Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling.
"I hereby convene the first meeting of the thirty-seventh Order of the Phoenix," said Dumbledore as he looked around at the small group assembled. Despite his best efforts he was only able to secure Harry a spot in the room, not that he could really stop him. The other members were from the staff at Hogwarts, Sirius, Remus, Molly, Arthur, Percy, Jane, Henry, Kinsley, and Mundungus Fletcher.
"This evening's first order of business is the admittance of Harry James Potter, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Jane Granger and Henry Granger to the Order of the Phoenix. All those existing members in favor say 'aye'."
Every person at the table that was already a member voted in favor.
"I would like to therefore welcome you all to the Order of the Phoenix," said Dumbledore, "Does anyone have anything to add?"
"Albus, I respect you a lot but I do not believe that Harry should be here for this," protested Molly instantly.
"Molly, I understand your concern but Harry has a very unique knowledge of Voldemort and what drives the man. His input is essential if the Order is going to succeed, this is not up for negotiation," said Dumbledore quashing all argument instantly.
"Harry won't be involved in any 'Order' actions anyway beyond giving his advice and knowledge," said Sirius trying to put Molly at ease a bit. Jane and Henry seemed pretty resigned that Harry had no choice but to be there.
"Now, the first order of business this evening is to report on the current situation. Thanks to Harry's excellent forethought we were able to put into position a new Minister of Magic completely loyal to us."
"Albus, how?" asked Arthur curiously.
"Barty Crouch Sr. is guilty of breaking his son out of Azkaban. We know this but no one else does as such he will work for us or receive the Dementor's Kiss," said Kingsley.
"But the papers said that Pettigrew helped him escape," said Molly.
"An article by our own Rita Skeeter," said Remus, "Harry has gotten her under his thumb and as such she is only to happy to report what we tell her provided she gets certain exclusive rights."
"Just how much political moving has Harry done?" asked Henry.
"Even I am not certain to the levels in which Harry has delved," said Dumbledore, "In the short time I've known Harry he has made connection with people at all levels of the Ministry as well as several outside businesses. As a result he is the most connected individual the 'Order' has at its disposal."
"This is my son you're talking about right?" asked Jane.
"Yes, Jane, as shocking as it is," said Dumbledore.
"You'll quickly learn just how exceptional your son and his friends really are," said Minerva with a bit of a smirk.
"Now, Percy if you would please give your report," said Dumbledore.
"Minister Crouch has gotten his office set up and started reviewing resumes for his staff. I felt it would be prudent for the 'Order' to review his choices," said Percy as he un-shrunk a stack of files.
"I would suggest you sit down with Kingsley and your father to sort through them," said Dumbledore calmly. "Harry I believe you have something for Percy to pass along to Mr. Crouch."
Harry passed a group of papers around the table for everyone to see and then he handed a file to Percy, "What you're all looking at is a bill draft. Percy, you're to give this to Crouch and see to it he enacts it."
"Harry, you'll never get the Wizengamot to support such an act," said Arthur.
"You're right which is why I've attached an emergency powers brief in the file Percy has that will allow Crouch to supersede the Wizengamot. It's an old law that was put in place while Grindewald was running amuck that has been all but forgotten and was never overturned," explained Harry, "You'll see it referenced in the bill."
"My word," said Arthur again as he read it in full detail, "Harry, did you draft this bill?"
"Yes sir," said Harry.
"It's a bit extreme isn't it?" asked Jane feeling a bit uncomfortable with what she was reading.
"It is very extreme but now that Voldemort is lacking an inner circle his first move will be to free his imprisoned Death Eaters. We can't afford for that to happen," said Harry sadly.
"But this is so permanent," said Jane, "You're talking about having these people executed."
"Mum, do you know what these people do for fun?" asked Harry, "They torture and kill muggles. My cousin and his friends had a game they used to play called 'Harry Hunting' where if they caught me they'd beat the crap out of me. The guys play a slightly different game called 'Muggle Hunting', the only difference is that if they catch you they kill you. If these guys get out in the open a lot more people will die than just these convicted criminals."
Jane swallowed with tears in her eyes but kept silent after that.
