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Chapter 16: The Second Plan
The morning of the 21st was dreary, the sky was full of clouds, and the living creatures outside were quiet. Holly and Lilly were outside doing a favorite pass time.
"Do you think this war will ever be over?" Lilly asked as she blew a strand of her curly brown hair out of her mouth. Her younger sister peddled beside her in contemplation, then turned her head and said,
"If I play my cards right," Holly paused to look at the forest around her then continued, "the trick is to have the upper hand, and get Voldemort to fall into a false trap. A seriously thought out trap--that is." The two rode in silence as the path took then to the left. After a while Lilly spoke up,
"I read those books you gave me." And then she lapsed into silence, unsure of the question forming in head mind, but she asked anyway. "You think the books are the key to our success?"
"I believe it will have something to do with our success." Holly answered, as she pressed a button on the small black square object clipped to her belt loop. "The thing we don't have the upper hand in is the deaths of those Muggles. That wasn't in the books--as you know." Lilly's face hardened,
"I know, it tells us how we may be able to destroy him, but the deaths, Hermione disappearing, and the stock depletion that St. Mungos has been experiencing was not in those books." She finished speaking because the same strand of hair that fell out of her ponytail earlier was back and she tucked it behind her ear before continuing. "How are we going to get the upper hand in the current situations?" Holly inclined her head to look at the tops of the trees. "What if Hermione dies while in the hands of the traitors?" Lilly noticed that another left turn was approaching, and she knew that Holly wasn't paying attention. Especially after her last statement, Holly's arms twitched and she lost control of the bike. The handle bars spun, and the bike toppled over into the trees. The rider was thrown further into the trees, and landed on the trunk of a fallen tree.
"Holly!" She cried. Lilly dropped her bike on the path and ran into the trees. "Holly are you all right?" She asked as the girl came into view. Holly sat up and rubbed her legs where the bike and tree scratched her the worst.
"I'm fine, but don't frighten me like that." She said in a shaky voice. "It's bad enough that I've thought about it, and dreamt about it, but it truly horrified me to hear another person say aloud my thoughts." She shuddered and rubbed her arms.
"Sorry, I know you are really close friends with her, but seriously sis, can you answer any of my questions?" Holly picked herself off the ground, and let Lilly lead her back to the forgotten bikes. The sisters continued riding past another left turn before Holly answered,
"Severus isn't telling us what's going on in Voldemort's ranks, maybe it's not going to last long, or maybe he is waiting for someone to try and stop him, but if he isn't going to do the spying correctly he shouldn't be there at all."
"Maybe he has another mission to fulfill. Isn't he informing us of the attempts to the department of mysteries?" Lilly asked after hearing her sister's frustration. Lilly knew that Holly's anger dissipated when she spoke next.
"If that's true--well actually I know its true--we need to have another spy within his ranks to cover the deaths and robberies."
"Maybe you can suggest that tonight when we go to the Weasley's." Lilly said with confidence.
"I just may do that. We have been looking for another plan for weeks, but nothing has presented itself. I think they are waiting till I tell Albus the rest of the tale that you recently read."
"Couldn't you just give him the books to read himself?" Lilly asked.
"That would be information overload for everyone in the Order. They wouldn't know how to process the information, much less keep it a complete secret from Voldemort long enough to process the hell Harry had to go through. I'm just afraid that if I reveal to much information at one time, they will try there hardest to destroy him the wrong way. This is seven years of information we are talking about remember?" The house was in view now as they rounded the last left turn.
"I know, I know, it just seems pathetic that we know what to do, and how to do it, and they have to wait till will divulge the information they are looking for."
"It's for the best," Holly said with worry written on her features, "There were 30 Muggles killed yesterday. You have any guesses as to how many have been killed today?"
"None at all sis, none at all." The girls entered the house a while later and went to there respective rooms to take a shower before breakfast.
At the burrow we find the occupants alert and crowded around the breakfast table. Lily, Rochelle, Alice, and Joanna stood clustered together in a corner reading the Daily Prophet. Molly was handing out seconds to anyone who wished to have them, and the guys were in the other corner whispering about the happenings in the Auror department. The children were either sitting at the table talking about school, or on the floor playing a game. A gasp escaped the lips of the women in the corner, and that got the attention of the entire room.
