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"Professor?" I ask confused once I open my apartment door, I was not expecting to see Professor Dumbledore on the other end. "May I come in Miss Malfoy?" He asks after I don't move, "yes of course, sorry." I say shaking my head and moving to the side so that he may enter.
"Um I hope you don't mind me asking Professor but what are you doing here?" For the past month I'd been staying in a small muggle village. It was quite lovely really muggles were fascinating, their ignorance on the wizarding world quite wonderful. "I came to offer you a place to stay." He explains making me nod, "oh thank you but I'm quite alright here." I shrug glancing around the cozy apartment. "This is delightful but the place I'm talking about is because I want you to join a secret organisation." I nod my head watching him in interest, "it's called the order of the Phoenix, I had first formed it when Voldemort was around the first time but now that he's back." I nod understanding, "and you want me to join why?" I never thought anyone would trust me with stuff like this I was a Malfoy my family wasn't exactly trustworthy.
"When you protected Harry with your life against Barty Crouch Jr you showed us your potential." I pull on the sleeves of my cardigan, "your family doesn't define you Lyra." He says as though he knew what I were thinking, "Professor Lupin told me that too." I say smiling slightly. "A wise man he is. Are you interested in joining?" He asks me, "this organisation it's for taking Voldemort down?" I confirm and he nods, "then yes." I wanted him to pay for what he had done to Cedric. "Wonderful, now come along to headquarters you can return later to get your belongings." He says holding his arm out, "it is to my knowledge that you passed your apperation examination?" I nod, "perfect."
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Once Dumbledore and I arrive at the so called headquarters I begin to feel a bit self conscious I hadn't even had time to change. "Come along Miss Malfoy." I nod and run slightly to catch up the headmasters quick pace. I trail after him like a child as he walks into what looks like an intense meeting. "Albus what's this, who've you brought with you?" The real Moody says noticing me hiding behind Dumbledore. I'd never actually met this man although I'd spent a year with a man pretending to be him.
"This is Lyra Malfoy our newest recruit for the order." Dumbledore tells everyone confidentially making them all react in different way. I feel comforted when I see Professor Lupin he sends me a warm reassuring smile, "a Malfoy Albus really?" Moody asks in obvious distaste as he looks at me. "Come on Alistair you know that family doesn't define a person." Sirius black says surprising me, "besides she hates her father almost as much as we do." He adds making my eyebrows furrow, "how do you know that?" I ask before I can help myself, "well you know me as Sirius but others know me as Padfoot."
I smile slightly "that's funny I was friends with a..." my eyes widen as I put it together, "You were the dog?" I ask feeling so incredibly embarrassed, I cover my face with my hands as he chuckles and nods, "no, I thought you couldn't understand me." I say remembering how I poured my whole heart and soul to that dog. "I understood every word." He smirks, "hold on what's going on?" Remus asks, "back when I first escaped Azkaban and hid out on Hogwarts grounds I bumped into Lyra here, first I had mistaken her for my cousin, but she took care of me everyday, fed me and spoke to me. She's a kind and trustworthy person." He tells the rest seriously, making me smile slightly, "oh wow big deal she looked after a dog." Moody says still glaring at me, making me start pulling at my sleeves again. "Moody judging someone of how they treat animals is very beneficial, see if it had been her father he would've probably kicked me." I wince knowing it was true.
"Besides she also shared her whole life story with me, she takes after the better side of the family." He winks at me making me laugh, "on the topic of her father how do we know that she won't go running back to him?" Moody was really paranoid. "I won't." I say surely, "I would never, I don't agree with my fathers thoughts or beliefs, I want what all of you want to take Voldemort down." I say surprising them all. "Why should we believe you?" I shrug, "I don't know what I can say to make you believe me but I'm being sincere I'd never help my father and his 'master' help innocent people, I'd rather die." I was still nervous but I was trying to swallow them and I hoped they would let me stay.
