Chapter Six

Valencia came storming out of Umbridge's classroom fuming. She almost stormed right past Zoey, who saw her distress.

"What's up?" she asked.

"Umbridge," Valencia spat.

"What now?" Zoey questioned.

Valencia sighed, "I argue with her about actually using wands for Defense Against the Dark Arts and she tells me off! So I pull out my wand for a moment and I get detention. For a whole month."

"Same here," Zoey replied.

"I swear I'm going to throttle her!" Valencia cried.

"Don't worry, I've got something up my sleeve that'll get her back," Zoey said slyly, winking at Valencia. Probably not the sign of something good, but Valencia didn't care.

Then a boy with jet black hair and green eyes approached them to greet Zoey. "You coming to the meeting?" he asked.

Zoey nodded and Valencia asked, "What? Who is this?"

Zoey sighed, "Sorry I forgot to introduce you guys. Valencia this is Harry Potter. Harry this is Valencia Snape."

Harry shook her hand. "Nice to meet you," he said, somewhat surprised by how she didn't gush about him being Harry Potter or referring to his scar.

"Nice to meet you too," Valencia replied, glad that he didn't make any comment about the relation to Snape. Yet.

"So what's this meeting you guys were talking about?" Valencia asked again.

Harry looked down and Zoey glared at him. "We can tell her. She's made it obvious enough to me that she would be interested in it. So why not invite her?"

Harry looked back up and said, "Well, I've decided that we need to work on our skills in the Defense Against the Dark Arts, since Umbridge is trying to numb it down. So I'm going to host a meeting about it in the Hog's Head."

"He's calling it Dumbledore's Army." Zoey smiled.

Harry blushed a bit and looked back down at his feet.

"Are you in?" Zoey asked excitedly.

"Well, duh," Valencia answered, "Of course I am!"

Harry's lips curled into somewhat of a smile and he nodded. Valencia turned to Zoey and whispered, "What about Stefan? Is he allowed? I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want to miss it."

Zoey nodded happily. "Yes of course he can come. Right Harry?"

Harry just nodded and concluded, "Well I best be off to my next class."

Zoey nodded and said, "Yeah, now I have to go to Umbridge's class."

Valencia smiled and said, "Good luck and I'll see you later!"

Zoey waved and strolled off, taking as slow of a time as possible to her next class.

Valencia went the opposite direction, heading to Charms. She had it with Hermione, which both of them had become friend, Hermione always asking her for suggestions on Potions. Valencia entered the classroom and couldn't wait for the meeting at the Hog's Head.
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