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42: The Order of the Phoenix II

AUGUST 6, 1995
12 Grimmauld Place, 8:00 pm

"I DON'T THINK THAT they are going to expel you, Harry. It would be completely unfair for them to do so!" Cass exclaimed, crossing her arms and huffing loudly.

"Calm down, Cass. I know everybody in this room would agree with you on that." George said, placing an arm around Cass' shoulders and giving her a slight nudge.

"Merlin, even Dumbledore would agree with you on that." Fred continued, giving Harry a reassuring smile.

"Thanks guys. I've just been worried sick about all of this." Harry said, feeling slightly relieved about everything. "I still wonder what they're talking about down there."

"They're having some sort of meeting. I just wonder why they won't let us join in or listen at least." Hermione huffed, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes, desperately wanting to be part of the discussion that was going on downstairs.

"I think you would have to be a member of the order in order to join in." Cass said, shrugging nonchalantly. Everyone looked at her in slight confusion.

"What order?" Harry asked, tilting his head slightly at Cass.

"The Order of the Phoenix." Cass answered. Everyone still looked at her with confused expressions. 

"I don't understand..." Ron trailed off, still unsure of what that was. Everyone nodded in agreement.

Cass sighed as she tried to recount her mother's stories from when she was younger. "The Order of the Phoenix is a secret group founded by Dumbledore in order to stop you-know-who the first time he rose to power. Most of our parents are part of this group. Since, they believe that Harry might be right about you-know-who being back, they might have decided to bring it back."

"Everyday the reality sets in that this is actually happening. Like, things have been getting so much darker lately." Ginny said solemnly, looking down at her hands. Everyone nodded sadly in agreement.

"You can't have light without a little bit of darkness, right?." Cass said, trying to be optimistic. She smiled slightly but it faltered as she realized that even she herself didn't believe it.

"A little bit of darkness? Everything these days is just darkness and there will come a time when everything is so pitch black that even the brightest ray of light can't shine through." Ron spat bitterly, even he refused to believe what he was saying but he knew that he would slowly start to accept it. 

"Come on guys! Let's not think like that." Fred said loudly, clapping his hands together and startling everyone. He looked at his brother so that he could back him up on this.

"Yeah! Besides, The Order had already stopped you-know-who once, who's to say that they can't do it again!" George said, standing  up with a smile on his face.

"We've also got another year of Hogwarts to look forward to! Come on, this might actually our best year yet. Well, especially us since it is our last year there and we want to go out with a bang." Fred said excitedly, looking at George with a hint of mischief in his eyes as he said the last sentence.

This seemed to lift up everyone's spirits slightly. They all looked forward to another year of going back to school. Harry couldn't wait to play quidditch again, Ron was curious to find out who their newest defense teacher was and playing wizard's chess with his classmates, Hermione missed going to the school's library and reading there, Ginny missed joining the different extracurricular activities, while Fred, George, and Cass just missed causing trouble around the halls.

"Besides, if you all are really curious about what's going on downstairs, we might be able to help with that." George said mischievously as he grinned from ear to ear.

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"YOU DO realize that the children were eavesdropping on  the meeting earlier, right?" Arabella laughed as she and Sirius entered their shared room. 

"Is that why you've been so quiet during the last thirty minutes?" Sirius asked, laughing as well once he realized this, until it was replaced with a look of slight confusion. "Wait, how did you know that?"

"Well, it's not everyday that I see a floating ear, I'm pretty sure that I was the only one that saw. All of you were two engrossed." She smiled brightly, shaking her head ever so slightly as she recounted the surprise she felt upon seeing it. "Must be the work of those Weasley twins, they really are something else."

"It would seem so. I think we finally found the people to carry on the Marauder legacy. Shame that I hadn't gotten to know them sooner, I would have loved to hear about all of the tricks they'd play." Sirius said, sadly as he sat down on the edge of their bed. He looked down as he remembered all the years that he had missed out on.

Arabella noticed this and sat down beside him. She took his hands in hers and gave him a sad but comforting smile. She noticed Sirius' eyes watering up as he let out a few quiet sniffles. 

"It's not your fault that you missed out on these years, Sirius."

"I just wished I hadn't gone to Pettigrew's that night. I just wish I had took your advice and didn't do anything stupid that night." Sirius sobbed, pulling his hands away from Arabella as he held his face in his hands.

Arabella held back the urge to cry once she saw Sirius. She embraced him and put her head on his shoulders. "Hey, we can't bring back the past. What we can do is make the most of the present and do our best to make the future better. Come on, we've still got a lot of years ahead of us."

"yeah, you're right." Sirius said, wiping his tears. "I'm sorry for being so dramatic."

"You're not being dramatic, love." Cass smiled. "Come on, I'll make tea and get you even more caught up. I have endless stories to tell." 

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ARABELLA RETURNED with two mugs of coffee only to find Sirius sat in front of the fireplace and staring ahead.

"Here you go." Arabella said, setting the mug in front of him. "Where do I even begin? There's so much I haven't told you yet." 

Sirius continued to stare straight ahead and took the mug in his hands and took a sip. "Give me your ring." 

Arabella was starting to tell a story about Cass but had paused suddenly after hearing Sirius say this. She looked at him worriedly with panic eyes.

"What?" She spluttered out.

"Just give it to me." Sirius said, holding his hand out, trying his best not to smile at Arabella's panicked look.

"What? Did I say something wrong? Come on, we can talk about this." Arabella said, her eyes watering, reluctantly handing Sirius the ring. 

"Stand." Sirius said, taking her hand and standing up as well.

"As you and I both know, we've been engaged for about twelve years now and I think that counts for a reproposal." Sirius said kneeling down in front of her and holding up the ring. "Will you-"

"Yes, you idiot!" Arabella said, interrupting him with a huge smile.

"Let me finish." Sirius laughed, shaking his head. "Will you, Arabella Arroway, marry me...tomorrow? I checked and I'm one hundred percent sure that we are free tomorrow as well as Harry, Cass, and Remus so you can't say no or reschedule."

"Yes, Sirius Black. I will marry you tomorrow." 

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