Disclaimer: JK is a REALLY good author. I am not. Enough said.
AN: This is a response to the 'Tudents and Steachers' challenge by .
A touch of redemption, that was all the girl needed to be perfect. Her long bushy brown hair looked so beautiful in the candlelight, her beautiful brown eyes danced with intelligence and although Umbridge would never admit it, she admired the way the girl had stood up to her in their first lesson. It wasn't the fact that she'd stood up to Delores that impressed her, but the passion she argued with that she admired.
If only Hermione Granger could channel that passion into the proper channels, like assisting the Ministry in its clean up of Hogwarts and silencing Harry Potter's ridiculous lies.
But Hermione was stubbornly attached to that troublemaker Harry Potter and his dim-witted friend Ron Weasley. Delores shook her head and mentally sighed. Such a pity, she was such a pretty girl. A small touch of redemption was all that she needed to put her on the right path. Such a pity that Miss Granger hadn't taken that chance yet. Such a pity.
AN: Urgh, yes I know. It's short and I honestly think that I have done better, but I had to draw the short straw and do Umbridge/Hermione. And I can't really make it work any other way. Sorry.