"Are you nervous?" you asked as you and Draco walked down the hall hand in hand. You were on your way to the first DA meeting with Draco; you were curious to how people would react to him being there.
"A little I guess" he replied honestly, "Not everyone is as accepting as you all are. And Blaise said that they are still wary of him; I don't stand a chance if they don't trust him yet" he mumbled.
"You will be fine" you assured him squeezing his hand tightly, but you weren't sure if what you were saying was the truth.

You walked past the place where the Room of Requirement appeared three times thinking of the DA room and suddenly the door appeared. You grabbed Draco's hand again and slowly led him inside. Mostly everyone had already arrived, they were all talking happily together and looking at books, but the conversation stopped when Draco walked inside. Their mouths dropped and their eyes turned into two slits when they spotted him. You looked back and saw Draco's pale blue eyes shining with anxiety.

"Hey everyone, how are you all?" you asked politely trying to smile.
"Fine" Lavander replied shortly.
"What is he doing here?" Michael Corner sneered not looking too thrilled with his presence.
"He can't be trusted; he is a Slytherin" Zacharias sneered, earning an unappreciative glare from Blaise.
"He is on our side now everyone; he is not the Draco Malfoy you all used to know okay? I trust him, Anna trusts him, and Dumbledore trusts him. That should be enough for all of you" Harry said firmly. Everyone nodded eventually, but still looked very apprehensive of him no matter what Harry said.

You heard the door swing open again and you looked behind you to see Parvati Patil walking in slowly followed by Padma Patil. You did a double take when you saw her; Padma had never shown up to a DA meeting before. "What are you doing here?" you asked somewhat coldly raising an eyebrow at her.
"Parvati told me about the meetings and I wanted to come" she replied. "I may not be your favorite person in the world Darcy, but I am not evil, I want to get rid of Voldemort just as much as you do" she said firmly.
You nodded and she looked at you like she was expecting you to lash out and tell her to leave at any second, but "Welcome to the DA" was all you that came out of your mouth.

"This is a very special meeting tonight my friends" you said getting up to the front of the room.
You, Harry, and Hermione who were the DA representatives and Dumbledore had had a meeting early that day and had finally decided it was finally time. Since most of the DA members were in their seventh year and would be leaving Hogwarts next year, Dumbledore decided it was time to tell them about the Order of the Phoenix, as well as time to induct them into the prestigious league if they were up to the challenge.

"The majority of you only have about six months left here at Hogwarts before we are thrown out into the real world. We will no longer have this school or Dumbledore to protect us; Voldemort is strong and in power and we are at war. Voldemort has his Death Eaters, but Dumbledore has an army as well. This army is known as the Order of the Phoenix and they are an elite group of wizards who have pledged to defend the wizarding world with their very lives. As members of the DA you have been invited to join this group; we are the future of this world and we must do whatever we can to keep Voldemort from taking over. We are the final line of defense and I am not going to lie to you, it is going to be dangerous out there and many of us may die…" when you said this the entire room gasped. You as well as Harry, Draco, and your other friends had become somewhat accustomed with the thought of death after coming face to face with death itself so many times, but many of the other members had never really realized how treacherous their world had become.

"Anna is right" Harry said standing up; he rarely got up in front of the group to make announcements. It was usually your job, but there was a determined gleam in his green eyes, so you took your seat to listen. "I have come face to face with the Voldemort himself as have Anna and others. You do not know fear until you look into his blood red eyes, until you hear his cold laugh that can freeze the very blood in your veins, and see his twisted smile... his teeth are like fangs. You do not know fear until he raises his wand over you and you see your life flash before your eyes. It is okay to be afraid my friends, because we are all afraid no matter how fearless we lead of to be. The important thing is not being fearless; it is being brave and trustworthy. We must stay brave and we must stay true to one another, we are all each other have in this war. When you are confronted with death, you need to face it head on and know that you are dying for the lives of these people around you and the lives of all the good wizards left in this world" he finished and the entire room had gone so silent that you could have heard a pin drop.

