Ch 8 The DA
"Harry are you awake?" asked Neville on the Thursday morning. "I think so" Harry replied still groggy from sleep. Neville had pulled him out of a dream where he and Ginny were...well, it involved him and Ginny. Harry had been enjoying the dream and was preparing to pound Neville but decided against it. Harry got out of bed and changed into his robes. He stumbled down the spiral staircase and noticed a crowd gathered around a noticed fastened to the wall. Ron emerged from the crowd beaming at Harry. "There's a Hogsmead weekend coming up!" said Ron excitedly. "I was wondering when they would have one" Harry said, Ron was now shooting glances at the girls staircase, Harry knew what this was about without having to look "Well go on then, ask her!"
Ron bolted for the base of the stairs and sure enough Hermione was waiting. Harry decided to give them some time alone. Harry was happy that they had finally got there feeling out in the open, but it was annoying sometimes when he couldn't talk to his two best friends. As Harry walked to breakfast he began to think about his own Hogwarts trip. Harry wanted to ask Ginny but nervousness welled up in side him. He sat down at the Gryffindor table and noticed a swirl of red in the entrance hall, Ginny Weasley had already left. Harry stirred his porridge in his bowl, eating very little and thinking about Ginny. When Hermione and Ron came, he tried to have a conversation but all he got was one word answers, They kept shooting glances at each other across the table, and Harry finally gave up and left the great hall.
Harry was already in the charms corridor when he realized he had Transfiguration first. He began to sprint and as he rounded a corner, he ran into someone. Who was sprinting in the opposite direction.
"I am so sorry Harry!" Ginny said breathlessly "I went to Transfiguration by mistake" "I went to Charms by mistake" Harry replied equally breathlessly.
Ginny looked around and, seeing that no one was around, whispered "8 o'clock in the Room of requirement?"
"You haven't told anyone about that meeting have you?" Harry ansered with a question. "No...Holy crap! I'm 2 minutes late"
"Me too!" Harry replied needlessly.
They both sprinted to class and both lost 5 points from Gryffindor. The rest of the morning passed and before either knew it they had bumped into each other again while heading for lunch.
"We have to stop doing this" Harry muttered as he picked himself up and handed Ginny her bag.
"No kidding" Ginny agreed. They walked in silence, tension growing between the two. They saw Ron and Hermione in a passionate embrace, ignoring the fact that half of Gryffindor and quite a lot of Ravenclaw were making fun of them.
"Idiots" Ginny said.
"Even Hermione is like that more and more lately" Harry added sadly.
"They sat down together and tried not to look at Ron and Hermione. So Harry, how about that Hogsmead weekend?"
"Ah..." Harry couldn't respond, 'why is this so hard?', 'I have kissed her hundreds of times, but I can't ask her to Hogsmead?'
"Do you want to go to Hogsmead with me?" Ginny asked.
"Ya I'd love to!" Harry managed to say, 'Thank Merlin for the perfect person that is Ginny Weasley'. Harry thoughts drifted to the prophesy, 'NO! I will not think about that, Dumbledore is taking care of it!' Ginny leant over and kissed Harry and all his thoughts drifted away. Through his bliss Harry thought he heard Hermione mutter "How ignorant can you get? I mean half of Gryffindor is laughing at them".
Ginny must have heard this, because she broke away and started laughing and Harry joined her.
That night in the common room Harry, Ron and Hermione were doing last minute plans for the DA meeting that night. They were reviewing the list of candidates they had invited. They had invited Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnegan, Ginny Weasley, Cho Chang (much to Harry's displeasure), Luna Lovegood and Anthony Goldstein, they (of course) were invited as well. The trio had been sure to avoid inviting any Slytherins, or people who had friends in Slytherin. Harry found himself dreading his inevitable meeting with Cho Chang, he had avoided her all year which she didn't seem to mind. At 7 o'clock the trio headed to the room of requirement and when they entered they had the same room as they had had when the DA was formed. They finalized there arrangements and waited for the members who were set to arrive any moment.
The first to enter was Ginny Weasley, she entered and sat in one of the chairs that they had spread out. Dean and Seamus came shortly thereafter and the remainder of the students had arrived later on.
Harry started the meeting by making a speech "You have been chosen because you have not only showed and interest in, but a proficiency at Defenceive Magical theory." Harry paused as he looked over his pre-prepared speech "You were all members of the DA last year. Professor Dumbledore has asked that the DA be reformed in order to better protect the school in the event of another Death Eater attack. We will learn advanced spells, hexes and Curses and train rigorously. You will all be issued another coin in case you lost your old one." Neville looked guilty but managed to keep his chin up.
"You may go" Hermione dismissed the crowd "but would Neville please stay behind. Remember tell no-one!"
Neville approached Hermione and the boys. "We need you for a special assignment, Harry thought it would be beneficial if we had some intelligence gathering sources, other than the teachers. We would like you to keep an eye on gossip and do whatever you can to get information we have talked Fred and George Weasley into giving you special equipment." "Why me?" Neville asked. "Because you have a way of...blending in." Ron answered, surprisingly managing to keep some dignity. Neville looked embarrassed but nodded, and they proceeded to tell him the rest. Neville agreed and left, Ron and Hermione left Harry to finish cleaning up. "Harry" came the voice of Cho Chang "I think our talk is long over due. 'Shit!' thought Harry, 'I hoped this would never happen', but he turned around anyway and said "Go ahead"
A/N-That's as far as I'm going tonight, because I'm tired and it's 1 o'clock tomorrow morning. I need to know how this is going so those of you reading this take the time to review. Even if you've done so already review again and tell me what you think. Goodnight.
