Disclaimer: Not mine, I'm just playing with the characters.

The Brotherhood

A/N - Please note that I have state testing Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and afterwards I'll be too exhausted to write, so the next chapter may be coming out later than usual. However, reviews may just help me perk up after the torturous test taking and help me write faster. And yes, this is plea for reviews.

~~~ Chapter Nineteen ~~~

Harry was sitting alone when Remus entered the room after taking Tonks home. He had a book open on his lap and was staring intently at the page, looking deep in thought rather than actually reading.

"You're still up?" Remus questioned.

Harry jerked out of his thoughts and looked up, slightly confused, "What time is it?"

"Midnight," Remus replied.

Harry nodded, then looked back at Remus, "And you're just getting back from dropping Tonks off?"

Remus blushed, "She wanted some alone time,"

Harry smirked.

Remus changed the subject. "Where's Ginny and Sirius?"

"Sirius is still out, somewhere, and Ginny went up to bed shortly after you left," Harry replied, closing his book.

"What were you reading?" Remus asked, he felt slightly awkward, standing there trying to make conversation with a boy he barely knew. The week he had spent with Harry at Hogwarts and the few days he had spent here, Harry was quiet and Remus hadn't been able to know him at all.

"The Marauder's Guide to Mischief Making," Harry answered softly.

Remus smiled and finally took a seat on the couch by Harry.

"Did Sirius tell you the history of that book?" he asked.

"No," Harry replied.

"It was your dad's idea. He said we should leave a legacy behind. The Map was also his idea. We were going to plant the book in the library the day before we left Hogwarts on our seventh year, so that future students could find it. Of course, it never happened," Remus informed him.

"Why didn't it?" Harry questioned, looking over at the older man.

Remus sighed. "The weekend before, James' parents died in an attack. He left the school early to go to their funeral and all our plans, including a huge prank at the end of year feast, were forgotten and discarded."

"Who did he live with?" Harry asked, "I thought I didn't have any relatives,"

"You don't. Besides the Dursleys anyway. James lived with his uncle, his mother's brother, for a month or so after school ended, then he moved into an apartment with Sirius. Shortly after that, his uncle was killed. James started going into a depression at that point, thinking that anyone close to him would be killed. He was very close to right. Voldemort had something against Potters, and still does, really," Remus explained.

Harry frowned. During his months on the run after his escape, he hadn't really thought much about Voldemort, although he knew he must be around somewhere. Remus was apparently still going to Order meetings, as was Tonks, but that was all he knew.

"What is going on with Voldemort right now?" Harry asked.

"Not much. Since your escape, he's been rather quiet. We fear that he's planning something, but we don't know what."

The door slammed open right then and Sirius stumbled in. He was drenched from head to foot and had a great scowl on his face.

"What happened to you?" Harry asked as Remus stood.

"I fell in a lake," Sirius answered.

"What were you doing near a lake?" Remus asked, giving Sirius an incredulous look.

"I don't want to talk about it," Sirius grumbled, then stormed upstairs, splashing water everywhere as he went.

Remus retrieved his wand to clean up the mess and Harry followed his godfather upstairs, hoping to gain some information on what had happened.

~~~TB~~~

Harry and Ginny were once again alone in Remus' house. Remus and Tonks were at an Order meeting and Sirius was out searching again.

Harry sat on the couch, thumbing through one of Remus' old school books – Sirius had once again tried to reinforce the home schooling thing. Ginny sat across from him, reading another schoolbook. She was actually concentrating on the book though.

A sudden noise from outside made them both look up in alarm.

"What was that?" Ginny questioned.

"I don't know, but it doesn't sound good," Harry answered, standing and heading toward a window to look out. He didn't get far, however, before the door was blasted open and four deatheaters entered the house.

Harry stumbled backwards in alarm, wishing that they hadn't neglected to get him a wand. From behind him, he heard Ginny swear as well, glancing at her, he saw that saw was wandless as well. She had left her wand upstairs.

Harry dove behind the sofa and the deatheaters started throwing curses. He heard a shriek as Ginny was stunned and fell to the floor.

It only took moments before Harry's hiding place was destroyed. Without a wand, he was helpless.

His vision faded into darkness as he was stunned.

~~~TB~~~

Tonks stumbled through the fireplace and nearly tripped over a nearby lamppost. She caught herself, if only barely, and stared at the lamppost in confusion. Remus had learned not to leave anything anywhere near the fireplace, for her sake.

Looking around the rest of the room, she gasped. It was a complete disaster zone. The couches were overturned and there were burns on the walls, plus rubble scattered around the room.

Remus, having come out of the floo behind Tonks stopped in shock.

"It's just like when the ministry…" he paused in horror. "Oh no, please not have been the ministry," he pleaded quietly, striding past Tonks further into the room.

"Harry! Ginny!" Remus called out, hoping for a reply.

There wasn't one.

"It wasn't the ministry," Tonks said suddenly. She had crossed the room and was standing in the torn up doorway.

Remus turned to look at her and she showed him a piece of parchment that had been attached to the door.

"Who was it, then?" Remus questioned, wading through the mess.

"It was Voldemort," Tonks replied softly, staring at the note. On it was displayed the Dark Mark with the words "Courtesy of the Dark Lord Voldemort" written in bright green lettering.