You stood up again and put your hand on Harry's shoulder giving it a little squeeze. "Nice speech" you whispered with a small smile on your face before turning to the other members. "If you agree to join this group you will of course be putting your life on the line, you will also be taking an oath that you will stay true to the Order, betrayal will not be taken lightly. None of you will be looked down upon if you leave the room right now" you paused and waited, but no one stood to leave. "I thought so" you said with a smile, "Here is the sheet, please come up and sign your name if you wish to join" you explained laying the list down upon a desk in the front of the room.

Slowly the entire room began to file up and sign their name on the sheet. There was strength and determination in all of their eyes; they were each fighting for something. Some were fighting because they were muggle born, looked down upon and discriminated against by the purebloods. Some were fighting for their friends, some for their family, some against their family, and some for the ones they loved. But they were each fighting for something, something that was worth even the ultimate price of death to them.

You looked down at the list when it had finally been completed...

Harry Potter
Anna Darcy
Hermione Granger
Draco Malfoy
Ronald Weasley
Blaise Zabini
Luna Lovegood
Ginny Weasley
Seamus Finnigan
Dean Thomas
Neville Longbottom
Zacharias Smith
Hannah Abbott
Susan Bones
Justin Flitch-Fletchy
Ernie MacMillan
Parvati Patil
Padma Patil
Lavander Brown
Michael Corner
Adam Lyndon
Colin Creevey
Dennis Creevey
Remy Lewis

You smiled as you looked over the twenty-four names on the list and smiled to yourself; you trusted each one of these people with your life and could not have imagined a better group of people by your side when the time came to fulfill your destiny and your part in the prophecy.

"You want to go for a walk by the lake?" Draco asked that day at lunch.
"You know I can't you git, I have to serve detention with Professor Snape" you moaned.
"Oh come on ditch him, you know you want to" he said kissing you tenderly on the neck and running his fingers over your thigh making pleasant chills shoot down your spine.
"Oh stop tempting me..." you whined as he continued to kiss you. The soft, sweet feeling of his lips against your skin was almost too much. All you wanted to do was spend your free Saturday sitting, talking, and kissing him, but no. No, you had to go spend two hours with Snape. "I have to go learn to keep my mouth shut in his class" you chuckled as he cupped your cheek gently in his hand.
"Well we have always have Sunday" he sighed. "I'll see you later" he said kissing you sweetly on the lips running his fingers through your hair.
"Goodbye" you said reluctantly pulling away from him, "Wish me luck" you laughed.
"Good luck, love!" he called as you left the hall still munching on a peanut butter sandwich.

You walked down to Snape's office where you were supposed to be meeting him... ten minutes ago. "'Ello there Professor!" you greeted cheerfully walking into the office, "Aren't you happy to see me on your weekend?"
"Delighted" he answered coldly. "Ten points from Ravenclaw for being late" he sneered.
"Fantastic! I haven't gotten enough points docked off this week; the other Ravenclaws were actually starting to talk to me. It was getting a little weird" you commented.
He raised an eyebrow at you when the door swung open again; "S-sorry I am l-late professor... I l-lost my wand" Pansy Parkinson gasped.
"That is okay Miss Parkinson" he said simply.
"WHOA! WHAT? I get ten points docked off for being late and she gets a 'That is okay Miss Parkinson'? I am sensing some Slytherin favoritism going on here and I must say I don't appreciate it" you exclaimed. "Why are you here anyways?" you asked turning to Pansy.
"McGonagall was being a bitch" Pansy replied glaring maliciously at you.
"Watch the language Parkinson" Snape warned; you knew if she had insulted any other teacher that she would have lost points, but there was quite the rivalry between McGonagall and Snape. "Now you two will be doing a rather menial task for me today, you two will be cleaning my classroom..."