Chapter 12
United or Divided?
William Matthews was the leader of one of the small out posts left for the order.
He was currently at his desk looking over the last messages he had received and looking for any clue that they might hold to the current situation.
He had lost communication a week ago from the headquarters and had sent several men there to find out what was going on.
But he now feared that they had not reached the Headquarters with all the activity that had been going on over the few weeks he wondered if all was lost.
A man on a Horse was nearing his destination.
He had been none stop riding for days and felt ready for a rest once his message had been delivered.
He reached the side of a cliff and proceeded to where a rock jutted out at a funny angle pointing up.
He pushed it three times quickly, three times slowly then three times quickly again.
Suddenly a crack in the rock face opened up before him.
Inside it was alight with torches burning on the walls.
He made his way in cautiously.
Suddenly a blue light hit him and all was black.
William lowered his head into his hands, it seemed it was now only a matter of time, one thing he knew for sure was that he and his men would fight till there last breath.
"Sir" his musings were interrupted.
He turned and looked at the young man "yes Michael?" he asked
"A man was found entering that we did not know of, we stunned him.... But sir he wears the crest of the Order. We think he may be a messenger"
William turned and looked at the hopeful eyes of his nephew. Immediately he got up and followed him out of the room.
He slowly opened his eyes.
"I must apologise to they way you were received but please understand that we have herd nothing for the last week and have been assuming the worst"
He nodded as he slowly stood to his feet.
"Yes I have much news but first," he said while reaching into his pocket and pulling out a rolled up letter and handed it to William.
William scanned the contents of the letter quietly now and then glancing up at the messenger who only nodded.
By the end William was smiling,
"Then there is still hope! In fact there is more hope now than we have, had in a long time!... and what of these new orders?"
"Ah yes just a moment"
The man reached into a small sack he had with him and pulled out a file.
"That should explain everything. It is very important that these are followed. It would be a huge blow for the Malfoys"
"Alistair" William said loudly
"Sir?"
"Please go and get the best food we have, lets have a feast to celebrate the news that I have to shear!"
The messenger enjoyed a bath, and some fresh cloths. He had been treated well and was looking forward to the celebration as his food had ran short and what food he had had gone mouldy.
Slowly he made his way into the hall.
Many large tables were covered in delicious smelling foods.
He was waved over by William and sat down next to him. Slowly the hall filled and introductions started.
"I am Tomas Hollow, second in command here. I have read both the letter and new orders that you have delivered. I am though very sceptical. The war must be fort wizard against wizard what good will it do including muggles in this fight they will only get in the way!"
The messenger looked at him silently for a moment
"Chris Muldo, nice to meet you. And as far as the new orders are concerned I believe that the idea of getting muggles involved is to get them to fight there own fight, that would leave all our men to concentrate more on the Death Eaters. The Dark Guard are lets face it out numbered 100 to 1 in the camps wether any wizard want to believe it is irrelevant but if we can get the muggles united we believe that they can take the camps. It would be a huge blow for the Malfoys and with minimal damage to the Order."
"Although I see your point I question wether this is a wast of time and effort on the Orders behalf. Firstly the worth of the camps to the Malfoys I would have to question. It is true that we need what is produced in the camps, but the muggles could be replaced by a tenth of the number of wizards who could to the job magically so much more efficiently. Secondly I would ask how the camps would actually effect the conflict for us, if any thing it would corse the Death Eaters to go out and kill all the muggles."
"As far as the camps worth to the Malfoys is concerned I feel that you should give them more credit. The job that the muggles do as far as the death eaters are concerned is far below any thing a wizard should have to do. Do degrade a wizard to that level would be almost admitting that they might be possibly on the same level as a muggle. It would also greatly aid us in our fight. The dark guard will all be busy with them, I have no dealt that as you mentioned before Death Eaters would be sent in it leaves them in a more venerable state than we have had to work with in our life times. And probably our greatest chance cupelled by what you have read in the letter it makes one feel that maybe our fight might finally be over."
Tomas seemed deep in thought for a moment
"Yes and what you just said leads me to my second point. All this Harry Potter business! It's a child's story! A legend! I hate to see the order put their hope in a story that is told to children and is so passed down. The story could be totally distorted by now for all we know!"
Chris nodded "I think those very thoughts are in everybody's minds, but I've seen the boy, it seems just like the storeys! When he speaks in even a whisper the hall fell silent. It was as if he ordered a respect from every person"
"Yes but when you want so much to believe in something well."
