54. Order of the Phoenix - Part Two

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"So?" Melody asks, as I peer at the test.

"Negative..." I say sighing with relief.

"So it's just the stress then?" Melody asks.

"Yeah it's got to be. I'm glad I'm not... you know... I just think Fred and I aren't ready for a baby yet. Yes we have some money but we are still at Hogwarts and both want careers." I say.

"It's understandable, we are still young and in the middle of a war," Melody tells me comfortingly.

"Yeah, anyway we should go back to our room so no one gets suspicious." I say grabbing the test and throwing it in the bin.

We walk into our room and see the boys sitting there, looking slightly confused.

"Where were you two?" Fred asks.

"In the bathroom." We reply in sync.

"What were you doing?" George asks curiously.

"None of your business." I say quickly, hoping to shut them up.

"You two are up to something... aren't you?" Jack asks.

"No we aren't, don't be ridiculous." Melody tells the three of them.

"Yeah you are, you both seem a like you've been up to something." George replies and the three get up from the beds they were sitting on.

"I don't think you are going to find anything in there." I say, whilst sending a panicked look to Melody.

"I think we will." Jack says as they start searching through things.

Melody and I looked at each other hoping one of them won't go through the bin and find the test. Yes the test was negative but I didn't want them to find it, then Fred looks in the bin, grabbing a piece of toilet paper and picking the test up, at least he had good hygiene.

"What's this?" He asks.

"A pregnancy test." Melody quickly replies.

"Don't tell me one of you two are pregnant." George says laughing, whilst Fred and Jack without looking at the test looked panicked.

"No ones pregnant." I quickly say; trying to shut them down.

"Who took the test then?" Jack asks looking between Melody and myself.

"I did..." I confess.

"What?" Fred asks, looking confused.

"I missed my period a few weeks ago, but it's fine, it's just from stress." I say.

"Thank Godric, imagine mums reaction if y/n was pregnant, you've not even left Hogwarts yet." George says still laughing.

"Good thing I'm not, if this leaves this room, I will kill whoever told anyone, okay?" I ask and they all nod their heads with Fred still looking confused.

"There's no point hanging around in here all evening let's go." Melody says and we all go to walk out, when Fred lightly grabs my arm.

"What's up?" I ask him.

"Why didn't you tell me you thought you could be pregnant?" He asks me, he looks a little sad.

"I didn't want to worry you, plus there was other possibilities such as stress." I say pulling him into a hug.

"I know but I'm your boyfriend, I thought we told each other these things." He says.

"We do Fred, don't worry about it. It was negative, no foetus so stop worrying okay?" I say.

"Yeah I know, but I do worry especially with the war going on." Fred says, "and if we had a baby it would make everything harder."

"I know but we don't so don't worry about having a baby. Anyway, tell me about the joke shop stuff and how it's going." I say and we leave the bathroom walking back to my room.

"It's going well, just need to find people to test them on." He says looking at me.

"I told you before I am not going to be your guinea pig, maybe try it on someone else." I say to him as we walk into the room.

"Ah, yes, we can try it on Hogwarts kids, like the first years." Fred says, looking at George.

"What are you talking about?" George asks.

"I know who we can test our products on, the first years, offer them a little bit of money and they will come swarming. Mainly the Gryffindors but Jacks and Angelina are prefects so we can get away with it." Fred says with a evil smile on his face which his twin also now had on his face.

"I will help yeah, but Angelina won't want to." Jack says.

"Jacks got a point, she really won't want to help, she'll probably tell you both off." Melody says.

"You really think she would?" George asks.

"Yes." Jack, Melody and I reply at the same time.

"Okay - okay, well at least we have your help Jack." Fred says.

"Dinner should be done soon right?" I ask.

"Yeah." Melody replies.

We apparate down the kitchen and the meeting had clearly finished as only a few of the order members remained.

"Anything I can do to help Molly?" I ask.

"Yes please dear, you could help me chop the vegetables." She says, and I grab my wand and start waving the knifes to chop the vegetables, whilst Molly stirred the cauldron.

Melody and Jack were helping sort plates and whatever else, everyone else was in conversation and I was in a little bit of deep thought from earlier.

"Y/n?" Arthur says looking at me concerned.

"Er, yeah... sorry was just thinking" I reply.

