The next day of school was just as bad as the day before. Ginny once again received detention and Blaise once again was in charge of it. He wasn't as friendly this time, however. He was getting annoyed that Ginny wasn't realizing what The Carrow's were capable of, they were worse than Snape.

The next day at breakfast Neville sat next to Ginny who was stabbing her food. "Someone seems cheerful." said Neville sarcastically. Ginny looked up and glared. She was starting to get used to this new Neville.

"I'm just sick and tired of this! Those two teachers are terrible! Hogwarts used to be a place where I felt the safest, and now I'm its run by those who were causing the fear in my life in the first place!" she said.

Neville nodded his head in agreement and looked away for a couple of minutes. When he turned back around there was a mischievous glint in Neville's eyes that Ginny had seen in Fred and Georges eyes many times. Ginny arched an eyebrow to let Neville know she wanted to know what was going through his head.

"As you know, what we are learning in the Carrow's class is terrible." Neville said. Ginny nodded and Neville continued. "Well I think we need to start up Dumbledore's army again."

Ginny's eyes widened and smile crept onto her face. "You're a genius Neville!"

He blushed a little and said "Well…we need to recruit some old members and also see if there are any others who would be willing to join. Remember to not say anything around the Slytherin's." Ginny nodded and thought of Blaise.

Ginny was still trying to place Blaise. He didn't seem as prejudiced as other Slytherin's were, but he still had the characteristics of a Slytherin. She looked back up to talk to Neville, but he was already gone, probably looking for recruits. She looked around the cafeteria and spotted none other than Blaise. He looked up too and gave a half smile and she gave one back.

During classes Ginny would watch people whom she thought would like joining DA. She immediately went up to Dean and Seamus who eagerly agreed, and when she asked Luna she said that Neville had already asked her.

After all her classes (She managed not to get a detention today) she asked her roommates to join and they all agreed. On the way to the first meeting Ginny ran into the first year Valerie Smith. Valerie looked up and said "Sorry! I wasn't looking!"

Ginny laughed and said "Its fine." Than an Idea struck her. She grabbed Valerie's arm and began bringing her to the room of requirement. Valerie was only in her first year, but that didn't mean she shouldn't be allowed to be able to defend herself, Ginny thought. As Ginny continued to drag Valerie across the school, the little first year looked extremely confuse- but not scared.

Ginny smiled at her and said "Don't worry. I'm not going to take you somewhere and torture you. I want to show you something." Valerie nodded her head and let Ginny continue to drag her.

Finally Ginny reached the spot she was looking for. "Stand here." Ginny told Valerie. Then she walked past the familiar wall three times thinking 'I need a place to learn how to defend myself and others.' Soon enough the door appeared and Valerie was looking at it with wide eyes and her mouth slightly open.

Ginny opened the door and held it open for Valerie. Valerie scrambled through the door and Ginny went in after her. Looking around the room that she had used in her fourth year caused memories to swirl back into her mind. She thought of the first time she learned 'Expecto Patronum' and a huge smile appeared on her face.

"What is this place?" Valerie asked.

Ginny beamed at her and said "Technically it's the room of requirement, but right now it is the practice room for Dumbledore's Army."

"Dumbledore was the last headmaster here right?" Valerie asked. Ginny nodded and Valerie said "Professor McGonagall told me he was the best headmaster Hogwarts had ever seen."

"He was. There will never be another like him." Ginny said as Neville walked in with a group of kids. Ginny looked at everyone who came, there were her room mates, the Creevey brothers, Luna Lovegood, Dean and Thomas, Hannah Abbot, Grant Page, Lavender, Padma twins, Ernie Mcmillan, Zacharias Smith (To Ginny's disbelief) and a couple other faces Ginny did not know.

The room of requirement's doors sealed themselves shut and everyone looked expectantly at Ginny. She raised her hands up and said "Hey, don't ask me! It was Neville's idea." All eye's moved towards Neville who shifted uncomfortably under everyone's gaze.

"Thanks Ginny," he muttered as he took his place in front of the class. Ginny grinned at him and gave him the thumbs up.

"Well as you know the two new teachers we have are terrible." He said getting straight to the point. Everyone nodded in agreement. "So some of you may remember a club we started when the reign of Umbridge was upon us. Dumbledore's Army."

Those who were in the club last time all smiled at each other and the newcomers looked excited. "Yes, well didn't DA fail miserably last time?" Zacharias asked.

Neville said "I wouldn't exactly say that it 'failed miserably.' I for one got an 'O' on my DADA OWL. This club taught me a lot of stuff that helped Ginny, Luna and I when we went to the department of mysteries." Zacharias's face turned solemn and he looked away.

"There is a war going on outside this school, and I have no doubts that it will reach Hogwarts at some point. That's why we need to be ready. We need to know how to defend ourselves and our friends. Anyone who is not willing to risk getting in major trouble if we get caught should leave now." He looked at everyone and everyone stood proudly where they stood, even Zacharias. Valerie stood trembling but Ginny could see in her eyes determination. Neville grinned at everyone and said "Now it's down to business."

Neville looked at the old members and said "Do you guys still have the coins that signaled when there was a meeting?"

Dean Thomas grinned and reached into his pocket and came back up and held out a seemingly ordinary Galleon. "Never took it out of my pocket, mate." The other old members all reached into their pockets and pulled out Galleons too. Neville and Ginny reached in too and pulled out their own.

"You know having this in my pocket felt like a sense of security was covering me. I felt like there was always someone there who had my back."

Everyone looked at the person who had just said that. It was Zacharias. Ginny smiled and said "Looks like someone does have feelings."

"Being an egotistical ass is a full time job. It gets tiring after a while." He said. Ginny laughed and turned away from him.

All of the kids who had not previously been in DA were looking very confused. Neville walked over to them and started to explain the coins to them. Valerie was completely amazed at the genius of it. Neville passed out the ones he had charmed earlier that day.

After that they discussed meeting and protocol. They didn't have enough time to begin learning anything new and at the end of the meeting Neville made everyone sign a charmed list of members. If anyone told a teacher about the club the charm would be put on the traitor…it wasn't a very pleasant thing.

As everyone left Neville walked up to Ginny. "Do you think Valerie is going to be able to handle this?" he asked. "She's only a first year and these spells can get pretty complex."

Ginny sighed and said "I think she can do this. She's strong, I can tell. I'll even giver her extra help if she needs it."

"I trust you." He said with a final wave and goodbye. Ginny waved back and cleaned up the rest of the room and walked back to her room and fell right asleep.