Nico di Angelo and the Golden Trio

Dumbledore's Army

Mady's POV

When we went down to breakfast the next day everyone was asking us what happened, and how we did it, but neither me, or Nico answered. We sat next to the trio, and silently ate. Nico hadn't really left my side since we got back. He was like a shadow (pun intended).

"Mady?" Hermione shook my shoulder slightly.

"Hmm?" 

"You want to be in a secret organization? To learn how to defend yourself?" She asked me quietly.

I perked up, and looked at her. "Is it against the rules?" 

"Erm... well yeah..." She bit her lip nervously.

"Awesome count me in, and Nico to." I smiled at my bushy haired friend. We had really hit it off.

"What about Nico?" Speak of the devil.

I giggled softly. "You, and I are joining a secret organization." 

He raised an eyebrow, and looked at Hermione. "You had to tell her it was a secret organization didn't you?" 

"What? It kind of is..." Hermione shifted uncomfortably. She obviously didn't know what the big deal was.

"Mady is in love with the idea of being in one. Has been since we were 10. Probably even before that." I blushed slightly. It was an odd thing to love, but I just wanted to do something that the authorities didn't know I was doing. My authorities usually being gods I couldn't exactly do that.

"Well then she'll love the D.A." Harry smiled happily.

"D.A?" I frowned. What did that mean?

"Dumledore's Army." Ron said softly. It was one of the few times he hadn't been loud.

"Oh."  

"Yeah, and we have a meeting tonight, so you can go with us." Harry said.

"Sounds fun." With that we all got up, and left the dining hall.

~*~ D.A. Meeting~*~

"A powerful memory. The happiest you can remember. Allow it to fill you up. Keep trying Seamus." Harry said pointing at a sandy haired kid.

I thought through all the stuff that had happened in my life, and I focused on the memory of when I first met Nico. I smiled as I remember how childish we were. "Expecto Patronum." A shield of bright light flew out of my wand for a second before disappearing.

"Expecto Patronum." I turned to see the same light come out of Nico's wand.

I took a deep breath, and focused. "Expecto Patronum." An owl flew out of my wand, and around the room. I laughed as I watched it soar.

"Nice Maddy!" Harry yelled from across the room.

"Expecto Patronum." Another small shield flew out of Nico's wand, and he sighed. "I'm not exactly full of happy memories." He said sadly.

"Hey you can do it. What were you thinking about?" I asked softly, walking over to him.

"Bianca, but I just don't know if she's really my happiest memory." The son of Hades pouted.

"You can do it." I hesitated a second before kissing his cheek.  I mentally face palmed. Why did I do that? I hurried over to Hermione who had made an otter patronus.

I glanced over at Nico to see him standing still with wide eyes. I blushed, and couldn't help, but feel really embarrassed. 

"Have you done it yet?" Hermione asked beside me.

"What? I haven't done anything!" I laughed nervously. 

"Do you need help?" She asked, and my cheeks burned red. She was talking about the spell.

"No thanks." I quickly concentrated on my happiest memory, and let it fill me up. "Expecto Patronum." Once again my owl was flying around the room.

"Wow it's beautiful." Hermione said admiring my it.

"Thanks. I think it's an owl because of who my mom is." I heard Hermione gasp, and looked over to see what she was staring wide eyed at. Nico had finally made a patronus, and it was a normal sized dog version of Cerberus.

"Fluffy?" Hermione asked shocked.

"Who's fluffy?" 

"Hagrid's dog. Fluffy looks exactly like that just a lot bigger." Hermione still hadn't taken her eyes off Cerberus. I looked around at Ron, and Harry, and saw they were doing the same thing.

"Well that would be Cerberus. The ghost dog of the underworld. Nico's quite fond of him." I giggled at her shocked expression.

 I looked over to the son of Hades to see him smile happily at me, and I knew he wasn't mad at me for kissing him. I gave him a small smile back before turning my focus back to my patronus. Just as I was about to have my owl fly over, and annoy Nico's patronus; a loud bang caught all of our attention. The lights in the room seemed to dim as member's patronuses disappeared. 

Another loud bang could be heard, and we watched as the wall shook. A small hole appeared, and a few people went over to see who, or what it was. Harry slowly pushed past everyone.

"I'll make short work of this." Umbridge's girly voice pierced through the room as everyone backed up quickly. The wall blew up, and we all ducked as the bricks flew out at us. I looked up to see the frilly pink toad herself, a group of Slytherins, and the greasy caretaker Mr. Filch.

"Get them." She growled. The group descended on us, and they took Harry away.

"Filthy mud-blood." One the Slytherins said as they grabbed Hermione's arm.

"Shut up." She hissed trying to brake free, and run after Harry. One of the other students grabbed my arm harshly as they all turned to the toad.

"Keep them in your sights. Do not let them go." She ordered before walking out with Harry.

"You must be the new girl huh?" The boy who was holding me hissed in my ear.

"What's it to ya if I am?" I hissed back.

"You have a price on your head. He wants you, and he will get you. You, and your boyfriend." He chuckled softly. He moved, so I could see Nico struggling to brake free, and run over to me.

"Who?" I had an idea; I was just really hoping I was wrong.

"You-know-who." He said softly.

"If I knew who I wouldn't have asked." I said annoyed.

"What?" Okay, so he's apparently now confused.

"Never mind." I trained my eyes on Nico. He was mouthing something, but I couldn't understand him. I finally made sense of it. We need to find out what's going on with Harry.

I nodded my head in agreement, but we couldn't do anything. We had to stay put, and act like helpless wizards, and so we did.

Please comment, and vote.  I am really sorry this is short, but I have school again, so I had to hurry up, and write this. Anyway yeah thanks for reading.