"I'll see to it," said Percy as he shrunk and pocketed the file.
"Thank you Percy," said Harry, "Don't worry, your name will never be associated with that bill so it won't jeopardize your future in the Ministry if it is at all unpopular."
"I'm not worried about it Harry," said Percy, "I happen to agree."
"Next order of business," began Dumbledore, "Recruiting."
With that Kingsley spoke up, "I've started feeling out some of the younger Aurors in the department as well as a few others that I've worked with in other departments. I've got some positive leads and I will be preparing files for next weeks meeting for members I think would be of some value to us."
"Excellent Kingsley," said Albus, "Sirius and Severus I believe you have an issue you need to discuss."
"Yes," said Severus taking the floor, "With the death of several Death Eaters a few days ago several students in Slytherin House were left orphans. One of those orphans happens to be Draco Malfoy my Godson. The Ministry is holding him currently for questioning into his parents background but he is scheduled to be released in a few days. The question is what shall be done with him. Sirius is his closest living relative but I am his godfather and thus we have equal claim to him. If Sirius takes him in he'd be a danger to Sirius' life but if I were to take him in he'd a danger to my ability to report my efforts to the 'Order'."
"Anyone have any clue what to do?" asked Sirius. It did seem as though Severus and Sirius had made peace . . . at least for now.
Harry didn't like what he was about to do but he really couldn't see a way around it, "I think it would be wise for the Ministry to refuse Severus' Guardianship and defer custody to Sirius. Sirius could bring Draco here and we could make arrangement so that he never sees Severus when he's here making his report."
"He'd be a threat if he were here," said Dumbledore, "Especially as this house's wards prevent the detection of magic use."
"I know that but Severus is more important than anything Malfoy could do. Maybe I can work on him this summer, maybe even turn him. Make him a spy like Severus is."
"I think if you wanted him to become a spy then he'd be better off with me," said Severus.
"I think you should give Severus two weeks to get through to the brat," said Sirius, "Then we can make up some excuse to bring him here."
"I will leave the decision up to you Severus. Please inform us of your decision in two days time," said Dumbledore, "Now, onto the most important topic on this evenings agenda, Harry if you will."
"Now, once Voldemort has rebuilt his ranks a bit I have no doubt that he will once again attempt so reenact the same ceremonies that made him nearly immortal before but more than that I think he will try for some other ceremonies to increase his power dramatically. Here is a list of ceremonies that Ministry intelligence knows he's done in the past. Here is another list that Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and I compiled this afternoon of ceremonies we suspect he will attempt. Now many of these ceremonies require certain artifacts. We cannot let Voldemort get these artifacts so we're going to get them first. The Ministry will do it's best to acquire and destroy these artifacts but those the Ministry cannot get we will."
"Are you suggesting we steal them?" asked Remus.
"No, we buy them," said Harry, "Everything has a price, you just have to be willing to meet that price."
"Um Harry, I hate to point this out but we aren't very well funded," said Remus.
"Actually," said Harry looking to Dumbledore, "We are. Dumbledore is my wizarding representative and is therefore capable of accessing the funds that I am unable to from my family estate."
"Harry, you're talking about millions of Galleons," said Remus in shock.
"I know, that combined with the money the Ministry will be confiscating from all known Death Eater families," said Harry smugly.
"Harry, the goblins are not going to give up those assets," said Remus knowingly.
"They've already agreed," said Harry, "One of the stops Albus and I made yesterday was to meet with the Goblins leadership. In exchange for 35 of the funds in known Death Eater accounts they are prepared to surrender the funds to the Ministry."
"With that I'd like to bring up a petition for membership to the Order of the Phoenix for Griphook the Goblin and Snotspool the Goblin," said Albus.
"You can't be serious," said Molly.
"We are," said Harry.
"All those in favor," asked Albus. Most of the table approved but some looked skeptical. "Motion passed. I will inform them of the vote. They have agreed join but will not attend meetings as it will be frowned upon by their leadership."
"I can't imagine the leadership just agreeing with you," said Percy doubtfully.
