The Rebellion, Chapter Five: Meant To Live
A/N: I am sorry that updates are so far apart, but I am writing this in one of my school notebooks before typing it. Not how I usually do my stories. Anyway, the song is Switchfoot - Meant To Live. Enjoy and Review! Love, lily.
Fumbling
his confidence We were meant to live for so much
more Dreaming about providence
And wond'ring why the world has passed him
by
Hoping that he's meant for more than arguments
And failed
attempts to fly, fly
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live
inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so
much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live
inside
And whether mice or men
have second tries
Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half
open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken
October came too quickly for Ginny's liking. She missed the trio, Harry in particular. Ginny, Neville, and Luna all met for breakfast on the morning of the first Hogsmead visit. It had been a month since Neville had first put the words on the wall. People had approached Neville, Ginny, and Luna wanting to join Dumbledore's Army. They told the group to meet at the Three Broomsticks at noon. Neville led the girls to Hogsmead and into Honeydukes. They bought candy then went to the supply shop.
Then they went to the Three Broomsticks to see a large group of students waiting near the door. "Let's find a table big enough for all of us." Neville said looking around him. The boys in the group immediately started putting tables together, as the girls got chairs. "Can we get lunch? I am starving." Seamus said as they all sat down. The rest of the group murmured in agreement. "Fine, but everyone has to pay for themselves, unless you all want to chip in." Neville said sitting between Luna and Ginny at the head of the table. When Madame Rosmerta arrived everyone ordered then looked at Neville.
"Alright, we all know why we are here. The Carrows have taken over our school and I, for one, want it back. So I came up with the idea to reform Dumbledore's Army. If you don't know what that is, ask a housemate older then you that you see here. Basically this is a group first formed two years ago and our leader was Harry Potter. He isn't here so Ginny, Luna and I will be the leaders this time around. The D.A. is a counter to the Dark Arts class we have to take. Now first are you all willing to join? If not leave now." Neville said looking around the table. There were mutters but no one left.
"Great, next, how often are we going to meet? I think every other weekday evening. Any objections?" the group murmured but no one spoke clearly. Neville turned to Ginny and Luna and asked "Do you want to add something?" Ginny shook her head and Luna said "No, you are doing fine, Neville." "Alright, next topic. Ginny is going to start a list of names. Put your full name, house, and year, please. If you sign you are promising not to shout about what we are doing. That means that you are promising not to tell the Carrow, Snape, Filch, and that lot. If any of those people find out what we are doing, we will all be hurt if not killed. The last issue will be how we will contact one another…"
"Hermione made more of those fake coins and gave them to me just in case anyone else wanted to join last time. They still work. We can give those out…" Ginny said. "Great! Do you have them today?" Neville asked. Ginny pulled a small bag out of her cloak pocket and handed it to Neville. "Now, we each take one and pass them around. Our first meeting will be on Monday, in the room of requirement. Those of you who were in the D.A. last time know where that is. If you weren't follow a housemate that was. I think we should travel to and from the lessons in groups." Neville said as Madame Rosemerta arrived with their food.
"Now enough talk, let's eat!" Neville said. "HEAR, HEAR!" the group chorused as they all started eating. "So, Dumbledore's Army is a go. We will meet every other weeknight from 6 to 8. That gives us an hour to get safely back to our common rooms. Have a good day, everyone!" Neville said as everyone stood up to leave after paying their bill. Neville, Ginny, and Luna left together. Luna said "I want ice cream!" Ginny laughed and the three went into the dessert shop down the street. Neville held the door open for the girls as they reached the shop.
"My treat!" Luna said as they approached the counter. "Thanks, Luna!" Neville and Ginny said. Luna looked at the variety of desserts and said "I want pumpkin with chocolate ice cream and a tea." Ginny said "I want a hot chocolate and a brownie." Neville said "I want a berry tart and a coffee." "Yes that will be fifteen galleons." said the man behind the counter. Luna paid for their treats and they walked back up the Hogwarts.
Monday morning Neville and Ginny went down to breakfast together. Through the day, Ginny couldn't stop smiling. Even when Professor Carrow cursed her, she smiled. After her run that afternoon, Ginny skipped back up to her dormitory showered and changed quickly. She then went back down the do an essay 'Explain Why Muggles Are Useful. Must be one foot in length.' Ginny then went down to dinner to see a livid Professor Snape yelling at Dennis Creevey. "I DON'T CARE, YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG, YOU MUST PAY THE CONCEQUENCES! YOUR CLUB WILL HAVE TO GO ON WITHOUT YOU TONIGHT MR. CREEVEY!" Dennis stuck his tongue out at Snape as he walked away. "Don't worry, Dennis. I will tell Neville you are in." Ginny said touching Dennis's shoulder softly. "Thanks Ginny," Dennis muttered walking away. Ginny sat down and started eating.
