Chapter 11: Hogsmeade & the Conception of the DA

I wrapped my arms around myself as Calem and I walked through Hogsmeade. "I'm not sure I should have left the boys with McGonagall," I sighed.

Calem looked down at me and smiled, "what, don't trust McGonagall with them?"

"Hey," I said, giving his arm a shove, "it's not my fault that I'm worried. I've been the one raising them ya know."

Rolling his eyes, Calem led me to a small, rundown building. I looked at the sign and then back at Calem, a huge grin plastered on my face, "you're seriously taking me to a bar?"

He shrugged, "you don't seem like the kind of girl who would want to go to a frilly tea shop."

I shook my head, "not really my thing. I think Leaf would appreciate that though."

Opening the door, we noticed that no one else was there, with the exception of an old man and a goat. Smiling at the old man, we grabbed a pair of chairs by the bar.

"What can I get ya," the old man asked.

"I'll have a butterbeer please," I responded quickly.

"Same," Calem replied.

While the old man went to get the two butterbeers, the door opened to reveal none other than Harry, Ron, and Hermione, along with their Pokémon tagging along behind them. They stopped in the doorway, probably scared to see two of their professors here. I smirked, "what, do you really think that all we do is grade papers and sit cooped up in our office all the time?"

The trio walked in slowly, whether it was because of Calem and I or the bar I don't know, but they took three seats near the empty fireplace, looking around the room at all of the empty chairs.

By this time, the old man had brought Calem and I our butterbeers. I watched, intrigued, as the three moved around most of the chairs so that they faced the fireplace. "We can leave if you need us to," I said.

"No, that's all right Professor Bellamy, it's only a few people."

Calem smirked, "alright, but let us know if you need or want us to leave."

Soon after, more of our students trickled into the bar, each one a little nervous when they noticed Calem and I. Though, Fred and George, not nervous at all, smiled at me but were giving dirty looks to Calem. Shrugging, I passed it off as my imagination and didn't think much of it.

Hermione cleared her throat, clearly nervous. "Um…hi! So, we all know why we're here." She paused and looked around the room before speaking again. "We need a teacher…a proper teacher. One who's had real experience defending themselves against the Dark Arts."

It was at this point when Zacharias decided to jump in, "why?"

"Why," Ron spat, "because You-Know-Who's back, you toshpot."

Before I could control my spit take, Zacharias countered, saying, "so he says," while looking at Harry.

"So Dumbledore says," Hermione countered quickly.

"So Dumbledore says because he says. The point is where's the proof," Zacharias questioned.

"Perhaps you could tell us more about how Diggory got killed," Michael Corner said quietly. At the mention of this Diggory kid, Cho started to look a little nervous. Whether it was sadness or fear, I'm not sure.

It was then that Harry stood and spoke to the small gathering. "I'm not going to talk about Cedric, so if that's why you're here you might as well clear out now." Harry turned and started whispering to Hermione, asking her if they could leave now.

"Is it true that you can produce a Patronus charm?" Ah, clever little Luna, I thought.

Harry stood there, caught off guard by the question before Hermione spoke for him, telling the group that she's seen his Patronus charm before.

"Blimey Harry," Dean said, astonished by his housemate, "I didn't know you could do that."

"A-and he killed a Basilisk…with the sword in Dumbledore's office," Neville added.

"It's true," Ginny confirmed confidently.

"And third year, he fought off about a hundred dementors at once," Ron said calmly.

"And last year he really did fight off You-Know-Who in the flesh," Hermione concluded. I could honestly say that I was impressed with my student. Sure I felt bad for him, having to go through all of that in only a few years. But I had to give Harry props, he seems to be able to keep himself alive with the track record he's got going for him.

"Look, that all sounds great when you say it like that" Harry interjected, "but the truth is most of that was luck. And I didn't know what I was doing half the time and I nearly always had help." I scoffed. I wish I had his luck if that's how he got through all of that crap they just listed off.

"He's just being modest," Hermione said.

"No, Hermione, I'm not," he said, cutting her off, "facing this stuff in real life is not like school. In school, if you make a mistake, you can just try again tomorrow. But out there, when you're a second away from being murdered or watching a friend die right before your eyes…you don't know what that's like…"

Harry sat back down in his chair before Hermione sat next to him. "You're right Harry…we don't. That's why we need your help. Because if we're going to have any chance of beating," she paused and took a deep breath, "Voldemort…"

"He's really back," the young boy, Nigel I think his name was, at the front said quietly.

Harry gave a slight nod to answer the boy's question. I looked around the room at all of the students, most of them my own. "You know," I said, "I think this is a good idea. If the old bitch isn't going to teach you guys, then someone has to."

All of the other students turned around, shocked expressions on their faces. One could only assume that they never noticed us, even when they had entered the small bar. Calem nodded, "while we can help you learn how to fight with your Pokémon, we'd be useless trying to teach you guys defensive and offensive magic without giving any examples."

Hermione smiled at us and pulled a piece of parchment and a pencil out of her bag and placed it on the table in the corner. Once she sat back down, the kids made a line in front of the paper and proceeded to write their names on it.

Calem glanced over at me and watched as, one by one, the students signed their names and left. Once everyone but Harry, Hermione, Neville, and the Weasley children were left did we walk over to the small group.

"So," I began, "I can't help but noticed that there weren't any Slytherins here. Can I ask why?"

"None of those snakes would ever do this. They're all probably working for Umbridge," Ron said confidently.

I smirked at the red haired boy, "I wouldn't be so sure about that. What was that old saying about not judging a book by their cover?"

