DETENTION, AGAIN!

Oh, those mischievous little Slytherins! When WILL they learn? Matches are discussed, tricks are planned and the Slytherins conspire to keep Mikey out of detention. Will it work? Stay tuned. As promised quite a few chapters back, the father figure Fenrir Greyback has finally reappeared in the story. Somewhat short chapter but I'm trying to balance between pranks and Mikey showing Hermione his memories. Next chapter: more memories.

After dinner, Mikey walked Hermione to the portrait guarding the Head Girl's room. All the seventh and eighth year girls were gathering there for a slumber party. It was to allow them to get to know one another but also discuss their matches and whether or not they would succeed. The boys were all set to camp out in the Head Boy's room for the same purpose. Going unspoken was the fact that they would also be planning more tricks to play on Umbridge.

Hermione clutched him to her. Now that they had reconnected, she didn't want to let him go. He held her reassuringly. "I'll still be here in the morning, darling, I'm not disappearing anytime soon." He stroked from her forehead to her chin, then kissed her. "Do you want me to show you more memories tomorrow? I can't swear as to talking about them but I'll show them to you." He looked so vulnerable she wanted to guard him from the world. He was trying so hard. She knew it was totally going against his nature to talk about stuff but for her, he was giving it a shot. That was one reason why she loved him so much. "We can, IF you don't have detention. I KNOW you boys are planning something!"

He chuckled and tapped her on the nose. "It's called plausible deniability, sweetheart. Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. Enjoy your sleepover, I'll see you in the morning" With one last kiss, he headed off to the Head Boy's room. She gave her password and entered her room. She began rearranging furniture so there would be room for all the girls to sleep comfortably. The first knock came a few minutes later. In about thirty minutes, all the girls were there. After everyone settled down and got comfortable, they started talking about their matches.

The Slytherins started the talk. As there were only two who had come back, they felt somewhat outnumbered. Millicent had been paired with Aidan. She was nervous as he was a couple years older and they'd never talked much in the brief span of time he'd been there. Pansy just assured her that, as long as she could get him talking about Quidditch, they'd be just fine. She, on the other hand, was paired with Neville. The Gryffindor girls told her, he was the same about Herbology as Aidan was about Quidditch. Pansy mentioned she wasn't the best student at Herbology. They told her to have Neville tutor her, that way she could pass the class but also get to know him.

Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell were on the fence about their matches. While Katie thought she had a pretty good chance with Blaise, Angelina seemed to hate her match. "We didn't get along before he left school, why would the sorting hat think we'd get along any better now?"

"Come on, Angelina! You seemed to think he was attractive, if I remember right." Katie teased her.

"When he wasn't trying to kill me on the Quidditch pitch, you mean? Yes, I admit when I first saw him, I thought he was attractive, there, are you satisfied?" Angelina said, blushing, as she smiled at Katie.

The girls laughed as they recalled the battles between Marcus and Angelina on the Quidditch pitch. Hermione smiled as she listened to them. This bonding was good. She made a note to start including Pansy and Millicent whenever they had group study sessions, she hadn't realized they felt left out.

Padma and Parvati were happy with their matches. Their only concerns were that Parvati was worried that Ron still had feelings for Hermione and Padma was afraid he and Draco would start fighting and kill each other. Hermione could understand Parvati's fear but she assured her any feelings were strictly one sided on Ron's part as she was madly in love with Mikey. They weren't sure how to keep Draco and Ron from killing one another, however, except to try and keep them separated as much as possible.

Luna wasn't concerned about her and Gregory, mostly because he was quiet and easygoing, letting her make the decisions about their household. Alicia was very vocal on how unexpectedly traditional Oliver was and how she'd had to almost fight him before he agreed to let her work, too.

Ginny was over the moon that she and Harry had been paired. When they first heard about the law and realized couples were going to be randomly picked, they had feared the hat would separate them.

Lavender had already been all but married to Seamus anyway but, like Ginny, had feared the hat would separate them. She and he were getting ready to leave for their next full moon in a couple of weeks, which reminded Hermione that she needed to talk to McGonagall about the special class she had thought of. Actually, the class had already been approved, now she and McGonagall were waiting to see if their chosen instructor was going to be able to teach the class.

Last but not least, she and Victoria were asked about being matched to the two former Snatchers. Victoria recalled, for them, meeting Alex on the train. She'd been crushed when he went into Slytherin. He'd told her about his father being Slytherin, but he's also told her about his mum being Ravenclaw and that was the house she'd hoped he would end up in. She'd known going into the relationship that, with their house rivalry, she wouldn't be able to talk to anyone about him and she was right. She'd gone through school without anyone being the wiser that she was dating a member from the House of their worst rivals. Hermione simply pointed out that, while she and Mikey had been friendly throughout school, she'd always been too caught up in the latest threat to Harry to even think about dating.

