Note: Please don't judge. Umbridge needs to get angry enough to do something monumentally stupid - for monumentally stupid, read: give Bloom detention.
Every single student in Umbridge's second Defense Class is waiting with bated breath - something's going to go down, some kind of retribution, they just know it. The only question is where to watch from, at least in their minds.
Bloom's five minutes late, for one. Leaving Umbridge with a sick smile of satisfaction on her face - though, it faded some when she noticed Hermione's perfectly unmarked hand. And then, suddenly, the door bangs open, thoroughly interrupting Umbridge's speech - and in comes Bloom, wearing Muggle clothes instead of her school uniform. A hot pink shirt with a dark blue jacket over it, blue jeans the same color as her jacket, and white sneakers with orange accents on them. Draco's thoughts go fuzzy for a moment, as it shows off Bloom's figure perfectly, but then he gets himself together enough to wonder what in the world she's doing - right, getting detention.
Bloom stalks forward, not even acknowledging Umbridge, and uses her wand to move the empty chair next to Hermione back. And then sits in it, tilts it back, and puts her feet on the desk and crosses them. To top it off, she pulls out her book on Transmutation and eats an apple while floating the book wandlessly and wordlessly - even moving the pages by flicking her index finger in the right direction.
The other kids are stunned, Umbridge looks somewhere between flabbergasted and apoplectic. After a solid minute, Bloom breaks the spell by saying "Oh, don't let me interrupt. Please, continue whatever it is you were droning on about."
That seems to bring Umbridge back to her senses, as she shrieks at the top of her lungs "DETENTION, MISS POTTER! MY OFFICE AFTER CLASS!" The way Bloom's lips curve upwards in a smirk makes everyone else shudder - Umbridge clearly doesn't know what exactly she's just done. Who, incidentally, is far too busy raging on about what exactly Bloom has detention - multiple detentions in a row - for. First, being tardy to class. Second, not being in proper school uniform. Third, using her wand. Fourth, blatantly disrespecting her. Fifth, not reading the assigned text. Her face goes red as a tomato, though, when Bloom looks her dead in the eye and asks "Can you stop that screeching racket on your own, or do I have to use a Silencing spell?"
Umbridge is the first to break contact, but she doesn't even try to threaten anything. Just tells everyone to read their books quietly. It doesn't escape anyone that she slowly goes paler than even yesterday when she sits down behind her desk, positioning herself so it acts a bit like a shield from Bloom.
Even Pansy - a girl who's become famous in her own right for picking a fight with Bloom when its clear the other girl won't react well - is more than impressed by Bloom's performance in class. So much so that when class is out and everyone's in the corridor, she's the first to say "Potter, that was brilliant!"
Bloom chuckles, and says "Thanks for that."
Theodore Nott asks "What are you going to do about her detentions?"
Bloom smirks, and says "You don't want to ask that question. Because," she loses the grin, looking serious "that way, when someone asks, you can say you had absolutely no idea what happened. Now, I can't be late. Would someone mind explaining where I am next class?" Hermione nods, and Bloom says "See you all at lunch." She then Transfigures her school clothes back to their original look - wordlessly - and heads to Umbridge's office. Rather, she undoes the Tranfiguration she'd done on them.
When she gets into Umbridge's office, the woman has regained her livid expression somewhat - oh, good, that just makes it easier on Bloom, then. It's always easier to fight when the opponent doesn't look completely scared out of their minds. Like Dudley's gang of thugs was after about the fifth time she pounded them into a paste while learning to keep her magic semi under control. Though, at this point, she figures she only really learned how to process it so she didn't overload and burn out her body - there's a reason why she doesn't have the full power of the Dragon Flame at her fingertips at every moment of the day, its too much for a mortal body to handle. Its why the Dragon Flame's full power is only accessed in times of battle, and why she has a habit of sleeping for days on end at the end of the year. The strain on her body would either make her burn out, literally, or she'd just not be able to handle it anymore.
Not a pleasant thought. Though, how Umbridge finding a bit of backbone led to that train of thought is a question for another time. As for now…time to teach this toad why torturing kids and going after my friends to get to me is a no-go.
Just like Hermione described, Umbridge has Bloom use her Blood Quill - unlike with Hermione, Umbridge only thinks she has the upper hand this time. The line Bloom has to write is 'I must respect my teacher and her rules' - she does so, but she also starts generating heat in the room. Good news, the magic gathering under her skin heals her hand in about half a second after each letter is carved into her hand and burns away the Dark Magic. Makes the fireplace burn hotter and higher, to.
About ten lines in, Umbridge starts reacting to the heat - what she can feel as heat, as Bloom knows it to be the mass amounts of energy she's generating and releasing into the room.
Another five lines in, she starts sweating quite a bit, the cardigan under her arms going darker and sweat dripping from her face.
Three more lines, and she collapses from being overheated.
Bloom gives the woman a dark smirk, and says "'Bout time you went down, bitch. Honestly." Dumbledore, you fool. Just because I can't use the Dark Arts doesn't mean I don't have a dark side. Bet you ten Galleons Tom knows that side of me very well by now. She might've been born sweet-as-chocolate, and she might reserve this side of her personality for the people that well and truly deserve it, but she learned cruelty straight from the source and she's always been a quick study. Dolores Umbridge is in for a world of pain. "Alright, time to get to work."
