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Mad Eye Touz 
"Enough chit chat though, I'm sure you're all anxious to get started. Have any of you ever been part of a club? How about... a secret club?" Lainey asked with a hint of conspiracy.
Steelsheen, who was seated next to her friend Cela, was caught up readjusting her robes when she heard the words "secret club". She looked up at the Professor carefully, her face inscrutable. She tightened the grip around her book bag unconsciously.
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Celandine Cela nodded wide-eyed; what a cool thing to collect!
she paused to think at the professors question and glanced around the group of students. She raised her hands finally. "Like...an order, Professor?" she bit her lip, hopefully. "One where the members have some kind of unified purpose that has to be kept hidden from their... opressors?" She paused before shaking her head, "If I was professor I wouldn't tell anyone or it wouldn't be a secret anymore!" She smiled mischieviously.
Her head spun around to look at her friend, her eyes widening as her grip on her book bag tightened even further.
Did she get one too? she wondered as she elbowed her friend. She looked at Cela intently and mouthed the words
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Mad Eye Touz Lainey's eyebrows raised to disappear underneath her bangs. She'd not missed the subtle insinuations from her very, very bright Ravenclaw student. "Maybe," Lainey started, still a little perplexed, "Maybe what I mean to say is - a club, or gang, or order I suppose, where - how to join - is the great secret. Most clubs I know," she pointed to the plethora of pins on her vest again, "aren't all that picky about you knowing about them. People like to be seen! But, they're very selective about who gets in. Certain qualifications, if you will. Any of you know of a club like that?"
Steelsheen raised her hand and replied
"There were a few secret societies I've read about in Hogwarts: A History Professor." she began
"There were The Death Eaters, a select group of individuals loyal to Lord Voldemort during his existence. Then there was the opposing group calling themselves The Order of the Phoenix."