When asked about being captured, she smiled and agreed that it had been scary, but once she'd realized she knew the leader, she hadn't been as scared as she should have been. She revealed her ring that Mikey had given her, then unbuttoned her shirt enough to show the top of her tattoo. The other girls oohhed and aahhed over the tattoo. That's when Victoria showed her own tattoo and ring as well. Hermione hadn't known that Mikey and Alex both had used the spell and tattoo.

Meanwhile in the Head Boy's room, the boys were being typical boys. They were drinking, playing Exploding Snap, Gobstones and chess. Ron and Draco were, surprisingly, playing each other. Harry and Seamus were playing Exploding Snap with Neville and Oliver. Marcus, Aidan, Mikey, Alex, Gregory and Blaise were planning their next attack on Umbridge. Alex had the puff, but he would need them to keep Umbridge out of the classroom long enough for him to use it, and still be seated by the time she got into the room. Since everyone knew how much Mikey hated her and she disliked him, it was arranged that he would be with Hermione, just coming to class so she would have no reason to suspect him. Marcus and Aidan would get into a fight over Quidditch. Blaise and Gregory would be trying to break up the fight and hopefully, she would have to come out and break up the fight herself.

Once that was settled, they all took sides in cheering either Ron or Draco on. They had all heard Padma and Parvati begging the two to please try and get along, hence the game of chess. Knowing they were supposed to be 'talking about their matches,' the boys rolled their eyes and all decided unanimously that they were happy with their matches. There was one moment when Mikey was asked about a certain rumor going around. He was pleased to announce that "yes, he had captured Granger during the war, yes, he had slept with her and yes, he was, in fact, going to be a father." He didn't let on that they had slept together just a few short hours earlier. That was none of their business. He didn't mind sharing the rest of that information because they were, after all, going to be married now and pretty soon she would be showing definite signs of their former involvement. He was congratulated on his impending fatherhood.

Both groups of students soon retired for the night. They had a busy and, hopefully, detention free day ahead of them.

The next morning, they met in the hallway outside the Head Girl's room and paired off, one by one, as they went down to breakfast. They were happy to see Umbridge still seemed oblivious to the ink on her face. The lower classes were getting huge laughs out of it. They were waiting for exactly the right time to head down to class. They couldn't get there too late or Alex wouldn't have time to use the puff but at the same time they had to get her out of the classroom in the first place.

Alex stood and nodded to Marcus. They gave him five minutes. then he and Aidan exited the Hall. Blaise and Gregory left about five minutes after them, right after they saw Umbridge get up to leave. The rest of the boys made sure to keep talking to Mikey so he couldn't follow the other Slytherins out. Hermione watched the activity curiously but, remembering Mikey's words last night, didn't ask any questions.

A few minutes later, she, Mikey and the rest of the group stood up to head downstairs. As they neared Umbridges classroom, they could hear Pucey and Flint screaming at each other. Thuds and clatter indicated they were actually fighting and they could hear Zabini, Goyle and Umbridge trying to break it up. They stood, open mouthed, as Flint flung Pucey at Umbridge, barely missing her. Pucey, shaking his head, jumped back to him and slung him toward her, this time Umbridge herself, jumping out of the way. Gregory, who had been keeping watch just inside the door, signaled Blaise who turned and winked at the two fighters. The two older students suddenly seemed to forget why they were so mad at each other and walked into the class, side by side laughing.

Umbridge was bewildered but pleased that she, herself had escaped unscathed. She did tell the boys they had their choice of writing lines or detention. Knowing what was about to happen, they chose lines. Umbridge watched the Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Gryfindor portion of her class arrive with one Slytherin at the center of the group. As planned, Mikey was walking down with Hermione. They were arm in arm and he had a hand laid on her lower belly, right over where his child was resting. "Well," she proclaimed. "I'm glad at least ONE of my Slytherins is finally being well behaved." She turned and entered the classroom, missing Mikey raise his head, grin a truly evil grin and mutter, "You wish, you old toad!" Hermione snorted out a quick laugh and was straight faced again by the time they went into the class.

They all noticed the cupcake and note at the same time. Alex was sitting, innocently whistling, playing with Vicky's hair as soon as she sat down with him. Umbridge began her days lecture on the household budget and why it was important to plan ahead for future purchase, instead of impulse buying on the spot. She set them to writing a two foot essay on making their on budget and how they planned to stick to it. As they began their essays, she sat down at her desk.

She eyed the cupcake suspiciously, then read the note. Whatever the note said made her look up and smile almost fondly at her students. She then picked up the cupcake and bit into it. Just a moment later, there was a huge puff of green smoke surrounding her desk. They could hear her fussing, "OOOHH, OOHH, THOSE BEASTS! THOSE HORRID LITTLE BEASTS!" When the smoke cleared, the whole class burst into laughter. Her face and shoulders were covered in green dye and her hair was standing on end, also green. She stood up to go into her quarters and opened the door to an uproar of caterwauling kittens. Not only had Alex used the puff on her, he had exploded a puff in her private quarters as well. From what the closest students could see, every last kitten plate on her wall was also covered in green dye and the cats were very loudly vocalizing their displeasure with their new look. "OOOOOHHH, MY BABIES. MY BABIES, HOW DARE YOU, YOU HORRID LITTLE BEASTS! DETENTION, DETENTION, ALL OF YOU, THE WHOLE CLASS, DETENTION!" she screamed angrily.