First, Bloom gathers up all of Umbridge's Blood Quills - she seriously considers burning them, but then gets a very Slytherin idea - she turns Umbridge's tea into a plastic bag and puts a Quill into it, then writes in permanent sharpie 'Blood Quill, made by Dolores Umbridge. Used on Hogwarts students in detentions.' on the side of the bag.
Got to get this to Susan Bones. Her aunt is in the DMLE, right? Now for Toad-bitch. Too bad my current idea needs her to not suspect anything, let her dig herself straight to Hell.
A flick of Bloom's fingers has the woman's sleeves pushed up to her shoulders, and she 'writes' a few lines of her own into the woman's arms - 'musts' on the right, and 'must nots' on the left. Rather, she burns them into the woman's arms, leaving some of her magic in the perfectly-shaped burns as a reminder to the woman. They'll burn like the fire Bloom can make whenever she gets near her precious quills, or whenever Bloom activates the magic to do so. The lines on her right arm say 'I must abide by school policies.', 'I must tell the truth.', and 'I must obey the law.' The lines on her left arm say 'I must not torture students.', 'I must not go after one person to get to another.', and 'I must not tell lies.' It's vicious, its borderline-cruelty, and its just the beginning if Umbridge doesn't learn - Bloom's prepared to go to war with this woman, and she's willing to go everywhere from pranks to fights. She won't kill the woman, though - no, that would make her Fudge's martyr instead of just his bootlicking toadie. No, she wants to destroy Umbridge - destroy her career, her reputation, ensure she can't ever do anything like what she's doing now again. Besides, as if Umbridge hasn't done far crueler - a Blood Quill on Firsties, for instance. Compared to torturing eleven-year-olds, and for the most petty of reasons to boot, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Then, she Confunds the woman into making a detailed list of everyone she gives detention and uses the Quill on, and how long and for what, then copies the page and uses the Protean Charm on it.
Once she's done, she checks the clock on the wall and sees she's got about two minutes before Transfiguration class starts. Fantastic. She magically pulls Umbridge's sleeves back down and teleports out - that's what she's calling her mode of Apparition-like travel until she can find an official name for it - to right in front of McGonagall's classroom.
Everyone including Professor McGonagall reacts to the sudden explosion-sound that suddenly happened right outside the room, the reactions ranging from flinching heavily to jumping three feet in the air to shrieking from fright. And then Bloom walks in calm as ever and asks "I'm not late, am I? I'd have been here earlier, but I was a little held-up by the…Defense professor."
There's a sea of gaping faces, and McGonagall asks "What just…what was that? That sound out there…?"
Bloom shrugs, and says "I started doing it at the end of last year, Professor. Its how I got back to Hogwarts after the Third task. Didn't even know I could do it until it happened and now…" She just shrugs again, heading to the only open seat available - right next to Draco, much to his relief. And his staring at her hands. And sighing in relief quietly when there's not a mark on her.
McGonagall's stammering about the anti-Apparition Wards around Hogwarts, and Bloom just shrugs and says "It isn't Apparition, Professor. Truth be told, I'm not sure what exactly it is. I'm just calling it 'teleportation' for now until I find a name for it."
"And Professor Umbridge? She released you from detention?"
Bloom shrugs, staying casual, and says "She fell asleep, so she didn't exactly say I couldn't leave. Oh, and you might be subjected to a very long rant of hers at some poit about how I purposefully got that detention. Can we get to the lesson, please?"
As McGonagall is lecturing, Draco quietly asks "You alright, Bloom?"
"Mm-hm. I'm sending a Quill to Susan Bones."
"Umbridge?"
"Alive. For now, anyway. I don't plan on martyring her."
McGonagall gives them a look, and they be quiet - Bloom earns Gryffindor ten points for getting the Transfiguration right on her first try, as usual, and then its class as usual.
The only thing of note for the rest of the day is that Umbridge isn't seen for the rest of the day, and nobody is really complaining about that.
Of course, Ron gets a letter from Percy that night that has him calling his older brother the world's biggest git. When Bloom asks what happened, he says "Bloom, he's my brother…so I get first shot at murdering him."
Bloom nods, then gets handed the letter. Nobody else gets to read the contents of that letter, as Bloom crumples it into a tiny ball and opens a hand with a small pile of soot in it.
At Hermione's questioning glance, Ron leans over and starts talking into her ear. Miraculously, nothing blows up, catches fire, or gets hit, hexed, etc. Instead, Bloom asks Ron how to send a Howler.
AN: Hey! Happy Mother's Day, everyone! Here's my gift to all my readers - a bit sadistic on Bloom's part...but, hey, fight fire with fire, right? Its not like Umbridge doesn't have it coming. Besides, I still need her to turn Hedwig into a Phoenix. Give me...four chapters for that.
Anyway... I couldn't resist, I'm starting a new story as my Mother's Day gift to all my readers. Winx X HTTYD crossover! Dragon Tamer! Kick-butt Bloom, once more! No spoilers, though.
Enjoy! Please R&R both stories! Stay safe out there!