"What's wrong?" James asked after no explanation was supplied for the outburst.
"35 Muggles were killed by Fiendfyre." They said in a whisper. James was the first to reach Lily. They all knew what Fiendfyre was capable of, and it made them all sick even think of it. Joanna was the first to speak,
"More stock has been taken from the wizarding hospital, and they are recommending that anyone who doesn't have a magical injury go to the nearest Muggle hospital."
"If that's the safest I wouldn't mind being healed by Muggle means." Rochelle said, "At least we are not at a complete loss for medicine." Alice and Lily agreed with a nod of there heads.
"Is the Ministry still attempting to stock what has been taken?" Lily asked.
"They are trying there hardest," Rochelle replied, "but St. Mungos suggests we go to Muggle hospitals, the Ministry is completely against it."
"They would be," Alice said bitterly, "if it's any kind of help from our non-magical partners the Ministry think they are unworthy to assist us."
"I'm sure we all can't wait till the day that Fudge or Umbridge get sick or injured enough that St. Mungos will not assist." Sirius said.
"Then let them suffer." James said in a harsh tone. "They don't deserve to be healed by Muggles if they cannot respect them and all there efforts."
"I would really love to see them squirm if that ever happened." Sirius replied.
"Either they would just suffer, or swallow their large prides and get the help they needed, it's just that simple." Remus put in. The women and James agreed with Remus' response. When Breakfast was over, six of the children exited the house to sit in the grass and enjoy the semi-warm weather.
Outside in the privacy of the orchard, the kids lay in the grass side by side. A breeze blew through the orchard making the children shiver.
"I wonder when this war will ever be over." Ron exclaimed.
"You shouldn't be talking!" Neville retorted, "You're not the one with Voldemort attempting to kill you."
"I know, but I'm sick of hiding." Ron tried to explain.
"You're sick of hiding!" Carianna shouted, "My family is the one who is trying to get rid of him, not hide, we are just trying to protect our families not hide Ronald!"
"Yes, there's a big difference between hiding and protecting." Anastasia chastised.
"And you know as well as I do that he would give him to Voldemort even if it meant his life!" Ginny put in.
"I know, I know, sorry guys, but it doesn't seem like we're getting any closer." He said.
"The order is trying there best to thwart him--but as you know--we haven't been able to find Hermione or find who is behind the St. Mungos robberies, or figure out how to save the Muggles." Harry put in, "And you're right Ginny," he turned his had to look at her and added, "If we ever figure out how to destroy him, I'll do it by myself, just like the prophecy states." Ginny's face hardened a little bit, but the only one who noticed was harry.
"And you'll let us help you along the way, right?" Ginny asked.
"Yes, as much as I don't want to put the rest of you in danger, I'll need all the help I can get." He admitted, and he noticed that Ginny smiled a little.
"Besides Ginny's obvious want to help me, who else will be by my side?"
"She's too young, she can't help!" Ron exclaimed as his face reddened.
"She's not much younger than you!" Anastasia shouted, "And besides, it's up to her, and you know she won't let you stop her."
"But..." Ron started. Ginny jumped up from the spot she lay on and said in a fierce tone,
"I'll help him if I choose; it won't be because my brother says so."
"You haven't even taken your OWL's." He protested.
"Neither have you--you--you filthy hypocrite," Ginny shouted, and lunged toward him, but a pair of arms stopped her. Ginny spun around to shout at the person stopping her, but seeing that it was Harry, she blushed, and Harry said,
"I'm not stopping you from helping me, but I am stopping you from destroying your brother." All of her anger dissipated when he finished speaking, and she sat back on the ground.
"So I'll ask again," Harry began, "Who wants to help me in defeating him besides Ginny." Everyone raised their hands without a complaint from Ron. Harry felt happy that he had the friends he did, because without them, he would have no idea what he would do.
"So we are all agreed that my family is not hiding, and your families are assisting us at your own risk?" Carianna asked. A chorus of,
"Yes," broke out among the teenagers, and in the distance they saw some figures coming into the wards.
