The week passed by quickly and everyone was looking forward to the next Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. Apparently Diggory had been something of a hit. Most only thought Trepur was decent but everyone agreed she was better then Binns.

Harry, who was still planning on talking to Dumbledore about the D.A., made his way down to Dumbledore's office after breakfast. However, it was upon reaching the gargoyle guarding the office that he realized that he didn't know the password. Dumbledore had always been waiting at the gargoyle for him, and it had always been open.

"Um….Fizzing Whizzbee?" he asked unsurely. The gargoyle didn't move. "All right," said Harry confident that he could guess it this time as he had once before. "Er….Acid pop….no.…Ice Mice? Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans? Drooble's Best Blowing Gum? Blood Flavored Lollipop?" He was going through the list of magical candies in his mind when he heard a voice behind him.

"Hello, Harry. Sorry I'm late. How has your week been?"
Startled, Harry turned around and saw Professor Dumbledore smiling at him over his trademark half-moon spectacles.

"Oh, Professor….I…erm….Good. Before we start I was wondering about D.A. Last year we had it because Umbridge wasn't teaching us but I thought it might be a good idea to continue it."

"I quite agree Harry. You can hold it in the same place if you wish recruit new members. I would recommend keeping it a basic secret though. You aren't exactly ready to be teaching the entire school. I trust you still have the galleons?" Harry nodded, remembering the galleons each member had which he used to inform them of the dates of the meetings. "Let's get started with this lesson now. Chocolate Frog." The gargoyle sprung aside and they ascended the stone staircase to Dumbledore's office.

Meanwhile in the Defense classroom...

"Hello again class. Glad to see that you could all make it back for another lesson. Accio Homework! Now that I have collected your homework we can begin the lesson." Several students were angry because they had still been finishing their homework when Professor Diggory collected it without warning.

"Please follow me. I have set up a Muggle simulator in this room. You will stand on these pads and hold this wand. When you put on these helmets you will have to work hard and try and win."

All the Muggle-born students smiled. They knew that this was just like a video game.
The first person to put on the gear was Hermione. The rest of the class watched her progress from a screen. It appeared that she had been cornered in a dark street by many seemingly evil wizards. She managed to stun three of them and severely hurt another before she died (in the simulation of course).

Hermione came out of the room calmly and handed the gear to Terry Boot of Ravenclaw.
Most of the students only managed to stun one person and a few did as well as Hermione.

Everyone seemed to be enjoying the lesson thoroughly. Then it was Neville's turn.

Quickly he jumped into the fray and made a shield. The classroom outside was filled with the sounds of students hitting their heads for not thinking of that. Neville then managed to stun five of the Death Eaters before getting killed. When he came out for a moment everyone was too shocked to applaud. Then they began grinning and cheering Neville, patting him on the back because he rarely did well in school.

Finally it was Ron's turn. Instead of stunning the Death Eaters he put a freezing charm on them. He managed to get two frozen and bound in ropes. Everyone congratulated him as the lesson concluded.

Ron and Hermione headed down to lunch in the Great Hall. Taking a seat next to Harry, Ron began shoveling food onto his plate. He was just starting on his eggs when Dumbledore made an announcement.

"Students, if I could please have your attention. I would like to ask my army to look at their galleons in a few days. Thank you."

All around the great hall students were muttering that Dumbledore had gone mad. A select few were glancing at Harry and he gave them a quick nod. Slowly the chaos died down and the trio were able to return to the common room. Hermione sat down to her Arithmancy homework and Ron was working on his essay for Muggle Studies. Before he began his homework, however, Harry posted a notice upon the common room board. It read as follows:

Attention Second Years and Up
The Gryffindor House Quidditch team will be holding tryouts next Tuesday. The Available positions are:
3 chasers

2 beaters

Authors Note: I won't be posting for a bit, my beta is going on vacation and I am taking that as an excuse to be lazy! If you have a problem with then go eat a banana and then sing in the middle of the road my theme song. Then you'll be so embarrassed you won't remember your anger at me!

Funness: Thank you for reviewing. No need to check for a chapter after this since my beta is taking a vacation somewhere. Perhaps someone is poisoning Harry, hey! How come I don't all the things in my story? That's not fair! My youth group doesn't do anything. I don't even know if I'm still a part of it.

SiriusRulz14: I like to use abnormally large lettering in my sentences. Of course, some of us are too lethargic to think of intriguing and fresh words to use.

Coolone007: There was no need for Hermione to test out of it and she still will end up helping Harry so I want her to get more practice.

Trumpet-geek: I suppose we are a lot alike. Ohh! Maybe your my long-lost identical twin! That would be so cool, except I don't think twins run in my family. Oh! My newest theory is that when we were little an evil villain kidnapped us and molded our brain cells together! I like that one better.

Desipoplover13: Hmmm, I already replied to you in the mail so I don't want to again. Thanks for being my beta and have fun on your vacation!