Did I miss a weekend again? I'm so sorry; work has been spilling over into the weekends, but things should be under control now.

Also, I don't own Harry Potter.

CrystalKaouri: Oof. I do like Molly Weasley, but that really isn't one of her best moments is it? There is some tension in the situation because there are a lot of adults who care about Harry (Molly, Sirius, Dumbledore, etc.), but since James and Lily are around now, they don't all have equal say anymore. Still, James and Lily don't fully agree on what's best in this situation either, so it's still a bit of mess. I hope you like how I've handled it.

The meeting passed without event, except for a point not long into it where everyone looked at the ceiling, their attention caught by what sounded like muffled shouting. James and Lily exchanged a look, but the meeting continued without comment. With the ministry ignoring Voldemort's return, it was incredibly difficult for the Order to really act. The plus side being that it was also hard for the Death Eaters to do anything. Nevertheless, James would take the gruesome realities of the first war if only it meant they could be making progress rather than the stagnation it felt like they were dealing with.

There had been no word from Hagrid or Madam Maxime, but they hadn't expected to hear anything back so soon. Dumbledore was sure that Voldemort would eventually organize a breakout of Azkaban, but there was nothing they could do about that with Fudge in charge. It was too soon for Voldemort to have organized something of that scale anyway. Guard duty for the prophecy was arranged, and various other information was passed around. Snape confirmed that 'the Dark Lord' was concentrating on getting his hands on the prophesy. Apparently, he thought lack of information was the reason of his failure on Halloween years ago, and he was obsessed with hearing the whole thing.

Finally, the meeting concluded, but before Molly could fetch the children, Sirius spoke up. "Before you get the kids, Molly, we need to discuss what exactly we're going to be telling Harry."

There was a brief silence. The atmosphere in the room changed dramatically. Everyone tensed. James sat up straight, Lily narrowed her eyes, and Molly looked like she was preparing for battle. Only Snape appeared unaffected, although his cold, black eyes took in everything.

"None of the children are allowed in the Order," Molly said, "They're far too young."

"Yes, but you don't have to be in the Order to ask questions," Sirius said, "If anyone's got a right to know, it's Harry. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't even know Voldemort was back."

"We've been keeping information from Harry as per Dumbledore's instructions," James said, quietly. Not that he would let anyone, even Dumbledore, make decisions about his kid, but he agreed with the headmaster on this point. Sirius at once switched his full attention on James.

"Dumbledore said not to tell Harry more than he needs to know," Lily joined the discussion. "And I don't intend to. But he's already more involved in this than most of us. So…"

"So, he's got more right than most to know some of what's going on," Sirius finished.

James felt ganged up on. Why couldn't they understand? He was trying to protect Harry. "Of course, he's involved," he began, voice rising a little, "But that's all the more reason not to add to it."

"He's only fifteen," Molly said, unnecessarily. They all knew how she felt about this.

"He's not a child," Sirius shot back.

"He's not an adult either," Molly retorted.

James ignored her. "The point is that Harry has gone through terrible things; too much for someone his age. Voldemort is bloody out to get him! He deserves to have some kind of childhood."

"How would you have felt if your parents were keeping things like this from you?" Sirius asked.

"They did!" James snapped, "Don't you remember? We never heard anything about the war from my parents."

"And I remember how much we hated it and snuck around trying to find out what they weren't telling us!"

"That doesn't mean they weren't right! They were trying to protect us!"

"How is not knowing the truth protection?"

James threw up his hands in exasperation. "So, you just want to tell him everything, do you?"

"Why not?" Lily interrupted. She spoke quietly, but everyone in room turned to her, and Sirius and James went silent. "He's going to find out about the prophesy sooner or later. He'll be angry, and with good reason, if it's not from us."

"You can't possibly be suggesting that we tell him what it says?" James couldn't believe it. "Lily, you know what kind of effect that could have. The amount of pressure…"

"We said there was no rush until Voldemort came back, and now he's back," she replied. "We'll have to tell him at some point."

"But it doesn't have to be now!"

Snape chose that moment to speak up. "We already know that Potter occasionally has glimpses into the Dark Lord's mind. Now that he has returned, that connection can only be stronger. Should Potter be made aware of the prophesy, the Dark Lord might be able to find it in his mind."

"Always looking at the long game, aren't you Snape?" snarled Sirius, "Doesn't matter to you what's good or bad for Harry."

"Somebody has to look at the big picture, Black," Snape retorted, "Despite what you seem to think, this war does not revolve entirely around Potter."

"Here we go again," Tonks muttered, as Sirius opened his mouth to retort.

"Personally," Remus said, loudly, heading off the approaching argument, "I think it better Harry get the facts, maybe not all of the facts, but a general picture from us, rather than a garbled version from… others. One thing to consider is that Harry is old enough to decide for himself."

"You know quite well what he'd say given that choice!" James interrupted.

"The other thing to consider," Remus continued, "Is that we," with a look at Sirius, Snape, and Molly, "do not have the right to decide anything. Ultimately, it is up to James and Lily what they decide to tell or not tell their son."

Sirius leaned back in his chair, Molly sat back down. Everyone looked at Lily and James, who looked at each other.

James hesitated. The situation had changed. There was no way they could hide everything from him anymore. The situation called for a compromise, and he knew that it wouldn't be difficult. Despite what she said, he knew Lily did not really want to tell Harry about the prophesy. Snape's cold evaluation of the facts at least provided a way out, besides the other dozen reasons James had for not telling him. "After dinner, we can give him the general picture," James said, speaking solely to Lily.

She nodded. It was decided. Information, but no prophesy.