It turned out that Hermione had left us some notes on the coins under her bed. We managed to bewitch mine, Neville and Ginny's coins so that they could change the numbers on the others.

We called the meeting for 7pm that night. We told the original members to bring trustworthy people. There was a lot of excitement throughout Gryffindor tower and we feared there would be too many people. We decided that the meeting should be for fourth year and above. It would be a complete waste of time if over one hundred people showed up.

At quarter to seven, Neville and I disillusioned ourselves and crept to the room of requirement. We desperately needed the Marauder's Map but that was God knows where with Harry. I'd have to talk to Sirius and Remus about making a new one.

Thankfully, there was no one about when we got to the entrance. I paced quickly back and forth thrice.

We need the DA practice room like before. Somewhere our enemies can't find us. With passages to the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw common room. It has to be equipped and safe.
A large brass door appeared in front of us.

"Quickly, I hear someone coming," Neville said, pushing me through the door. I stumbled slightly but managed to stay standing.

The room was huge. It looked a lot like it did before, but it was more warm and homely. Three large doors lined the left wall with the house symbols hovering above them.

"Let's bring them in," I said walking over to the Gryffindor door. I opened it and found myself looking into the room from the window side. The Gryffindor's all stared at me in shock.

"Wow," Seamus said, running to the window and looking out. "It's like some weird floating door."

"That's because it is," I snapped. I looked behind my shoulder and saw that the other houses were already inside. "Come on guys, come in. The others are waiting."

The twenty Gryffindor's went into the room. Ginny rounded up the group; we both went and stood by Luna and Neville at the front. I held back slightly, I didn't really think I deserved to be there but if they wanted my support I couldn't deny them.

"Hello," Neville began shakily. "Thank you all for coming. As you've all noticed, things have gotten worse here. And personally, I would prefer Umbridge as a teacher." his comment was met by a round of laughs. "School is compulsory now but when July comes they're going to come after us. Well, the half-bloods anyway and I bet once they've done that they'll start on uncooperative pure bloods. The point is we need to learn to defend ourselves. But this is more serious than before. It's a lot bigger than Expelliamus."

I smiled up at him. Neville actually sounded confident. I looked around the room and saw that everyone was hanging on to his every word. I could hardly believe it.

"We're going to be practising spells, getting into shape for battles and pranking the Death Eaters. Let them know who's boss." the crowd cheered again. "Ginny and Luna will be helping out. As will Ally, but she's appointed herself as 'Pranks Master."

I mock bowed to the crowd causing them all to grin excitedly. Even though the circumstances were much more sever, the DA seemed a lot more fun this time around.

"This meeting just to say what's going on really," Ginny continued. "We've got coins for those who don't have any. If you can't come to a meeting because of detention or whatever, don't worry. We'll hold meetings at least three times a week. You won't miss much. Does anyone have any questions?" No one stirred. "Ok, that's all for today then. If you don't have a coin come and get one."

There were quite a few few people and I feared we would run out, but we just about managed. Once everyone was gone, Neville, Ginny, Luna and I stayed behind to talk tactics in peace and quiet. However the conversation quickly and swiftly moved to Harry.

"What do you think he's doing?" Neville asked Ginny and I. We both shrugged.

"I don't know. It's got to do with killing You-Know-Who obviously. And I think the sword of Gryffindor's needed somewhere," Ginny said. The two of them stared at us confused.

"Dumbledore left it to Harry in his will," I explained. "But he wasn't allowed it as it's a historical artefact."

"Maybe he needs it to kill you-know-who," Luna chimed in. "I don't think he can be killed by just a spell. Maybe he has to be stabbed by the sword, that's why Dumbledore left it to Harry."

"That makes sense," Neville said, getting quite excited. I couldn't correct them even if I wanted too. "It's in Dumbledore - I mean Snape's office, right? We could sneak in and then keep it until we know where Harry is."

