It's the next day and me and Draco have had a lovely day in Hogsmeade. We spent most of the day in the Three Broomsticks, we played exploding snap, hang man, and noughts and crosses. It was fun and we laughed a lot. I wish people got to see the softer side to Draco, but I guess he's got a bad boy reputation to uphold, that's what he says anyway.

After we were done in the Three Broomsticks, we went to the potion shop so I could replace the ones I robbed off dad. Thank god he hasn't notice that he's got some potion ingredients missing, because I know for a fact that I would be his number one suspect.

Draco asked me why I was getting potion ingredients, but I just told him that dad asked me to pick them up for him. I haven't told Draco that I'm trying to become an Animagus, mainly because that boy has a bad habit of letting things slip when he's angry, and I don't want him telling dad what I'm up to because he would try and stop me for sure.

I've always dreamt of being able to turn into an animal. I'm praying that I turn into something that flies. I love the idea of flying and being free, but any animal is cool, I guess. Once we were done in the potion show we just went for a nice walk around Hogsmeade, then headed back to Hogwarts.

We are just in the common room at the minute and it's almost time to meet Harry, Rom and Hermione. I wonder what lie I could tell Draco. I could say that I need to talk to Hermione about something, I mean that's technically what I'm doing. Yeah, I'll go with that.

"Draco" I say, but got no answer back. I look at him and see that he's gone to sleep. I smile to myself and put a blanket over him. I kiss his cheek, then walk out of the common room and quickly rush to the Gryffindor common room before anyone could see me.

I say the password as soon as I reach the portrait. The Fat Lady didn't even get the chance to get a look at me before she swung open. I walk inside and see Harry, Ron and Hermione sitting on the chairs in front of the fire. I smile and walk over to them.

"How did it go?" I ask, sitting next to Hermione.

"Good" she smiles. "Really good actually. Look how many people signed up" she hands me a piece of people. I take it from her and see that it's a list of names. There's got to be at least 30 people that has signed up.

"That's a lot of people" I mutter. I pull a pen out of my bag and sign the paper. I see them all glance at each other. "What? Didn't you think I was going to sign it?"

"No, it's just that the paper -"

"Is hexed" I cut Harry off. "I know."

"How did you know that?" Hermione asks.

"I know a hexed piece of paper when I see one" I pull a normal piece of paper out of my bag and write my name down, then show them. "See the difference? The hexed paper makes the writing a little bit shinny."

"Woah!" Hermione gasped. "I would never have noticed that if you didn't point it out."

"The perks of growing up with Lucius Malfoy, I guess" I shrug. "Wait, do people know I'm coming too, because I don't want to turn up for them to be like, 'she's a Slytherin' 'she's going to rat us out.' You know, all that bollocks."

Harry laughs. "Yes, they know. Some were like that at first, but once we told them that you could be trusted, and that you know a lot of magic, they were ok with it."

"All we need to figure out now is where we can hold these lessons" Ron says.

"So far, we have only come up with an empty classroom or the library, but both of them aren't that safe" Hermione sighs.

"Wait" I say, suddenly remembering the room of requirement. "I know the perfect place. It's a room on the 7th floor called the room of requirement."

"The what room?" Harry and Ron frown together.

"Of course" Hermione gasped. "It's also known has the come and go room because it only shows up when a person has real need for it."

"So" Ron says slowly, "say you needed the toilet -"

"Charming, Ron" Hermione says, smiling a little. "But yes, that's the general idea."

"There just one problem" I say and they look at me. "Draco knows about it."

"We can't use it then, can we?" Harry sighs.

"No, we can. Draco won't know what we turned the room into so he won't be able to get in without permission."

"How do you know that?" Ron asks.

"We tested it. We wanted to know if anyone could access the room when someone else is in there. It didn't work though, when I was in the room, the door wouldn't appear for Draco because he didn't know what I turned the room into. Even when he asked to find me, it still didn't work for him because I didn't give him permission to enter the room."

"So it's 100% safe?" Harry asks.

"Yes! 100%" I say, nodding. "All we need to do is say every name on the list, that way, the door will appear when they ask for permission to the room."

"Looks like we have found a place to train" Harry grins.

