Author's Notes: Okay, well this is the first chapter so its basically, descriptive and bringing in characters, but it's funny in places so hopefully you'll like it. Also a couple of lines that Umbridge says in this chapter are taken from the book but that is just to help the story along.
Disclaimer: I do not own, Harry Potter, or any of the characters in here except for 'Louise Potter', i espicially do not own one Mr Draco Malfoy [even if i wish i could :P All belong to the one and only J. K Rowling.
Chapter 1
Streams of light shone down on the Great Hall, as the first day of classes was about to begin. The whole hall was buzzing with conversation, especially the Gryffindor table, except for a blonde haired girl, who was trapped in thought. Louise was a smart girl, who always planned ahead and tried to be cunning, she really should have been in Slytherin, but for once she was stumped, she had no idea of how to get round that toad-like woman, Umbridge.
A seat down from Louise, was her older brother by less than a year, "the boy who lived" Harry. The raven-haired boy was happily filling his face and stomach when Professor McGonagall came rushing round with the timetables. Oh greatLouise thought double DADA just whati need.
"Are you coming to lesson Louise?" Hermione asked, her eyes glowing, she was positively brimming with excitement of the new lessons ahead. "Come on she won't be that bad, anyway some ministry involvement might help us to learn more!" Louise smiled at how naive Hermione could become when she might have something to learn. Begrudgingly she rose from her seat and started to follow the bushy-haired brunette towards the doors.
From across the hall, a pale faced Slytherin's eyes never left the trio until they were out of sight.
"Draco, darling, we have DADA with the Gryffindors this morning, will you please promise to cause some trouble otherwise I'll be totally bored" Pansy Parkinson said with a sickly-sweet smile, as she draped herself over him. The dog-faced girl started to bat her eye lids and "darling" Draco just couldn't stand it anymore.
"Will you shut up Pansy, and don't bat you eyes in that ridiculous way, it's enough to turn anyone's stomach!" Draco snapped before releasing himself from her grip and striding out of the hall, with Crabbe and Goyle lagging behind him.
Students filed into the defence against the dark arts classroom and were all shocked to see no change had come to the classroom's decor, as it had over the past few years. Louise and Hermione made their way to a desk near the front while Harry sat across from them, absent of a certain redhead. Just at that moment said redhead flew into the room, cursing under his breath, robes askew and hair uncombed.
"She's ...not ...here... yet... is ...she?" Ron exclaimed in sharp gasps as he fell into his seat. Everyone had turned their heads to see the spectacle Ron was, noticing this; his ears turned their trademark red, and earned a sneer from the platinum – blonde behind him.
"Err, no she's not here but..."Harry said but was interrupted mid sentence by Hermione demanding to know where he had been and why he was late for class, "...I mean honestly Ron, you even missed breakfast!"Hermione finished in huff. "And that's a severely rare occasion" Louse said in a fit of suppressed giggles.
"Oh don't remind me," Ron moaned, "I'm bloody starving and I've forgotten a load of stuff, why'd i have to sleep in on my first day back?" Ron groaned as his placed his head in his hands. "Well i did try to wake you!" Harry offered but Ron just raised his head and gave a dark look and harry soon quietened down.
"Don't worry Weaselby, you look just as awful as you normally do?" Draco announced to the class with a smirk across his face. Harry and Ron were just about to respond when, a plump, pink silhouette of a woman flounced into the room with a sickly – sweet smile plastered across her face, she was walking in way that told everybody she as not to be messed with.
"That is quite enough Mr Malfoy, although Mr Weasley next time come to class a bit more presentable, 5 points will be taken from Gryffindor!" Groans were heard through the entire classroom from the Gryffindors and sniggers from the rest. Ron quickly scrambled to adjust himself whilst Louise and Hermione were shooting daggers at Draco.
Draco inwardly and outwardly laughed at the trouble he'd caused the red-head in just under a minute. Yes, this was going to be a good day.
"Right class, my name is Professor Umbridge, i am your teacher, and you are my student, so there will be no talking from you and absolutely no cheek!"She said sternly before once again putting on a false smile.
"Now that, that is over with, Good Morning class" she said finally. A few mumbled good morning in response.
"Tut, tut," said Professor Umbridge. "That won't do, now, will it? I should like you, please, to reply "Good morning Professor Umbridge". One more time please Good Morning class!"
"Good Morning, Professor Umbridge," they chanted back at her.
"There now," said Professor Umbridge sweetly. "That wasn't too difficult, was it? Wands away and quills out, please."
The whole class sighed, wands away meant an extremely boring lesson and with Umbridge it wasn't going to be an ordinary boring lesson. Thumps were heard around the class as everyone put away their wands, and brought out their quills and parchment. Even Draco was annoyed at this, how the hell are you supposed to learn magic without wands he thought. Professor Umbridge produced her wand from her pink fluffy purse and spelled the words Defence Against the Dark Arts – A Return to Basics.
