edit, 19-02-'18, fixed a few mistakes, fixed punctuation, and changed the wording of some lines, same as usual really.

So, this somehow appeared in the same document as the rest of the story, and after contemplating if I should bring it out, or keep it for myself to use as reference material... I quickly decided to just upload it, so, I hope you like a bit of backstage stuff.

Same as always, tell me what you think, tell me if you see something that isn't right, and ask away.

Oh right, I don't own anything but the written words used in this story.

Enjoy.

Assembly of the DA

Neville was having a quiet breakfast (for the great hall that is) when an owl landed on the table in front of him. Neville moved to get the letter when he felt it, the moment he came close to the letter his DA galleon started to vibrate.

He pulled the letter from the owl's claw, and the owl immediately flew away, grabbing some of Minerva's bacon before going back to the rafters.

"What is that Neville?" she asked him, in the meantime Neville was trying to open the letter, and failing miserably.

"A letter, there is nothing on it only a seal… no address, completely blank…" That is when he noticed it, the seal was exactly the same as the galleon hanging around his neck.

"Hermione Granger, you are a genious," he muttered to himself whilst he put the galleon on the seal, and with no sound at all the letter folded itself open.

"That's quite a bit of spellwork there, what's the coin for?" Minerva observed.

"It's from the DA, every one of us has one, Hermione thought of them, with it we would be able to know if one of us was in trouble, most of us had mostly forgotten about it after our 5th year, but we did use them in the battle of Hogwarts to keep track of where everyone was." Neville explained.

"So, I presume if the coin is needed for the letter, that someone from the DA is in trouble?" She asked him, getting slightly nervous.

"Hermione wrote it, and as far as I know she is one of the few of us who is still in contact with Harry, so I have a feeling he has asked for our help."

"Well, read it out loud then." Hagrid boomed from the other side of the table, attracting quite a few looks from the student body.

"Not here, I'm not sure yet if it's sensitive information, but if the extra security is anything to go by, it probably is."

"We can use my office." Minerva said.

He, minerva, Filius and Hagrid stood up and made their way up to her office, not noticing that a certain hufflepuff was following them. When they got there a few minutes later Luna was already inside.

"You got one too?" She asked him.

"Yes, you too? Never mind that, shall I?"

"Let us not waste any more time." Minerva answered Neville.

"Dear Neville,

Harry called me earlier this morning, and he has asked for me to assemble the DA. He is in a town called Arcadia Bay, Oregon, USA, There have been some strange things happening in the area, and he said something about some kind of energy in the air.

Could you come to Andy's place at 18.00?

I hope to see you there,

Hermione"

"hmm…, it seems like we have been invited to a get together, you don't mind if Luna and I go tonight do you?" Neville asked the aging headmistress.

"We can miss you, and the students can as well, they would probably be happy for a few hours of freedom, and if you aren't able to be back before the weekend, we can always ask Pemona to take over a few classes again." She said, smile grazing her face.

"You expect us to be gone for a while?"

"Yes, I have feeling you will be in the US before midnight."

"Make sure ya' tell Harry he should stop by once in a while." Hagrid boomed. He seemed a bit hurt that Hermione hadn't said anything about order members, or anything about Harry other then his location

"We will Hagrid, you shouldn't worry about that." Luna said looking up reassuringly at the half giant.

This was when the door opened. "I want to come too!" Teddy Lupin said hair flashing between different shades of red. "I will not take no for an answer."

"I'll firecall your grandmother, I can not guarantee that she will allow you to go." Minerva sighed before writing a quick note and handing it to her student. "this states the reason that you are late, and that you should be at Professor Longbottom's office half past four this afternoon. Now, I do believe you have double potions in about 1 minute."

A few choice words later the 15 year old ran out of the office, leaving the professors and Luna alone once more.

"Are you sure this is wise minerva?" Flitwick asked, "Sending a 15 year old with a group of grown witches and wizards to danger."

"One thing I learned from mister Potter, nowhere is safe, and the amount of accidents through the years at this school is not exactly low at any standard. I would believe that he is safer with the entirety of the DA and Harry to defend him then he is within the walls of Hogwarts."

This was met by shocked looks from the other teachers in the office, and a small snort of muffled laughter from Luna.

"You are already a far better headmistress then Dumbledore ever was for noticing that fact headmistress." She said smiling broadley, ignoring the indignation from a certain portrait on the wall behind the desk.

