"Why, the greater good of course."
