August 6th, 1978"I, James Potter.. ."
"I, Sirius Black.. ."
"I, Lily Evans.. ."
"I, Remus Lupin.. ."
"I, Peter Pettigrew.. ."
"I, Frank Longbottom.. ."
"I, Alice Longbottom.. ."
"I, Mary Macdonald.. ."
"I, Mia Potter, do swear to pledge my loyalty as a member of the Order of the
Phoenix, to serve to the best of my ability, willingly and honourably protecting my fellow
Order members and the Wizarding world as a whole, and will do my part to put an end to
the reign of Death Eaters and Dark wizards."
She said the oath, noticing a distinct lack of magical binding. A part of her wanted
to suggest one, knowing that the lack of such restrictions would allow Order members
such as Peter to break the oath he had so willingly just taken.
The newest recruits sat in the back of the room while the elder members spoke of
plans regarding the safety of the more famous Muggle-born families as well as business
owners who were openly against blood supremacy. They were the most prominent targets
for now and needed to be protected.
Mia smiled sadly at the way Alice was nervously fidgeting with her wedding ring.
Though they had planned on marrying later that summer, Alice and Frank sped things
along after the attack at graduation when Alice's mother was amongst those who were
killed. It was too painful to plan a big, celebratory wedding without her mother, so they
eloped as best they could with Augusta Longbottom pulling rank on the whole ceremony,
which none of their friends attended.
Frank and Sirius looked exhausted, the latter leaning his head on Mia's shoulder,
doing his best to stay awake through Alastor Moody's rants about a lack of security around
Gringotts where suspected Death Eaters, Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange, were known
to have visited recently. Though they had no evidence yet against the couple, Bellatrix had