AN: Here's a new chapter! hope you enjoy. I still don't own anything that is recognizable from Harry Potter. I tried claiming Remus for my own but they just wouldn't go for it. Sigh. ;)

"GRYFFINDOR WINS!!"

The crowd was going wild and under his feet Remus could feel the whole stands moving with the students who were jumping up and down in celebration.

"We won!" Lily was screaming in his ear. She had a hold of him in a death grip and was also practically vibrating with happiness. Never one to really be into Quidditch it seemed she had caught the crowds fever. "We won the cup!"

On his other side, Tonks was practically doing a dance. Hufflepuff hadn't made it into the finals and so she had pledged support to Gryffindor. She had even turned her hair scarlet for the occasion. On her other side a fifth year had grabbed Peter in her crazed euphoria and planted a smacking kiss on his lips. He now stood there looking dazed as she and her friends jumped around him. Out on the field the Gryffindor house team had made it to the ground and was in the midst of a group hug. Remus could see James and Sirius holding onto each other. Sirius appeared to be crying.

Grabbing Lily who was still screaming in his ear and Dora by the hands Remus dragged them through the crowd and out of the stands down to the field. Peter followed close behind looking so happy he could have wet his pants in his ecstasy.

"We won!" Sirius was shouting through his tears when they reached him and James. Dumbledore was making his way through the crowd with the gleaming cup and the sight of it sent him into fresh fits. "We Bloody won!"

Lily promptly let go of Remus's robes and grabbed James who had somehow lost his glasses in the fray and was grinning hugely as Professor Dumbledore handed him the cup. "You won!" was all she seemed capable of saying. Sirius who had until then still been latched onto James regained himself finally and spotting Tonks and Remus grabbed them both into an absurd three person dance. "Moony! We bloody won the cup!"

The absurdity of it all, especially the fact that all anyone seemed to be able to say was that they had won, was starting to get to him. It wasn't until he saw professor McGonagall sobbing unashamedly into a tartan handkerchief that he started to laugh hysterically.

"I know Padfoot! Can we please stop spinning? I'm getting dizzy!"

They stopped spinning and everyone was beaming as Sirius yelled, "Party in the common room!"

The party lasted until three in the morning when Professor McGonagall came back for the third time and told them all in the severest tones that if they didn't all go to bed that instant then they would all have detention.

Remus heard none of this. He had borrowed James's invisibility cloak and was at that moment escorting Tonks, whom they had snuck into the common room, back to her own house. Currently they were crouched under the cloak lip locked in a passionate snogging session outside of the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room.

"I really should go." He gasped when they finally came up for air. "Since Peter lost the map it's gotten harder to hide from Filch."

"He won't catch you," she told him breathlessly as she pulled him down for another kiss. "One more minute."

Just as they were deepening the kiss and it looked like one minute would turn into five, a noise behind them had Remus pulling away abruptly.

"What…"

"Shh!" he hissed looking around warily. Someone was there and it didn't sound like Peeves.

"You're not backing out now are you Snape?" An oily cool voice was asking.

Slowly so as to not make a noise, Tonks and Remus moved back into the shadows. Even though they were under the clock Remus didn't want to take any chances.

"Of course not Mulciber," came the snide tones of Severus Snape. "I merely…"

"Be quiet!" Mulicber hissed.

Both Tonks and Remus froze listening alertly. It wasn't long before they heard a third voice.

"Who's down there?"

It was Mr. Filch, which meant…

"Meow." Tonks looked down to see his kitten Mrs. Norris sitting at their feet staring at them accusingly.

"Scat you mangy cat!" she hissed trying to edge her away with the toe of her high top "Go."

"Quiet!" Remus breathed in her ear.

The next moment Snape and Mulciber were moving quickly past them and Mrs. Norris turned her attentions to them with Filch close behind.

"That was close." Tonks finally said after a few minutes of standing there. She hadn't realized it but she had grabbed Remus's robes and only now did she let go.

"What'd you suppose they were talking about?"

"I don't know," Remus replied in a whisper. "But whatever it was I'll wager it wasn't good. You should go now Dora before Filch comes back this way."

Tonks reluctantly agreed and whispered the password before slipping out from under the cloak and into her common room.

When Remus made it back to Gryffindor tower he told the other marauders about overhearing Snape and Mulciber and the near miss with Filch.

"See Peter, if you hadn't lost our map to Filch Moony would have known they were coming." Sirius grouched from his four-poster. "What were they saying?"

Remus shrugged as he pulled his shirt over his head. "Nothing substantial, although it did seem urgent and it must have been covert for them to be meeting down by the kitchens. Why not just talk in their common room?"

"It was probably something to do with Voldemort and his lot." James supplied maliciously. He despised the dark arts. "For all we know they could have joined up by now."

"Or are going to." Peter said shuddering as usual at the mention of the dark lord.

