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THE MEETING

Dumbledore surveyed the room paying particular notice to the corner that was filled with the Weasley's. "Today Fudge announced the return of Lord Voldemort to the general populus, it means we are about to enter a new phase of the war, but today we are here to discuss the upcoming summer holidays" Dumbledore once again looked around the room, some faces were filled with apprehension others just took on a whole new degree of determination. If it was at all possible Moody looked a bit excited but that may just have been because he was smiling at Molly Weasley trying to allay the fear that she was radiating. It was not that she was scared for herself but rather worried that her husband Arthur and her two oldest sons, Bill and Charlie were part of the order, Percy her next son has been estranged from her for the last past year, Fred and George had left school before they had graduated and were pushing Dumbledore into accepting them into the order. Ron her last son was best friends to Harry Potter who was like a son to her but was also top of Voldemort's hit list. Hence Ron was probably in the most amount of danger. He had recently got seriously injured whilst fighting death eaters at the Ministry of Magic. Ginny her only daughter was also present at the Ministry of Magic but was lucky that she did not get seriously injured had also been affected by the war. As with the return of the Dark Lord so to did the flashbacks to her first year when Voldemort possessed her. Dumbledore continued "Severus has it on good authority that Voldemort is planning on luring Harry away like he did with Sirius" everybody in the room paled "by capturing either Hermione Granger or Ronald Weasley" if it was at all possible Molly paled even more. Everybody in the room turned to the Weasley corner shooting sympathetic glasses towards them whilst Arthur put a reassuring arm around his wife and Fleur grasped Bill's hand tightly within hers, Charlie just bowed his head not wanting to see the looks that were coming their way. Once again Dumbledore continued "I have been to see Tonk's at St Mungo's and she is to be released soon, at which time she will be on sick leave for the next month and will accompany Hermione and her parents on holidays, you will have to excuse me that I won't be telling you where they are going."

"Now, onto the plans for Ron's holiday. As you may be aware Charlie's" Charlie's head was raised at the mention of his name "colony often accepts work experience students on my recommendation, I have organised for Ron to be working with you for the next month" Charlie's face brightened at the thought of being able to teach Ron all of the amazing things that make working with dragon's such a rewarding experience. However Molly did not look too appeased and was about to voice her concerns when Dumbledore told her that they would talk at the conclusion of the meeting. The details of Harry's protection took much less coordination. Fudge with the acknowledgement of Voldemort's return had assigned the protection of Harry to the aurors, well Kingsley Shacklebolt to be precise as he no longer headed the manhunt for Sirius Black. The ministry had bought a house that was just a couple of houses down from Harry's so that Kingsley could be there 24hrs a day 7 days a week. The rest of the meeting didn't last long, there was some boring details on who was on call for the next couple of days in case of a death eater attack and who was going to join the students on the trip home on the Hogwart's Express under invisibility cloaks.

Everybody except for the Weasley family had left to return to their homes or work. Dumbledore once again surveyed the Weasley's and started again "Molly I know how you must be feeling, I didn't consult you at all before I made my announcement nor have I given you a chance to question my decision but if you would just listen to me for a minute then I will explain to you why I want to send him away. Ask yourself these questions Molly, in the Triwizard tournament who was determined that Harry would miss the most? It was Ron. Where did Peter Pettigrew live whilst he was a rat? The burrow. Who was at the Department of Mysteries fighting with Harry? It was Ron. If Ron was to stay here in England there would be no way in which he could leave the house and you know as well as I do that he is easily frustrated and that being forced to stay inside would be one sure way to ensure that he would try and sneak out, possibly getting himself captured in the process. It would be best for both Ron and the order if Ron was to go to Romania for awhile. Now you can talk Molly, Arthur." Molly sat there trying to find an argument that might sway the elderly headmaster to allow her son to stay with her so that she could look after him whilst he was recovering from his injuries but she couldn't find any. Finally Molly decided that he was correctly and replied quietly with "If that's what you believe is best Albus." The rest of the Weasley clan let out a small sigh of relief. They were sure that she would have put up a bigger fight to try and change Dumbledore's mind.

