Weapon ~ harry potter

Chapter 2 : The Order of the Phoenix

She was standing in front of the numbers eleven and twelve, Grimmauld Place. The street could've been peaceful if it wasn't for the loneliness and the fear invading the air. She was startled out of her thoughts by the hand of Dumbledore on her shoulder, the other waving in front of her. The ground started to shake under their feet. In front of her, the walls stretched until the door of 12, Grimmauld Place was perfectly still. Like it never left. Nobody except Charlotte and Dumbledore seemed to notice it. The muggles weren't looking out of their windows wondering what the hell was happening. They didn't notice at all.

Dumbledore started climbing the few steps leading to the door. Before she could open it, Dumbledore asked ;

"Are you sure you are ready ?"

She hated the question. She had waited for him to come pick her up from St. Mungo's since Harry Potter stepped a foot in Hogwarts. Of course she was ready. But again, she wanted to see what he would do to get her informations.

"You're all doomed without me, what will you do if I'm not ?"

He lightly smiled opened the door, not answering her question.

She walked through the door, stepping in a dark hall covered in old paintings, a few of them were covered by curtains themselves. It smelled like dust and humidity, like an abandoned house. There was a staircase on her right and a door at the end of the hall from which she could hear some people talking. Dumbledore signed her to get to the door and so she did.

When she walked in, followed by Dumbledore, all the people immediately stopped talking. After 16 seconds, a man with sandy hair and lots of scars on his face that she recognized as Remus Lupin quietly asked ;

"Is it her ?"

Charlotte walked up to him and told him and everyone else in the room really ;

"I'm Charlotte Grindelwald, but call me Charlotte Brown in front of other people, nice to meet you."

"How can we be sure she's telling the truth, how can we be sure she knows almost everything ?" said a man with a wooden leg and a magical artificial eye.

She smiled at the 'almost'. Dumbledore had told them about how she only knew three facts about herself.

She walked to the man and said ; "You're Alastor Maugrey, or Mad-eye Moody as they call you."

He looked at her suspiciously and gave her a piece of paper were 12, Gimmauld Place was written.

"Read it and remember it." She did and watched as Alastor burned the paper. She wanted to remind them about the voices but before she could say anything, a short woman with red hair spoke ;

"Charlotte, dear, you can go upstairs meet my children and Hermione. Harry is at his hearing because-"

"He produced the Patronus charm to protect himself and his cousin from two Dementors in front of his cousin who is a muggle when he is underage because Mundungus Fletcher couldn't do his job properly. I know." She finished.

"Impressive." A man with shoulder length curly black hair man breathed out.

She grinned at him. Famous Sirius Black, she thought.

They all ignored Molly's comment and a sandy haired man with a lot of scars told her ;

"Yes, well we think Voldermort and his Deatheaters might be behind it." He paused for a few seconds then hesitantly continued, "Would you happen to know anything about it ?"

"I actually do." They all sighed in relief. "It wasn't Riddle nor his Deatheaters. They don't trust the Dementors enough to bring anyone to them and especially not Harry, and they are smart for it because, as I heard, Harry and his cousin almost received the kiss of the Dementor. And Riddle wants Harry for himself. No, the attack was commanded by someone at the Ministry."

They all looked at her. She couldn't really describe their faces. They were shocked, curious, worried ? She looked at Dumbledore, proud ?

He then spoke, taking everyone out of their thoughts ;

"Very well, thank you Charlotte. Although I know she is very young, she is a member of the Order of the Phoenix. She will go to Hogwarts, not as a student but to have a home. She will still attend every Order meeting. Molly I trust you will accept taking her with you to Diagon Alley so she can get her wand ?" Molly nodded. "Good. Harry should be back soon, unfortunately I have to go."

And he was right. A few minutes later after Charlotte introduced herself to everyone in the room properly, Harry walked through the front door with Arthur Weasley behind him.