The Order of the Phoenix
Hermione and Draco spent Saturday night talking and planning the Christmas ball, also taking in to consideration what their friends thought would be cool.
"I think we should have the Weird Sisters again, they were good" Hermione suggested.
"Okay" Draco said.
They decided to make an ice garden outside the castle. They, wouldn't have a theme ball, it seemed over done. Instead the would enchant the ceiling in the Great Hall so it would snow Hermione found a spell that could make a water fall, and a potion to make sure the punch wouldn't get spiked (Hermione's idea.)
They went down to dinner later, and then both fell asleep on the sofa in the common room, thoughts of the upcoming Christmas ball on their minds.
Meanwhile, Ron sat in the Gryffindor common room alone, thinking. Should I tell her how I feel? No, she probably doesn't feel the same way. Maybe I should ask her to the ball, no she's probably going with Malfoy, that git! Ron fell asleep in a scarlet armchair, his thoughts resting on his beloved brown haired bookworm.
Hermione awoke the next morning to the sound of a bird tapping on the window. She lifted Draco's arms off her, got off the sofa, and let the phoenix in. It dropped two identical letters. One letter had her name written across it in gold lettering and the other had Draco's. As the bird left. Hermione opened the letter. The letter, like the envelope, was written in gold lettering. It was from Professor Dumbledore. It read:
Dear Ms. Granger,
You have been selected as one of the few students chosen for a position in the Order of the Phoenix. As you know this organisation contains a small group of advanced students, parents, teachers, and Auror's. Please come to the Transfiguration classroom at nine PM tonight. Enclosed is a list of other participants.
Sincerely,
Professor Dumbledore,
You're Grandfather
Wow, she thought, they chose me? She had a feeling they would but still, one thing was being told what was happening in the world and another thing was being with them and helping them. She hadn't seen the Order since her fifth year and that was two yeas ago; Hermione didn't know whether to feel scared or ready. She looked at the list of participants.
It read:
The Order of the Phoenix
Led by Albus Dumbledore
Members:
Sirius Black - Auror
Albus Dumbledore - Leader/Headmaster
Arabella Figg - Auror
Penny Halliwell - Co-founder/ Auror
Mundungus Fletcher - Auror
Hermione Halliwell - Student, 7th year
Draco Malfoy - Student, 7th year
Harry Potter - Student, and 7th year
Pansy Parkinson - Student 7th year
Blaise Zabini - Student 7th year
Ronald Weasley - Student, 7th year,
Minerva McGonagall - Professor
Remus Lupin - Auror
Nymphadora Tonks - Auror
Hestia Jones - Auror
Rubeus Hagrid - Professor
Olympe Maxime - Professor/ Headmistress
Alastor Moody - Auror
Severus Snape - Professor
Arthur Weasley - Ministry Official
Prudence Halliwell - Auror
Bill Weasley - Gringotts Official
Charlie Weasley - Dragon Keeper
Molly Weasley - Civilian
Kingsley Shacklebolt - Auror - Ministry Official
Sturgis Podmore - Ministry Official...
Organisation goals: To rid the world of evil and suffering. To prevent wars and Muggle massacres, and to most importantly defeat the Dark Lord and rid the Wizarding world of Death Eaters.
Hermione was sure the list didn't stop there, but she had no time to ponder how many more were in the Order. For what had caught her attention most was the name Prudence Halliwell
"There couldn't be any relation could there?" Hermione asked herself not sure what the answer should be.
Hermione woke up Draco, much to his displeasure, but his face brightened when she showed him the note.
He exclaimed, "Father used to talk about it all the time! The Order of the Phoenix is a group of witches and wizards that fight against Voldemort and the Death Eaters!"
"Yeah Harry, the Weasley's and I met some of them two years ago." Hermione said, "I know this is dangerous and all but it's really exiting."
Draco exclaimed, "I know what you mean."
Hermione smiled and took his hand.
"Okay" she said, "let's go down to breakfast."
And with that they left the common room, their minds filled with thoughts about the Order of the Phoenix.
