Chapter 2: Number 12 Grimmauld Place

The week that we had to wait for Dumbledore felt like it was only a few days. Calem and I had packed everything that we had thought we needed, with the help of some expansion spells as Dumbledore called them. Once we arrived in Dumbledore's world, he took us to some hidden house in London. The place was huge, but when we got there, most of the occupants were adults. One of the women, Tonks, was amazing. Calem and I ended up teaching her a lot about Pokémon, since Calem and I were allowed to let our Pokémon out, at least for now.

About a week after Calem and I had arrived at Number 12 Grimmauld Place, Dumbledore came to inform us that a family would be staying here for the rest of the summer and informed us to try to keep our Pokémon hidden from them. He also mentioned that some of them would even end up becoming our students.

The next day, a family of red-heads and one bushy haired brunette girl moved in. Calem and I observed them from a distance. Their father was very kind and introduced himself as soon as he noticed us standing in the corner of the kitchen. Their mother, on the other hand, had other plans for us.

"My dear, you're so skinny. Are you sure you're eating enough?"

"I can assure you Mrs. Weasley," I began, trying to contain my irritation, "I am eating plenty of food."

"Yeah," Calem snickered from the other side of me, "she could eat a whole Gyarados and still be hungry."

"Oh please," I said, rolling my eyes, "like you couldn't?"

"I'm not sure what that means, but you still need to eat. Don't worry dear, I'll make you plenty of food while you're here."

Mrs. Weasley walked away, probably in search of her children. As soon as she left, a pair of twins, presumably members of the Weasley family, appeared in front of us.

"Hi," they said at the same time.

"He's Fred"

"He's George."

I smirked. "I'm Serena. He's Calem."

"We hear that you're going to be teaching at Hogwarts," Fred began.

"Are you both teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts," George finished.

"No, we're not," Calem responded calmly.

"Pitty," the twins said.

"It would have been nice," George said, looking at me.

"If we'd been able to look at you every day," Fred finished.

"While I'm flattered," I said, looking between the two red heads, "I'm still a professor and you 're still students."

"Funny, you don't look much older than us," Fred said.

"That's because we're 17," Calem responded before I could get a word out.

The twins smirked before walking away. I turned to Calem, my left eyebrow raised, "well, this is gonna be a more interesting year than I thought."

The night that Harry arrived, the Order was having one of their meetings…which consisted of the usual arguing. Calem and I were allowed to sit in on these meetings, presumably so that we were caught up on the current events in the wizarding world…much to Mrs. Wealsey's dismay.

Once Sirius noticed Harry standing in the hallway toward the kitchen, Mrs. Weasley jumped up and greeted him.

"Harry," she said sweetly, closing the door after Calem and I slipped out of the kitchen to get a look at another one of our students. "Thank heavens you're alright," she said, pulling the dark haired boy into a tight hug. "Bit peaky, but I'm afraid dinner will have to wait until after the meeting's finished." Harry tried to stammer out a question before Mrs. Weasley cut him off. "No time to explain," she gave him a smile before gesturing toward the stairs, "straight upstairs, first door on the left."

As he started to walk up the stairs, he turned around to look back at Mrs. Weasley, who nodded in affirmation.

After about an hour or so, Mrs. Weasley called us all for dinner.

"Well," Mrs. Weasley said as all of my future students made their way downstairs, "we'll be eating in the kitchen." She seemed calm, until the twins appeared right behind her. She let out a startled shout before turning around and smacking them on the arm as they ran into the kitchen, grinning from ear to ear. "Just because you're allowed to use magic does NOT mean that you have to whip your wands out for everything!"

Mr. Weasley walked up behind his wife as their two younger children made their way past their parents, giving quiet hellos to their mother. Mrs. Weasley then turned to Harry and Hermione and smiled, "you hungry Harry?"

"You sure you're alright Harry," Mr. Weasley asked, "gave us quite a turn."

"Harry Potter," Sirius said from behind the Weasleys. Harry grinned and ran over to hug his godfather.

As everyone sat around the table, finishing their dinner, various conversations were occurring. However, the only one that Calem and I were paying attention to was the conversation involving Harry.

"This is very peculiar," Mr. Weasley said, "it seems that your hearing is going to be before the entire Wizengamot."

"I don't understand," Harry interjected, "what's the entire Ministry got against me?"

Silence fell over the table before Moody instructed someone to show him. "He'll find out soon enough," Moody said. Kingsley handed Harry an issue of the Daily Prophet, one that had Harry's face on the front cover.

"He's been attacking Dumbledore as well," Sirius began, "Fudge is using all his power, including his influence of the Daily Prophet, to smear anyone who claims that the Dark Lord has returned."

"Why," Harry demanded.

"The Minister thinks Dumbledore's after his job," Lupin said simply.

"But that's insane, no one in their right mind could believe that Dumbledore-"

"That's exactly the point, Fudge isn't in his right mind," Lupin responded, "it's been twisted and warped by fear. Now fear makes people do terrible things Harry. The last time Voldemort gained power he almost destroyed everything that we hold most dear. And now he's returned and I'm afraid the Minister will do almost anything to keep from facing that terrifying truth."

Harry looked down at the paper again, trying to soak in all of the information.

"We think," Sirius began, "that Voldemort wants to build up his army again. Fourteen year ago, he had huge numbers at his command, and not just witches and wizards, but all matter of dark creatures. He's been recruiting heavily, and we've been attempting to do the same. But gathering followers isn't the only thing he's interested in. We believe Voldemort might be after something -"

"Sirius," Moody warned.

"Something he didn't have last time."

"You mean like a weapon," Harry asked.

"No. That's enough," Mrs. Weasley snapped, "he's just a boy. You say much more and you might as well induct him into the Order straight away."

"Good," Harry said, "I want to join. If Voldemort's raising an army, then I want to fight."

Sirius leaned back in his chair, clearly proud of his godson. While it was nice to see that he was willing to fight against this Voldemort guy, I couldn't help but wonder if he really knew the costs that a war can have.

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