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The kitchen at 12 Grimmauld place was full, yet no noise was made. At the table sat 11 wizards and witches. Dumbledore sat at the head of the table, again opposite Severus. To Dumbledore's right was Saul Croaker. He looked exhausted, even by his earlier disposition. Minerva sat to his left. It wasn't very often she attended Order meetings but this one was rather important. Beside Minerva sat Tonks, the side glances Minerva sent towards the energetic witch said Minerva wishes she had chosen another seat. Opposite Tonks sat Lupin. He made every attempt not to look at the witch across from him. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley sat with him. Mundungus and Kingsley took up the other two spots on the left side of the table. Mad Eye Moody sat beside Mr. Weasley, finishing of the right side of the table. Dumbledore stood up and waved his wand. He warded the space having learned of the extendable ears from the ingenious Weasley twins. Now the meeting could begin.
Dumbledore cleared his throat, "I have called this meeting to discuss a possible plan in not only ending the war but potentially stopping it form beginning in the first place."
Severus didn't know what Dumbledore was expecting from starting out with a vague statement like that. At once all parties in attendance burst out in unrecognizable murmurs. It took a few minutes of silence from Dumbledore to silence everyone else from the outburst. Once they noticed he would not continue until they quieted, they looked to him.
Dumbledore went on, "we recently required a device capable of travelling back in time" He was then cut off by Mundungus, "we already have those, well we did didn't we? After that scuffle at the ministry they're all gone."
Dumbledore looked at him over his half-moon glasses, "Yes, but this device is capable of moving decades in the past as opposed to mere hours" he received astonished looks from all members aside those who were at the planning meeting previously. At their silence he elaborated, "In this journal, I have collected an extensive and highly detailed account of Voldemort's life," he ignored the shudders as he showed the journal off.
He put the journal down and was handed a sack by Croaker, "in this satchel contains the ingredients needed to create said device. We are here to discuss who of us will use it to travel back and stop this war once and for all by not letting it start." This time the room was deathly quiet. He placed the sack on top of the journal and folded his hands on front of him.
Severus started to survey the room again. He knew Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were out as they had children in the present, they couldn't leave them. Mundungus was the biggest coward and useless with a wand, he was definitely out. Severus his self was the spy and in charge of noting the differences, if any, in the present so he couldn't very well go to the past. Dumbledore was already in Voldemort's past and that would be catastrophic should he cross paths with himself. Minerva had classes and would be missed should she not turn up at the school. That left Lupin, Tonks, Kingsley and Moody. Severus cut Moody, Kingsley and Tonks from that list as they had ministry jobs and would again be missed. This left Lupin. Severus looked in his direction to see that Lupin was looking down, having realized this himself.
Lupin cleared his throat and began to speak, "I'll do it." Gasps echoed from the room. The loudest coming from opposite him. He looked to Dumbledore, "Everyone else would be missed should they not show up to their designated job or post. I don't work for any one or entity right now, if I turned up missing no one would bat an eye. They would assume my illness took over and I was just gone. I am the easiest to go missing."
Dumbledore stood quiet for a moment. Tonks looked at him in outrage, "You can't be serious! How can you think that? Surely there is another way. A way in which we wouldn't have to sacrifice someone like this."
Dumbledore turned to Tonks, "we all knew, signing up for this Order that sacrifices were to be made."
Tonks rebuffed right back, "Yes, death or capture, but this? Being sent back decades to where you'd have nothing after your mission was complete? If you were able to complete it! Even young, He who must not be named was at the least formidable. You are wanting to send one of us back with virtually no plan just an end game."
Lupin interjected, "Tonks, this is my choice. If I can do some real good why not give it a shot. I've been on my own before, I'm rather good at it" and he gave a sad smile in her direction. He briefly reflected on the 12 years after Sirius was incarcerated before looking back up to Dumbledore. He gave a nod, indicating that he still agreed to go, making his mind up.
Tonks looked helplessly between Lupin and Dumbledore. When she saw that neither would budge, she pushed back from the table and stormed off into the living room. The audible pop of her apparating acting as the unofficial signal that the meeting was over.
Dumbledore stood and took Remus to the side, making a time to discuss the intricacies of what he would need to do to prepare. Severus took this as his que to leave and stood up. He passed Molly again as she walked back to the pots and checked on them. Declaring them done she called for the children to come down. Those who were staying for supper stayed seated.
Severus pushed through the swinging kitchen door and passed the hoard of children as they trampled into the kitchen. Moody, Kingsley and Mundungus followed Severus to the living room where they each nodded to each other and apparated out of the space. Severus cast one last glance back and then popped out himself.
The remaining members helped set up for dinner. Everyone buzzing about, lost in their own minds using muscle memory to complete their tasks, lost in thought about the meeting or wondering about what took place in the underage wizard's case. The children cast glances of uncertainty and wondered about what happened to make the older wizards act in such a way.
Severus got home and sat in his study chair, mulling over the day's events. He briefly thought of going back to talk with Dumbledore about the mission again, maybe changing his mind. If he had maybe he could have prevented a certain bushy haired girl with too much curiosity from grabbing the journal that lay to the side of the kitchen table. And maybe she wouldn't have grabbed that journal at the same time as grabbing the sack that lay across it at an unfortunate angle.
For just as Severus took his first sip of fire whiskey for the night, 8 wizards simultaneously shrieked in horror as this bushy haired witch burst into a golden light and then dissolved into nothingness before their very eyes.