DALLYING IN DETENTION

Prologue

McGonagall sat in her office. Her formerly grey hair, now pure white, was straying from its neat bun. Her quill scratched on the large piece of parchment on her mahogany desk. She put down the quill and flexed her wrist trying stretch out the aching arthritic joints. Giving up, she reached for her wand and muttered the relevant spell. Sighing in relief she got back to her work.

The parchment was in fact a detention form. With new laws from the ministry demanding to know when students are being punished, named the Umbridge Clause, she had to write a form. Then make a copy and send it off to the Department of Student Affairs.

With a flourish of her quill she placed the last full stop and glanced down at her neatly written work.

Student/s name: Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy

Reason for Detention: Fist fighting in the corridors

Length of Detention: One hour every Tuesday, after final lesson, for three weeks

Supervising teacher: Professor Farrah Trifoot

The rest of the form was just a little bit of boring and McGonagall did not bother to read that again. She pointed her wand at the parchment, spoke an incantation to correct spelling and grammatical errors and went off to talk to the first years about the Forbidden Forest.

NOTE: Professor Farrah Trifoot is the Ministry Appointed detention supervisor. She takes all detentions.