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Harry and Matt looked sat quietly staring at the chess bored in front of them. Matt had taken quickly to the game, offering a challenge to Harry.
"I have told you all about my life, about my family and friends, but you have not spoken a word of yours, I am curious, tell me about them" Matt said
Harry didn't answer for minutes "theirs really nothing to tell"
Matt frowned "I have trusted you with my most hardest experiences, why don't you trust me?"
"I do, its just, not every thing is easy to talk about"
"And what I have told you is! I told you of my mother's torture to death, of the deaths of my brothers and sisters! I have trusted you enough to shear this! I am not asking you to tell me these things, I just want to know why you don't trust me?"
"Mat I do trust you, I just can't tell you, not now"
The conversation was left at that for the time being as neither saw any need to continue it.
*******
"Cullen we have received word back from all the out posts and have all but twos loyalty"
"Good. then it has started?"
"Yes sir muggle camps are being infiltrated all over the world even as we speak"
"Tell me which two have not agreed?"
"Section 26, North America and section 6 England"
"Section 6! But that's London! They are by far the largest and most prepared outpost in all of Europe"
"Their reply arrived only two hours ago sir, I have it if you would like to see it"
"Why was I not told right away?"
"We wanted to await the final reapplies before informing you"
The man said as he handed Cullen the letter.
Dear Cullen Dumbledor
The message I received only a week ago disturbed me greatly. I have always been and will remain a fighter for the light side. However resent events can not allow section 6 to continue to be Order members. We have voted about this with a land slid victory to continue on our way independently.
The corruption that has occurred has lead us to believe that the Order leadership can no longer be trusted. We are loyal followers of the Weaselly's and as a close friend of Mark I can not believe the accusations against him. What has occurred at the headquarters is no less than mutiny and we wish to have no part of it.
As for all this rubbish about 'Harry Potter' we are not pulled in by such lies. As nice as it would sound child's stories are not reality. Our reality is that we must fight till our deaths and watch our families die with us to save some off what is good.
Yours Timothy Crevey
Cullen looked up from the letter and turned to the other man.
"I should have expected this. I hope we will not end up facing one another in battle"
William Matthews was the leader of one of the small out posts left for the order.
He was currently at his desk looking over the last messages he had received and looking for any clue that they might hold to the current situation.
He had lost communication a week ago from the headquarters and had sent several men there to find out what was going on.
But he now feared that they had not reached the Headquarters with all the activity that had been going on over the few weeks he wondered if all was lost.
A man on a Horse was nearing his destination.
He had been none stop riding for days and felt ready for a rest once his message had been delivered.
He reached the side of a cliff and proceeded to where a rock jutted out at a funny angle pointing up.
He pushed it three times quickly, three times slowly then three times quickly again.
Suddenly a crack in the rock face opened up before him.
Inside it was alight with torches burning on the walls.
He made his way in cautiously.
Suddenly a blue light hit him and all was black.
William lowered his head into his hands, it seemed it was now only a matter of time, one thing he knew for sure was that he and his men would fight till there last breath.
"Sir" his musings were interrupted.
He turned and looked at the young man "yes Michael?" he asked
"A man was found entering that we did not know of, we stunned him.... But sir he wears the crest of the Order. We think he may be a messenger"
William turned and looked at the hopeful eyes of his nephew. Immediately he got up and followed him out of the room.
He slowly opened his eyes.
"I must apologise to they way you were received but please understand that we have herd nothing for the last week and have been assuming the worst"
He nodded as he slowly stood to his feet.
"Yes I have much news but first," he said while reaching into his pocket and pulling out a rolled up letter and handed it to William.
William scanned the contents of the letter quietly now and then glancing up at the messenger who only nodded.
By the end William was smiling,
"Then there is still hope! In fact there is more hope now than we have, had in a long time!... and what of these new orders?"
"Ah yes just a moment"
The man reached into a small sack he had with him and pulled out a file.
"That should explain everything. It is very important that these are followed. It would be a huge blow for the Malfoys"
"Alistair" William said loudly
"Sir?"
"Please go and get the best food we have, lets have a feast to celebrate the news that I have to shear!"
The messenger enjoyed a bath, and some fresh cloths. He had been treated well and was looking forward to the celebration as his food had ran short and what food he had had gone mouldy.
Slowly he made his way into the hall.