They hatched their plan while I sat in a thoughtful silence. The plan was pretty dreadful in my opinion. It was filled with holes and gaps where things could go wrong. I was dying to give my opinion and advice but I couldn't risk changing even more.

"So Ally, are you in?" Ginny asked, breaking my thoughtful silence.

"Erm - well, how about I conduct the distraction. It won't work if Snape's in his office," I said quickly. They nodded understandingly.

"So, Friday?" Neville asked us. "I think we need to act quickly. If we plan too much, it will just go wrong."

"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men. Gang aft agley," I quoted. I grinned when they gave me one of their 'What the hell are you talking about' looks.

An idea suddenly popped into my head. The Diadem of Ravenclaw was in this room; technically. I could fetch it, keep it safe and then, when the battle came around, I could just give it to Harry, saving valuable time. It wouldn't interfere too much it would just help out. It work out better.

"Ally, are you ok?" Neville asked me. The three of them were standing up and heading to the door. "You zoned out a bit there."

"Oh yeah, sorry." I said, standing up with them. "Wait, I have something to do. I'll see you later." I walked over to the main door while they followed me with questioning eyes.

"At 8:30?" Ginny asked. "Where are you going?"
"I just need to do something?" I said, disillusioning myself.

"Then we'll help you," Luna said sweetly. I didn't really want their help; it would cause a lot of unnecessary questions. But I did have to admit, I would never find the Horcrux without them.

"Fine," I muttered. "Disillusion yourselves in case anyone comes by."

Once outside I paced back and forth until the door reappeared. I cast Lumos when we were all inside.

"What are we looking for?" Ginny asked, glancing around at the room of hidden things.
"Well it's a - you know, I don't actually know," I said, thoughtfully.

Like the rest of my plans, this was badly thought out. "Luna will know. It's the Diadem of Ravenclaw, what does it look like?"

"Well it's blue, and a lot like a crown," she said. "And then there's an engraving of Wit beyond -"

"Ok," I said, cutting her off. "Just try and find a crown; check the boxes. Accio, won't work."

I went to the nearest bookshelf and began riffling through the rubbish.
"Why are we doing this?" Neville asked. He seemed pretty sceptical about it, but he was still helping.

"Harry needs it," I said simply. "But not yet. And you can't tell anyone, this stays between us."

He nodded and continued to search.

About half an hour into the search Luna called out. "I think I've found it!" she called from the back of the room. I dropped the book I was holding and ran to her isle.

Luna had the crown on her head and was walking along between the shelves bridal style. I stiffed a giggle as Ginny and Neville came up beside me.

"I would wear that if I were you," I said, taking it off her head.
"Why not?" she asked innocently.

"It isn't very nice." I tried to shrink it down to fit into my pocket but it wouldn't budge. Once again; badly thought out plan.

"Do we get to know what it's for?" Neville asked.
"Nope." I wished for an exit to the common room and the door appeared.

I gave them all one last mischievous grin before departing.

:-:

The Diadem turned out to be very difficult to disguise. It wouldn't shrink, it wouldn't transfigure... I began to think that I would just have to wear the ghastly thing.

However on the second day of having it shoved in the tie-dye bag I managed to put it into a box and then i transfigured the box into a book. I thought it was quite ingenious if I say so myself.

Friday night came way too quickly for my liking. Seamus would unfortunately be helping with the distraction and if we were caught we had to pretend we were a couple. I squirmed every time I thought of it.

After ten months, we were only just on speaking terms. Why did Neville have to make things even more awkward?

At nine o clock, Seamus and I left the safety of the common room. Neville, Luna and Ginny were to leave five minutes after us so we had time to plant the pranks.

Seamus and I walked down the corridor hand in hand. It was even more awkward than I thought it would be. But after what seemed like an eternity, we reached our destination: the seventh floor staircase.

"Are you ready?" I asked, shakily. "Remember, we only have about three minutes to do this." I handed Seamus a mask and put my own on. I transfigured my robes to make them plain black. He did the same.

Once we were done, Seamus took out the Stairs Ski-Slope and grinned wickedly.

