That night Risa and Jake met at the base of the grand staircase. Both of them had left their bodies in their beds and were now just a konpaku. Though both of them were captains neither were wearing the haori.
"What's going on?" Jake had asked as the two of them made their way through the castle.
"Not now," Risa would answer. The two of them were using reiatsu to stay six inches off the ground.
Byakuya was waiting for them at the tower.
"I see you two made it here without any issues," he said. Risa felt at pang in her stomach as she realized that she was no longer in charge of the mission and Byakuya was now in her position.
"Yes sir," Risa and Jake answered at the same time. The three captains left the castle in silence, flashing off toward London.
The silence carried them over to the busy city and then to a small suburb on the outskirts where Byakuya landed on the ground softly. Risa and Jake followed. Byakuya led them to an apartment complex and them handed them a slip of paper.
"Read and memorize," he said quickly. Jake and Risa read the note. All it said was OOTP: 12 Grimwauld Place. "Now burn them."
Risa lit hers on fire with kido; Jake pulled a lighter out of his pocket. As they mini pyres burned a door opened in between doors eleven and thirteen. Byakuya shoved them through the door. Instantly several people were on their case.
"Who are you?" a gruff voice asked. Jake shot Byakuya a look.
"Byakuya Kuchiki, division six," Byakuya called out.
"Uchimani Arisa, division nine," Risa said timidly.
"Jake Emmerson, d-3?" Jake said answered. Byakuya hit him upside the head. "Jacob Ryan Emmerson, division three."
"Very well," the gruff voice cleared. The speaker was an older man, grisly with half his nose missing, an electric blue eye, and a wooden leg. Jake backed into Byakuya.
"Emmerson, what the fuck are doing?" the voice of Kenpachi Zaraki called. The speaker came into the light and stood next to the man with the wooden leg.
"Emmerson, Uchimani," Byakuya said pointing to Jake and Risa. "Alastor Moody."
"I know you," Jake said suddenly. "You taught at Hogwarts last year!"
"You moron," Risa said. "Did you hear that story?"
"No,"
"Girl knows her stuff Mad-eye," Kenpachi said with a smirk. "Him not so much."
Risa and Jake followed Moody, Kenpachi and Byakuya into the kitchen. It was in the basement and it was more like an underground cellar. The walls were earthy but there was a large fireplace with a roaring fire licking a black cauldron. Several others were sitting at the scrubbed wooden table. Some of them were Harry Potter and the Weasely family. Also being there was Remus Lupin, the DADA teacher who preceded Moody who preceded Umbridge. A woman with bright pink hair was washing dishes in the basin where the sink would be and talking to a scraggly man with long black hair. Also there was Ukitake who was talking to Dumbledore.
"Byakuya," Dumbledore said upon seeing Jake and Risa. "No trouble then?"
"No sir," Byakuya responded. "Somehow these two found out about Arthur."
"He is Jake," Dumbledore said with a small smile and his blue eyes twinkling. "I wouldn't put it past him."
"So what's our plan Albus?" Moody said. "Kuchiki wanted these two inducted, what's your say?"
"Jake and Risa are of age," Dumbledore said quietly. "And I have heard from all three of the Soul Reapers that they are of caliber."
"Wait a minute!" Fred and George yelled. "We wanted to join this summer and you all said no! How come these two can walk in and everyone's all like yeah sure go ahead!"
Risa's blue eyes flashed dangerously and she drew her zanpaku-to so fast the motion was blurred. She slashed the curtains and sheathed her sword just as fast. Ten seconds later the bottom of the curtains fell to the floor.
"There's your explanation," Moody said. "As much as you think you know Uchimani and Emmerson you don't. They like Kuchiki, Ukitake and Zaraki are captains of the Gotei-13. Have you ever wondered why they were heads of the class in Kido or Sword arts? Uchimani was born with that talent and has honed it from a young age. She may be 17 in appearance but she's how old? 173?"
"174 next month," Risa said. "I', sorry that you want to be part of this organization guys but in all reality how many times have you been faced with death?"
"At least four times," Harry butted in.
"This isn't about how many times you've been faced with death," Ukitake said sharply taking everyone in the room by surprise. He was usually soft-spoken. "The reason none of you are in the Order is simple you're either not of age or not of caliber. Uchimani and Emmerson just happen to be both. There's a reason them out of all the others were asked to join. No will those who are not in the Order please leave."
"No way," Ron said jumping up. "This is my dad dying we're talking about!"
"Ron, your father will be fine," Ukitake said putting his foot down. "There's not much our medical unit cannot handle."
The rest of the Weasely's weren't going down without a fight but it was Kenpachi's maniac look that sent them running. Jake and Risa sat down at the table.
"What don't you already know?" Kenpachi asked Jake.
"Weasely was attacked by snake, Umbridge is on a power high at Hogwarts, and she stopped Potter from playing quidditch after an incident at the last match…"
"Yamamoto stripped me of my authority and sent half my team back to the Soul Society," Risa added.
"They know quite a lot," said Moody. "Too much in fact."
"They are captains with lieutenants," Ukitake said. "It wouldn't be the first time Emmerson has paid off Kira to do the dirty work."
"You pay off Kira?" Risa asked. "What kinda captain are you? You have to do the dirty work yourself, pay off the lieutenant to do the annoying stuff like meetings and paperwork."
"Ukitake said lectures were pointless because you two zone out frequently and we'd find you texting each other stupid shit under the table," Moody said trying to proceed with the meeting. "If you two are going to join the Order you might want to pay some attention."
"I am paying attention," Jake said. "It's not my fault I'm going to tune you out in five minutes thinking about something totally unrelated. That's just me."
"You're an idiot," Risa said shaking her head. "Professor please, just do us a favor. Tell us what we gotta know, and what we gotta do. Jake's right and Kenpachi can attest to this because he stands next to me. When it comes to lectures I have the attention span of a gnat and I can't pay attention. Short sweet and to the point please."
"I'll try," Moody said with a sigh.