LW: Chapter 5, and welcome to No. 12 Grimmauld Place.

The Wandering Mage – The Order of the Phoenix

It was another week before Harry was able to go see Sirius, mainly due to his father and Dumbledore arguing about his arrangements afterwards; Dumbledore was adamant he be returned to the Dursley's but the Wanderer argued they weren't his family and he would be returning to the Crossroads when the visit concluded. Eventually they found a suitable compromise; Harry would remain at Grimmauld Place for the remainder of the summer but Bo would accompany him, something given the last time Dumbledore was in charge of security his son was attacked by Dementors he made a deal breaker. So after packing up enough of his new items last the summer as well as his school supplies he met up with Bo in the living room where they were handed a portkey, a tarot card (the wanderer obviously). One hand on the card and the other on their trunks the duo were dropped in a park just outside. They were greeted by a pair of wizards both of which Harry recognised Alistor Moody (the real one this time) and Remus Lupin looking much more cheerful than the last time they saw him. Both were hugged by the wolf and grunted at by the ex-auror and were led to the house (it didn't appear out of nowhere because they already knew it was there).

Once inside Harry was grabbed, something he didn't mind as he was immediately embraced by his godfather. The ex-convict had cleaned up well since he last saw him, gone was the ragged homeless look, he was now beginning to fill out to a more healthy size as well as regaining a more high class air to him. The fact he was smiling so wide did wonders for his appearance as well as Harry's thoughts. He was eventually released and Sirius approached Bo still smiling 'So you're this Bo Remus mentioned' his eyes momentarily glanced down then back up to her brown eyes 'very nice. Harry's always wanted family it's nice to see you could give him it, seeing as I'm Harry's godfather, I guess that makes you like my goddaughter' he laughed and the two shook hands. The moment was shattered by a loud 'Who the Hell are you and what in Merlin's name are you wearing?!' Bo rolled her eyes, considering what she was and her usually job her outfits usually contained one or both of two things; cleavage and leather, in this case there was plenty of both. Harry turned to defend his sister but Bo got there first 'my name is Ysabeau Dennis, Bo to everyone but my grandfather. I am Harry's half sister and by the sound of things Sirius' step–goddaughter' 'That is no excuse to dress like some scarlet woman!' 'How I dress is none of your concern! Besides have you looked outside this little time capsule you call a community, this is modest and conservative in the muggle world where I live and work' Harry, the marauders and the twins smirked at Bo's answer as she took the wind from Ms Weasley's sails.

Unfortunately for them Ms Weasley's yelling had awakened Ms Black who began screaming at the occupants as usual about 'filth' in her home. Bo and Harry were still annoyed so yelled 'SHUT UP!' both their eyes glowing Bo's blue, Harry's AK green. Ms Black gasped and retreated back into her portrait upon seeing the glow and feeling the magic 'The old ones' she mumbled as Harry, Bo and Sirius walked up the stairs to the portrait 'Hey, you were a woman, probably, you know the two things we don't like to hear are ugly and old' Bo said the glow receding from both their eyes. Finding the woman silent for a change Sirius stood forward 'Mother, this is Harry you can tell what he is. He is my godson' Harry looked confused so just waved weakly. Ms Black smiled surprisingly it wasn't hideous or creepy like anyone expected, though there were touches of crazy just more on Sirius' level than the Bellatrix EXTRA they'd thought 'Maybe I was wrong about you after all ... Son' she croaked before the curtains gently slid shut.

'Well now that's over, may we begin?' the three fae jumped as they heard the voice behind them, during all the yelling Dumbledore had arrived and entered the Hall, standing at the bottom of the stairs with a quite large group of people. Sirius was the first to regain composure 'Oh of course professor, everyone to the kitchen and we may begin' and with that he joined the group, Bo and Harry following him to Ms Weasley's protest 'He's too young, he's not of age' 'Father plainly stated to Dumbledore that Harry would be in these meeting, they pertain to combating the Dark Lord and as the man has taken such an interest in him he should know what's going on. Harry's a part of this whether he's of age or not' Sirius and Bo answered. Ms Weasley wasn't taking this lying down so struck out 'you address him like his followers, your the same age as his parents, how do we know it isn't all a lie to get to Harry and kill him?' 'As much as I hate to say this I partly agree with the bitch, how do we know you aren't a death eater?' Moody growled. Harry sighed '1st She calls him the Dark Lord because she finds the name You-Know-Who stupid and you all seem to have such a problem saying Voldemort' several members flinch and Remus waves his hands in an 'as you can see' gesture '2nd We share the same father; she was taken from him and many years later he met my mother, they hit off but he had to leave her for reasons that were between him and her before either knew she was pregnant. If my father says she's my sister then I believe him. 3rd and finally if she wanted me dead I'd already be dead, I've spent quite a lot of time with her and father as well as many of her friends over the last few weeks, none of which are either Death Eaters or the wizard idea of Dark' Harry finished glad most people were happy with his reasoning, even Moody begrudgingly nodded his approval.

