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Chapter 9
Taking her seat Harry looked around the room before she spoke, "I believe that you know Bill and Charlie and of course your parents. Starting next Minerva we have Alexandra Evans and her wife Nymphadora Tonks-Evans, who will skin you alive if you call her anything except Tonks. Next to Tonks is her cousin Sirius Black, aka Padfoot and his mate Remus Lupin, aka Moony. Then we have Frank and Alice Longbottom and Kevin and Sara Lovegood." She paused to take a drink from Dobby who was serving them. She smiled at the little elf then continued. "We are the core group of the Phoenix Legion. It will only grow when one of you marries or when a member's child turns 17. You two have been invited to join a few months early due to what happened the other's night. We are going to need your special abilities. There will be other members, but they will only belong to the Phoenix Warriors and will not carry the mark of the phoenix." She paused and then asked, "Any questions?"
They both shook their head know, but then Fred seemed to change his mind, "Actually yes I have one." When Harry nodded her accent he continued, "Most of those present I understand. Ginny is part of the prophecy and your future wife so I can understand Mom and Dad being here and through them the rest of us." He indicated his brothers.
George seemed to pick up his brother's train of thought, "Mr. and Mrs. Lovegood and Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom I can understand because of Neville and Luna."
"And Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin, because they were your parents best friends and are your guardians." Fred continued.
"But what I can't place together, and no insult intended, but why is Professor McGonagall involved," George added.
"And how does the Mrs. Evans fit into the picture?" Fred finished.
Harry took a moment to look at everyone involved and ask the silent question. They all nodded yes tell her that it was worth taking the time to explain. "Alright, but first. When you are here or involved in Phoenix business we are all on a first name basis, well except for Tonks. I know it might be hard but while you are hear it Minerva." When they nodded she started to answer their original question. "I have already told you that my mother was adopted. Like so many Muggles who can't understand our world when my mom got excepted to Hogwarts her parent's didn't know how to act and her sister became hatful towards her."
She paused to take a deep breath and smiled softly when Ginny took her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. "Minerva was the one to explain what was happening to my mom and her family and she saw the signs from the first moment on, so she kept a close eye on my mother and when things got to bad she offered mom a place to stay during the summers. She became like another mother to mom and so she is for all intents and purposes my Grandmother."
"As for Alex and Tonks." Harry looked over at the two older women. She had always gotten on great with Alex and She and Tonks had been like big sisters to her and Ginny. "Alex was several years younger than my mother, but she and Mom were always close growing up. When mom was in her sixth year Alex showed up at Hogwarts, so they were able to rekindle their close friendship. Alex was too young when the group was originally formed but she made Sirius and Remus promise to invite her to join as soon as she was old enough."
Harry took another drink of water and then added, "Tonks arrived at Hogwarts in Alex's third year, and from what I can understand was chasing after her ever sense. Much like my Dad chased my mom I do believe." She smiled as Tonks threw a wadded up napkin at her, "But she eventually caught her. They've been married for several years now."
"Alright," She said quickly moving on. "Now to the reason we are all here. As you know I was entered into the Tri-Wizard Tournament."
They all nodded, but Sirius asked, "Any idea who did it, Harry?"
"None, but I will find out eventually." She said, "but the how nearly isn't as important as the why."
"I disagree, Harry." Lupin cut in. "It is extremely important to know who. Especially with the article running tomorrow in the Prophet about what happened today."
"Liked that, did you?" She smiled and when everyone began to question her she added, "Please ask Remus about it after the meeting. We really don't have too much longer before we need to be back." Turning to Remus she said, "I agree that who is important, but I've checked everyone in a position to enter my name and none of them are guilty. I will continue to search but right now the why is important because that is the only thing we can fix.
She paused trying to gather her thoughts. Ginny started to gently rub her hand with her thumb, calming her thoughts down. Eventually she spoke again, "The time has come. Voldermort was the one who ordered me entered, which can only mean he is ready to make his move. We know he is trying to regain his body, so we can assume that my being in the Tournament has something to do with his plan. The only question is what. Now I've sent messages to the Centaurs, Goblins, and the house elves. We need to get word to the Werewolves who are light sided and the Vampires. In one weeks time there will be a meeting of the Magical Brethren in the Glean of Merlin. It's time we rally support. I can't stop the war before it begins, but we can be ready. We have destroyed all but one Horcrux and are working on a way to determine what other rituals need to be undone."
