ANGELUS SOL SOLIS

UPDATE: Edited.

Chapter One

Moody's Proposition

The Order of the Phoenix were sitting around the large dining table at Number 12, Grimmauld Place, deciding what they would be doing next in the war against Lord Voldemort. The loss of Sirius Black had been a tremendous blow to the Order as he had been one of the bravest and loyal men they had ever known.

"First, we need to discuss Harry Potter's guardianship," came the steady voice of Albus Dumbledore, "it is vital that he has someone, at least, to go to in his times of need."

Molly Weasley caught Dumbledore's eye, and opened her mouth to speak.

"It is kind of you to volunteer to be Harry's guardians," began Dumbledore, "but it would not be fair of us to leave you to carry the task of guardianship alone. It would be best if Harry's guardian were to be at school."

The others nodded in assent, agreeing each in his or her own heart that the guardianship of Harry Potter was not one of the most pressing matters in the war, but nevertheless, still carried enormous emotional and psychological significance.

"And what are we going to do about recruiting more Aurors for our side?" asked Alastor Moody's gruff voice.

"We can't do much more than train those who are willing to train, and to spread the word to all the loyal families on our side, in addition to friends from the old crew," replied Dumbledore at length, "we cannot do more than to alert people of Voldemort's resurgence, and that in itself is a hard task to follow, given that the Ministry is unwilling to co-operate."

Many people cringed at the sound of the Dark Lord's name. Even though they were the strongest people selected to fight against the dark side, the name still invoked an unpleasant spine-tingling fear in their hearts.

"No," said Moody, his electric blue eye swiveling a full 360 degrees, "we have to do more. Much more."

"More?" asked Tonks skeptically, her bubblegum pink hair changing gradually to a paler shade, "What more are we expected to do?"

"Oh, much more," began Moody definitively. He stood up, immediately gaining the full attention of the table.

"We have to start training those at Hogwarts with the intuition and capability to become Aurors for our side. We will start by selecting candidates who are in the sixth and seventh years. The others will be too young, and will become traumatized if called for action."

Gasps of shock spread around the table with the speed of an Australian bush fire.

"You're mad," declared McGonagall, "Moody… this is outrageous. These are children that are barely sixteen that you want to train! They will be traumatized immediately, never mind the younger students… "

"Are they not capable of such a feat?" retorted Moody, his hand waving about as he spoke, "There are certainly plenty of students who can rise to the challenge easily enough with the proper amount of help and guidance. There are many candidates that I can name… even now… who would be perfect for this."

McGonagall looked around indignantly at Dumbledore, as if to ask for support against the absurdity of starting Auror training with sixteen year olds.

"They're a bit young to be training for… war… at such a young age," observed Lupin, scratching his chin stubble pensively.

Each member considered the merits and disadvantages of training underage witches and wizards as Aurors, and there was a distinct line of opposition.

"Professor, er, sir," said Fred Weasley, unsure as to how he should now be addressing Dumbledore, "wouldn't you have a bit of a problem with parental consent? I'm sure you would get excellent potential Aurors whose parents would sniffle at the idea of the war…"

"Yeah, it'd be like the whole thing with the secret Army again," reflected George, leaning on the back two legs of his chair.

Pressing his fingers together, Dumbledore said, "I understand all your points. And I think we should consider making a compromise on these matters. It is critical that we aim to band together as many students as possible for potential Auror training. Their age will not be of great concern as it is only a short matter of time before most of them would become of age. Having said this, we still have to consider the further complication of ensuring both their and their parents' loyalties and consent. We must not force students to do what they do not want to do. This will whittle down the candidacy to a very select few. Then it is from there that we will proceed with mentoring etcetera."

McGonagall sighed inwardly at the thought of preparing young students for the war, even if they were only a select number of pupils who would be participating.

"Now that that's settled, what are we going to do about Harry's guardians?" asked Molly Weasley, very much concerned.

"At the moment, I think that the best thing to do is to share the guardianship," replied Dumbledore. "I plan to appoint the Weasleys, Minerva and myself as his official guardians, to give him the most help and guidance that he deserves, poor boy…"

When the meeting of the Order had ended, all the members filed into the kitchen for a light snack and a drink. Mrs Weasley was walking out with a particularly happy smile on her face.

"Albus," said Moody confidently, to which Dumbledore responded with an attentive nod, "This can work, and I have a pretty good idea of the lucky students I will be mentoring."

"Yes, of course."

"Harry will assume extra education and guidance from you?" asked Moody.

"That's right."

Moody paused, his magical eye moving diabolically quickly.

"Just checking that those Weasley kids aren't eavesdropping," he muttered. Dumbledore chuckled knowingly.

Moody stood closer to Dumbledore anyway, apparently unsatisfied with the information that his magical eye had supplied him.

"What are we to do about our, spy's ward?" he whispered.

"Offer protection when and where it is necessary, and include the child in the training programme, provided he meets the criteria," came the headmaster's quick reply.

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