A/N: Sorry I haven't updated. I had to study for my finals. Hope you like it. Oh yeah, I've deleted the previous chapter because I wasn't really feeling it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
"Hermione!"
"No, Ara."
"Please?"
"No."
"I'll just rephrase."
"Ara, how will you get passed your O.W.L.s then?"
"I'll just wing it."
Hermione rolled her eyes and gave Ara her Potion's essay. It was the night before Valentine's Day and they both wanted to finish their homework so they could spend the whole day without the worry of homework.
"See! I'm done already!" Ara said, putting down her quill.
Hermione looked at Ara's essay and nodded.
"At least you could rephrase, unlike Ron." Hermione said, giving back the essay.
"You're welcome! Speaking of Ron, shouldn't you be patrolling with him?" Ara asked.
Hermione gasped and without a word, ran out the portrait hole. Ara watched her, amused that she could actually forget a chance to be alone with Ron.
"Hey, Ara."
"Hello there, Harry!" Ara said, looking at the portrait hole where Harry was.
"Did Hermione-"
"Yeah. We were doing our Potions essay."
"But that's not due for a week!"
"If I do it now, then I'll have the rest of the week relaxing or pranking Umbridge."
"Well, that's true." Harry said, sitting down beside her and taking out a quill, ink and parchment. "What's the essay about?"
"Everything about the Elixir to induce Euphoria." Ara said.
Harry nodded and started writing. Ara looked over his shoulder to see what he was writing.
"Your second sentence is wrong." Ara pointed out.
"How do you know?" Harry asked.
"I just wrote an essay about it."
"It's not in your essay."
"Oh! Well, I'll just add it then."
Ara got her essay and wrote it down. Harry watched her skeptically.
"How do you know so much things? I've never seen you read a book. Even Hermione said so." Harry asked.
"Well, let's just say that I'm clever." Ara smirked at him and continued writing.
"So…" Harry said, 'casualy'.
"Yeah?" Ara looked up at him.
"Tomorrow's Valentine's Day."
"I know! It's the worst holiday of the year. I have nothing against St. Valentine, but how people celebrate it is just sick! Pink hearts, cupids, chocolates. Just gross." Ara said.
"Oh. Uhm- well, I-I agree with you!" Harry said in false agreement.
Ara eyed him skeptically. "Were you going to ask me to go with you to Hogsmede tomorrow?" She said as her heart beat a bit faster.
"No!" Harry said quickly. "I was going to ask you ways on how I could ask Hannah Abbot."
"Oh! Okay." Ara said, getting a bit disappointed. "Go up to her with flowers tomorrow and ask her."
"Okay. Thank you. By the way, Dumbledore wanted me to give you this." He reached for his pocket and pulled out a small scroll with a ribbon wrapped around it.
"Thanks Harry. You better go to bed to make your face pretty for Abbot."
"Yeah. Good night, Ara." He said and kissed her forehead.
She froze on the spot and felt herself blush. He smiled at her and climbed up the stairs to his dormitory. When the door closed, she stood up and danced out of joy. It was a good thing that the common room was empty. She remembered the scroll in her hand and opened it. She stopped abruptly and ran to her dormitory.
"Where is it?" she mumbled to herself.
Ara dug inside her trunk and found what she was looking for, a small striped bag. She ran downstairs and out the portrait hole.
"Ara? What are you doing?" Ron asked as he and Hermione were about to go in.
"Dumbeldore. Important." Ara said and continued running.
When she saw the gargoyle, she yelled the password. The escalator-like stairs twisted up and Ara jumped on it. When she reached the door, she knocked then burst in.
"Ah, Ara. It's good to see you!" Dumbledore said.
"Good to see you too, Dumbles." Ara said, panting slightly.
She walked up the Headmaster's desk and put the bag on top.
"It's the diadem. One of Voldemort's horcruxes." She said.
Dumbledore opened the bag and peeked in it.
"Ah! Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem." Dumbledore said.
"Yeah. We also need to go to the Gaunt's house to get Marvolo Gaunt's ring and we also need the cup of Helga Hufflepuff and the locket of Salazar Slytherin."
"Where can we find the last two?"
