The American. (George Weasley)

Sixteen.

It's been another week since then. George and I started going all the way now. George was a perfect gentleman every time. All of the other kids have figured out what it means when he and I sneak away from everyone when all of the parents were preoccupied with a meeting downstairs.
   
Irina started asking me questions to know what it was like. William acted like nothing happened. He didn't want to know anything, and I don't blame him for that.
   
It was almost August when Harry arrived. It wasn't under the best circumstances either. He had used the Patronus Charm in front of his cousin Dudley. Apparently he had been attacked by Dementors, so Harry did what he had to do to protect them both. They were both okay thanks to Harry but he got expelled from Hogwarts for this.
   
Dumbledore was able to get him a hearing instead to decide if he should be expelled or not. Lupin, Tonks, and a few others were sent to go get Harry. Since there was a meeting tonight, us kids were upstairs.
   
Since Harry was arriving tonight, George and I decided to stay with the others, so we could greet him. I was in Fred and George’s room with them, my siblings, and Ginny. We decided to all let Ron and Hermione be the ones to greet Harry first.
   
Fred and George were really interested in what Professor Snape had to say at the meeting tonight so they were testing out their newest invention, Extendable Ears.
   
We let Hermione and Ron say hello to Harry first. The conversation didn’t go very well, because we could hear Harry yelling at the two of them. He wasn’t holding back, shouting loudly from the floor below us.
   
“SO YOU HAVEN’T BEEN IN THE MEETINGs, BIG DEAL! YOU’VE STILL BEEN HERE, HAVEN’T YOU? YOU’VE STILL BEEN TOGETHER! ME, I’VE BEEN STUCK AT THE DURSLEYS FOR A MONTH! AND I’VE HANDLED MORE THAN YOU TWO’VE EVER MANAGED AN DUMBLEDORE KNOWS IT - WHO SAVED THE SORCERER'S STONE? WHO GOT RID OF RIDDLE? WHO SAVED BOTH YOUR SKINS FROM DEMENTORS?”
   
It was quiet again, and I assume that he is allowing Ron and Hermione to speak again, he begins to shout again a few moments later yelling about how all of the other things he’s had to get through, and then there’s another pause, and then more yelling again.
   
“He’s messing with the reception,” says Fred, “Poor kid. He’s losing it.”
   
Harry shouts a few more times, this time about how angry he was at his friends for not writing to him and how he’s been alone and they’ve been together and after a few more minutes that’s when twins apparated down to Ron’s room to say hi to Harry, and Ginny, my siblings, and I to take the stairs.
   
When we reached the bedroom, I heard Fred talking, “Time is galleons, little brother. Anyway, Harry, you’re interfering with the reception. Extendable ears.”
   
“Harry!” I exclaim, entering the room and then I hug him tightly.
   
“Daisy, you’re here, too,” he says, sounding surprised.
   
“Yeah,” I say, stepping back, “Our parents are in The Order."
   
Ron then told Fred and George to be careful with the extendable ears because if their mom caught them they would be in big trouble, and Ginny says that Tonks told her that their mom had put a Imperturbable Charm on the kitchen door after they had gotten caught last time trying to listen in on the meetings.
   
“Shame,” says Fred, “I really fancied finding out what old Snape’s been up to.”
   
“Snape?” Asks Harry, sounding confused. “Is he here?”
   
“Yeah,” said George, “Giving a report. Top Secret.”
   
We fill Harry in on what’s happened that we know of. How Bill and Fleur have started dating since she got a job at Gringotts where Bill has worked since he left Hogwarts. How Charlie Weasley was in the Order but he wasn’t here because Dumbledore wanted him to stay in Romania. How Percy Weasley has decided to listen to the Minister over his family and insist that the Dark Lord isn’t back and Harry and Dumbledore are lying.
   
Sadly, that’s all we could tell him, because even though the twins are of age, they’re still in school, therefore not allowed to join the Order just yet, but you can bet that they will join the Order as soon as they finish school in a year. If they still need to, that is. We don’t know what will happen in a year’s time.
   
Then it was time for dinner, where Harry got to see his Godfather and old Professor and they greeted him warmly as they could. I sat by Fred and George, like I always do at dinner, and Harry sat at the other end of the table with his Godfather.
   
