Chapter 463: The House of Requests, Forming a Defense Association (1/2)

Chapter 463 Room of Requirement, Formation of Defense Association

Gryffindor Common Room.

Harry, Ron and Hermione gathered around the fireplace, and a face suddenly appeared in the red flames after midnight.

"Sirius." Harry looked at him excitedly.

"How have you been recently?"

"Good and bad!" Hermione said with a gloomy face, "Aaron agreed to teach us Defense Against the Dark Arts, but... there were almost thirty people, and he was so angry that he almost turned against us on the spot."

"He doesn't like trouble, and it's understandable that he can't stand you calling so many people."

"We didn't call the people." Ron said.

"Shut up!" Hermione said unhappily, "I didn't expect there would be so many people."

"But Umbridge has issued a new decree, prohibiting group activities of more than three people." Harry said with a sad face, "The Quidditch team has to reapply, and our Defense Against the Dark Arts team also..."

"So you should be more cautious when choosing a meeting place." Sirius grinned, "The Hog's Head, you guys can think of it, Three Broomsticks is better than that place."

"How did you know?" Harry said in a deep voice.

"When you were in the meeting, Mundungus was drinking there.

He dressed up as a witch in a veil, it's normal that you didn't recognize him."

"Is he... is he spying on me?" Harry asked angrily.

"This is necessary, Harry." Sirius said seriously, "Molly knew that you almost demolished the house when you formed the Defense Against the Dark Arts team.

She made me swear to convey messages to you, especially you Ron."

Gulu!

Ron swallowed and said with difficulty: "What is she going to say?"

"Don't join the illegal Defense Against the Dark Arts team no matter what. If you are caught, you will definitely be expelled."

"What do you think?" Harry asked.

"It's just the opposite of her, otherwise I would have stopped you from the beginning."

"But what if... you are really expelled?" Hermione asked with some concern.

"Personally, I think being expelled for self-defense is better than doing nothing." Sirius said, "Besides, Umbridge won't expel thirty students at once. It will have a certain impact on her reputation."

"Hear, Hermione." Ron said carelessly, "It's not a big problem. The worst case is detention."

"Detention is still quite scary." Harry said embarrassedly, "I have more say in this regard."

"We have another problem now." Hermione said, "We don't know where to go."

"How about the Shrieking Shack?" Sirius suggested excitedly, "James, Lupin and I often get together there."

"No, there are thirty of us, and that place is too small."

"Well... there is a big secret passage on the fifth floor..."

"I'm afraid that won't work either." Harry sighed slightly, "That place collapsed two years ago."

"Okay! I'll think about it."

As soon as he finished speaking, his face became extremely panicked and he turned his head nervously.

The next moment he disappeared in the fireplace. The three of them stared at the flames for a moment, and before they could react, a big hand covered with rings stretched out from the flames as if grabbing something.

The three of them widened their eyes and ran away without saying a word.

Because this hand belongs to Umbridge, the ring on it can fully prove the identity of its owner.

......

The next day, in the Charms classroom.

Professor Flitwick gave each student a frog and asked them to practice the Silencing Charm with the frog.

The classroom would be noisy at this time, and no one would listen to the talk.

"You three...didn't you sleep all night?" Aaron joked, looking at the dark circles under Harry's eyes.

The three of them nodded in unison and told him what happened last night.

After listening, Aaron was speechless and complained: "Is he crazy, or are you crazy, or are you all crazy?

Knowing that the communication channels and the Floo Network are monitored, you still talk to each other. You can't play like this just to pursue excitement!"

"We don't know either!" Harry said weakly.

"Forget it! You probably don't even believe it yourself." Aaron said unhappily, "You can deceive yourself, but there is a limit."

"Umbridge may have read his letter." Hermione guessed.

"Be more confident, and remove the word "maybe".

But he should not have caught Sirius, otherwise she should be interviewed by reporters now, catching a notorious serial killer."

"He is not." Harry said angrily.

"But in the eyes of most people who don't know, he is." Aaron said patiently, "After what happened last night, he should be more restrained."

"Have you found the training location?"

"Not yet." Hermione shook her head, "Do you have any recommendations?"

"Uh... I mean you better hurry up, because I'm going to give Draco and Celine the third lesson this week."

The three looked at each other, opened their mouths but didn't know what to say.

We can't just let Malfoy and the others stop training just because they didn't find a place!

However, their efficiency was far beyond Aaron's expectations. He thought it would take at least ten days and a half a month to find a suitable training place, but he didn't expect that they found a secret place that was big enough for thirty people to train in the afternoon of the next day.

"The Room of Coming and Going?" Draco looked at Aaron suspiciously, "Is that what they said? You must have been deceived. How could there be such a place in Hogwarts?"

"They wouldn't joke about such a thing.

Besides, there is indeed a rumor about the Room of Requirement in Hogwarts."

"But isn't this too exaggerated?" Xilin said with some difficulty, "A room that can satisfy all wishes, just think about it, it's impossible."

"It's impossible to satisfy all wishes, but some simple wishes may not be possible." Aaron said thoughtfully, "Don't forget that the founders of Hogwarts were the four greatest wizards of that era.

With their magic level, it is not impossible to create a room that can read thoughts and materialize them.

There is a certain limit to satisfying every wish, but if you just want a classroom, it can still be satisfied."

Hearing Aaron's words, the two no longer doubted.

"When is the time set?" Draco asked.

"Seven o'clock in the evening, on the eighth floor, opposite the troll tapestry." Aaron stared at Draco seriously, "I have only one request for you, keep your mouth shut."

"What do you mean?"

"Because your mouth is too easy to offend people." Celine rolled her eyes speechlessly, "The party includes Harry Potter, the Weasley brothers and sisters, and more than 20 wizards from different colleges.