"Do you want to check it out?" I ask.

"What if we get caught?" Hermione asks.

"I could use the map" Harry says. "Harry could use the map" I say, but we ended up saying them together.

"Ok, that was just creepy" Ron says, whilst Hermione nods in agreement.

"I'll be back in a minute" Harry says, before he rushes off upstairs.

"So" Ron says, stretching out his arms. "How's you and Malfoy?"

I look at him. "You really want know?"

"Yes, of course. You're my friend and I want to know that he's treating you right."

I smile at him. "We are good, and he treats me right."

"Good, I'm glad, but if he hurts you, then I will kill him."

"You won't have to because dad will kill him first, then Harry will bring him back to live, then kill him all over again."

"Too right I will" Harry says, walking back into the common room with the map in his hands. I glance at it and see that it's already showing the map of the school. He sits down and looks at the map. "Umbridge is in her office."

"What about Filch?" Hermione asks nervously.

I look at the map and look around for his name tag. "There" I say, pointing to it. "He's on the first floor."

"Oh, look" Ron says, glancing over my shoulder. "There's a clear path to the 7th floor."

"Come one" Hermione mutters. "Let's go whilst there's a clear path."

We nod and leave the common room. We quickly, but quietly, make our way to the 7th floor, Harry checking the map as we go. Luckily for us, Umbridge stayed in her office and Filch moved to the 3rd floor. Harry puts the map away the seconds we reach the wall.

"Ava, you do it since you know what to do" Harry says. I nod and close my eyes.

We need somewhere to fight. Somewhere they can't find us. Somewhere big enough for about 30 people.

"Ava" Hermione whispers. I open my eyes and see that a door as appeared. We open the door and walk inside, closing it behind us. I look around and see that it's a massive room with dummies, cushions, spell books and more.

"This is amazing" Hermione grins. "Everything we need it here. These cushions will be perfect for Stunning. Ooo, books" she rushed over there and picks one up and starts reading it.

"Well, I think Hermione approves" Ron says, as she watches her with a smile on his face.

"It's perfect" Harry says, looking around. "More than perfect. This is exactly what we need" he looks at me. "But are you sure that Malfoy won't be able to get in?"

"Yes! I'm 100% sure."

He nods, then looks around the room again. I do the same and see that there is a clock on the wall. Wow, it's almost half 1 in the morning. Where the did the time go?

"We better get back to our common room and get some sleep, then tomorrow we can let everyone know about this and how to get in" I say. Harry and Ron, whilst Hermione puts the book back on the bookshelf. Harry takes one last look around before we all leave the room. I close the door and watch it disappear.

"Do you want to sleep in our common room?" Hermione asks. "I mean, your common room is pretty far and you might get caught."

"Or we could sleep here? In the room I mean, not out here" I say.

"Good idea" Harry says. "I'll turn it into a bedroom" he closes his eyes and after a few seconds, a door appears. Hermione opens it and I see that there are four single beds in a little room.

"This room is so cool" Ron says smiling.

"It really is" I say. "Draco showed me this the room the night of the Yule Ball and I ended up turning it into an ice skating ring. Then a few weeks back I turned it into a park."

"Ice shaking ring? Park? What are those things?" Ron frowns. Hermione stood there and explained what they were. "Woah! Really?"

She nodded. "I loved going to the park when I was little."

"Do you think we are too old to turn it into a park?" Harry asks.

"You're never too old" I say. "Me and Draco had fun when we turned it into a park."

"Let's turn it into a park" Ron says excitedly, which makes us laugh. We quickly leave the room and Harry turns it into a park. When we entre the room it's filled with roundabouts, slides, swings and a climbing frame. We all smile at each other.

We played on the park till about 4 in the morning. We were like big kids, playing on everything, casing each other, talking and laughing. It was exactly what we needed to take our minds off everything that's going on at the minute. In the end, we ended up falling asleep on the fake grass.

We are all aching when we wake up the next morning. "Maybe falling asleep on the floor wasn't a good idea after all" Harry says, cracking his back. I stared at him when the noise echoes around the room. "What?" he frowns.