Harry started asking questions, which made Mrs. Weasley angry, telling my Sirius that he wasn’t to tell Harry anything, which made Harry angry. He thought he had a right to know, since You-Know-Who was after Harry. Sirius told Mrs. Weasley that she wasn’t the only one who cared about Harry. She tried to get Mr. Weasley to back her up, but even he agreed that Harry should be able to ask just a few questions. In the end she agreed to let Harry ask some questions, but that us other kids had to go upstairs.
   
“But we’re of age!” The twins bellowed together.
   
“If Harry’s allowed, why can’t I?” Asked Ron.
   
“But Mum, I want to!” Wailed Ginny.
   
“Molly,” says Mr. Weasley, “You can’t stop Fred and George.”
   
After some more consideration, Mrs. Weasley says, “Fine, You two can stay, Ron - ” She didn’t get to finish that thought because Ron reminded her that Harry was going to tell him and Hermione whatever they told him anyways. So she allowed them to stay as well, but Ginny had to go to bed. My parents allowed us to stay and hear, too.
   
We then had a long conversation about what Voldemort has been up to. Harry kept asking questions. They explained that they're doing their best to stay ahead of Voldemort, but as much as they were trying to grow their numbers, so was Voldemort. He was trying to get a weapon, something he didn't have last time. Lupin, Sirius, Bill, and Mr. Weasley all took turns answering the questions.
   
“That’s enough.” Mrs. Weasley spoke from the shadows beside the door after Sirius mentioned the weapon. No one had even noticed that she had returned from taking Ginny upstairs. Her arms were crossed and she looked furious. “I want you in bed, now. All of you,” she added looking at all of us kids at the end of the table.
   
“You can’t boss us –” Fred began, talking about him and his of age identical twin sitting next to me.
   
“Watch me,” his mother snarled. She was trembling slightly as she looked at Sirius now, “You’ve given Harry plenty of information. Any more and you might as well induct him into the Order straightaway.”
   
“Why not?” Said Harry quickly. “I’ll join, I want to join, I want to fight.”   
   
“No.” It was not Mrs. Weasley that spoke, but Lupin. “The Order is only composed of overage wizards. Wizards that have left school,” he added that last bit when Fred and George opened their mouths about to protest. “There are dangers involved of which you have no idea, any of you. I think Molly is right, Sirius. We’ve said enough.”
   
Sirius half shrugged, but did not argue.
   
Mrs. Weasley beckoned imperiously to her sons, Hermione, Harry, my siblings, and I. One by one we all stood up. I followed with the twins behind everyone. George held my hand as we walked up the stairs to our rooms. Once we reached the rooms, George gave me a kiss and said goodnight before I entered the room. Once we were in the room, Irina and I changed into pajamas and got in our beds.
   
"That was heavy," Irina said perfectly clear.  It made me stop what I was doing and look at her.
   
"Yeah, it was," I agree, nodding to her.
   
When she spoke again her stutter was back, "D-do you think that H-Harry is going to be o-okay?"
   
"Yeah," I say, nodding, "Harry has been through so much, he's strong."
   
"I-I d-don't want a-anything to happen t-to him," she admits, tears in her eyes now. She was very upset about what we had talked about at dinner, that was for sure. I sat next to her on her bed, comforting her.
   
"That's why the Order is a thing, Irina. They're going to fight You-Know-Who and protect Harry, and keep us all safe. Nothing is going to happen to Harry. Dumbledore isn't going to let it happen."
   
Our door opened then, it was our mom. She had come in to say goodnight but heard us talking outside the door before she came in. She hugged my sister tight, telling her basically the same thing that I did. As long as The Order of the Phoenix was together, Harry, and all of us, were completely safe.
   
My dad entered a few moments after mom did after saying goodnight to William. Mrs. Weasley came in a moment later, and saw how upset my sister was and said, "This is why I didn't want the kids to know what's going on. It's alright Irina," Mrs. Weasley sat next to her and used her soft voice, "You don't need to be worried. You are all safe here."
   
Once they got Irina to calm down, my parents went home for the night, and my sister and I went to sleep.

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Here's part 16!

We're into book five now.

Which means Umbridge is coming soon.

Gross.

-Emily Winchester.