"Good girl." Andi smiled at her daughter before turning back to Molly and Arthur. "I'll give you a full list of the options and I want you to read through them all. Carefully. Completely. Don't hesitate to mix and match. Come up with a final hypothesis and we'll do what we can to cherry pick the options components to get you there. Okay?"
"Yes, thank you." Arthur replied, knowing that Molly was still overwhelmed by the knowledge that Pettigrew was responsible for many of her attitudes.
Three days later the group gathered again.
"You've made a choice?" Andi asked Arthur and Molly. "Have the children been involved, at all?"
"Yes, we have." Arthur replied. "And yes, to a point the children know. Percy is in agreement, Ron is too, if we agree to obliviate everything to do with Pettigrew. Ginny… still isn't reacting to anything." He handed Andi a sheet of parchment.
"Alright, let me run through on the final scenario you've chosen." Andi said, reading what was written on the parchment. "New identities for the five of you. Arthur will become Arturo Weasley, commonly called Artie. Son of Lord Garth Weasley's illegitimate half-brother, Tristan. Molly will be Millicent Prewett, commonly called Millie. Daughter of Lorcan Prewett, who died in 1974. Artie, being the son of an illegitimate Weasley, requested permission to take Millie's name when they married, this was approved by both Gareth and Muriel. Documents to support you will be placed where necessary, Hogwarts will place you in Ravenclaw, it's the best house to fade into obscurity in."
"Yes, it is." Flitwick nodded. "You both completed OWLs and NEWTs, we'll use your original scores as references for the new documents."
"You married and had Percy within a year." Andi kept reading the notes that they'd put together. "Percy was named after Perseus Moody, Alastor's brother, who was Artie's Charms Master during his apprenticeship. You second son is Donavan, commonly called Don or Donnie. They're going to be twins, playing on the history of twins in the Prewett family and to distract from the possibility of being recognised by their current idenities. Your third child is Imogen, commonly called Genny. Have I got all the names, correct?"
"Yes, yes, you do." Molly nodded. "Percy and Donnie will be five years old. Genny will be just a few months. While Arth-" She cut herself off. "Artie will be somewhere between thirty and thirty-five and I'll be in my late twenties."
"Yes. With complete obliviates?" Andi noted.
"On the children? Yes. Not on Millie or myself." Arthur, or Artie as he was now going to be, clarified.
"And what are we going to do about employment? Any suggestions?" Andi asked.
"Actually, I've seen to that." Bill spoke up. "Gringotts are setting up a new department, it's been in the planning for some time and they're only just now ready to start transferring staff from other areas. I spoke to my supervisor and he spoke to the Director and they're offered to create a backstory of employment and to employ da- Artie in the new department."
"Oh?" Artie blinked. "Doing what?"
"Lots of charm-work." Bill replied. "Identifying pre-existing charms. Removing charms. Placing new charms. Replacing or repairing fractured charms. Renewing charms. Creating portkeys. That sort of thing."
"What if I don't like the work?" Artie asked. "Can I leave? Or am I obligated to stay for a certain length of time?"
"If you work for them for five years, they'll consider it a fair deal, even taking into consideration your wages. Which are quite a bit more than the Ministry pays. They'll also back pay you for a couple of weeks, as a charms specialist with a completed apprenticeship, but no mastery, attached to the Curse-breaking department. Unfortunately they can't help when it comes to accommodation." Bill shrugged. "If you stay on, they'll ask you to complete your mastery and will pay you accordingly."
"Oh, wonderful." Flitwick chirped. "That will mean that they'll call me in, to monitor your exams or possibly to work with you for review."
"Likely." Bill nodded. "The couple of weeks that they'll backpay you will be garnered from your ongoing wages. Probably a §ickle or two a week."
"Accommodation is fine, Muriel will release a Prewett property to us." Artie said. "It's over in Wales, near Pen Y Fan. Nothing to connect it to Arthur and Molly except Muriel and as Molly and Muriel were never the closest of family…? It's unlikely to be connected with us."
