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

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 95809

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> 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. 
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> Bonny here:
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> 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. 

Potioncat:
Those are two very good reasons that never crossed my mind! Thanks!  
I always thought it made a good adventure from a young reader point 
of view, for the kids to be there, and to be getting away with a few 
pranks, but I had never been able to work out a "reason" before.