Who was on duty?

[capehoneysuckle]

No: HPFGUIDX 91888


> Annemehr:
>(snip discussion of how the DEs removed the MOM security guard before
the battle)
> I'm not at all sure that there was a guard from the Order there at
> night anymore.  Their cover was blown with Voldemort and nearly with
> the MoM, too.  First Sturgis Podmore was presumably Imperioed into
> trying to steal the prophecy for Voldemort, and later Arthur Weasley
> was attacked by the Volde!Snake, which could see through the
> invisibility cloak, by the way.  I think that's why Dumbledore was so
> adamant that Harry learn Occlumency -- because he could no longer
> prevent Harry's entry into the DoM by stationing a guard there.
> 
> 'Course, I could be wrong!  ;-)
> 
> Annemehr

Honey:
I think that the Order is still guarding the door of the Dept of
Mysteries. After the meeting in the Hog's Head, Sirius appears in the
Gryffindor Common Room fire to pass on Molly's warning to Ron and her
advice to Harry and Hermione, saying, "She would have written all this
to you, but if the owl had been intercepted you'd all have been in
real trouble, and she can't say it for herself because she's on duty
tonight."(OOP am ed p.371)

I can't prove that "on duty" is "guard duty", but what other OOP
activities are scheduled? This occurs, of course, before the snake
attack on Mr. Weasley, and Annemehr is quite right that the attack
could have led to termination of the MOM guard position. On the other
hand, the snake attack may have confirmed to Dumbledore that LV was
scouting the DoM in order to plan an attack there, and may have caused
the OOP to double its guards at the DoM. Sorry, inadequate canon for
this question, but I'd like to know if we've lost one of the Order,
even if it's a minor one.

Honey