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A/N: Not sure how long it's been since I last posted, some issues with fanfic (or my computer) so sorry for taking so long. Next chapter we return to Harry. I hope you enjoy this chapter and please review, chapter might come out a little sooner. Well onto the story.
Chapter 4: Order Meeting
At the headquarters of the order of the phoenix, the residents were in turmoil. Mundungus Fletcher who had been on watch once again for the-boy-who-lived, had just returned from his watch, and his appearance was anything, but just. He had earned a scolding from Molly as soon as he had entered the house, it was his normal appearance, but if one could look thorough enough they would have seen the panic and fear that radiated from his eyes. The minute he had said to contact Dumbledore worry was evident in the air around number 12 grimmauld place. After contacting Dumbledore, Dumbledore himself had gone to check the wards and the building, it seemed as if he had discovered someone using floo powder and also the imprint of a body on the grayish carpeting. He had at that very moment gathered that someone must have taken the boy. He had called an emergency order meeting, unfortunately it would have to be postponed for a few days, Severus would not be able to join them and he was one of the ones he needed there. The younger Weasleys had found out that something had sent the order in a panic and they began searching for clues at what it might be. Hermione came and joined the Weasley children two days later, the meeting was to start later that night.
"Bloody hell." A red-haired boy with quite a few freckles like his siblings and also the youngest of the male Weasley's said.
"Ron! It would do you good not to swear. We need to keep searching." Hermione scolded lightly. "Any word from Harry on what he thinks it might be?"
"I haven't received a letter from him for about five days now. Besides I can swear if I please. You are not my mother." Ron said angrily.
"I'm sure he has a good reason." The youngest Weasley and only female child spoke up, it was in an almost whisper though.
"It bloody well better be." Ron hissed angrily.
"I got the twins to look into matters for us, as we suspected and amazingly enough, the daily prophet wasn't wrong. They confirmed that Harry is indeed missing." Hermione said with her usual charisma.
"Yes, but why wouldn't he write to us? As far as we know he hasn't been captured by the dark lord." Ginny said.
"How do we know that?" Asked a very confused Ron. He was not the brightest person in the world and his mind couldn't quite grasp the most likely concepts.
"Honestly. What has the dark lord been trying to do ever since Harry was born?" Hermione said in a bossy voice that only seemed to make Ron angry.
"Er. Kill him?" His answer came out more of a question form and Ginny snorted beside him.
"Exactly, anything coming together yet?" Hermione asked a now very thoughtful looking Ron. Ron was trying hard as he could to figure out, then it hit him.
"Er. We would know?"
"Yes. That's it, if V-V-Voldemort had Harry then he would be flaunting his dead body in public for all to see. But seeing as he isn't, we can only assume that he was kidnapped by someone else." Hermione said excitedly.
"Fred and George should be hear soon, order meeting and all, maybe when it's done they can tell us what's going on." Ginny said sounding tired and exhausted. Two large CRACK sounds were heard from the kitchen, followed by screaming, and finally running feet. They watched as Fred came up the stairs followed shortly by George.
"Would it be okay-" Fred started.
"If we stayed here." George finished.
"Sure." Ron and Hermione said, while Ginny watched the both of them curiously.
"What did you do?" Ginny asked her two brothers.
"I did absolutely nothing. It was all Forges fault."
"I am almost positive that is was Gred's fault."
"It doesn't matter whose fault it was! Tell us what happened." Ginny almost yelled.
"Well it started out like this." Fred began.
"We apparated into the kitchen where who we see?" George said.
"But our dear friend Mr. Fletcher. Of course he did not know that we had not told mum yet, about our business transactions."
"So when out of the blue he comes along and gives us our potions ingredients, and not all of it was very legal we might add."
"Mum got in a right fit and while yelling at Dung we took the time to hide up here, won't do much good when we go to the order meeting tonight though."
"What do you mean by 'not all of it was very legal'? Hermione whispered in a dangerously low voice.
"Did we say that?" George asked his brother.
"No of course not. You must have misheard Herms." Fred said before quickly trying to change the subject. "So what have you been up to? Heard any news from Harry yet?"
"No." Ron said bitterly.
"Tough luck. We'll find out more tonight at the Order." Fred said in response.
"Not that we'll be able to tell you anything we find out though." added George.
"A lot of help you are." Ginny said angrily.
