"You could have" Harry cut him off "at the time you believed that Adrian was the one the prophecy was about, you could've taught him occlumency so he would be able to protect his mind then you could've told him the prophecy. Or you could've made him make a magical vow not to tell anyone and then his magic would have physically prevented anyone from knowing about it. Do forgive me Dumbledore but it appears that logic is not your strong suit"
"I wanted Adrian to have a normal childhood" Dumbledore gritted his teeth
"Oh, that makes much more sense. Let's have him have a normal childhood then flip his entire world upside down instead of actually preparing him for it" Harry said sarcastically
"How dare you question that headmaster?!" Molly roared
"Woman" Harry pulled out a spike and aimed it at her "This…in your jaw….I will do it!" Molly paled and backed down "Dumbledore" Harry turned back to the headmaster "There's something I've noticed about the order that I don't like"
"And what's that?" Moody asked
"Simple, let's ignore the fact that you have a known criminal working for you in the form of Mundungus Fleatcher, it's in the leadership. Why is it that, despite the fact you're all working against Voldemort, Dumbledore holds all the cards and knowledge?"
"What do you mean?" Tonks asked
"Tonks, you're a smart girl. You tell me, does everybody think the same way?"
"No, of course not"
"Then why are you all only doing things Dumbledore's way?" Harry raised an eyebrow "Why is he the only one allowed to know all the plans and all the knowledge? He may miss things that overs notice, for example if I wasn't told you lot were guarding the prophecy then you all would currently be wasting your time guarding a fake ball."
"Actually…we're still guarding the prophecy" Tonks admitted
"You what?" Harry blinked and started looking around the room before resting his eyes on Dumbledore "you're having them guard a fake prophecy?"
"Voldemort will be after it" Dumbledore said
"Yes and do you expect Tonks or Moody to singlehandedly stop Voldemort and his death eaters who will definitely come as his back up?"
"Kid makes a good point" Moody nodded in agreement
"Like I told you before" Harry said "I'm a survivor, survival is my speciality and the way you lot are currently going about things will get you all killed. You need to start working together and sharing information, I'm not saying tell everyone everything but you're going to need more than one leader at least."
"That is not necessary" Dumbledore spoke
"Says the current leader" Harry scoffed "grow up, you guys are at war. You need to stop relying on one person, rely on yourselves and rely on each other. I understand you all may have difficulties trusting each other, so why not have every member of the order make loyalty oaths to prove they would not betray us to Voldemort like Pettigrew did?"
"He….makes a good point" Kingsley said after the order was silent for a few moments as Harry's words hit them
"And I'll make another, what happens to you all when Dumbledore dies?" Harry replied "He's not exactly getting any younger, we can expect to find him dead whilst on the toilet any day from now. If he dies you all will be running around like a bunch of headless chickens, not knowing what to do and then you'll try to find another leader to turn to. Let's say, for arguments sake, that you go with Mad-eye.
What happens when Mad-eye gives you all an entirely different style of leadership that you're not used to or if Mad-eye doesn't have the same information to work with that Dumbledore had. Honestly it is pitiful that the group that wants to stop Voldemort needs to be told how to logically run their group by a student" Many members of the orders felt appropriately embarrassed and ashamed, as if they were just told off by their parents.
"Mr Potter, while you are allowed to attend meetings you are not a member of the order and have no right to instruct us on how we run our organisation" Dumbledore spoke, noticing that many were considering Harry's words
"That is the most pathetic thing I've ever heard. 'Oh look, he has advice on how to run our organisation. The advice could help us improve and increase the likelihood of stopping the most feared dark lord ever but let's just ignore him because he's not a member'. Are you a hundred plus or under ten? Get your head out of your arse, this is a war. You should be taking advantage of every opportunity and resource given to you."
"I'm really starting to like you Potter" Moody complimented "I hope you consider becoming an auror"
"That's on the maybe list" Harry replied
"I think that's enough for now" Dumbledore said as he stood up and left.
"Git" Harry shook his head and walked out, leaving some very thoughtful order members and a pair of beaming Potters.
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