"The locket's in Grimmauld Place. We just need to find a heavy locket that's hard to open. As for the cup, we need to break into the LeStrange's vault."
"We must discuss this with the Order." Dumbledore said and gestured to the fireplace.
Ara got some Floo powder from Dumbledore and stepped into the green fire.
"Number 12 Grimmauld Place!" she said and threw the powder.
She was spinning and spinning. The fireplaces of other witches and wizards were whizzing past her. When she felt herself slow down, she threw her arms in front of her and felt herself land on the hard floor of the kitchen to Grimmauld Place.
"Need a hand, kiddo?"
"Dad!"
Ara jumped up and hugged Sirius. There was a cough in the background and Ara saw Remus.
"Come here, Moony!" she said and Remus joined the hug.
"I don't want to break this heartwarming moment," Moody said. "But we have a meeting."
The three sat down around the table and the meeting began.
"As we know, Voldemort has created horcruxes to keep himself alive." Dumbledore said. "Ara has found one of the seven at Hogwarts. Miss Black, you can take it from here."
"Thanks Dumbles. There are three more to be found. One is here in this house." Everyone but Dumbledore shot a look at Sirius. "Because my Uncle Regulus took it from Voldemort to stop him."
"So, he was really good then?" Sirius asked.
"Yes dad. He always wanted to be like you, but never had the guts to stand up to dear old grandmother." Ara said, and turned back to the rest of the Order. "Another one is in Little Hangelton, inside the Gaunt house. It's a ring with a black stone. The last one is Helga Hufflepuff's cup. The real problem to getting this is that it's in the LeStrange vault."
"What about the other three?" Tonks asked.
"One of them is a diary which was already destroyed thanks to Harry. The other one is Voldemort's snake. The last-" Ara turned to Dumbledore. He nodded and she continued. "-is Harry."
"WHAT?" Sirius stood up.
"Dad! Relax. We don't need a tirade from you!" Ara said.
"BUT WHY IS HARRY A HORCRUX? HOW?"
"Sirius. Just sit down." Remus said, trying to calm down his longtime friend.
Sirius obeyed and sat, but he was fuming with anger.
"The night Voldemort tried to kill Harry. Lily Potter's love created a shield that protected him. The killing curse Voldemort casted deflected and hit himself instead. He was destroyed but a piece of his soul attached himself to Harry, the only living thing in the house." Dumbledore finished.
Sirius was so pale, he looked like passing he was about to pass out. Tonks was tearing up. Moody, Kingsley and Remus were putting on their brave faces.
"Now, we need to split ourselves in order to obtain the cup and the ring. Alastor, Kingsley and I will get the cup while Remus, Tonks and Sirius get the ring."
"What about me?" Ara asked.
"No way, kiddo. It's to dangerous." Sirius said.
"But I'm part of the Order! Shouldn't I get to go to a mission too?"
"Okay. Miss Black, you may join your father, Remus and Tonks to get the ring." Dumbledore said.
"Yes! When do we start?"
"Tomorrow morning. I suggest we leave now, Miss Black." Dumbledore said.
"Why can't she stay here for the night?" Sirius asked.
"If the bloody pink toad finds out I've disappeared, she'll have a hit then give me a truck load of detentions." Ara said.
"Bloody bitch." Sirius mumbled then gave her daughter a hug. "See you tomorrow, kiddo."
"Bye dad." Ara said and stepped into the green fire.
There was a cough and she looked at Remus. "Bye to you too, Moony."
"Goodbye, Ara." Remus said.
Ara walked to the common room, exhausted from what happened that night. Te Fat Lady was nice enough to not let her say the password to get in.
"Ara? Is that you?"
"Harry? What are you still doing here?" Ara said quite sleepily.
"I forgot my Potions essay. I went down to get it and found Ron and Hermione. They told me you went to Dumbledore and I decided to wait for you." He explained.
"Oh. Well, I have to go somewhere tomorrow with my dad in the morning." Ara said sleepily and sat on the sofa. "I think I'll just sleep here. I'm too tired to go up."
"I'll bring you-" But Ara wasn't able to hear what Harry wanted to say, for she collapsed on the arm rest of the sofa out of tiredness.
A/N: Yeah. Changed the chapter. Sorry I haven't updated.