Order of the Phoenix Meeting 15

Jacob looked to see the old man enter the room well of course he recognized him very easily the Minister of Magic who had not only removed a great deal of you know who's corruption from the ministry but the man who had also lead hogwarts for a bit. He had heard a rumor that he had died but he couldn't remember from who he had heard it from he heard many things in his days and nights as the conductor of the knightbus. He smiled at Khaat she seemed to be very caring that was a quality he wished more people had. He listened as Jess asked if their were an theories. He thought for a sec as he asked is second question. He cleared his throat before speaking"Is it possible the death eaters would try to attack st mungoes or the ministry again? we could maybe place some people in those locations just to keep a eye out" He suggested " I know i can definitely keep a ear out on the knightbus maybe a rumor would pop up or something like that" he finished he looked around quickly somewhat nervous about speaking in front of a group of people he didn't know.

"Well. since you've brought it up," Khaat said, "St. Mungos is one of the most vulnerable places in the wizarding world. Do you realize the wealth of information that is there? We have the medical records of almost every witch or wizard that has existed since the creation of the hospital itself. That could become an immense sort of power--if anyone could figure out how to get to those records." Khaat was not going to even begin to go into the number of times someone had tried to use her as a pawn to gain access to that very records room and to use the hospital for their own personal power pursuits. We have tried to utilize various groups to help us protect ourselves there, but it just is never very efficient. I am giving serious thought to hiring St. Mungo's own security guards. I'm quite sure it is public knowledge how many times in the last few years it has been a target in some battle for control. I am not, by any means, suggesting the Order take that on as another project, but if we are to look at vulnerabilities that could be used by an enemy, St. Mungos would be one the easiest to ovetake in its present state. And that does concern me. The number of innocent lives that could be lost would be devastating worldwide since we do not simply treat England's patients. We regularly treat witches and wizards from every part of the globe."

Kingsley smiled shortly at Jess' reaction. "Sorry for keeping it a secret from you Potter, but I had to keep a low profile," Shacklebolt replied politely. In truth, he didn't trust Jess Potter as much as he trusted Wilson or James Wake. Don't get him wrong though, he trusted Potter's intentions but didn't like the people he surrounded himself with, and didn't think the boy would be capable of keeping a secret either.

He was a sharp lad though. He was right, the lack of action from the death eaters was more concerning then if they had been committing their random attacks on muggleborns and muggles. "Yes your right, the lack of action from them is concerning. Something is stirring," Shacklebolt said thoughtfully. "They are planning something. We should be alert. More then we are now. I have been away but I was told by Wake that Majere had successfully but temporarily captured Grimmauld Place. That shouldn't happen again." Majere was a dangerous one, and Kingsley had a score to settle with him.

He listened to Jacob's and Khaats suggestions. "It is perfectly possibly boy. I agree with you, we should make sure that these places stay in our possession," Kingsley said, impressed by the boys proposed plan. He turned to Khaat now. "I think you have a point, but nevertheless the ministry is more important and we can be quite sure that will be the place the Death Eaters will attack first. It gives them control of the Department of Mysteries, Azkaban, the dementors and the aurors..."

[is that you Ne'os? YOUR STILL ALIVE O.O!!! ]

''My dear Kingsley, I did not think I would see you here. At least not yet. How are you, lad? Getting accustomed to our world?'', Wilson greeted Kingsley with a smile on his face. He then turned to Jess. ''Sorry to interrupt, but I think I should reply to the previous topic. As for your idea, I can't help to disagree, Jess. Bringing a certain Michael Tremaine, despite the fact that he will act as a Dark Army supporter, to the position of Potions Master is definitely too risky. Like I have said, and I am stressing it out once more, he needs to teach a less important subject to make it look less suspicious. If you need a new subject, I am sure Doyle will agree. If you need some kind of Practical Magic or Piano Playing, don't worry about that'', he explained. ''Also, I doubt that Headmaster Doyle would give up his position just because someone named Jess Potter told so, no insult intended. Also, giving that position to someone without experience, and I only know one person except Doyle who is capable enough, would be a total failure. Therefore, you should eliminate that idea as soon as possible'', Wilson said.

Kingsley returned a smile to his old friend. He hadn't seen Wilson in a while, though he had received a letter every now and then about the happenings at Hogwarts. The last one was about a couple months ago though. "I'm perfectly fine thanks. Enjoying being able to go around after being stuck in a creepy old shack for a year," he responded. "I allowed a couple of people to catch a glimpse of me, just to let the media announce my return..." Shacklebolt then listened to what Wilson had to say about Hogwarts. Kingsley didn't quite care what position Doyle had, but while they were on the topic of the school. "I trust you and Doyle are still keeping things under control at Hogwarts?" he asked. Kingsley had left Wilson to take charge of the school when he had resigned about a year and a half ago.