"I think you have just broken your back" I whisper, which makes Harry laugh. I've never heard a back make that sound before. It really did sound like he broke his spine. We all stand up and have a good stretch.

"I was wondering" I say, which makes them look at me, "and you can say no, but I wondering that if I could stay in your common room after the lessons have finished, I mean, Hermione said it herself, my common room is furthest away from the 7th floor and I don't want to bump into Umbridge, because knowing her, she would probably hex me into telling the truth, not that I would - oh you know what I mean."

They laugh a little. "That's a lovely idea" Hermione smiles. "You can top and tail with me."

"What the hell is top and tail?" Ron asks. Me and Hermine laugh.

"It just means that Ava will share my bed, but I will sleep one end, and she will sleep the other."

"So basically, we are going to have each other's feet in our faces" I laugh at the face Ron pulled. "It's not as bad as it sounds" I say, before looking at Hermione. "But are you sure though, because I move a lot in my sleep?"

Hermione links arms with me. "I'm sure" I smile at her. We grab our things, then leave the room and watch the door disappear behind us.

I look at them. "Right then, this is where I love ya and leave ya, but I will meet you back here tonight, say around 7?"

"Yes" Harry nods. "We will try and find everyone on the list and tell them about this place and how to get in."

I nod, give them a quick hug, then rush off to the Slytherin common room. When I walk in I see Draco sitting on the chair. Oh boy, here's comes the interrogation.

"And where have you been?" he asks, when he sees me walking into the common room. "I woke up and you wasn't here. Have you been out all night? Who have you been with?"

I walk over to him and sit down. "I got bored after you fell asleep last night, so I went to the Gryffindor common room to see Hermione, and before I knew it, it was half 1 in the morning. I slept on their chair so I wouldn't get caught by a teacher or my dad."

"Just Ganger?"

"Yeah, why?"

"So you weren't with Potter and Weasley?"

"They were there for a little while, but as soon as me and Hermione started talking about girls things, they went to bed."

Draco looks at me, I thought he was going to say something, but he grabs my arms and pulls me on to his lap instead. He tightly grabs my hips and looks at me. "You better not be lying to me Ava" he says in the tone he knows I hate. I swallow the lump in my throat and shake my head.

"Good, but if find out that you're lying to me, then I will have to punish you."

"P-punish?" I whisper.

"Yes, and I won't exactly be nice about it" I stare at him and blink a few times, which makes him laugh. "You're cute when you're speechless."

I just smile at him. "Do you want to do something after our lessons have finished?" he asks. I was about to yes when I remember that it's our first meeting tonight and I don't want to miss it.

"I would love to, but I said I would stay with Hermione tonight so we can caught up on some homework."

"You're staying in the Gryffindor again? Are Potter and Weasley going to be there too?"

"Yeah, it is there common room after all."

"You're not going!"

"What?"

"You heard me! I said you're not going! I'm not having you being around them two all night."

"For god sake, Draco! You really need to stop being jealous over Ron and Harry, I'm really not interested in them. They are like my family."

"Maybe I should be jealous of Granger then."

I frown. "What you mean?"

"You're always around her! Maybe I should be worried that you're fucking her instead of Potter and Weasley!" he growls, before throwing me off his lap and into the chair next to him. I don't even know what to say to that, so I get up and walk off upstairs.

I walk into my room and slam the door closed behind me. I walk over to the wardrobe and grab my school uniform then head into the bathroom and take a quickly shower.

Once I've finished getting ready, I grab all the book I need to the day and head back downstairs. I walk into the common room and see Draco still sitting on the chairs. He looks at me, scoffs, then looks away. Fine, two can play at that game. He's ignoring me, then I'm going to ignore him.

I sigh and shake my head then walk out of the common room and head to my first lesson which is Charms. I walk into the classroom and see Harry, Ron and Hermione sitting near the front. This is probably only going to angry Draco more, but fuck it. He's the one who's being a dick!

I walk over to them and sit down next to Harry whilst Ron and Hermione sit behind us. Just then I see Draco and the boys walk in. Draco looks around and glares at me when he sees me sitting next to Harry. I glare back at him.

"What's the matter with you and Malfoy?" Harry whispers.

