Recruiting for the Order of the Phoenix

"If you won't let Lupin take part, I'll have to find someone else to meet us afterward and help us escape."

In the Headmaster's Office, Dumbledore, who had agreed to become an accomplice, began discussing the details of the operation with Roy.

"Don't you have that Order of the Phoenix? Are there any members who can actually help out?"

Roy knew Dumbledore had plenty of capable people secretly working for him across all walks of life: the Weasley family, Kingsley Shackle from the Auror Office, and Dumbledore's personal secretary and adviser, Severus Snape. The list went on.

But Dumbledore only shook his head at Roy's request. Anyone involved in this job had to be trustworthy first and highly capable second. Dumbledore had plenty of people at his disposal, but only the few Roy had just named met both requirements. Their positions ruled them out as accomplices in a bank robbery, so Dumbledore turned Roy's problem over in his hands and tossed it right back.

"Fine. Aisling's bound to have someone loyal and capable enough."

"Wait—"

Dumbledore could not sit still when he heard that Roy planned to recruit from Aisling's side. By now, he had a clear picture of Aisling and the Wizard Purist Party behind her. The right-leaning pure-blood faction she led did not alarm him the way Grindelwald and Voldemort did, but he could not let them steal the fruits of victory from two wizarding wars out of his hands.

"What?"

"Don't you have any other connections? You know what I mean. I've told you to keep your distance from the Wizard Purist Party."

"Sorry, but apart from you, the only connection I have is that venomous woman from the Wizard Purist Party. If I have to find someone else, I'll have to take Fred and George to