But Why does it Have to be Lupin? (was:Kreacher, Buckbeak ...)

[justcarol67]

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Erin wrote:
<snip> There are an awful lot of Weasleys in the Order, and yet not
one of them makes it to the Ministry? What are the odds?  Surely at
least one of them had to have been purposely "unavailable" so as not
to have to fight his Death Eater friends?

Although agreeing with both Pippin and Erin at it looks a little 
odd, one reason why there are no Weasleys helping out in the MOM 
could be to protect the Weasley's from Fudge.
  
I don't have the book to hand, but remember Arthur I think saying 
that Fudge had effectively said that anyone helping Dumbledore, 
should clear out their desk and leave.
 
Fudge knows Arthur is friends with Dumbledore and it would be a 
little to suspicious if one of the Weasleys happened to be at the 
MOM, to rescue Harry and co, especially as they are easy to 
identify, and things would become difficult, if Arthur loses his job 
with Ron and Ginny still in School.


Carol:
I don't think Arthur chose to stay away from the MoM. He simply wasn't
at Grimmauld Place when Snape informed Sirius and the others that
Harry needed to be rescued. Everyone who was present (Tonks, Mad-eye,
Lupin, Shacklebolt, and Sirius himself, despite Snape's advice) showed
up for the battle.

None of the Weasleys was at headquarters at the time, for whatever
reason. No doubt Charlie and Bill were occupied elsewhere (IIRC,
Charlie is still in Romania), but it's not clear why Arthur and Molly
weren't at headquarters. Maybe they were living at home again and
there was no time to contact them. Or maybe, considering that Arthur
had already been injured in the line of duty at the MoM, the other
Order members chose not to notify him. It had been only about five
months since his recovery, after all. And you're right about the
danger to his job as well. Best to keep the Weasleys out of this one.

Carol, who thinks Arthur was sleeping (with molly) after a hard day at
the MoM and Bill was helping Fleur "eemprove her Eenglish"