The children got up from there resting place to intercept the new arrivals. Ginny and Harry were the first to reach the group, and when Harry noticed one of the people, he gasped in excitement,
"Holly!"
"Hi Harry," She replied as she gave him a hug.
"How are you?" He asked.
"I'm doing as can be expected, just trying to help all of you stay alive and not make a stupid mistake." She replied with a smile.
"If I may ask," Ginny started, but Holly cut her off.
"And who would you be?"
"O, sorry, I'm Ginny."
"Ooooooo, Ginny huh?" Theo Holly nudged Harry and asked, "She your girlfriend yet?" Ginny blushed, and Harry smacked her back before saying.
"No, and honestly, that hadn't exactly crossed my mind."
"Careful what you say Potter, someone might get jealous, or upset, but anyway, what were you going to ask me Ginny?" After Ginny recovered she asked,
"What happened to you...? I mean, because of the scratches on your arms and legs." Holly looked perplexed before she realized what she was talking about.
"Oh! Those! My dear older sister Lilly and I were riding our bicycles this morning, and she distracted me by asking me what would happen if the Death Eaters decide to kill Hermione--and honestly--I thought about it, and dreamt about it, but I really didn't need to have someone invade my thoughts and say aloud that fear. But anyway, I fell off my bike and flew a few feet on to a fallen tree."
"Yes," Kendra interrupted, "She wouldn't let me heal any of them." Holly just glared at her.
"I see," Ginny said, "I s'pose it could be worse. Try falling off a broom from fifty or more feet in the air."
"That's what I tried to explain to her, but she fussed anyway." Kendra opened her mouth to say something then closed it, and then asked,
"Who are these other people you have here?"
"Oh!" Ginny exclaimed, and then pointed to each person in turn,
"This is Carianna Harry's twin, Ron my brother, Neville who is Alice and Frank's child, and Anastasia is Rochelle and Sirius' child."
"It's nice to meet you all." Kendra said.
Just then, James came running out with everyone following. When he reached Kendra, he gave her a big hug, and shook Edwards's hand.
"Glad you guys could come for lunch." He said enthusiastically.
"We're glad to be here." She replied. After James, Frank, Arthur, Sirius, and Remus introduced their families, it was Kendra's turn.
"I would like you guys to meet Lilly, Holly, Kelly, Nathan, Gabriel Sally, Sam, Dan, Molly, Riley, and Phil," She said pointing to each in turn and then pointed to Phil and finished, "Who my husband is holding."
"Where is Mitchel?" James asked.
"Most likely with Voldemort," Holly said before Kendra could say a word.
"Holly!" She exclaimed after getting her voice back.
"What! You know he is." Holly retorted. Kendra frowned at her before saying,
"He is. He spends most of his time there these days, just ask Severus." The families made there way into the house to eat lunch.
Amongst the clatter and chatter, and the clanging of silverware, one topic surfaced over all others--the second plan. They talked about different ways to destroy Voldemort, much to Holly's amusement, and on the really outrageous ones she would put in her two cents with an even more outrageous outcome. They all had a good laugh at his dispense, and he never knew. The conversation then turned when Holly asked,
"So how long are you guys going to stay here?" The room fell silent before Molly asked,
"What do you mean?"
"Don't you think that if Voldemort knows where you are staying, and that you have no plans of leaving, don't will think that he would try to strike here?"
"I guess we never thought of it that way," Lily said, as Holly smiled.
"How long have you guys been staying here?" Kendra wondered out loud.
"Ever sense early July." Molly responded. Holly thought for a few minutes before saying,
"Because they have Hermione, don't you think that they could get the information out of her where Harry is staying?" With a frustrated look, Sirius asked,
"How do you know what the right questions are to ask?"
"I just happen to know how his mind works in these situations, and he knows that, but he doesn't know the extent to which I know what can destroy him."
"And you keep waving that in our faces!" Sirius exclaimed.
"It's just for you guys to have hope. I am not revealing the information because you would go out right now and destroy the thing that is keeping him alive--killing yourselves in the process." Holly retorted.
"Why do you think we would do that?" James questioned.