The meeting went along as expected, Voldemort was lying low for now, gathering allies discreetly or overseas while trying to get an item the Order was protecting. None of the order knew what it was; just that it would give Voldemort the edge and would be 'something he didn't have last time'. As they were leaving the meeting Tonks did the usual thing of falling over the umbrella stand with a clunk. Bo chuckled, it had been a long time since she'd seen someone crash into things not from being thrown into it, what with most fae's enhanced senses and Kenzi the shadow ninja. Not that the succubus would admit to anyone but it was because of Kenzi's skills that she took to wearing a g-string around the Russian, the only thing she couldn't seem to steal, especially after the time she managed to steal both her bra and Lauren's underwear, the latter finding it's way into Tamsin's bra without either blonds notice.

The two made their way up with their trunks when they were stopped by more red heads 'Well Fred looks like there's now 2 sets of twins in this place now' 'Yes George, 3 if you count she-who's-first-name-can't-be-used-within-earshot and so has everyone use another' 'True but I don't know what could be so bad she let's people call her thong' whichever Weasley twin that was jumped from the stinging hex shot at him 'It's TonKs, and I know you were doing it on purpose so I made sure I didn't miss' came the response of the pink haired auror who managed to untangle herself from the umbrella stand. 'Sorry Tonks' they said in unison 'Anyway, He's Fred' the first one said pointing to the other 'and he's George' the second replied. Harry chuckled as Bo rolled her eyes 'guys I can see your chi, yours are similar but not identical, so I know you're Fred' pointing to the first 'and your George' repeating with the second 'You guys might want to avoid the which is which prank with Bo, she' really good at this' Harry commented to the twins shock. Bo smiled and took one of each of the tins hands 'Now I want you to understand, you will leave me and Harry alone, not take our things or prank our rooms, anywhere else is fine I suppose, and will quit the irritating simultaneous speaking. Can you do that for me?' Bo asked/compelled an orange glow flowing from her hands along the twin's skin to their faces. With stupid grins on their faces they nodded and disapparate to somewhere else in the house.

The remaining Weasley kids stared in shock 'Crap she's a Veela, how am I gonna get Harry now?' Ginny thought in a panic, Ron's thought were elsewhere. 'Hey guys how's your summer been?' Harry asked not liking how Ron was ogling his sister, the fact she was probably used to it (as she hadn't knocked him out yet) didn't mean Harry had to be okay with it. 'Oh pretty quiet, we were brought here the first week after school ended, mum's been making us clean the rooms and remove any dark items' Ginny answered knowing like the two fae Ron was in no position to talk 'What about you?'. Harry smiled 'Oh it's been great, it turns out Potter wasn't my dad, the man himself arrived just before the dementor attack and drove them off, he even killed one. After that I found out I had a sister; Bo who's the woman here, and I met many of her friends including this guy called Dyson who it turned out is Remus' brother. I've said many times I would give all the gold I have in Gringotts, and now I say I'd give it all away to have them sooner' he recounted, Ginny's spirits lifting when she heard Bo was his sister; while certain levels of incest was accepted in the magical world Harry was raised in the muggle world where it was taboo, Ron on the other hand only heard one thing 'Bloody hell Harry when'd you get a hot sister? Hey mate what are me chances?' Harry mentally face palmed which prevented him breaking the red heads nose while Bo snorted and then chocked 'I'd say somewhere between none and negative 7 million' her brown eyes flashed blue as they locked on Ginny 'You on the other hand might have one, though I much prefer blonds' she winked as the duo left the Weasleys speechless as they looked for their rooms.

Sirius had after the meeting told them their rooms where on the second floor, just before his and Lupin's rooms. Their trunks had been moved while they were in the order meeting, by what they discovered when they got up there. Entering one of the rooms (opening the trunk revealed it to be Bo's) they were met by an old and grumpy house elf; his skin like old leather and all his flesh even his nose sagged with age as well as in some placed almost half melted, his eyes black and twitchy. 'Basterd Master's guests' rooms are acceptable?' he grumbled/muttered but soon his eyes widened and his nose twitched 'Female! You are succubus correct?' he asked meeting her brown with his black eyes 'Yes, I'm a succubus' Bo answered awkwardly, both getting worried when the elf smiled revealing several rotten teeth.

'Like old master, Reggie was incubus; Reggie was good master not like dog lord master now. Fae is good blood, Blacks is pure blood, fae is pure blood, always will be' 'You knew we were fae?' Harry asked surprised 'Yes I does, I also knows there be 5 fae in Noble House of Black, succubus, Walking death (Wraith), the blighted wolf (Werewolf/shifter), the Siren and the wasted potential (last one was an insult not a description). Kreature is ...' he pauses lost for words '... happy. House of Black has had so few pure since the war, Kreature miss Reggie, Andi's daughter not the same as her and the sisters, Kreature even missed dog lord a little. Enjoy your stay' he popped out immediately after leaving Bo and Harry confused but intrigued; there were 5 fae in the building, themselves, Remus and two others, maybe they could try find them. They dismissed it soon after realising if they guessed wrong they'd expose themselves as fae, which if Harry's trail was anything to go on was not well accepted.

TBC

LW: Okay next chapter gets us to Hogwarts, not good with birthdays so pretend Harry had a nice time and got very good/useful/stupid presents depending on whether it came from Family (including Sirius and Lupin), the fae, or the Weasleys. Good Bye!

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