I am really sorry for not writing for so long. I actually don't want to have more than one week between chapters but I had visitors since three weeks and couldn't write.

There were a lot of reviews for the last chapter and I actually wanted to answer all of it but didn't have time. Just ask if you have any questions about the story and I will try to answer them as good as I can.

I hope you will like this chapter. I didn't have much time today but didn't want to wait any longer so there can be some spelling mistakes. I will try to correct them as soon as possible.

Chapter 11: Getting rid of Umbridge

"Come in" came a girly voice from the other side of the door. The young couple sighed.

"You have to stay calm Harry" reminded Hermione before opening the door. "Remember, don't let her provoke you."

"I know" said Harry with a hint of anger in his voice. Hermione knew that he didn't like her constant warnings but she also knew that Umbridge could get easily under Harry's skin if they act careless. After giving her boyfriend one sharp look, she opened the door.

"Hello Mr. Potter. Miss Granger" said the pink monster sweetly. They both decided at once that she was even more unbearable when she tried to act nice.

The room was representing its owner pretty effectively. Harry thought that no one could make this room worse than Gilderoy Lockhart did but he was obviously wrong. While she thankfully didn't have her own portraits like Lockhart, the room was full of magical cat pictures and it was just screaming sickening sweetness. He didn't know which was worse: Looking at the room or looking at the ugly Professor.

"Please, have a seat" said Umbridge. "Now, I am sure you remember why I brought you two here?"

'Maybe because no one can stand looking at you if you don't force them and you need company' thought Harry. Fortunately, he was smart enough to not say it out loud.

"What do you want us to do?" asked Hermione with an emotionless voice.

"Simple" said Umbridge. "You made mistakes and I think the best way to teach something is to repeat it until you learn it."

'That's bullshit' thought Harry. He could that Hermione thought exactly the same thing but they remained silent.

"For that reason, I want you both to write sentences" finished Umbridge, who looked dissatisfied at their lack of reaction.

"What sentence?" asked Harry, trying to control his emotions.

"You will write: 'I must never tell lies' Mr. Potter" said Umbridge with her girly voice. "I think that this will teach you not to cause panic by telling lies about reincarnated Dark Lords."

Harry's face went a little red and was about to retort when he felt Hermione's hand over his. She gave him a warning look and shook her head.

"How many times?" asked Harry after taking a deep breath.

"Until you get the message of course" said Umbridge, who didn't notice the exchange between the teens.

"What should I write?" asked Hermione. Even she couldn't keep the rude tone out of her voice.

"Let me think about it. I heard that your parents are muggles Miss Granger, is that correct?" said Umbridge. Harry's eyes widened. He could see that this wasn't going to be good.

"Yes, they are both non magical" said Hermione with a challenging tone. "Why would you ask?"

"No reason" said Umbridge with her sickening smile widening. "You will write: 'I shall respect my betters'

Hermione's face went pale. She gritted her teeth and her eyes filled with anger. Harry himself was barely containing himself.

"What?" said Hermione loudly.

"Is there a problem Miss Granger?" asked Umbridge looking her in the eyes. Hermione was shaking with fury and bit her lip not to say anything. Harry couldn't contain himself anymore and stood up angrily. He opened his mouth to scream some insults and a few good hexes at the ugly Professor. But before he could say one word, Hermione also stood up and forced him to sit down again.

"IS there a problem?" repeated Umbridge.

"No Professor" said Hermione forcefully. Harry looked at her questioningly. She looked calm again and had a sneaky gleam in her eyes. Harry didn't know why, but he could swear that she was amused for some reason.

"Well then, you can start now" said their excuse of a Professor.

"We didn't bring any quills" said Harry, staring at the empty parchments. He knew that he couldn't stay calm if he looked at the giant toad.

"Don't worry Mr. Potter, I have quills for you" said Umbridge. She pulled two quills out of her pocket and gave it to them. Harry got suspicious at the look on her face and decided to let it go.

"You won't need any ink" continued Umbridge.

"These are blood quills, aren't they?" said Hermione accusingly. Umbridge looked surprised that she knew what it is while Harry looked confused.

"What is a blood quill?" asked Harry.

"A quill that writes with blood of the user" answered Hermione, her eyes still on Umbridge. "It was used to sign contracts but its use is illegal since years, especially on minors."

"I am the Undersecretary to Minister of Magic Granger" said Umbridge. "I know better what is legal and what is illegal so please keep your nose out of other peoples business."

