Chapter 22: The meeting

Disclaimer: Do I really need to go over it again?


Harry looked at the group around him. Many had been his friends since his first day of school and would continue to support him. Others he had never even met but they apparently trusted him and his friends. Harry caught Draco's eye before starting to speak.

"Some of you were members of the DA when we established it last year. At the time we were just doing it because Voldemort was back and we wanted to learn to defend ourselves. Now we plan to take a more offensive role in the fight. I know it will be hard at times, but now is when we need to take action." Harry said as he thought about everything that had happened since Voldemort's rebirth. "You were on the train. We fought to protect each other and we succeeded. Some of us ended up hurt, some almost killed, but we saved those who couldn't protect themselves. More attacks are bound to happen. Voldemort now knows that we are willing to fight and that Dumbledore's weakness is this school. That is why we have to learn to take care of ourselves and others. This year, we have a few rules. Because we are taking action, we cannot have any traitors in our group. To prevent this, Dumbledore has created a book that you will have to sign to become a member. I will explain more about that later. First we have some rules the Headmaster has laid down for the DA. Hermione?" Harry called Hermione up to explain the rules that were already established.

After everything was explained Harry held out a quill and gestured to the open book. "Anyone who does not sign will know nothing of the meetings, the meeting place, or any of the members. If you sign, you are agreeing to the rules we explained. Also we need to elect a secretary, and a leader for the group." Harry gestured to Ron who sat on the end to get the pieces of parchment.

"if everyone will put the name of a leader and a secretary on the parchments, we can count the votes." Harry sat down to vote himself.

Draco smiled at his brother. 'He doesn't honestly believe that he won't be voted does he?' he thought to himself. Draco filled out his parchment and Tonks took them up to count them. She added up the votes.

"Alright the results are as such. A unanimous vote for Hermione Granger as Secretary and with the exception of one vote, a unanimous vote for Harry Potter as leader." Tonks looked at him. "I'm going to guess who the one vote is." Tonks rolled her eyes at Harry.

Harry decided that they should conclude the meeting. He dismissed them telling them that they must sign the book before they would be notified of the next meeting. Harry joined Draco in watching people sign after a minute or two.

Draco looked at his brother. "So what's next?" It was such a small question but Harry didn't know how to answer. There was so much they had to do to get ready to fight Voldemort. Just as he was about to answer though he was stopped by a voice.

"Hi Harry." Little Emily chirped.

Harry mentally slapped himself. He should have known they would have come, they were Dumbledore's grandkids after all.

"Hullo." He mumbled quietly.

"So what are you going to teach us at the first meeting?" Natalie asked the black haired boy.

Draco snickered from his seat next to him. This proved to be a mistake because the twins turned their attention on him.

"Hi. My name is Emily. I hope you remember me. You are Harry's twin right? That is so cool. I like being a twin..." and thus her babbling began. Harry slipped away while the girls were occupied only to run into Melissa.

"Wasn't that a little cruel? You left Draco with them." Melissa looked at the boy with pity. "You should hear Natalie at night. She is just as bad as her sister." Melissa rolled her eyes as she heard Natalie join her sister in jabbering non-stop.

Harry smiled and went to rescue his brother from the two girls. Harry, Draco, and the rest of the Gryffindor boys headed towards Gryffindor tower.

They were just about there when Draco heard his name.

"Draco Potter. Honestly you are so thick some times. Lets put the clues together, he's the same age as Harry, he needed to change houses, meaning that he was here before under a different name because if he was a transfer student, he would need to be sorted for the first time and McGonagall specifically said that he was being resorted. Another thing is that Draco Malfoy isn't here anymore, its unlikely that its just a coincedence that his name is Draco. I mean how many Dracos are there in the magical world. Not many that is for sure." A ravenclaw 7th year tried to explain to her friend.

"So what are you saying?" the younger friend asked.

"I'm saying, Draco Potter was once Draco Malfoy." The girl said. Harry grabbed Draco and took him up to the dormitories.

"They figured it out." He stated blankly in disbelief.

"You thought that it would stay a secret forever? Brother of mine, it is obvious. Its not like most people care." Harry tried to reassure his brother as they got ready for bed.

Draco shrugged. "I guess your right. Goodnight all." He called to the other boys.

"Goodnight." They all fell into a blissful sleep.

But Harry was wrong. Three Slytherins had also overheard the Ravenclaw's discovery.

"One of us must go and inform the Dark Lord. He will want to know about the potter twins and their little secret." The Slytherins laughed evilly.

A/N: and.... That's it for that chapter. Hope you enjoyed.