~Dumbledore's Army~

When Professor Umbridge refused to allow her students to actually perform any magic but merely to read the theory behind it, Hermione came up with the idea of Harry teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts to a group of willing students outside of class. He agreed somewhat reluctantly and the group held an initial meeting at the Hog's Head tavern in Hogsmeade. After that, Dobby helped Harry find a room called the Room of Requirement and the group began to hold regular training sessions. They decided to call themselves the DA, which initially stood for Defense Association but which quickly was changed to Dumbledore's Army.

The members of the group signed a parchment which, unbeknowst to them, was jinxed. If any of them revealed what was happening, they would suffer a serious attack of pimples on their faces. In order to alert the members to an upcoming meeting, each person was given a fake Galleon. The serial numbers of the fake Galleon would change to show the date and time of the upcoming session and the Galleon would become warm.

Over the course of the year, the members of the DA learned a variety of spells, jinxes, and charms, including the simple ones like Expelliarmus, and some very difficult ones, like the Patronus Charm. Even Neville and the Creevey brothers became quite accomplished, thanks to careful teaching by Harry. When several members of the DA accompanied Harry, Ron, and Hermione to London on thestrals to attempt to rescue Sirius Black, the found themselves engaged in a pitched battle with a group of Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries. They fought bravely and well, suffering a number of injuries while defending Harry. None of the group was killed, thankfully, due to the timely arrival of members of the Order of the Phoenix.

Members of Dumbledore's Army
Abbott, Hannah
Brown, Lavender
Bell, Katie
Bones, Susan
Had heard about Harry's Patronus from her Aunt,
Amelia Bones
Boot, Terry
Chang, Cho
Corner, Michael
Only came in the first place because he was going out with Ginny. Complimented Harry on his performance in the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament.
Creevey, Colin
Creevey, Dennis
Who as a second-year student should not have been able to go to Hogsmeade and visit the Hog's Head, nor able to do the spells!
Edgecombe, Marietta
Turned traitor and reported the group to Umbridge and suffered for it.
Finch-Fletchley, Justin
Finnegan, Seamus
Joined later.
Goldstein, Anthony
Granger, Hermione
Organized things and created the clever charms and jinxes which protected them. Wounded in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
Johnson, Angelina
Jordan, Lee
Longbottom, Neville
Suffered a broken wand and a broken nose in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
Lovegood, Luna
Fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, the only non-Gryffindor D.A. member to do so.
Macmillan, Ernie
Considered this to be the most important thing they were doing this year, not excepting O.W.L.s
Patil, Padma
Patil, Parvati
Potter, Harry
Served as the leader and the teacher for the group.
Smith, Zacharias
Initially reluctant but he came around.
Spinnet, Alicia
Thomas, Dean
Weasley, Fred
Weasley, George
Weasley, Ginny
Wounded in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
Weasley, Ron
Wounded in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.

~Port Key~

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