"There's a lot more to them than meets the eye," Calem finished before we both paid for our butterbeer and left.

Walking out onto the streets of Hogsmeade, I noticed a gathering of our Slytherin students walking down the street. Pansy's Misdreavus was floating around her head while Crabbe's Geodude floated closely by his side, while Blaise's Ekans and Goyle's Mankey were both looking out from behind their trainers' heads, most likely trying to keep warm in the cool temperatures. Then I noticed that Draco's Snivy wasn't near his trainer. In fact, Snivy was in front of Draco, and neither Pokémon nor trainer seemed to care. Sighing and shaking my head, Calem and I walked over to the groups of Slytherins.

"Fancy seeing you guys here," I called as Calem and I got closer to them.

Pansy turned around and smiled. "Hello Professor Bellamy, Professor Mercier."

I smiled back and turned to Draco. "So how's it going with Snivy?"

"Just fine," the blonde snapped.

I raised my eyebrow, "can I talk to you alone, with Snivy?"

Draco rolled his eyes and he and his Snivy walked away from the group and Calem.

Eventually, I turned to look at my student and his Pokémon. "So what's the problem," I asked calmly.

"Snivy won't listen to me, that's the problem."

"Have you tried to get to know him? Prove that you're worthy to be his trainer…"

Draco looked at me, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

I smiled. "Sinvy's are very…prideful I guess is the best term to use. They don't trust easily and a trainer needs to prove that they can be a good trainer for them."

Draco looked down at Snivy and watched as Snivy nodded to him. He looked back at me, and I could see that something clicked in his head. "So that's all?"

"That's what I think it is. Other than that, you're Snivy looks pretty healthy and normal to me." We turned and started to walk back to the other Slytherins. "That's what your homework for me is gonna be. Every class, just hang back and I wanna see the progress that you two've made ok?" I smirked, "I know you can do it, Draco. You just have to put in the effort. Who knows? Maybe once you both get this trust thing straightened out, you two may become unbeatable."

Draco smirked back, but never responded. Once we reached the others and Calem and I started to walk away, Draco called "hey Professor Bellamy!"

I turned around, puzzled, "what's up, Draco?"

"Thanks," he said, nodding his head. It was when Draco said thanks that Harry, Hermione, Neville, and the Weasley's walked out of the Hog's Head. Hearing Draco thank anyone, they were clearly shocked and confused. I laughed and waved to Draco, "any time, Draco, any time."

Once Calem and I were far enough away from the Slytherins and Gryffindors, he asked, "so what'd you guys talk about?"

"His relationship with his Snivy."

Calem nodded in understanding, "yeah, I've started to notice that they're a little distant from each other."

I looked up into Calem's pale grey-blue eyes and smiled, "I think he was shocked that I actually believe in him."

Calem and I walked the rest of the way back to Hogwarts in a comfortable silence. It wasn't until we walked into the castle that I noticed that Calem had been holding my hand the entire way back.

I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long! I hope you guys enjoyed the two chapters, and hopefully the next chapter should be out soon!

Here's our Pokémon list so far:

Serena Bellamy: Kitsune (Female Delphox), Ty (Male Tyrantrum), Mojave (Female Meowstic), Uxie, Azelf, Mesprit, Rai (Male Heliolisk)

Calem Mercier: Greninja (Male), Aurorus (Female), Noivern (Female), Meowstic (Male)

Harry Potter: Charmander (Male), Kangaskhan (Female), Zorua (Female), Poochyena (Male), Deerling (Male), Bagon (Male)

Hermione Granger: Beldum (Genderless), Psyduck (Female), Fletchling (Female), Abra (Male), Venipede (Male)

Ron Weasley: Shinx (Male), Litleo (Female), Larvitar (Male)

Ginny Weasley: Torchic (Female)

Fred Weasley: Plusle (Female)

George Weasley: Minun (Male)

Dean Thomas: Smeargle (Female)

Seamus Finnigan: Vulpix (Male)

Parvati Patil: Petilil (Female)

Lavender Brown: Skitty (Female), Spritzee (Female)

Neville Longbottom: Bulbasaur (Female)

Luna Lovegood: Lunatone (Genderless), Munna (Female)

Cho Chang: Ducklett (Female), Wurmple (Female), Eevee (Female)

Padma Patil: Natu (Female)

Terry Boot: Murkrow (Male)

Michael Corner: Spearow (Male)

Anthony Goldstein: Hoothoot (Female)

Ernie Macmillan: Aipom (Male)

Hannah Abbott: Sentret (Female)

Justin Finch-Fletchley: Chatot (Female)

Susan Bones: Zigzagoon (Male)

Zacharias Smith: Whismer (Male)

Draco Malfoy: Snivy (Male)

Vincent Crabbe: Geodude (Male)

Gregory Goyle: Mankey (Male)

Pansy Parkinson: Misdreavus (Female)

Blaise Zabini: Ekans (Male)

Madam Rolanda Hooch (Flying)

Rubeus Hagrid (Dragon): Druddigon (Male), Zweilous (Female)

Sybill Trelawney (Psychic)

Pamona Sprout (Grass): Gourgeist (Female), Trevenant (Male)

Filius Flitwick (Electric): Dedenne (Male)

Severus Snape (Poison): Crobat (Male)

Minerva McGonagall (Normal): Ditto (Genderless), Eevee (Female), Zangoose (Male)

Albus Dumbledore (Miscellaneous)

We still need 3 other people for the Elite Four. People have been suggesting Mad-Eye for one of the positions, but I'm always open to recommendations/requests :)