Hermione kept glaring at her for a few seconds and then shrugged.

"If you say so" said Hermione.

"I'll be sitting here. Now begin" said Umbridge and went to the other side of the small room. Harry carefully started writing. Seconds later, he winced as he felt pain at the backside of his hand. He saw the words appearing on his hand but before he could look carefully, the words disappeared, leaving only redness on his skin.

"Are you sure that you want to do that?" whispered Harry to his girlfriend. He could see that she already wrote the first sentence and felt the same pain.

"We have to, at least for today" answered Hermione. "Don't worry, she will regret it soon."

"If you say so" said Harry with a small smile. He knew her better than anyone else and could see that she was planning something.

He almost felt sorry for Umbridge. Almost.

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"That sadistic, lying bitch" fumed Harry as soon as they left her room.

"Language love" said Hermione with a small smile. But then her smile disappeared. "Are you okay? I am sorry that I forced you to endure this."

"Don't worry about me" said Harry dismissively. He took her hand kissed the red spot softly. "I just hate to see you hurt."

"She won't be able to hurt any of us soon" said Hermione with a dark smile. "Let's go back to the Common Room, I am sure Ron is worrying sick at the moment."

"About that" said Harry. "Could we keep this a secret?"

"Why?" asked Hermione, looking confused.

"I don't want anyone's mercy" said Harry, hoping that she would understand. "Please, let's don't tell anyone, okay?"

"No!" said Hermione forcefully. "We won't keep this a secret. Why would we do that?"

"I don't want to look weak in front of Umbitch. I don't want to give her the satisfaction of hurting me" said Harry. Hermione frowned.

"Of course, why didn't I think of that" said Hermione sarcastically. "We also shouldn't do anything against Umbridge. I mean, that would make us look weak right, we should just do what she says, that will show her how strong we are."
"Hermione, stop" said Harry.

"And while we are at it, we should do the same about Voldemort. We shouldn't tell anyone anything. Because it would make us look weak in front of the strongest Dark Lord of the century. We will confront him and all his Death Eaters alone."

"Hermione-" said Harry, his anger starting to rise. His girlfriend ignored him.

"Oh, and we should leave our wands at home. If we cast any spell against them, that would make us look weak, right?"

"STOP IT" exploded Harry.

"NOT UNTIL YOU GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ARSE" screamed Hermione back. "It is not always your fault Harry, you don't have to take the blame for everything."

"What are you trying to say?" asked Harry, who tried to control his voice. He knew that she was trying to help him and he didn't want a repeat of last summer.

"Look Harry" said Hermione softly. "I know why you are acting like this. I know that you grew up with those believes because of those damn Dursleys."

Harry couldn't help but chuckle at the anger on her face. She took a deep breath to calm herself and continued.

"You don't have to do everything alone Harry" said Hermione. "I will always be with you. Don't try to shut me or anyone else out. No one is going to laugh at you, if they do, then they are not your real friends. Umbridge can only win if you hide from everyone and let her do what she wants. We won't hide and we will fight back."

"But-" started Harry, but before he could argue any further, Hermione grabbed him and pulled him in to a passionate kiss. The kiss quickly turned into a snog as they forgot everything around them.

Harry didn't know how long they kept snogging at the middle of the hallway but he felt dazed after they finally broke apart. As he looked at her smiling face, she couldn't help but grin goofily.

"I love you" said Harry.

"I love you too" said Hermione. "Now come on, we have to work on our revenge plan and I have to send a letter."

"It is strange that you want to talk about revenge right after snogging" said Harry laughing.

"Prat" said Hermione.

"Wait, you didn't even tell me what you planned" said Harry suddenly.

"Well, I probably shouldn't talk it after snogging with you right?" said Hermione with a sneaky smile.

"You wouldn't" said Harry.

"Oh, I definitely would" said Hermione laughing and started running. Harry was forced to run after her frowning but he still had a smile on his face.

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Luna was walking slowly to the Ravenclaw dorm. She was deep in thoughts as her wide eyes wandered freely without actually seeing anything. She was used to being avoided by now so she didn't really look for anyone. She stopped her thoughts as she saw a familiar redhead.

"Hey Ginny" said Luna. The girl in question turned around and saw the young Ravenclaw. Luna noticed that she tried to hide something as she approached her.

"Hi Luna" said Ginny smiling. "What are you doing here, it is nearly past curfew."