That night, Hermione, Draco, Harry, Pansy, Blaise and Ron walked to the Transfiguration room. When they walked in, they saw Penny, Moody, McGonagall, Snape, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Charlie, and Bill all sitting at a long table that had been conjured up. They also noticed an elderly witch and wizard, who they guessed; were Arabella Figg and Mundungus Fletcher. A white cat next to a big black dog that they knew to be Sirius Black was standing next to Dumbledore, who was at the head of the table.
"Welcome," Dumbledore said, as they walked in, "Please sit down."
The six took seats at the table as Dumbledore started the meeting.
"Alright, first things first" he said, glancing at the cat and Sirius.
The cat transformed a tired looking witch, with shoulder length brown hair and hazel eyes, she looked extremely like Penny. Sirius transformed back into himself, and Dumbledore explained the whole story about him being innocent. When he finished, he began to explain about the Order of the Phoenix.
"As you know," Dumbledore began, "you have been called here to form a group known as the Order of the Phoenix. This group was established many years ago, back when Voldemort was in power. When he disappeared, the group was no longer needed, so it was diminished. Now that Voldemort is back in power, it is time to start this group up again. Since Cornelius Fudge wishes not to believe that Voldemort has returned, this group is separate from the Ministry.
Now for those of you who have never heard of the Order of the Phoenix, (Pansy and Blaise) I will give you a brief description. The Order of the Phoenix is a group comprised of advanced magic students, parents, teachers, and Auror's. Our goals are to prevent Lord Voldemort from becoming too powerful, from harming both the Wizarding and Muggle worlds, and to hopefully defeat him and the Death Eaters one day.
How do we do this? First, we will try to get the giants on our side. Second, we must have a spy in Voldemort's inner circle to inform us of his actions, which we will prevent. There may be quite a few battles. Now, our spy is Severus Snape. He is posing as a Death Eater, unfortunately we will need more, but we shall get to that later. Now I know that this might be a little much for some of you to take in, but trust me - we need your help. Any questions?"
Nobody had spoken throughout his whole speech. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Blaise, Pansy and Draco looked at each other in shock. This was a lot more serious than they had thought. But they all knew that they had to do it. When nobody raised their hand, Dumbledore continued.
"Good" he said, "Now is there anyone in this room who does not wish to participate in the Order of the Phoenix?"
Nobody raised their hand.
"Excellent!" Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling, "The Order of the Phoenix will meet every Wednesday in this room at nine PM, unless there is an emergency meeting. As for our six students, you will come both to the meeting every Wednesday and to a meeting every Friday at seven PM. This meeting will be to give you extra training. We will teach you advanced spells, some not taught here at Hogwarts.
"Hermione as your powers will be more advanced let me introduce you to Prudence Halliwell." Dumbledore pointed to the woman beside Sirius.
"Hi." Hermione said to Prue.
"Prudence is your aunt and only other living relative apart from me." Hermione heard the room gasp; most likely they didn't know she was related to Dumbledore.
"But...the file, it didn't say anything about another sister." Mia said more to Prue than her grandfather but he answered anyway.
"The reason for that is quite simple really, Death Eaters were after Prudence being the oldest sister and most powerful so she went into hiding, unfortunately we had to erase Phoebe, Piper and Paige's memories so they wouldn't let anything slip. Prue has been living with Tonks ever since.
"Of course she has agreed to give you private lessons, as did Penny so you can learn to control them." Dumbledore finished smiling slightly at Hermione's dazed face.
"I need a glass of water." Mia said holding on to her boyfriend for dear life. Ron passed her a glass but accidentally tripped on his robes.
"NO!" Hermione called reaching out to grab it, glass froze in place (while Ron fell to the ground)
Just as Hermione was about to grab the glass she felt a small pinch on the side of her arm.
They all noticed the right side of her birthmark glow dark green.
"Has this happen before?" Prue asked her.
"Yes, but last time it was blood red."
"I see, do you know what it means?" Hermione shook her head, so Prue continued
"You have completed two fazes of your heritage, you have and correct me if I'm wrong, received Paige's power to move things or call them to you, and that was Piper's power to freeze things."
"Your not wrong, so that means I have another two fazes to complete." Hermione asked
"Yes and no, you see I was I hiding so I could never bless you with my powers something I cannot do until you can control the rest but we will help you so don't worry." Prue said with a smile