Sorry I haven't updated in a while...school started and I've been having a hard time trying to find extra time to actually write...so I finally finished this chapter and now here it is!

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Chapter 7

Resisting and Noticing

"I won't do it!" shouted Neville.

"You will have to or you'll face the consequence," snarled Amycus to him.

"But they haven't done anything," said Ginny.

It's been a week since the D.A made the messages on the wall. They haven't done anything since besides meetings. The 7th and 6th years have been having Defense Against the Dark Arts since the first time. During class, they mostly work on the Unforgivable Curses. All the D.A members, especially Ginny, Luna, and Neville, in the class usually resisted using the spells, but sometimes they really didn't have choices to stay alive, because they were sometimes threatened to be killed. They were practicing the Crutiatus Curse on three 1st year Gryffindor and one 2nd year Hufflepuff while they surrounded them in a circle, and Ginny and Neville were the only ones resisting. Amycus whispered something to Alecto, who glared at him and walked into the circle and grabbed a Gryffindor and the Hufflepuff students and dragged them out of the circle, came back into the circle and did the same with the other two Gryffindor first years and then sat beside them. Amycus stepped into the circle and looked at Ginny and Neville.

"You two will be punished for this," he sneered at them. He grabbed each of their arms and pulled them into the circle. He stepped aside as everyone watched the two of them stand their ground in the middle of the circle. "Blaise, Draco," he said looking at the two 7th year Slytherins, "I want you two to be official punishers for these two rebels. Blaise torture the girl and Draco can torture the boy." Ginny and Neville glared at him as he smirked and laughed mechanically.

"We'll take turns, and I'll go first," said Malfoy, raising his wand. Neville did the same. Ginny tried running at Malfoy but Blaise grabbed her forearms and held her back. "Crucio," said Malfoy. Neville writhed and screamed in pain as Ginny struggled to get out of Zambini's grasp, but it only grew tighter every second. Malfoy finally lifted the curse and Neville lay on the ground breathing heavily. Ginny looked around at all the other D.A members, who looked at him in shock and horror. Ginny looked at Malfoy, who stepped closer to Neville and picked him up by his robes.

"You're a bad excuse for a pureblood," he snarled at him. He punched him in the stomach and then in the face then let him fall onto the floor and was about to kick him. Ginny finally had it. She kicked Zambini in the shin, whose grasp finally weakened, got free, and ran at Malfoy at full speed. She pushed him onto the floor and stared down at him. Zambini collected himself.

"Crucio!" he yelled as he pointed his wand at Ginny. She screamed and fell to her hands and knees. Malfoy got up and watched. After Zambini lifted the curse, Malfoy and Zambini both started hitting, kicking, and using spells, curses, and jinxes on her. After about 10 minutes, they finally stopped and let her fall to the ground. She looked bad; she had a swollen eye and lip and many cuts and bruises all over her body, but she was on her hands and knees. She looked, again, at the D.A members who looked horrified.

"Had enough, Weasley?" asked Zambini.

"Not even close," she said.

Zambini glared at her, raised his wand again, and pointed it at Ginny.

"Crucio!" he shouted.

She was screaming louder than ever and it hurt worse this time. He held the curse for a while then lifted it, and this time, Ginny was lying on the ground and breathing heavily. The bell rang dismissing everyone. Seamus helped Neville up while Parvati helped Ginny and all the D.A members walked out with them, and it was a good thing they did.

"You think your so tough, Weasley," shrieked Pansy outside the room. But she never finished what she was saying because at that moment, Avery, Ernie, Hannah, Micheal, Terry, Luna, Susan, Anthony, and Padma all raised their wands and stepped in front of the four Gryffindors; so all Pansy and her group of friends just glared at them, and walked away.

"Thanks," said Ginny. Everyone looked at her.

"It's just a thank you for helping us a couple weeks ago and teaching us," said Ernie.

The others walked Ginny, Neville, Parvati, and Seamus to Gryffindor tower and then said their goodbyes. Parvati and Seamus set Ginny and Neville on the couch and took armchairs beside them. The common room was deserted.

"Hey, can I talk to Ginny alone please?" he asked Seamus and Parvati. They nodded and left the common room

"What's wrong, Neville?" she asked him.

"Why did you do it?" he asked her, watching her closely. Ginny was about to ask what he meant, and then she realized what it was.

"You mean when I attacked Malfoy?" she said more of a statement than a question. "I said it once, I'm not letting them attack anyone else but me."

"But look at you!" he shouted, "You're twice more beat up now then you were before."

"I'll heal!"

"But it won't be like that for long. Soon you're going to get punished again!"

"You should know what it feels like!"

"What?"

"You know what it's like, to lose someone you love, to not know if they are alive or not."

"Who did you lose?"

"Sirius Black was a great friend of mine."

"Wasn't he the one who died in the Department of Mysteries?"

"Yes, and the real Mad-Eye Moody made sure that my family made it home safe for three straight years and now he's dead too, and don't forget, my family is in hiding, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione are on the run from the ministry, Death Eaters, and Voldemort."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"You didn't know. It's not your fault."

For a moment neither of them said anything. Then Parvati and Seamus came back in.

