As they predicted, Harriet disliked her escape plan.

'No!' Harry said loudly. 'No way!'

'I told them you'd take it like this,' Hermione said.

'If you think I'm going to let six people risk their lives -!'

'-because it's the first time for all of us,' Ron said.

'This is different, pretending to me -'

'Well none of us really fancy it, Harry,' Fred said earnestly. 'Imagine if something went wrong and we were stuck looking like you.'

Harry was not impressed, 'You can't do it if I don't cooperate, you need me to give you some hair.'

'Yeah, thirteen of us against one girl who's not allowed to use magic; we've got no chance,' Fred said.

'If it comes to having to use force Potter we will use it,' Moody growled. 'Everyone here's over-age, and they're all prepared to take the risk.'

This is mad, there's no need -'

'No need!' Moody snarled. 'With You Know Who out there and half the Ministry on his side? Potter, if we're lucky, he'll have swallowed the fake bait and he'll be planning to ambush you on the thirtieth, but he'd be mad not to have a Death Eater or two keeping an eye out, it's what I do. They might not be able to get at you or this house while your mother's charm holds, but it's about to break and they know the rough position of the place. Our only chance is to use decoys. Even You Know Who can't split himself into seven.'

'Just so you know,' she said adding them to the flask of Potion. 'I don't like this plan at all.'

'Ooh you look much tastier than Crabbe and Goyle, Harry,' Hermione said, looking down at the Potion which had turned gold. 'Goyle's Potion looked like bogies.'

'Right then, fake Potters line up, please,' Moody said. Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Fleur lined up in front of the sink.

'We're one short,' Remus said.

'Here,' Hagrid said gruffly, and he lifted Mundungus by the scruff of the neck, placing him next to Fleur.

'I've toldjer, I'd sooner be a protector,' said Mundungus.

'Way I see it,' Moody growled. 'You owe Potter one, for trying to nick her things so shut it. Besides any Death Eaters, we run into will be aiming to capture Potter not kill her. Dumbledore always said You Know Who would want to finish Potter in person. It'll be the Protectors who have got the most to worry about, the Death Eaters'll want to kill them.'

Mundungus did not look reassured, but Moody was already pulling a dozen glasses from inside his cloak, which he handed out before a little Polyjuice Potion into each one.

'Altogether then ... once you've changed I'll spell your clothes and their appearances to a carbon copy of Potters.'

Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Fleur, and Mundungus drank. All of them gasped and grimaced as the Potion hit their throats: at once, their features began to change. Mundungus was gaining height, whereas the others were becoming shorter. Hair was darkening and in the boys' cases and becoming longer. It was odd looking at the six gasping Harianna Potters in front of her, and with one flick of his wand, Moody changed their clothes.

Fred and George turned to each other and said together, 'Wow - we're identical!'

Moody looked over them all, with approval. 'Good. The pairs will be as follows: Mundungus will be traveling with me, by broom -'

'Why'm I with you?' grunted the Harry nearest the back door.

'Because you're the one that needs watching,' Moody growled, and his magical eye did not waver from Mundungus. 'Arthur and Fred -'

'I'm George. Can't you tell us apart when we're Harry?" Fred said as he moved next to their father adding when he had done so, "Just kidding I am Fred."

Moody growled. 'Stop messing around - George you're with Remus -'

'Miss Delacour -' Moody said ignoring George.

'I'm taking Fleur by Thestral,' said Bill. 'She's not fond of brooms.'

Fleur walked over to stand beside him, giving him a look that Harry hope she herself would never give him in person.

'Miss Granger with Kingsley, again by Thestral -'

Hermione looked reassured as she answered Kingsley's smile; Hermione too lacked confidence on a broomstick.

'Which leaves you and me, Ron!' Tonks said and Ron did not look quite as pleased as Hermione.

'And you're with me, Harry,' Hagrid said looking anxious. 'We'll be on your bike, brooms and Thestrals can't take me weight, see. Not a lot of room on the seat with me on it, though, so you'll be in the sidecar.'

Harry nodded at him.

'We think the Death Eaters will expect you to be on a broom,' Moody explained. 'Snape would have had plenty of time to tell them everything about you, he's never mentioned before. So, we're betting any Death Eaters we might happen to meet will choose one of the Potters on a broomstick. I give us three minutes until we're supposed to leave ... any last questions?'

'Good!' Moody growled. 'Do so before we set off - right no point locking the back door, it won't keep the Death Eaters out when they come in ... Come on ...'

'All right then,' Moody said. 'Everyone ready, please. Potter if you could mask your magical presence now - I want us all to leave at the same time or the whole point of the diversion's lost.'

'Right! Good luck everyone,' Moody shouted. 'See you all in about an hour at The Burrow. On the count of three. One ... Two ... Three.'


It turned out Harriet had every reason to be worried, out of nowhere, out of nothing, they were surrounded. At least thirty hooded figures, suspended in midair, formed a vast circle in the midst of which the Order members had risen, oblivious. It felt weird being in his girlfriend's body. He knew her well though. George reached towards his wand that he's tucked in a pocket.

"Ready Remus-"

"Let's go-"

- then screams and a blaze of green on every side.

George blasted a way through. He couldn't look behind him, there was no time to check if his girlfriend had made it out of the circle. He would just have to trust her and Hagrid.

Remus flew further away from Harriet's aunt and uncles. George had no idea which safe house they were heading for. All part of Moody's plan. Only the protectors knew which location they were heading to.

George had no idea how many Death Eaters he had cursed, blasted, or stunned. George had no idea how far they had traveled. Or which Death Eaters had been chasing them. George found that he cared very little about who it was he was defending himself against.

Then the next thing he knew was unbearable pain.