A/N: I'm working on my Naruto/Dragon Ball crossover, but this idea had been in my mind so much that I haven't been able to really write it, so I wrote this. I want to think Writer Sage for allowing me to use his class list that he wrote up for character names.
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER...DUH!
The Knights of Reformation
'I've...got to face Voldemort...' Harry thought downtrodden as he walked down to Hospital Wing to visit his friends...His friends who he allowed to fall into an obvious trap. 'I let my emotions override my judgment and it cost my friends their safety. It cost Sirius his life...We weren't ready to fight Voldemort or his Death Eaters at all. I will never forget that duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort...I have never felt so outclassed in my life.'
"Are you alright, Harry?" Hermione asked with a scrutinizing eye.
"I'm fi...No, I'm not alright," Harry said shocking Ron and Hermione who had grown used to him not telling them what was bothering him.
"What's up?" Ron asked puzzled...He knew he was bothered by Sirius' death. Hell, he was bothered by Sirius death. 'He never treated me like just another Weasley, and even if it was because of Harry he always paid me special attention compared to my siblings.'
Harry sucked in a deep breath before releasing a shuddering breath. "We're not very good wizards, are we?"
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked obviously offended.
"Come off it Hermione!" Harry said aggravated as he pulled his hair. "We're barely adequate duelists! The fact that we survived down in the Department of Mysteries was completely luck! I'm sick of relying on luck to get us out of these situations! What are we going to do when luck run's out?"
Ron and Hermione stared at him, but they had to admit they really weren't that impressive in the fights...It was even worse when they realized (though they would never admit this to Harry) that the Death Eaters seemed to want them dead compared to Ginny, Neville and Luna.
"Well what are we going to do?" Ron asked confused. "I mean it's almost time for us to board the train and go home where we can't exactly practice."
Harry's shoulders slumped in defeat. "We could always run away to the Forbidden Forest," Hermione jested.
"Would that really work?" Harry asked as his head snapped up.
"I was kidding Harry!"
"Just answer the question Hermione!"
"It could...There's so much magic around the place no one would ever detect us using magic," Hermione admitted embarrassed. "But, you can't really be...Harry, no! We are not running away into the forest!"
Ron looked absolutely startled at that prospect. "She's right mate!" Ron said with fear obvious in his voice. "Not only would the centaurs probably kill us, but I doubt Dumbledore would allow it."
"Who cares about Dumbledore? He's not the one who has to face Voldemort! I am and I'm severely unprepared!" Harry ranted, but stopped when he saw Ron and Hermione's horrified faces.
"What...What do you mean you have to face V-Voldemort?" Hermione asked hoarsely.
"The prophecy in the Department of Mysteries...Dumbledore heard the original," Harry explained. "Basically I have to kill Voldemort or be killed by him. No other way, and yet everyone wants to send me back to the Dursleys without any training! How am I supposed to beat him when I'm not even being prepared?"
"So, you're going to run away?" Ron asked in disbelief.
"I'm going to train," Harry clarified. "And, I would really like you guys by my side when I go..."
"It'll take more than just the three of you," a voice said before Ron and Hermione could agree. Harry spun around to see Ginny standing there with her hands on her hips.
"Ginny!" Ron yelped in surprise. "How long have you been there?"
"Long enough," Ginny replied shortly before stalking up to Harry. "As for you buster...Do you really think when you fight Voldemort, he'll be alone? It's going to take more than three to defeat him!"
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Harry retorted angrily.
"Why do you think we formed the D.A.? To sit around and talk about how we're going to fight, but leave everything up to you?" Ginny snapped. "Don't do this alone! We want to fight! Let us help!"
"I doubt the D.A. would be that effective," Harry muttered. "There are still not a lot of us either way."
"Then bring in some new blood," Ginny said exasperated. "With Umbridge going so goes her stupid rules, so we don't need to worry about punishment! There are probably a lot of people that want to fight with us rather than against us."
"She's right Harry," Hermione said quietly. "My other two roommates, Sarah Spinks and Sophie Roper, were quite put out when they learned about the D.A., but weren't invited..."
