As promised, here is the next chapter. You all should know what I do and do not own.

It was a couple days later when the new club had its first meeting. Harry and Hermione were second to arrive after Daniel and Ron. Hermione had refused to help Harry as she said," She doesn't like me and me helping you actually won't help at all." The Room was large and lit with torches, the walls were lined with wooden bookcases and instead of chairs there were large silk cushions on the floor. A set of shelves at the far end of the room carried a range of instruments such as Sneakoscopes, Secrecy Sensors and a large, cracked Foe-Glass that Harry recognized from a book at Grimmauld Place he found during the winter break. Daniel and Ron were standing in the middle of the Room talking quietly but stopped once they appeared. Hermione quickly went over to the bookcase and started reading while Harry took a look at the various objects and trinkets.

Slowly, in small groups, the others arrived and sat on the cushions, waiting for the meeting to start. At eight the door closed for the final time and locked itself and Hermione took her place at the front with the three boys. "Before we start, I think we should come up with a name for us, but it should be one that we can refer to outside of these meetings and doesn't advertise what we are doing."

Ron spoke up immediately. "It should be Daniel's Army because obviously he's our leader. It could be the D.A. for short."

"All three of us are leaders," Hermione scolded Ron, "But I do like the D.A. idea, no one would know what we are talking about."

"How about Dumbledore's Army as it's what the Ministry fears." This came from Ginny and was quickly accepted by most of the group. Hermione took out the parchment with all of their names which had Harry's at the top of the list, pinned it to the wall and wrote DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY across the top. When Hermione finished, Harry took the initiative and started handing out assignments.

"As there are so many of us and three teachers, it would be best if we split into three groups and worked with an individual teacher on three different spells. After several minutes we will change teachers and work on that teacher's spell. I'll take one group over there and work on stunning spells, Hermione can take another group over there and work on shield spells, while Daniel works here with the last group on disarming spells."

Harry's idea proved useful as him, Hermione, and Daniel could work with individuals that were having trouble with the spells that they were teaching, and it also allowed the newly named D.A. to learn more spells quicker. They usually spent a week or two, which included usually one or sometimes the rare two meetings, learning three different spells before switching to another group of three. Harry also incorporated some of his training with Flitwick, like accuracy and speed, into the meetings. The meetings were not without risk however, Harry suspected that Umbridge knew of the secret meetings but had no way to prove that they were happening. He and his fellow prefect from Hufflepuff Ernie Macmillan often talked about being discovered during their patrols yet agreed that it was important as it would help them outside of Hogwarts and with their O.W.L.s.

There weren't very many meetings as each Quidditch team practiced at least twice each week, sometimes more when they were playing in the upcoming Quidditch match. Harry cheered with the rest of the Hufflepuffs when they barely beat Gryffindor in their match, though he felt sorry for his friends Ginny, who was the new Seeker, and Neville. So the D.A. meetings fell into a common routine for Harry that ruled his life at Hogwarts with nothing unusual until early March. Students had long known that Professors Trelawney, Hagrid, and Potter were on probation, Trelawney because of her inability to teach, Lily because of her closeness to Dumbledore, and Hagrid for both of the reasons. There was a running bet to see who would be sacked first though Lily Potter wasn't expected to be fired as she only taught the first years Potions and helped the fifth and seventh years study for their exams. Money finally changed hands when Professor Umbridge publicly fired Trelawney and tried to have her expelled from Hogwarts's grounds but failed at the later because of Dumbledore's interference. Harry could only silently laugh at Umbridge's face as Dumbledore used her own rules against her and then assigned a centaur as the new Divination professor.

Harry's attempts to talk to Lisa however, were nothing to laugh at. He tried all manners of begging and persuasion he knew to attempt to get Lisa to take him back but her mind was set. So long as Harry was friends with Hermione and went to the D.A. with her, Lisa absolutely refused to get back together with Harry. Harry thought that she was being unreasonable and unfair and when he told her such she screamed at him that she never wanted to see him again. She then walked up to the girl's dormitory and completely avoided Harry whenever they saw each other. Hermione found all of this very amusing, even more so when he asked her why Lisa was acting this way or why she was laughing. For some reason, hearing Hermione's laughs made his stomach do turns. He also found himself watching her unexpectedly, once such time was during a D.A. meeting.

Harry's group was going over the Reductor Curse while Hermione's was going over the Impediment Jinx. Suddenly the doors to the Room of Requirement burst open and a house-elf ran in, heading straight for Daniel.

"Mr. Daniel Potter sir, Mr. Daniel Potter sir!"

"Dobby? What are you doing here? What's going on?"

"She knows Mr. Daniel Potter sir, she knows! She is coming now!"

There was no doubt who the she the house-elf was referring too, it could only be Umbridge. Everyone was either watching the house-elf beat itself up or looking towards him, Daniel, or Hermione for instructions.

"RUN!"

This caused a mass exodus towards the door as everybody tried to leave at once. Harry was at the back of the group with Daniel and quickly looked around for Hermione. He couldn't find her anywhere but his eyes fell on the parchment at the back of the room with all of their names. If Umbridge got her hands on it, it wouldn't matter if she caught any of them or not, everyone was listed on that document, it had to be destroyed. There wasn't enough time to go and get the parchment and escape so Harry put his training with Flitwick to use. Taking quick aim as he was leaving the room, Harry fired an Incendio at the parchment and left.

He ran down the corridor, Daniel was just ahead of him. There was no one else around. Looking at his watch he saw that it was a couple of minutes before curfew, he and the other prefects were allowed to be out for a bit longer, but the others weren't. Suddenly Harry heard footsteps behind them; they were going to get caught. An idea came to Harry and he once again quickly to aim and fired a spell. Daniel fell on the ground hard and loudly. A second later, Draco Malfoy appeared around the corner, his wand raise to fire a spell. He took a quick look at Daniel on the floor; Harry's wand pointed at him and smirked.