"Harry are you awake?" asked Neville on the Thursday morning. "I think so" Harry replied still groggy from sleep. Neville had pulled him out of a dream where he and Ginny were...well, it involved him and Ginny. Harry had been enjoying the dream and was preparing to pound Neville but decided against it. Harry got out of bed and changed into his robes. He stumbled down the spiral staircase and noticed a crowd gathered around a noticed fastened to the wall. Ron emerged from the crowd beaming at Harry. "There's a Hogsmead weekend coming up!" said Ron excitedly. "I was wondering when they would have one" Harry said, Ron was now shooting glances at the girls staircase, Harry knew what this was about without having to look "Well go on then, ask her!"
Ron bolted for the base of the stairs and sure enough Hermione was waiting. Harry decided to give them some time alone. Harry was happy that they had finally got there feeling out in the open, but it was annoying sometimes when he couldn't talk to his two best friends. As Harry walked to breakfast he began to think about his own Hogwarts trip. Harry wanted to ask Ginny but nervousness welled up in side him. He sat down at the Gryffindor table and noticed a swirl of red in the entrance hall, Ginny Weasley had already left. Harry stirred his porridge in his bowl, eating very little and thinking about Ginny. When Hermione and Ron came, he tried to have a conversation but all he got was one word answers, They kept shooting glances at each other across the table, and Harry finally gave up and left the great hall.
Harry was already in the charms corridor when he realized he had Transfiguration first. He began to sprint and as he rounded a corner, he ran into someone. Who was sprinting in the opposite direction.
"I am so sorry Harry!" Ginny said breathlessly "I went to Transfiguration by mistake" "I went to Charms by mistake" Harry replied equally breathlessly.
Ginny looked around and, seeing that no one was around, whispered "8 o'clock in the Room of requirement?"
"You haven't told anyone about that meeting have you?" Harry ansered with a question. "No...Holy crap! I'm 2 minutes late"
"Me too!" Harry replied needlessly.
They both sprinted to class and both lost 5 points from Gryffindor. The rest of the morning passed and before either knew it they had bumped into each other again while heading for lunch.
"We have to stop doing this" Harry muttered as he picked himself up and handed Ginny her bag.
"No kidding" Ginny agreed. They walked in silence, tension growing between the two. They saw Ron and Hermione in a passionate embrace, ignoring the fact that half of Gryffindor and quite a lot of Ravenclaw were making fun of them.
"Idiots" Ginny said.
"Even Hermione is like that more and more lately" Harry added sadly.
"They sat down together and tried not to look at Ron and Hermione. So Harry, how about that Hogsmead weekend?"
"Ah..." Harry couldn't respond, 'why is this so hard?', 'I have kissed her hundreds of times, but I can't ask her to Hogsmead?'
"Do you want to go to Hogsmead with me?" Ginny asked.
"Ya I'd love to!" Harry managed to say, 'Thank Merlin for the perfect person that is Ginny Weasley'. Harry thoughts drifted to the prophesy, 'NO! I will not think about that, Dumbledore is taking care of it!' Ginny leant over and kissed Harry and all his thoughts drifted away. Through his bliss Harry thought he heard Hermione mutter "How ignorant can you get? I mean half of Gryffindor is laughing at them".
Ginny must have heard this, because she broke away and started laughing and Harry joined her.
That night in the common room Harry, Ron and Hermione were doing last minute plans for the DA meeting that night. They were reviewing the list of candidates they had invited. They had invited Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnegan, Ginny Weasley, Cho Chang (much to Harry's displeasure), Luna Lovegood and Anthony Goldstein, they (of course) were invited as well. The trio had been sure to avoid inviting any Slytherins, or people who had friends in Slytherin. Harry found himself dreading his inevitable meeting with Cho Chang, he had avoided her all year which she didn't seem to mind. At 7 o'clock the trio headed to the room of requirement and when they entered they had the same room as they had had when the DA was formed. They finalized there arrangements and waited for the members who were set to arrive any moment.
The first to enter was Ginny Weasley, she entered and sat in one of the chairs that they had spread out. Dean and Seamus came shortly thereafter and the remainder of the students had arrived later on.
Harry started the meeting by making a speech "You have been chosen because you have not only showed and interest in, but a proficiency at Defenceive Magical theory." Harry paused as he looked over his pre-prepared speech "You were all members of the DA last year. Professor Dumbledore has asked that the DA be reformed in order to better protect the school in the event of another Death Eater attack. We will learn advanced spells, hexes and Curses and train rigorously. You will all be issued another coin in case you lost your old one." Neville looked guilty but managed to keep his chin up.
"You may go" Hermione dismissed the crowd "but would Neville please stay behind. Remember tell no-one!"
Neville approached Hermione and the boys. "We need you for a special assignment, Harry thought it would be beneficial if we had some intelligence gathering sources, other than the teachers. We would like you to keep an eye on gossip and do whatever you can to get information we have talked Fred and George Weasley into giving you special equipment." "Why me?" Neville asked. "Because you have a way of...blending in." Ron answered, surprisingly managing to keep some dignity. Neville looked embarrassed but nodded, and they proceeded to tell him the rest. Neville agreed and left, Ron and Hermione left Harry to finish cleaning up. "Harry" came the voice of Cho Chang "I think our talk is long over due. 'Shit!' thought Harry, 'I hoped this would never happen', but he turned around anyway and said "Go ahead"
A/N-That's as far as I'm going tonight, because I'm tired and it's 1 o'clock tomorrow morning. I need to know how this is going so those of you reading this take the time to review. Even if you've done so already review again and tell me what you think. Goodnight.