Good news I haven't forgotten about this story the bad news this is the only chapter I've written so far so none of the usual five chapters folks, sorry but college is killing me in some areas right now so you'll have to be happy with this.
Dumbledore leaned back into his chair and contemplated his next move. Tom's forces were slowly but surely gathering in strength and numbers in both the political arena and in the combat arena soon Tom's forces would have the majority of the pieces in the life and death game that they were currently playing each side had a few major pieces that had to be positioned first though. The old wizard sighed as he wondered how he could slow Tom's progress down Harry just simply wasn't ready for the coming fight yet he needed to at least be of age before he tried to confront Voldemort he had hoped that his former pupil would have waited until after Harry had graduated from Hogwarts maybe even after he had gone to the Auror academy instead the boy had to try and fight as he was now he just hoped that none of his students did anything that would force him to move before he was ready. Harry was going to have to learn patience right now though. That particular lesson was quiet like one of the most important lessons that the boy might learn this year. The old man's thoughts were interrupted though as he felt a foreign presence enter almost casually though the castle wards as if they were not there and make its way into the castle searching for something or maybe it was for someone the headmaster corrected himself this was intriguing he would have to examine what this thing was at once. Dumbledore climbed to his feet and followed after the feeling that he was receiving from the unknown.
Peter sighed and rolled his shoulders as he walked along the deserted hallway. He had a bad feeling that more bad things were heading their way, and he had no idea how to stop it. Yes the whole getting together some people together to learn how to fight was a decent step in the right direction, but he somehow felt as if there would also be some untold dangers in learning this way, something that he just didn't like. He also knew that there was a chance of someone talking, in times like these it was sometimes hard to tell friend from foe, he had learned these lessons the hard way on the streets of New York and he just knew that since things were starting to come together it was time for the old Parker luck to show itself and make things go wrong, he just wondered what it was that would happen that would cause the problems this time around. Would it be Dumbledore or Umbridge that would cause him problems this time around? He knew that while he and Kitty were under suspicion by the majority of the school staff, they were also an interest to the Ministry. Of course if it was to be believed then family's had a tendency to follow in the footsteps of their fathers which meant that a number of the people probably thought they saw the next crazy paranoid Auror coming into being.
"You look troubled Spiderman." Dr. Strange said as his astral projection walked right through the wall that Peter was walking by.
"Hey doc." Peter greeted with a nod of his head, he shook his head though as he realized just what it was that he had seen. "Whoa. Strange sorry." Peter said as he rushed over to the astral projection of the Sorcerer Supreme. "This place must b getting to me, I thought you were one of the ghosts at first. I really miss what little sanity I used to have before coming here."
"And what are you doing here Spiderman?" Strange asked, as his cloak seemed to cover his entire body. "This is hardly where one would expect to find one such as yourself. You have always been a person of science my friend, how then did you come to be here in the magical world?"
"The Guardians of Magic said I was needed here, and so they amped up my powers, and then dropped me and Shadowcat off here to try and figure out which side is the good guy side although at the moment the lines seem a little blurry."
Good luck in your mission then. Strange told him hecocked his head as if listening to something. "Our time alone grows short, Nightcrawler said that you had a warning for me."
"Yeah the wizards here are on the lookout for the eye." Peter said nodding toward the man's chest where the phantom image of the eye of Agmotto rested. "They seem to have some crazy idea that because they're magical relics that they belong to the wizarding world. I don't think that they'll be a threat to you but one can never be to sure."
"You are correct, this information could be useful." Strange said scowling at this latest bit of annoyance. "Who is it that dares to question my right to use the Relics?"
"The Order of the Phoenix led by Albus Dumbledore, a local hotshot and powerhouse around here. He has plans to use the eye for good but good intentions and all of that." Peter said with a knowing look.
