Chapter 7: Stupid Rules

The potion that Amelia and Chelsea brewed really did help the Elementals a lot. didn't have to force a smile all the time now, Fred and George's antics even seemed laughable again. Anyway, it was mid-November now it was getting cold, but they Elementals didn't let the cold get them down. Harry didn't seem to be feeling any better though. He didn't show it as badly as the Elementals previously did. The Elementals wanted to do nothing but help him now, although they still didn't quite know what to do. After more than half the school didn't believe them about Voldemort returning.

Anyway today the Elementals decided to go for a little walk outside with Harry, maybe their company would cheer him up a little bit. They walked all the way down to Hagrid's hut to find that it was still unoccupied.

"Hagrid, where the hell did you go?" Samantha thought.

They could have sworn that they saw the same creatures that were pulling the carriage the first night. So they followed it deep into the forest. When they got there they found Luna in her regular clothes, only with no shoes, petting one of the strange creatures.

"Hello." She said without looking at the friends.

They approached her and Harry was the first to speak.

"Your feet, aren't they cold?" Harry asked.

"A bit, but unfortunately all my shoes have mysteriously disappeared. I suspect nargles are behind it." Luna declared.

"That's unfortunate." Amelia commented.

"What are these creatures Luna?" Chelsea questioned.

"They're called thestrals. They're really quite gentle creatures, but many people avoid them because they're…" Luna paused.

"Different." Jimmy said.

"Yes." Luna replied.

"Why can't the others see them?" Harry asked.

"They can only be seen by those who have seen death." Luna explained.

"That makes a lot of sense." Amelia commented.

"So you've known someone who's died?" Harry asked.

"My mum, she was quite an extraordinary witch, but she did like to experiment a lot and one day one of her spells went badly wrong. I was nine." Luna stated.

"Oh, we're sorry." Bethany said.

"Yes it is quite sad when I think about it, but I've got dad. We both believe you by the way." Luna said.

The six Gryffindors just gave her a questioning look.

"That He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is back and that you all fought him and the ministry and the prophet are conspiring against you and Dumbledore." She said.

"Thanks, it would seem that you're the only one." Harry said.

"I wouldn't say that." Luna stated.

"What do you mean by that?" Samantha asked.

"Well, if I were You-Know-Who, I would want to feel cut off from as many people as possible; because if it's just you alone, you're not much of a threat." Luna declared.

"This girl isn't as bad as everyone thinks she is." Jimmy thought.

"Yeah, she's actually pretty smart." Bethany commented.

"Well, she is a Ravenclaw." Amelia replied.

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Harry and the Elementals made their way into the Great Hall to find the rest of their friends eating breakfast. When they approached them it was like their presence was automatically known.

"Can we join you?" Chelsea asked.

Just as Hermione was about to speak there were two very distinctive voices coming from the hall outside. Everyone got up from where they were sitting to see what the commotion was.

"Excuse me professor, but what exactly are you enquiring?" A high-pitched voice asked, Umbridge.

"I am merely requesting that when it comes to handling my students, that you adhere to the prescribed disciplinary practices." The other voice said, McGonagall.

"I'm sorry, but it sounds like you are questioning my authority within my own classroom, Minevra." She said moving up a step.

"Not at all, Dolores, merely your medieval methods." McGonagall said moving up a step as well.

"I'm sorry, but to question my authority is to question the Ministry of Magic, and by extension, the minister himself. I am a tolerant woman, but the one thing I won't stand for is disloyalty." Umbridge stated.

"Disloyalty?" Professor McGonagall questioned taking a step down.

Umbridge looked at all the students.

"Things at Hogwarts are far worse than I feared; Cornelius will want to take immediate action." Umbridge declared.

"That bitch, I can't believe she talked to Professor McGonagall like that." Bethany thought.

"Who the hell does she think she is?" Chelsea thought.

"Yeah, she's not the minister." Jimmy commented.

"Well, whoever she thinks she is, she's going to get it." Samantha said.

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Umbridge was establishing a new rule practically every day, she stopped couples from holding hands and kissing, fixed peoples uniforms with magic, and even confiscated Fred and George's magic tricks, and if that wasn't enough, she was insulting the other professors, Flitwick, Trelawney, even Snape. They would normally enjoy seeing someone put Snape in his rightful place, but this was just way too much.

"She insulted Professor Trelawney a few days ago." Chelsea stated as the Elementals walked down the hall.

"I can't stand her presence anymore, too much pink." Bethany complained.

"Oh please, you should see her office." Samantha commented.

"What are we going to do about her?" Jimmy asked.

"Well, I know what I'm going to do, come on." Samantha said.

The others didn't question her, they just followed her.

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Later the Elementals were walking toward the Great Hall when they saw everyone heading outside, on the way they ran into Harry and Cho.

"What's going on?" Amelia questioned.

"It's Professor Trelawney." Cho said.

"Oh know she didn't." Chelsea said as the Elementals moved to get a better view of the situation. They couldn't believe that this woman was getting away with this. Soon after McGonagall and Dumbledore showed up, thank God, Umbridge was this close was this close to making Trelawney leave the castle grounds, it was a really sad sight. Once everyone else except for Umbridge was gone Samantha approached her, the other following behind her but keeping their distance.

"I've tried to be nice as possible about all of this, but now you've taken it too far, insulting the professors. Anyway, you've gone way too far. You tried to kick someone out of her home. Now to fire a teacher, I understand that's in your rights; but when you try and kick someone out of their home… How would you feel if someone came into your job, which you happen to love doing, and stopped you. You talk about respect, yet you insult everyone here, and now you try and get rid of a professor because she's not good enough in your opinion. I would think that you would've gone straight to your office after what happened." Samantha was interrupted.

"What do you mean; what happened to my office?" Umbridge questioned. Oh boy, the look on her face.

"You didn't hear, your office is on fire, it was all everyone was talking about before this whole fiasco." Samantha stated.

"You girl, what did you do to my office?" Umbridge yelled.

"She didn't do a thing; all she did was explain to you something that happened to it." Jimmy stated.

"Yeah, how could I do that, if was in the court yard the entire time. If you don't stop then next time I will do something, something that will leave you bewildered. " Samantha threatened.

"Why you little…" Umbridge said.

"You might want to go check your office. If you go now you can still save some things." Samantha said with a smirk.

With that Umbridge ran off. The Elementals walked away shortly after, not knowing that Professor Snape had been watching them the whole time.

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Hi, the Elementals are out of depression, and now we know what those creatures are. I want to get out a new chapter before spring break, so keep your eyes peeled. Thanks again to my coauthor DevilDragon8 for these great ideas. We appreciate input, so please right reviews. See you in the next chapter.