"Your Welcome." Both Fred and George said as one.
"The meeting is about to start see you later." George said winking to his brother.
"Yeah, see you after the meeting." George and Fred walked away, not before Fred ran into the wall and had something fall out of his pockets.
Curious the threesome went over to the dropped item only to see a note and three sets of ears.
To Whom It May Concern
The item you have found yourself in possession is out new and improved product, which now is just needed in your ear and you can hear pretty much anything if you are close enough, or within a quarter of a mile radius, be careful though because you may hear things other than what you wanted, set them against a wall and start listening. We hope that these products are useful to any who may need them, and we remind you never put this paper over a roaring fire as so we do not get caught. Also remember to take out after use and put somewhere safe.
Sincerely,
Forge and Gred
The threesome looked at each other again, smirked, and went to listen in on an order meeting, but, not before burning the paper in front of them in the fireplace.
Albus Dumbledore, head of the order of the phoenix was in a panic. The one person who could bring down the dark lord had vanished, Harry Potter was in trouble. No one had heard anything, he seemed to have just vanished off the whole of the earth. There was another reason he was worried though, and it had to do with the disappearance. At the end of the previous school year he told Harry something he shouldn't or should've, and now the trust was gone. Albus feared that Harry had vanished and not because of a struggle, but because he was going independent. That he had asked someone, a friend, or possibly even an enemy to set-up the kidnapping, he had to be extremely careful now, the same thing that had happened to Tom Riddle was happening again in Harry Potter. This order meeting was to qualm the fears of certain members of the order, as well as put everyone on alert to watch the activities of the Death Eaters and suspicious persons. He glanced around at the assembled, most of them had fought in the first war, a few were new recruits, those being the younger Weasleys, a few aurors and various members of the collapsing ministry, for the muggle populace the Grangers, and two of the newest recruits Korg and Zet. Korg and Zet were very unique set of persons, one could say that Korg was very stupid, yet powerful, where Zet was cunning and weak, they balanced each other out. Korg was tall, a little taller the Arthur Weasley, he seemed to work out a lot and was very able on a battlefield. Zet on the other hand was short, a little bit taller than the charms professor, he seemed to appear a bit weak, but one look in his eyes and you could tell the hidden power, he also seemed to have picked up a twinkle in his eyes when he was planning something, similar to Albus himself. They both seemed to have dark almost green skin and one would most likely take them for Death Eaters not members of the Order of the Phoenix. They had proven their worth and trust however, and since Dumbledore trusted them the other members did as well. This meeting would be the first official meeting that they would attend, they had met most of the other order members already and were staying at Grimmauld place. Albus looked across and saw that his Potions master who was seated next to Korg was throwing venomous glares at the bigger man, the latter of which was oblivious. Albus cleared his throat and proceeded to stand up just in time too, it seemed that Severus was looking murderous, most of the members quieted down immediately, the Weasley twins were the two who needed to be told to shut up.
"First off, I would like to make known that what the Daily Prophet has been saying is, for once, true. Harry Potter has indeed gone missing, but the Daily Prophet is wrong that Voldemort"-quite a few flinches- "has captured him, Severus has just had a meeting, would you care to tell us what's going on Severus?"
"Very well." Snape began in his usual sneer. "The Dark Lord is surprisingly not as obsessed about finding Potter as he once was." he was about to continue, but was interrupted by Dumbledore.
"What do you mean? He has been hunting the boy since before he could walk and talk, and he is giving up. What is he planning? The Tom I knew never stopped in middle of a job, and he never quit. So what's his game? Severus?"
"I was just getting to that Albus." Snape sneered at him before continuing. "Before you interrupted me I was about to tell you what his new interest is. This is a rather strange request for the Dark Lord, many of us did not think he would stoop so low."
"Get on with it already!" one of the members yelled, fortunately for him Snape didn't see who it was.
"You all know the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters take on muggles and muggleborns, well he isn't interested in that anymore. Or not as before, he isn't trying to eradicate them anymore, it seems he is going to try to make them a form of witch and wizard, or something even more different. He told us that the means to do this would need for him to find his father figure or mentor."
"What?" hissed Minerva.
