Order Only: Private message to Mr and Mrs Longbottom

[alt_terry]

I've been thinking, ever since I read Sirius' journal entry about the trouble they had getting Charles Kass.

So I want to ask: would the Order consider letting me going along on these trips to retrieving muggleborn babies? I can talk to the parents about my own experiences. We used a letter once that I wrote, but if I'm actually there, I can answer their questions. I can tell them what it's like being under the control of someone like the git versus what it's like to have a home at Sanctuary.

I can apparate now. I'll follow any safeguards or training you suggest, and I'll obey every order the team leaders give me, I promise.

Please...this is really important to me. I know I'm not of age yet, and you want to keep me safe, but I have a unique experience that I think would really help convince the parents it's okay to trust their kids with you.

Would you consider letting me come along?

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[alt_alice]

I've been thinking about this long and hard, and talking it over with Frank, and here's what we've come to.

You're right that it would be potentially useful to be able to share your experiences directly with parents. I appreciate your willingness to be of use, and want to give you the opportunity.

And yes, we want to keep you safe, and your ability to change into the Professor and Apparate are both things that make it more likely that you'd be able to do so -- but that's not all that would be needed to ease my mind. Charles Kass's extraction is just such an example -- a desperate parent wielding a knife can be reasoned with eventually, but those first few moments can be extraordinarily dangerous.

Your defence skills need some work. You would need to train more specifically with a partner, as well as run through some security scenarios with Frank and Kingsley. We can also ask Judith and Regina to help you practise talking to parents as a team.

After you've had a chance to work on those areas for a few weeks, I'll take a look at your progress and determine whether you'd be ready to go out into the field, or would need further training.

[alt_frank]

I'll help you out, kiddo. we'll work on it together.