"On the count of three," he whispered, devilishly. "One."
"Two," I said, taking my own pranks out.
"Three."

I ran over to the far wall and enlarged the small We want you for Dumbledores Army poster that Seamus had made. It was a lot like the Kitchener and Uncle Sam posters used in World War One. Seamus had cleverly drawn a picture of Dumbledore pointing forward. It looked amazing. Once I had stuck it to the wall using a permanent sticking charm, I bewitched two suits of armour to spontaneously erupt with confetti every two minutes.

Once I was done, I looked over to Seamus who was calving Harry's lightning bolt scar into the wall.

"Really?" I asked, trying to edge him along.
"It adds dramatic effect." even though he was wearing a mask, I could tell he was grinning.

"Alecto, come quick!" a voice called from the bottom of the stairs. "There are two students revolting!"

I looked over to the ski slope to see Professor Carrow dragging her way up.

"Shit," Seamus said loudly. His distinctive Irish accent seemed to echo across the hallway. I grabbed his arm before throwing a handful of darkness powder at Professor Carrow.

We ran along to the Room of Requirement and paced back and forth quickly.

We need a short cut to Gryffindor Tower, We need a short cut to Gryffindor Tower.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the Carrow's running toward us. I squealed in fear.
As soon as the door appeared, Seamus pushed us through. We fell into the middle of the common room, but the door remained open.

"What the -" Romilda asked.

"Shut the door!" Seamus and I shouted. We leapt off the floor and managed to slam it The Carrows faces. Once it was shut, the door morphed back into the wall. We both leant against it, panting.

"Do you think they saw the inside of the common room?" I asked. Seamus nodded, his eyes going wide.

We quickly tore off our masks and robes and put on the pyjamas we had waiting.

"What do I do with this?" Oliver asked, holding up my disguise I threw to him.

"Just throw it out the window," I said. I sat down casually on the couch, like I had been there the whole time. As soon as my butt hit the seat, the portrait door swung open.

"Tonks, Finnegan, to the dungeons now," The female one said. Well, I think she was a female.

I stared up at them innocently and yawned. "Why, what have I done? I did that essay for you."
They pointed their wands at us and edged closer.

"There was an act of vandalism tonight, and we know it was you."

"How was it us?" Seamus asked, trying to make his voice seem deeper and more English. "We haven't moved from here for about half hour."

"We heard your voice and those Weasley pranks could have only came from you," the man said, looking very pleased with himself.

"Oh yes, I forgot Weasley Wizarding Wheezes was only open to me," I said sarcastically. "And if we were to do it, do you think we would have been stupid enough not to disguise our voices?" there was a long thoughtful pause. "So what pranks did they pull?" I asked nonchalantly.

"They turned the stairway into snow, they defaced the Walls," The man Carrow said, glaring at me with annoyance.

I smiled slightly. "They did a good job. But if it was me, I would have done more. I also wouldn't have gotten caught."

"They also left up signs," the woman butted in. "We have reason to believe that Dumbledore's Army has reformed." she let out a mocking laugh. I looked at her seriously in the eyes.

"I assure you, I have done nothing wrong." it was true, I had done nothing wrong.

The two Carrows looked down at Seamus and me with pure loathing. "We know it was you two, and when we prove it. You'll be rotting in the Dungeon with your friends."

"What?" I asked.

"Your little friends were caught breaking into the headmaster's office. They'll be spending a few days in the dungeon before they complete one last final task," He laughed harshly before strolling out of the common room with his sister in tow.

"You are an excellent liar," Lavender said, once we were sure they had gone. "Did it all go to plan?"

"Apart from almost being caught and the other guys being sent to the dungeons, yes it was great," Seamus said sarcastically. "What are we going to do about Neville, Ginny and Luna?"

"There isn't a lot we can do. They're made of strong stuff. If there is any real danger then we'll do something. But we will never rescue them. We'll just end up getting caught ourselves." I said sensibly.

