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Safe House Plans

It was a few weeks after the beginning of Ginny's lessons and Dumbledore had gathered all adult Order members in the kitchen of Grimmauld Place for a meeting. Making sure they had placed an imperturbable charm on the door, the meeting began. Various assignments were discussed and then talk turned to the Ministry. Dumbledore spoke solemnly, "I have reason to believe that the Ministry is beginning to fall under the control of Voldemort and the death eaters." There was an outbreak of murmurings at this, it was bad news from all angles.

Dumbledore held his hand up and the talking ceased, "key areas of the Ministry are being infiltrated by Death Eaters, meaning that they now have access to classified information. It is likely that they will be able to deduce where our headquarters are and with time and Ministry power they could be able to break down our defences and enter."

Even Dumbledore's calm demeanour couldn't stop the shouting now, cries of "how long", "what will we do" arose, unable to be silenced by Dumbledore until he sent some sparks out of his wand. "It will take them a while to break our defences but the contingency plan I have must be put into motion now. There will be different assignments for you all. I have picked a large property that has no registering in either magical or muggle records. It is in a pretty desolate location and every possible defence has been placed on this house, I am secret keeper. We will moving items and furniture there during the next few weeks and in one month we should all have moved safely there."

The logic to the plan had started to calm the group down and they began to murmur plans for packing among themselves until Dumbledore interrupted them. "That isn't the whole plan. I'm afraid that death eater activity is rising and Severus has informed me that Voldemort is impatient and wishes to obtain Miss Weasley soon. Therefore she will be moved to her own safe house. She shall be accompanied by seven Order members, two of which will remain with her in the safe house. Those who will be guarding her and the two of them who will remain will not be informed of their duties until the day they leave in order to minimise the security risk. Until then, only I shall know the names of the seven. Does everyone understand?"

The Order members nodded and murmured their consent, though Dumbledore could clearly see that Molly and Arthur, as well as the older Weasley brothers present, were unhappy at the thought of being separated from Ginny for a extended period of time. However, they knew what war was like and that it was in Ginny's best interests to go through with Dumbledore's plan.

Remus sighed, "now all that's left is to break the news to the kids." This put a bit of a damper on the plan, for they all knew that Ginny would be upset at having to leave her family, as well as worried about causing too much trouble for the Order. But it had to be done and the adults decided that it was best to get it over with. There was a bit of resistance from Moody about telling non-Order members sensitive information, but it was deemed necessary and Dumbledore pointed out that all but Ginny were now of age and would probably be inducted into the Order soon and obviously Ginny needed to know since the whole mess concerned her most intimately.

Sirius clapped his hands and stood up, "I'll go fetch them all then and bring them here?" Dumbledore nodded his consent and Sirius left to room to seek out the younger members of the household. Silence reigned as the adults tried to think of the best way to break the news.

Fifteen minutes later and the door opened, Sirius walked in followed by Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Fred and George. Though Fred and George had been of age a few years they had yet to officially join the Order. Dumbledore was planning on initiating them along with the 'Golden Trio', though of course they did not know this yet.

Dumbledore conjured up chairs and they all sat down looking nervous, Ginny more so than the others. She was a very perceptive girl and knew that what the Order said wasn't going to be liked by her, but it was her duty to go along with their plans in order to ensure her safety and help in Voldemort's defeat.

She turned to Dumbledore and looked him straight in the eye, "so what's the bad news?" Dumbledore chuckled quietly, Ginny Weasley had always been a very intelligent and observant girl though she was often overlooked with six brothers around. "Yes I'm afraid you will see it as bad news Miss Weasley."

All the younger occupants of the room looked worried as Dumbledore spoke. "The Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix is being moved to a safer location unknown to anyone but ourselves. We will be moved in by the end of the month." The kids looked a little startled and Harry soon voiced their important question, "but I thought Grimmauld Place was safe enough, there's so many charms on it." Sirius answered his question, "it was Harry, but with death eaters invading the Ministry they can see my will and the house deeds and they will be able to deduce the likely place for our headquarters. Soon, with Ministry power at their disposal, they will be able to enter. That's why Dumbledore has chosen new headquarters not registered in muggle or magical records and in a rural location. "

Harry nodded, accepting the reasons, but he still looked worried, as did Hermione, Ron, Fred and George. The unspoken question was in all their heads, "what about Ginny?" Dumbledore could see their concern and began the long explanation of Ginny's safe house and guards. When he had finished they seemed more reassured about her safety, however, the girl in question wasn't so pleased about the arrangements.

"You can't expect me to sit in almost complete solitude for months while you all attempt to destroy Voldemort. It could take you more than months, years even. Anyway, I know plenty of spells and magic, I can fight." Dumbledore looked grave, "Miss Weasley, we all know you are an accomplished and capable witch, but you are probably the most sought after person for Voldemort at the current time and he cannot be given any chance, no matter how small, to capture you."

Seeing her daughter continue to look rebellious, Mrs Weasley spoke calmly, though with a worried quiver in her voice. "Ginny dear, we love you too much, we couldn't bare for you to end up in that monster's clutches. We'll all miss you terribly, but this is the right thing to do and I know you'll be brave and understand." With her mother's words, the entire room saw the majority of the rebellion leave Ginny's eyes and she nodded quietly in agreement.

Dumbledore nodded, "then it is settled. Now, I think it's best if everyone gets some sleep." Turning to Ginny he added, "I shall see you for your lesson tomorrow Miss Weasley." Ginny nodded and headed out the door and upstairs to her room, the meeting had exhausted her. Changing quickly into a nightgown she only took the time to down her dreamless sleep potion before collapsing in bed. She was asleep before her head even touched the pillow.

Next update should be in a few days.