Order Guard on that Fatefut Night (Re: Yet another prophecy question)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 130940

> Jen: 
> > That doesn't answer the question of which Order member was 
> > supposed  to be on guard the night Harry & Co. went to the MOM.
> > I suppose that  Order member was attacked and removed by the 
> > DE's prior to Harry's  arrival. But we don't find out who it was
> > in OOTP. Hmmm.

 > Pippin:
> I don't think there's any canon that Order was still guarding 
> the door, at least by the same means.
> It would have been useless and dangerous since Voldemort had
> become aware of the guard and how he was concealed. 

Jen: So you're saying after Arthur was attacked, the Order stopped 
guarding the prophecy room, at least under an Invisibility Cloak. 

That would mean Dumbledore was putting all his eggs in the 
Occlumency basket, a shaky project at best given the participants. 

It seems a dangerous idea to leave the area unguarded at night, not 
only due to the possibility of DE's and LV appearing at the MOM, but 
also Snape is only too aware that Harry still believes 
he's 'helping' the Order seeing these visions. Given Harry's track 
record, it's only a matter of time before he figures out where the 
corridor and door are and makes his way to the DOM. So the door 
needs to be guarded for Harry's sake as well.

But Pippin is right there's no canon for a guard that night. No one 
is missing by the end of the book, or at St. Mungos with the others. 
Dumbledore can make himself invisible, but if he were there the 
whole fiasco wouldn't take place. 

It just seems really risky not to back up the Occlumency with 
*something*. 

Jen