Chapter 9: Dumbledore's Army
The next day the Elementals were off by themselves trying to think of places where they could practice without getting caught by Umbridge. Chelsea noticed Neville walk by, and run right into Crabbe and Goyle, who just shoved him and walked away. She ran over to him.
"You okay there Neville? She asked.
Neville just nodded.
"What a bunch of assholes, thinking they could just treat others like that." Chelsea commented.
As the two continued down the hall they noticed a strange change in one of the walls. It was shape-shifting! Pretty soon a large wooden door stood before them. The two Gryffindors exchanged glances.
"What do you think is on the other side?" Neville asked.
"I guess there's only one way to find out." Chelsea said opening the door.
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"You two have done it. You found the Room of Requirement." Hermione stated as She, Ron, Harry, the Elementals, Neville, Fred, and George stood by the entrance of the large room.
It was definitely a big room, there was a fireplace at the other end of the room, a huge chandelier in the center of the ceiling, and all the walls were mirrored.
"The what?" Ron questioned.
"It's also known as the come and go room. The room of requirement presents itself to a witch or wizard in their time of need, and is always equipped for the seeker's particular need." Hermione explained.
"So, say you really needed the toilet?" Ron asked.
Everyone else just gave Ron a look.
"Charming Ronald, but yes that is the general idea." Hermione stated.
"It's brilliant. It's like Hogwarts wants us to fight back." Harry stated.
"Finally there's someone who can actually help us with all this stuff." Jimmy commented.
"So, when should we get started?" Bethany questioned.
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"Okay, welcome everyone. Today we will be working in two segments. The first segment will be taught by myself, Amelia, Bethany, and Chelsea. We'll be teaching you the magical application. For the second segment Samantha and Jimmy will be teaching you something a little different, they'll be teaching you hand-to-hand combat." Harry explained.
Everyone began to look at each other and talk about the second segment.
"Now listen, for now let's begin the first segment. You can discuss any problems you have with the second segment with Samantha and Jimmy when the time comes." Harry stated.
So they started with a simple spell, Expeliarmus. They formed a line and it Harry and Neville ended up at the front of the line. So Neville cast the spell at the practice dummy, only to have his wand go flying all the way to the back of the room.
"I'm hopeless." Neville stated.
"You're just flourishing your wand too much; try it like this, Expeliarmus." Harry explained performing the spell himself.
After going over that spell another 20 minutes they decided to move onto another spell so Amelia was going to explain.
"The Levicorpus jinx allows the caster to trap their opponent in an ankle lock and suspend them into the air, upside down. Now first I'm going to demonstrate, and then you will all break into groups and take turns trying it on each other." Amelia explained. "So… Nigel, will you help me demonstrate please?"
So Nigel stood a few feet away from Amelia and she readied her wand. "Now just flick of your wand in an upward motion, Levicorpus." Amelia said.
Soon to everyone's surprise Nigel was suspended in the air by his ankles.
"Now when you want to let someone down you need to remember that how fast you release the wand will determine how quickly they will fall, so for now I'm going to let Nigel down slowly, and I ask all of you to do the same when practicing in your groups. Don't hesitate with a death eater though." Amelia explained.
So after the demonstration everyone got into small groups and practiced for about 20 minutes, Amelia and Harry offered input when necessary. Then it was Chelsea's turn to teach a spell.
"Now the water-making charm conjures a clear jet of pure water from the tip of your wand, this can be useful when you find your path being blocked by fire, if the enemy is using fire against you, or even if you're fighting a dragon." Chelsea explained. "Now Samantha is going to use the fire-making charm and I'm going to show you how to use the water-making charm against it."
So Samantha and Chelsea stood on opposite sides of the room and Samantha cast her spell first.
"Incendio." She said, and a stream of fire emitted from her wand.
"Aguamenti." Chelsea said, and a fountain of water came out of her wand.
Both elements clashed and soon there was steam.
"Okay, any questions?" Chelsea asked. When nobody said anything Chelsea continued. "Alright the, everybody get into pairs and take turns using the spells against each other, everyone must use the water-making charm at least three times." Chelsea instructed.