Dr. Strange cocked an eyebrow at this, Peter Parker, better known to the world as Spiderman was renown for his optimistic attitude toward everything, and yet here was the same young man actually being a cynic about something. It was an interesting change from the usually go lucky wall crawler with a joke about anything and everything that Strange was used to dealing with. Whatever had happened that had brought the young hero here had changed him in ways that he doubted anyone was really aware of in a way he had been forced to grow up even more than he already had. The jokes would probably still come, but somehow he doubted that they would come with the same enthusiasm as they once did. "If you have need of help Peter we will come to your aide, but for now I must return to my body next time we will talk longer now that I know how to find you.
"Right Doc, I'll see you next time." Peter said nodding as the man faded away from view. The teen looked up as a figure came his way their footsteps echoing in the hallway. Peter leaped into the air and hid behind an overhang and watched as Albus Dumbledore came and began scanning the area with his wand. Peter cursed mentally as he watched the wizard wave his wand around, somehow Dumbledore knew that someone had been here and Peter was curious as to how he might know, but instead began making his way away from the area hoping that the wizard would not be able to find him while he was up on the ceiling. Once he was far enough away he dropped to the floor and began to walk making a beeline for the Gryffindor common room.
When the Gryffindors woke up the next morning they all saw the official sign that Umbridge had posted officially making what they were doing illegal or at least against the school rules. Harry and Ron began having a quiet debate which had Ron running for the stairs to go and get Hermione's opinion on the matter the boys all watched as the stairs changed into a slide and an alarm went off the guys and quiet a few girls snickered as they watched Ron come tumbling back down after trying to fight the stairs.
Peter saw the twins smirking at their little brother over his fall. "So Petey old boy, still think that you can manage to get up those steps?"
Peter returned the smirk at them. "Yes actually, and I'm amazed that the two of you didn't figure it out earlier."
"Prove it then." One of the redheads challenged loud enough that everyone could hear him.
Done Peter said offering his hand out to the redhead who shook it the hand.
Oi you lot clear the stairway! Fred ordered everyone. "Parker here says that he can make it up the stairs without setting that alarm off."
"And us being the generous souls that we are decided to go and give him the chance to back up what he says." George added in.
"So everyone clear the way and place your bets!" They added as a last bit.
The announcement on the bulletin board now forgotten everybody gathered around a couple of seventh year girls stood at the top of the stairs to make sure that he actually did make it all of the way to the top before he came back down. "So, anybody want to go and recall all of the other Lions for this?" Peter asked the assembled crowd, "Or are we just going to tell them all about it later?"
"Not our fault that they were crazy enough to get up way to blooming early." A third year shouted out, there were murmurs of agreement, each year had its own early riser and they were not always as well loved as some people.
"Well then lets do this." Peter said, as he walked up to the wall. He pulled out a pouch of money and tossed it to one of the twins. "Here's my bet that I can do it." He said, as he turned back to the staircase and braced his feet against one wall and his hands against the other, and slowly but surely began making his way up the narrow stairway which was ideal for stopping a large herd of fighters from entering. but against a lone warrior like Peter it was useless. The teen slowly made his way up the stairway the hardest part of the exercise was the fact that he had to make a real effort to not use his spider powers. He felt his hand slip a couple of times and nearly lost his grip but quickly regained his grip. By the time he made it halfway up he was sweating hard from the effort that he was putting into this he had never realized just how much he had come to depend on his wall crawling abilities when he was making his way up something or other. One of his feet slipped and brushed the stair but he got it back up the alarm went off and the girls up above had to tell everyone to stay where they were since Peter wasn't out quiet yet. Grunting the superhero turned wizard pulled his leg back up against the wall and finished his climb and made it up to the last step panting the teen flipped himself onto the steps.
"I don't believe it but he did it." One of the girls shouted down the stairs just as a new alarm went off in the girl's dormitory causing the three of them to cover their ears in pain. Peter lea[ed for the stairs and sat down and watched as the steps changed into a slide and sent him flying down the steps with the two seventh years trailing behind him on the slide. The three landed in a pile and nodded to everyone. There was a loud cheer from the guys as Peter was helped up to his feet.
"What happened?" Someone asked as the girls were helped up.
"New alarm went off when I got to the top." Peter explained as he accepted his much heavier bag of money. "And since all I had to do was get to the top I didn't see any reason for hanging around there any longer."
