Order Only: Ginny

[alt_bill]

Charlie and I may have a situation, and I need to give you all a heads up.

Ginny sent the two of us a private message in her own journal, and I am afraid that if Dolores Umbridge follows her past pattern, she might to force Ginny to read it aloud (Fred and George, she hasn't made her read it yet, has she???) Given what happened to the Fleet family....yeah.

The message, I regret to say, was extremely ill-considered. Which is going to be dangerous for other people, namely us Weasleys. A few pertinent bits that, if Umbridge is snooping for treason, might be more than a touch awkward to explain:

'Ron and the twins always seem to be off doing something with their friends. I don't say anything, but I am not stupid either. I know what I know; and even if I don't know all, I know when I am being avoided. They are cautious around me. I know what that looks and sounds like.'

I'll do a public post in my own journal tomorrow about Dad's birthday, and I'll leave her a PM there and try to respond. I'm not stupid enough to reply to her directly in her journal. I am sending her an owl telling her to reply in mine. If we're not all arrested first.

Fuck. I hope we don't have to scramble to evacuate a bunch of people today.

I really wish we still had working portkeys

Comments

[alt_lupin]

Bloody hell.

Fred, George, Lee -- any chance you can keep her from reading it? Hex her if you have to, get her to the hospital wing, steal her journal...

[alt_lupin]

Though maybe that will only make things worse if she does have to read it in the end. Because it might persuade her that you truly have things to hide.

Private message to Padfoot

[alt_lupin]

Right.

I don't know if I want to say anything where her family can see, but 'I'm not stupid, I know what I know' has me worried.

You?

[alt_sirius]

Bill, Molly,

Come by the garden tomorrow and we'll lift a glass in Arthur's memory.

That's assuming you're not all hopping to Moddey Dhoo by then.

Chin up. I've every faith that the twins can think of something to point out how grief-stricken Ginny must be and how it's all a big misinterpretation.

[alt_alice]

Thank you, Bill. Fred, George, please keep an eye on things and keep us appraised.

Private message to Severus Snape

[alt_lupin]

Right. So given this -- Sirius and I are concerned that Ginevra may have seen some of the same clues as the Juniors, and pieced them together in the same way. Only without the discretion, or the motivations for secrecy, or the bloody common sense and desire for self-preservation of a -- well.

I hesitate to suggest this where Molly can see. But I'm wondering if you'd consider pulling her into Milland's office on some pretext and legilimising her to find out exactly what she knows. Doing a memory modification, if it's necessary.

If she's seen too much that you can manage it without damaging her creating too many other problems -- I'm wondering if we should kidnap her, fake her death, and take her to Moddey. That creates its own set of problems, of course. But leaving her at Hogwarts could be disastrous.

[alt_kingsley]

Phew.

Caradoc and had planned some camp visits today, but we've aborted those and moved into position just outside Hogwarts so we are on hand to help with side along evacuation, if anyone needs it.

[alt_molly]

Oh, dear.

I have no idea what she thought she was referring to in that passage, Bill. I don't have any reason to think she's put together enough clues to figure out much about the Order....but that's not very reassuring, given that both the twins and Ron managed to blindside me.

Or maybe she's managed to piece together information about the Junior Auxiliary? Which could be quite as dangerous.

Oh, dear.