"Hey Professor, we've got one!"

Delores Umbridge breathlessly appeared around the corridor and smiled. "Well done Draco, and what are you doing here Mr. Potter."

Harry took a deep breath and made up an excuse on the spot. "I was performing my rounds when I saw someone running down the corridor. I yelled stop but they didn't. I followed and fired a Trip Jinx at them, and then Draco came around the corridor."

"Well done Mr. Potter, fifty points to Ravenclaw. You've just caught who I suspect is the ring-leader in an illegal club. Take his wand and bring him with me, we are going to see the headmaster. Draco, you and Miss Parkinson continue to search for the others. Don't forget the bathrooms and the library; look for anyone out of breath. Come Potters."

Pleased at how well his little trick worked, Harry continued to play along and grabbed Daniel's wand before helping him up and dragging him after Professor Umbridge. As he passed, Draco gave a smile and nod towards Harry. The entire way there, Daniel glared at Harry and whispered 'traitor' under his breath. While Professor Umbridge's head wasn't looking at them, Harry shook his head and mouthed 'trick'. Daniel didn't get it right away but after the third time he finally nodded and held his head up high, defiant like.

They soon reached Professor Dumbledore's office and barged right in. Harry quickly noticed that not only was Professor Dumbledore in the office but so was Professor McGonagall, the Minister for Magic, Ron's brother Percy, his and Daniel's parents, Sirius Black, and two Aurors, one of whom Harry recognized as being in the Order of the Phoenix. It took everyone in the room a second to see who had entered and how they were positioned. While James and Sirius glared at Harry for having his wand on Daniel, Percy and the Minister glared at Daniel, while everyone else except Umbridge had blank faces.

"Well, well, well, what have we got here." The Minister was unusually happy.

"He was headed back to Gryffindor Tower, Minister; however his brother managed to get him."

"Good, good work. It looks like one of your sons knows where his loyalty lays, Potter." James and Sirius just glared at Harry harder while Lily raised an eyebrow at Harry. "Do you know why you are here Potter?"

Defiantly, Daniel replied, "I'm here because my brother used a Trip Jinx on me. Isn't he supposed to be a prefect?"

"So you do not know why you are here. You do not know that you have broken any school rules or Ministry Decrees? It would be news to you that an illegal student organization has been discovered in this school?"

"Yes."

"It does not matter Minister, I have our informant here. Come in girl."

The door to the office opened and a girl came in. Harry recognized her as Cho Chang's best friend Marietta Edgecombe, a girl who Harry knew didn't like him because she believe that he had stolen Cho's position on the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team. He also recognized her as a member of the D.A. who rarely showed up to the meetings. Of course, right now she was almost unrecognizable as across her face, in large purple spots, was the word SNEAK. After the first meeting, Hermione had told him that she had charmed the parchment so that no one could reveal the purpose of the meetings without suffering horrible jinx. Faced with this jinx, Harry's respect for Hermione's spell casting increased and he once again felt a funny feeling in his stomach.

"After dinner, Miss Edgecombe came to my office and told me of an illegal meeting of students in a room called the Room of Requirement, after which, this hex appeared. As she refused to say anything more afterwards and I was unable to remove the hex, I gathered a group of students loyal to the Ministry and proceeded to the Room. They must have been forewarned however because as soon as I arrived, they had scattered all over. I ordered the students to search for the others while I went to investigate the Room. Draco Malfoy found Mr. Potter had been caught by his brother and called me immediately. When I searched the Room I discovered this."

All eyes turned towards Umbridge as she brought out a charred piece of parchment, the one that had once held all the names of Dumbledore's Army. It was almost completely destroyed except for the title at the top and one name; Potter. Once again Harry smiled, they had nothing except the name of the group and one member, whose name was actually his but they would think it was his brothers. Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Lily however looked like they recognized the writing but didn't say anything.

"It figures that Potter would be the one to lead the illegal group, and look what they've named themselves. You, Mr. Potter, are in violation of Ministry Decree Number Twenty-Four; you will be expelled from Hogwarts. And you two," The Minister now looked at the Potter parents. "You both will be placed on probation. James, you are removed from your post as an Auror until future notice. You, Sirius Black will be put on desk duty, also until further notice."

"I think then, the game is up Cornelius. Would you like a written confession or will a statement in front of all of these witnesses suffice. Remember, its Dumbledore's Army, not Potter's."

Umbridge's and the Minister's faces were full of shock, then glee. "Albus Dumbledore, you are under arrest for suspicion of treason against the Ministry of Magic. You will be taken to the Ministry to be formally charged, then to Azkaban to await trial."

"Ah, yes, I thought we might hit that snag. You seem to be under the impression that I will come quietly."

Suddenly, before anyone could do anything, there was a bright flash of light followed by several voices shouting out, many bangs of wands, a couple of groans, and then silence. Looking around, Harry saw that the Minister, Umbridge, Percy, the two Aurors were on the ground with Dumbledore standing over them.

"Well done Mr. Potter on your quick thinking, both in the Room and out, twenty points to Ravenclaw. Because of you, Cornelius Fudge doesn't have much evidence against me and all of your classmates got off free. You also managed to gain the trust of Professor Umbridge, I'd advise you to exploit it as it could be very useful for us. Minerva, thank Kingsley for me on modifying Miss Edgecombe's memory. The rest of you be careful as Fudge will try to remove you from your positions." With that, Professor Dumbledore disappeared from his office just as the Minister's entourage was stirring awake.

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