"What's going on here?" Mr Weasley says as he enters the room with his wife, "uh hi again sir." I wave once his eyes land on me. "Dumbledore here wants Lyra to join the order." Sirius explains, "she looks so young." Mrs Weasley says making her way over to me, "how old are you dear?" She asks in a warm tone that almost brings me to tears, I missed my mother even if she hadn't been the most affectionate. "Seventeen." She gasps, "Albus you can't be serious." She says turning to Dumbledore who'd been watching the whole thing silently. "I believe Miss Malfoy would be a valuable addition." I watch mrs Weasleys face change as she hears my surname, she doesn't become cold to me but she looks weary.
"As for your concerns Alistair, Lyra here proved herself when she protected Harry a few months ago against a death eater without a second thought, she risked her life to ensure his safety and successfully duelled him." Everyone turns to me looking impressed, but Dumbledore was being a tad dramatic I didn't duel him, I just used a spell on him once his back was turned. "Also Miss Malfoy has not had any contact with her family after Lucius kicked her out when she was fifteen, the only exception being refusing to go back after Voldemort murdered her boyfriend Cedric Diggory." My eyes sting at the mention of Cedric I quickly wipe the stray tears as everyone now looks at me in pity.
"Oh poor dear." Mrs Weasley says pulling me into a warm hug which I melt into, this hug was perfect it felt like I'd been missing this kind of warmth my whole life. "I trust Miss Malfoy whole heartedly as should the rest of you." Dumbledore says before leaving making everyone turn to me. "Hi." I mumble giving an awkward wave.
"So why'd your dad kick you out? What did you do?" My eyes meet the girl who'd been quiet at the end of the table, she shrugs as people tell her off for the question, "you're Nymphadora." I say before I can stop myself making her hair turn red, "technically but please call me Tonks." I nod, "how'd you know?" She asks, "oh my mum had a box of letters from your mum hidden in our house, I also saw you around Hogwarts in my first year."
"Anyways you still haven't told us what you did?" I glance at all the curious faces, "you don't have to tell us anything you don't want to Lyra." Professor Lupin tells me, "I didn't really do anything, I caught my boyfriend cheating on me so I broke up with him." Everyone looks confused, "that got you kicked out?" I nod, "father said I should apologise and put more effort in, you see my boyfriend at the time well our parents and arranged for us to marry in the future and so my father wanted me to get back with him." Mrs Weasley looks disgusted at the thought, "for what?"
"For reputation and such, then when he found out that I was going out with c-cedric, he said I'd only be allowed home once I broke up with him and begged my ex to take me back, and when Ced... died he came and said I could go home, but I couldn't not with him not after all the stories the fake Moody told me." I say feeling uncomfortable with all the eyes on me but if it was one way to get them to trust me then so be it. "Fake Moody?" Professor Lupin asks, "Barty Crouch Jr, he was pretending to be Professor Moody."
"Is he the one who tried to attack Harry." I nod,"what happened?" I wince thinking back to that day. "After Harry brought C- after the tournament he grabbed both Harry and I, he pulled us off of Cedric taking advantage of our shock as well as everyone else's. He made me sit in his classroom and sent Harry up to his office. He told me not to move, to wait for him but I went to the door anyways because he'd always felt off to me, he was always either hitting on me or just being creepy." I shudder remembering his behaviour. "At least you had an admirer." Tonks says making me laugh, "no, I'd rather that he didn't admire me, he actually kissed me which is what initially broke me from my grief stricken daze." I say making everyone look a mixture of appalled and disgusted. "Um but I listened in from the door and then once he made a mistake in the story I just went in and pulled Harry behind me, he threatened me and Harry got worried and made me lower my wand, so I did so until he tried to attack Harry, I kept Harry behind me refusing to move as Barty got angry with me and then I blasted him into the wall and thankfully Dumbledore came. I didn't really do much." I shrug, "what you did was incredibly brave Lyra." Lupin says as the others nod.
"Where have you been staying all this time dear?" Miss Weasley asks me, "oh well last year I stayed with Ced- the Diggorys they said I could stay with them again but I-" I take a breath trying not to cry. "But since school ended I've been staying alone in a small muggle village." She frowns at that, "no don't worry it's a nice place, my dad my be a twat but at least he didn't take my money." I shrug trying to be lighthearted it makes Sirius and Tonks laugh, Lupin shakes his head but I see the amused smile on his face even mr Weasley cracks a smile.