"My brothers going to join." Sirius said with disgust as he hit his pillow as if I had personally offended him. "My parents must be wetting them selves with pride."

No one said anything after that and soon Peter's snores could be heard through the dorm.

"Lupin." Professor McGonagall called as he followed James, Sirius and Peter out of the class. "A moment please?"

"Want us to wait?" James asked hesitating outside the door.

"No, go ahead to dinner, I'll be there soon." Remus assured before turning back and heading to McGonagall's desk.

"Yes professor?"

She glanced at him over her glasses. "Don't look so worried . Professor Dumbledore wishes to speak with you before dinner. You are to go to his office right away."

"Yes, of course Professor."

She indicated he should go and Remus left the room feeling confused. What could Dumbledore have to speak to him about?

Reaching the entrance to the stairs that would take him to the office Remus realized he didn't know the password. What would Dumbledore use? It was usually some sort of sweet, he remembered.

"Fizzing whizzby?" he tried not really believing it would work. To his surprise the entrance opened. Once at the top of the staircase Remus knocked hesitantly.

"Enter."

Dumbledore was sitting at his desk his hands tented in front of him as if he had been thinking. He beamed at Remus, his eyes ever twinkling, and indicted he should sit down.

"Ah, Remus. No doubt you are wondering why I have asked you here today?"

Dumbledore always called Remus by his first name, something that both puzzled and oddly comforted him.

"Yes sir, I am."

"I shall not keep you waiting then. But first would you care for a Sherbert lemon?" he held out a dish and Remus accepted one with a quiet thank you.

"I have asked you here for two reasons. I got to know your mother quiet well during her time at Hogwarts did you know? No? Yes she was one of the most exceptional transfiguration students I have had the pleasure of teaching. Very tenacious."

Dumbledore sighed and gazed at Remus over his tented fingers for a moment. "You're parents were involved in an effort to help stop Voldemort, which I'm sure they told you nothing about. You're mother was adamant that you did not know. It was I who approached them a few months before their deaths. I felt sure that I could count on their support and I was not disappointed. You have been wondering I'm sure why you're parents were killed. This is why Remus."

There was silence then as he processed this. His parents had been part of an organization that's purpose was to stop Voldemort; had died because they chose to fight instead of sit back like so many others were. Somehow this made him feel better then he had in months. Finally he knew why they had died.

"What was the other reason you wished to see me sir?"

Dumbledore seemed to be studying him before he answered. "I have observed you for seven years Remus. In those years I have found that you are unfailingly loyal, hardworking and even poses a certain disregard for the rules, that if I may say so myself can be very healthy for one. You are also level headed, which will help you a great deal in the years to come. Tell me, what are you're plans after you finish school?"

"Well, I'm not really sure. I had planned on traveling a bit, but other then that…"

"I would like to suggest something to you Remus, and I must ask that you understand any action I may take after you answer."

"Of course sir." Remus said. He trusted Dumbledore emphatically.

"I would like to extend an invitation to you to join the same group you're parents were part of. Since forming a few months ago we have gained a few members and I think you'll be an asset if you were to join. I want you to understand before you

answer that joining this group may very well cost you your life, but you would be working toward the betterment of our world."

Remus weighed Dumbledore's proposition in his mind for what seemed like many minutes. Join in the fight against Voldemort? This war had been going on for most of his life and everyday he feared that something would happen to someone else he loved. If he could help stop the madness that was consuming their world then he would. There was no other option.

"Yes sir. I will join."

Dumbledore beamed. "Very good!" He reached across the desk and grasped Remus's hand in his. "Welcome to the Order of the Phoenix Remus."

"Now, I shall be in touch in the near future with more information. For now I would like you to concentrate on finishing out the last two months of school. I daresay we have missed dinner but there may be some treacle tart left if you hurry."

Remus recognized this as a dismissal but as he stood a thought occurred to him. "Sir?"

"Yes?"

"I was wondering if …"

"If you may tell Mr.'s Black, Potter and Pettigrew of our discussion. I would like for you to wait Remus, I shall be addressing each of them tomorrow. I felt it prudent to speak to you alone about you're parents."

Remus nodded. "Thank you sir."

He started out the door then stopped again. "Can I ask one more thing?'

Dumbledore chuckled, "You just have, but yes you may ask your question."

"What did you mean when you asked me to understand any action you might take after I answered?"

Dumbledore chuckled again. "If you had not consented to join I'm afraid I would have had to perform a small memory charm on you. I felt sure, however that you would not decline."

Remus found himself laughing too as he finally exited the office. Only Dumbledore would speak of tampering with someone's memory so nonchalantly.

Within two days time Dumbledore had approached not only James, Sirius and Peter but also Lily Evans. All four consented to join the Order, although Peter did express some hesitation to Remus in private. Remus assured him he was doing the right thing and it was with the prospect of the uncertainties that lay ahead that they all pushed forward through their final two months at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.