The day passed by faster than normal, but it was very difficult to pay attention when Harry kept trying to talk to me.
"Amelia, please talk to me." Harry called as I pushed my way through the crowded halls after class. There was nowhere that I could go that one of them couldn't. When I finally got rid of them within the crowded halls I managed to make it out to the Quidditch pitch and changed for practice. I was thankful that Harry had been banned from playing, but that meant that Ginny was there. I tried my hardest to pay attention to the quaffle when Ginny kept flying by me and Harry waited in the stands below. When practice was over, I knew there was no way to avoid him. I changed and sighed before I opened the door.
"Amelia!" Harry said. I rolled my eyes and started to walk away.
"Please talk to me." He said stopping me by standing in front of me.
"Harry, what's done is done. You've made your choice. I just hope you chose right." I said moving passed him.
"That's it then?" He said, he sounded so sad. Whether I was angry or not I always felt bad for making someone cry or be sad.
"Harry you cheated on me, remember? You have no reason to be upset, I do." I said walking over to again. He didn't respond.
"What do you want me to do Harry? Cry and beg for you to choose me? I'm not that kind of person and you know that. I'm sorry you're upset for some reason, but you chose to do this to us, not me. I said shrugging. He looked down and nodded.
"Are you still going to come to DA?" He asked me looking back up at me.
"Not tonight I have detention with Umbridge." I said flexing my scarred hand; Harry just shook his head and glared up at the castle.
"I'll see you." I said walking up to the castle. I dropped off my books in my dormitory and made my way to the Great Hall for dinner. I made it to the entrance and looked for where to sit. I just sighed and sat beside Neville and Seamus.
"Hey Amelia." Neville smiled, that's what I love about Neville he was always nice to nearly everyone.
"Hey Nev, how've you been?" I asked him, scooping some mashed potatoes onto my plate.
"Good. Excited about tonight's DA meeting?" He asked me in a whisper.
"Can't detention with the toad tonight." I said looking up at the staff table at Umbridge, but she wasn't there, she was always the first and last to be in the Great Hall.
"I wonder where she is." I said, Neville shrugged and went on talking.
"Harry says we're gonna do a patronus." He whispered.
"That's lucky. I bet yours will be the best animal there." I said with an encouraging smile.
"I bet I don't even make one." He muttered. I frowned and set my fork down.
"Don't be like that Nev, you're a great wizard, as long as you believe in yourself." I said smiling again.
"Thanks Amelia." He said turning pink. I nodded and went back to eating. I slowly walked to detention after dinner, halfway there George caught up to me.
"So I see you talked to him." George smiled.
"Yeah he kind of ambushed me after practice." I said. George chuckled at this.
"Well you've had worse." He said smiling at me.
"True." I said nudging him.
"I didn't mean me." He said pretending to be offended, I just rolled my eyes. He walked me up to Umbridge's office.
"Miss Ambrose, I'll be with you in a moment, just finishing my little meeting with Miss Edgecombe here." She said gesturing to Marietta who was sitting opposite her with a cup of tea in her hand. I nodded and walked back out.
"Just go. I guess tell Harry, Marietta will be late." I whispered to him. He nodded and left. I waited there for what felt like ages, until Umbridge burst through the door, looking both angry and victorious about something.
"Come with me." She said pointing to me.
"Where?" I asked confused.
"Don't play dumb, I know you're a part of it." She sneered.
"Can't be a part of something that doesn't exist." I said calmly.
"Oh but it does exist, Miss Edgecombe has just disclosed that." She said smiling again.
"And where's your proof that I belong to, whatever she says exists?" I asked her calmly still. She turned an ugly shade of purple and glared at me.
"Fine, if you won't tell me, I'll have Miss Edgecombe show me." She said going back to her office. I took my chance and ran out of there to warn the others. I ran as fast as I could to the seventh floor and just barely made it. I burst through the door and ran straight into a dog patronus.
"Sorry!" I heard Ron yell from the other side of the room; he looked down at Neville who was on the floor too. I searched for Harry, he was telling Luna to try and perform the patronus. She held up her wand and said the enchantment, out burst a speedy rabbit.
"Harry!" I shouted, but it was too late, as soon as we made eye contact a loud boom echoed through the room and everything shook. Everyone looked at the one of the room that the noise came from. The noise sounded again this time the glass shattered falling to the ground. Dennis Creevey stepped forward to peer through the hole, but Harry moved him out of the way to get a better look instead, that's when we all heard it.
"Bombarda Maxima." Umbridge's sickening voice said,
"Get down!" A few people shouted, everyone ducked and dodged rocks and glass, while trying to protect everyone in the process. When the dust cleared everyone stood up and saw Umbridge with Filch, and the Inquisitorial Squad waiting there, with Marietta being held by Pansy Parkinson.
"Get them." She said to them. There was a rush of movement from both sides as Harry shouted to the DA.
"Run!" He shouted. Many kids tried to run and some managed to get away but those who weren't as lucky were in for a rude awakening. A stubby hand grabbed my arm and pulled me back.
"Get off!" I shouted trying to pull away, but they gripped harder and pushed me in a group who had been caught which included; Harry, Ginny, George, Hermione, and Ron.
"Find the rest." Umbridge barked to her group. She looked at the group she managed to capture, when he beardy eyes saw my face she grinned.
"Where's my proof? You're all the proof I need now." She said. I glared at her. She pushed us to her office and made us wait till she got back.
"Not you Potter. You're coming with me." She said dragging him away with her.