"To begin with, we will be copying out of this textbook..." At that moment the Professor flicked her wand and 30 books were being handed out to each student of their own accord. "Chapter 1: read and copy out, this should last the duration of the lesson, there is no need for questions, and you may begin." She finished with a clap at the end, as if to say chop-chop, and placed herself neatly in her seat.
Louise flipped past the contents pages and went to straight to the first chapter where she began to copy it up whilst reading at the same time but it wasn't before long that she felt her eye lids beginning to become heavy and closing by themselves. To wake herself up she decided to look round at the other students in the room, they in fact looked the same as what she must have. All seemingly falling asleep one by one, even Malfoy was resting his head on the desk.
What did shock her though was the fact that Hermione had disobeyed a direct order to read and had her hand up waiting patiently for Umbridge to acknowledge her, which looked like the last thing she was going to do. After a few minutes most of the class were staring between Hermione and Professor Umbridge.
Hermione apparently had become tired of waiting and attempted to get her attention another way, "Hem... Hem" Hermione cleared her throat and stared intently at her teacher, when no response was given she tried again, "Excuse me, Professor Umbridge I have a question." Hermione said politely. Umbridge seemed to physically calm herself down and turned to the bushy-haired girl, "Yes Miss..."She started while Hermione finished, "Granger, Hermione Granger, and i was wondering, when are we going to start using these defensive spells"
"Defensive spells, why whatever do you mean my dear? There will be no need to use magic in my classroom!" Umbridge announced. After the exclamation hell broke loose n the classroom.
"We won't be using magic!" "You can't do that!" "How are we supposed to defend ourselves?" "Is that your real hair?" "You mean we'll never actually practise the spells!"
"QUIET!!" Dolores screeched in a decibel only known to dogs. "You will be quiet, you will put your up hand when asking a question and you will listen to me, is that clear... good! Yes, we will not be using magic as the ministry and I feel you do not need to, there will also be no need to defend yourself in this classroom in any case!"
"Maybe not in the classroom, but we need to be ready when it comes to us being in the outside world!" Harry finally piped up, getting very angry by the way the conversation was going.
"And what, may I ask, would be after children in the "outside world"" Umbridge asked in a false bewildered tone.
"Oh I don't know...let me think" Harry said in a sarcastic manner, "Voldermort!" Harry exclaimed now seething.
All of a sudden a light bulb went off in Louise's mind: that was It that was all she had to do to get round that old hag and it was so simple, it was perfect. The Professor was now raising her voice so loud the room seemed to be shaking.
"... all LIES!" Umbridge finished. "I am not lie..."Harry started but Louise was already interrupting.
"Professor Umbridge, please don't mind my brother he doesn't seem to know what he's talking about when he gets a bit eccentric." Louise said sweetly with the best smile she could muster without looking false, which in irony she was being. Harry gave her a questioning look which told her he thought she'd gone mad. She was getting the same reaction from most people in the room especially a certain platinum-haired slytherin.
"He'll watch what he's saying next time Professor; I'll make sure he does." Louise said reassuringly.
"Yes, well you'd better make sure he does Miss Potter otherwise i shall punish you next time as well" Professor Umbridge said in a matter-of-factly way if not a bit suspicious of the change in attitude.
"Yes Professor," Louise said politely. Everyone in the room was now looking at her as if she'd gone completely mad, but she could explain later, for now she had to keep Umbridge sweet.
What the hell was that, Draco thought, what was she playing at? Why do i care? The last question bothered him more than his other thoughts. In the midst of his musings, class must have been declared finished because people were starting to pack away.
I'm going to find out what that was all aboutDraco exclaimed in his mind.
"Louise what the hell was that, what were you playing at, you can't actually believe she's right?" Harry was now starting to babble, this showing how baffled he was.
"Okay, look calm down, i mean of course i don't believe she's right, who do you think I am? I'm just well, look all morning I've been trying to figure out a way to get round that old hag and well it just came to me, all I have to do is get her trust me!" Louise finished with a quick smile.
"Wait...what are you saying to me?" Harry blundered.
"Look all you need to know is that I'm still on your side, I'm just playing tactics a bit, because hopefully if she can trust me I might get to know a bit more about what's going on!"
"You can't' honestly think she'll trust after that?" Hermione asked not really understanding properly.
"Well duh... but I'm laying the ground work aren't I" Louise explained, Hermione nodding in agreement.
"Draco darling, where are you going?" Pansy asked in a howlish manner.
"To find out what the bloody hell happened in class!" Draco snapped at her.
"Oi... POTTER! " Draco shouted causing the group in front of him to turn around.
Okay so the next chapter, will be alot of fun to write and hopefully to read, it's called Wordplay, so you can kind of guess whats gonna go on. But i want some reviews for this chapter before i post it otherwise, i may think it is not very good and not put up the next chapter [hint hint hint
Anyway so the next update should be in the next week or so. bye for now... x