Chapter Two

The Redhead Girl

Lavi was welcomed into the castle, as was Bak. Lavi stared at the paintings on the walls, they were moving. Like moving people or things in the paintings. And worse still, there were ghosts. Like ghosts. And they can talk. Which was very scary.

"You are no wizard!" Said a rather beaky nosed man with a kilt.

Lavi rushed on. He found the stairs, they move. It was amazing. He climbed up the stairs two at a time. As he ran, he discovered he's reached the seventh floor.

He wanted to find that girl. The one with the red hair. The girl with the harsh eyes. She reminded him of Kanda and Lenalee in one body. Maybe it was, but he needed to know.

"Where are you, redhead girl?" He called in a half-whisper.

Nothing, as he expected. Maybe he imagined it all. Man, there are too many maybes in his mind. He was probably going to lose his mind and he really didn't want to. It would be very foolish. Not to mention the fame among these magical folk if he caught this Harry Potter. That's right, Harry Potter's head will be on a platter and he was the one who was going to serve it. Snape would be so shock, it'll even wipe that smirk from Draco's pale face.

"Over here, dimwit." He heard off to his right.

Immediately he placed his hand on Iron. His single eye gazing around. Finally in the corner, he spotted a boy. He was lean and tall, even taller than Lavi himself, who was quite tall.

Lavi raced over as the boy grabbed him by his arm and forced him into a room. After looking around carefully, he closed the door and locked it.

"Ginny asked me to pick you up." The boy said, he raised his hand to shake," I'm Neville Longbottom."

Lavi accepted," Lavi Bookman."

A tall black boy rounded the corner and spotted Lavi, over his shoulder he shouted," Ginny, he's here with that redhead."

He walked over to Lavi and said," We'll do introductions later. Where's that blonde guy that was with you?"

"With that Snape dude." Lavi said, much to the boy's horror.

"Shit. We gotta get him away from Snape. Hey, Chang. Go get that blondie."

A Chinese girl walked over and Lavi couldn't help but stare.

"I'm Cho Chang….Uh, hello?" Cho said, waving her arm around.

"I'm sorry. You remind me of a friend." He said. Lenalee Lee.

She stepped up to the door and opened it, before closing it quickly.

Neville pointed," This way. We'll get started before he gets here."

Lavi entered into a room covered in stuff. From bookcases to twelve beds, some one one side, and more on the other. They were blocked off with changing curtains. A large orange cat streaked past. Lavi gulped and checked for Timcampy, once satisfied he was still there, he began looking for the redhead girl.

He saw her. She wasn't his type, but she was pretty. She was certainly younger than himself. Her red hair was a mane, and her face were covered in freckles. She was thin. She must be Ginny.

"I'm Ginny Weasley." She said.

Lavi remembered what Draco had called him. A Weasley.

"Lavi Bookman."

Neville bowed his head slightly," You've already met me."

The black boy held his hand out to Lavi, he accepted," I'm Dean. Dean Thomas."

Ginny pointed to where the Chinese girl had exited," She's Cho Chang. She's harmless unless you go against her as a Seeker!"

A rather nerdy blonde boy ran over," I'm Colin Creevey. Pleased to meet you."

Ginny rolled her eyes at the boy before turning back to Lavi," Ignore him. He's too young to understand anything here."

There were twin girls off to the side. They were Indian.

"They're the Patil sisters. Padma and Parvati." Ginny said, both bobbing their heads in greeting.

"So, what is this place?" Lavi asked.

"Headquarters of Dumbledore's Army." Neville said.

Just then five kids walked over, and introduced themselves.

"I'm Katie Bell." a rather cute girl with short brown hair wearing a blue sweatshirt and black jeans waved.

Another girl with brown skin and brown hair waltzed over, her eyes are the colour of chocolate and Lavi realized if he hadn't controlled himself, he would've yelled," STRIKE!"

"Angelina Johnson." She smiled before returning to her place next to Katie and another girl.

"Alicia Spinnet." She said, she kind of looked like Angelina but not enough for him to control his emotions inside.

The last two were boys and one, a sandy-haired boy with blue eyes and light skin said with a slightly colder grin," I'm Seamus Finnigan."

The other had blonde hair and brown eyes said," Hello, I'm Justin."

Lavi said, smiling widely," Well hello. Thanks for being more nicer than that guy called Draco, those Carrow people, and Mr. Shallow-Skinned Snape."