"Why, I am going to our dorm of course" said Luna. "How are you?"

"I am fine" said Ginny. Her expression was sincere, but Luna could still see that something was wrong with the redhead.

"You do look nervous" said Luna looking her in the eyes. "Are you going to brew a potion?"

"W- What?" asked Ginny.

"You have potion ingredients in your hands." said Luna, pointing at her back. "Where did you even get those?"

"It's- It is none of your business Luna" snapped Ginny. "Look, I have to go now, you should probably hurry as well."

With that, she quickly left the young blond alone. Luna's smile faded just a little as she looked at the only one that considered her a friend. After a few seconds, she shrugged and continued with her thoughts, ignoring the glares that she got from Cho Chang and her friends.

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"Look, it is not that hard" said Hermione, who was slowly getting sick of explaining the same thing. "The Daily Prophet will write an article about the illegal things that Umbridge did. That's all. You don't have to know how we'll do it, but this is the plan."

The Gryffindors were sitting in the Common Room, discussing their favorite toad. As they entered the Common Room, Harry and Hermione expected to find Ron waiting for them but instead, they not only found Ron, but also Fred, George, Angelina, Alicia, Katie, Neville and Dean waiting for them.

"Do you really think that it will work? Fudge will still protect her, won't he?" asked Angelina to Hermione. She was ignoring Harry, because she was angry at him for missing the Quidditch practice on Friday.

"Fudge is a politician" said Harry. "I don't think he would like to see his name with a child abuser."

"I still think that we should consider my plan" said Ron. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"I don't think petrifying her in the hallway and beating her up will solve any of our problems Ron."

"It would solve some problems" argued Fred.

"Okay, it probably would but would also cause more problems." said Hermione. "We will go with our plan if you all agree."

"Our plan?" said Harry, rising his eyebrows. "You told it to me just five minutes ago."

"I wanted to make sure that she actually does something illegal before telling you" said Hermione shrugging. "That stupid cow thought that she could deceive us by saying that blood quills aren't illegal."

"How did you know that she would use something illegal like Blood Quill anyway?" asked Neville.

"I didn't know" admitted Hermione. "I just thought that she was most likely a pureblood bigot and was sure that she wouldn't be able to hold back from insulting muggles and muggleborns. It went actually much better than I thought."

"Even if the Daily Prophet wrote about her bigotry, wouldn't everyone just ignore it?" asked Ron. "The magical world is mostly against Muggles and Muggleborns. I mean, look at Malfoy."

"Because Ronnie, your statement is totally wrong." said Fred. "No matter how they act, there are much more muggleborns and halfbloods than purebloods in the Wizarding World."

"That is true" agreed George. "The purebloods are controlling most of the power while keeping the others ignorant. Even the worse of the purebloods wouldn't announce himself as Muggle hater in public."

"What about Malfoy then?" asked Neville.

"He is an idiot" said Harry. "He thinks that the others couldn't hurt him because of his blood status."

"Nearly the half of the real pureblood students at Hogwarts are Weasley's." said Fred grinning. "If the purebloods at Hogwarts ever tried a fight against the others, they would be literally destroyed and the same is true for the whole wizarding world."

"This is why they follow someone like Voldemort in the first place" said Hermione. "They need a powerful leader in order to reach their goals."

"What about the teachers?" asked Harry thoughtfully. "I wonder how many of them are actual purebloods?"

"I am sure most of them have at least one Muggle in their families" said Dean. "And if it isn't true, I doubt that any of them is actually a pureblood bigot. Besides Umbridge of course."

"And Snape" said Ron.

"We never saw him saying anything about Blood status" reminded Hermione.

"But isn't it obvious? He is like the teacher version of Malfoy" said Ron.

"We don't know that" said Hermione. "He hates Gryffindors as far as we know. I never heard him talking about blood status."

"Besides, Si- I mean Remus mentioned that Snape was a half blood, if I remember correctly" said Harry.

"I never heard of someone with the name Snape in the Wizarding World besides him" said Neville. "I don't think that he is a pureblood. His father side is most likely muggle."

"Then he is a half blood or a muggleborn" concluded Dean.

"He can't be a muggleborn" said Hermione. "There was no muggleborn Slytherin since over fifty years."

No one bothered to ask her where she got that information.

"Even if he is a half blood, that doesn't stop him from being a bigot. He might be a half blood, but he was probably the pampered prince of his family and was raised with the same beliefs. He probably hated his muggle father."

