Chapter 11
The ways of the Grandfather
"How can you still now risk all of our lives on some irrational hope" Weaselly asked Cullen
"This irrational hope is the only hope we have left and I can't just let go, not now, not when we might finally have a chance" he answered
"Have you even been listening, yes it could have been our victory if it had just been the Malfoys but it isn't now. Now there is nothing that can stop him"
At this Cullen almost looked exasperated "you say that, but you know fully that the very person that defeated him last time is with us now"
"Do you really believe that that boy could ever defeat 'he who must not be named'?"
"You believe all you have herd about Voldemort, so why do you not believe what you have been told about 'the boy who lived'?"
At the mentioning of Voldemorts name Weaselly shivered.
"I never thought id see the day when you stooped so low as to fear a name" Cullen said in Disappointment
" I have learnt more about that boy since I have joined the dark lord. Things that will make you look at him in a completely new light" Weaselly said
"What? If you're talking about him having the dark mark we already know, he showed us," Cullen said
Weaselly looked surprised but quickly regained his composer "did he tell you who his Grandfather is?"
Cullen looked confused "what are you talking about?"
"So he hasn't has he" a smile covered Wasleys face
"Get to the point Mark"
"The point is old friend that 'he who must not be named' is 'the boy who lived' Grandfather"
There was a minute or silence between the two.
"And we both no he has the dark mark. and I'm afraid that by having him here you are only endangering ever one for 'he who must not be named' will do any thing to get his grandson back. Hes obsessed from what I've been told for his grandson and him self to stand side by side and rule the world together."
"Charming" was Cullen's only answer
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The Great Hall was full of Wizards all waiting to be addressed by a boy who was standing before them.
An atmosphere of unease filled the room as they wondered were there leader was or any from the inner circle for that matter.
The boy was wearing a black clock and was very small.
A mope of black hair sat on his head and his piecing green eyes scanned the crowd seeming looking into every mans eyes.
He raised his hand for silence and the murmur that moments ago filled the room silenced.
"The inner circle of the Order has collapsed. It was discovered that they have betrayed us all and had secretly joined the Malfoys"
Angry voices of denial filled the room and Harry had to raise his voice significantly to be heard over the top of it.
"If you want proof then ask some of your own"
The roomed went silence as fifteen wizards took the floor.
"Its true we have all witnessed it, they have all betrayed us please trust this boy as he is who we have been waiting for, for all our lives. I believe you have all heard of the legends of 'the boy who lived' and 'Lucious's Box'. I would like to introduce Harry Potter him self. The box has been found and maybe now we have a chance of saving our lives and our world"
Silence filled the room.
A luff in areas from disbelieving wizards.
"Prove it!" some one, yelled
"Yeah prove that this boy is Harry Potter"
A chatter of agreement went up all over the room.
"I was there when Mr Weaselly himself and the inner circle admitted it, they wished to hand him over to the death eaters"
A murmur went up they all knew these wizards for they were the most trusted of the order guard.
But as much as they would love to believe in something so hopeful they weren't going to put all there hope into something when there had been so little for so long.
Harry noticing the disbelief that still filled many a face stepped forward.
"I am Harry Potter, ward of Albus Dumbledor himself, I am here to aid you in your fight and will go as far as it takes until I am either dead or freedom is yours"
And with that Harry turned to Cullen "I would like to introduce the new leader of the Order of the Phoenix Cullen Dumbledor"
There was a respectful clap from a still shocked crowd as Cullen steeped forward.
"I Cullen Dumbledor from this moment on will be taking on the responsibility to lead the Order of the Phoenix in our fight. It is with a sad heart that I take this place with the news of betrayal that has shocked us all today. The men and women that we trusted not just with out lives but with our family's lives have turned. This indeed is a day of great grievance, but out of this tragedy we may finally gain our chance for the freedom and safety that we have longed for since the day we were born. The security that we have only dreamt of and the peace that has given us our determination. We stand here together side by side, and no longer will there seemingly is different entities among the Order. The idea of this inner circle has only ever-coursed division; instead a council will be created with representatives form all squadrons who will be elected by the squadron to attend regular meetings. The elected person will then report back to he or she's own squadron. Although the ultimate decision will be made by myself understand that your thoughts will be heard and taken into consideration. Some of you may be wondering what has become of the original inner circle but I must ask you not to worry about them because they are safe and still within this castle. We won't leave them out to die like they would have done to us. For we are not like they have become. After this meeting each squadron will meet and decide upon a representative who will then return here for further instructions. Thank you for listening I'm sure our futures will be looking a lot more bright very very soon".
And with that Cullen left the stage to applause.
