Author Note: Okay Readers, this is the start of the updated version. I hope it's better and well written. Reviews are nice. I take them into account. Thanks for reading and Enjoy!
Chapter 1
Heading Back to Hogwarts
"Are you sure you want to go back Ginny?" Mrs. Weasley asked her daughter. Ginny looked up from her checklist she made to make sure she had everything she needed for school. It's August 29th, 2 days before she is due on the Hogwarts Express. Ginny was in one of the spare rooms at Great Aunt Muriel's and her mother came in to check on her. Ginny walked over to her mom and gave her a hug.
"Yes, mom," Ginny said, "We don't know who's going to be teaching, and McGonagall won't let Death Eaters teach there, even if Snape is Headmaster."
"I know dear," Mrs. Weasley said, sitting on the edge of her bed. "I just want to make sure you're okay with going back. I just want to keep you safe."
Ginny nodded. Ginny was, truthfully, nervous to be going back to school, but she felt like she had to. She had to be there and help out at Hogwarts, even though Harry, Ron, and Hermione won't be there. She felt there was something she had to do there.
"Make sure you stay up here during the meeting," Mrs. Weasley said leaving the room, Ginny nodded to her in response. The door closed and Ginny glanced out the window. An owl was sitting on her windowsill, looking at her. It was a light brown barn owl, and she has seen it before. Luna's owl was carrying a letter on it's leg. Ginny opened the window and grabbed the letter from the owl.
Dear Ginny,
I'm excited to be going back to school with you and Neville. Neville told me he was working on the coins that we used in the DA two years ago and he improved them. I wonder who our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is. Daddy told me he wasn't sure, but he's been busy re-making the Diadem of Ravenclaw. He has all the things he needs. I've been helping with the actually building of it. Daddy also got the Crumple-Horned Short-snout Horn! I wish you could have just come over to my house instead of send owls, but I know that it's dangerous outside. Well, I'll see you in a couple days.
Love,
Luna.
Ginny smiled at the letter. Luna would talk about diadems and horns of mythical creatures. Ginny was going to send a letter back, but she would see her the day after next. She folded up the letter and put it in her trunk, wondering what this year at Hogwarts will be like.
"You got all your books? Your robes? Your owl?" Mrs. Weasley fussed. Ginny smiled and nodded. It was different only having one child to worry about, instead of the multiples she is used to.
"I have everything Mum," Ginny said, hugging her parents. Her father held her.
"Be safe darling," he said. He wasn't as keen on letting her go back to Hogwarts, but they agreed that it was easier to run the Order without her around and worried about being ambushed and worrying about her. He didn't like the safety issue there, but he thought it was better with McGonagall. Ginny boarded the train and got help putting her trunk in the overhead compartments. Luna and Neville arrived in her compartment minutes after the train started moving.
"Good summer?" Neville asked us. Ginny shrugged.
"Basically confined to my room while Order meetings were going on," Ginny said. "Luna?"
"Daddy and I have been making more Quibblers," she said, opening her bag and shoving two magazines in Ginny's hands. She passed one to Neville and opened it up. There were articles on how the Daily Prophet was full of rubbish and how we needed to support Harry and the Order. It was intriguing. There was nothing about Wakspurts, or Nargles, just normal things. Ginny never told Luna this, but some things in the Quibbler was fiction. Nothing was real, but this was the best thing Ginny has seen since summer began. She closed the Quibbler and set it aside and looked out her compartment door to see Seamus with his trunk. He opened the door and came in.
"Is it alright if I sit with you?" Seamus asked. The three others nodded and Seamus boosted his trunk up with Neville. "Thanks. Don't know many others and no one else is here."
"It's cool Seamus," Neville said. Ginny looked at her three friends then leaned into them.
"I have an idea," Ginny said quietly. The three others leaned in too and looked at her earnestly. Suddenly, the train stopped. Everyone was sticking heads out of their compartment doors and looking around. Micheal, Terry, and Anthony were right beside them, Parvati, Padma, Lavender, were on their other side. Suddenly, there was a voice.
"Everyone sit back in your compartments," said Draco Malfoy, "I'm Head Boy and you have to listen to what I say." Ginny pushed everyone back in. Then he was at their door, smirking at them. He walked away. It was silent on the train, no one spoke, waiting for something. It was minutes later before a group of 4 Death Eaters were at their door. They opened it, wands out. Ginny and her group glared at them.
"Where is Harry Potter?" one said. Ginny recognized his voice. He was one of the Death Eaters to crash Bill's wedding. She wanted to take her wand out and hex them, but stopped when Neville stood up.
"He isn't here, losers," he said. Ginny stood up beside him, wand out. The four Death Eaters looked at them.