Harry looked thoughtful...He didn't want to take the chance that more of his friends and classmates nearly getting themselves killed for his sake. 'But, is it really for my sake? A lot of the people in this school are targets without me...Wouldn't it better if we were together rather than separated? The Order told me not to get involved for my own good and I hated it! Am I a hypocrite? I've got to give others the chance to fight...'
"Hermione, will the paper still jinx us if we bring anyone with us?" Harry asked making the three brighten.
"Only if they are authority figures," Hermione admitted. "I haven't gotten around to destroying the list yet."
"Good," Harry said with a slight smile. "Send word out to the D.A. that as soon as Hermione and Ron are out of the Hospital Wing that a meeting will take place in the Room of Requirement...Tell them to bring anyone who wishes to fight. Any D.A. members who don't want to fight are to hand over their Galleon."
"Aye aye sir!" Ginny said with a mock salute as she ran out of the room with a smile...She knew she wouldn't be able to stop him from doing something stupid, but at least now she'll be sure that he has a chance.
"Harry, are you really sure about this?" Hermione asked worriedly once Ginny left the room.
"No, but I think it's time we actively stood against Voldemort and everything else," Harry explained.
"What do mean 'everything else', mate?" Ron asked.
"Haven't you ever noticed how corrupted and flawed the wizarding world is?" Harry asked making the two of them nod. "Yeah, well I'm damn well sick of it and it's time someone stood against it. Right now our society is extremely flawed and no one's doing anything about it! Even the Order is basically ineffective in this fight...They are only reacting to thing rather than acting. It's time someone took an aggressive approach and we should."
"Mum's going to have a fit," Ron groaned out, but smirked anyway. "Still, I'm sick of all the adults treating us like we don't understand what's going on. The three of us at least have been actively stopping You-Know...Voldemort since first year while the rest of the world just acted like nothing was going on!"
"Ron's right for once," Hermione said as she ignored Ron's cry of indignation. "The adults seem to be underestimating us and it's time we showed them we aren't just a bunch of kids."
"So, we're agreed?" Harry asked and the two gave a thumb's up. "Great, I look forward to the meeting then."
Two days past before Ron and Hermione were allowed out, and much to Harry's relief only Zacharias Smith handed his Galleon back. Although he did curse the cocky git for admitting that the only reason he joined was to pass his O.W.L.s and that is all. He did notice others sending him subtle nods and winks to show that there would indeed be some new blood.
That's why Harry was quite happy when he activated the charm on his fake Galleon to meet after dinner that night. "Do you reckon we'll get a large turn out?" Ron asked as he shifted nervously on the stage with Harry, Ginny and Hermione.
Harry made it quite clear that while he will keep the role of leader (should the group want him), the three of them would at least be seen as his seconds in command. Ron and Hermione for their experience as well as their personal skills (Ron was nearly equal to Harry in dueling while Hermione knew the most spells), and Ginny because this was her idea as well as the fact that she came to the Ministry with him.
He tried to get Neville and Luna to join him as well since they accompanied him as well, but the two refused to the point of Harry level of stubborness to stay out of the roles.
"Hopefully," Ginny said as she shifted anxiously while Harry was torn between hope and dread.
He wasn't sure if he could handle a really large crowd.
Which is why he nearly wet himself when he saw nearly eighty people had shown up.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Harry whispered wide eyed and pale.
"I wasn't expecting this much!" Hermione whispered with a slightly squeaky voice. "I mean I know there were plenty of people who wanted to fight, but this many?"
"I...I think I seem some Slytherins!" Ron practically snarled out causing the four to automatically search for the silver and green ties that they've come to associate with their enemies.
"That's Daphne Greengrass," Hermione whispered back pointing to one of the girls.
"Well that's fine then," Ron said relieved.
"How can you say that?" Harry asked surprised. "I mean she's Slytherin! And, she's not the only one! I think I see Theodore Nott down there and his dad's a Death Eater!"
"Greengrass' are fine," Ginny assured him. "It was the Greengrass' who helped dad's Muggle Protection Act bill get passed...But, I'm not sure about the others..."
"You gonna start anytime soon, Harry?" Ernie Macmillan, a fifth year Hufflepuff, asked.