Harry sat in his place in what was once the inner circles meeting room.
Cullen and Mat sat to his right while the newly elected squadron representatives who were currently taking notes on the assignment at hand took up the rest of the seats.
Which was to inform the vast number of smaller Order headquarters around the world of the current situation.
For this messengers would be sent explaining everything.
Squadron 5 would be messengers for this assignment as had been decided only minutes ago.
With the messengers would also be the first orders of the council.
Which among them were orders to requite muggles from near by camps.
Matt was sure that if they could get a resistance among muggles they could also contribute to the war and strengthen relationships between the too different cultures.
Matt had been placed as the representative of muggles in the council and was taking this very seriously as he knew of the desperate needs of them.
It had also been bung up by him that there was Plenty of Hogwarts empty and that some Muggle families could be rescued and brought here.
Unfortunately this motion had been denied because most people felt that they would get in the way and that the order would be more of a help in completely removing the death eaters from power than hiding a few families away.
Matt though furious had decided to leave that plea and focused instead on forming muggle divisions of the Order.
If he could only get his people united then he believed they could over through the few dark guard members which guarded the camps.
For now he would wait.
The orders plans were for a simultaneous uprising, the dark guard would never have enough men to restore order at all camps.
But he also knew it couldn't wait to long for Harry had told them all of Voldemorts wish to completely irradiate muggles from the face of the earth.
The fact that had gained his attention though was that muggle born witches and wizards would be out there and if they could be discovered they would prove to be very helpful in their plight.
"How will we convince the muggles to form an uprise if they believe there is no hope, we all know that at any slight sign of resistance hundreds of muggles are often saluted. They have no hope so why should they seemingly give up there lives for something they cant see helping there people?" One man asked
Silence filled the room.
"What if we were to tell them that other camps had succeeded and were now actively fighting against the dark guard and death eaters as free people"
"That might work if they believe it can be done then they'll probably be more than willing to lay down there lives for the cause" Matt said
"I don't agree with deceiving them, but if there is no other way I see no choice we don't have the time to twiddle our thumbs so it will be announced to all the camps of this uprising. If this works this will be a great blow to the Malfoys" Cullen stared around the room, hoping that this would work, if it didn't hundreds of thousands could die.
Hey thanks to all those who have reviewed. And sorry that this chapter is just all talking, but it is building up to something. Any way thanks again. Hope.
"How can you still now risk all of our lives on some irrational hope" Weaselly asked Cullen
"This irrational hope is the only hope we have left and I can't just let go, not now, not when we might finally have a chance" he answered
"Have you even been listening, yes it could have been our victory if it had just been the Malfoys but it isn't now. Now there is nothing that can stop him"
At this Cullen almost looked exasperated "you say that, but you know fully that the very person that defeated him last time is with us now"
"Do you really believe that that boy could ever defeat 'he who must not be named'?"
"You believe all you have herd about Voldemort, so why do you not believe what you have been told about 'the boy who lived'?"
At the mentioning of Voldemorts name Weaselly shivered.
"I never thought id see the day when you stooped so low as to fear a name" Cullen said in Disappointment
" I have learnt more about that boy since I have joined the dark lord. Things that will make you look at him in a completely new light" Weaselly said
"What? If you're talking about him having the dark mark we already know, he showed us," Cullen said
Weaselly looked surprised but quickly regained his composer "did he tell you who his Grandfather is?"
Cullen looked confused "what are you talking about?"
"So he hasn't has he" a smile covered Wasleys face
"Get to the point Mark"
"The point is old friend that 'he who must not be named' is 'the boy who lived' Grandfather"
There was a minute or silence between the two.
"And we both no he has the dark mark. and I'm afraid that by having him here you are only endangering ever one for 'he who must not be named' will do any thing to get his grandson back. Hes obsessed from what I've been told for his grandson and him self to stand side by side and rule the world together."
"Charming" was Cullen's only answer
*******************************************************************
The Great Hall was full of Wizards all waiting to be addressed by a boy who was standing before them.
An atmosphere of unease filled the room as they wondered were there leader was or any from the inner circle for that matter.
The boy was wearing a black clock and was very small.
A mope of black hair sat on his head and his piecing green eyes scanned the crowd seeming looking into every mans eyes.
He raised his hand for silence and the murmur that moments ago filled the room silenced.
"The inner circle of the Order has collapsed. It was discovered that they have betrayed us all and had secretly joined the Malfoys"
Angry voices of denial filled the room and Harry had to raise his voice significantly to be heard over the top of it.
"If you want proof then ask some of your own"
The roomed went silence as fifteen wizards took the floor.
