Why were the kids in Grimmauld Place? (was: Am I the only one)

[fiondavhar]

No: HPFGUIDX 95765

Kneasy wrote:
> > > <snip> Why were they at Grimmauld Place?
> > > Well, would you leave that lot in your house without 
> > > supervision?

Potioncat:
> > <snip>> Except that it advances the plot, I do not see a reason 
> > for Molly and the kids to be at Headquarters all the time.  It 
> > seems once school starts, Arthur and Molly go back to the Burrow.

Neri:
> I thougt the explanation for the kids' presense in GP was pretty 
> obvious, but maybe I missed something? It seems clear that once 
> the DEs discover the Weasleys are on DD's side (which was almost 
> immediatly if Arthur and Molly were standing guard around the 
> Ministry and the DoM) their kids would become likely targets. Same 
> thing re Hermione because Wormtail knows that she is Harry's close 
> friend.


Bonny here:

Well, I thought that it was pretty obvious too, but I wasn't 
thinking of the danger of Death Eaters - the kids were free labour! 
Yeah, it was important to advancing the plot, but it was also 
important that the headquarters of the order become habitable, and 
Sirius couldn't do that alone. The place was completley infested 
with doxys and boggarts and goodness knows what else! And who would 
be more perfect for that job than Molly and her troop of kids? Harry 
wasn't really required for the clean-up, so he was left at Privet 
drive for his own saftey. Hermione I suppose didn't want to be left 
out of the action, and the others probably thought it safer for her 
to be there anyway, for reasons already mentioned. 

That was my take, anyway, and maybe I'm not digging deep enough - 
but if you dig too deep the mine will collapse.

Bonny