I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER, OR ANY ONE ELSE THAT MAY OR NOT APPEAR IN THIS CHAPTER

FOR ABBY

CHAPTER 3 – PLOTS.

OTTERY St CATCHAPOLE, THE BURROW 1700 hrs.

Remus apparated to the safe spot on the edge of the Weasley property and quickly hurried up the garden path. He knocked on the kitchen door and after a few moments Ginny came to the door to let him in.

"Identify your self" She demanded.

"Remus Lupin." Remus responded.

"What is the secret pass word to the Marauders Map?"

"I Solemnly swear I'm up to no good!" Remus intoned.

Ginny smiled and stood aside to let Remus in.

"What are you doing hear Remus?" she asked.

"Are your parents home?" Remus asked.

"Urm no. they just left, Professor Dumbledore called an emergency Order Meeting. Didn't you know?"

"No, I didn't." Remus said slowly. "Not every one goes to every meeting. Any way its you and Ron I came to see."

"Ron went with Mum and Dad. Can I help?" Ginny asked.

'Ron isn't part of the Order' he thought. "Have you heard from Harry lately?" he asked her.

"No. I've sent him a few letters but Errol brought them all back unopened." Ginny replied sadly.

"What about Ron?" Remus pressed.

"No. He hasn't written to Harry at all, he says there's nothing worth writing him about. Actually he has been pretty put out with Harry ever since the Minister. He wouldn't even lend me Pig to send my letters."

"I see." Remus replied. "If you've still got the letters, I'll make sure Harry gets them."

"Thanks Remus." Ginny said and ran up stairs to get to her room. In moments she trotted back down to the kitchen and handed him four envelopes. "I've just finished this one."

"Thanks Ginny. I'll drop them off to him tomorrow. Do you mind if I use the floo?"

"Of course not, go right ahead." Ginny replied pointing to the lit fire.

Remus thanked the youngest Weasley and threw a hand full of the green powder onto the flames and departed back to his Manchester flat.

NUMBER TWELVE GRIMMAULD PLACE – 1745 hrs.

Dumbledore was presiding over a meeting of the Order of a Phoenix. The regular business had concluded and the Headmaster had sent most of those assembled home. Only Severus Snape, Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody, Minerva McGonagall remained as well as Molly, Arthur and Ron Weasley.

"My friends." Dumbledore began. "The situation is becoming serous. Lord Voldemort grows stronger by the day and I am afraid there is little we can do about it." Their was a rush of hushed whispers around the table. Dumbledore appealed for silence. "The only person who can defeat The Dark Lord is, as most people are suspecting, Harry Potter." He continued. "This news is indeed grave, especially as the boy is woefully unprepared.

"In motion is a plan to rectify this catastrophic situation. It is my considered opinion that Harry has too many distractions. The pressure of school work, Quidditch and even his friendships way heavily on him. I plan to rectify this thusly.

"First, upon the commencement of the new school term in September, Harry will be removed from Gryffindor tower, indeed from the general school population in general. He will be given the use of a guest apartment in Ravenclaw tower, as we speak House elves are working to make the rooms comfortable for him. He will no longer attend regular classes and will instead follow a carefully constructed curriculum of Defensive strategies, Transfiguration, Battle and Healing Potions and I will teach him the art of Offensive Magics. Alastor, Minerva and Severus I will be relying heavily upon you to assist me in Harry's training.

"Thankfully the ban on Quidditch Dolores Umbridge placed on him is still in affect and it shall not be lifted."

"Come now Albus!" McGonagall interrupted "This is surely too far?"

"Why Minerva, it sounds as though you are more concerned about losing the Quidditch cup." Snape sneered.

"That is simply not the case Severus." McGonagall snapped. "I am simply concerned about Potters well being. Their has to be more to life than study."

"I normal circumstances I would agree with you." Dumbledore said. "However these are extreme circumstances. Removing Harry from Gryffindor Tower and regular classes will eliminate most of his social interactions." he pressed on. "however his close friendship with Mister Weasley here and Miss Granger will present a problem.

"Mister Weasley has bravely agreed to go undercover for us at the Durmstrang Academy, under the pretext of being ashamed of his family's poverty and liberal views of Muggle borns. He will be given access to the Potter fortune and will tell his new class mates he has stolen it."

"Is that legal Albus?" Moody asked beginning to feel uncomfortable with the direction of the conversation.

"As I my self am the executer of the Potter estate it is." Dumbledore reassured him. "As for Miss Granger I have arranged for her to finish the remainder of her education at the Salem Witchcraft Academy in the United States."

"You go too far Albus!" McGonagall said once again. "You will drive the boy from the Light! He is not a weapon for Merlins sake!"

"He is exactly that!" Dumbledore snapped. "He is the only thing standing between our way of life and the total destruction of every thing we hold dear. I agree the method may be extreme but the ends will justify the means. Potter has been coddled for too long! It is time for him to fulfil his destiny!" A few minutes later the meeting broke up. Alastor remained at Headquarters, Snape and McGonagall returned to Hogwarts, the Weasley's went home to the Burrow and Dumbledore left for the Ministry for a meeting with Fudge and his advisers.

AN: another day another chapter, sorry its a bit short, but i didnt want to pad it out and lose whats important. Its quality (hopefully) over quality people. this marks the end of my pre-typed chapters, but i do have more waiting to by typed. unfortunitly my typing time will be severly limited, as indeed is my writeing time thanks to my daghter who is so demanding of my time, so updates may be sparadic from this point on.

I hope you enjoyd this chapter. if your wondering if Dumbeldore is on any drugs because of his behavior, i cant conferm any thing, but i did happen to see him in the gents of the Three Broomsticks the other week on "lads night" and i do belive i saw him snorting some Mephadrone, so it is possible.

Thanks to those who have reviewd, Happy Lady Remus didnt go strait to see Harry right away because he was still under Dumbeldores thumb, he wanted to see if the Headmaster had any insite into what was going on with Harry. BEAST, Why are you confused? let me know and i'll see if i can shed some light on the situation, it could be some thing simple like im not very good lol. Please do review!