Re: Katie Bell - interviewed by Nymphadora Lupin and Xavier Selwyn
Katie was definitely taken aback by the way Xavier had just described the DA. Illegal? No. Against school rules maybe, but not illegal. Not punishable by law.
And vigilantes? They were kids. Maybe some of the members had taken themselves pretty seriously, but Katie merely... "Yes, I was a member. During my sixth year." It answered the question plainly enough, but she continued nonetheless, suddenly feeling an urge to justify herself and her friends against these ridiculous accusations.
"For all its worth, Harry was - is - an extraordinary Defense student. That's all that was happening; we were learning self-defense. As a supplement to the theory we were being taught in class."