"Especially as we will be making it public that Arthur and Molly will be leaving the country in the aftermath of confrontation in the DoM in June and the charges levied againt Pettigrew." Kingsley added.
"And we will also be slightly altering your current appearance and that of the children." Andi went on. "Blood adoptions aren't going to make a massive difference, but when combined with the age alterations, it will disassociate Artie Prewett's family from Arthur Weasley's family."
"Oh, thank heavens…" Millie whispered.
"Now, the obliviates." Andi said. "Complete for the children, back to the ages nominated and minor alterations for Percy and Donnie, so that they think they're twins. But what of yourselves?"
"I'm not sure." Artie said. "Removing too much will cause complications. I believe that we need to remember what he did to control us, the potions and charms. I'd not like to fall into the mistake of doing something that is only a habit because he conditioned us into it. Like Millie's lack of trust of St. Mungo's." He laid a gentle hand on his wife's shoulder. "Besides if we keep our memories, we keep Bill, Charlie and the twins as family."
"Extended family, true but still family." Bill nodded.
"Excellent." Dumbledore smiled gently.
"And if we 'slip' and have Arthur and Molly's farewell to in public, we can have her tell Bill and the boys, that as she and Arthur will be out of the country for a bit, the boys should remember to visit Aunt Muriel's or Cousin Millie's for Sunday lunch." Sirius suggested.
"Add in here, too, Siri." Harry said. "But make it a family connection thing. Like… I don't know… like… 'Remember to visit Uncle Gareth, Aunt Muriel, Cousin Millie or Lord Cyril and don't forget Harry and Hermione'. Make it sound like a typical Molly Weasley fussing over her children."
"Oh, goodness…" Molly blinked. "Was I really like that?"
"Yes, but now you know that at least some of it was Pettigrew's conditioning." Andi reminded Molly. "If you don't like it, remind yourself that he's responsible and do something else. Speaking of reminding. One thing that St. Mungo's and I both agree on, is if you are not going to completely obliviated, you need to see a mind-healer."
"The Unspeakables have someone they recommend and contact details will be provided." Kingsley offered. "You will see them, if you don't, expect the DMLE to get involved again. If that happens and we're forced to intervene? St. Mungo's are likely to insist that WC&FSremove the children from you. They'll probably cite your lack of ongoing treatment as indication of instability, caused by Pettigrew's actions against you."
"And the DMLE would be forced to act." Artie nodded. "I understand. We may not like it but we'll do it."
"Artie…" Millie objected.
"It will happen, Millie." Artie said firmly. "Us not wanting it to, is most likely from Pettigrew, not our own choice." The redheaded witch frowned. "Think about it objectively, if someone else had been through what happened to us? Wouldn't you expect them to be seeing a mind-healer afterwards?"
There was silence for a few seconds before Mille exploded. "Oh, that ruddy little bugger…!" She snarled.
"Exactly." Artie nodded. "And it's going to be like that for a while."
"Alright, we can polish out the finer details, when we meet up with the Unspeakables." Andi cut them off before they got too stressed by the situation. "Bill? You and your brothers? What did you decide on?"
"We're going to go first, publicly." Bill said. "Mum and dad will be spending a fair bit of time caring for Percy, Ron and Ginny. But we're going to leave House Weasley. Gareth and Muriel will be the ones to publicly come forward and make the offer. Muriel will offer the four of us blood adoptions, not from a specific person like mum will be having but a general House-wide adoption. We'll all take the name Prewett and Gareth will release us all from House Weasley, there's more than enough of them without us. I will accept the ring for Lord Prewett with Charlie as my heir, until I marry and have children."
"That will work in well with what's planned for Molly and Arthur… sorry Millie and Artie." Sirius nodded.
"And will there be any obliviates needed?" Andi asked.
"No." Bill replied. "We know the facts but none of us actually remember anything, Pettigrew already obliviated us of his abuse. The conditioning? Really, I think that Charlie and I didn't get it to the same degree as the twins and they got far less than Ron and Ginny did. The twins take after Gideon and Fabian, anyway, and the blood adoptions are only going to emphasise that. Their idea of a shop is great but it's going to take a lot of work and I think that's what they need right now. Something to occupy themselves."
