25. Dumbledore's Army

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A large sign had been affixed near the entrance to the Great Hall's notice board, so large that it covered everything else on there - the lists of secondhand spellbooks for sale, the regular reminders of school rules from Argus Filch, the Quidditch team training schedule, the offers to barter certain Chocolate Frog cards for

others, the Weasleys' new advertisement for testers, the dates of the Hogsmeade weekends, and the lost-and-found notices. The new sign was

printed in large black letters and there was a highly official-looking seal at the

bottom beside a neat and curly signature.

--- BY ORDER OF ---

The High Inquisitor of Hogwarts
All Student Organizations, Societies, Teams, Groups, and Clubs are
henceforth disbanded.

An Organization, Society, Team, Group, or Club is hereby defined as a regular meeting of three or more students.

Permission to re-form may be sought from the High Inquisitor (Professor Umbridge).

No Student Organization, Society, Team, Group, or Club may exist
without the knowledge and approval of the High Inquisitor.

Any student found to have formed, or to belong to, an Organization,
Society, Team, Group, or Club that has not been approved by the High
Inquisitor will be expelled.

The above is in accordance with Educational Decree Number Twenty-four.

You and Lee read the notice over the heads of some anxious-looking second years.

"Does this mean they're going to shut down the Gobstones Club?" one of them asked his friend.

"I reckon you'll be okay with Gobstones," Lee said darkly, making the second year jump. "I don't think we're going to be as lucky, though, do you?" Lee asked you as the second years hurried away.

You were reading the notice through again. The happiness that had filled you since Saturday was gone. Your insides were pulsing with rage.

"This definitely isn't a coincidence," you said, your hands forming fists. "She knows."

"She can't!" said Lee at once.

"There were people listening in that pub, Lee! And let's face it, we don't know how many of the people who turned up we can trust...Any of them could

have run off and told Umbridge..."

"Zacharias Smith, you reckon?" Lee asked, crossing his arms.

"I-I don't know. I don't think he's capable of that, to be honest."

"Should we tell the others?"

"No, they'll see those things sooner or later, unfortunately..." You sighed

"C'mon, let's go to lunch." Said Lee pushing you slightly to the entrance of the Great Hall. You heard loud footsteps coming your way, that person was definitely in a hurry.

"Guys, I think I found the perfect spot for DA!" Said Neville excited and a bit loud. Everyone shushed him.

"Well, show us then!" Said Harry. You, Fred, George, Lee and the trio followed Harry closely and fast to the room Neville was talking about, located on the seventh floor in the left corridor of the castle. It had a hidden entrance opposite the tapestry. Suddenly a giant double door appeared and opened.

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