Hermione didn't want to continue with this but she didn't agree with Ron's statement. Dumbledore said that Snape was a master Occlumence and she knew that a lonely childhood was one of the things that made a person good at that discipline.

"Why don't we go to Dumbledore?" asked Neville suddenly. "He would stop Umbridge right?"

"No!" said Harry firmly.

"But he would definitely help us" said Ron.

"No!" said Hermione this time.

"Look guys, you asked us if we have a plan and we told it" said Harry, trying to control his anger. "We won't go to Dumbledore, we will stick to the plan. You can help us or leave, either is fine."

"Calm down, we are with you mate" said Ron.

"But why do you think that the Prophet would believe and publish this?" asked Dean again.

"That one is our own business" said Hermione. "We will deal with this tomorrow in our detention."

"You know if this works, then it will be even better than the time you punched Malfoy in the face" said Ron grinning.

"What?" asked Hermione confused.

"You actually punched Malfoy?" asked Neville with awe in his voice.

"No" said Hermione.

"Yes you did. In our third year" said Harry. "Right on his nose."

"No, I didn't" said Hermione again. "It was a slap, not a punch."

"I clearly remember that it was a punch" said Ron.

"Me too" said Harry.

"Well, you remember wrong" said Hermione angrily. "Anyway, be here tomorrow if you want to know if our works or not. Now if you excuse me, cutting my own hand was pretty tiring and I want to go sleeping."

She kissed Harry, ignoring the knowing looks and wolf whistles from the others and went to the Girls Dormitory.

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Next day, after their soon to be regular work outs and taking a shower, they found another empty classroom and put their privacy charms around it. They continued with their magical training for a short while. Since they couldn't do anything extreme until they found a better room, they only worked on their accuracy for half an hour.

Afterwards, Harry pulled out his communication mirror and called "Remus Lupin". After a few seconds, the werewolves face appeared on his mirror.

"Hi guys" said Remus smiling.

"Hi Remus" said the teens together. They heard running from the other side and Sirius Black's face appeared next to Remus.

"I am disappointed" said Sirius with a mock hurt in his face. "I helped you guys so much and you once again call Moony instead of me. Especially you Harry, you are my godson."

"We just didn't want to waste time by waiting for you to wake up again" said Harry grinning.

"Ouch" said Sirius.

"Anyway, is there a problem?" asked Remus.

Harry and Hermione told them everything about their first day and Umbridge, including their plan to get rid of her.

"Do you know anything about her?" asked Harry, after they finished their tale.

"From what you said, she sounds like a stupid bigot, but I am pretty sure that she is not a Death Eater."

"I heard of her" said Remus slowly. "That lady has problems with werewolves and any other half creatures. Two years ago, she made a law that made giving a job to a werewolf illegal."

Harry didn't think that there was a way for him to hate Umbridge even more, but he now saw that he was wrong. It was getting harder and harder to stick to the plan and not just go and hex her to oblivion.

"What was the illegal thing she did anyway?" asked Sirius. The teens looked at each other. They purposefully avoided telling them about the details of their detention before. Harry took a deep breath and told them about the Blood Quills.

"That's it." screamed Sirius. "I am coming to Hogwarts right now and I am going to kill that bitch."

He actually stood up to leave but Remus grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

"Shut up Padfoot" said Remus. "You are not leaving this house. I will go there and deal with her."

"No, you won't" said Hermione angrily. "We know how to deal with her without getting any of us in trouble."

"We are not going to lose any of you over that woman" said Harry firmly. "How is your research for Pettigrew going Sirius?"

"Not good" said Sirius frowning. "That rat is not easy to find."

"We will help you as best as we can" said Harry reassuringly. In the summer, they talked about how to clear his godfathers name and concluded that the only way to clear his name was to deliver Pettigrew. Truth serum or anything of that kind wouldn't work, because they knew that Fudge wouldn't arrange a trial for Sirius Black and would just sentence him to Dementor's kiss.

"We will have to go or the others will get suspicious" said Hermione after they talked a little more.

"Just be careful okay" said Sirius.

"Don't worry" said Harry. "Goodbye guys, we will call as soon as we are finished. By the way Remus, if we successfully get rid of Umbridge, we will recommend Dumbledore to bring you back as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."

"Wait, what? You can't just-" started Remus.

"Bye" said Harry and Hermione grinning and closed the mirror before he could argue any further.