"Is everything alright, dear?" Molly asks me with the pair of them looking worriedly at me.

"Yeah, just thinking about stuff." I reply quickly, not really wanting to talk about it.

"Are you sure I've seen that face before," Molly starts telling me as the vegetables finish chopping.

"Yeah, I'm fine..." I say, but who was I trying to convince myself or them. Before I could even finish what I was saying Molly started shouting.

"Fred - George - NO, JUST CARRY THEM!" Molly shouts at the twins. I look up from the pile of vegetables to see the pair of them bewitching things, with things then crashing everywhere and a knife almost cutting my dad hand off.

"FOR HEAVENS SAKE! THERE WAS NO NEED - IVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS - JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE MAGIC NOW, YOU DONT HAVE TO WHIP YOUR WANDS OUT FOR EVERY TINY LITTLE THING!" Molly shouts with the whole room looking at the twins.

"We were just trying to save a bit of time!" Fred says, hurrying forward to grab the bread knife from the table. "Sorry Sirius, didn't mean to."

I look over to see my dad and Harry laughing and Mundungus fell off his chair backwards, with Crookshanks running under the dresser hissing.

"Boys," Arthur started saying, whilst helping clean up the mess. "Your mothers right, you're supposed to show a sense of responsibility now you've come of age- "

"None of your brothers cause this sort of trouble!" Molly shouts, as she slams a big cauldron of butter beer on the table. "Bill didn't feel the need to apparate every few feet! Charlie didn't charm everything he met! Percy - " Molly stopped dead in her tracks before continuing, with a slightly sad expression.

"Let's eat." Bill said quickly and I move sitting between Fred and Melody.

"It looks wonderful, Molly," Remus said as he dished his own food onto his plate.

For a few minutes we sat there in silence, I wasn't as hungry as I thought and picked at my dinner.

"I've been meaning to tell you, Sirius, there's something trapped in that writing desk in the drawing room, it keeps rattling and shaking. Of course, it could just be a Boggart, but I thought we should ask Alastor to have a look at it before we let it out." Molly tells my dad.

"Whatever you like." He replies.

"The curtains in there are full of doxys, too," Molly went on, "I thought we might try and tackle them tomorrow."

Yay more cleaning.

"I look forward to it." Dad replies sarcastically.

"You okay?" Fred whispers to me, grabbing the attention of Melody who was on the other side of me.

"Yeah, just feel a bit peaky." I say with a small smile.

"You sure? After earlier, you haven't seemed right since." He tells me.

"His right, maybe you need to tell someone how stressed you are." Melody whispers.

"I'm fine. Can we please stop talking about this please?" I ask, wanting to change the conversation topic.

"Fine." Says Fred in annoyed tone, he gets up and moves next to George further down the table.

"Seriously?" I turn to Melody and see Anna on the other side of the table, raise her eyebrows slightly and I pull the flask out of my pocket and take a sip.

"Drowning your sorrows away?" She asks and I nod my head.

"She's not used to love and affection." Melody says and I roll my eyes.

"I got brought up in a house with a bitch who made it obvious she never liked me let alone loved me." I say taking another sip quickly before handing it to Melody as her parents were in a conversation down the other side of the table.

"Understandable, my childhood was like that as well, I think that makes three family disappointments in this room," Anna says, laughing lightly, "reckon we can find anymore?"

"Maybe." I laugh lightly.

Down the table Fred, George, Ron and Mundungus were laughing in there seats practically falling off of them.

"... and then - and then, if you'll believe it 'e says, 'ere, Fung, where dija get all them toads from? 'Cos some son of a Blufgers gone and nicked all mine! And I says, nicked all your toads, will what next? So you'll be wanting some more then? And if you'll believe me, lads, the gormless gargoyle buys all 'is own toads back orf me for a lot more'n what 'e paid in the first place- " before Mundugus could finish another one of his stories Molly cut him off.

"I don't think we need to hear and more of your business dealings, thank you very much, Mundungus," Molly said, whilst Ron slumped forward howling with laughter, whilst I made quick eye contact with Fred us both then turning away.

"Beg pardon, Molly." Mundungus said.