If you insist on acting superior and bossing everyone around, when they beat you... I will just watch from the side."

"That's what I mean." Aaron nodded solemnly.

Draco has always lived a life of having everything he wants, and he has hardly ever worried about anything.

But he was born too well, was deeply influenced by Lucius, had too little experience, and had never been beaten by society, which led to his character as a rich young master that he couldn't change for a while.

Draco's mouth twitched slightly, and he said depressedly: "I promise not to provoke anyone, okay! But what if they provoke me?"

"Not taking the initiative to cause trouble does not mean being afraid of trouble."

"Oh, I understand now."

At 6:30 pm, Aaron left the common room with Abe and two Slytherins.

When they arrived at the eighth floor of the castle, Harry was holding the Marauder's Map and stopped in front of a white wall, with Hermione and Ron standing next to him.

"You are here." Harry simply greeted.

"Where is the Room of Requirement?" Aaron asked as he opened the door, "Don't tell me it's behind the wall."

"Dobby said to walk through this wall three times and concentrate on what we need?" Harry said, and then walked back and forth along the wall, muttering to himself.

"Dobby?"

"It's your house elf." Ron smiled playfully, "He's quite useful, isn't he?"

Hearing this, Draco's forehead suddenly had a few black lines.

To be honest, he didn't care about the departure of the house elf. After all, the status of elves in their family was lower than that of pets, but he couldn't accept that his former servant helped his mortal enemy.

Just as Draco was about to curse, Celine glared at him fiercely, "Don't forget what you promised."

"I...I'll endure it." Draco said aggrievedly.

Ron's eyes widened immediately, as if he had discovered a new world.

"Did I hear it wrong? Are you really Malfoy?

Hahaha, are you under the Imperius Curse or have a brain injury?"

"Ron." Hermione glared at him fiercely, "Don't forget that we are now grasshoppers on the same rope. Let's put aside the previous grudges for now."

"I know." Ron waved his hand, then looked at Draco, "Be strangers for the time being, and pretend you haven't seen each other when you meet."

"That's right, I think so too."

"The door is open." Harry shouted a little excitedly.

I saw a dark blue door slowly appear on the blank wall. Harry took a deep breath and led the way in.

Inside the door was a spacious room, larger than a classroom, more than enough to accommodate thirty people for training.

Two rows of torches lit up, illuminating the room.

After a few people entered, a row of bookshelves suddenly appeared in the empty room, piled with books related to Defense Against the Dark Arts, large silk cushions covered the floor, and the shelves at the other end were filled with various detection instruments.

"The legend is true." Hermione said excitedly, "We can find everything we want here."

"Correction, not everything." Aaron said, "Just to meet basic needs."

"What do you want?" Hermione asked curiously.

"A dragon egg, but this room obviously can't satisfy my needs."

"Uh... even if it's the Room of Requirement, it can't create life for no reason!"

"Maybe!"

There was a knock on the door, and several Gryffindors walked in.

They looked at the room in surprise and couldn't help but exclaimed.

Then other people came in one after another. After everyone came, Harry closed the door, and the blue door gradually disappeared into the wall.

"This is the training place we found, the Room of Requirement.

Secret, safe, and most importantly... everything." Harry said a little stiffly, then looked at Aaron, "Do you want to say a few words?"

Aaron rolled his eyes, "I'm only responsible for teaching, not mobilization."

"I think we should have a name before the formal class." Hermione said, "This can strengthen the collective spirit and it will be easier for us to mention it outside."

"How about the 'Anti-Umbridge Alliance'?" Angelina said.

"Idiot." Draco laughed contemptuously.

"What do you mean, Malfoy?"

"He's just like that, don't mind it." Aaron said a little tiredly, "The name is a code name, it's better to be secretive so that others don't know what we are doing.

To put it bluntly, the more idiotic the name, the safer we are."

"That's right." Draco nodded, "'Anti-Umbridge Alliance', if she hears this name, she might bring people to arrest us directly."

"Then call it the 'Ministry of Magic is Idiot' team." Fred suggested.

"This is even worse, yours is even less reliable than the 'Anti-Umbridge Alliance'."

"How about the 'Defense Association'?" Qiu Zhang said.

"Good." Harry applauded decisively.

"What's good about it?" Aaron rolled his eyes at him speechlessly. Cedric is still alive and well. Even if you want to take advantage of the situation, you shouldn't be so impatient!

"The 'Defense Association' is really good!" Harry said seriously.

"It's so good that it directly reveals the essence of our organization. People will know what we are doing as soon as they hear it."

"That... Aaron, I mean to use the abbreviation of two words." Qiu said a little embarrassedly, "It's called D.A., and no one should be able to tell with only two letters."

"This..." Aaron was stunned for a moment, "If others agree, I have no objection."

"D.A. is good." Ginny said, "It can also mean Dumbledore's Army."

"I object." Draco said with an indignant look, "Why should I join this Dumbledore's Army?"

"I almost forgot that there is a Slytherin in our team who doesn't like Dumbledore." Fred said sarcastically, "Then the minority obeys the majority, Malfoy."

"Please raise your hands if you agree to be called D.A."

George said loudly, and then raised his right hand first.

Only three Slytherins among the remaining thirty people did not move, and the others raised their right hands slowly.

"It's about nine to one, so let's call it D.A."

Draco's eyes darkened. He always thought that Dumbledore's being the headmaster was the biggest failure of Hogwarts, but he didn't expect that he would inexplicably join Dumbledore's Army today. This was too ironic.

"It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous." Draco cursed, "What's good about this name?"

Aaron patted his shoulder and comforted him, "This is called the situation is stronger than the person, you have to be timid when you should follow your heart.

Besides, it's just a code name, no big deal."