Hi everyone

Thanks to everyone who reviewed - it is due to your encouragement that I am adding two new chapters now (I hope you enjoy them!)

Much of the story will develop through looking at 'Order' memories but I'm also planning to make sure I include the reactions of those characters watching the memories.

Please read and leave me a review, whether you liked or loathed it (even if its just a short 'yay' or 'nay') I'd love to know...

The reactions around the room differed considerably, many of the adults gasped audibly and all of the children faced Professor McGonagall with horrified stares. Ron gazed at Hermione and muttered, "What?" under his breath and Moody simply gave a growl of appreciation and patted Hermione roughly on the back.

"Constant vigilance," he barked, "Trust nobody. Good girl. But don't go asking people if they're death eaters," he added, "You'll put them on their guard."

Everyone quickly turned to stare at Moody apart from Sirius who gave a sharp gasp of laughter and was quickly joined by the usually stern McGonagall, who gave a precise little chuckle before returning to her normal firm expression and turning to Molly.

"I'm sorry, Molly," she said, "But I'm afraid I must ask you to allow the children to stay. I may be somewhat concerned with them knowing my story, but I am significantly more concerned by the idea of them returning to Hogwarts believing me to be, or have been, a death eater."

Molly sighed, "Very well," she said.

Ron turned to stare at Hermione in delight, thrilled thather strange question had had such pleasing results. But Hermione was asking yet another question.

"Do you have the Dark Mark, Professor?"

McGonagall was silent for a moment before nodding her head to the amazement of those in the room who had never heard the story.

"But I received it before it was the mark of his followers," she murmured softly, "When he first used it to mark his victims."

There was an uncomfortable silence broken eventually by McGonagall carefully stirring the pensieve with her wand and selecting the appropriate string of memories.

"I will show you the full story," she said calmly. "It is told through a string of various memories from different people and to my mind includes far too many irrelevant and well – private details. Nevertheless, this is the way Dumbledore created the string and I will let you see it as it is, since I believe he had his reasons."