"You're right," said Albus, "That why you're also going to be giving this to Minister Crouch to submit to the Wizengamot along with this." Albus then hand Percy two different files. "The first is to change Goblin rights as Harry and I negotiated. The second is to change the rights and status of werewolves which incidentally brings us to the next bit of business, Remus."
"Right, I'll be in contact with the other werewolves immediately."
"Well, if that legislation passes you will be appointed the new Werewolf Liaison Officer to the Ministry of Magic," added Harry.
"Are you serious?" asked Remus in surprise.
"Completely," said Harry with a broad smile.
"You really have been busy," said Henry looking at his son in a new light. Most of the table was looking at Harry in a new light.
"I try," said Harry simply.
"Well, that's just about all I have for this evening," said Albus, "Does anyone else have anything?"
"I've got one more thing," said Harry, "I would like to ask that the 'Order' fund Fred and George Weasley's research."
"You want the 'Order' to fund those two in making jokes?" asked Molly incredulously.
"Not exactly," said Harry, "I'll admit that most of their ideas start as jokes and pranks or ways to make mischief but they've got some brilliant ideas. For example, they've designed something called an extendible ear. It is a kind of listening device. With a few modifications to the design by Professor Flitwick and myself they can get around just about any kind of privacy charm you can think off. I think these would be extremely useful. They are already in the process of designing a truth serum candy as well as an invisibility candy. They are really good ideas."
"Fred and George thought this up?" asked Mrs. Weasley in disbelief.
"Yes ma'am, and a lot more," said Harry, "I think they could both be extremely valuable assets. But they've already set as part of their terms that they want to be allowed to attend meetings and give reports on their research."
"I think that would be an excellent idea," said Arthur earning him a glare from Molly, "They are of age after all dear."
"All in favor," said Dumbledore this time every hand but Molly's went up. "Motion passed."
"Now my last bit of business is simply allowing Ron, Ginny, and Hermione to attend and listen in to the meetings for the simple fact that there is nothing that will be said in here that I don't pass along to them anyway. They have more than earned the right to attend," said Harry.
"Harry, you can't be serious," said Kingsley.
"After their helping put together that list of ceremonies I have no doubt that they would be a valuable asset to the 'Order' strictly as advisors," said Harry, "much like myself."
"I say put it to a vote," said Sirius.
"All in favor," said Albus the only hands that weren't raised this time were Molly's and Jane's. "Motion passed. If no one has anything else then this meeting is adjourned."
As soon as the doors opened Harry's five friends tumbled in.
"Listening in were you?" asked Molly.
"Of course not, how could we listen in when you put up so many silencing charms?" asked Fred.
"Finished a working model of the extendable ears didn't you?" asked Flitwick seeing a string hanging off of George's ear. George quickly grabbed the string and pocketed it.
"Don't bother trying to hide it you two," said Molly angrily, "Not that it really matter now I guess."
"Why's that?" asked Ron.
"You've all been approved to sit in on the meetings," said Harry with a grin, "And they agreed to funding your research Fred and George."
"Are you serious mate?" asked Fred in shock.
"No, I'm Sirius, he's Harry, and you're Gred," said Sirius joining the small group.
"That joke is so old," said Remus coming over as well.
"Kind of like you," retorted Sirius.
"So how much did you overhear with the prototype?" asked Harry.
"It was jumbled but we got a bit," said George.
"Well then let's go to the library and I'll fill you all in on what you missed and then I'm going to bed," said Harry through a yawn. Ginny grinned deviously at the thought of it.
It was another two full weeks before the 'Order' reconvened to make their progress reports.
Dumbledore made the usual opening speeches and what not. "Now, the first order of business today, I give you Kingsley Shacklebolt."
Kingsley stood up, "Well, I'd like to submit Nymphadora Tonks for membership. She's a young Auror and a Metamorphmagi. I think she'd be a very valuable asset."
"All those in favor?" offered Dumbledore. The vote was unanimous. "Motion passed."
"That's all I've been able to confirm as both safe and valuable thus far but I have a few other leads," said Kingsley before he sat down again.
"Mundungus," motioned Dumbledore to the man smoking a pipe.
