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Chapter 11

It was the end of the DA meeting and it was decorated with Christmas ornaments.

'Dobby really did out due himself,' Angel thought to herself as she observed the room a bit more.

She along with Ron, and Hermione had agreed to leave because Harry said he'd stay behind and clean up. The trio was down the hall when Marietta abruptly pushed passed them looking quite agitated about something. It wasn't until then that Angel noticed that Cho wasn't with her, and that meant Cho was still in the room of requirement with Harry. On Christmas, ALONE!

Angel ran back and pushed open the door without knocking and saw that the kiss was about to happen, but she had come back just in time.

"Hey I just came back to help you clean up, Harry. Cho shouldn't you be going. Wouldn't want to be caught now would you," she said. Cho sniffed as her tears ceased, took one last look at Harry and left.

"What was that about?" Harry asked bewildered and a little out of breath.

"You really don't have a good memory do you? Harry, if that kiss would have happened then tomorrow she would have convinced you to ask her to Hogsmeade where you would go into this tea place where all these couples would be kissing in there, and let's just say she would have embarrassed you," Angel explained.

"Oh," Harry said sounding a bit put out.

"Yeah she would assume something was going on between you and Hermione and make like this huge scene out of it. Let's face it I saved your sorry ass. Now c'mon before we're caught," Angel said gesturing to the door.

It was dinner time and the students were all in the Great Hall when Angel heard someone calling her name. She looked up and saw that it was Zacharias Smith. He gestured towards Harry who was trying to get her attention. Then Harry gestured for her to come outside. Angel got up and told Trisha to follow. When Trisha and her got outside Harry seemed really nervous.

"Everything is ready for tonight's meeting," Harry elaborated.

"Awesome. Wait a minute, then why do you look so distraught?" Angel asked.

"What you didn't notice either? Marietta Egdecombe and Professor Umbridge are not in there. Don't you find it just a bit of a coincidence?" He pointed out.

(Fast forward to the end of the meeting) Angel and the rest of the DA members were practicing the final spell for the night when Dobby the house elf came scurrying into the room. Angel followed his pointy ears all the way to Harry where the elf stopped. Harry leaned down to reach Dobby's height and then by the looks of it tonight was the night the DA would be discovered. Harry looked at Angel with eyes wide. Angel nodded in affirmation.

"May I have everyone's attention, please?" Angel yelled over all the other voices and the noise slowly died. Once it was silent she continued, "I need you all to stay calm. One of our members has told Professor Umbridge about this meeting tonight, about the DA. I need you all not to panic, but in an organized fashion to quickly leave." There was a slight pause where nothing was said and nothing moved. It was the calm wind before the storm, the storm of panicked teenagers

"Hey! I need you guys by the door; we're going to let you guys out by groups of three or four," Harry shouted. A line was made by the door, and slowly but surely the group was getting smaller and smaller. Soon, there was no one else in the room but Harry, Ron, Hermione and Angel.

"Ok we have to evacuate, now!" Angel said alarmed. She slowly opened the door to look out into the hallway, it looked deserted.

"So what's the plan?" Ron asked.

"We split up, Ron you go with Hermione, Harry you come with me. We'll go to the prefect bathrooms and you guys make your way to the Common Room," Angel instructed quickly taking charge of the situation. Ron and Hermione were the first ones to go. Angel could tell Harry was nervous; he was sweating like crazy,

"So, you ready?" Angel asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be. Let's go, on the count of three we open the door and make a run for it," he said.

"You do know were going to get caught right?"

"Yeah, but I really didn't want to be reminded of that. Ok, here we go...one…two…three!" Harry swung the door open and the two of them began to sprint to the prefect bathrooms. They were so close, the door was right in front of Angel but…

"AGHHHHHH!" Angel heard Harry groan behind her. She closed her eyes in misery.

Angel slowly turned around and saw Draco with his wand pointed at Harry, but with his eyes on her.

"Professor, Professor, Professor, I found Potter and another one," Draco said. He seemed to have difficulty saying Angel's name. Professor Umbridge turned the corner and looked proudly at Draco.

"Oh, good job Draco, go on see if you can find any others, I'll take care of these two," Umbridge said congratulating Draco. Professor Umbridge led Harry and Angel to Dumbledore's office where Cornelius Fudge, Percy Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and Minerva McGonagall and Dumbledore obviously were waiting.

"Well, well, well, look at what we have here Mr. Potter and. . .Ms. Watmore?" Cornelius Fudge asked incredulously when he said Angel's name. Angel slowly nodded. Fudge continued, "Well, do you two know why you are here?"

"Yeh…no" Harry stated.

"I beg your pardon?" Cornelius asked.

"No, sir we don't know why we're here," Angel said.

"You don't know why you are here?" Fudge repeated.

"No we don't," Harry confirmed.

"So you have no idea, why Professor Umbridge has brought you to this office? You are not aware that you have broken any school rules?" He tried to explain more.

"School rules? No," Harry said trying to play the innocent.

"Or Ministry decrees?" Fudge said starting to sound angry.

"Not that we're aware of," Harry stated. This is when Cornelius just lost it.

"So its news to you is it, that an illegal student organization has been discovered at this school?" Both Angel and Harry gasped and covered their mouths with their hands.

"Yes, it is," Both Harry and Angel said in unison. Cornelius looked murderous at the two obvious trouble making students in front of him. Professor Umbridge quickly intervened.

"I think, Minister, we might make a better progress if I fetch our informant," Umbridge said sweetly and calmly.