"I'm to going object to that." Harry said. "Yes, they need something to do but right now they're angry… and rightly so… but angry twins means pranks that are just a little bit too far towards nasty, than the public needs."
"What would you suggest?" Fred asked, entering the conversation for the first time that day.
"Stay here." Harry answered. "Work with us. The Order is helping us to train to get rid of Snakeface." He could see that they were hesitant. "Wouldn't you like to work with Moony?"
Hearing that name spiked the twins' curiosity.
"Moony?" Asked Fred.
"You know who the marauders are?" George asked.
"Yep." Harry grinned.
The twins looked at each other and clearly held a silent conversation before they both nodded sharply.
"We're in." Said George.
"Where do we sign?' Added Fred.
"Right this way, my good sirs." Harry said before stopping. "Oops, forget Artie and Millie." He gave the former Molly Weasley an apologetic smile. "Sorry."
"Not a worry, dear." Millie smiled at Harry. "With you and Hermione as friends, I know the twins are in good hands." She gave a cheeky smile. "And with Minerva on their case, they'll at least behave in public."
Many people laughed and even the twins managed a chuckle, while McGonagall sighed and shook her head.
"Thank you." Dumbledore said to the group. "Kingsley? If you'd take Artie and Millie back to their cottage and then speak to the Unspeakables, to get the quaffle in play, we'd much appreciate it."
"Of course, Albus." Kingsley said. "Artie, Millie?" He gestured to the pair and then to the door. The trio left the room and after a few moments, Sirius nodded.
"They've left the house." He informed the table. "Where are we at?"
"We need to get the twins setup with a training schedule. We'll need to test them, magically and physically. Harry? We'll need their D.A. files. For now? Minerva, if and Filius would begin testing them, please?" Falsworth started making notes.
"How did I get roped into this?" McGonagall sighed.
"Before we get too far." Harry cut in. "I have a suggestion. Hermione, Luna, Neville and I have been tossing this around for about a dozen rotations, now."
"Go on, Harry." Dumbledore tilted his head curiously.
"I'd like to bring in a few more people." Harry shook his head. "No, not people kids."
"Children?" McGonagall asked. "Why children?"
"Because we're the ones are going to have to deal with the DeathEaters in the long run." Harry said. "And quite bluntly, our DADA Professors haven't been a lot of good." He glanced at Remus. "Present company excluded, of course."
"I understand, Harry." Remus smiled.
"See, in all the time that we've been at Hogwarts," Hermione took up where Harry left off, "we only had two decent DADA Professors and one of those was a DeathEater under polyjuice, the other being Remus. While we all passed our end of year exams, this year, that's only because of Harry and the D.A."
"And none of us trust the Ministry, not after Umbitch." Neville added.
"Including members from the D.A. in our private little anti-Riddle army, is good for us." Hermione said. "It's also good in the long run, for the Ministry. They won't have to waste time and money on all the training that we should have got at Hogwarts."
"We can sell it to Madam Bones as a specific-use force." Harry explained. "Anti-terrorism specialists. Trained magically in duelling, fighting, warding, some curse-breaking. And in muggle counter terrorism tactics and weaponry."
"A private security force designed and trained for eliminating threats to our world and the Statute." Hermione summarised.
"We'd have to put it under the banner of the DMLE, if we want Fudge to sign off on it." Moody warned. "Private armies are never good for corrupt ministers. If he thinks that Bones or the DMLE control you, he'd probably authorise it."
"There's also the financial issue to take into consideration." Dumbledore added.
"Nope." Harry shook his head. "I thought about that. If Fudge and Bones okay it, I'll set up a trust vault. It'll under the control of the goblins, they'll invest it and see that all personnel are paid from it."
"How are you going to set this up?" Sirius asked. "The army? Force? What would you call it?"
