Tremendous Sacrifice

Chapter 9

I stood up from where I was sitting. I did not know what to think right now. I could not show my feelings to anyone. My two best friends knew what I was thinking right now. Ginny and Luna looked over to me and Ginny asked,

"Are you alright?"

I shook my head no and said,

"I keep having to remind myself that these are not the people we know and love. They have not reached their breaking points and become the people they were supposed to be. They haven't found that thing that made them who they are. But it will happen, in its own way. Each moment changes a person."

I looked at the girls and nodded. We exited the Room of Requirements. I stood strong in between my two best friends. You could see everyone was staring at me. We passed the Marauders and you could see that Remus felt bad and James was just nervous and confused about it all. I didn't even look at Sirius. I did not care about what he thought right now. There was only one person I needed to talk to right now. We walked up to Dumbledore's office.

"I need to start my mission. When will I be introduced to Order?" I asked.

I was not playing games with him anymore. I have not heard a word from Dumbledore about being part of the Order. He gave me a look and then asked,

"Are you sure? Some of them will be unsure because of what house you are at Hogwarts."

"These are grown adults and they need to stop thinking like children that are judgmental school kids. I will even tell them that if any of them have a problem with me being in Slytherin. I knew some brave people from Slytherin. Plus James Potter's mother was from Slytherin and she is in the Order." I explained.

He smiled at me and said,

"Then meet me here tonight before curfew right after dinner."

I nodded and turned to look at Ginny and Luna. They nodded and Luna asked,

"Time to activate the plan?"

I nodded and walked back down. I now could feel my confidence rise again. I knew that I had to push all this silly child games aside and focus on my true reason I was here. I wanted to make the future better and I was not going to let anything or anyone get in my way.

"Hermione?" A voice said.

We turned around to see Remus standing there. I smiled at him and said,

"If you are here to apologize for your friend Sirius. Please don't. I do not need to hear it. I do not take what he said to heart. He is just being childish and he had the right to be who he is. I don't care. I am the bigger person. Please tell James that I do not put it against him. He is a kind guy and I hope that we could be friends someday. I will see you at dinner. I have a few things to take care of."

Remus looked at me surprised. I did not give him time to talk. I walked away and Ginny and Luna smiled to him. We walked down the hall. I spoke up and said,

"Luna, it will be your turn tonight. Are you ready?"

She nodded. I knew that Luna was going to put her all in it. We both knew that Severus was going to be a hard to beat but she did learn a few tricks from the Prince himself.

We walked into the Great Hall and everyone looked at us. I nodded over to Ginny and Luna. They walked me to Slytherin's table first. Then walked over to Gryffindor's table. But you could see that when they passed the Marauders that they glared at Sirius. I tried not to laugh. We enjoyed our meals but you could see that everyone was excited about the next round. Dumbledore stood up and said,