"Yes, yes do," Fudge said trying to stay calm. As Umbridge left the room there was a long wait, when the door opened again and in came Prof. Umbridge with of course Marietta, except Marietta was covering her face.

"Now dear tell the minister and everyone else here what you told me," Dolores told her with a smile. Marietta stayed silent.

"Now, now dear don't be shy you're doing a good thing here you know. I'll be informing your mother on what a good girl you are. Now c'mon dear lift your face up and tell us what you have to say…galloping gargoyles," Cornelius yelled as Marietta lifted her face to reveal little purple spots that spelled out 'sneak'.

"Fine you silly girl I'll tell them. Well, minister, Miss Edgecombe here came to my office shortly before dinner this evening and told me she had something she wanted to tell me. She said that if I proceeded to a secret room on the seventh floor, sometimes known as the Room of Requirement, I would find something to my advantage. I questioned her a little further and she admitted that there was to be some kind of meeting there. Unfortunately at that point this hex came into operation and upon catching sight of her face in my mirror the girl became too distressed to tell me anymore," Dolores explained for Marietta.

"Well, now, it is very brave of you, my dear, coming to tell Professor Umbridge, you did exactly the right thing. Now, will you tell me what happened at this meeting? What was its purpose? What was there?" Fudge asked Marietta, but she just stayed silent again, "Haven't we got a counter-jinx for this?"

"I haven't managed to find one. Oh, but you will remember, Minister, that I sent you a report back in October that Potter had met a number of fellow students in the Hog's Head in Hogsmeade—"

"And what is your evidence for that?" McGonagall stepped in.

"I have a testimony from Willy Widdershins, Minerva, who happened to be in the bar at the time. He was heavily bandaged, it is true, but his hearing was quite unimpaired. He heard every word Potter said and hastened straight to the school to report it to me," Umbridge revealed.

"Do you have any evidence that the meetings have continued since you made educational decree number 25? Afterall Harry's meeting in Hogsmeade was before the decree was passed," Dumbledore countered.

"Have you not been listening, Dumbledore? Why do you think Miss Edgecombe is here?" Dolores confuted.

"Oh, can she tell us about six months' worth of meetings? I was under the impression that she was merely reporting a meeting tonight."

"Miss Edgecombe, tell us how long these meetings have been going on, dear. You can simply nod or shake your head, I'm sure that won't make the spots worse. Have they been happening regularly over the last six months?" There was a pause where Marrietta simply kept her head down. "Just nod or shake your head, dear. C'mon now that won't activate the jinx further." Umbridge continued beginning to lose her sickening smile. Marietta shook her head…no. Umbridge grabbed Marietta by the shoulders and began to violently shake her. Dumbledore jumped out of his seat and pointed his wand at Umbridge.

"I cannot allow you to man handle my students Dolores," Dumbledore said. Umbridge released Marietta. Umbridge pulled out the list of names of the people in the DA and showed it to Fudge.

"See what they've called themselves, Dumbledore's Army," Fudge read off outraged. Dumbledore just smiled.

"Well, the game is up. Would you like a written confession from me, Cornelius—or will a statement before these witnesses suffice?" Dumbledore asked.

Harry and Angel saw fear appear in Kingsley and McGonagall's face.

"S-s-statement? What-I don't-?" Cornelius asked baffled.

"Dumbledore's Army, Cornelius. Not Potter's Army. Dumbledore's Army."

"Then you have been plotting against me."

"That's right," Dumbledore confessed calmly.

"NO!" Harry yelled but Angel was quick to hold him back warning him not to say anymore. Angel made eye contact with him and realization hit him. "No Professor you can't—"

"Harry stop or I'm afraid you will have to leave my office," Dumbledore exposed.

"Yes, shut up, Potter! Well, well, well- I came here expecting to expel Potter and instead—" Cornelius was interrupted by Dumbledore.

"—instead you get to arrest me. It's like losing a Knut and finding a Galleon, isn't it?" Dumbledore finished.

"Weasley duplicate your notes and send them to the Daily Prophet at once. You will now be escorted back to the ministry, where you will be formally charged and then sent to Azkaban to wait trial!" Cornelius said.

"Ah, yes. Yes, I thought we might hit that little snag," Dumbledore said.

"Snag? I see no snag, Dumbledore!" Fudges voice still vibrating with joy.

"Well, I'm afraid I do. You can't honestly expect me to 'come quietly' now do you?" Then there was a flash of light, and there was cloud of dust.

"Minerva, thank Shacklebolt for me for modifying Marietta's memory, will you? Oh, and Harry you must study Occlumency lessons, remember close your mind," Dumbledore advised. And with that said Dumbledore and Fawk's were gone.

"Where is he?" Fudge asked when the light was gone and everyone could see clearly again.

"I dont know," Kingsley said pretending to be as stunned as he.

"Well, he can't have disapparated! You can't inside this school- wait the stairs," Dolores declared as Kingsley followed her to the stairs.

"Well, Minerva, I'm afraid this is the end of your friend Dumbledore," Cornelius assumed.

"You think so, do you?" McGonagall said.

"You'd better get those two off to bed." McGonagall didn't say anything but marched Angel, Harry, and Marietta to the door. As the doors closed, Angel heard Phineas Nigellus (sirius' great, great grandfather, one of the former headmasters of Howarts in one of the portraits) say…

"You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts…but you cannot deny he's got style…" Phineas admitted. Angel smiled to herself and continued to descend the stairs.

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