"Dumbledore!" Harry called, rushing down the stairs to meet the headmaster, who was standing in the doorway, being eyed suspiciously by his aunt and uncle. Dumbledore said nothing and led Harry swiftly away, his belongings floating behind him.

"Where are we going, Dumbledore?" Harry asked as soon as they were out of the house, "Are we going to the burrow?"

"No, we are going somewhere new. Now, take my arm for we will use side-along apparation to get there." Dumbledore said and Harry immediately complied, curious as to their destination. Dumbledore apparated and it was the strangest feeling Harry had ever experienced, he could hardly describe it. They came out in front of some muggle houses.

"Why are we here, Dumbledore?" Harry asked, confused.

"We are right now standing in front of the head quarters of the Order of the Phoenix." Dumbledore answered, and as he said it, a new building appeared among the others. This one was much bigger and looked a lot different.

"The Order of the Phoenix?" Harry asked as he followed the headmaster into the house. Dumbledore explained the order and it's purpose to Harry, who then attended the meeting and met up with his friends for the first time all summer.

Life proceeded at the headquarters, doing various chores to clean up the house and just hanging out with friends. Boring stuff that no one really cares to hear about since they should have already read about all of them in the book. Then the letters came, and Ron and Hermione were made prefect.

"Oi, look at this." Fred said, getting the attention of the others, "Says here that there's a new class this year, a required one for all students."

"What class?" Harry asked.

"Non-magical defense."

"Non-magical defense? Why would they want to teach us something like that?" Hermione asked.

"Beats me, but it sure sounds like fun." Ron said.

George scoffed, "Sounds like a load of poppycock to me. When would we EVER be without a wand? Honestly." He shook his head.

"You never know..." Harry said.

"Plus, what if some muggle ticks you off?" Ron asked. George thought about it.

"Good point, we do want to avoid most suspicion.

"A nice punch to the face should do those stupid muggles some good!" Fred, George, and Ron laughed.

"Watch it..." Hermione warned.

"I mean, the idiotic ones, unlike you." George said in an attempt to save himself. Hermione merely 'hmphed' and let it slide. George and Ron snickered as she left. Harry merely shook his head and followed her out.

"Hey Hermione, what do you think is up with this class?" Harry asked. Hermione paused.

"I really don't know, but Dumbledore must have some reason that is unknown to us. I just wonder what this class is going to be like." The newly promoted prefect replied.

"I just wonder who's teaching it." Harry replied simply, un-beknowest to him that he had already met the teachers.

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Ron stretched out as he entered the Great Hall, "Smells like a good year!"

Hermione grimaced, "Hopefully your smell sense isn't as bad as your common sense." The trio took their seats as the sorting began. After that was finished, Dumbledore stood up, clearing his throat to get the attention of all those present. The room was silent immediately.

"Very good, very good. Now I have some announcements to make before we start our feasting. First, I would like to introduce our new Defense Against The Darks Arts teacher, Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge." The new frog like teacher received mixed reactions from the students- most unpleasant. "And I am sure many of you are curious about the new course." This got everyones attention in a split second. "You see, we have some transfer students this year, from Japan. And they bring with them one of their classes that they find very valuable and useful. Now we have two teachers for this subject, Yumichika Ayasegawa-sensei and Ikkaku Madarame-sensei. And our four transfer students, Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Rukia Kuchiki, and Renji Abarai. They will be staying with the Gryffindors." Dumbledore finished his speech and the food appeared.

"Ron, Hermione, those- those are those people I told you about, the ones with the dementors." Harry whispered to his two best friends.

"Harry it can't be. The odds are like one in a million." Hermione said.

"Yeah, mate. Maybe you're just a little on edge about it all," Ron assured.

"No, no, I'm absolutely positive. Those people are not the type you easily forget." Harry replied. Ron and Hermione looked over the new students with a sharp eye.

"You sure, mate?" He asked, turning back to his friend, who nodded. They continued to talk about the subject as they ate their meal. When it was done, they made to leave but where stopped by Professor McGonagall.

"The headmaster wants to see you three in his office right now, if you would." She told them.

"Of course, we shall go there right away." Harry replied and they were off.

"Why us?" Ron complained, "Why always us?"

"Will you relax!" Hermione said, "It can't be bad."

"Actually, I think this will prove to be very interesting." Harry said as they entered the office.

"Good you three are here now." Dumbledore said, sitting behind his desk.

"Hello, Harry." Someone said from another end of the room. Harry turned around to see the new people standing there, the exact same ones from that night.

"You are them!" He exclaimed, pointing at the group.

"Yes, the same." The short girl replied, "My name is Rukia Kuchiki." She introduced. Her companions then introduced themselves.

"You see." Dumbledore said, "We have reason to believe that Voldemort has allied himself with this man named Aizen, who has control over these terrible monsters that are unaffected by our spells."

"And, what does all of this have to do with that?" Ron asked, receiving an jab in the side from Hermione's elbow.

"You see, these people here are Shinigami, they have the power to kill these monsters and they have allied themselves with us for this war of shared adversaries."

"And what does that have to do with us?" Hermione asked, crossing her arms.

"I need you to help them assimilate among these people here and help them with their magic." Dumbledore said

"Like a secret army you're saying?" Harry said.

"Exactly."

"Sweet" Ron said and that settled it. Soon they were on their way to the Gryffindor common room, minus Ikkaku and Yumichika, that it.

In the common room, Harry sunk into a chair and sighed, "Well, this year will be interesting."

"I am excited to see how your world works." Rukia said with a glow in her eyes, "Though I think Renji will have a hard time."

"Hey, just because I suck at kido doesn't mean I'll be bad at magic!" Renji retorted.

"Sure, you keep telling yourself that."

"Magic isn't too hard. Actually, it's fairly simple." Hermione smiled.

"You would say that," Ron said, "Cause you're a prodigy at everything!"

"I'm not a prodigy. You're just slow."

"ooh, burn!" Rukia said and they all burst into laughter, even Ron.

Fred and George popped their heads from around a door, "Can we keep it down?" One of them said.

"We're trying to do business in here!" the other said. Hermione was instantly on alert.

"What kind of business?" She asked suspiciously.

"The normal kind." Their friend, Skye, said, also appearing around the doorway. The three went back into the room before the others could say anything.

"I'll never understand them," Hermione said shaking her head.

"Boy, I'm beat" Ron said, stifling a yawn.

"Me too." Ichigo said, the rest showed their agreement.

"Well, let's get off to bed." Hermione suggested.

"Best idea I've heard all night." Harry said and they all trudged up the stairs, Rukia and Orihime going with Hermione and Ichigo and Renji going with Ron and Harry where they got their last sleep before classes would start.