"Right then, most of my contacts right now are scared to death of the bloody ministry and aren't too favorable about speaking anything to anyone," said Mundungus in a heavy cockney accent.
"Have you heard anything with regards to Voldemort?"
"Nothing, like I said, ain't no one want to say nothing," said Mundungus.
"We'll have worry about that later then," said Dumbledore, "Percy, status report."
Percy stood up, "Right then, Crouch is following orders perfectly. The emergency powers are still in place and the bill to allow for the execution of the Death Eaters has passed. They are scheduled to be pushed into the Veil in three days time."
"But the papers said it wouldn't be until next week," said Kingsley.
"That's the idea," said Percy slightly perturbed at being interrupted, "Anyway, the goblin legislation and werewolf legislation is still tied up in the Wizengamot. I've been moving around a bit of the funds allotted to me and I think I've just about bought up the rest of the necessary votes to pass the bills."
"Excellent work Percy," said Dumbledore.
"You approve of him using bribery?" asked Molly incredulously.
"Whatever it takes to end this war quickly," said Dumbledore, "We cannot afford for this to drag. Next order of business, where are we with the list?"
"I've got a few leads on some of the items on the black-market," said Mundungus, "But it's going to cost. I've gotten word there is another buyer in competition with us."
"Do whatever it takes," said Dumbledore.
"The ministry has managed to secure a large portion of the items in question," said Kingsley, "The ministry has had the entire Department of Mysteries and Magical Law Enforcement working an insane amount of overtime to locate and procure the items in question."
"The Goblins have been very helpful in providing some of the vault numbers that many of the items are located in. Thanks to some generous contributions from Harry, the Goblins have consulted their customers and agreed to move the items into their highest security vaults," explained Bill. Bill had just transferred from Egypt to London to help the 'Order' as a Goblin Liaison.
"The Philosopher's Stone was in a high security vault but that didn't stop Voldemort from breaking in," said Hermione curiously.
"Yes, well, that was a vault that was available to a private citizen," said Bill, "This vault is so secret that no one knows it exists save for the Goblins and now all of us."
"I've managed to locate a few of the items in the storage rooms of Hogwarts," said Minerva discreetly.
"Excellent," said Dumbledore, "That takes care of a lot the list but we must get the rest of the items and quickly. Voldemort will have regained his strength from the injuries inflicted by Harry within the next week or two. Severus I believe you have a few issues you wish to discuss."
"The dark lord finally contacted me. I've been brewing some very powerful healing drafts for him but he has yet to allow me to meet with him. I believe that he does not wish to show any weakness and thus I've been sending the potions by owl. I've reduced the potency of the potions to buy a little more time but as Professor Dumbledore said, we've got maybe a week or two at best," explained Severus, "The second issue is with regards to my godson. He has repeatedly asked me to bring him before the dark lord so that he may serve him and kill Harry Potter."
"So, the spying thing is definitely a no go huh?" asked Harry with a smug grin.
"I have sensed a bit of doubt towards the Dark Lord from him but he seems to hate you much more than he doubts the Dark Lord," explained Severus.
"That can happen when you've had everything taken from you. He's gone from being filthy rich to very poor, a social outcast, and parentless in a matter of weeks. You didn't honestly expect him to feel anything other than hate towards Harry," said Ron.
"We did," said Dumbledore, "Young Malfoy is a very alone little boy, even before his parents were killed. Lucius was not a caring man and Narcissa was very superficial. Their marriage was one of convenience and profit, not of love. We hoped that Draco would concentrate on his hatred for his parents or else on hatred for the Dark Lord that got them both killed. It would seem that Mr. Malfoy has gone a different direction."
"So what do we do?" asked Harry to the table at large.
"Put a memory charm on him and place him with a Muggle family," said Sirius, "He's too much of a threat no matter what we do with him. If we bring him here he may try to kill Harry, if we leave him with Severus it puts him at greater risk of being found out."
"That's barbaric," said Hermione angrily, "Besides you can't just erase the magic from his blood and that will just cause more problems in the long run."
"I think this might still be salvageable," said Harry, "Severus, if you were to receive a letter from the Dark Lord stating that the Malfoy family had lost its usefulness now that their finances were seized and that you were to eliminate the last attachments. It may scare him enough."