Before anyone else could say anything McGonagall rushed into the room with a drawn wand. "What happened?" She demanded of her students once she was sure that none of them were hurt in fact they looked like they had been having fun.
"Just winning a bet and the castle lost in keeping me out of the girl dorms so thought that it should warn you." Peter said as a couple of people began applying refreshing charms at him cleaning the sweat off of him.
"You managed to beat the school security system?" McGonagall said faintly in surprise that a teen had managed to beat the defensive wards.
"Yeah we thought for sure that he couldn't do it." One of the twins said shooting an annoyed glare in Peter's direction. "We had five to one odds near the end when he finally started to make his climb."
"And what's more he did the whole thing without any magic at all, unless he added a spell or potion while no one was looking."
"Hey, don't hate the player hate the game." Peter said with a smirk at the dirty looks that hew was now receiving from his housemates glad that the twins had given him his money before the Assistant Headmistress had come in. "I'm seriously surprised you twins never figured that way up though." He added to them with a smirk.
"Well you better all get downstairs and get some food before breakfast is over." McGonagall said to them. "Except for you three." She said turning to glare at Peter and the twins. That includes you Miss Pryde." Kitty glared defiantly, but nodded and went with the others while the three boys nodded and watched as everyone else gathered their books and rushed down the stairs. McGonagall stared at the three of them coolly before she said anything. "It has been sometime since someone has had the courage and resourcefulness to bypass the wards that protect the stairs. The last people to do it I believe were the Marauders who managed to use a hover charm on some muggle eight boards I believe."
"You mean skateboards right?" Peter asked, and McGonagall nodded in agreement. "How did they get the needed propulsion?" Peter questioned her curiously.
McGonagasll smiled fondly for a moment. "I believe that they used various potion combinations that created explosions and gave them the needed speed to go up alongside one of the walls. Remus and Peter didn't do it of course, but James and Sirus enjoyed themselves greatly I understand."
"Nice, we'll have to-"
"-Remember that particular one."
"Now then for nearly causing a majority of your house to miss out on their breakfast I think five points apiece and a detention with myself going over the various wards in the common room to ensure that they are all at full power and don't need to be repaired. This detention will continue until all of the wards and defenses have been checked. That will be all." The boys nodded and gathered their school things up and fled from the common room though there was a certain swagger to all of their steps as they left through the portrait hole. McGonagall sighed at this as if the twins weren't bad enough as it was along with Mr. Potter and all of his antics they now had to deal with the mischief that Mr. Parker was bring on.
Kitty had reluctantly followed after the three friends and had watched as everyone tried to get the trio's attention but that was soon left out as the various Gryffindors began telling the people of the other houses about what Peter had managed to do in the Gryffindor tower. A number of the girls were interested in what kind of muscles that Peter had to manage a feat like he had just done. Lavender Brown had approached Kitty, as Peter's friend with just that question in mind.
"So tell me Pryde, what does Parker look like without the robes they say that the two of you workout a lot together maybe you can tell us something about him." The girl said in a hopeful voice her eyes bright with interest.
"You don't wan to try and get in a relationship with Peter right now." Kitty told the blonde ditz as she drank some coffee.
"And why is that going after him yourself? Maybe your afraid of some competition." The witch said cockily.
"Most people have the decency to give someone that had their last girlfriend die appropriate time to mourn." Kitty told the girl coldly. "Now, how about you get out of my face before I make you eat your silverware sans transfiguration."
The blonde nodded and fled over to her friends they all put their heads together and began having a whispered conversation. A few minutes later Peter and the twins dropped into seats beside them. The group of girls gave him sympathetic looks. "Do I want to know why I'm being eyed by some with amazement, and with others that look like they're afraid I might fall apart?" Peter asked curiously.
"I kind of had to throw the girls off about trying to date you and the only way I could manage that was to tell them that your last girl died." Kitty said meekly.
Peter's shoulders slumped at this as he regarded his friend. "Tell me that they don't know that my last two serious girlfriends are dead." He pleaded at her.
Kitty shook her head. "No, I just had to say something that would get them off your case, and in this case the truth worked better than any lies I might have come up with. Sorry about that." She finished, looking a bit sheepish at telling one of her friend's secrets.