"He thinks that I'm only staying in your common room so I can fuck Hermione" Harry sniggers, which makes me glare at him. "It's not funny! I can't even tell him why I'm really staying with her!"

"You can't tell him! You signed the paper, remember?"

"Yes, I know! And I wasn't going to say anything anyway. He will be alright again soon, but until then, he's just going to have to stay angry at me!"

"Maybe I could take to him."

"Yeah, because that's going to go swimmingly, isn't it? He thought I was fucking you and Ron at first, until I said you were like my family, that's when he jumped to the conclusion about Hermione."

Harry rolled his eyes. "Your boyfriend as an overactive mind."

"Tell me about it" I mutter. Me and Harry didn't talk for the rest of the lesson and concentrated on practicing the Engorgement Charm.

The rest of the day went ok. Draco still didn't talk to me, he didn't even look at me. The boys tried getting us to talk, but me and Draco are both as stubborn as each other to admit that we are both in the wrong. In the end, the boys stopped trying.

I'm just sitting in the common room when Draco and the boys walk in. The boys smile at me, which I returned, but Draco just glared at me. They sat down on the chair next to me and started talking.

"Pansy is looking lovely these days, isn't she?" Draco asks. Me and the boys stared at him like he had two heads. Draco glanced at me before he started talking again. "I never notice before, but she's kind of cute."

I was about to say something, but stopped myself at the last minute and looked back at my book.

"Do you think she would say yes if I asked her to Hogsmeade with weekend?" he asks, but the boys stayed quiet. "What do you think, Snape? Do you think she would say yes?"

"I dunno. Why don't you ask her and find out" I say, in a surprisingly calm voice.

"Seriously" Blaise snaps. "What the fuck is wrong with you two?"

"Ask Malfoy" I say. "Ask Snape" Draco says, but we end up saying them together. The boys look at each other, but don't say anything. I glance at the clock on the wall and see that it's 7.15. Shit, I'm late.

I take off my glasses and put them and my book back in my bag. "I'll see ya tomorrow" I mutter, as I stand up.

"Have fun fucking Granger!" Draco growls. Crabbe and Goyle choke on nothing, whilst Blaise frowns at him. I open my mouth to argue back, but the only thing that came out was a pathetic whimper. I'm normally very argumentative, but I don't think my brain knows how to reacted to being accused of being a cheat.

Draco tries to grab my hand as I walk off, but I move it just in time and walk out of the common room. I run all the way to the room of requirement and the door appears the second I walk up to the wall. I open it and walk inside, slamming the door behind me which makes everyone jump.

"Well, Ava's here" Harry smirked.

"Yeah, sorry. I didn't mean to slam the door" I say walking over to them.

"Who's pissed you off?" Ron asks.

"I'll give you three guesses. Blonde hair, daddy's boys, needs a good smack in the face."

"Malfoy" a few people said.

"Got it in one."

Harry sighs. "I'll be more than happy to smack him in the face."

"No need, I'll do it myself" I huff, falling backwards into a chair.

"Anyway" Hermione says, "has I was saying before Ava turned up, I think we ought to elect a leader."

"Harry's the leader" Cho Chang says, which makes Harry go red in the face.

"Yes, but I think we ought to vote on in properly. So, all those in favour of Harry and Ava being leaders put their -"

"She can't be trusted" a boy named Zacharias Smith cuts in, pointing at me. "She's a Slytherin."

"We told everyone here that she can be trusted" Harry says.

"Is that the only reason on why you think I can't be trusted, because I'm a Slytherin?" I ask, looking a Zach.

"Yes, you don't belong here!"

I glare at him. "I have every right to be here. If you don't like me being here, then you can fuck off!"

"I'm not going anywhere."

"Either am I, so shut your mouth before I shut it for you!"

He glares at me, then looks at Harry. "She's Snape's daughter! She can't be trusted! I bet you anything that she goes running off to daddy after this lesson has finished!"

"Ava is the one who told us about this place" Ron snaps.

I pull out my wand and hex Zach, making non-painful boils appear on his face. I know I shouldn't have hexed him, but he was just making me more angry than I already was that I didn't think twice about pulling out my wand and hexing him.

"You little bitch!" he shouts angrily.

