So, About Those Werewolves - Order of the Phoenix [closed]

[so_harry]

He didn't think he'd seen so many people in Grimmauld Place since the summer before his fifth year. The nostalgia hit him hard but he tried not to focus on it. Too many were missing, too many lives lost in the last fifteen years. It hurt to see the empty places standing among them all

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[skylar_x]

Skylar knew that this meeting was a big deal. Whatever was happening out there in the world right now, something between the werewolves and the wizards, was going to affect everybody. There were Death Eaters crawling out of the woodwork again, everyone was on edge, the newpapers weren't helping the growing paranoia-

They had all survived a war before but this was a side of it that Skylar had never experienced before. The Order of the Phoenix was intimidating, at best.

Suddenly Grimmauld Place was bustling with again. Faces she recognized, people she had never spoken too before. But they all laid a claim here that she never could and suddenly this living room felt a little bit less like her own home.

She hung off to the side, fingers playing with the tips of her hair and an icy look at on her face that took over whenever she was starting to feel anxious or uncomfortable.

[so_harry]

Hagrid and Remus were explaining what was being done to protect Hogwarts, Marlow jumping in occasionally along with Neville in order to help convey just how serious these battles were becoming, how much closer they were getting to the boundary lines between the Forbidden Forest and Hogwarts- hell, the forest and Hogsmeade.

Harry didn't need convincing, but he knew others would.

He listened intently, eyes scanning the room as they had during the very first meeting of Dumbledore's Army. It was absurd to see how it had evolved- Seamus and Dean lingering in the back corner, Ginny with Fred and there was George with Cecilia in the back, all of these people he had seen fight in the war and they were back, all here to put themselves on the line again.

His eyes settled on Skylar and his brow furrowed.

He inched toward her, tucking back to the side where she stood, his hand tugging at hers.

"Hey-" he whispered.

[skylar_x]

She was slightly startled when Harry came up to her, no matter how soft and comforting his voice may have been. There was so much going on here, so much to keep him occupied. There was a part of her that was sure he'd completely forget that she was there, slip back into the leadership role he was so easily commanded.

She was only here to lend her support, no matter how little he needed it when there were so many others here for him and the cause.

"Hey yourself," she said, lacing their fingers together.

"Its a good turn out-"

[so_harry]

"Yeah-"

He couldn't help but look around them again, feeling an odd swell of pride. These people were always going to be special to him, always going to be the people he would think about with an odd mixture of admiration and pride, knowing that they all fought to save his life.

More than once.

"We'll see how the direction swings," he said, squeezing her hand. "I'm glad you're here," he told her, then. "I need you with me."

[susanbones_x]

Susan had grown up hearing stories about The Order of the Phoenix, the legacy of her parents and all the good work they had done before they had died. Her aunt didn't tell her very much but she did tell her that.

But she had never imagined to be apart of The Order herself. She had never felt intensely connected to her family before in her life.

She came into Grimmauld Place on her own, immediately looking for anyone she would recognize. Actually, one very specific familiar face.

"Remus. Hi-"

[wolfsmane]

Tonks squeezed at his hand before offering him a smile and rushing off to help Molly with the array of food she had brought to the old, familiar and yet increasingly foreign home that once was his best friend's and is now his other best friend's son's. It was an odd line to think about, all of the history that had happened here, all the secrets that lingered within these walls, the ones Harry had nearly ripped out from the ground up.

Not like Remus could blame him. No. Grimmauld was filled with horrid memories, terrible things- and yet it had been their solace during the beginning of the second war. It had been their hideaway.

When Susan arrived, Remus looked up, offering the young girl- no, woman- a smile. He raked his fingers through his hair before moving toward her.

"Susan- you made it," he said, a warm smile tugging at his lips.

[susanbones_x]

The whole experience was a little bit overwhelming but Susan was trying to soak every bit of it in. She knew that Harry had recently renovated and technically these weren't the same floors her her parents had walked on or the couches they'd sat on during their own meetings but this was the same house. It was still the same place.

Susan looked up at Lupin, a man that had been the closest thing to a father figure that she had ever had, with wide blue eyes. This wasn't exactly a happy event but she couldn't help but feel a little giddy.

"You know I wouldn't have missed it," she assured him, "Not after you asked me to come yourself-"

[wolfsmane]

Remus chuckled softly.

If there was ever a young witch who gave him a run for his money that wasn't Hermione Granger, it was Susan. She was the spitting image of her mother and the spite fire her father was. The perfect mixture of them both.

