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CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR: COMING TOGETHER

"Well Professor, what is your answer?" Ginny demanded.

Could he give it? Could he risk it? Every person was urging him to respond, hoping for what they wanted to hear. He was standing between a rock and a hard place, uncertain of the affects of what either choice could bring. "I guess, my answer is that I'm not sure."

"Albus, are you serious?" Minerva asked, shocked by his answer. "You aren't going to help them?"

"I didn't say that-"

"But you didn't say that you would, either!" Remus butted in saying.

"Does that mean that the two of you are willing to fight with us?" Ginny asked, raising her head. Her face was streaked with tears. Tears of joy, from finding her babies. Tears of fear, from looking at the guard surrounding them. But, especailly tears of sorrow, knowing that without Dumbledore's help in battle, that they wouldn't succeed.

"You know that I'll be there," Remus responding, casting his glance toward Minerva.

"And I," she said, "will do what I can to help."

"So will we."

Casting a glance toward the door, which was once again open, the room saw new faces entering. All of the Weasleys, along with Hermione, and oddly, the Dursleys.

"What?" Ginny was speechless, looking around at all of her brothers, friends, and family, "How?"

"Petunia told us," Molly said, "not too long after the two of you left."

Harry was puzzled, "You went against our wishes, and told them?" he asked.

"Yes."

"You completely disregarded everything that we asked of you?" Harry's voice kept deepening, sounding darker and angrier with each question and each response.

"Yes."

"You went behind our backs, and brought everyone here, to us?"

"In a way, yes."

Looking around the room, everyone was nervous about how Harry was reacting. He was so upset, so hurt. But, still he questioned his Aunt. "And, you came here, to the wizarding world to stop us?"

"No," Petunia said, "not to stop you. We came here to help you."

"Thankyou."

"That's it?" Vernon asked, "All of those questions, and that's it? You aren't even angry at us for what we did?"

"No," Harry replied, "I'm not."

"How can we be?" Ginny asked, "You risked losing your relationship with the two of us, which I know means something to you, and you came here, to help us. Your greatest fear is magic, and yet here you are, surrounded by it."

"And, you brought reinforcements!" Harry said, laughing slightly.

"You did what you had to do," Ginny giggled, "to protect us, and our children. Thankyou, Harry and I really appreciate it."

"Well," Petunia said, walking to Ginny and giving her a hug, "I don't know how much we can do-"

Ginny cut her off, "But you're here, and that is what matters the most."

"Ginny," Molly said, "I can't believe that you two would lie to us, run off, after giving birth no less, and try to take on the Dark Lord."

"Mum. I'm sorry, but-"

"Do you think that we're going to let the two of you have all of the adventures alone?" Ron asked.

"We're a team," Hermione said, standing next to Ron, "and we always will be. You can't just go and forget that when you feel like it."

"We won't do it again!" Ginny said, bringing Hermione into a tight hug. Harry and Ron just exchanged hand shakes.

"Now, since that is done with," Fred said merrily.

"What's the plan?" George finished.

"We don't have one."

"Gin, you told us that the last time we asked, but here you are having a secret meeting in Dumbledore's office," Percy said.

"Look, Harry and I didn't feel it necessary to involve all of you in the situation."

"How can we not be involved?" Bill asked his sister, "We're family!"

Harry realized that this wasn't going to be an easliy forgiven and forgotten subject. "We know that, and we're sorry for lying. It's just, we didn't want any more people in harms way. Every year something happens, and every years someone ends up hurt," Harry released a sigh, "or dead."

Ron, decided to act incase Harry went into a depressive mode, said, "It's not your fault, Harry."

"I know," he replied, chuckling at the memory of his last lecture from Ron, "believe me, I know. But that doesn't stop me from wanting protect everyone."

"But, you can't control us, Harry," Hermione said, "We're your friends, and we want to help."

"We're going to help," Charlie added, "and you can't stop us. We're family, bonded through thick and thin."

Ginny, realizing how much most everyone wanted to rush the 'cabin' in the forest, was suddenly struck with what her brother said. "Bonded," she whispered. "Merlin! That's what he meant!" she exclaimed to Harry, who was clueless to her sudden onset of ranting.

