Little Angel

CHAPTER 9

"Come on in Remus and Sirius, have a seat," said Dumbledore pointing to the two armchairs laid out on the other side of his enormous oak desk.

"Albus, I suppose you know why we are here."

"Of course, it's about Harry,"

"So go ahead, name your clause, you know you can't keep Harry from us, so tell us what you want in return."

"Getting right to the point I see."

"Well, no time to waste since we have a one-year-old to look after now."

"He's not gone you know"

"Who James?"

"No, Voldemort."

"Yeah, what's up with that," said Remus hotly.

"Mr. Black, I think you'll believe me, after living with his closest followers for the last couple of months.

"I do," Sirius said quietly.

"And what are we to do about it?" asked Remus.

"You tell me Remus, are you in or out?"

"In or out? This war took everything away from us, what the hell were you thinking of letting your own students, just seventeen years of age, fight in a war? If we had just packed up and left England as soon as we graduated like some of our peers, we would all still be alive and happy but we didn't, we stayed because of you, you made us all feel like heroes as if fighting a war would be some glorious thing, but it's nothing like that, war is the ugliest thing ever."

"I know that Remus, believe me, I know, and I also knew that you lot were not ready to face the harsh realities of the war, but I had no choice, most of the adults were more concerned about their families and jobs and didn't dare."

"So you used us, school children, who you had shaped to think the way you wanted to."

"Don't you make it seem like I manipulated you and kept you there against your wishes? You always knew the risks and you could walk away anytime."

"What do you want us to do Albus? Haven't we lost enough already, don't we deserve to just live peacefully with what we have left?"

"I want to work together to ensure there isn't another war."

"And how do you suppose we do that?" Said, Sirius.

We keep the order alive, the remaining members and whomever we can find, and don't worry no more recruiting school children or anything."

"So you want us to be part of an illegal underground army based on your paranoia, and even if Voldemort does come back we don't know when, how long do you want to run the order for, a year, ten, fifty?"

"Until we know for certain that Voldemort will never rise again."

"And how can we do that when we don't even know where he is or how he's even a threat?"

"Yeah Albus you have to give us all the facts this time, or we're out, no more trying to withhold information, we are not at war now, you have to trust us."

"I will, I'm still figuring things out and I will tell you when I know things for sure."

"And I swear Albus if I ever feel like you are keeping things from us then we are out."

"I accept Remus,"

"Good"

"Now, coming to my offer, I want to make Grimmauld place the order headquarters."

"Grimmauld Place?"

"Yes Mr black, I'm sure you don't plan to live there anytime soon, it's one of the most heavily warded buildings in London, it's huge and in a central location, I think it would be perfect."

"I don't mind that, I think that place is a mess as it hasn't been lived in since reg-- since more than a year. That place needs to be used for something good, after all the centuries of dark magic it has experienced."

"Well that's settled Mr. Black, how much you want to be involved in the new order is your choice but I hope it's more than less."

"That like Remus said depends on what you want us to do and how you treat us and the rest of the order."

"Ok then, what do you know about Horcruxes?"

"Horcruxes? Said Sirius, confused."

"It's dark magic, very dark magic,'' Remus said quietly. Do you think he has one?"

"That is one of my theories, the most solid one so far is I say so myself."

"Remus, I want you to do some research on the topic, I've done my own but it will be good to have a new perspective."

"Do you think that Voldemort made a --"

"Not now Remus, first you research, then I tell you what I think, I don't want us to make any wrong assumptions here."

"Ok"

"And Sirius, I have a task for you too but you can decline as it may still be a touchy subject for you."

"Is it to do with James?"

"Not really no"

"Then what is it"

"It's about your other dead brother"

"Reggy, what do you--"

"You were in Azkaban for months Sirius, the things that real Death Eaters told you are important to us, now I know you don't want to remember much about that time, but did you hear anything about Regulus?"

"I did"

"I think something is amiss about his disappearance, I want you to look into it, you don't have to tell me all the details, only what you think is needed, the rest can be just for your own solace."

"Fine."

"Good, now get to cleaning up Grimmauld place, when it's done, we can have an order meeting there and you can report your progress. And at that meeting, you can also show me where you decided to keep Harry, and we can all help set up some extra wards just in case and you can become his official guardians, does that sound good to you."

"Alright."

"Now, if you can please see yourself out, I have a meeting with the minister in a couple minutes. "

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A/n : So, here begins the second part of the story, the horcrux hunt one. Enjoy.