"Aye, well, recruiting was a key this round," he admitted. "It isn't every day something like this-" he waved his hand, eyes settling briefly on Sabrina and Sebastian Daley- the family that ignited this whole feud, whether they realized it or not.

They were changing everything about the idea of what a werewolf was to the public eye.

"-happens," he finished, shrugging his shoulders. "We're all grateful you're here."

[whythespiders]

Everything about this felt strange. The last time Ron had been to an Order meeting in Grimmauld Place, the faces had been different. They had been the children, the young ones, the ones they were trying to protect even when that was a moot point.

Now they were running the show. Apparently. Ron wasn't sure they were doing a very good job at it, considering the crack team they'd assembled. Everyone had a lot of merit, Ron knew, but they were such a strange mix.

It could probably be worse.

He was carrying around a glass, bored of Hermione's conversations that were far too technical and not half as tactical as needed to keep his interest in anything. Ron sipped his water, spared a moment to wish he'd brought whiskey, and spotted Skylar standing slightly awkwardly by herself.

He hadn't seen her often, not nearly like he did before Harry had abandoned him. Crossing the room, Ron stood beside her. "Are you supervising, assessing, or trying to stay out of the way?"

[skylar_x]

Skylar was a little bit shocked to find that Ron had come up to her, considering that the two of them had never really gotten past the stage of acquaintances towards a friendship of their own. Though, of all the Weasleys he was definitely her first choice.

Besides, it would be nice to get to know him a little bit better. Probably.

"A little bit of both?" she offered, though it probably came off as annoyed. It was her first instinct that was hard to shake.

She forced herself to soften.

"Mostly just trying to find where I fit in-"

[whythespiders]

"If it helps, you don't seem to be the only one doing that." Ron nodded toward the other side of the room where Cecilia Jacobs was standing then to a different corner where Sebastian Daley was.

"If anyone has a which one doesn't belong vibe, it's one of them." While she hadn't been around the Order in the past, Ron actually didn't have a hard time seeing Skylar there. Then again, he was also very used to associating her with Harry.

"I don't think any of us know exactly what we're doing right now."

[skylar_x]

"You're supposed to say that kind of stuff to the outsiders," she told him, actually cracking smile this time around.

It was sort of amazing to her to be so closely associated with The Golden Trio after watching from afar for so long. They lived in this world that she never thought that she'd ever be apart of.

And now here she was, living with Harry and having casual conversations with his best mates, surrounded by the family of his ex and former house mates. It was all very surreal most of the time still.

"Is it weird for you? With the house being so different-"

[leerjordan]

"Alicia, Alicia, Alicia!" Lee threw an arm around his friend's shoulders. He never saw her as often as he'd like but more often than a lot of the others. When he could - and she had a pet cause to promote - Lee gave her a spot on his show. They worked well together and it was a fan favorite spot on his show.

Still, he never got to see her outside of planning that and actually broadcasting.

"How weird is this?" The first go around with the Order, Lee hadn't really attended meetings like this. They'd all been on the run for various reasons back then, and finding somewhere to whole up long enough to put on Potterwatch was an ordeal. This was definitely not that experience. For once, he was glad be in on something from the ground up, as it were.

[aliciajade_x]

While this wasn't exactly the event of the season, not a reunion or anything, it sort of felt that way. It had been a long time since so many of her hold housemates were under one roof together. It almost felt like old times.

There was even a war brewing-

"Lee, my love!" she beamed, not even skipping a beat to lean against him and wrap her own arm around his waist.

"It's a shame we all wait for the next war to bring us together, you know."

[leerjordan]

"True. We should find better ways to have reunions." Nevermind that there had been an actual reunion not too terribly long ago. Even that hadn't been anything like this.

It had been more carefree, for one.

"The next time we want to see each other, we should rent a pub instead of planning to fight battles. It would probably save time." He'd make light of it when he could because that's what he did. It was the way he coped and how he managed to help others cope when he had the chance.

[aliciajade_x]

"Or we can just convince the Twins to shut down the shop for a day so we can trash it-" she grinned, wiggling her eyebrows as she offered him a knowing look.

It wouldn't be the first time that the gang got together in that shop with a supply of fire whiskey that was seemingly endless at their disposal. They didn't need much more as long as they were all together.

And they'd get through this too because they were all together.

"Are they here, by the way?"