"Onto another matter Molly, I wish for Harry, Ron and Hermione to be present for order meetings once they return." Molly interrupted "Absolutely not, Ron is only 16 and there is no way in hell that I will have him exposed to the atrocities that are discussed at meetings. I don't care what you say Albus but Ron will not be attending the meetings. He is still too young and innocent." Arthur was nodding in the background whilst Bill and Charlie shared a knowing glance. "Molly, Arthur do you really believe that Ron is innocent, I would go as far as saying that he has seen more darkness than any of you in this room." Molly stared at him as if she didn't quite believe that he could know more about his son than she, his mother knows, "I find that quite hard to believe" she replied huffily. "Very well, I believe that I have to let you in on some of the kids "adventures" as they call it. You did know that in the first year that one of Voldemort's supporters was within the school and trying to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone. What you do not know however is that Ron, Harry and Hermione were the ones that prevented this from occurring. Ron was knocked off his horse by a large chess piece whilst playing a real game of Wizard's Chess, also in their first year Hagrid had procured a baby dragon and Ron was bitten by it. In their second year Ron accompanied Harry to go and visit an acromantula in order to gain information on the chamber of secrets. Ron also accompanied Harry into the Chamber of Secrets and Gilderoy Lockhart tried to modify his memory. In Ron's third year Ron woke up to find Sirius Black holding a knife above his bed and then later Sirius accidentally broke his leg, but you knew that. Throughout his fourth and fifth year he has had to deal with Harry's visions as well as fight death eaters at the ministry of magic. Dumbledore looked like he had finished but Arthur piped up "But they are still children" Dumbledore studied them all with a sad and tired look upon his face "They haven't been children for a very long time. At times they may do childish things but that is due to lack of experience. These kids are a part of this war whether we like to admit or not. Now I would like to have a quick word alone with Charlie before he leaves. I will talk to you all again soon, it will give you time to think about what I have told you."

They all got up and bid each other good night. Dumbledore turned to look at Charlie "I would like to talk about Ron's visit if you do not mind" Charlie looked at him with curiosity and admiration written on his face "Of course not headmaster"

"I have asked all of you to please call me Albus, you are not children anymore. Now Ron will be porkeying to your place as soon as it has been explained to him what is happening. All that he will be told is that he is going to visit you as some work experience has been organised for him to partake in. Once he gets to Romania it will be up to you to explain to him everything about why he is there. It will also be up to you to explain the rules that he will have to abide by." Dumbledore paused for a second to allow Charlie to process the information that he had just explained to the man. Slowly Charlie's face turned into a slight frown "Do you think that it is wise to tell him that Voldemort wants to capture him and exactly what rules are we talking about." Dumbledore sat there thinking about the best way to phrase his answer he looked up "I have a suspicion that Ron already knows that this is a distinct possibility. Ron and Hermione are the closest people to Harry and I am sure they would have worked out that they could be used like Sirius was to trap Harry. It is also important to let Ron know that he is a target so that he does not try to break the rules that I will be telling you momentarily. You know as well as I do that Ron has a sometime explosive anger and the ability to go storming off somewhere. I often have portraits coming to tell me that Ron as well as Hermione has gone storming off somewhere. You see I have had the portraits tracking the three of them ever since first year when they first got into trouble for sneaking out. Harry is a bit harder to track as he often storms off whilst under his invisibility cloak. Now onto the rules, Ron will be staying in your house which will have extra protection wards added as of tomorrow. He is not allowed to be out of your sight unless he is at the dragon colony which will also be receiving new wards or at your house. I am sure you will do your best to ensure that Ron is always safe. The last rule is one of the most important. Ron is not allowed to send or receive mail from either Harry or Hermione. Kingsley will inform Harry of this and Tonk's will inform Hermione." Charlie looked like he was about to interrupt but Dumbledore held up one finger signalling to let him finish "Both Harry and Ron have conspicuous owls and Harry's owl has already been intercepted once already. It is possible that any of their owls could be intercepted and as much as I do not wish to believe it if a group of ten death eaters came to capture Ron or Hermione then it would be quite possible that they would be captured so they're just going to have to deal with not being in contact with each other for the first month of summer." Dumbledore took a deep breath waiting for questions that just didn't come.

"Now I also have to talk to you about the side effects Ron may experience from the brain attack. Now the last brain attack was well over a thousand years ago so that means that some of the knowledge we have on them may be incorrect, however it is my understanding that it may activate a divining talent. As it happened so recently he most probably will only experience dreams of the past and possibly the future so I would like you to be there for Ron if he needs to talk about any of these dreams. Don't press him on the matter. If things become too serious or if he gets a vision that may help the order I want you to notify me immediately. Is that clear?" Charlie looked at him with disbelief written on his face. "Yes it is clear" he said with some malice in his voice. He continued "What is not clear is why you have kept this from the rest of the family, have you even told Ron what could possibly happen to him." Dumbledore looked at him with an expressionless face but did not say anything. "I thought so, the kid is going to think that he is going mad. What happens if he sees something disturbing, one of our deaths or worse." Dumbledore got up then and turned to Charlie "I am sure that you will be able to handle it. I ask you to not tell the rest of the family of Ron's predicament. I am off now, I am sure I will be in constant contact with you over the summer." Charlie sat there thinking about all that he had been told, suddenly the war seemed much more real.