"I don't know where you learned about right and wrong, Mundungus, but you seem to have missed a few crucial lessons." Molly said, before looking at my half eating food, "are you sure your okay y/n?" She says as everyone goes back to their own conversations.

"Yeah, I don't feel too well." I say with a small smile.

"You do look a bit ill, maybe you should go to bed." She suggests.

"She'll be alright," my dad says from down the table, "should try and eat some pudding."

He was right, a small portion of pudding went down okay, although it was amazing and I wanted more I physically couldn't eat.

"Nearly time for bed, I think." Molly said as the room sat in light conversation.

"Not just yet, Molly." My dad says then turning to Harry. "You know, I'm surprised at you. I thought the first thing you would do when you got here would be to start asking questions about Voldemort."

The happy, light atmosphere that was in the seconds ago, went dark and everyone was looking over.

"I did! I asked Ron and Hermione but they said we're not allowed in the order, so -"

"And they're quite right, you're too young." Molly says in a harsh tone.

"Since when did someone have to be in the Order of the Phoenix to ask questions?" Asked dad, "Harry's been trapped in that muggle house for a month. He's got the right to know what been happen- "

"Hang on!" George shouts.

"How come Harry gets his questions answered?" Fred shouted as loud.

"We are old enough to join the Order as well and he is under age." I join them.

"We've been trying for a whole month to get something out of one of you but not one thing!" Jack shouts.

"You're too young, your not in the Order." Fred said in a mocking high pitch voice.

"This isn't fair!" I shouted, "so my own dad won't tell me but, Harry comes along and you tell him, thanks!" I say spitefully, wrapping my arms around my chest.

"It's not my fault you haven't been told what the Orders doing," dad said calmly.

"It is your my dad or have you forgot that?" I shout angrily.

"No I haven't forgotten -"

"So we are picking favourites now then? Thanks Dad." I say bitterly.

"Y/n it's not like that, Harry needs to know -"

"It's not down to you to decide what's good for Harry!" Molly shouts, beating me to it. "You haven't forgotten what Dumbledore said, I suppose?"

"Which bit?" Sirius asked politely. How is he still calm?

"The bit about not telling Harry more than he needs to know." Molly says and our heads keep going back and forth between the two arguing.

"I don't intend to tell him more than he needs to know, Molly." Dad replies, as I sit there waiting for a chance to say something and I could see the others were doing the same. "But as he was the one who saw Voldemort come back, he has more right than most to - "

Nows the chance.

"So the five of us can't know, and yes it's our parents choices but you are my parent. Secondly, why make a different choice for Harry when he isn't even of age or even in the Order." I say standing up so I can look at him.

"And he's dealt with as much as most in the Order." Dad says.

Before I could start talking again Melody pulls me down and Molly starts talking.

"No ones denying what he's done! But he is still -" Molly starts saying before my dad interrupts.

"He's not a child!" He says.

"He's not an adult either! He's not James, Sirius." Molly says, with her cheeks going a sight shade of red.

"I'm perfectly clear who he is, thanks Molly." Dad replies.

"I'm not sure you are! Sometimes, the way you talk about him, it's as though you think you've got your best friend back!" Molly says.

"She's got a point." I whisper and only Melody and Anna hear me.

"What's wrong with that?" Harry says.

"What wrong, Harry, is that you are not your father, however much you might look like him!" Molly says staring at my dad. "You are still in school and adults responsible for you should not forget it!"

"Ooo burn." Melody says, as I take a swig of Firewhisky from the flask, to take the edge off.

"Pass that here." Anna says and I slide it across the table.

"Meaning I'm an irresponsible godfather?" Dad asked, raising his voice slightly.

"Meaning you have been known to act rashly, Sirius, which is why Dumbledore keeps reminding you to stay home and -"

"We'll leave my instructions from Dumbledore out of this, if you please!" Dad said raising his voice even more.

"Arthur!" Molly shouts at her husband, "Arthur, Anna, Beth back me up." She says looking at Anna with the flask in her hand and she sits it down on the table.

"Dumbledore knows the position has changed. Molly. He accepts that Harry will have to be filled in, to a certain extent, now he is staying at headquarters." Arthur says, trying to not get involved with the argument

"Personally," Uncle Remus started saying, "I think it better that Harry gets the facts - not all of the facts but the general knowledge- from us and not a completely different version from someone else."

