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IT WAS NO SECRET THAT UMBRIDGE WAS ON TO THE LITTLE OF GROUP OF D

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IT WAS NO SECRET THAT UMBRIDGE WAS ON TO THE LITTLE OF GROUP OF D.A. MEMBRES. She knew that a secret club had been formed, but she had no evidence to back up her claims. In response to this, she assigned Filch to keep watch over the members. But Filch was dumber than a box of rocks and they easily outsmarted him. There was absolutely no way he would be able to get into the Room of Requirement and discover what they were up to.

A few weeks before the end of term Umbridge had posted a new decree. Cassiopeia was gathered in the Entrance Hall when Filch pulled out his rickety old ladder and hammered the new board into the stone wall.

EDUCATIONAL DECREE NUMBER 82

ALL STUDENTS WILL SUBMIT TO QUESTIONING ABOUT SUSPECTED ILLICIT ACTIVITIES

Cassiopeia was able to express her views on the ridiculous decree to Fred and George as they walked to the next meeting. She spoke in frustration, "That toad is an absolute tyrant! She's getting worse by the day! I mean, she acts as if we're smuggling barrels of Firewhiskey into the castle."

"Making Filch stalk us was a bad idea too," Fred agreed. "But don't worry, we left him a little surprise."

Cassiopeia looked at the small desk that Filch had set up outside the Room of Requirement. A small heart-shaped box of chocolates had been placed on top of it. When the twins noticed her confused look, George explained, "It's not actual chocolate. It's Fever Fudge. If you eat one, all these huge, nasty boils are going to pop up on your face."

"Knowing Filch, he'll eat the whole box and turn into a boil himself!" Fred exclaimed as they started to pace back and forth in front of the bare stretch of wall. Cassiopeia snickered a bit at this. The twins were truly brilliant at coming up with new toys and pranks.

When the brass door to the Room of Requirement formed, the three of them entered and the twins immediately went to go find Lee Jordan. Cassiopeia looked around and saw that most people were already there. Her feet soon brought her to the side of Neville Longbottom, who was standing shyly in the corner. She smiled warmly at him, "Hello, Longbottom. How are you?"

"I'm good, Cass. And you?"

"Fine. Do you want to practice with each other today? Potter said something about Stunning and I'm sort of good at it so I can help you if you have any problems."

"I would like that, Cass. I'm not that great at Charms. I can barely cast a Severing Charm and we learned last year."

Cassiopeia frowned a bit. She felt bad that Neville always doubted himself and felt as though he couldn't live up to other people. It wasn't his fault he wasn't as skilled or efficient at spellwork as others. She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, "It's okay. I'll help you."

Neville thanked her abundantly just as the last group of students walked in and Harry started the meeting. He told them to line up on either side of the room and Cassiopeia and Neville went to stand by Dean Thomas and Lavender Brown. The Slytherin noticed Ron next to Hermione across from her. She felt a small blush creep onto her cheeks as Ron shot her smile.

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