Peter nodded at her. "It couldn't be helped, don't worry about it." He assured her flashing a weak smile at her.
Kitty could see the flashes of pain in his eyes though, and knew that he was hurting and that there was nothing that she could do about it.
"So, are we still on for that tutoring session that we were talking about earlier?" Peter asked changing the subject away from him.
"Yeah, but I doubt Flitwick will be as willing now." Harry said depressed. "We'll do what we can though." The group nodded in agreement and began to eat their meal then head for class. Angelina Johnson intercepted the group at the entrance of the Great Hall; the team Captain had curtly told Harry and Ron to be on their best behavior since this little oversight thing that Umbridge had happened to also include the Quidditch teams. The group then went on and the only thing of interest happened was when Hedwig came to a window where a distracted Harry was playing with a piece of paper.
Hermione then began to talk to the others completely ignoring what Binns was saying now. "What do you think the chances are that something was trying to intercept Harry's mail?"
"Probably pretty good." Kitty said nodding in agreement. "It wouldn't be that hard to either capture or redirect an owl if you were watching for it, the hard part would be to do it without anyone noticing."
"Something that someone obviously didn't care about. Ron said, "I mean if Hedwig was intercepted then anything that she was carrying could be read."
"Yeah we know Ron." Peter said tiredly. "The question is though do we have anyway to stop it other than being careful what we send off or not use owl post at all?" None of them could come up with an answer to that and the group settled back into listening to the ghost talk about a goblin war.
They all met up again after class and Hermione was the first one of them to ask about the snowy owl. A deep concern in her eyes over her friends pet and maybe something more, it was almost as if she was actually trying to hold back some feeling but Peter dismissed that though Kitty was watching them with a knowing smirk. The group passed the note around that Hedwig had most likely been attacked over. The trio then began talking about the theories of people checking the mail and if there was anyway at all to stop Sirus from coming tonight but the three of them were drawing a rather large blank at the moment. They were interrupted from their thoughts though by Malfoy who was busy bragging to his cronies how he had managed to get the Slytherian Quidditch team back up and running without any problems. The blonde idiot was actually boasting to his friends much to the annoyance of the group.
"Yeah, Umbridge gave the Slytherian Quidditch team permission to continue playing straightaway, I went to ask her first thing this morning. Well, it was pretty much automatic, I mean, she does know my father really well, he's always popping in and out of the Ministry. It'll be interesting to see whether the Gryffindors are allowed to keep on playing won't it?"
"Don't rise." Hermione said warningly while Kitty moved herself inbetween the trio and Malfoy and his followers.
"From what my father says, they've been looking for an excuse to sack Arthur Weasley for years. And as for Potter, my father says its only a matter of time before the Ministry has him carted off to St. Mungo's apparently they've got a special ward for people whose brains had been addled by magic."
"To bad they don't have a ward for those that are to inbred to know which way to hold the end of their wands." Peter quipped at the blonde, "but then again if they did that you would probably have to lock up all of you inbred idiots."
Before Malfoy could respond to that Neville came charging at him, and it was only the combined efforts of Harry and Ron physically holding the boy back that stopped a fight from erupting, and Malfoy was stuck unsure if he should address Peter or the struggling Gryffindor. The choice was forced from his hands though when Snape opened the door and ordered them all in after taking points away from the Gryffindors. They all trudged inside and to the annoyance of the Gryffindors they saw Umbridge was also inside the classroom to observe Snape and his teaching style.
"Here we go again." Peter muttered darkly, as he saw the toad like woman with her clipboard held at the ready. "The toad and bat vs. the lions who aren't allowed to fight back no matter what." Gryffindors nearby gave agreeing nods as they stared at the two for a moment before they all reluctantly took their seats. The two despised professors prattled back and forth, and they all watched soundlessly as Snape vanished Harry's potion yet again. None of them except Harry though failed to notice the satisfied smirk that Umbridge had as Snape did it though or the quick scribbling that she did.
