Chapter Three: The Order meeting
Somehow over the past two days I have found out that I have Voldemort's old core and The Order meeting's location has been changed to our house. I was very sad and lonely. I couldn't talk to ANYBODY about it. So I went to the place I usually go when I feel sad and alone, Kreacher's grave.
I used to just go to Kreacher, as he was really the only person I could tell everything to. He was my friend while my brothers were away at Hogwarts. I would get so lonely then. I would play with him. I know it sounds odd because he can be a bit hostile, but he is only unkind to those who are unkind to him. He would always make me treacle tart when I was feeling sad. I could tell him everything, and he wouldn't tell anyone. Well, except my father, whose orders were above mine. When I was little I accidentally set him free, by giving him a shirt as a christmas present. He still stayed though, He said it was because he had nowhere else to go, but I think he secretly liked us.
I sat out there the whole afternoon, feeling the sun on my face, the grass between my toes and the fresh air. I may have also cried a bit. I wasn't that upset, it was just such a huge secret. At least tonight my father would tell The Order, and they could give some advice. Our backyard is pretty big. It's a huge field with magical protections around it, and a garden in one corner. In another corner is the graveyard. It's actually a really pretty graveyard, with shrubs, flowers, and long green grass. The graves are mostly pets, Kreacher, Dobby (whose grave got moved here), and honorary ones for family members, such as My siblings and I's namesakes(except for Luna and Hagrid), Uncle Fred, and Teddy's parents.
Our House is actually fairly small compared to our backyard , but it is still pretty big. It has five bedrooms and two bathrooms on the upper floor, and a Huge kitchen, a parlour, and a family room on the bottom floor. We have a front porch, a front yard, a back porch and a garden either connected to it, or near it. The garden is my favorite place because of the beautiful flowers, shrubs, bushes, and small benches it has, it also has a vegetable garden next to it, that I planted and a small fruit orchard (five trees).
I heard my mom calling me to supper. I hurry back to the house to ask
"Why are we have supper so early?""Dad has The Order meeting remember?" Albus replied. We quickly eat dinner and our mom tells us to go to our bedrooms. "Why can't we stay at the meeting?" James asks. "It's nothing exciting, or that concerns you" she answered. I wait until the boys go upstairs to say, "It might concern me, Can I stay?" "No Lily, go get prepared to go to Hogwarts." "But Mom!" "If you go upstairs now, I'll ask Uncle Percy and Uncle Bill to bring Dominique and Lucy to read the books with you." "Really? Wait... James and Albus won't think that fair." I warned. "I'll ask for Molly, Louis, Rose and Scorpius to come by Floo as well." "Okay!" I ran upstairs to get my stuff ready.
When I got upstairs, I told the boys to clean their rooms, and hurried to mine. I hurried to put my stuff away. I'm usually a neat person but all of my stuff for Hogwarts was all over, I hurried and put it all in neat piles. I didn't put them on shelves and such because A:We were going to use them, and B:I would surely forget them. Right after I finished I heard people zooming out of the fireplace and a knock at my door. "Come In" I said, In walked a Blonde-Haired girl with blue eyes, and as unlikely as it would be, a scatter of freckles across her nose. "Lily!" She said as she ran in. "Dom!" I said as I ran to hug her. "I haven't seen you for weeks!" She said, "It's been almost three."
Another knock at the door. "Come in" we both said. A girl with mousy brown hair, gray eyes and freckles walked in. "Lucy!" We greeted her with as much enthusiasm as we had eachother. Us three were best friends, all of us were the same age, born within the same three days of August. Dom was the oldest her birthday was the twenty-first, Lucy was the twenty-second and I was the twenty-third. We were so close we were often call the Tenacious Troublesome Trio or TTT by our always had the same birthday party on the same day each year, the twenty-fourth. That way we are all the same age.
"We all better be in the same house," Lucy said, "I know! I'm hoping for either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor" I said. "Me three" They both said. It's a thing we made up when we were five. We made up a list of rules we had to follow. "What wands did you guys get?" "I got an Alder wood wand with Dragon Heartstring 12 ¾ " Dominique said. "I got an Ash wand with Unicorn Hair 12 ¾" Lucy said, "I got Aspen wood, Phoenix Feather also 12 ¾ ." "Isn't it weird we all got A named wood, 12 ¾ and the three different core types?" Dom asked. "That is really weird," Lucy said as I nodded in agreement. "We better get to reading this stuff though, Aunt hermione said some of it is really interesting."
We had just opened our books when I jumped up and said "Actually lets go and spy on the meeting and see if it's anything interesting, I just got Extendable Ears." "Okay let's go," Lucy said as Dom smiled. We snuck into the hallway when all of the sudden… "Boo" We all jumped out of our skin. "James" I whispered angrily "What are you doing out here" "Coming to see if you had any Extendable Ears we could use" I should have known. This always happens at Order meetings. "What are you doing?"He asked "Same as you except I do have Extendable Ears." "Can we listen with you then?" He asked. "Fine"
We huddled around the listening piece and were about to start when heard "Listening to the Order meeting?" It was Scorpius, along with him was Albus and Rose. "Yes, Why?" James said challengingly. "Oh come off it James, he was just asking." Rose said. I silently cheered for her. I have two cousins (besides Dom and Lucy) That are like older sisters to me, Rose and Victoire. I don't need more brothers though, I already have three (I count Teddy as one). The rest of my cousins are like really good friends that are related to me. They all treat me like a little sister.