Many large tables were covered in delicious smelling foods.
He was waved over by William and sat down next to him. Slowly the hall filled and introductions started.
"I am Tomas Hollow, second in command here. I have read both the letter and new orders that you have delivered. I am though very sceptical. The war must be fort wizard against wizard what good will it do including muggles in this fight they will only get in the way!"
The messenger looked at him silently for a moment
"Chris Muldo, nice to meet you. And as far as the new orders are concerned I believe that the idea of getting muggles involved is to get them to fight there own fight, that would leave all our men to concentrate more on the Death Eaters. The Dark Guard are lets face it out numbered 100 to 1 in the camps wether any wizard want to believe it is irrelevant but if we can get the muggles united we believe that they can take the camps. It would be a huge blow for the Malfoys and with minimal damage to the Order."
"Although I see your point I question wether this is a wast of time and effort on the Orders behalf. Firstly the worth of the camps to the Malfoys I would have to question. It is true that we need what is produced in the camps, but the muggles could be replaced by a tenth of the number of wizards who could to the job magically so much more efficiently. Secondly I would ask how the camps would actually effect the conflict for us, if any thing it would corse the Death Eaters to go out and kill all the muggles."
"As far as the camps worth to the Malfoys is concerned I feel that you should give them more credit. The job that the muggles do as far as the death eaters are concerned is far below any thing a wizard should have to do. Do degrade a wizard to that level would be almost admitting that they might be possibly on the same level as a muggle. It would also greatly aid us in our fight. The dark guard will all be busy with them, I have no dealt that as you mentioned before Death Eaters would be sent in it leaves them in a more venerable state than we have had to work with in our life times. And probably our greatest chance cupelled by what you have read in the letter it makes one feel that maybe our fight might finally be over."
Tomas seemed deep in thought for a moment
"Yes and what you just said leads me to my second point. All this Harry Potter business! It's a child's story! A legend! I hate to see the order put their hope in a story that is told to children and is so passed down. The story could be totally distorted by now for all we know!"
Chris nodded "I think those very thoughts are in everybody's minds, but I've seen the boy, it seems just like the storeys! When he speaks in even a whisper the hall fell silent. It was as if he ordered a respect from every person"
"Yes but when you want so much to believe in something well."
******************
Harry and Matt looked sat quietly staring at the chess bored in front of them. Matt had taken quickly to the game, offering a challenge to Harry.
"I have told you all about my life, about my family and friends, but you have not spoken a word of yours, I am curious, tell me about them" Matt said
Harry didn't answer for minutes "theirs really nothing to tell"
Matt frowned "I have trusted you with my most hardest experiences, why don't you trust me?"
"I do, its just, not every thing is easy to talk about"
"And what I have told you is! I told you of my mother's torture to death, of the deaths of my brothers and sisters! I have trusted you enough to shear this! I am not asking you to tell me these things, I just want to know why you don't trust me?"
"Mat I do trust you, I just can't tell you, not now"
The conversation was left at that for the time being as neither saw any need to continue it.
*******
"Cullen we have received word back from all the out posts and have all but twos loyalty"
"Good. then it has started?"
"Yes sir muggle camps are being infiltrated all over the world even as we speak"
"Tell me which two have not agreed?"
"Section 26, North America and section 6 England"
"Section 6! But that's London! They are by far the largest and most prepared outpost in all of Europe"
"Their reply arrived only two hours ago sir, I have it if you would like to see it"
"Why was I not told right away?"
"We wanted to await the final reapplies before informing you"
The man said as he handed Cullen the letter.
Dear Cullen Dumbledor
The message I received only a week ago disturbed me greatly. I have always been and will remain a fighter for the light side. However resent events can not allow section 6 to continue to be Order members. We have voted about this with a land slid victory to continue on our way independently.
The corruption that has occurred has lead us to believe that the Order leadership can no longer be trusted. We are loyal followers of the Weaselly's and as a close friend of Mark I can not believe the accusations against him. What has occurred at the headquarters is no less than mutiny and we wish to have no part of it.
As for all this rubbish about 'Harry Potter' we are not pulled in by such lies. As nice as it would sound child's stories are not reality. Our reality is that we must fight till our deaths and watch our families die with us to save some off what is good.
Yours Timothy Crevey
Cullen looked up from the letter and turned to the other man.
"I should have expected this. I hope we will not end up facing one another in battle"