"Uh...I hate to single you guys out..." Harry said nervously as he tried to ignore the stares from the group. "...But, could all Slytherins come forward? Everyone else you can help yourself to some food for right now."
Harry had to admit it was still strange to see people follow his orders as the Slytherins stepped forward with frowns, scowls and knowing smiles on their faces. It was with apprehensive that he stared at the eleven snake students in front of him.
"Knew you'd do this," Daphne admitted with a smirk. "After all, no one trusts us."
"That's your house's own fault," Ron argued instantly. "None of you exactly make yourselves popular with the rest of the school."
"We're only defending ourselves," Tracey Davis, a fifth year like Daphne, retorted. "Everyone's against us the second the Sorting Hat declares us Slytherin."
"Yeah, and in case you've forgotten...Never once does the Sorting Hat ever say that being evil or prejudiced is a requisite of being in Slytherin!" Adam Harper, fourth year, snapped.
"ENOUGH!" Harry roared freezing the argument with ease. "Whether you are defending yourselves doesn't matter because obviously none of you try to separate yourselves from the Slytherins who causes the school to hate them...The fact you have come may prove that, but we have to know why we should trust you. Explain yourselves."
It wasn't a request, but an order and for the first time Daphne realized why people followed him. Harry Potter exhumed power, but was also not completely closed off to ideas.
"Greengrass' have always been neutral," Daphne explained.
"But, we decided that it would be best if we actually stop You-Know-Who since killing off Muggles and Muggle-borns would be bad for business," Astoria Greengrass, third year, explained and people looked at her in disbelief. "What? Its Slytherin nature to do stuff that will benefit us, and it's quite obvious that murdering potential friends would not work out in our favor."
The Gryffindor in Harry was disgusted by this, but it also showed him that the Greengrass' didn't hold prejudices if they were willing to work with Muggles and Muggle-borns.
"My mum's Muggle-born and I don't want her to die," Adam Harper explained quite simply.
"I'm a Muggle-born," Bryan Dunstan, fourth year, admitted causing everyone to look at him shock.
"Seriously?" Ron chocked out causing Bryan to huff.
"I'll have you know that Slytherin traits are not just magical traits." Harry thought about the Dursleys and had to agree.
"My girlfriend over there is a Muggle-born and I won't anyone try and kill her," Adrian Pucey, seventh year, told them while pointing to a blonde haired Ravenclaw laughing at something Alicia Spinnet said.
Harry noticed that Ron actually looked at the older boy with something resembling respect at that statement.
"Same as the Greengrass'," Damien Ulquart, sixth year, said with a shrug.
"Our aunt was killed—"
"—by You-Know-Who for—"
"—failing him and we—"
"—won't work for a monster—"
"—who'll kill his followers," the twins Angela and Charlotte Montgomery, sixth years, explained seriously.
"Is the finishing sentence thing a requisite for being a twin?" Hermione asked with a slight headache that she usually had trying to follow Fred and George's speeches.
"No—"
"—why?"
"No reason."
"I've got a cousin who's a squib and he's the only member of my family I can stand," Tracey Davis explained. "Obviously, if a squib is the only member of my pureblood family I can stand than obviously You-Know-Who must be wrong about a lot of things."
"I prefer the side that won't kill me for failing," Graham Pritchard, second year, told them quite bluntly.
"Me too," Ginny agreed.
"And, you Nott?" Harry asked the last of the Slytherins. "It's quite strange the idea that a son of a Death Eater would prefer the other side."
"Don't talk about my father," Theodore Nott, fifth year, spat out in disgust. "The bastard killed my mother for his so called Dark Lord when she tried to persuade him to leave that snake bastard's side. I'll never forgive him or that snake bastard for that!"
"I think I can understand that," Harry said with a wry smile that made Theodore smirk back obviously agreeing. "Alright, I'll let you stay, but I won't guarantee you'll want too."
"Whatever," Graham said dismissively as Harry blew a whistle.
"Okay, everyone! The Slytherins are trustworthy and will be staying for the meeting," Harry said and a lot of people shot him skeptic looks. "Now as for the reason this meeting was ca—"
"—sorry we're late Harry," Fred and George interrupted as they strutted in the room quite cheerfully.