"Anti-terrorism Unit." Harry said. "We thought about some fancy acronym but couldn't be bothered with working one out. We want the Unit to look sperate from the DMLE, detached from the political infighting of the Ministry. Not paid from Ministry coffers, not controlled by Ministry decrees, not subject to Ministry restrictions. Exactly the same principle as the Unspeakables. Completely independent."
"The Unit will only be contactable by the Chief Warlock, the Minster and the Head of the DMLE." Luna smiled. "Only they can present a case for the Unit to act. But not even they can limit us. We will answer to Magic, not the Ministry."
"That could be an issue." Moody said.
"We'll word it carefully." Hermione said. "Fudge will think he's getting an army to save his hide whenever he gets in over his head. Madam Bones will likely understand and support us. And Headmaster? What do you think?"
"I think…" Dumbledore mused. "I think this could solve a lot of issues, if done correctly. It would give the public, the image that Harry is joining the Ministry, that he and others he trusts are always going to be there to protect them. It will give muggleborns and muggle-raised an employment possibility, encouraging them to stay in the wizarding world. Even if they aren't employed by the Unit, the fact that it does employ muggleborns will reassure them that they can become valued members of our society. And the purebloods will see it much the same as Fudge, a private army for their use, made up of muggleborns and halfbloods, all disposable if need be."
"So, what of staff?" Remus asked.
"Initially, I'd ask Madam Bones to transfer Kingsley, Tonks and Moody to the Unit. Kingsley as director. Moody as magical training director. Tonks as the liaison to the muggle authorities. Bucky, Morita, Falsworth and Dum-dum as muggle training specialists. Eventually Peggy will become the muggle training director."
"You want a magical version of S.H.I.E.L.D." Peggy said.
"Pretty much." Harry grinned.
"Fury won't like that."
"I don't care what Fury likes." Harry grinned. "But I think he'll come to like it. Particularly if we can hand him a muggle-friendly squad made up entirely of squibs or muggle-raised magicals. They'll be trained to go unnoticed in the muggle world as much as the magical world. To be just as comfortable in a muggle environment as a magical one. To be just a comfortable with a gun as a wand."
"I'd need to confer with him and Coulson on it." Peggy warned.
"Wait until we get the Unit approved by Fudge and Bones." Moody said.
"You want children from the D.A.? Who?" McGonagall asked.
"We'll start with the twins." Harry said. "Then Angelina, Alicia and Lee."
"They've just graduated." Hermione said. "They've not yet started looking for employment, not really."
"But the twins' shop?" Bill asked.
"What about it?" Harry replied. "Initially, they'll need to do some training, but in the long run, most staff will only be on call. We're not going to be needed every week and bluntly, I'd rather the twins get busy using their minds, creating things for the Unit to use. They can sell public-friendly versions in the shop along with their pranks."
"Plus, it would give us an ear in the Alley." Hermione added. "Keeping a finger on the pulse of the public's feelings and reactions to what's happening in general."
"Fair enough." Bill nodded. "And what about others? You said that the ones you'd mentioned had already left Hogwarts. Does that mean you want some that are still in Hogwarts?"
"Oh, yes." Harry nodded quickly. "Working down from seventh year, just gone. The twins, Lee Jordan, Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet. Sixth year is represented by just Katie Bell, at this point. Fifth year? Us three, Seamus Finnegan, Dean Thomas, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Michael Corner. Fourth year? Just Luna and Colin Creevey. Third years? Euan Abercrombie. Second Years? Dennis Creevey, Natalie McDonald and Nigel Wolpert."
"There are a few older leavers that we're interested in, too." Hermione said. "Oliver Wood. Penny Clearwater. Tonks, we already said. Kingsley, we already said. Moody, we already said. Remus and Sirius, of course. Andi, we'd like as the Head healer."
"While we're at school, we'll be cadets, if there's a major emergency we can be called out. But at school all it really means, is that the Unit pays for our schooling and we have extra training classes a couple of times a week." Harry said. "But… I want the entire thing off the books until Riddle is gone, then we can present it to Fudge and Madam Bones."
"Let me approach Bones." Moody said. "But I think I can sell her on it."