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Preparing to depart

The next few weeks were a flurry of activity as anything useful or precious was removed from the Noble House of Black and into the new headquarters. Ginny, of course, had not been allowed out to see it, but some of the other Order members had described it and it sounded very beautiful, it was just a shame she might never see it.

She noted how happy Sirius seemed, after all Harry was now permanently in residence and the chance to get to know his godson even more was an exciting prospect for him. He and Remus would tell them all stories of the Marauders and Harry's mother Lily. Sirius loved having people around, Harry, Ron and Hermione, whom he had grown close to since they rescued him in their third year, especially. She also knew Sirius was pleased to finally be escaping the childhood home he hated so much and she was glad for him.

The rest of the young Order would begin training when they moved into the new headquarters, but Ginny was now undergoing an intense, short few weeks of training. She worked with Dumbledore twice a week as normal, but also had fighting and duelling sessions with Moody, Tonks, Kingsley, Remus and Sirius. Her oldest brothers, Bill and Charlie, helped sometimes, but not too often as she was their little sister and they were therefore reluctant to attack her.

Ginny also had to pack, when everyone had realised that she would be staying a while in Grimmauld Place the entire contents of her room minus furniture at the Burrow had been shrunk and brought to Grimmauld Place. Now she had to repack anything she wanted to take with her. Hermione had shown her a clever undetectable extension charm which allowed her to place everything into one small trunk.

She had packed most of her clothes, leaving some for the next few days. Her collection of school books and fiction had been put in, along with photos of her family and friends. All her trinkets and treasures were now packed and she was lamenting the fact that she couldn't take Arnold the pygmy puff with her, though Hermione had promised to take good care of him.

She was currently staring morosely at one of her photos, which had been taken a few days before they had received the news from Snape of Voldemort's interest in her. It had been taken in the kitchen, her mother fussing over dinner and her husband while the twins plotted in a corner with Ron. Harry was talking quietly with Sirius, Hermione discussing werewolf rights with Remus and Bill and Charlie were comparing missions. Mad Eye and Kingsley were talking in whispers and she was sitting at the table giggling uncontrollably as Tonks changed her face to that of a female pig.

Ginny sighed and a tear fell, she had been so happy then, they all had. But it had gone so wrong in just a couple of days. She heard the door open and quickly wiped her damp eyes before turning to see Harry in the doorway. He didn't say a word but sat down on the bed next to her, placing an arm round her shoulder and peeking at the picture in her hands. A smile spread over his face and he turned to her, "don't worry Ginny, this will all be over soon, just a nightmare. Then we'll all be like this again."

She gave him a small smile, "|I hope so Harry." He kissed her on the cheek and slipped back out of the room. She loved him still and she knew he loved her too. But they both stuck by the decision to separate until Voldemort was defeated, however difficult it might be for them. With both of them on the top of Voldemort's list for capture, the knowledge of their link could be dangerous.

She slammed the lid of her trunk shut and charmed it so it only opened to her password. Then she looked around the bedroom she had used so often during the holidays in the past two years. Though the house was old, creepy and occasionally prone to trying to kill you, she would miss it, a reminder of when everyone was together.

Just three more days and she would be off. Dumbledore was giving her the last lesson in two days and she had her last defence lesson with Tonks, Sirius and Remus later on. She lay back on her bed and, making sure no one was around, began to sob, for what was going to change and the lives that would be lost.

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Voldemort smirked, he knew the Order would attempt to move Ginevra soon, he just wasn't sure exactly when. His spies had found the area that contained her intended safe house, but of course couldn't find the actual house. He knew once she resided there it would be near impossible to reach her, but he also knew she would have to be in the open at some point to enter.

He had posted some death eaters there ready, he knew it would not be long before he finally had Ginevra. His smirk widened at the thought and he went back to the maps and plans before him.

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Ginny had just finished her last defence lesson, which had gone pretty well. By the time she'd finally been disarmed she had managed to trip Tonks over an invisible rope and knock her unconscious. Sirius was fighting off fearsome bat bogeys and Remus had a number of gashes all over his body from a light, less-potent version of sectusempra.

They'd all congratulated her on her hard work and she had been in a pretty good more, despite the looming separation from friends and family. That is, until the Order meeting on the morning of her departure, they would be leaving at night for better cover, but had anticipated that Snape would be able to tell them how many death eaters would be waiting.

The problem was that Snape hadn't been told. He explained to them that since Voldemort knew he would be around Dumbledore he was afraid that the great wizard would pick the information out of his mind, of course not knowing that Snape would have given it willingly.

But the problem remained, they did not know whether there would be few or many death eaters and in the end they had to choose to remain with the original plan. This did not really help the collective mood of the Order, but they all tried to put on brave faces, especially in front of Ginny. She in turn felt a bit insulted that they didn't think she knew what was going on and that she could take care of herself.

The rest of the day was pretty tense and filled with last minute preparation. Most of the furniture had been sent to the new headquarters, along with most of the luggage. Most people, apart from Ginny, only had a small backpack with what they needed for the day.

At 7.30 pm the entire Order gathered in the library of Grimmauld Place to find out the guard arrangements. Dumbledore addressed them all, "I will announce the guards soon and then speak with each separately to tell them whether they will be one of the two permanently staying with Miss Weasley. The rest of the Order and myself will leave just before Miss Weasley and her guards depart and make our way to the new headquarters to wait for the guards not remaining with Miss Weasley to come and be debriefed. Is that understood by all?"

They all nodded and Ginny waited impatiently to see who her guards would be. "Good, good," Dumbledore pronounced in a falsely cheery voice, "well out seven guards shall be Alastor Moody, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Dedalus Diggle and Hestia Jones."

The seven in question nodded their consent to Dumbledore and Ginny noted that they seemed confident, Sirius looked almost excited. She supposed he was grateful to be able to do something and not be stuck in the house any more.

Ginny was pleased with the choice of guard, she knew all were strong fighters and some were aurors. Moody was always a good man to have on side and she was glad to have the familiar faces of Tonks, Sirius, Remus and Kingsley by her side. Now all she could do was hope they'd all manage to get to the safe house unscathed.

As normal, the next chapter should be out in a few days.