"Ginny," he said, "what are you talking about?"

As if in a dream, Ginny started to repeat things directly from her memory. "They will be much more powerful, and capible of greater things than this world has seen since the begining of magic itself."

"What?" Harry whispered, unable to force his voice louder.

"That's what he said. That's what he told me, before they were born. The connection, wasn't formed between the two of us, Harry," Ginny said, taking his hand, "it never was. The connection, the bond was formed between the twins. This whole time."

"But, I don't understand what that has to do with any of the things we're talking about." Harry said.

"Professor," Ginny said, turning to McGonagall, "Is magic stronger in clans, or families?"

"What do you mean?"

"If members of the same family were all gathered together, fighting the same cause, would thier magic be stronger?" Ginny elaborated.

"I guess so, but I don't see wh-"

Ginny cut her off, asking a follow up, "And, would you say that it is perhaps because of some sort of bond?"

"Well," McGonagall thought for a moment, but then concluded, "yes."

Suddenly, Ginny whirled around and faced Harry again, leaving her professor completely in her dust. "Then that's it."

"What's it Ginny?" Harry asked, "You're confusing me."

"The bond that the twins share, was purposely done to connect them." The room stared at her blankly. To them, she was babbling, talking in circles. But, in her mind, she made perfect sense. "Ugh!" she groaned, "How can I make you all understand? Maggie and James," Ginny started, "they are the perfect weapon. Their powers work off eachother, feed off eachother. It's proven that twins are connected, right? Like by thoughts?" she directed her last set of questions at her brothers, the twins, who looked at eachother and nodded, "Now imagine if you could share your magical energy! In battle, lets say, one could keep up defenses, while the other took the offense. Unlimited powers, -"

"Ginny!" Harry interrupted her, "Ginny, breathe, we get the point." He took her by the shoulder to calm her down.

"But, don't you see," Ginny asked, looking up into his eyes, "In the battle of good versus evil, he will use them." Tears flowed openly down her face, but she didn't blink at them. "He will use them against you."

"Then we need to stop him." For the first time since he was originally asked, Dumbledore spoke.

"Did you say 'we' Professor?" Harry asked, holding a distraught Ginny.

"Yes, Harry," he responded, "I did say we."

"Now that we know whose attacking, the question that still remains is, how?"

"I'm not sure, Ginny," Harry said, squeezing her tighter, "I'm not sure."

"I think I have an idea," Dumbledore said, picking up the map from his desk, "Remus?" he asked, "Did you make the specific modifications to the 'new' map that I asked for?"

"Yes," he replied, suddenly cheering up, "I did, and I think I know what you're thinking. And, you're absolutely right."

"Will someone clue in the rest of us, please?" Ron asked, tired and confused for the previous session of babbling done by Ginny.

"I completely forgot that I put it in there!" Remus exclaimed happily.

"Put what in where?" Hermione asked.

"A port key system," Remus said, feeling like a kid in a candy store, "that takes you to anywhere on the map. It works kinds of like a teleportation system."

"How does it work?" Ginny asked eagerly.

Within the next half hour, everyone was coming up with more and more ideas. However, each idea also had it's draw backs, as Percy liked to point out. It wasn't until another hour later that everyone had agreed upon the method in which to do things. Capes, wands, cloaks and brooms were retreived. Potions and concoctions were made and distributed. Every plan had a back-up, and a back-up for it's back up. Pairs, trios and groups were formed. They analyzed the movement of the guards, when they switched and where they went. Every weakness that could be spotted was found and detailed into the plan (with a back-up, just for precaution).

In the following hour, a few other members of the Order of the Pheonix was flooed and owled, one by one. Each arriving within minutes of their contact time. By the time everything was set, the room was overflowing with people. It was amazing how everything just came together.

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A/N: I know that some of you think that my last few chapters have been nothing but mindless descriptions, but they really do make the story better, at least for me. One, they draw better pictures for me to use in my future chapters. Two, it gives me a chapter, buys me some time with all of you. And, three, it's all I can think of to write. Trust me, it will all be worth it. I have an excelent ending in the works, one that will be a great ending to this story and a perfect begining to the next.