"back to the matter at hand, I'm not sure who will even come to the meeting, quite a few of the DA members are quite cross with Harry as he left the country immediately after the battle of Hogwarts, we know this is because of guilt, that he believes he is the reason we lost as many people as we did during the final battle, but some find this explanation bull, and to tell you the truth this number has been growing over the last few years, as most expected him to be over it by now."

Ron was sat in his office doing his paperwork when he heard a knock on his door.

"Come in!"

The door opened and Susan and Hermione walked into his office.

"to what do I owe this visit?" he asked the two woman, he noticed that Hermione was doubling his privacy wards, and throwing on a few more unknown wards.

"Hermione, what's going on?" He asked getting worried.

Hermione turned towards him at his worried tone. "Harry asked me to collect the DA, we meet six o clock tonight at andy's. apparently he got himself in trouble again."

"And what makes you think I care about this?" His tone was ice cold. "He left immediately after the fighting was done Hermione! He didn't even think to turn up on the funerals of those that fell to give us time!"

Hermione and Susan looked at Ron. "He was your friend! You know he never wanted all of it to happen Ron! And if you feel that, say it to him, do not complain about it to us, tonight is your chance." Susan said, face completely passive.

"Again, why should I? I gave him time, we've waited long enough for him to come back!" Ron said turning back to the papers on his desk.

"You are welcome tonight at Andy's." The girls brought down the extra wards they had placed before leaving his office.

He didn't do very much for the rest of the day, his mind far too busy to work on the dull paperwork.

"I can't believe his reaction." Susan said after they were sat down in her office with a cup of coffee each.

"That's how he's been for the last year, before then he was already complaining about his best mate not showing up for anything, that begun when we got married, and got worse and worse throughout the years, that's the reason I left him." Hermione said voice calm and even, whilst her face clearly showed she was quite cross about Ron's reaction.

"I can see how something like that could break a marriage. I'll be there Hermione." Susan said a small smile grazing her face. "The DA will be together once more."

"Thanks Susan, see you tonight then."

"See you tonight 'mione." Hermione left the office and went back to her own office to sit out the time till the meeting that night.

Andromeda Tonks sat quietly in her kitchen drinking some tea and reading the prophet when a small owl landed on her windowsill. When she pulled the letter from the owl it immediately flew out the window again.

Just as she opened the letter she heard her floo alarm go off. When she entered the only room with a fireplace in her home she immediately noticed Minerva's head in the flames.

"Minerva, how can I help you?"

"Have you received any mail from Hermione today Andromeda?"

"I received an owl just now, but I haven't read it yet."

"Then you should probably read it first before I tell you what this is about. Could you floo to my office when you have read it?"

"Ehm, sure, I see no reason why I shouldn't. See you in a few minutes then." 'Well, that was… strange…' she thought to herself before opening the letter.

'Dear Andromeda Tonks,

I need a room for about 30 people, it also needs access to the electrical grid and it needs wifi, The only place in the magical world I know of that has all this is your place, so could me and the rest of Dumbledore's Army use one of your rooms tonight? I promised Harry we would be online at six tonight.

I hope to hear from you.

Hermione '

And she read the letter twice more before she put it down on the table and it took another few minutes for her to decide how she should answer it.

'Hermione,

You can use the main sitting room, but only on one condition, I want to be there.

See you tonight.

Andromeda Tonks, Nee Black.'

After the letter had been sent, she flooed to the headmistresses office, she was immediately met by the faces of Neville, Luna, Phileas, Hagrid and Minerva.

"You asked for me to come Minerva?"

"Yes, it is about Teddy, he heard our conversation. As you know Luna and Neville are part of the DA, and both got a letter during breakfast, and we decided to read the letters here, for privacy reasons, and well, Teddy apparently followed us, and heard the contents of said letter." She saw Andromeda's mouth thin before quickly trying to reassure her: "He is not in trouble, it is something else. He wants to join Neville and Luna tonight, and he wants to go help them, well… help them help Harry."

"He can come tonight, after I've heard what's going on, I will decide if I will allow him to go or not."

"Neville, you got him after lunch right?" Minerva asked.

"Yeah, I'll tell him."

"Was there anything else?" Andromeda asked the headmistress.

"Would you like to drink a cup of tea with me?" this was met by a smile by the older woman. When this was asked all the others in the room left the two woman to their own devices.

"I would love to Minerva."