''You know, I wasn't designed for the position of Headmaster, as I have told you many times and that is why I have been even more honoured when you 'left' the school in my care. Doyle was the only person I could trust beside McCoy and myself, and by trust I do mean exactly that... he was someone that would not betray me. I knew he had been aspiring for the position of Headmaster for a long time, but he wasn't the one to try, so I send him an Owl, he accepted... the Ministry thing was a formality... and I left the school to him. But, you know what happened then, I had to resign as deputy Headmaster... but I am still head of House and DADA professor... I keep things in line, and so do McCoy and Doyle... we can't control everything, but the three of us have a plan how to assemble those students that are capable enough of protecting their colleagues in one 'division'. All in all, when you look at it, the situation is better than expected...'', Wilson explained.

There was much worry within the Order, Lauren noted. The Death Eaters had done nothing as of late and they seemed to be worrying about every possibility. Lauren wasn't going to voice her opinion where it wasn't due and busied herself with making herself a cup of coffee. She didn't necessarily agree with what was being said but she was going to sit and listen until she came up with a firm argument to back whatever she wished to say. Right now though, she was focused on making coffee out of whatever was at the bottom of the jar in her hand.

She emptied the jar into her mug and filled the mug with hot water. She stirred it up and took the seat that Jess had indicated to before. She lifted the cup to her lips as they began to talk about St. Mungo's and put her cup down, realising that at the moment, the coffee was far too hot. Lauren threw her hair up into a pony-tail and looked around the table, taking in the faces of the people and putting them to memory.

"I understand why the Death Eaters would want the Ministry but I fail to see how St. Mungo's could be important. I mean...I understand how valuable it could be but not on its own. If the Death Eaters were to take control of the Ministry then they would have a certain amount of power over the hospital wouldn't they? St. Mungo's should still answer to the Ministry, regardless of who is in charge there. If control of the hospital even crosses their minds then it'll be a secondary objective because it isn't in their interests currently. It can't be. They want total control of our lives, not our health. Shacklebot is right. The Ministry has always comes first."

Lauren tapped her nails against the side of her mug and bit her lip before adding, "What about spies? Have we not got anyone amongst their ranks that can pass information on? Surely it would be better to have first hand knowledge instead of having to sit and ponder over cups of tea and coffee?"

Jacob listened to what the group said concerning st. Mungoes it seemed that only him and Khaat seemed concerned while he felt the ministry was a target he felt it would not be easy for the death eaters to take over again. He felt he needed to push st Mungoes being protected a bit more. "I have to disagree with Shacklebolt and i'm sorry i haven't quite caught your name" he said to Lauren "but anyway i feel that it would be much more important to the death eaters to take over the hospital everyone has to go there once or twice in their lives imagine if they could control who get health care or not and if they had the hospital then they wouldn't have to worry as much if they are injured in battle i feel that would be a gateway to taking over bigger portions of the government."


((it tis me well not this character Ne'Os is alive again and i put him on a extended vacation to the Caribbean you know how much those pesky vampires love sunlight.))

"That's alright, Jacob," Khaat said, her mind becoming solidly resolute. "I'll take care of it. I always do." She had appreciated his support, but in the end, some things never changed. Khaat stifled her urge to be angry with the people in the room at that moment and redirected her attention towards her mug. The fact was that it had not been that long ago that the Order had pledged to help keep St. Mungos safe. Now it was clear. The Order had turned on her, whether it had come out of necessity or not. Their agreement to help her no longer held water. It had pretty much been always up to her, and it was, long term, going to still be up to her. She would take matters in to her own hands where the hospital went. She had not seen anyone but her own family and friends stepping up when things became dire. It was time to hire a security force of her own. Anger would do no good here and had no place, but they were sadly ill informed. She could not resist the desire to clear that up at the very least.

"But just let me make one thing abundantly clear to everyone here," she said, her voice still calm and quiet. "St. Mungos is not and never has been a muggle hospital, nor does it operate on that system. It has stood for the last 500 years, long before the muggles created socialized medicine. It does not answer to the muggle government. Nor does it answer to the Ministry of Magic. The hospital runs primarily on private donation. The ministry supplies a miniscule grant annually to the hospital, as my father and Matt can both well attest to, but it is less than 10% of our current annual budget.

"The responsibility for the hospital," she said becoming quite stonefaced now, "is mine."

Kingsley looked at Khaat with a frown. He could obviously tell she was angry, even though she was trying to hide it. Of course, she was attached to the hospital, and perhaps that was why in her opinion it deserved more priority then the ministry. He wouldn't say it to her though, as "Sorry Khaat, I don't believe we can spare too much guards for St.Mungos... But of course, that is Jess' decision," Kingsley said, remembering his place. That was why he didn't come to these meetings so often. Leadership came naturally to him, and he feared that there might become divisions in the order because of him. Besides, Jess was a good enough leader - though young.

"Besides, I don't think we should quite panic yet. This silence might just be a coincidence. Maybe they're too low in number to do anything," Shacklebolt said, attempting to make everyone calm down. "We need some more inside information on the death eaters, but I don't quite think we have any spies. There are not spies who are as good as Severus was... most spies are discovered through legilimency."