They would be ok. They would go into the Forbidden Forrest with Hagrid and all would be well. But on the fourth day of their disappearance, I began to worry.

There had been no news of them. I had tried to ask Professor McGonagall about it, but she knew less than I did. She did, however, give me twenty house points for passing her a book. And Professor Flitwick gave me five for successfully executing a first year spell. Everyone knew that the pranks were my doing, even Snape and the Carrows. But thankfully, there was no proof.

On Tuesday night, Seamus and Pavarti approached me about the DA. We hadn't had a meeting since Thursday and everyone was beginning to get restless.

"We can just wait until Neville comes back," I told them. "They can't keep them locked up forever."

"They could keep them for a few weeks though," Pavarti said. "Everyone's getting a bit annoyed. They risked everything signing up for this group, but nothing's happening."

"So what do you expect me to do?" I asked. They looked down sheepishly and grinned slightly. "Oh, I am not taking over. No one will listen to me."

"That's not true. Everyone likes you," Pavarti said.
"Yes, but they don't respect me."

"They do," Seamus said with an amused grin. Even he didn't believe what he was saying.

"You can say what you want, but I will not hold a meeting." I gave them one last small smile before going up to bed.

:-:

"Hey. Hello. Guys will you please just listen to me!" I shouted. The group stopped their conversations and gave me amused looks. I looked over to Seamus, Pavarti and Lavender and saw them giggling. I cannot believe I let them talk me into this.

"Well," I continued. "With our leader people in jail or whatever, I have been elected as temporary Neville." I cringed at my words. Since when did I become so awful at public speaking?

"Anyway, I thought we might have some fun today, but still work and practise. Can everyone get into pairs please?"

There was a lot of bustling, but they all manged to get into pairs; save a Hufflepuff boy who I put in a three with some Ravenclaws. Seamus and Oliver had gone together. I was glad that they had become friends. Oliver was the only Gryffindor sixth year and with Neville in the Dungeon, Seamus was the only seventh year. They were hanging out a lot and Oliver was slowly filling the hole that Dean had left.

I was also overjoyed when I saw Seamus give Lavender a little flirty grin. I didn't really like the girl after the whole Ron fiasco, but he needed someone like Lavender to keep him on his feet.

Once everyone was sorted I paced around and wished for a new room with a Forrest inside. I thought the room probably wouldn't be able to produce it, so I was surprised when a large door appeared next to the exit.

"Ok, guys come in," I said, ushering them through the door. It was like a real Forrest and had large tree houses for bases complete with flags. This would be perfect.

"I had no idea the room could do this," Ernie said. "Why are we out here?"

"We'll be playing Capture the Flag," I announced, climbing up onto one of the wooden platforms. A series of delighted cries and confused mutters echoed around me.

"For those who don't know, The aim of the game is in the name." I grinned at my little rhyme. "I will split you up into two groups and then you must get the other groups flag and hang it on your own base. Please no damaging spells. A black eye would be very difficult to explain to the Carrows."

They all looked up at me with excited eyes.

"Ok, who shall be our captains? Seamus, Oliver? You can be on one team and... Hannah and Susan?" the nodded and stood on opposite ends in front of the crowd.

"You can take it in turns to pick who you want, but please don't just pick people from your own house."

They did it quite fairly to be honest. Susan's team had the extra person, so I let Seamus choose his base.

The whole thing was a huge success. Seamus' team won. I tried hard to put on an impartial face, but I was secretly really pleased that the Griffindor rich side won.

I slept awfully that night. I did miss Ginny, but she was actually freed the next morning.

I came down to breakfast in a bit of a rush. The meeting ran late the night before and we didn't get too much sleep. I wanted to jump up with joy when I saw Ginny and Neville sitting down at the Gryffindor table. That was until, I saw their faces. They were pale, tired and held looks of pain.

"Hey," I said, hugging them tightly. "You're free! Are you ok? What happened?"

