Donum Deae – Dumbledore's Army

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The enhanced boys flinched slightly with each strike of the hammer as it drove a iron spike into solid stone; the piercing sound penetrating right into their brains leaving Sephiroth with a budding migraine. Even from their spot on the stair case the boys with their enhanced vision could make out the parchment now hanging on the wall outside the great all doors.

Proclamation.

Educational Decree #24

All Student Organizations

Are henceforth disbanded

Any student in noncompliance

Will be expelled.

Sephiroth's eyes darkened as they swept over the newest educational decree. "Anything above three students in a group is considered breaking this rule.." Angeal was frowning next to him his large arms resting on the stair case railing.

It was now mid October and Angeal was almost back to how he looked in his past life as all of them were. The Turks were slower as their mako levels were considerably less; but they were also returning to their normal bodies. Reno was now completely red haired and he was even growing out his normal rat tail. Tseng was now 100% back to his previous self which sent most the Hogwarts staff for a loop whenever they saw him since he had gone from black to oriental. Rufus didn't have to change a lot since Draco had looked very much like Rufus to begin with.

Zack was back to his normal self and was quickly regaining the muscles they had all lost in these new bodies. Sephiroth was the only one not fully back; while his looks had fully returned his hair was still too short though thankfully it had tamed compared to what Harry's had been, Cloud said he looked like his youngest remnant Kadaj with his hair like it was.

"That will make working out as a group very difficult." Zack was surprisingly somber as he watched the evil caretaker walking off with his rickety old ladder. "The Ministry is choking this school; the old man in charge has allowed his paranoia of losing his position."

"Is this all because of this morning?" Zack asked looking back to his General; those acid green eyes were flickering across the room. "I am sure it is, she thinks we are building some kind of army to over throw the ministry yo." Reno not caring that he was in the castle still lit up a cig, aquamarine eyes glaring darkly at the wall that was quickly becoming more cluttered with those horrible pieces of parchment.

That morning the boys had all been out running the halls trying to get in a morning exercise without having to go all the way down to the 7th floor. Honestly though what better place was there to work on their acrobatics than the central stairs; there were the heights and multiple targets to aim for, and what made it better they were MOVING.

They were joined not long after by Tseng and he had given them a very basic parkour lesson; he refused to give them the full thing saying he wanted one thing his Turks had over SOLDIER. Their small group had spent the next two hours bounding across the central stairwell. Tseng and Reno had run the SOLDIERs ragged, Sephiroth sword to Gaia that Tseng was part spider monkey the way that man could move.. Reno was full on monkey that was the only to explain how they moved liked that.

Their movements were sharp and precise, there was no hesitating as they raced down the hallway and leapt over banisters and onto moving staircases. Even Sephiroth found himself hesitating on occasion as he took an extra second to figure out if there was a staircase under him or not.

After two hours of the constant running around Zack in his ever hyperactivness had stolen Angeal's shoe and transfigured it into a 75 pound free weight. Sephiroth had fallen to the floor laughing so damn hard when he saw that; it brought back a very funny memory from their days at Shinra.

Tseng had about had kittens since the last time they had played ULTIMATE Frisbee Zack had just missed the weight and it had slammed into the Presidents limo and nearly taken Tseng's head off if not for his quick reflexes.

Adding the 75 pound Frisbee of death added a whole new level of danger to their parkour workout that morning but it had been the best work out they ever had.. that was.. until butterfingers Zack once more missed the weight.

All they had heard with the weight embedded it's self into the wall and a loud high pitched screech as it had nearly taken Umbridge's head off.

Zack had joked as they were escorted to McGonagall's office that Seph should have aimed a little lower, would have saved them a lot of problems.

He was really wishing that he had at this point.

Slowly a very deadly smile started to cross Sephiroth's lips; lighting up his eyes in a way that was never good.

"Seph.. what are you thinking?" Angeal asked nervously, that smile normally meant that Sephiroth's analytical mind had gone into over drive and someone was about to die.

"The Ministry thinks we are building an army.. I will admit I have missed being called General." That smile if at all possible had grown darker. Without another word Sephiroth turned and headed back up towards the common room a plan already forming in his head.

"Is that everything?"

Reno looked up from the small outcropping he was sitting on currently working on electrical wiring. For the past week Reno had been held up in a new room the Room of Requirement had provided for them working with Tseng and Vincent setting up the VR cameras.

Vincent had managed to salvage a databank before Shinra tower was completely destroyed; which gave them all the programs they needed to run a VR room. They had recreated a VR room in the room of requirements and had gone through and laid every ounce of wire they would need for it to run.

"I think so yo! Just gotta turn this bad boy on see if it works." Pushing himself up Reno moved into a small room where they had set up the VR control room. "Clear the deck yo, just in case." Zack moved into the room followed by Sephiroth.

Moving over to the control panel Sephiroth punched in a very familiar code. The small group waited with baited breath as they heard the hum of mako electricity kicked on for the first time with in the walls of Hogwarts. The monitor in front of them flickered before the very familiar sight of the Sister Ray flickered into life.

"well now isn't that a site for sore eyes.." Reno muttered, being able to see something of their home again pulled at him. "I never thought I would ever say this.. but it's beautiful." Zack whispered, his violet / blue eyes looking over the massive mako cannon jutting out over the Junon sea.