The Gryffs then split up going to their various classes half heading toward divination and the other half heading for Arithmancy. "You two go on ahead." Peter told Kitty and Hermione. "I need to talk to Neville about what it is that almost happened in there. It just doesn't seem much like him to just lose it like that and get into a fight."
Hermione nodded in agreement. "Your right, it doesn't seem like Neville. In all of the years I've known him I've only seen him attack Malfoy and his goons once, and that was to help Ron out that one time."
"Yeah, so I'll catch up with you two later." Peter said as he ran after the other Gryffindors. He rounded a corner and saw the other Gryffindors heading up a flight of steps. "Yo Neville we need to talk." Peter shouted at the other teen.
"Can it wait, we have class." Neville said looking around for a way to get out of this conversation.
"Nope, you're coming with me right now." Peter said, as he grabbed the other young man and led him into an unused classroom. Peter shut the door behind him and turned to look at the other boy who was nervously looking at anything but him. Peter sighed and leaned against the door. "So, you want to tell me what that was all about earlier before potions? I know that you usually have more brain cells working than to try and take on Malfoy and his idiot brigade all at once, so what set you off?"
"Its personal." Neville said stubbornly.
"Uh huh." Peter said unimpressed by the display. "Guess what cuz? When Moody and your Grams dragged me into this crazy world of magic, your problems in their own little way now became my problems. Now fess up Nev. What is going on that you felt like you had to go and do attempted suicide by taking on Malfoy while he's got his guards at the ready? True they were watching Harry and Ron, but your surprise would only have gotten you so far and maybe allowed you one hit two at the top." Neville locked gazes with him and seemed intent on not talking no matter what. Peter shrugged as he leaned against the door. "Suits yourself cuz, I can wait a while for you to go and make your choice of how long your going to stand there and try and stare me down. And think of it this way, we're family which means that in some way or other you should be able to trust me at least a little bit."
Neville continued to glare for about another minute before his shoulders slumped down tiredly. "Its my parents," he said reluctantly, "remember when I told you how your parents could be proud of you without thinking?"
Peter nodded stiffly. "Yeah I do."
"Well, the thing is, I never did tell you about my parents." He pulled an old wizard photo out that looked like it had been worn out from constant handling. Peter took the offered photograph and looked at a smiling couple that was wearing a set of Auror robes similar to the ones that Tonks or Shakelbolt wore with minor differences though. These two also had a large number of medals on their chest as well though. "It was a few days after Harry had defeated You- Know-Who. Some of his Death Eaters came for my parents, they didn't believe that he had really been destroyed by Harry and thought that my parents would know what had happened. It was a well-known fact that my parents were close to Dumbledore and they were pretty high up in the Auror ranks so they thought that my parents could tell them where You-Know-Who was. So they tortured them." Neville said sadly with a trace of bitterness as well though. The used the crutacius curse on them so many times that it destroyed their mnds and now they're just sitting there in St. Mungo's because they can't take care of themselves.
Peter nodded, he understood now. Malfoy's remark to Harry and his mental stability had triggered Neville's protective feelings over his parents causing him to lose control. Peter figured that he probably would have done the exact same thing if their roles had been reversed. All right then Nev I'm sorry not sure what else there is to say to that but I am sorry just try to be a bit more careful all right?" Neville nodded at this. "Now why don't you go to the dorm and get some sleep? You look pretty wiped out right about now and this has been a pretty draining experience for you. Not to mention I really doubt you'll be able to concentrate on your classes very much anymore today anyways." Peter then handed the photo back to the other boy.
The boy nodded again and headed for the door that Peter now stood beside instead of in front of. "Hey Peter." He said turning to the other teen.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks." The boy said. "Do you think you can keep this a secret though? I really don't want anybody to know about what happened to my folks."
"Sure no problem." Peter said nodding in agreement with his cousins wishes.
After Neville had left Peter sighed and he thought he had a messed up life but if anything it seemed as if Nev's was just as bad in its own ways. Shaking his head Peter headed for the rest of his classes.