"It could work but it would be very difficult to forge a letter of that sort," said Severus, "The Dark Lord has some very particular habits in his writing."
"I think we could manage," said Harry with a knowing grin.
"We'll try it but if it doesn't work then what?" asked Sirius annoyed that his suggestion was swatted down so easily.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, for now we just have to do our best with what we've got," said Harry.
"And with that I think we'll adjourn for this evening," said Dumbledore sensing that the members were feeling a bit frustrated.
Harry didn't argue or complain he just left the room to stalk the halls of his home. He knew that it was safe for now as Voldemort was still weak and he had yet to discover its location. Harry still couldn't figure out how Voldemort found the house in the first place, but he hoped the war would be long over before he found it again.
Harry eventually found himself in the 'Room of Destruction' as it loving became known to his friends and wife. It was the most interesting of rooms in that no matter what damage you caused or thing you destroyed it would always come back after a day as good as new. It only worked in that one room and Harry had no idea why. His father told him that it was something that the Potter men always did when they were angry and so at some point in time the room was created for that purpose alone.
This time however Harry was content to just sit on one of the couches to consider things. So far everything was going according to plan, or least almost everything was going according to plan. This was a wonderful thing except that it made Harry very, very worried. Nothing in his life ever went exactly according to plan. At this point he was just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Harry was startled from his thoughts when the couch next to him sank and he felt his wife's head rest on his shoulder.
"Sickle for your thoughts," she said tiredly.
"I worried," said Harry, "Everything seems to be going perfectly according to plan."
"Just waiting for something to go wrong then?" asked Ginny knowing her husband only too well. The truth was it was starting to worry her as well but wouldn't voice that feeling. She knew that Harry could tell it worried her as well but he appreciated her being strong for him.
Harry surveyed the room as his thoughts swirled. There were several cabinets filled with glass plates and cups. There were a few vases with fresh flowers in them, usually lilies. There was another couch across from the one they sat on and a long coffee table in between with a book sitting on it. There were end tables at each end of the couches with little decorative pieces.
Suddenly Harry's thoughts were jarred, there was a book on the table that wasn't there moments ago.
"Where'd that book come from?" asked Harry to his wife.
Ginny stirred slightly, "What book?" Harry just noticed that he'd woken her up.
"That one," he said pointing to the book on the coffee table.
"I don't know, wasn't it here before?" asked Ginny still sleepy.
"No," said Harry.
"Well then instead of asking me and interrupting the very nice sleep I was having on my husband's shoulder why don't you pick it up and take a look," said a slightly agitated Ginny.
Harry smirked at his wife's antics and gave her a kiss on the forehead. He then waved his hand summoning the book to himself. Harry looked at the binding of the book first and then froze. "Oh my," said Harry.
Ginny in her half sleep knew that tone only too well and shot awake to see what it was that disturbed Harry so much. She saw him frozen in place looking at the books binding. Then she looked at the binding as well causing her to freeze in shock. 'The Time Magus and His Powers Unknown' read the book title.
"Is that the same book?" asked Ginny finally shaking herself out of her shock.
"Yeah, it is," said Harry numbly, "I know it wasn't here before and just like last time it just showed up."
"Well, it showed up last time for a reason," said Ginny, "It must have a reason in being here again."
"I agree but what?" asked Harry.
"What did you do last time?" asked Ginny.
"I set the book on the table on its end and it opened itself to the page with the ceremony that sent me back here," said Harry.
"You didn't read the whole thing?" asked Ginny.
"No, I don't why but I didn't," said Harry, "Just that part and the part that told me about the basic powers," said Harry. Looking back on it now it all seemed rather odd that he would do it so specifically.
"Do it again," said Ginny.
Harry stood the book on its binding and let the book open itself. 'Time of Death and Atlantis' read the page title. Harry and Ginny both swallowed nervously at those few words.
Harry began to read the description below.
Time Mages are given the sad duty of ensure that life and time all move forward. Through the history of Time Mages there have been several major events that have created the need for their existence beginning with the destruction of Atlantis.