"Bloody hard to sneak back into Hogwarts," Fred said solemn.
"But, nothing can stop the fantastic—"
"—majestic—"
"—magnificent—"
"—devilishly handsome—"
"—Weasley twins!"
"We're modest too," George said with a wink at Angelina making her giggle before Harry cleared his throat quite loudly.
"Now as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted—" the Weasley twins whistled innocently. "—the reason I called this meeting was because this summer I am disappearing."
Everyone broke out into confused whispers. "What do you mean disappearing?" Terry Boot, fifth year Ravenclaw, asked.
"I'm going into the Forbidden Forest and seeing how far I can go before I come back to Hogwarts," Harry explained. "I'm going to be training my abilities the whole time since there's no way the Ministry will be able to sense it...Hermione and Ron will obviously be coming with me."
Ron and Hermione looked proud that no one looked surprised by this. "When I return I plan on taking the fight to Voldemort."
Majority of the people in the room flinched at the name. "So what?" Roger Davies, seventh year Ravenclaw, asked. "Trying to tell us to be prepared for a get together next year or something? Why even bother letting seventh years in?"
"No, I called this meeting to offer you to come with me," Harry said causing everyone to look at him in stunned silence. "Let's face it everyone...Constantly changing Defense professors has obviously left us barely able to duel let alone fight Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Come with me and learn year 'round how to fight."
"My parents would freak if I tried anything like that!" Lillian Moon, fifth year Hufflepuff, exclaimed.
"My mum is going to freak," Ron said quite loudly. "But, that's not stopping me and it shouldn't stop you."
"Ron's right," Hermione backed up. "Lord Voldemort is back and unless we really train there's no way we'll be ready. He's already got giants on his side and it won't be long before the werewolves join him."
"We're not playing a kid game or talking about grades," Harry said with hard eyes. "If you don't plan on fighting him than you should leave now because this isn't about O.W.L.s or N.E.W.T.s! This is about war and I'll be damned if I lose it because we're unprepared! So, decide what you want! To fight or not! If you don't want to fight than you better clear out."
No one moved. "I should warn that this fight isn't just about Voldemort anymore either...Our society is corrupted to the very core with how much people can get away with just having money. We're fixing this after the war," Harry explained and everyone gulped nervously. "Remember this: We are not children! We are the future! It's time we took responsibility for it!"
A great cheer broke out in agreement. "Now who's coming with me?" Harry asked and everyone raised their hands.
"Great...Except no seventh year," Harry said and the seventh years glared defiantly. "I need the soon to be graduates for other things...Such as spying on the Ministry and keeping an eye on Diagon Alley. Hermione's working on a way for us to communicate more efficiently, so whatever we learn we'll be able to tell you to practice as well as being able to keep us in the loop. I have to warn you that what we are attempting will make many people furious with us, and it is extremely risky."
"I'd rather do something risky and have a chance then play it safe and die," Jessica Dorny, seventh year Ravenclaw and Adrian Pucey's girlfriend, said confidently and there were murmurs of agreement.
"I figured we'd be doing something stupid like this when I came," Katie Bell, sixth year Gryffindor, said with a smirk. "After all, it is you, Harry."
Harry blushed when everyone definitely agreed with that statement.
"I think we should give ourselves a new name!" Justin Finch-Fletchley, fifth year Hufflepuff, exclaimed. "We're not about scaring Fudge anymore, and we're obviously not doing this for Professor Dumbledore!"
"Yeah, and your 'Dumbledore's Army' thing was your small group's basic study group," Wayne Hopkins, fifth year Hufflepuff, called out. "This is defining something that goes beyond school."
"About that...I've sort of already come up with a name..." Harry admitted and even Ron and Hermione looked surprised.
"You have?" They asked together.
"Yeah..."
"So, let's hear it," Ginny demanded.
"The Knights of Reformation," Harry said.
"I like it," Luna said as she looked up from her issue of The Quibbler. "It sounds strong and noble."
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think Luna's right," Susie Capper, fourth year Ravenclaw, agreed disbelievingly.
"Only a Gryffindor would use something like 'Knight'," Theodore Nott snorted.