"I want to get rid of Voldemort as much as the next person, but if I gave you just the information, and not the reason behind it, you would get yourselves killed. Just remember that I am divulging 7 years of information into one summer." As the adults gave each other an understanding look, Molly said,
"So you think we should move for our safety?"
"I think you should, but that's not up to me." Holly replied.
"I think it's a good idea," Rochelle put in.
"And where would we stay if we were to make the move." Joanna asked.
"You guys could stay at our house," Sirius suggested.
"That would be an excellent idea," Holly said, "considering it is unplottable and all." And that was when it got decided that they would move into Grimmauld Place.
After lunch we find the Davidson family helping the residents of the Burrow pack, and move things into the living room for departure. Holly followed Harry up to Bill's room so she could assist him, and talk to him. They worked in silence for a while, only talking to make sure something was really Harry's, and for Holly to hear his reply. That didn't last long, because a question popped into Harry's mind, and he thought he may ask it while he got the chance.
"Did I hear you right when you said you know a way to get rid of Voldemort?" Holly turned her head in his direction and smiled,
"Yes, I certainly do." Harry could not help but trust that Holly would tell him.
"I know you didn't tell my parents and their friends, but could you tell me?" Holly sighed, and dropped a book into his trunk before replying.
"I really wish I could Harry, but the information you request is very dark and dangerous magic, and I do not want Voldemort to know I know exactly what is keeping him alive, I don't want him to know I know exactly where it is, and I don't want him to know that I know exactly how to get rid of it." Harry thought for a second and then asked,
"When you are done telling Dumbledore about these books, will he know what you are talking about?"
"He will know exactly how to destroy it, and where it is hidden." She confirmed.
"When will we know the information?" Harry asked.
"Book 6, but you won't know everything until book 7." She replied.
"And what book are you on?"
"I'll be telling him about book three, which isn't all that important, but it needs to be told."
"Can you tell me anything about that book?" He questioned.
"I can tell you that it has to do with Remus and Sirius." She explained. "Don't press me any more about that subject, I'll see if your father will tell you the important things about that book, and if not, I'll do my best after the order meeting." Holly promised, and then resuming her task she picked up a set of robes, neatly folded them, and put them in the trunk. Harry followed her lead, and continued piling in his school books. When they finished, the two cousins picked up the trunk and carried it down the stairs. It was not hard to notice others doing the same, because upon exiting the room, they were bombarded with the banging of trunks on the stairs.
"Can they be any quieter?" Holly exclaimed.
"Apparently this house forgot what quiet is." Harry responded as they made the slow decent to the living room.
"I shouldn't be the one to talk. I've got eleven other siblings, and we aren't exactly quiet either." She remarked. Harry just smiled, and continued to help Holly with the trunk.
"Do you have your snake with you today?" Harry question. Holly gasped, and her hand slipped out of the handle leaving the trunk to attempt to pull Harry forward down the stairs, but before Harry fell even a stair, James grasped his son and the tugging trunk.
"Holly, what! Are you doing?" James questioned her.
"He just asked about Coils. I wasn't prepared for that." She replied. "I didn't mean to let go of the trunk. Sorry about that. You really threw me." James let go of Harry when Holly grasped the trunk. They made it down a few steps when James asked,
"Did you bring the Snake?" Holly nodded and then said,
"I kinda forgot I had her with me. I s'pose I'm so used to having her around my neck." She replied. With the flick of her wand the Snake materialized into the visible world. They made it down the stairs at last, and put the trunk next to his family's possessions.
Holly departed Harry's side and made her way back up the stairs to help another person. On her way up she met Ginny and Kira attempting to get a trunk down the stairs.
"Do you want any help?" Holly asked the girls.
"Yes," the girls said together, but Holly could tell that Kira was relieved to get rid of the heavy object, and Ginny was relieved to get the help she need. As Kira left the scene and went back into the room, Holly grasped the abandon handle.
"Thank you," Ginny said as she wiped some sweat off her forehead.
"It's not a problem." Holly replied with a smile. A few steps later Ginny asked,
"Why do you have a Snake on your shoulders?" Holly smile, and pet the Snake with one of her hands while Coils hissed softly.