The rest of the day was spent in homework and other various projects Peter had left the common room for a while to work on some of his weaker web designs that he thought that the twins would like planning on grabbing the two away sometime during the weak to test the products out. He returned as the twins were leaving for bed Harry was holding Hermione's hand to keep her from attacking the twins as one of them obnoxiously shook a box full of coins at them as they went upstairs to their beds. The group waited another half hour though before Sirus finally showed up.
"About time you showed up." Peter said, as he sat back in his chair letting the trio all kneel down beside their friend and champion.
"Sorry, I didn't want to intrude on anything like homework." Sirus shot back at the teen.
"Right." Ron drawled out, unconvinced at the sincerity in the man's voice.
"So, how're things?" Sirus asked them curiously.
"Not that good." Harry said sighing as he collected his thoughts on what to tell his godfather, true he had seen him just the other day near Hogsmeade but a lot had happened since then. He could tell him about the meeting at the Hogshead or they could sound him out and wait and see what it was that he thought before he told him. Harry shook his head he was becoming as paranoid as Moody or Peter it seemed. "The Ministry's forced another one of their stupid decree's down our throats, and made it so that we can't even have Quidditch teams without their approval now." Harry growled out to his godfather.
"Or secret DADA groups either I suppose either." Sirus said looking at the group knowingly, though he was focused on the trio the most. "Any particular reason that you forgot to tell me about that little detail on your visit?"
"Told you someone was watching us." Peter said with a smirk as a shocked Harry just stared at his godfather.
"But how did you know about that?"
"You'll want to choose where you meet up a bit more carefully." Sirus said grinning at the group proudly. "I mean really the Hogshead? Though I understand that you two fit right in despite being with people that obviously didn't." Sirus added nodding to Peter and Kitty respectfully. "Dumbledore's brother said that you two were welcome back anytime, though he did say that you should leave the newbies next time."
"Told ya so." Kitty said with a smirk at Hermione who scowled at the other girl before turning back to Sirus.
"It was better than the three broomsticks like you thought we should do." Hermione said. "That place is always packed with people."
"And you'd have been harder to overhear with all of those people." Sirus admonished. "The least you could have done is to get a private room to have your meeting in. If your going to play the subtle games of politics then you've got to learn a few more things first."
"Who overheard us?"
"Mundungus, of course, he was the witch under the veil." He explained to the trio that looked at him with confusion.
"How did you do that?" Ron asked them. "I mean you both knew it was a fake witch."
"They did eh?" Sirus said eyeing the two Americans carefully. "That is interesting, how did you figure it out?"
"Not enough female padding." Peter said with a smirk that had Sirus grinning in understanding.
"I'll be sure to tell him that." Sirus said chortling at this bit of information.
"So I'm still being followed then?" Harry demanded of his godfather, a scowl on his face.
"Yeah you are." Sirus said simply, meeting Harry's angry face with a calm and controlled one of his own. "Just as well anyway isn't it? I mean you see a wanted felon and plan an illegal defense group on your first time out of the castle."
"Technically it wasn't illegal till today, so we didn't exactly do anything illegal at the time." Kitty informed the man with a smirk, who merely laughed again at her way around the rules.
"Why was Dung hiding from us though?" Ron asked sullenly. "We'd've liked to have seen him."
"He was banned from the Hogshead actually. And you mean you would have liked to have pumped him for information." Sirus corrected him with a knowing look. "Look, I've known Mundungus a long time Ron, and I know exactly how easy the guy is to intimidate into talking."
"Right." Ron said sounding crestfallen. Sirus didn't notice the speculative looks that Peter and Kitty shared over that tidbit of information or the fact that Harry and Hermione were also sharing a similar look.
"Anyway, I have a message for Ron and the rest of the Weasley's if you'll pass the message onto the others from your mother."
"Great."
"Molly says, in no way are you to take part in an illegal DADA group Ron. Doesn't any of you to get expelled and having your futures ruined. She says that there will be plenty of time to learn how to defend yourselves later and you are to young to be worried about that sort of stuff right now." Sirus said before he turned to the others. She also said that while she can't order any of you others not to she strongly advises against any of you to do anything like that as well. And while she admits that she has no authority over any of the rest of you she said to remember that she only has their best interests at heart." Sirus said his eyes flickering toward Peter and Kitty nervously.
