Keywords: Precious Treasure
"What are we going to do?"
"More importantly; what's You Know Who going to do?"
"I can't believe this. I thought it'd be safer here!"
"I always knew that boy would cause trouble."
"Slimy git."
"What did the prophecy actually say? Maybe it could be referring to someone else?"
"Are we going to go after He Who Must Not Be Named?"
"That's madness!"
"If you'd all quit your jabbering, maybe we could actually come up with some semblance of a plan," Moody roared over the hubbub and the room fell silent, though Peter squeaked a little bit. Moody glared at him, never having liked the ratty little man. "Albus?"
"We shall not do anything," Dumbledore said quietly and waited for the uproar to subside before he stood and began to pace behind his desk. "We shall not do anything that might allow Voldemort-" There was a collective shiver in the room, "-to realise that we know he will be trying to find the Longbottoms or the Potters. It is my theory that he will only consent to choose one family due to the fact that the prophecy states that the boy will be marked as Voldemort's equal by Voldemort himself – thus putting the other boy out of the question. However, as we cannot possibly know who he will mark as his equal, we will give both families the highest measures of protection we can possibly give."
"Are we going to have to leave our homes, Albus?" Alice questioned timidly from Frank's side. Dumbledore turned to regard her own his glasses, pausing in his pacing.
"I'm afraid so, my dear Alice. I hope you won't mind that I've already chosen two safe houses which no one yet knows the location of, besides myself of course. At some point in the next few days I will ask you to choose a Secret Keeper and once you have done so you may move into your new homes safe in the knowledge that the Fidelius Charm has begun to operate. I give you my humblest of apologies for the inconveniences this is causing, especially when you are both so close to having your sons. I just hope you know that you and your family will be protected like the most precious of treasures."
There were a few long moments of silence before the group started breaking up, groups of twos and threes disappearing down the stairs and returning to their homes. Lily and James were the last to leave and Lily couldn't help but notice the way Dumbledore was watching them as if he knew something no one else did.