"You spoke to Malfoy?" Dean growled, taking a few steps back.

"Who?" Lavi said.

"Draco Malfoy is his name." Ginny gave Dean the look of death.

Just then the door opened. Cho had returned, with Bak. She stared silently at Ginny for a few moments before she got the hint. They stepped into a different part of the room and spoke in hushed tones.

Bak stared around in shock, first at the room itself, then at the people in the room. He stepped up close to Lavi for protection, but he waved him off and whispered in a soft voice so no one heard," It's safe. I can tell. We can trust these people."

"What if they work for Harry Potter?" Bak whispered back.

Lavi wondered that himself, but he had this gut-wrenching feeling that this Harry Potter was actually a good guy and Snape, the Carrows, and Draco Malfoy and his goons are the bad guys. He hadn't liked the leers on Alecto and Amycus.

Lavi took this time to chance that he was correct," Do you know of this Harry Potter that Snape spoke of?"

Ginny and Cho both stopped what they were doing very quickly. They stared at Lavi for a few moments before Ginny said," Yes, we do. He's a good friend of mine and everyone in here."

"He helped me get stronger." Neville said.

Seamus nodded," Helped all of us get stronger. The best Gryffindor there ever was."

Angelina smiled," Best damn Seeker around too. We won the House Cup more than anyone could think we could."

"Only because Ron, Hermione and Harry always got into some type of trouble for the good." Said yet another girl, who introduced herself as Lavender Brown.

Bak said," So, why are you in such of a room?" He gestured around at the mess.

"Only way we survive. The Carrows are Death Eaters, they are in charge of discipline. But they torture the kids that get into trouble. The other professors here try not to tell the Carrows of the bad the students do. Even allowing some of the Slytherins to torture their classmates. It's only pureblood and half-bloods that go to Hogwarts now. Muggle-borns are on the run. If they are lucky, they can get to Argentina or Florida and away from harm. If they are lucky, that is."

"Lavi?" Bak asked, staring closely at his friend's face. He didn't like that evil gleam he's grown used to. But Bak was happy about that grin, it showed he was getting better. He had been devastated when Allen lost control. He cried, mumbling about if he had been stronger. But there was nothing Lavi could've done. No, He would have been dead. If Lavi hadn't saved him, Bak would've been a dead man. He didn't want to die. He never wants to die. Not a sane person anyhow. And Bak was sane.

Lavi was thinking of doing something that might be considered bad, but he didn't want to risk Bak's life anymore than he already has.

"So, if this Harry Potter is such a good guy, then who the hell is the bad guy?" He felt his eye twitch in annoyance, why did he have to be involved with these people? They didn't have anything to do with him! He should grab Bak and run as fast as he possibly can to get out of this hellhole, and out off Scotland for that matter. That's right, he would go to America, or Korea. Far away from these magic freaks.

As if Ginny had read his mind, she said," Harry's the good guy, correct. The bad guy is a thing called Lord Voldemort-" Lavi noticed the flinches," But people call him You-Know-Who or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. The worst wizard around." She shivered

slightly before casting a dark look over her shoulder, towards Neville.

"There's visitors in on the other side of the tunnel." A new voice spoke. Soft and kind, Lavi looked up to see a painting of a graceful teenage girl staring down at him.

Neville nodded," I'll go and fetch them. It might be Luna."

"Luna?" Lavi asked.

"Luna Lovegood, she's a bit weird but she's one of the bravest Ravenclaws I've ever seen." Ginny said, throwing Cho a look of disgust.

Neville opened the porthole and exited.

"You should return to Snape. We don't need a dead man trying to help us, huh?" Ginny said, taking both Bak and Lavi by each arm and steering them towards the doors.

"Don't tell them anything about us." Ginny warned them,"If they find out about us they will kill us."

Lavi nodded," We won't. Just let us know when Harry gets here."

Ginny pulled a coin from her pocket and tossed it to Lavi. He caught it and stared.

"It looks like wizarding currency. But it's really a messenger for the DA." Ginny explained. Lavi pocketed the coin and opened the door. No one was out. In fact, it was so silent. Too silent. It nerved Lavi, and not much could nerve him anymore. He clutched Iron in its normal form. He felt Bak stiffen beside him and knew he felt the same way as himself.

The door shut behind them, and in the instant, an alarm went off. They ran at full speed, horror etched in their faces. Iron was out in her magnificent size.