"Show some respect," he said. "You are in no position to be mouthing off." Ginny and her friends glanced at each other then sat down slowly. The Death Eaters smirked and closed the compartment door. Everyone waited in silence. About an hour later, the Hogwarts Express blew it's whistle and continued on its way. Ginny and her friends sighed.
"So what's this idea, Ginny," Seamus asked. Luna and Neville looked at her again.
"We need to reform Dumbledore's Army," Ginny said. "Snape is going to hire teachers that aren't going to be helpful for us, and it's our best bet at surviving this year."
"Sounds good to me," Neville said. "And the four of us should lead. We were in the original DA and we know Harry the best. Seamus wasn't at the Department of Mysteries, but he learns quickly."
"I agree," Seamus said, "We need the DA again."
"The room of Requirements is perfect, no one can get in as long as we are the only ones who know the thing to get in. We'll have to be complex because Malfoy knows it from 2 years ago."
"Good idea," Neville said, "and we'll have to change it every time for security." Ginny nodded. She stood up and walked out of the compartment. She walked toward the Patils and Lavender. She opened the door and all three girls looked at her. She knew there was some tension because of Ron and Lavender's relationship, but she knew that she can trust them.
"Hey Ginny," Parvati said, "what's up?" Ginny pointed her wand at the door and put a silencing charm on it. She sat down across from them.
"You three were in the original DA right?" She said. All three nodded.
"I was thinking about reforming the DA," Ginny said getting to the reason quickly, "do you want to join again?"
"Of course," Lavender said, smiling, "it was great back in the day."
"We'll be loyal too," Padma said, "I know how serious it is to keep it a secret." Ginny nodded and took out a piece of parchment and wrote her name at the top. Padma, Parvati, and Lavender all signed underneath. She said goodbye and walked out. She walked past her compartment to Micheal, Terry, and Anthony. The three boys all looked at her as she did the same thing. The boys agreed to join the new DA and signed the paper too. Ginny went back and had Neville, Luna, and Seamus sign the paper as well. Neville looked at the signatures.
"What about Ernie, Hannah, and Susan?" Neville said, "Zacharias isn't on the roster either. I could see if there's anyone else in my year who want to join. Wanye Hopkins is a Hufflepuff, I've talked to him a couple times. Maybe we can recruit him. There are also siblings of DA members."
Ginny made note to find all of them and maybe add them to the list. Neville handed her the list and she put it inside her bag. Suddenly, the compartment door opened and Draco Malfoy, with Crabbe and Goyle were standing in the doorway. Ginny, Seamus, Neville, and Luna all stood up, wands in their hands.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Ginny asked.
"Careful Weasley," Malfoy sneered, "I'd show some respect to your superiors."
"What makes you a superior," Neville said, "being a Death Eater?"
"You need to leave," Luna said, the misty feel of her voice leaving.
"What's it to you Longbottom?" Malfoy said. "You're the lowest on the ladder, even lower than Weasley."
"Neville's ten times the man you'll ever be," Seamus sneered. Neville's face didn't leave Malfoy's face.
"Just leave Malfoy, before you make us hex you," Neville threatened.
"I can do whatever I want, Longbottom," Malfoy said, sauntering in and sat on the bench. Crabbe and Goyle looked at their leader with admiration and sneered at the others. Luna walked up to Malfoy.
"You know Malfoy," Luna said, "Wakspurts love me and they listen to me, so I can make one attack you. You don't want a Wackspurt to be around you all day because they would never leave you alone and-"
"Well Loony," Malfoy said, looking at her as if she was crazy, "If I knew I was going to be bored to death I wouldn't have come in."
"Don't call her Loony," Neville said. Malfoy ignored him and motioned for Crabbe and Goyle to leave. Malfoy went to the door and looked back in.
"Just a final warning," he said, "if I were you, I'd show some respect to me. I have a lot of power this year."
Malfoy left and Ginny shut the door shut. Luna and Neville sat by each other. Seamus waited until Ginny sat down to sit down next to her.
"It doesn't matter what he says," Ginny said. "As long as we have the DA, he can't hurt us."
Neville, Luna, and Seamus nodded in agreement, but Malfoy's warning didn't leave them that easily. The four left to change into their robes and came back and sat in silence for the rest of the ride. The train stopped at Hogsmeade and the four of them got into a carriage together. The four of them looked at the illuminated castle as they approached.
"Let this year begin," Seamus said.
So what do you think of the revision? Better? Worse? The Same? Let me know. I'm hoping to finish the revising soon. I wasnt going to change alot of things, just basically add details and some things that happened in the books that I forgot when I originally started. Hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading.
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