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"Isn't that Luna?" asked Hermione. They were eating their breakfast, while ignoring the question of the other curious Gryffindors.

"Yes, why?" said Harry, looking at the Ravenclaw table.

"Why is she sitting so far away from the others?" asked Hermione. "Yesterday was the same but I thought she just wanted to sit alone but now I think that there is a problem."

"Do you know anything Ginny?" asked Harry to the redheaded girl that was sitting next to Ron.

"Luna is a little strange" said Ginny frowning. "She never said anything about it but I think that the others are bullying her from time to time. She is actually a sweet girl but a little weird."

"Well, I agree. She is a nice girl and she shouldn't have to eat alone" said Hermione firmly and stood up. Harry quickly caught up with her, ignoring the curious glances of the others.

"Are you going to invite her to our table?" asked Harry.

"Yes" said Hermione simply.

"It is a great idea but is it even allowed?" asked Harry.

"Parvati sat with her twin Padma in our first year a lot of times. I don't think that it will be a problem." whispered Hermione back. "Hi Luna."

"Oh, hello Hermione Granger. Harry Potter" said Luna. "Do you need anything?"

"We wanted to ask you if you would like to sit with us Luna?" asked Hermione. Luna blinked.

"Why?"

"Because we are friends Luna and we would be happy if you could sit with us," said Harry. Luna looked at their faces for awhile before smiling.

"I don't think that your friends at the Gryffindor table would be happy to sit with me" said Luna. "But thanks for the offer anyway."

"If anyone has a problem with our friend, then they also have a problem with us" said Hermione loudly. She glared at the others on the table, knowing that more than a few of them were responsible for the obvious self esteem issues of Luna. She grabbed her hand and literally started pulling a dazed Luna.

"You should just come with us Luna" said Harry smiling. "She won't let it go you know."

Luna blinked again and her face lit up with a bright smile.

"If you insist" said the blond and followed them to the Gryffindor table.

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After their detention with Umbridge, Harry and Hermione left the class room as fast as possible without looking suspicious. Harry pulled out the Marauders Map and found an empty classroom. As soon as Harry put the privacy charms around the room, Hermione put her hand in her pocket and pulled out a bug. She placed it on the floor.

"You can change back now" said Hermione.

The bug started transforming. After a few seconds, a woman was standing in front of them, glaring at Hermione.

"Hello Rita" said Hermione smiling. "I hope that you were able to hear enough, because I expect a nice essay about what you heard today."

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Next morning, a redhead run through the halls of Minister of Magic.

"Minister Fudge. Minister Fudge" screamed Percy Weasley nearly storming in the Minister's room.

"Who do you think you are, entering my room like that" said Cornelius Fudge angrily.

"I am sorry sir but you have to see todays Prophet, it is a catastrophe" said Percy.

"Did they print something supportive of Dumbledore and Potter?" asked Fudge.

"Worse" said Percy and gave him the newspaper in his hand. Fudge looked at the first page and his eyes widened with fear.

"Oh fuck" said Fudge.

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As the Hogwarts children ate their breakfast, Harry and Hermione kept looking at Umbridge smiling. The woman just smiled back, not knowing what was awaiting her.

As the Gryffindors eagerly waited for the morning post, the door of the Great Hall opened. An angry woman entered the room. Two wizards with wands in their hands followed the woman while she directly walked to their Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

"Can I help you Amelia?" asked Umbridge.

"Dolores Umbridge" screamed the woman with authority in her voice. "You are under arrest for child abuse and possession of an illegal magical artifact as well as use of it on minors."

"What? What are you talking about Amelia?" asked Umbridge with fear in her eyes.

Instead of answering, Amelia threw the newspaper in her hands at her face. Umbridge looked at the title.

Undersecretary of Minister of Magic and newly hired Defense Against the Dark Arts of Hogwarts Dolores Jane Umbridge using Blood Quills on Minors

By Rita Skeeter

Umbridge stared at the paper for a few seconds then promptly fainted.

I hope you liked this chapter and the way they dealt with Umbridge. But I am warning you now. Umbridge is not done yet. Fudge won't let them take his only advantage so easily. You will see what will happen soon.

Next chapter, Dumbledore will try to get to the bottom of this and there will be some interesting developments for Luna, Ginny and Snape.

What do you think? Who should be the new DADA teacher? Do you like my version of Luna? Also, feel free to tell me what you think will happen to Umbridge now? I have more than one idea about her and I could go either way.

Please review. It really helps.