Once I realize there was a long awkward silence while I was caught up in my thoughts I smiled at the trio of newcomers and asked "Do you want to join us?" "Lily," James whispered so only could hear, "He's Draco Malfoy's son" "So, it's not like he's done anything, and he's Al's best friend, and they are MY Extendable Ears, so go find your own if you don't want them to join." I turned to them "Do you?" Albus and Scorpius looked at each other. "Okay" "Sure" They came over and we made room. Then we all leaned down and listened.
What They Hear:
Harry:I call this meeting of The Order Of The Phoenix To Order(*Haha*), First Item of Business:Hogwarts Protection
We looked at each other, what do they mean?
Harry:Recently there have been rumours of people practicing the Dark Arts again. Although we do not know if they are truth or if they even they want to attack Hogwarts, some measurements of caution must be taken. Does anyone have any ideas?
Teddy: We could send New Aurors or Interns including myself to patrol the corridors at night.
*Murmurs of Agreement*
Harry: I think that solves that for now, if anything else arises we could take more steps but for now that is fine.
Harry: Now, does anyone need advice on things concerning the Dark Arts?
*Awkward Silence*
Harry:I know some of you do, but I will start us off if you like.
*Murmurs of Agreement*
Harry:*Chuckles* Alright then, *Clears throat*
Harry: A couple of days ago, and Ginny knows this, I went with Lily Luna to buy her a wand. The wand she got was Aspen Wood, 12 ¾ with a Phoenix Feather core. Now I assume you all have read Ollivander's Pamphlet on Wand Woods? No? Well I will just show you with this potion exactly what he said to Lily and I.
I was scared now, should I and the others keep listening? "Hey guys how about we go back and read our schoolbooks now?" "Shhh, Lily quiet" Oh man, they're not going to leave, "C'mon guys let's go, we really shouldn't be doing this." "Lily be quiet" someone snapped. "It's my Extendable Ear, and I'm taking it." I knew I sounded uptight and bratty, but I didn't care. I had to keep my promise. I tugged away from them and it broke. "Aw, c'mon Lily" It turns out it was no use as a big booming version of what was currently Ollivander's voice could be heard.
The Changing Voice:"Curious thing, this is yes." "What do you mean is curious" I asked. "A wizard's wand is the most important thing he can have, an embodiment of his pride. When a wizard has committed a horrible act, mind you this hasn't happened for centuries, his wand gets taken apart and recycled. This shows deep disrespect towards the wizard and brings dishonor. This core, is the same core that was in He-" "Voldemort's wand" My dad interrupted. "Yes Voldemort's" Ollivander agreed.
"The Aspen wood also says a thing or two about it. It is the wood of an accomplished duelist or a destined one, attracted to quests and new orders, for revolutionaries. Even disregarding Voldemort, this is a wand for a very important person. Take care of it Lily Luna. Take care of it."
They had heard it anyways. They all slowly looked at me and stared. "You've got Voldemort's core?" Someone asked. "That's what we just heard isn't it No need to shout it for the world to hear!" Scorpius replied. "Is that why you've been spending all this time at Kreacher's grave?" James questioned. This time Scorpius raised an eyebrow. I thought he knew about mine an Kreacher's friendship, He's always at our house. The stares started making me uncomfortable. It was bad enough I had to endure them everywhere else in the wizarding community, and know in my own home? That made me mad. "I would appreciate it if you all would stop staring at me like I'm a Unicorn-Wolf hybrid. I'm just as surprised as you are, I only found out myself two days ago!" I snapped at them. "Now we should all go to our rooms before our parents catch us out of them!" "That sounds like something Hermione used to tell me and Ron" We all jumped and turned. It was my dad.
"Now I assume you all heard that?" He said looking at the broken Extendable Ear in my hand. "When I heard what you were saying I tried to get them to stop listening but I couldn't, They were curious and wanted to know more, it was my idea to listen in and my Extendable Ear, and I take full responsibility, it's just as bad as if I had told them myself, I'm sorry for breaking my promise and your trust Dad. I feel truly bad." I looked down. I was so ashamed and guilt-ridden."Wait! Lily tried to stop us from listening!" Dom said, "Yeah, when we wouldn't stop she broke the Extendable Ear before the potion came into effect, the only reason we heard everything was because the voice was so loud." Lucy added. "I know it was loud, that's why I came upstairs, I didn't even know you guys were listening in until Lily started talking. But I'm not mad, I did the same thing when I was younger, but you all can not tell ANYBODY what you heard, not your moms, dads, or siblings. Some of your parents know but do not discuss it. I will tell you if anything changes, but for right now I recommend you all get ready for bed and do what you are supposed to be doing."
We waited there for a while to see if he wanted to tell us anything else until almost as an afterthought he added, "You are dismissed, Lily I would like to speak with you." After everybody left I walked over to him. "My, my, Lily Luna, you are getting too big for my liking." I giggled. "Lily, I want you to know that I am extremely proud of you for what you did. That took Gryffindor worthy courage, you also showed maturity through taking responsibility for your actions. Although I am extremely proud, I am also sad because you are growing up way too fast. Thank You for telling the truth but next time, please do what you are supposed to do and have no need for telling the truth. " "I will" "Do you Lily Luna Ruby Potter swear you will never break a promise if you can help it?" "I promise"