There Must Be Some Mistake! Harry Potter!

Ch.52 The Order of The Phoenix

I follow Tonks into the house.I have a bad feeling about this. I shouldn't have followed a random stranger into a random house. Especially a house that is extremely creepy in the inside. I slowly walk down the dimly lite hallway, with a door at the end. I feel a hand on my shoulder and I jump. 

"Sorry 'bout that." Tonks says as she squeezes past me. The hallway is so narrow that I have to turn side-ways in order for Tonks to pass me. Tonks hurries down the hallway. She trips over a umbrella stand and mutters something to herself. She opens the door and turns to face me beckoning me to over. I start to walk towards her from my position in the center of the hallway. 

I enter the room and all eyes turn on me. I look around the room. There's a table and lots of people sitting around it. I notice Mrs. Weasley and Mr. Weasley, Hagrid, MGonagall, Dumbledore? Proffesor Moody and Proffessor Lupin? What are they doing here? This is so weird.                Bloody hell, is that Snape!?

"Charlotte?" Proffessor Lupin asks, looking at me bewildered. I open my moth to speak but Tonks beats me too it. "She needed help."

"She needed help!? Could she not just have gone off to her mummy with her little girl problems?" A small man asks from his spot near the center of the table. I already don't like this man.

"I'm sure she has a real problem, Mundungus. Otherwise Tonks wouldn't have brought her hear." Lupin says. So that mans name is Mundungus. 

Mrs. Weasley gets up from her seat and rushed towards me. She grabs hold of my shoulders and looks at my face.

 "You've grown up so much since the last time I saw you." She gushes, smiling at me. I manage a small smile back. Her smile quickly disappears as she reaches up to touch my cheek. I flinch. "Where did you get this bruise?" she asks. 

"Briuse?" I ask her. "The one on your cheek." She says, looking worried. I reach up to touch it. Yep there's definitely a bruise there because that hurt like hell. "Finnick" I mutter to myself. Merlin, I didn't realise that he hit me that hard.

"Who's Finnick." Mrs. Weasley asks. I shake my head. "No one." I respond. 

"Your brother did this to you?" Dumbledore asks, from his seat at the end of the table. Everyone looks at me, some boredly and some worryingly. Reluctantly, I nod.

"Come her, Charlotte." Dumbledore says, beckoning me over to him. I walk over to him.  He reaches up to touch my bruise and mutters some words. The pain starts to fade. "Thanks." I say. 

"You gonna tell us why you're here now?" Mundungus asks me, boredly. Merlin, i'd love to slap that man across his face. "I ran away from home." I state. Mundungus groans. "Stop being rude, Dung." A black haired man says from his seat in the center of the table. Why do I recognize this man. He turns to me and asks, "Why did you run away from home?"

Should I tell them? "You can trust us." Mr. Weasley says from his seat. "You can't just say that and expect me to trust ye. I don't even know some of your names. Why should I trust ye" I say. They all exchange looks.

"I'm Kingsley." One man says. I nod towards him. "Mundungus Fletcher." Mundungus says.

"Sirius Black, at your service." The black haired man says. "You're Sirius Black?" I ask. He smirks and says "In the flesh." "It's great to finally meet you. Last I heard of you, Harry and Hermione had broken you out of the tower. Good to know you're alive." I say. "They told you about that?" He asks. "Of course they did. I'm one of their closest friends." I say.  

"Do you trust us yet?" Kingsley asks. I sigh and then nod. Sirius claps his hands together and says, "Great. So are you going to tell us why you ran away?" He asks.

I nod and quietly say, "I saw him." They all look really confused now. "Saw who?" Lupin asks. "Voldemort." I say. Most of them flinch. Dumbledore sits up straighter then he was sitting. 

"Where?" Dumbledore asks, looking fearful. "He was at my house with his death-eaters. Before he came my mother told me to go straight to my bedroom and to not come downstairs. But, I didn't listen to her. I went downstairs and started eavesdropping on them. Someone opened the door and I fell into the room. He was in there along with lots of other people that I didn't know, but the ones I did know were my parents and the Malfoy's. My brother dragged me out of the room and when I asked what Voldemort was doing here , he said that Voldemort wanted to start recruiting and he wanted me. He also said that my parents wanted me to get the dark mark. That's when I ran away." I say.

Everyone just stared at me gobsmacked. I knew that they all had lots of questions. "I think we should get you to bed. It sounds as though you could use some sleep." Mrs. Weasley says and before anyone could say anything she whisked me out of the room. 

Mrs. Weasley led me up the stairs and to a  room on the third floor. Sh opened the door to a small, dark room. "It's quite a small room, but it will do. Tomorow we'll have you moved in with Ginny. But right now you need some sleep. I'll go grab some pajamas from Ginny's room for you to sleep in." Mrs. Weasley says. "Thanks." I say, with a small smile . Sh closes the door behind her.

Ginny's here? That must mean that the rest of the Weasley's are here. At least i'll have someone to talk to tomorrow. Just then the door opens and Mrs. Weasley comes in. She hands me the pajamas and says, "Sleep well, Charlotte." and heads back towards the door. "You too." I say, even though I doubt anyone in the room will be getting any sleep with the information that I just gave them. Mrs. Weasley leaves the room and I get change into the pajamas and I fall asleep almost instantly.

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