"She is mine. I forgot she was here until Harry reminded me. She isn't vicious, well unless she is provoked of course." The two girls made it down a few more stairs before Ginny asked,
"May I pet her?"
"When we get this trunk down to the living room. I don't see why you can't." Holly answered. The last set of stairs was out of the way within two minutes. The trunk made a satisfying thud on the carpet when the girls released it beside the Weasley's belongings.
"May I pet her now?" Ginny asked. Holly nodded, and showed Ginny where to pet.
"Sapphire!" Someone shouted. Holly whipped her head in the direction of the person, and said,
"What!"
"Arthur just wanted me to make sure that Coils wouldn't eat or crush Ginny." The voice said, and as Holly recognized it as James', she stuck her tongue out at him before saying,
"You guys really don't have any faith in me." And for emphasis she crossed her arms over her chest, and then continued, "If you're going to have that attitude with me, I'm surprised that you trust me with your son's life." she finished. Holly noticed that Coils was no longer on her shoulders, and when she put her hand out Coils guided her hand with her head to Ginny's shoulder. Holly smiled at Ginny and the Snake before Ginny asked,
"Why does he call you Sapphire?" And when Ginny looked over, she saw a magnificent blue phoenix in her place. The phoenix took flight, and landed on Joanna, Alice, Rochelle, James, and Lily's heads before landing gracefully on Ginny's. Ginny could not believe that Holly was the Phoenix they saw earlier in the month. Holly jumped off Ginny's head, and transformed back into herself. The two girls smiled at each other, and Coils slithered back on to her owners shoulder. By this time, almost everyone had left with there belongings to Grimmauld Place, so Holly offered to take Ginny and Kira.
It was 4:00 by the time everyone was settled comfortably in the house. The current Order members resided in the kitchen where they speculated upon different plans. One suggestion Rochelle proposed was,
"What if we kept an eye on the Muggle families?"
"There are too many communities, and not enough of us to do that." Lily said.
"Lets not forget that we need all of our people to protect the door down in the department of mysteries." Holly reminded them.
"That's true," They all murmured.
"What if we kept a guard near the supply room in St. Mungos?" Alice suggested.
"We would be using double the Order members if we did that," Molly said.
"What if we stationed some of the best Auror's to the post." Joanna asked.
"Scrimgeour wouldn't go for it." James cut in, "As much as the idea isn't a bad one." He added.
"Maybe what we need is not guards over the Muggles, or the supply room." Arthur started, "The prophecy is a different story, but what if we had one of our ranks infiltrate Voldemorts."
"We have Snape to do that for us," Remus said.
"But he's only giving us information on the Prophecy." Sirius said.
"What if we put in another spy, so we can get more information from him, and feed him a lie at a time?" Frank said.
"He doesn't treat liars kindly." Kendra reminded them, and then continued, "And if we are going to do this properly, it cannot be any of us."
"Why not?" Lilly asked. Kendra glared at her daughter and then said,
"Because, Voldemort knows that we are on Dumbledore's side."
"What if they were polyjuiced?" She persisted.
"Don't you think he would notice they were drinking something liquid that he didn't give them?" James question. Until now, Holly was silent, but she now had to say something.
"What if this person told him that they had hourly seizures, and to prevent them from happening, they have to take a potion every hour?"
"That wouldn't work you naive child!" Sirius exclaimed. "What do you know about seizures anyway." he snarled.
"What do you know about them?" Holly countered. Sirius was silent.
"That's what I thought." Holly sneered back. "I have a friend who has seizures. She takes medicine three times a day for them. I wouldn't be surprised if there was an unfortunate soul out there who had mini ones every hour." she finished. Before Sirius could argue with her Lily said,
"There are people who do have seizures, and Holly is right to say that there could be someone out there who does have mini ones every hour. It's not out of the possibility pool." And with that information, dinner was ready, and the family had to eat.
Around 7:00, the present Order Members gathered in the kitchen once again to continue discussing there ideas.
"Shouldn't Albus be here for the final decision?" Molly asked the room. Without hesitating, James sent a patronus to Dumbledore. Five minutes later, a knock sounded at the front door. Rochelle excused herself to exit the room to admit there guests. When she came back, the members noticed that Dumbledore wasn't alone. Severus and Albus took there places at the table, and after a few minutes of just looking at each other Dumbledore said,
"I'm surprised that you are here Holly, Lilly, and Kendra."