Thousands of years ago when Atlantis was the center of all magic on the planet Earth there was a great calm and peace in everything. There was a child born by the name of Ursuka. None knew it at the time but that child would lead to the destruction of Atlantis and the rest of the world. Ursuka had found the key to near immortality. Nothing could kill him, neither weapon nor magic. His only weakness was time, he would eventually age and die of extreme old age, but nothing less would bring his end. People hoped and prayed that his death would come upon the swift wings of time. However, he was still very young and it was determined that he would have long since killed every living thing long before old age finally claimed his life.
After nearly twenty years of his rein of terror most of the world was in ruins. Atlantis had long since been buried under an enormous sheet of ice, never to be recovered again. The Egyptian's were decimated by plague after plague and the wizards of the time could not hold him back. In their desperation a plan was hatched to create a being with the power of time to defeat Ursuka. The wizards feared not in dabbling in extremely dark magic in order to achieve their goal. Finally a method was found to give the control of time to a person but the method was dangerous and considerably evil by most standards.
A false prophecy was made and delivered to Ursuka speaking of a child with the power to destroy him. This angered Ursuka so much that he turned all of his wrath towards the destruction of the child. This child was not prophesized but was simply a tool created by wizards to bring on the destruction of Ursuka. Finally the location of this child was given to Ursuka to bring on his destruction.
Neither mother nor father of the child knew anything of Ursuka's desire to have their child killed. Neither mother nor father knew of the dark rituals performed by the Pharaoh's Wizard to prepare the child.
The evening that Ursuka attack he killed the child's father. He then killed the child's mother. He then turned to the child. When he attempted to kill the child he failed and was instead hurt very badly. The world rejoiced, their tormentor had fled and was now in hiding.
With the parents dead the Pharaoh's Top Warlock took the child as his apprentice. The child was to be simply a weapon for the Pharaoh to use when Ursuka returned. The child was indeed very powerful and became even more powerful as his training progressed. For thirteen years the child trained and studied before Ursuka returned to finish what he began. For ten years Ursuka and the child fought bring about the end of the Egyptian empire, and returning the world to a point in which magic was almost non-existent.
The child finally reached a point of last resort. A time spell was developed known only as 'The Time of Death'. The final battle came and the child used his spell trapping Ursuka in a space in which time no longer existed. He stopped aging, living, breathing, thinking. He was simply frozen in time. Dead to the world and never to be seen again.
Since that first time the powers of the Time Mage have appeared throughout history when such a dark and evil foe makes and appearance. Always the end comes the same way, through the same spell bring that evil to an end.
"Harry, does that say what I think it says?" asked a stunned Ginny.
"Yes, this is how we get rid of Voldemort for good," said Harry.
"This will really work?" asked Ginny.
Harry was engrossed in reading the details of the spell and how to make it work. Finally he answered, "I think it just might. But I've never seen a more difficult spell."
Ginny looked at the spell. It required both a focus and wandless magic. There were more than six hundred wand movements. Worst of all was that it would take nearly thirty minutes to complete and once he began he could not stop.
"I don't know if I'd have enough time to complete the spell," said Harry, "Voldemort isn't exactly going to sit by and wait for me to complete the spell you know."
"Does it say anything about being able to use your time bubble to give you more time to complete it?" asked Ginny as she skimmed through the story once again.
Harry looked through all the details of the spell, "Yeah, I can so that will give us a bit more time but I would still need at least ten minutes."
"I think I could buy you maybe two or three minutes," said Ginny, "With Dumbledore's help, maybe five minutes. With the entire 'Order' helping we might make it to seven minutes if we have Death Eaters to deal with as well. We'll need Ron and Hermione's help."
"I know," said Harry thoughtfully, "I think we'll need Neville and Luna also. If we do nothing but train for the next year we might be ready but I don't think Tom is going to wait that long for us."
"Okay, so assuming we lose some people along the way and have to train replacements, when do you think we could be ready?" asked Ginny.
"Two years," said Harry, "If we don't suffer too many losses and we can keep Tom from the majority of those ceremonies, I think we could be ready in two years."
"Alright then," said Ginny, "The clock is running."