"Did a bit of paraphrasing didn't you." Kitty said with a knowing look and Sirus nodded guiltily.
"Trust me, I don't want to see another one of your infamous tempers released at me, besides as I understand it Dumbledore lost the Order's last chance earlier anyways."
"Uh huh." Peter said noncommittally. "And just what exactly did Mad-Eye say about the idea?"
"Well he thought that it was a great idea that you wanted to be able to defend yourself, and was glad to know that you completely disagreed with the meeting place, said he was glad you weren't just cautious part of the time whatever that means."
"We had lunch with him, later that day." Peter said shrugging.
"So," Harry said, "you think I should not do it?" Harry asked, not really wanting to go against Sirus, but he would if he had to.
What! Me? Certainly not! Sirus said looking up in surprise. "I happen to think that it's an excellent idea."
"Really?"
"Of course I do. Do you think the Marauders would have laid down and let this Umbridge hag throw her weight around like she has been?"
"And what happens if we do get expelled?" Hermione asked worriedly.
"Well there are more than one magical school in the world." Sirus told the girl. "And while it would hurt my Hogwarts and Gryffindor pride to see you lot go to a different school I think that I could accept it and you would be ahead on your DADA work if it did happen though its doubtful since even as a menace Harry's name is worth a lot to the Ministry. They wouldn't really want to cut all ties to him no matter what unless they're being even more idiotic than usual."
Well not all of us have that safety net.
Peter snorted at this. Please Ron everyone knows that Harry would lay his life down for you two and if you two were kicked out he'd grab his trunk and follow after you two in a heartbeat.
You better believe it mate. Harry said clapping Ron on the shoulder.
"Right, now how are you organizing this group? Where are you meeting? What kind of spells are you going to teach? What type of people are you going to have?"
"One question at a time Padfoot!" Harry said with a grin glad to have at least one adult on their side. "Although they are good questions. Where are we going to meet Hermione?"
"Um well, I hadn't actually planned that far yet actually." The witch admitted to the group turning pink. "Before it was going to just be a random classroom, but now that Umbridge has made it illegal we'll have to find a secret place now won't we?"
"Yeah, more than likely." Peter said.
"The shrieking shack?" Sirus suggested, Hermione shook her head and pointed out the various flaws in why that wouldn't work. How about that secret passage behind the mirror its pretty roomy and you could use it for a firing range."
Harry shook his head at this one. "It caved in ages ago, according to the twins it got blocked before we even got here."
"Oh." Sirus said a bit crestfallen and started thinking again.
"What about the old Hogwarts armory?" Peter asked. The whole idea of the place is to train people to fight. True we haven't done anything with it yet but it might have its uses in this."
"Might work." Harry agreed without thinking. "As long as we don't mind falling on the hard ground that is."
"I thought I heard you to tailing us that night." Peter said with a smirk. And since you know where it is then, you can bet we'll start using it to train you in sword training again once we get some mats or something down there that is. Maybe we can bring in some dried hay or something."
"Armory?" Sirus said perking his head up. "I don 't think I've ever seen an armory at Hogwarts, in fact I thought that the weapons had all been destroyed or been made a part of the protections of the castle. At least that's what Lily and Remus always told us."
"Yeah, something Kitty found in her wanderings." Peter said patting his friend. "It was from when the castle had a supporting army and stuff before all of the wards had been completed. The portrait that is in charge of the area though said he preferred if we didn't use it as a training area at least for muggle styled combat, we'll have to see if he objects to magical combat in there though."
"Probably a good move." Sirus said nodding in agreement. "Staying on the good side of the portraits is a good thing to do."
"Says the man who slashed the Fat Lady in our third year." Ron shot at the man. Sirus started to say something but a worried look crossed his face and then he was gone with a pop and a chubby hand was there a moment later. The others got up and left and Peter tossed a vial of the new webbing into the fire in case she came though it would slow her down and if not she would get webbing all over her hand and if he was really lucky the webbing would travel though and envelope her.