After about twenty minutes of that it was time to move onto Bethany's spell.
"Now we're going to wrap up the magic segment with a fun spell, fun, yet still useful. The dancing feet spell causes the other person's legs to start dancing uncontrollably. To perform this you'll need a clear view of the target. Let's see…Ron, will you help me demonstrate?" Bethany asked.
"Why me?" Ron asked.
"Just do it Ron." Samantha said pushing him out of the line and into Bethany's view.
So Bethany aimed for Ron's legs. "Tarantallegra." She said. With that, Ron's legs started dancing at an uncontrollable speed. Ron looked completely shocked and freaked out by it, and everyone else began to laugh. Bethany waved her wand again and Ron's legs stopped moving.
"Okay everybody pair up and take turns using it on each other." Bethany instructed.
"Hey Samantha, want to try it out on each other?" Ron asked.
"Sure." Samantha deadpanned.
So Ron aimed for Samantha's legs and casted the spell, but nothing happened. After two more attempts failed, Ron was just confused. "Say Bethany, why isn't this spell working on her?" Ron questioned.
"Oh, it just doesn't work on her for some reason. We discovered that a while ago." Bethany stated.
"Seriously?" Ron asked.
"Yeah." Jimmy replied.
Ron did not look happy about this. Anyway, after going over this spell for twenty minutes, it was time for the hand-to-hand combat section of training.
"Okay, before we get started, does anyone have any questions for either of us?" Samantha asked.
"Do we really need this Samantha, it seems almost pointless." Ron complained.
"You think it's stupid, speed and strength are important too Ron." Jimmy stated. "Besides, what are you going to do if you're caught without your wand?"
If you're caught without your wand you're pretty much done for." Ron stated.
"Not if you know how to fight. I'll demonstrate any volunteers?" Samantha asked.
Everyone was quiet until George said something. "Fred wants to volunteer." He yelled.
"What, no I don't." Fred stated.
"Oh come on Fred, this will be fun to watch." George claimed.
"Yeah, fun for you." Fred complained.
"Just do it." George said.
"No." Fred replied.
"Come on." George complained.
"You know what George if you're so enthusiastic about this then you do it." Jimmy stated.
"What, no, I don't want to do this." George complained.
"Too bad, you're doing it." Jimmy stated pushing George out of the line.
"Alright George, come at me with your wand." Samantha demanded.
"Do I have to?" The Weasley twin asked.
"Yes, now do it." Samantha commanded.
So George ran toward her with his wand in hand, but once he was close enough Samantha flipped. Everyone just stood there wide-eyed.
"Okay, come at me again." Samantha said.
George did not question her this time, he just did as he was told. Once he was close enough again, Samantha punched him right in the stomach. George doubled over in pain.
"Thank you George, you may step back in line." Samantha said helping the Weasley boy up.
"Anyone else have any more questions?" Jimmy asked the rest of the army.
Everyone just shook their heads.
"Okay, now we're going to starting with basic punches, so everyone form two lines, and Jimmy and I will evaluate and help you improve your punches." Samantha stated.
After everyone was done Harry decided to wrap up the meeting.
"Okay everyone, good work today, we'll be meeting again same time tomorrow night." Harry stated.
Everyone gathered whatever they had brought with them and left.
"Thanks for helping me out you guys." Harry said to the Elementals.
"No problem Harry, we're glad to help." Chelsea replied.
"Samantha, Jimmy, where did you guys learn to fight like that?" Hermione asked.
"Years of practice." Samantha replied.
"Yeah, you really showed my brother no mercy." Ron commented.
"Sorry about that Ron." Samantha said.
"Actually, I thought it was hilarious." Ron admitted.
Everyone just laughed.
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Hi, so here's the new chapter. Hahaha, poor George. There might be another chapter up before I go back to school, but I can't make any guarantees. Thanks to my coauthor DevilDragon8 for helping me come up with all these hilarious ideas. Like I said earlier, we appreciate input, so Pleeease review. See you in the next chapter!