"Got any better ideas?" Dean Thomas, fifth year Gryffindor, shot back.
"I dunno...Something with 'Order' in it?" Theodore shrugged.
"Dumbledore's already got an Order...the Order of the Phoenix," Harry told him, but Theodore just shrugged again.
"Well the rest of us like it," Su Li, fifth year Ravenclaw, chirped happily.
"Enough to put your names on paper?" Hermione asked holding up a paper.
"What jinx do you have on it?" Cho Chang, sixth year Ravenclaw, asked but everyone just turned to her surprised. "What?"
"I didn't think you'd be coming Cho," Harry said with slight disbelief. "After what Edgecomb—"
"—don't you bring that traitor up!" Cho snarled catching everyone off guard before she looked down in sorrow. "I'm sorry alright? I had thought Marietta only did it because of the pressure she was under, but she admitted that the real reason she did it was to get my mum fired!"
"Why would she want your mum fired?" Leanne Laughland, sixth year Gryffindor, asked suspiciously.
"Because if my mum got fired than her mum would take her place which would be a promotion," Cho explained with tears in her eyes.
"I always knew Edgecomb was no good," Lisa Turpin, fifth year Ravenclaw, said as Mandy Brocklehurst, fifth year Ravenclaw, rubbed Cho's back soothingly.
"Thanks Mandy." Cho shot a smile to her friend. "But, you still haven't answered my question Hermione."
"An obliviation curse...Should you try to tell any information without permission from Harry to someone off the list than you'll lose your memory of what your had planned to say," Hermione explained much to everyone's shock.
"Bloody hell Hermione! Where'd you learn that?" Ron exclaimed.
"I got bored in the Hospital Wing." Hermione shrugged. "So, who'll sign it?"
Everyone looked a little wary, but Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna and Neville instantly put their names down which lead to everyone else putting their names down as well. Soon everyone had signed up and stood straight and proud.
"Thank you everyone and I'll officially call the first meeting of the Knights of Reformation over," Harry said and everyone gave one last cheer before heading out. "Remember everyone the train leaves in two days, so we have two days to disappear!"
"OKAY HARRY!" Everyone yelled back before heading out the door. As soon as they were gone Harry couldn't help but look at the list of signed names one more time with pride.
Knights of Reformation
Harry Potter
Ron Weasley
Hermione Granger
Ginny Weasley
Luna Lovegood
Neville Longbottom
Fred Weasley
George Weasley
Alicia Spinnet
Angelina Johnson
Katie Bell
Lavender Brown
Parvati Patil
Padma Patil
Terry Boot
Michael Corner
Anthony Goldstein
Ernie MacMillan
Susan Bones
Daphne Greengrass
Hannah Abbott
Justin Finch-Fletchley
Tracey Davis
Theodore Nott
Lee Jordan
Kenneth Towler
Patricia Stimpson
Leanne Laughland
Dean Thomas
Seamus Finnegan
Sarah Spinks
Sophie Roper
Colin Creevey
Dennis Creevey
Ritche Coote
Victoria Frobisher
Demelza Robins
Andrew Kirke
Jack Sloper
Jimmy Peakes
Natalie MacDonald
Adam Harper
Damien Urquart
Adrian Pucey
Jessica Dorny
Charlotte Montgomery
Angela Montgomery
Astoria Greengrass
Bryan Dunstan
Graham Pritchard
Roger Davies
Kevin Entwisted
Quintin Rivers
Bridgette Chambers
Cho Chang
Eddie Carmichael
Su Li
Lisa Turpin
Mandy Brocklehurst
Morag MacDougal
Rolf Scamander
Stewart Ackerly
David Bradley
Susie Capper
Orla Quirke
Emma Dobbs
John Summers
Stephen Cornfoot
Wayne Hopkins
Danny Stebbins
Benjamin Cadwallader
Megan Jones
Sally-Anne Perks
Lillian Moon
Kevin Whitbey
Eloise Midgen
Kristina Bundy
Eleanor Branstone
Laura Madley
Rose Zeller
'Voldemort and the rest of the wizarding world won't know what hit them,' Harry thought as he looked over all the signed names. 'It will make disappearing a lot harder though...'