"We didn't hear you guys and just wanted to make sure you were ok," Seamus said.

"We are," Neville said.

"Let's go to dinner," said Parvati uncertainly. Ginny and Neville agreed and were helped out of the common room and to the Great Hall again.

"We're having a meeting tonight. I just sent the message around," Ginny whispered to Neville, Seamus, and Parvati. They nodded and ate quickly and didn't talk at all. They all left the table and went to the Room of Requirements, and after everyone arrived, it was very hard to talk. Everyone was discussing what stunts they should do. Ginny had been second guessing on doing anything, especially after them refusing to punish the younger students.

"Everyone quiet!" she yelled. Everyone obeyed. "I've been thinking…and I don't think it's a good idea if we do stunts this time."

"Why not?" shouted a third year Ravenclaw boy.

"Because of what happened earlier today," she replied.

"What's the big deal?" he said, "Not like we've been through worse."

"We'll look at Ginny and Neville," shouted Avery, standing up, "They got beat up extra hard today and not to mention they took many beatings for us the past couple weeks. They've done so much for us, why can't we just be quiet and just deal with the situation at hand? We can't afford to get caught now. Just because we have gotten away with it the past couple times, doesn't mean we'll get away with it again."

Everyone was quiet after Avery spoke. They all looked at her shocked, then Luna piped up.

"We also need our rest," she said. "If we are going to continue these meetings and resisting, we're going to need all the strength and sleep we can get."

"And we also can't afford to argue and fight among each other," said Neville. "It's not good for the D.A."

Everyone nodded and agreed, and didn't argue from then on. Ginny thought that they should try going over all the spells they learned so the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years can keep up with the older students. They practiced until two hours before curfew then went to their common rooms. Ginny, Neville, Luna, and Avery were the last ones to leave.

"Thanks for speaking up like that for us, Avery," said Neville.

"Yeah, it helped tons," said Ginny.

"It's no big deal, I just want them to realize what you did for us fellow 6th and 7th years," Avery replied. "The younger kids don't understand that."

Avery and Luna said goodbye to Ginny and Neville and went their separate ways. Neville and Ginny went up to the common room and saw it was deserted. They decided to see if 'Potterwatch' was back on the radio. Ginny took her wand out and started taping the wireless and tried the password. They got the reception.

"Hello listeners. River here," said the voice of Lee Jordan. "Just wanted to give you an update on the news. The Order of the Pheniox is doing the best they can to protect Muggleborns, Muggles, and fellow wizards in hiding. According to the Order, there were many Muggleborn Hogwarts students who went on the Hogwarts Express to go to school this year and were taken away from Death Eaters and were put on trial and are now in Azkaban. This is very not good, because some of the students are 2nd years. 1st years were taken from there homes just last month. None of the students have dementors where they are, which is a good to hear. Also, there are some Muggleborn parents inside of Azkaban as well. Most of them are still safe, but some have been killed. Please give a moment of silence to those Muggleborns who could not survive."

Everything got silent.

"Thank you. Now we go to Romulus. Hey how are you?"

"I'm great. Now listeners, I just want to say is don't go extreme with Harry Potter supporting. We all are doing the most we can so let's not go to the extreme. Second, I would like to say to the Hogwarts students listening, because I know there are some listening, don't back mouth the Carrows. They love torturing people and it will only get worst, so please stay safe. That's all I have to say, back to you River."

"Thanks Romulus. Now that's all for now listeners. The next password will be 'Phoenix'. So keep tapping and saying the password, we don't know when we can be back. Hope to have you listening. Goodbye and stay safe for now."

The radio died and the small light on it went out.

"They are so brave for doing this," said Neville.

"Yeah," Ginny agreed. "Too bad they have to keep changing locations so it's hard to find them on the air."

"Yeah," Neville said, "I'm going to bed. See you tomorrow."

"Ok. Goodnight," Ginny said.

Neville got up and went up the stairs to his dormitory.

Neville

Neville walked up the stairs and entered the room. It looked bigger compared to the other dormitories he shared all his Hogwarts years with Seamus, Harry, Ron, and Dean. There were only two four poster beds and two trunks. It was also quieter with out Ron's snores. Seamus was up there asleep already. Neville sighed, changed to nightclothes, and lied down and fell asleep instantly.

Ginny

Ginny noticed different things than Neville. She noticed there was less spirit in the common room now. Quidditch was discontinued for the year, which left students to do nothing but school work. Many kids didn't talk anymore either. They just get up, go to class, eat, and then go to bed. If they were in the D.A, they only talk when in there. She felt that if it wasn't for Dumbledore's Army, then many people would have given into the Carrows. She feels the D.A gives people hope. There are only 12 people in Gryffindor that are in the D.A, because most of the 1st through 4th years fell it is too dangerous and didn't join, but there are about 1 or 2 from each year in Dumbledore's Army, which evens it out. Ginny sighed and then went up to bed herself.

'Things will get better sooner or later,' she thought as she changed, climbed into her four poster bed, then lied down, then fell asleep.


Well...there you go...chapter 7...Chapter 8 will come soon...I promise...so hope you liked it...