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Chapter 16

The Room of Requirements again

Neville led Harry and Luna to the exit of the Room of Requirements. They slipped on the Invisibility Cloak and, for all Ginny knew, left the room. It was quiet for a moment after their departure, and then the room filled with laughter, from Fred and George's jokes, and talking. Ginny spotted Avery and Seamus not too far from her and walked over to them.

"How are you Ginny?" Avery asked.

"I'm fine," Ginny said, "are you alright, both of you?"

"We're fine," said Seamus, "minus the injuries."

"I'm sorry I couldn't come back, Ginny said, "but I had no choice. My whole family is in the Order and-"

"It's alright Ginny," interrupted Avery, "we had each other and you did it to save your family and the Order. We know how important the Order is and it's necessary to do whatever it takes to keep the Order information hidden. All of us here understand."

The D.A members all crowded around Ginny, Avery, and Seamus, smiling.

"We beat the Carrows," said Terry. "They can't take us down."

"We may have gotten punished," said Seamus, "but we're alright. We're strong and can take anything."

"We are Dumbledore's Army," Avery said, "and we will not let the Carrows stay here any longer."

"We'll fight for our school back," said Neville.

Everyone around them that were listening shouted in agreement. Ginny smiled. Neville and Ginny sat at a desk with Avery and Seamus to fill Ginny in on what has happened since she left.

"We've had a lot of kids come in to stay with us, as I have told you," said Neville. "The Room of Requirements has been showing us very good results lately. They can't get to us, even though Malfoy has tried."

"He has?" Ginny asked.

"Two or three times," Avery shrugged, "but he can't get in since we are in here."

Ginny nodded.

Neville told her a couple more things while Ron and Hermione were having their own discussion.

"We need to get rid of this thing," Hermione whispered to him, holding Hufflepuff's cup. "We could take care of this while Harry is with Luna."

"Yeah," whispered Ron, "but how do we get rid of it?"

They racked their brains, but it was Ron who got an idea first.

"Basilisk fangs," Ron said. Hermione looked at him confused.

"The Chamber of Secrets have a whole bunch of them from the one Harry killed our second year."

Hermione beamed. "That's right." Ron closed his eyes quickly and asked the Room to give him a broom. It obliged. Hermione stuffed the cup inside her pocket as Ron grabbed the broom and her hand and ran over to Ginny.

"We're going to the bathroom really quickly," he said to her.

"Ok," Ginny said, slightly confused."

He smiled at her and ran out of the Room of Requirements.

"What was that all about?" Ginny asked Neville, who shrugged in response. She shrugged it off as well and Neville continue to fill her in on what he was teaching the newer students.

Ron and Hermione made their way down some stairs, dodging teachers and students along the way until they made it to Moaning Myrtles bathroom. They entered it.

"How do you open the Chamber?" Hermione asked.

"You have to speak Parseltongue," said Ron. He tried to remember how Harry had spoken to open the locket. He tried mimicking it. The Chamber didn't open.

"Keep trying Ron," Hermione said, encouragingly. Ron hissed again, this time with a result. The Chamber of Secrets opened for them. Ron mounted his broom, Hermione climbing on behind him. They flew down the chamber and landed. They raced to the rock opening Ron made to let Harry and Ginny escape through. He pushed some more rocks out of the way and climbed through, Hermione right behind. They ran and saw it. The carcass of the Basilisk Harry had killed 5 years ago, and many teeth with it. Ron grabbed one as Hermione pulled out the cup. Ron handed her the fang.

"It's time you had some fun," Ron said, smiling. Hermione smiled and took the fang. Ron took the cup from Hermione and held it firmly to the ground as it started to shake. Hermione knelt in front of it and stabbed it quickly. It dented at the touch and they knew the Horcrux was destroyed. Hermione smiled as she picked up the cup and pocketed the cup and fang. She then started picking up other fangs.

"What are you doing?" Ron asked.

"Getting more for the other Horcruxes," she said, pocketing a couple more. "We might need them."

Ron pocketed a couple fangs himself as Hermione started filling her arms up with fangs. They then ran back toward the way they came in. They mounted the broom together and flew out of the Chamber. It closed up and they left the bathroom, Hermione cradling the fangs they have collected.

~Meanwhile~

It was a mess in the Room of Requirements. Order members started showing up, as well as some Hogwarts students that have already graduated from Hogwarts, making the room very crowded. Ginny greeted a lot of them. There was Katie Bell, Oliver Wood, Susan, Ernie, Lavender Brown (who greeted each other rather reluctantly after last year), Angelia Johnson, and many others. A couple of Order members made their way to the entrance, with Ginny's help, to wait for Harry, which didn't take long. Ginny smiled as Harry and Luna came into view of the room, just glad to know they were safe now. However, because of the crowd, Ginny couldn't hear what Harry said to her father, Lupin, the twins, and Kingsley, but she knew it was something about a fight because almost at once, the room cleared out. Ginny was about to leave when her mother grabbed her.

"You're underage!" she shouted at her. "I won't permit it! The boys, yes, but you, you've got to go home!"

"I won't!" Ginny shouted back. She felt horrible yelling at her mother, but she couldn't go home, not when her whole family was here and the love of her life was…she just couldn't go. She pulled her arm out of her mother's grip. "I'm in Dumbledore's Army -"

"A teenagers' gang!"

"A teenagers' gang that's about to take him on, which no one else has dared to do!" said Fred.

"She's sixteen!" Mrs. Weasley shouted. "She's not old enough! What you two were thinking, bringing her with you -"

Fred and George looked ashamed. Ginny couldn't believe this was happening. Fred and George brought her, knowing what they were doing. They obviously thought she would stay safe with what was going on. Bill looked at her and spoke.

"Mum's right, Ginny," he said, gently. "You can't do this. Everyone underage will have to leave, it's only right."

"I can't go home," Ginny said, letting tears build in her eyes. "My whole family is here, I can't stand waiting there alone and not knowing and-"

She stopped as she looked at Harry, hopeful. He was her last hope of being able to stay. She knew it was almost a lost cause, knowing he broke up with her to keep her safe and this would be the most dangerous thing to do at the moment. She couldn't leave and not to mention, she wanted to get revenge on the Carrows. She wanted to help fight the death eaters, not caring how old she was. She could take them, and get help if she needed it. However, to her disappointment, Harry shook his head. She turned away bitterly, but feeling bad about it the second she did it. She knew they just wanted her to be safe, but she wanted to know they were all safe. She looked at the tunnel.

"Fine," she said. "I'll say goodbye now, then, and-" she couldn't remember what she was going to say because at that moment, the tunnel opened and out of it stumbled…

Yay cliffhangers, well not much of one...lol...Next chapter up now...reviews are appreciated!