"We were invited to lunch." Kendra responded.
"Aah, and what do I wish to gain from this invitation?" He asked.
"We think we may have another plan." James spoke up after noticing that no one else would. Dumbledore sat in his chair intent to hear the rest.
"We thought of keeping guards around the Muggle villages, and even a guard on the supply room." Arthur started, "But both suggestions were shot down because we realized that we already guard the department of mysteries door, and we barely have enough people to do that." He finished.
"So we thought, instead of protecting the Muggles and the supplies, why not have another spy within his ranks." Kendra continued for Arthur.
"It's hard enough to keep me on his good side." Severus put in.
"You give us information on the various attacks on the prophecy, but we need someone to get information from him on the way he is staying alive." Holly put in. "Because we all know that he has specific jobs for all of you, but does he have someone protecting the thing that keeps him alive?" Severus thought about it for a long time before answering with a question of his own,
"You are sure you know what is keeping him alive Holly?"
"I am positive." She said in her most serious tone.
"If any of us play our cards right, we could have this person go to him and divulge the information none of us know, and if they devote themselves to him, and tell him that they would keep it safe for him, then maybe we could do something about it." Severus concluded.
"Holly," Remus began, "Why can't you tell us what it is?" Holly turned her head and frowned,
"Because it is horrible. I honestly wish I didn't know myself." She stopped talking for a few minutes to gather herself again and then she said, "You will know soon enough. I'm not sure if any of you are ready to hear what it is right now."
Amongst all the chatter, Dumbledore and Severus conversed, and came to a decision. Albus cleared his throat before saying,
"Severus and I have come to a decision." The room fell silent in anticipation. "We think it is an excellent idea, but the problem has come to our attention that it is not safe for any of us to do the job. So I ask that if any of you have a suggestion, let us hear it now." A long pause surrounded the room as everyone lapsed into silence.
"I think it should be me." Holly said to the room.
"What!" Kendra and James shouted at the same time.
"I said," She stressed, "I think it should be me." She said each syllable in a icy tone.
"No," Kendra protested.
"Why not?" Holly asked.
"You are my daughter."
"And I'm the only one who knows the information we need to kill him. If I can convince him that I know what I'm talking about, I can get him to tell me what things are surrounding his secret."
"She has a point." Severus said. "I can teach her Occlumency, and how to divulge the proper information that is needed for him to trust her." In defeat, Kendra lay her head down on her arms and said,
"Then I'm going to have two children following him." She sobbed. Holly got up, and rounded the table to her mother.
"I will be careful mum; I won't let him get to me, no matter how hard he tries." Kendra wrapped her arms around Holly and continued sobbing.
"The other problem we have is that you are you Holly."
"We thought that she could go under Polyjuice, and tell him that she has hourly seizures. She could also explain to him that to prevent them from occurring, she takes the potion every hour." Lily supplied. And after another long pause, Severus said,
"That just might work." And after his words sunk into the minds of the present Order members, Dumbledore asked,
"What is this person's name going to be?" Holly lifted her head from her mothers shoulder before replying,
"How about, Dawnielle Snyder."
"Dawnielle?" Sirius exclaimed, trying to choke back a laugh. "Why couldn't you have picked something more normal like Danielle or Daniela?"
"Because that would be toooooooo boring." She replied.
"And why did you pick Snyder," Sirius pressed. "Why couldn't you have picked something more normal like Baker, Jones, or Robinson?
"Boring." She sang. "Besides, I could have picked such last names out like Botkin, Vogele, or Ellifritz." she countered. At Holly's dispense, Sirius burst into laughter, and the only thing that shut him up was the sickening crack of Holly's hand colliding with his head. "You better watch it, because I know there are some people out there in the world with those last names." she said through clenched teeth. And with that, the plan was set, and everyone was nervous.
A/N: This was the longest chapter I've written for this story so far, and I'm actually pretty proud of it. Just remember to review, and I'll try to update as soon as I can.