"What happened?" George asked when the door locked.
"Marietta told her. I tried to warn you all. I'm sorry, I should've run faster." I said kicking a desk.
"It's not your fault." George said, pulling me into a hug.
"What do you think will happen?" Ginny asked after a few minutes of silence.
"Who knows?" Ron mumbled. We sat there for nearly an hour when Harry and Umbridge came back, everyone sighed to see Harry unharmed. I don't know what came over me but I rushed over to him and hugged him, he didn't hesitate in hugging me back.
"Dormitories now!" Umbridge shouted, we all jumped and nearly ran out.
"Miss Ambrose, where are you going? You still have detention." She called to me. I stopped at the door; George was the only one to hear her. I looked up at him, tears filling my eyes, I opened my mouth to ask for help but no words came out.
"I'm sorry; I'll wait for you in the common room." He said brushing my tears away, I managed to nod, and walked towards what could only be hours of torture. It was nearly midnight when she let me go telling me to be back tomorrow night. I didn't say anything as I ran from her office, I didn't stop running till I made it to the Fat Lady I said the password and walked in slowly.
"Are you okay?"
"Let me see how bad it is."
"I'll get the Murtlap Essence."
"Sit down." Everyone said nearly at once, the only one who didn't say anything was Harry as he watched from the couch. I sat beside him and laid my hand on my thigh.
"I must not talk back. She didn't add a new one then." Harry said.
"This was just for today. I'll have one below it soon for what happened tonight." I said through tears, Hermione came back with the Murtlap and set it beside me; I set my hand gently in the bowl and tried to slow my crying.
"So what happened with you?" I asked Harry. He smiled a little and shook his head,
"Dumbledore's gone." He said.
"And that's a good thing because?" I asked confused. He continued to tell me all that happened in Dumbledore's office and soon I understood why he was smiling.
"Well he is Dumbledore; he can basically do whatever the hell he wants at this point." I said laughing a little, everyone agreed and laughed too.
"It's late I'm going to bed, come on Ginny." Hermione said pulling Ginny up with her, Ron followed soon after leaving me with George and Harry.
"I feel like this is my fault." Harry said gesturing to my hand.
"Harry my actions were my own and I have to pay for them. Nothing is your fault." I said rolling my eyes,
"I suppose." He said.
"Stop thinking like that. Just because something goes wrong in our world, doesn't mean it's because of you." I said touching his arm lightly, he laid his hand over mine and I pulled away.
"Harry when I hugged you earlier, it was just because you were okay, nothing else." I said.
"I figured." He nodded; he stood up and walked to his dormitory.
"How is it?" George asked, pointing at my hand. I lifted it out of the Murtlap and watched as it still bled only a little.
"It's getting there." I shrugged. He moved over to me and took my good hand in his; for once I didn't pull away.
"Detention tomorrow?" He asked. I nodded tearing up a little at the thought of the pain I'd have to endure all over again. George noticed and wrapped his arm around my shoulders, still holding my hand. I laid my head against him and let the tears fall silently for all the pain I endured today.
"He loves her." Fred told Harry quietly as they watched us from the staircase.
"I know, and he should. It's easy to love her." He said.
"You knew?" He asked him.
"Of course I did. I'm not as smart as Hermione but, I'm not exactly dim. Why do you think I agreed with you yesterday?" He said smirking a little; he turned to go back up to his dormitory. Fred looked at George and I, and smiled.
"Finally." He said walking back upstairs. I woke up on the couch in the common room early the next morning, in the same position I was in last night, next to a very loud snoring George. I touched my hand which was beginning to scar over; the Murtlap seemed to have been taken by an elf last night. I stretched and pushed George awake, he fell to the ground only to jump up moments later.
"I'm up." He said, I just smiled and shook my head.
"Good to know." I said getting up and stretching better.
"Let me see." He said reaching for my hand, I held my hand out as he held it in his hands an examined it.
"Better than last night." He said.
"Not for long." I said, I started to walk upstairs to shower and get ready for the day?
"How bad do you think it's going to get?" I turned and asked him.
"I don't know, but don't work I'm sure Fred and I will of something to make it better." He said winking.
"Don't get into too much trouble." I said walking upstairs. Once I showered and got ready for the day I made my way downstairs.
"She's delusional." I head Hermione say.
"Who is?" I asked her, Ron and Harry look at me.
"Umbridge. She's taken position as Headmistress." Hermione said.
"Great. That's just lovely." I groaned.
"That's not the worse part." Ron said.
"What could be worse?" I asked.
"We all have detention tonight." Hermione said, her was white and she looked like she was going to be sick.
"Worry not Hermione." Fred said as he bounded down the stairs, Charlotte and George behind him.
"For we have a solution." George said smiling at me.
"What is it?" Ron asked.
"Just make sure you're in the Great Hall for lunch." Fred said.
"Why?" I asked.
"It's a welcoming gift for our new Headmistress." George grinned.
"Oh you mustn't!" Hermione said.
"Don't worry Hermione we'll be fine.
George said smiling at her now. We all left for breakfast, talking about how different they all felt already with Dumbledore gone. George held my hand the entire way, even as I talked to Harry about our upcoming detention, Harry didn't seem to mind, he actually looked please that George and I were somewhat of an item now.
*TBC*
A/N: Hello all, I hope you like my story, sorry it's taken a while to post, I hand write all these chapters first, then type them out and it takes a while to do that. For now the story will follow book five, but very soon it will just be completely my imagination. R&R!
