Dumbledore's Army

As people drifted away one by one, only Eli, Hermione Granger, Harry, and Ron Weasley remained in the room.

"I almost thought it was going to go badly." Hermione let out a sigh of relief and blew a strand of hair away from her face.

"Yeah, they were actually still hoping the Ministry of Magic would protect them. The Ministry was as untrustworthy as a Boggart's face." Ron stood up from his chair. He had nearly gotten into an argument with Michael Corner just now because Michael had demanded to inspect the scar on Harry's arm.

"You looked pretty cool just now." Harry patted Ron on the shoulder from behind.

Ron brushed aside the hair by his cheek and tried to look unconcerned. "Did I? I guess I was all right."

"Stop showing off." Eli jabbed Ron with his elbow.

"But I really was cool..."

The group made their way back to Hogwarts Castle. Although they still had to deal with Umbridge, they were no longer as helpless as before.

Umbridge had not noticed the students' activities too much. After all, it was the weekend, and she was not about to keep restricting the students' actions during her time off.

To keep Hogwarts's glory from being buried in Umbridge's hands, Eli and the others decided to offer up the Room of Requirement as their training ground.

However, Eli still kept a precaution in mind. He had not revealed how to summon the Room of Requirement. Every member of Dumbledore's Army who wished to enter it needed to be met by Eli, Hermione, Harry, or Ron.

The people inside the Room of Requirement would open the door at a fixed time.

The next day was the first day of training. Every member arrived very punctually, since this was more than