Guarding the Department of Mysteries

[Neisha Saxena]

No: HPFGUIDX 111141

Hello.  I don't have the book in front of me, and
please forgive me and/or direct me to the proper
thread if this has already been discussed at length. 
But, I'm really curious about the Order guarding the
Department of Mysteries in OTP.  

When did it start?  How did they know?  And why wasn't
anyone guarding it the night of Harry's rescue
mission?

The whole thing seems quite strange to me.  I mean,
Harry wouldn't have thought Sirius would be on guard
duty, but why wouldn't he think someone else from the
Order would be there, having seen Mr. Weasley attacked
and known about Mundungus Fletcher.  Or did he assume
that person had been killed?  And had they in fact
been killed?    

Also, I apologize profusely if the answers are right
there in the canon and I just missed them.  

Thanks all! 

Neisha, who literally yelled at Harry during her first
reading for not thinking about either Snape or Sirius'
gift   


		
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