She's Back!
Harry, Hermione and Ron were walking down to the great hall. Ron opened the doors and went through first. Except he stopped before he made it over the threshold because he stopped dead in his tracks. Hermione walked into him and fell backwards where Harry caught her and held her.
'Ron?' Hermione screeched at him. 'What do you think you're doing?'
'She's, she. She's back!' Ron told them, before promptly running to hide behind Harry's back. Hermione stood up straight and looked at Ron questioningly.
'Who's back?' Hermione asked Ron completely turning to face him.
'Umbridge!' Harry shouted his voice laced with clear, sheer unbelievable astonishment. 'The old hag is back!'
'What?' Hermione asked him she ran in front of the two boys. 'Why I oughtta!' Hermione started stomping forward towards the head table. Harry and Ron dug their heels into the floor and grabbed her arms, yet she still managed to keep walking.
'When did she get so strong?!' Ron cried.
'I have no idea!' Harry shouted back to him, by now they had received an audience. Harry gave up on the dragging effect and went and stood directly in front of her.
'Harry move.' Hermione's voice was laced with danger and Harry was scared out of his wits, he had heard the same tone of voice from Adriana and that was usually followed by a really bad public humiliation, he had to think and quick.
'Hermione!' he was thinking on his toes. 'Remember? You're a prefect!' That brought Hermione back down to earth, she glared at Umbridge one last time who beamed back at her before she went and plopped down onto the Gryffindor house table bench. Dumbledore stood up and the hall went silent.
'Good Morning students. I see some of you have noticed our visitor sitting at the head table. Now-'
'hem hem.' Dumbledore looked towards Dolores, smiled at her and sat down, whilst she stood up. 'Now I know some of you will remember me, and I hope some of you do. My name is Dolores Umbridge, and I am here on behalf of the Ministry of Magic. Now I believe that there are two new teachers teaching here at Hogwarts and I have come to investigate them, like I did last year. So I hope you will all welcome me back, as warmly as you did last year.' Before Umbridge got the chance to sit down the Great Hall doors swung open and Adriana walked in humming to herself under her breath, unbeknownst to the attention she was receiving until she looked up.
'Did I walk in on something?' She asked everyone. She then saw Umbridge standing up and beaming at her. 'I did! Oh my bad! Sorry.'
'That's quite alright dear, now why don't you just sit down at your table and let me finish what I was saying.'
'Oh right!' Adriana walked down in between Gryffindor's table and Ravenclaw, she passed Harry, Hermione and Ron and winked at them. She continued walking and walking, all eyes were following her. Umbridge just thought she was heading towards the end of the table but when Adriana carried on walking up to the Head table she voiced her objections.
'Excuse me young lady!' Adriana turned innocently to her.
'Yes?'
'What are you doing?' Everyone in the hall was looking amusedly at Umbridge, including the Slytherin's, and some of them were even suppressing a laugh.
'I'm going to sit at my table.' Adriana was still looking wide-eyed and innocent at Dolores.
'Well this is the teacher's table, I think you belong down there, with the rest of the students.' All of the teachers were now smiling behind their hands, even Snape was having to cover his laughing with coughs. Adriana walked up to her, she was already tired of this act. Adriana walked right up to her and spoke to her loudly.
'I thought you were supposed to be from the Ministry, I thought you were smart.' She stopped talking loudly. 'Hi! I'm Adriana Smith Black.' She held out her hand, but withdrew it when she saw the rings and fingers that the woman had. 'I teach Self Defence.' Then she added for good measure, 'That means, that I'm a teacher, I sit at the big table.'
'But you're just a child!'
'Actually I'm nearly an adult,' she leaned close to he ear. 'So you can stop talking to me like a five year old along with the rest of us.' Adriana stood patiently in front of Umbridge.
'What are you still standing there for?' Snape asked her from behind Umbridge.
'She's in my seat.' Adriana addressed Snape then looked sweetly at Umbridge. 'I believe there's a spare seat on the Slytherin table. The DADA teacher is arriving today.' Adriana raised her eyebrows at her and sat down, Umbridge was staring at her in shock. Slowly she walked down the steps to the Slytherin table, where bags were promptly put up into every available space.
'What?' Umbridge whispered. Form behind her she heard a voice.
'Hmm, looks like that tables full as well, try Hufflepuff.' All the Hufflepuff students did the same. 'Oops, my bad, that's full too, What about Ravenclaw?' the same happened again. 'Wow!' she turned to Dumbledore. 'This school really did get a lot of first years this year.' She turned back to the rest of the hall. 'And it looks like Gryffindor doesn't want you anyway!'
'Then where do you propose I sit?' Umbridge asked her.
'I believe there's a spare chair out in the entrance hall, try that.' Adriana sat back down and spoke to Snape. 'Could you pass the potatoes?' Snape gladly did whilst whispering to her behind the bowl.
'Well done!'
'She had it coming.' Slowly Umbridge walked between the tables, all the students watched her as she went, she was clutching her purse very close to her cardigan-covered torso with her stubby fingers. She spotted a seat at the Slytherin table next to Draco Malfoy. She looked expectantly at him. He looked up from his food and into her eyes.
'Oh sorry!' He picked up his bag and placed it next to him. 'What? You get your own chair. Why can't my bag?' The Hall erupted in laughter from everywhere including all the teachers. Adriana managed to stay straight faced. Umbridge made it out into the hallway. She turned around and opened her mouth to speak but was stopped by the doors closing in her face.
'Draughty out there isn't it Minerva?' Dumbledore asked Mcgonagall next to him.
'It is indeed Albus.' Only the teachers noticed Minerva tucking her wand back inside her robes.
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There you go! A little twist!