Class was summarily dismissed as she angrily screamed them out of the room. They all trooped up to crowd into the hallway of their next class, still dying with laughter over her new look. When asked about the kitten plates, Mikey proudly raised his hand. The cupcake had been all Alex, Mikey had planned the attack on her personal quarters. He hated those blasted kitten plates! When asked what the note had said, Alex replied, "Sorry for being such pains, your sweet, sorry, little Slytherins." At the protests, he laughed. "I wasn't about to go down by myself or I'd be taking up Mikey's vow to kill the old huzzy!"

As they were still laughing, the door opened and Professor Snape came out, looking at them quizzically. He immediately figured out what happened. "Dear Merlin! What have you lot done this time?" he inquired, already fighting back his laughter, attempting to be the stern instructor they were used to. Hey filled him in on Umbridge's new look. It would be a while before she was pink again. He shook his head. 'Merlin, these boys were determined to get themselves expelled, one way or another!'

After they had conquered their boggarts, they had moved on to trolls. Harry, Ron and Hermione were pleased to finally learn the proper way to dispose of them, although they quite preferred how they had gotten rid of their troll.

In Transfiguration, the instructor was Mikey's mum, Professor Pandora Scabior. She taught them how to not only change napkins into gloves, a trick Hermione already knew, but also how to change the color of them to match skin tone. Hermione was immensely interested in learning that as she had only managed to make the glove basic black. Since he was right there with her, she simply experimented on the glove she had already transfigured for Mikey. She was able to get it on the first try, and watched as he admired his glove, which now matched his tanned skin. She then proceeded to make several more. She ended up with four black gloves, since he confessed to liking the color, and four more flesh colored gloves for him to wear.

After Transfiguration was lunch, then their afternoon classes. At lunchtime, they were surprised by a new face at the Head table. Hermione squealed in joy. 'Finally!' She and McGonagall exchanged proud glances as McGonagall stood to announce the new class. "Attention, students, you may have noticed we have a new face at the Head table today. I'm pleased to announce a new class but it is only for a select few students. As you all may know, we have two Aurora trained wolves in our student body, we also have several students who were bitten by wolves in the battle a few months ago. They are not yet used to their transformations, therefore I was asked to create a class where this could be corrected. We have a number of students as year round residents as a result of being thrown out of their homes. This instructor not only is experienced with transformations but also has a pack willing and eager to accept new 'pups' who have been rejected by their families. Allow me to introduce you to our newest instructor, Fenrir Greyback."

Fenrir stood up and addressed McGonagall. "First, I would like to thank you, Headmistress McGonagall, for allowing me this opportunity. Second, I would like to say, to all the young pups, please don't be afraid to show yourselves. That's why I'm here, for you. To help you adjust, adapt and survive. My pack will gladly, as announced, accept any pup who has been rejected. You Do have a home. With US. Thank you."

As lunch ended, she saw Lavender gazing yearningly at Fenrir. Knowing Lavender had been one of the bitten who w's rejected, Hermione asked her if she could introduce her to Fen. Lavender eagerly nodded and grabbed Seamus. They followed Hermione over to where Fen was being enthusiastically greeted by Mikey and Alex. They had raced over as soon as the lunch announcements were over. Fen was laughing and play wrestling with his boys. As Hermione approached, he became aware of them. He stared alertly at Lavender and Seamus. "Hello, Fen, I'd like to introduce you to Lavender Brown and Seamus Finnegan. They will be taking your class." Lavender stepped forward. "You, you are willing to accept new pups? I, uh, I was r-rejected, I, they called me a monster, they didn't want me anywhere near them." Lavender's eyes filled with tears. As they watched, Fen simply opened his arms, the girl dived into them and he held her tightly. "My mate's name is Mary but you can call her Mum. You'll meet her soon, this coming moon. I'll be gathering all the new pups and transporting them, along with Alex and Mikey, to our den. We'll be at our hunting grounds the week of the full moon. Welcome to my pack, baby girl."

They were still talking as Umbridge stormed into the Great Hall. Fen's back was to her, but he glimpsed her from the corner of his eye.

"Merlin, was that,,,Umbridge? The devil is SHE doing here?" was his shocked reaction.

Hearing his voice, Umbridge turned around. "Greyback, Fenrir Greyback, is that you? What are you doing out of Azkaban?!"

"Apparently, they can't hold you for murdering two little rich boys when said rich boys come back from a family vacation." He smirked. "What the devil are YOU doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the Ministry, making people's lives a living hell?"

Umbridge's eyes narrowed. Now that she thought about it, she was almost sure Greyback had gone to Hogwarts and also had been sorted into Slytherin. She huffed, turned and walked away.

"Nice color, by the way." Yelled Fen, laughing uproariously.

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