"We were put in one of those cells. They were small there was no bed, and we had barely any food," Neville muttered. "And then they sent us into the Forbidden Forrest last night. It was a full moon and there were werewolves."

My eyes went wide. "Are you guy's ok, what happened?"
"We managed to summon some brooms. We hid on the tops of a tree until this morning," Ginny said, quietly.

"Why didn't you send word. A patronus or something. We would have found you," I said, earnest. Oliver and Pavarti, who had come up beside me, nodded in agreement.

Neville sighed heavily and tried to put on a smile. "You would have gotten in trouble. What's done is done, and we need to get over it. So, how are things?" he gave me a small sly wink.

"Good," I whispered. "We've only had one meeting actually, last night."
"And have there been any problems?"

I shook my head. "No, everyone's been quite scared and lost without you. But don't worry, we'll get them back." I stared up at the staff table with pure loathing.

"No Ally, you can't. There's going to be no more trouble," Neville said sternly.

"Neville, I don't listen to anyone," I grinned. "What makes you the exception?"

:-:

I did get them back. I got them back good. I sent the Float-demort up to the DADA window during a lesson with The Carrows. The large inflatable Dark Lord went down with quite a storm. I spiked Mrs Norris water with a love potion for Alecto. The little cat wouldn't leave her alone.

They did find out it was me, and I was sentenced to two nights in the Dungeon but it was completely worth it. I made a little friend who was a talking mouse. He fetched me pieces of ham and sausage from the kitchens.

I carried out my pranks right up until the last morning. The day we left for Christmas. I changed to writing on the side of the train to messages like We Heart Potter and Join the DA for the Ride of your life.

Professor McGonagall and Slughorn were on duty. They didn't bother to report it.

"I'm seriously debating not coming back in the New Year," Seamus said once we were about half an hour from London. We were all pretty paranoid that The Carrows were listening to us. The past few months had driven us to insanity.

"You need to," Lavender said, looking quite distressed. "If you don't, They can arrest and kill you." Bless the poor girl; she looked close to tears.

"So, at least I'd be free," he answered. "This holiday is going to be the best yet. I'm going to get drunk, have fun and shag as many girls as I can."

The boys in the carriage cheered in agreement while the girls glared at him with disgusted expressions.

"I'm going to go hiking with Daddy," Luna chimed in, completely relaxing the room. "He said he's built a replica of the Diadem of Ravenclaw. You Ally, the one you-" I kicked her lightly. No one needed to know about that. I patted my bag lightly to make sure it was still in there, a subconscious habit I had picked up.

"We're going for a holiday in France," Hannah said, looking affectionately at Neville. The two had been dating since his heroic escape from the Forrest. They made the perfect couple in my opinion.

"Well, Ally and I shall be sitting at home with a drink wallowing in self-pity," Ginny said.

"Amen," I said, as the couple less people in the carriage grunted in agreement.

The train began to slow down as we arrive in the station. As soon as we stopped, Luna picked up her bags and floated toward the exit.

"Have a Merry Christmas guys," she sang, before leaving the carriage.

As she began to walk down the Platform, three men in black cloaks began to follow her.
"Hey guys look," Neville said, pointing toward them. He jumped off the train and began to follow them with Ginny and Ernie in tow.

I felt bad for not following, but Luna needed to be captured by The Death Eaters so she would find Harry.

I picked up my bag, but it seemed a lot lighter than it was before. I looked inside but saw that it was almost empty save for a Quibbler and packet of Taffy. It was Luna's bag. She had accidently picked mine up.

I pulled out my wand and raced down the platform.

"Accio bag, Accio Bag!" I cried, but it was too late, they had already disapparated.

"They've gone!" Ginny said, running up to me. "They've taken Luna."
"And Luna took my bag," I said breathlessly. "Containing the Diadem of Ravenclaw."

Ally does seem a bit complacent in this, but it's a good life lesson for her. I could have wrote at least two more chapters on the formation of the DA, but trust me, you're going to really want the next chapter. She isn't going back yet, but something else huge is going to happen.
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