Harry, Hermione and Ron were walking down to the great hall. Ron opened the doors and went through first. Except he stopped before he made it over the threshold because he stopped dead in his tracks. Hermione walked into him and fell backwards where Harry caught her and held her.
'Ron?' Hermione screeched at him. 'What do you think you're doing?'
'She's, she. She's back!' Ron told them, before promptly running to hide behind Harry's back. Hermione stood up straight and looked at Ron questioningly.
'Who's back?' Hermione asked Ron completely turning to face him.
'Umbridge!' Harry shouted his voice laced with clear, sheer unbelievable astonishment. 'The old hag is back!'
'What?' Hermione asked him she ran in front of the two boys. 'Why I oughtta!' Hermione started stomping forward towards the head table. Harry and Ron dug their heels into the floor and grabbed her arms, yet she still managed to keep walking.
'When did she get so strong?!' Ron cried.
'I have no idea!' Harry shouted back to him, by now they had received an audience. Harry gave up on the dragging effect and went and stood directly in front of her.
'Harry move.' Hermione's voice was laced with danger and Harry was scared out of his wits, he had heard the same tone of voice from Adriana and that was usually followed by a really bad public humiliation, he had to think and quick.
'Hermione!' he was thinking on his toes. 'Remember? You're a prefect!' That brought Hermione back down to earth, she glared at Umbridge one last time who beamed back at her before she went and plopped down onto the Gryffindor house table bench. Dumbledore stood up and the hall went silent.
'Good Morning students. I see some of you have noticed our visitor sitting at the head table. Now-'
'hem hem.' Dumbledore looked towards Dolores, smiled at her and sat down, whilst she stood up. 'Now I know some of you will remember me, and I hope some of you do. My name is Dolores Umbridge, and I am here on behalf of the Ministry of Magic. Now I believe that there are two new teachers teaching here at Hogwarts and I have come to investigate them, like I did last year. So I hope you will all welcome me back, as warmly as you did last year.' Before Umbridge got the chance to sit down the Great Hall doors swung open and Adriana walked in humming to herself under her breath, unbeknownst to the attention she was receiving until she looked up.
'Did I walk in on something?' She asked everyone. She then saw Umbridge standing up and beaming at her. 'I did! Oh my bad! Sorry.'
'That's quite alright dear, now why don't you just sit down at your table and let me finish what I was saying.'
'Oh right!' Adriana walked down in between Gryffindor's table and Ravenclaw, she passed Harry, Hermione and Ron and winked at them. She continued walking and walking, all eyes were following her. Umbridge just thought she was heading towards the end of the table but when Adriana carried on walking up to the Head table she voiced her objections.
'Excuse me young lady!' Adriana turned innocently to her.
'Yes?'
'What are you doing?' Everyone in the hall was looking amusedly at Umbridge, including the Slytherin's, and some of them were even suppressing a laugh.
'I'm going to sit at my table.' Adriana was still looking wide-eyed and innocent at Dolores.
'Well this is the teacher's table, I think you belong down there, with the rest of the students.' All of the teachers were now smiling behind their hands, even Snape was having to cover his laughing with coughs. Adriana walked up to her, she was already tired of this act. Adriana walked right up to her and spoke to her loudly.
'I thought you were supposed to be from the Ministry, I thought you were smart.' She stopped talking loudly. 'Hi! I'm Adriana Smith Black.' She held out her hand, but withdrew it when she saw the rings and fingers that the woman had. 'I teach Self Defence.' Then she added for good measure, 'That means, that I'm a teacher, I sit at the big table.'
'But you're just a child!'
'Actually I'm nearly an adult,' she leaned close to he ear. 'So you can stop talking to me like a five year old along with the rest of us.' Adriana stood patiently in front of Umbridge.
'What are you still standing there for?' Snape asked her from behind Umbridge.
'She's in my seat.' Adriana addressed Snape then looked sweetly at Umbridge. 'I believe there's a spare seat on the Slytherin table. The DADA teacher is arriving today.' Adriana raised her eyebrows at her and sat down, Umbridge was staring at her in shock. Slowly she walked down the steps to the Slytherin table, where bags were promptly put up into every available space.
'What?' Umbridge whispered. Form behind her she heard a voice.
'Hmm, looks like that tables full as well, try Hufflepuff.' All the Hufflepuff students did the same. 'Oops, my bad, that's full too, What about Ravenclaw?' the same happened again. 'Wow!' she turned to Dumbledore. 'This school really did get a lot of first years this year.' She turned back to the rest of the hall. 'And it looks like Gryffindor doesn't want you anyway!'
'Then where do you propose I sit?' Umbridge asked her.
'I believe there's a spare chair out in the entrance hall, try that.' Adriana sat back down and spoke to Snape. 'Could you pass the potatoes?' Snape gladly did whilst whispering to her behind the bowl.
'Well done!'
'She had it coming.' Slowly Umbridge walked between the tables, all the students watched her as she went, she was clutching her purse very close to her cardigan-covered torso with her stubby fingers. She spotted a seat at the Slytherin table next to Draco Malfoy. She looked expectantly at him. He looked up from his food and into her eyes.
'Oh sorry!' He picked up his bag and placed it next to him. 'What? You get your own chair. Why can't my bag?' The Hall erupted in laughter from everywhere including all the teachers. Adriana managed to stay straight faced. Umbridge made it out into the hallway. She turned around and opened her mouth to speak but was stopped by the doors closing in her face.
'Draughty out there isn't it Minerva?' Dumbledore asked Mcgonagall next to him.
'It is indeed Albus.' Only the teachers noticed Minerva tucking her wand back inside her robes.
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There you go! A little twist!