"Yes. If we think Voldemort is bad, what do you think would happen if his mentor, the one who taught him all he knows were to join forces with him. Voldemort admitted to us that he isn't as powerful as we thought, and even at the height of his powers he wasn't even one tenth as powerful as his master. His master goes by the name of Morag, but his alias is Anthony Morg a common day muggle"
"Severus are you sure?"
"Unfortunately, yes."
"What are his goals? What does he hope to accomplish from all this?" Alastor Moody retired auror asked. He knew that there was always an motive for crazies like Voldemort.
"His goal is no longer immortality." Snape said and waited while everyone was caught in his attention. "No his goal is no longer immortality, his goal is to become a divine being, a God."
A stunned silence overcame the room, and if one listened carefully enough they could hear three loud gasps coming from on the other side of the wall.
All at once everyone in the room started talking and it was almost impossible to hear the person who sat right next to you. The only people who were not talking, or more precise shouting were Professor Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, and the two new comers Korg and Zet. After Albus thought that the members had got everything out of their system he began to speak.
"As devastating as this new event is, we still have a few other things to discuss."
"What are we going to do about Harry?" Remus asked, not the least bit fazed by the new events, he was just worried for the son of Lily and James.
"Ah, yes. I'm afraid that there is not much we can do, we can search for him, but if he is not found within a week I would say to follow through with the other matters you have to attend."
"So we should just leave him? He is only a young boy, he could be in danger." A frantic Molly Weasley started, and would probably have continued for quite a while if Remus didn't interrupt her.
"So we are to just forget Harry? I'm sorry, but I cannot do that."
"By no means, should we forget nor give up. As far as we know he isn't in danger and wherever he is, is probably much safer, if we can't find it, I doubt Voldemort's death eaters can. We must stop Voldemort's plans at all cost, I do hope we find Harry, but it may take time, but he can't do magic and to finish his schooling he will have to come back to Hogwarts. If we cannot find him, then hopefully we can question him at Hogwarts, if he doesn't show, we begin the search again. I hope that is okay with everyone." Albus tried to calm the order, and put a few hearts at ease. A few murmurs of acceptance were heard, but not by everyone.
"In the late our main spy at the ministry has informed us that Cornelius has been getting large donations from anonymous persons. He has told the world of Voldemort's return, but that is all, he hasn't done anything to try to fight him. Our informant believes that he is being paid off by Voldemort, or one of his Death Eaters. Then again our informant could be wrong and he really is telling the truth and is just a clueless man who wants power. Since Voldemort has been quiet lately he hasn't done anything, if he gets active again, we need to watch the minister's actions." Albus said switching news much to the relief of Molly and Remus.
"I also want everyone here to be aware that there may be a possible spy in the order." Dumbledore said this with a voice full of sorrow. Many members turned to look at Snape and he sneered right back at them causing them to turn away. "As much as I'm sure some of you believe and were hoping that it was Severus it is not. That I know for a fact, it is someone else, so be careful of what is being said, around certain individuals, the people you don't see here are under suspicion, so be careful."
"Before this meeting closes there are two more things I would like to discuss. First and foremost is I want to introduce the two newest members of the order, for those of you who don't know them, please welcome Korg Grath, and Zet Resh." The two in question stood up and the other order members clapped, they sat back down and luckily missed the look of loathing that Snape was giving them. "Now that that's done, one final note. It seems that word has gotten out about an incident that has occurred at the ministry. This will probably be in the prophet some time soon. The DOM was recently broken into and someone has destroyed the veil. Many of you may remember Sirius Black who fell through the veil only a short time ago, may he rest in peace. The veil was once a supposed execution device that the older witches and wizards used, many have tried to destroy it, but to no avail. I myself even tried to destroy it and free the soles trapped within, but I failed as well. Whoever destroyed the veil must be extremely powerful, so my guess is what is either Voldemort or some other powerful and possibly dark witch or wizard. That concludes this Order meeting." Albus said finalizing the end of the meeting. He had learned a few unsavory things tonight, he just hoped that wherever Harry was, that he was safe, he would have to try to earn his trust back over the school year. Albus listened in amusement as feet began scrambling upstairs, he knew that they had heard the entirety of the meeting, but they had a right to know. It was actually he who had suggested to Fred and George what to do. Hopefully they could get this information to him, or at the very least tell him when he came back, he would have had them in the order, but he still had a slight fear of Molly. He chuckled softly and with a loud CRACK was gone from Grimmauld place heading back to Hogwarts.
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