"That's true, he is going to find out eventually." Beth, Melody's mum says.

"Well - well... I can see I'm going to be overruled. I'll just say this: Dumbledore must have had his reasons for not wanting Harry to know too much, and speaking as someone who has Harry's best interests at heart- " Molly starts.

"He's not your son." Dad tells her.

"He's as good as, who else has he got?" Molly replies.

"He's got me!" Dad replies.

"Yes, the thing is it's been rather difficult for you to look after him and your daughter while you've been locked up in Azkaban, hasn't it?" She says, and I was a little speechless.

Dad rises from his chair.

"Molly you aren't the only person at this table who cares about Harry or y/n for that matter. Sirius sit down." Uncle Remus says.

"I think Harry ought to be allowed a say in this, he's old enough to decide for himself." Remus says.

"I want to know what's been going on." Harry said.

"Very well, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, y/n I want you out of this kitchen, now and I assume the others are going to say the same for Melody and Jack." Instead of Beth and Anna speaking well we wanted our say.

"We're of age." Fred, George and I say together and I see Beth nod to Melody and Anna nod to Jack.

"If Harry's allowed, why can't I?" Ron shouted.

"Mum, I want to hear!" Ginny also shouted.

"NO! I absolutely forbid -" Molly starts saying.

"Molly, you can't stop Fred and George, they are of age and y/n isn't our daughter." Arthur tells her.

"They are still in school and she practically is." Molly replies.

"But they're legally adults now." Arthur said tiredly.

Molly looks at Anna and Beth for some support.

"Jacks allowed." Anna says swiftly.

"So is Melody, besides, Jack is only going to tell them." Beth replies.

"Y/n is allowed as well." Dad says, "and I know full well she will tell the twins."

"Fine! Fred and George can stay but Ron -"

"Harry will tell me and Hermione everything you say anyway! Won't you Harry?" Ron asked.

"Course I will." Harry replied.

"Fine! Fine! Ginny - bed!" Molly shouted.

Ginny did not go quietly, we could hear her storming through the house angrily then my grandmothers shrieks could be heard. Uncle Remus then went to cam the portrait down and close the kitchen door behind him whilst Anna slides the flask to me.

"So Harry... what do you want to know?" My dad asked him.

"Where's Voldemort?" He asked, along the table you could she shudders at his name. "What's he doing? I've been trying to watch the muggle news, and there hasn't been anything that looks like him yet, no funny deaths or anything."

"That because there haven't been any funny deaths yet, well as far as we know anyway... and we know quite a lot." Dad replies.

"More than he thinks we do, anyway." Said uncle Remus.

"How come he's stopped killing people?" Harry asked.

"Because he doesn't want to draw attention to himself, it would be dangerous for him. His comeback dint come off quite the way he wanted it to, you see. He messes it up." Dad says and I look down the table and make eye contact with Fred and send him a small smile which he returns.

"Or rather, you messed it us for him." Uncle Remus said, with a smile.

"How?" Harry asked, looking slightly confused.

"You weren't supposed to survive! Nobody apart from his death eaters was supposed to know he's come back. But you survived to bear witness." Dad told him.

"And the very last person he alert to his return the moment he got back was Dumbledore l, and you made sure Dumbledore knew at once." Remus told him.

"How has that helped?" Harry asked.

"Are you kidding?" Bill said, "Dumbledore was the only one you know who was ever scared of!"

"Thanks to you, Dumbledore was able to recall the Order of the Phoenix about half an hour after Voldemort returned." Dad says.

"So, what's the Order been doing?" Harry asked looking around the table.

"Working as hard as we can to make sure Voldemort can't carry out his plans." Dad replied.

I sit there taking extreme sips of the Firewhisky and hand it to Melody who shakes her head at me whilst they are still talking and she starts whispering.

"Your going to stand up from that chair and fall on your arse." She says quietly, trying not to laugh.

I look over to the boys who have noticed and trying not to laugh.

"It won't be bad trust me, I'm just drinking a few problems away." I say with a small tipsy smile and return back to the Order meeting conversation.

"Well, the main thing is to try and convince as many people as possible that you know who really has returned, to put them on their guard, but it's proving tricky." Bill said.

"Why?" Harry questioned.

"Because of

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