"Never piss off a snake, dickhead! We strike when you least expect it!" I shout back and I see a few people grinning.

"Yes little Snape!" Fred cheered. "What a perfect come back!" George cheered, but they ended up cheering them together.

"So, Harry and Ava are our leaders, yes?" Hermione asks, and everyone, but Zach, who's face is now free of boils, put their hand up. "I also thing we should pick a name for this little group."

"Can we be the Anti-Umbridge Leagues?" Angeline asks.

"Or the Ministry of Magic are Morons Group?" Fred says, which makes me snort a little.

"No Fred!" Hermione says, sending him a quick glare, which he just grinned too. "I was thinking more of a name that people outside this room won't know what we are talking about."

"How about The Defence Association, the DA for short" Cho says, looking around at everyone. "People won't be able to figure out what we are talking about if we shorten it."

"The DA is good" Ginny says, "but let's make it stand for Dumbledore's Army, since that's the Ministry's worst, isn't it?"

"All in favour of the DA?" Hermione asks and every hand goes up. I wave my wand and a signs appears above the door.

Dumbledore's Army

"Thank you, Ava" Harry says, before looking at everyone. "Right, I was thinking that we start with the Disarming Charm, I know it's pretty basic, but I've found it really useful."

"Oh please" Zach says, rolling his eyes. "I don't think Expelliarmus is exactly going to help us against You-Know-Who, do you?"

"I've used it against him. It saved my life in June" Harry says. "But if you think it's beneath you, then you can leave" Zach scoffs, but doesn't move. "Right then, everyone get into pairs."

Everyone gets up and start running to their friends. I look around and see that Neville is the only one who hasn't got a partner. I walk over to him. "You can work with me, if you like?"

He nods. "Just go easy on me though."

"I will" we face each other. "Expelliarmus!" we both say, but I faster and my spells knocks his wand out of his hand and onto the floor. He sighs and picks it up.

"You hesitated, Neville. You shouldn't have done that."

"I didn't want to hurt you" he says blushing.

"That's very sweet of you, but in a real fight, you don't hesitated."

"I know, but we aren't in a real fight."

"But you practise like we are."

He nods. "Ok, let's try again."

I nod and we face each other again. "Expelliarmus" I say a little faster then Neville and his wand goes flying out his hand and on to the floor. He groans and roughly picks it up.

"It's ok" I say, touching his arm. "You just need more practise, that's all."

"I've been practising for 5 years though" he sighs. "If I haven't got the hang of it by now, then I never will."

"Never say never. And anyway, it took me years too. These things don't happen over night, but I got there in the end and so will you."

"Thank, Ava" he smiles.

"Your welcome" I smile back. "I'm going to walk around for a little while, but shout me if you need me."

He nods, and walks over to Dean. I look around and Fred and George disarming Zach from across the room, and by the confused look on his face, he hasn't got a clue who's doing it. I laugh under my breath and carry on walking, but stop in my tracks when a wand hits my head.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Ava" Cho says, picking her wand up off the floor. "I didn't mean to let go of my wand. I'm just keep having trouble with the spell."

"I know the perfect person who can help you" I say grinning. I look around and see Harry already looking at us. I smile at him and wave him over.

"Is everything ok?" he asks.

"No, Cho is having trouble with the spell and needs help, but I can't do it because I said I would help - someone. Anyway, can you help her?"

"Y-yeah" he clears his throat. "Yeah, I can do that" he looks at her. "If you want too, of course."

"Yes, Harry" she blushes. "That would be great."

I stand there grinning as I watch Harry help Cho with a her spells. They both have red cheeks, bless them. Harry looks at me and mouths 'go away' I laugh and walk off. I look around and see Ron disarm Hermione, they look at each other shocked, then burst out laughing.

I see Zach standing on his own in the corner of the room. I wondering what's wrong with him? I walk over to him. "Is everything ok?"

He looks at me and glares. "Yes, everything is fine."

"Why are you standing there on your own?"

"No one wanted to be my partner" he mutters. "Not that I care, I already know how to do the stupid spell."

"Do you want to practise with me?"