"What do you need us to do, Harriet?" Molly asked.
Harry growled in mock anger, causing them all the smile then she spoke, "We need to prepare. Find people we can trust. Remus please make contact with your friends in the Werewolf community. Charlie I need you to contact your old friend in the local Vampire Coven. See if they will meet with us. Tonks, Alex, Frank, and Alice we need to know who in the Aurors we can trust. Arthur, Sarah, we need the same with the rest of the Ministry. I will have to get rid of Fudge, but I need to know who to put in his place."
When they all nodded in agreement she continued, "Minerva we need to know which of the faculty we can trust. Once he returns Dumbledore will try and recall the order of the Phoenix. We need to know how many supporters we can take from him."
"Severus and Filius are a given, Harry." Minerva said, "I'll start discreetly questioning the others, but I think the only ones that Dumbledore will approach to join his order will be Remus, Severus, Filius and myself. Have you given any thought to whether we should accept his offer?"
Harry nodded, "Unless anyone disagrees I think the only one who should is Severus. He is already prepared to play his role as a double agent, or a guess triple agent, in this. I don't think anyone else needs to be hindered by whatever oaths Dumbledore makes his people take." They all nodded in agreement with her assessment so she moved on.
"Molly, we need to prepare to move everyone to Potter Manor this summer." She could see Molly getting ready to argue so she spoke again, "I know you would rather spend the summer at the Burrow, Molly, but the Manor is the safest place to be. We will not only have to hide from Voldemort and his Deatheaters, but I would also we will need to hide from Dumbledore and his attempts to gain your aid and knowledge of what we are up to."
When Molly reluctantly nodded her head in agreement the twins asked, "What about us? What do you need us to do?"
Harry smiled at their eagerness. "I have two jobs for you. The first and most important is your training. Until you can hold your own with at least half the members here for an hour duel you will not be allowed to fight. You must also accomplish your Animagus transformations and learn to Apparate, before you are allowed to go into the field." She waited until they nodded in understanding before continuing, "Your second job will be research and development. I will fund everything but we need new 'toys' for the upcoming war." The twins were grinning like Maniacs at that request which caused their parents to groan and everyone else to laugh.
"What about me, Harry?" Sirius finally asked.
"You mean other than controlling our favorite reporter?" She laughed when he frowned, "Why you get to finally show yourself as my concerned Guardian."
"You mean I finally get to tell Dumbledore off for all his manipulations and crazy plans?" He looked like Christmas had come early.
"So I take it tomorrow's breakfast should be interesting then?" Minerva laughed, "I can't wait to see Albus' face when you come storming in." Everyone laughed at that thought.
After everyone calmed down Harry continued, "Now the four of us…" She said indicating herself, Ginny, Neville, and Luna. "…we will be beginning the first stage of the Hogwarts Legion. They will be training to be the Phoenix guard next year. There will be one student from years 3-6 from each house. They will report to me and be in charge of school security. They will also be in charge of helping train the HL next year."
"Harry" Arthur finally spoke. As always his demeanor was quiet yet commanding. "I agree that all of this is important and must be done, but I don't think that we should forget the danger that you are in. Someone placed your name in this tournament and we know that his or her reasons are nefarious. You need to prepare yourself. You need to be as ready as possible, because we all want you to survive and I know my daughter would not manage without you."
Harry looked over at Ginny, smiling when the red head cupped her cheek stroking it gently.
"Don't worry, Daddy." Ginny said still smiling at her lover, "we have already discussed this and Harry promised me that she would do whatever is necessary to come out of this alive. And in one piece." She finally looked at her father. "We've agreed that it is time the world learn that Albus Dumbledore is not the most powerful wizard alive. That title belongs to Harry and the world will know just who she is…" she paused and then added, "…and they will know just how claimed she really is."
This caused everyone to bust out in laughter for several long minutes. Eventually Bill asked, "Are you sure about this, Harry?"
When she raised a questioning eyebrow he explained, "Not the part about letting everyone know that you are together. I'm happy for both of you. What I mean is are you sure about letting everyone know your true power, because once you do you will be challenged."