Neville soon joined Ginny and smiled at the wall that still had 'Dumbledore's Army Still Recruiting." on it. "I thought they got it off…" Ginny said taking a sip of tea. "They did, I put it back during free period." Neville said smiling. Ginny snickered and said "Dennis is still in, but he got detention tonight." "Alright, he can catch up on Wednesday. I pity him. I had detention with Alecto yesterday and she Crucio'd me bout twenty times. It hurt like hell!" Neville said taking a bite of chicken. "I don't know how my Mum and Dad stood it. I would have gone insane long before they did." Neville whispered looking down at his plate.
Ginny reached across the table and took Neville's hand. Neville smiled sadly and squeezed Ginny's hand before turning back to his food. Ginny took her hand back and finished her dinner. "We should probably go and set up in the room." Neville said as the food disappeared. "Yeah, let's go…" Ginny said waving Luna over to them. "Hello, shall we go?" Luna asked joining them. "Yeah, let's go." Neville said and the three left the hall.
They went up to the third floor and found the tapestry of dancing trolls. "Alright, so we need to walk past this tapestry three times thinking of what we need. We all need to think of the same thing, so I was thinking 'We need a place to practice where the Carrow and their supporters can't find us' any objections?" Neville said. Ginny and Luna shook their heads. The three walked past the tapestry thinking. After the third time a door appeared.
Neville opened the door. The room was the same as it had been when the D.A. had originally formed. The only difference was there was now a wireless in the far corner of the room. Ginny walked over to the bookcase and pulled a thick volume off the shelf. She opened the book. 'Property of Harry Potter' was written in the inside cover. Ginny smiled sadly and hugged the book to her chest, missing Harry. Ginny felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Luna looking down at her. Luna bent down and hugged Ginny tightly, Ginny crying quietly into Luna's shoulder. Neville noticed the girls and quickly came over joining them in their hug. "I miss him…I wish I knew that he was alright… I …I" Ginny sobbed "We know, Ginny. We miss them too. But we have to stay strong. It's the only way we will survive this year. So come on… Stand up… That's it…" Neville said helping Ginny up and wiping her tears away. Ginny smiled weakly and hugged Neville and Luna.
The three hugged until they herd a cough behind them. Ginny looked up to see Seamus and Lavender leading a group of Gryffindors into the room. Ginny let go of Neville and Luna quickly and blushed. Seamus smiled sadly and said "we all need to do that more often; we will need all the love we can get soon. So don't mind us, we will just go find seats." Seamus lead the Gryffindors over to a group of cushions and sat down. Ginny reached into her pocket and pulled out a picture. It was the same one that Mad-Eye had shown Harry of the original Order of the Phoenix. Ginny gave the picture to Neville and said "Moody gave this to me… I know that your parents were in it, so I thought you might like it. Harry's parents were in it too, maybe we can put it up so everyone can see it?" Neville nodded and put the picture on the wall and enlarged it so that the entire room could see it. The rest of the group arrived and found seats.
"Ok, so now we are all here…yes Lavender?" Neville started. Lavender pointed to the picture behind Neville and asked "What is that?" Neville turned and smiled at the picture. "That is the original Order of the Phoenix. Both mine and Harry's parents were in it. Both sets of parents can't take care of their children now, because they stood up for what they believed in. That is what we are doing as well." Neville turned back to the group to see them all staring at him. "What?" Neville asked. "Neville, what happened to your parents? Why can't they take care of you?" Lavender asked quietly.
Neville sighed and said "My parents were driven to madness by Bellatrix Lestrange. My parents can't take care of themselves, let alone me. They are permanent patients at St. Mungos. That's why Gran brought me up. I am proud to be their son; I just wish they knew how proud… Any other questions?" Neville asked quietly. The group stared at him.
"Good, now, I think we should start with Expeliarmus. So everyone pair off. Let's get started." By eight everyone had mastered the spell. "Well done, all of you! Alright, have a good evening and we will get together on Wednesday, same time, same place." Every one muttered and left in small groups. "Coming, Neville?" Ginny asked. "In a minute…" Neville murmured looking at the Phoenix picture. Neville saw his parents at once. He recognized them because he had a box of pictures of them in his room at his grans house. "For you, Mum and Dad." Neville said as he left the room.
We
were meant to live for so much more We want more than this world's got to
offer We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were
meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere
we live inside
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want
more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams
for second life
Have
we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have
we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have
we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to
live.