"Its true we have all witnessed it, they have all betrayed us please trust this boy as he is who we have been waiting for, for all our lives. I believe you have all heard of the legends of 'the boy who lived' and 'Lucious's Box'. I would like to introduce Harry Potter him self. The box has been found and maybe now we have a chance of saving our lives and our world"
Silence filled the room.
A luff in areas from disbelieving wizards.
"Prove it!" some one, yelled
"Yeah prove that this boy is Harry Potter"
A chatter of agreement went up all over the room.
"I was there when Mr Weaselly himself and the inner circle admitted it, they wished to hand him over to the death eaters"
A murmur went up they all knew these wizards for they were the most trusted of the order guard.
But as much as they would love to believe in something so hopeful they weren't going to put all there hope into something when there had been so little for so long.
Harry noticing the disbelief that still filled many a face stepped forward.
"I am Harry Potter, ward of Albus Dumbledor himself, I am here to aid you in your fight and will go as far as it takes until I am either dead or freedom is yours"
And with that Harry turned to Cullen "I would like to introduce the new leader of the Order of the Phoenix Cullen Dumbledor"
There was a respectful clap from a still shocked crowd as Cullen steeped forward.
"I Cullen Dumbledor from this moment on will be taking on the responsibility to lead the Order of the Phoenix in our fight. It is with a sad heart that I take this place with the news of betrayal that has shocked us all today. The men and women that we trusted not just with out lives but with our family's lives have turned. This indeed is a day of great grievance, but out of this tragedy we may finally gain our chance for the freedom and safety that we have longed for since the day we were born. The security that we have only dreamt of and the peace that has given us our determination. We stand here together side by side, and no longer will there seemingly is different entities among the Order. The idea of this inner circle has only ever-coursed division; instead a council will be created with representatives form all squadrons who will be elected by the squadron to attend regular meetings. The elected person will then report back to he or she's own squadron. Although the ultimate decision will be made by myself understand that your thoughts will be heard and taken into consideration. Some of you may be wondering what has become of the original inner circle but I must ask you not to worry about them because they are safe and still within this castle. We won't leave them out to die like they would have done to us. For we are not like they have become. After this meeting each squadron will meet and decide upon a representative who will then return here for further instructions. Thank you for listening I'm sure our futures will be looking a lot more bright very very soon".
And with that Cullen left the stage to applause.
Harry sat in his place in what was once the inner circles meeting room.
Cullen and Mat sat to his right while the newly elected squadron representatives who were currently taking notes on the assignment at hand took up the rest of the seats.
Which was to inform the vast number of smaller Order headquarters around the world of the current situation.
For this messengers would be sent explaining everything.
Squadron 5 would be messengers for this assignment as had been decided only minutes ago.
With the messengers would also be the first orders of the council.
Which among them were orders to requite muggles from near by camps.
Matt was sure that if they could get a resistance among muggles they could also contribute to the war and strengthen relationships between the too different cultures.
Matt had been placed as the representative of muggles in the council and was taking this very seriously as he knew of the desperate needs of them.
It had also been bung up by him that there was Plenty of Hogwarts empty and that some Muggle families could be rescued and brought here.
Unfortunately this motion had been denied because most people felt that they would get in the way and that the order would be more of a help in completely removing the death eaters from power than hiding a few families away.
Matt though furious had decided to leave that plea and focused instead on forming muggle divisions of the Order.
If he could only get his people united then he believed they could over through the few dark guard members which guarded the camps.
For now he would wait.
The orders plans were for a simultaneous uprising, the dark guard would never have enough men to restore order at all camps.
But he also knew it couldn't wait to long for Harry had told them all of Voldemorts wish to completely irradiate muggles from the face of the earth.
The fact that had gained his attention though was that muggle born witches and wizards would be out there and if they could be discovered they would prove to be very helpful in their plight.
"How will we convince the muggles to form an uprise if they believe there is no hope, we all know that at any slight sign of resistance hundreds of muggles are often saluted. They have no hope so why should they seemingly give up there lives for something they cant see helping there people?" One man asked
Silence filled the room.
"What if we were to tell them that other camps had succeeded and were now actively fighting against the dark guard and death eaters as free people"
"That might work if they believe it can be done then they'll probably be more than willing to lay down there lives for the cause" Matt said
"I don't agree with deceiving them, but if there is no other way I see no choice we don't have the time to twiddle our thumbs so it will be announced to all the camps of this uprising. If this works this will be a great blow to the Malfoys" Cullen stared around the room, hoping that this would work, if it didn't hundreds of thousands could die.
Hey thanks to all those who have reviewed. And sorry that this chapter is just all talking, but it is building up to something. Any way thanks again. Hope.