Once Draco had left the room, Dumbledore looked around. "Molly, would you be kind enough to put the impenetrable charm on the door? Our first order of business concerns Mr. Malfoy. The people in this house are, and will remain unless necessary, the only people who know where Mr. Malfoy is and that he is alive. Because of this fact we have become in a way his surrogate family. Once the war is over and Mr. Malfoy will again be able to go out into the world he will need a real family. Thus it is up to us to choose guardians for him, preferable people who know he exists. The same goes for Harry. These two boys are almost of age but I'm sure they would still prefer to have guardians appointed." Once he had finished talking Dumbledore looked around at the people in the dining room waiting for their response.
Tonks was the first to speak up. "I'm willing to be Draco's guardian. I'm his closest relative who's not intimate with You-Know-Who. I'm sure my mom won't mind when she finds out and I won't mind the company."
Dumbledore smiled, "Good, I was hoping you'd offer Nymphadora. Now, Draco needs a male guardian as well."
"But sir," Tonks interjected, "does he really need two guardians? I'm perfectly capable of handling him myself. And as you pointed out he'll be of age soon so he doesn't really need a second guardian."
"Call me Albus please. No, he needs a male in his life. There will be things that he won't want to discuss with you but will need a male figure in his life to discuss those things with. Severus, I had you in mind. What do you think?" Dumbledore asked.
"Headmaster, I would be willing to but I don't know if it is the best idea. I am so near the Dark Lord that if I were ever to let my concentration slip and he were to break through my defensives then he would have no trouble discovering Draco. The fact that I had become a guardian might not escape his notice."
When Snape had finished Auriga Sinistra said, "Though I usually try to make a point of disagreeing with Snape I shall make an exception now. I don't think that the boy has warranted being stuck with an overgrown bat for a surrogate parent."
There were a few chuckles at that and Dumbledore was also smiling when he said, "Alright, I see both Severus' and Auriga's points but then we still don't have another guardian for Draco."
Charlie timidly cleared his throat thinking what torture Tonks would think up after he told the Order his idea. "Well I was thinking that I could be Draco's other guardian. I don't know him that well but I have talked to him a little and I think we could become friends. Plus, I'm a guy," he finished lamely. He looked quickly over at Tonks to see what she was thinking but she had an expression on her face that he couldn't identify.
Dumbledore chuckled, "Mr. Weasley you are indeed male. That is defiantly a characteristic Draco would require in his male guardian. Even had you been female I think that you would have done very well. Of coarse it will be up to Draco to make the final decision. Now, on to Harry. Molly and Arthur you are the first to come to mind. You are already a large family so it is understandable if you do not wish,"
"No, no. Of coarse we will take him in," interrupted Molly.
"Good, now that that's taken care of we can move to other business." Dumbledore smiled and the meeting went on.
"'Oh, that,' said Ginny giggling. 'Well - Percy's got a girlfriend'
Fred dropped a stack of books on George's head.
'What"
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