"It is.." pushing himself away from the control panel Sephiroth moved out into the VR room. moving out through the door he was instantly hit with the warm sea breeze and the warmth of the fading sun. breathing deeply he felt his body instantly relaxing; even with the horrible memories of that fateful battle on this very cannon this was still his favorite VR realm. It offered up a freedom he felt almost nowhere else in the world; and now here at Hogwarts where stress was at an all time high..he had that freedom once more.

Taking one last deep breath Sephiroth moved back into the control room. "Switch it over to the standard training room, and get a lineup of monsters ready." Nodding Reno started flipping switches and punching in codes.

Over the last week the Turks had been working on spreading the word of the new "army" which was more of a way to teach their fellows ways to defend themselves since the ministry was dead set on them being completely helpless.

Tseng had called it a dictatorship, make the subjects illiterate and powerless to rise up against you. Shinra had been similar in a way, he kept the main population in the slums so down trodden that they could not gain the power to rise up against him while those on the plate were loyal to Shinra. Hearing the door behind them opening the small group turned to see the first batch of those willing to brave expulsion from a Hogwarts if it meant surviving in the real world.

Tseng moved in with a small trail of Ravenclaw's and Hufflepuff's since Slytherin wasn't one of those they had informed. Rufus moved up behind the group and took a seat at the control panel, he wouldn't be joining in.. that's what his Turks were for.

A moment later Elena, and Cissnei moved in with a decent sized gaggle of Gryffindors surprisingly most of them from the years that seemed to hate them now. A small frown tilted his lips seeing Hermione standing next to Ron; he was hoping he would not show up but he had agreed that as long as they kept up their end of the deal he would train them.

"Is this all?" he asked seeing they had a good thirty members, a decent platoon in size. "Yes sir." Cissnei said moving off to stand next to her brothers and friends.

"Welcome, you are here because just like us you have grown tired of the Ministry's medaling in the affairs of Hogwarts. It is the belief of the Ministry that if you are to be taught defensive magic that you will in turn use it to create and army to take over the Ministry; these my friends are the delusions of a man that has allowed power to go to his head.

His paranoia has reached an outstanding level if he has set his sights on under age children. Tseng, what did you find out."

"Tseng?" Lavender asked looking over as Blaise stepped forward, "that is my name.. " he sighed instantly the Turk they all knew and loved was back. his back went ram rod stiff and his face completely blanked of any and all emotion.

"Through a series of sources that will at this time remain confidential we have come to learn that this newest educational decree is only the beginning in their bid to hind the students as much as possible to prevent them from uprising. There is talk of an education decree that will restrict when students are allowed to carry their wands, they will otherwise be confiscated and retained until such time as she deems fit. We have agreed that it is time we took matters into our own hands; we know that even if the dark lord is not out there the world is not all rainbows and kittens. There are people out there that will wish to hurt you for any reason under the Gaia given sun." Tseng came to stand in front of them all his hands clasped behind his back.

"We have three fully trained wizards, outside both the ministry and Hogwarts control that are willing to teach you defensive and offensive magic. Harry, Neville and Fred have also agreed to teach those who are willing to defend themselves physically if a wand is not an option. Now.. these meeting are to be kept strictly confidential, if you speak there will be dire consequences so make your choice wisely.. for once you sign this paper." Tseng motioned to a piece of paper on the table on the other side of the room. "There will be no turning back."

"Ya know I don't care what is happenin to you lot, but I'm sick of the fat toad tellin us what to do." Moving forward Seamus quickly scribbled his name on the parchment.

Seeming to agree with Seamus almost everyone moved over signing their name to the parchment. The Turks and SOLDIER had signed their names to it a long time ago but had used their Wizarding names just in case.

Sephiroth was leaning up against the control panel watching Ron carefully from the corner of his eyes; he didn't know why the boy was here. He had made it quite clear over the past few weeks he no longer wanted anything to do with Sephiroth which was fine by him, though the Harry in him still pinned for his friend.

Hermione must have talked him into this, that was really the only explanation he had for it.

Hearing the door open once more he smiled seeing Rude walking in with the three immortals and Nanaki.

"I would like you all to meet your new instructors." Sephiroth pushed himself up smiling as Genesis caught his eye. "I'm sure you recognize him from our trips to Hogsmead and talk around the school. This is Genesis Rhapsodos, also known as the Crimson Commander. He is a materia master, a master of magic." Genesis threw his head arrogantly and smiled up to his lover. "You're starting to look like yourself again."

"mm I know, though I am not keeping the knee length hair this time." Genesis actually pouted at that and turned away. He loved that really long hair, he loved wrapping himself up in it mainly cause it annoyed Sephiroth to no end. Shaking his head Sephiroth motioned towards Cloud. "Cloud Strife, also known as cho.." "You call me chocobo head I will kill you again." Cloud growled playfully, over the past several months they had been able to put the past behind them completely and they could play like this.

"Yeah I dare you to try it."

"Done it three times I can more than do it a fourth."

Shaking his head Sephiroth resisted the urge to stick his tongue out at him; instead motioned towards his father. "Vincent Valentine, Hawkeye and a master materia user."

"What's materia?" it was a young Ravenclaw that asked.

"All will be explained once we have begun the lessons, for now shall we head in?"

Genesis smiled, oh he was going to have fun now.. these kids better be good at dodging..

AN: next chapter Genesis hucks fireballs at Ron! Training begins next chapter.. hopefully it won't fight me as bad as this one did. so review peeps! I love readin um

PS: any horrible spelling mistakes i will fix later i am tired and got a hell of a headache