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A/N: So, I'm back after a short Christmas break. I hope that everyone had a fantastic Christmas and is looking forward to what will hopefully be a great New Year!
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Chapter 13: The Army.
"So, we'll be running the group interchangeably between myself and Yagari-sensei." Harry had just finished explaining how things were to run.
It was their first official gathering in the new room and there was still much to be discussed.
"Don't we still need a name?"
"How bout' Harry's Army?"
"I don't think so…"
"What about the defence association? The DA for short?" Cho Chang suggested.
"The DA's good, but let's have it stand for Dumbledore's Army. He's the Ministry's worst fear isn't he?" Ginny pointed out.
"Yeah, but with some of the stuff they're publishing in the Prophet recently I reckon Kaname might be giving him a run for his money." Neville added.
"Kaname's Army then?" Takuma asked.
"With all due respect I'd rather not have an army named after me. I must consider my position. It would most likely be disapproved of if I held my own army of students, separate to a force of the vampire world. I like the name Dumbledore's Army, then you may be my allies." The deep, calm, pureblood voice announced calmly.
"Then, Dumbledore's Army it is!" Harry announced followed by a short round of applause.
Harry also knew internally that he did not wish to have to play second best to this pureblood. Across the school year so far they had not yet had a full conversation about the matter and Harry felt as if this vampire didn't particularly fancy working with him. This was just the vibe he got off of Kaname. But, Harry had his own resolve as well: He was also the boy who lived and wanted equal part in defeating Voldemort.
"So, I thought for our first meeting we would work on disarming and stunning spells." Harry began.
There was a murmur among the crowd. It seemed that some of them had been expecting more advanced subjects sooner.
"What about a patronus charm or something?" Collin piped up.
"Mastering the basics first is important! If you can't do something basic it will be harder for you to adapt into more difficult spells. Also, when you think about it a patronus is pretty darn useless unless your opponent is a dementor, specifically." Yagari interrupted.
"Look, if you think it's beneath you then leave now." Harry decided.
No one in the room moved.
"Good. Let's begin."
The lesson continued at Harry's lead.
…
Over the next few weeks the meetings continued and they progressively improved. But not without some opposition from Umbridge's forces. She knew that they were practicing but she didn't know where. And so she came to form her group of lackeys: The Inquisitorial Squad.
The Inquisitorial Squad was made mostly from Slytherins and the caretaker Argus Filch who had seemed to take a shine to Umbridge for some reason, possibly because he was an advocator of punishments. The inquisitorial squad, at Umbridge's command, had begun attempting to track and follow the members of Dumbledore's Army to their hiding spot as Yagari had predicted. It was time for the twins to take things into their own hands.
…
Argus Filch was following a group of three students one evening. They were students of the night class: the two silver-haired twins and a blonde with electric blue eyes that was connected to the twin with shorter hair by a chain.
"C'mon Kiryuu-kun. I won't try to bite anyone again so pleeeease take off this collar before we get there." Aidou begged.
He hated to think what his female fans would think if they saw him in this pitiful state. This is why he so dearly wished for the blatantly obvious collar around his neck to be removed before the meeting.
"No." was Zero's stern reply.
"And where would we be going boys?" Argus stepped out.
"I hope you're not going to meet someone because a regular meeting of more than three students isn't allowed."
"We know. We were just trying to find a quiet spot to eat these." Ichiru pulled out a bright orange box from his blazer pocket.
He opened it and showed Filch the contents. The sweets inside did, to the unsuspecting eye, seem quite harmless enough.
"They're a new brand and absolutely delicious. We didn't want to eat them with a lot of people around because we didn't want to share." Zero explained.
"Can I have one?" Aidou piped up.
"No." Zero replied.
"Why's he on a leash?" Filch asked curiously.
"Punishment for an earlier discretion." Zero explained, smiling.
"Is that so?" He was suspicious as to why another student would be carrying out such a punishment.
"I'm on the disciplinary committee at Cross academy so the chairman left his punishment to me."
Mister Filch now saw Zero with different eyes. Rose-tinted glasses, if you will. Another who is in charge of discipline and punishment was surely a trustworthy man, even if he was a vampire.
"Anyway, Mister Filch. We would like to get going soon so that we have enough time to thoroughly savour them before curfew." Ichiru explained.
"But, please help yourself to one before we go. Your vigilance is surely what keeps this school clean." Zero insisted.
Filch, trusting a fellow disciplinarian, accepted and took one of the assorted sweets from the box.
"Thanks boys. Have a good night and don't be out too late." Filch said as he walked back down the corridor.
The twins exchanged an evil smile with one another, thanking the other twins for readying this batch of 'harmless candy' this morning.
"How come he gets to have one? I want one!" Aidou insisted with a pouty face, completely oblivious as to what the lollies actually were.
Zero was fed up of Aidou's whining and so gave in.
"Fine, have one." Zero stuffed a candy into the blonde's mouth.
*chew**chew*
"Mmm… It's delicious. Where did you get them from?"
"Fred and George." Ichiru replied.
"The other set of twins?"
"Yep."
"I really must get in contact with them and see if they can supply me with some."
Little did Aidou or Mister Filch know what was about to happen to them…
…
Not half an hour later Filch stomped into Umbridge's office to offer his complaint towards the students who had given him candy from an orange box. The caretaker's face had swelled up with numerous and disgusting boils. Umbridge snapped a pen in frustration of not having any further leads as Filch headed to the hospital wing to have his face examined.
…
Aidou's bed curtains were closed over, hiding his face from view. All that could be heard in the room was a mixture of despairing cries and wails.
"I'm ugly!" *sob, sob, sob*
"Kiryuu, how could you do this to my face!? My beautiful face! Waaaaaaahhh~"
"Dude, it's only your face. Get over it. It will probably wear off soon anyway." Zero replied, sitting on the next bed across.
"Only my face!? What would you do if a girl saw me like this? You would have to live with the fact that you broke that girl's dreams by marring my beauty which should be shared with all…" *sob*
"If doing this will scare girls away maybe I should give you candy more often. For their safety of course…"
"I'll never eat candy ever again!"
After that proclamation the night continued on with more tearful bantering between the blonde and the silver-hair.