"Why would I want to practise with a nasty little snake like you?" he asks, poking his wand into my should with such force that I stumble backwards and bump into someone. I turn around and see Ron stood there glaring at Zach.

"What is your problem?" Ron asks.

"She's my problem!" he growls, pointing his wand at me, which makes Ron stand in front of me. "She needs to get out of my face, before I hex her with painful boils."

Now I wish that I didn't come over. I love being a Slytherin and a Snape, but I just wish that people wouldn't judge me before they have got to know me first.

"You touch Ava and you will have me to deal with" Ron hissed, pointing his wand at Zach's chest.

"And us" I jump at the sound of two voice's behind me. I look and see Fred and George stood there with their wands out. Zach glare at all 3 Weasleys. He was about to say something, but gets cut off by Harry blowing a whistle that he seemed to have gotten out of nowhere.

"That was a really good first lesson everyone" Harry says grinning." We will all meet back here same time next week."

Everyone nods and grab their things before they leave the room in pairs. Cho gave Harry a little wave before she left the room, which made him go red in the face. We make sure that everyone has left before we leave and start making our way back to the Gryffindor common room.

"That wasn't a bad first lesson" Hermione says.

"Yeah, Harry has a nice time, didn't you Harry?" I ask grinning. He gives me a 'shut up' look, which just makes me laugh.

"What are you on about?" Ron frowns.

"I was just helping Cho with her spell, nothing special."

"Nothing special?" I repeat. "You couldn't take your eyes off each other."

"Oh look" Hermione grins, pointing to his cheeks. "He's blushing."

"No I'm not!" Harry snaps.

Me, Ron and Hermione look at each other and start laughing, but stopped when Harry reminded us that we are still walking down the corridor where anyone could hear us. We walk into the common room sit down on the chairs in front of the fire.

"I've been thinking about the DA" Hermione says, making us look at her. "I've been thinking that we should come up with a way of communicating."

"What you mean?" Ron asks, frowning a little.

"I mean a way of talking to everyone at the same time instead of running around the school trying to find everyone. So that way, if we need to change the time or date of a meeting, everyone will know at the same time."

"Ooo! I have an idea" I say. "We can put a Protean Charm on some of fake Galleons."

Hermione gasps. "No way! You can do a Protean Charm?"

"Yeah, I practised it at the same time I was practising the Disillusionment Charm."

"What's a Protean Charm?" Harry asks.

"It's a charm that allows several objects to change simultaneously through a common purpose" Hermione explains.

Ron look at me. "And you can do that before tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I just need to get some fake Galleons first."

"How are you going to do that?" Hermione frowns.

"Like this" I take out my wand and wave it and a bag that's filled with fake Galleons appear on the table. I look at up and laugh when I see Ron, Harry and Hermione all sat there with their mouths wide open. "Viktor Krum taught it me last year. He taught me a few handy spells actually."

"Oh yeah" Ron says through a yawn. "I forgot that you two were close the whole of last year" Ron says.

"Yeah, it's weird not seeing him everyday, but we have been writing back and forth. Anyway, I'll put the Protean Charm on a few Galleons, then we can test if they work."

They nod and Hermione pulls out a book, whilst Ron and Harry sit there half asleep. I put the charm on 4 Galleons, then hand one to each other them. "Ok, if I've done it correctly, then they should heat up when I change the time and date on mine."

They hold them in there hands and I change the time and date on mine to the same time and date that it is now. I look at them. "Can you feel them?" they all nod and I smile to myself.

"You know what these remind me of?" Harry asks.

"The Dark Mark" Ron and Hermione answered.

He nods. "Yeah, their scars burn when he calls them."

"That's what made me think of this charm when Hermione said communicating with everyone. I thought this way was better than having an ugly tattoo on our arms."

"I prefer your way" Harry says smiling. I smile at him.

"Here" I say, handing him my Galleon. "You have this one, it's the main one, so if you change anything on yours, then everyone's will change."

Harry nods and puts it in his pocket. I sit there and put a Protean Charm on the rest of the Galleons. Ron and Harry went to bed round 1, whilst Hermione said she would stay up with me, but she ended up falling asleep after 10 minutes of reading her book. Once I finished the last Galleon, I fell straight to sleep.