A/N: Here's another chapter. Enjoy:))

Chapter 91: First meeting

The first meeting was announced through people. We told the ones in Gryffindor ourselves, Ginny told Luna and she spread the news through Ravenclaw, and Cedric Hufflepuff. Lucky for us, Umbridge didn't find out.

We managed to find a place quickly, or rather the place found us. It was the Room of Requirement. How didn't I think of that before? Neville found it and announced us. We checked it. It was full of theory books, practice dummies and big enough for everyone to fit in and have space to move around.

"Attention please! " Hermione, as always, was the one to talk. She was really good at speaking in public.

"We're really glad you all came here and that you believe in what we want to do here. Now our teachers for this club will be Harry and Selene, as they have experience."

One hand rose in the middle of the crowd.

"Yes?"

"Could you please tell us more about what that experience consists of?"

It was Cho. I still didn't like her, but everyone needed a chance to learn to defend themselves.

"Well, as you all know, during our first year, professor Quirrell had You-Know-Who on the back of his head, and in our second year the Chamber of Secrets opened and last year, he came back to life. All those fights were carried mostly by them. "

"And Harry slayed the Basilisk with the sword in Dumbledore's office."

"Yes Neville, that's true, and-"

"The thing is, this all seems very extraordinary said like that, but we were very worried and had help. It's not easy to defend yourself, but if you have the chance to learn how to, it's good to take it."

We started with the basics. We told them how to perform a few spells, which we were going to practice for the next few meetings: Expelliarmus, Protego and Stupefy. It was hard at first, as most students were afraid of making fools of themselves, but we overcame that. We fixed stances, hand grips and pronouncing. All we had work on now was the will to actually make the spell work.

At the end, everyone was exhausted, but their performances were much better.

"It was great teaching. Brings back memories."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I used to line up the thestral foals in the forest and try to teach them to fly. I was actually trying to learn that myself. It took a lot of falling to realize my magic wasn't capable of actually helping me do more than levitate. And there is of course the time Flitwick caught me when he came to check on the troop. And they locked up the castle for a week. The foals were the only living things I was able to try and teach. When I tried with mermaids I ended up with a cut. "

"Is it a inherited trait in your family to lack any sense of self preservation?"

"Haha, very funny Ron. Last time I checked, you were with us whenever we did something dangerous. "

"It doesn't mean I wanted to."

"Getting back to the subject, how do you think it went?"

"It was great. Obviously, if they weren't interested at the beginning, they became more involved during these past hours. Let's go now, we got homework."

The next day, on the notice board in every common room, a big official looking paper appeared.

All clubs, societies and teams are hereby disbanded, by order of the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, Dolores Jane Umbridge.

Permission for reestablishment must be taken from the High Inquisitor.

Damn! That was too much of a coincidence. Someone must have told her about it. Maybe there was someone who didn't sign the parchment. Or someone else in the pub. There were always weird people there.

"What do you think we should do?"

"Well, it's obvious isn't it? The ROR is already hidden. We just have to be more careful when arriving and leaving it. And not talk about it in the halls or classes. The walls have ears here. "

"But how can we tell people when the next meeting is then?"

"I'll figure something out."

"Harry! " Angelina Johnson was running towards us.

"Hey Angelina!"

"Yeah, hi. Listen, you have to be really careful how you act towards Umbridge because otherwise she won't approve our reestablishment."

"What reestablishment?"

"The announcement says clubs, societies and teams. That means Quidditch teams are disbanded. We have to get her approval, and that's why you have to be careful how you act. Malfoy is going around the school telling everyone who has ears how his father gets along with Umbridge and how the Slytherin team already has her approval. Do you realise that if we don't get it, the Slytherins will get the cup? We can't let that happen. And we have to start trials and trainings soon. So there's no time to waste. Don't forget, be good."

She jumped back on her feet and sat down next to George, a few sits away, on the other side of the table. They seemed to be getting along rather well.

"I got it!!" I jumped from my seat on the overstuffed chair and almost hit my head on the side of the fireplace. I was almost asleep in the comfortable and warm place when Hermione yelled all of a sudden.

"Shhh, Mione, do you want to wake up the whole castle?" She had been performing charms on random objects for the past four hours. Yoh would think someone gets tired after a while, but not our Hermione, stubborn as a mule.

"What do you mean? I don't think anyone is asleep at this hour."

"It's two in the morning, I assure you no one bedside us is awake."

"What?" She looked away from the golden coin in her hand, around the empty common room. Her confused expression soon turned to understanding and then a little alarmed.

"I've been doing this for four hours?!?"

"Yeah, everyone went to sleep at least an hour ago. But we couldn't even get your attention. Now that you successfully woke me up and almost gave me a concussion, what did you solve?"

"The way in which we can communicate with each other without Umbridge finding out."