Chapter 21: Jason
"My Lord! The attack is almost ready. We are almost done gathering all the forces. The only problem is raising, the uhh… monsters from Tartarus," A dracanae said. This dream was getting progressively worse. First, I saw battallions of monsters, all warming up to invade Hogwarts. Voldemort, I presumed was in a hooded cloak.
"Good. When I manage to secure the attention of the Potter boy, the attack may begin… DEMIGODS! BEWARE!" He shouted, thrusting his wand upwards as jets of pure energy were ejected from the tip into the sky.
I woke up, drenched in cold sweat. The only thing that was stopping them invading was Voldemort's determination to lure Harry aware, and they said about raising a monster from Tartarus. What would it be? A Titan? A Giant? A beast unlike anything we had faced before? I resigned to thinking. I tossed and turned until I fell back, into a dreamless sleep. When I woke up, I learnt that Dumbledore had left the school, and Umbridge was now the Headmaster. This was sure to spell disaster. With Dumbledore gone, the Weasley Twins went all out. It was absolute mayhem in the corridors. Dungbombs being dropped everywhere. There was nothing to be done. The teachers, seemed to enjoy this and watching Umbridge suffer seemed to motivate them, and the students to rebel.
Then there was the incident of the Weasley's fire-cracker experiment. They set loose so many firecrackers throughout the school. In my opinion it was hilarious, and everyone in the school was cracking up at watching Umbridge suffer with trying to get rid of them. All of the lessons were interrupted with crackers randomly sparking about the room, and the lessons were no longer orderly, but hilarious, due to all the mischief being caused.
Yesterday, however, something odd happened. Harry had a sudden urge to talk to Sirius. I confronted him about the problem and he says that he wanted to inquire about his father's behavior in school. I nodded, but we couldn't figure out a way to figure a way to talk to Sirius. When we asked Hermione and Annabeth, they both had the same answer
"Sorry Harry, but how do you expect to talk to Sirius with Umbridge policing all the fires and reading all our letters, there's nothing you can do," they both said, however, Fred and George came through.
"The fire in Umbridge's office is the only one that isn't being monitored by the Ministry, we'll create a distraction," Fred said, before George cutting him off,
"Harry can slip in, talk to Sirius, get out and no one will notice," George finished.
"Assuming that we get to Umbridge's office unnoticed, how will Harry get in?" Annabeth asked
"Sirius' knife." Harry said. We all looked towards him, as none of knew what he was on about. "Sirius gave me a knife that will open any lock. So even if she's bewitched it to not be affected by Alohamora I will still be able to get in," Harry said. Most of us nodded, and thought this seemed to be foolproof. However, Hermione kept insisting that Harry shouldn't go through with it. All throughout the day, she nagged Harry, and therefore, nagged us with responses like…
"Harry please don't do it. Harry you'll be in such dreadful trouble. Oh Harry, what if Umbridge finds out. Eventually, Frank told her to be quiet, as he was doing the Transfiguration work. She actually shut her mouth, and stopped nagging Harry. Finally, once the day was over, the Weasley twins headed off to Gregory the Smarmy, telling us they had a surprise, while we flanked them, from a distance, to avoid suspicion. Harry went off towards Umbridge's Office.
In a few minutes, we passed the portrait and George passed a small object into my hand.
"Jason, just throw that there." I approached and was about to throw it just next to me feet, but Fred stopped me.
"Jason, you'll want to be far away, so stand back where Hazel and Frank are, and lob it as hard as you can." I nodded and stepped back. I then threw it as far as I could. I even summoned the winds a bit, to carry it further. When the object hit the gound, a large marsh or swamp came into existance. I turned to Fred and George, who were smiling at their handiwork.
"How did you make something like that guys?" Leo asked.
"A magician never reveals his secrets, but Leo, since you invent stuff sometimes too, you can throw this as well.. George and I also have one each. The three of them stepped back, and threw them simultaneously. The four swamp orbs, instead of creating four swamps, created one massive swamp that almost spanned the entire corridor. Then, we ran, except for the Weasley's who stayed to increase Umbridge's suffering. We had guaranteed Harry twenty minutes. Soon enough, we heard Umbridge's scream echo throughout the school, which guaranteed her removal from her room, and Harry entry. We waited outside, but Filch burst in, clutching a piece of paper and kissing it, murmuring something about whipping. I thought Harry would be discovered, but Filch ran outside without giving us a second look. Harry emerged shortly after, shedding the invisibility cloak, and looking very happy.
"How did your talk with Sirius go?" Percy asked.
"Brilliant, thanks guys." Harry replied. We all smiled and gestured for him to walk with us. We were only walking for a while, before long, we heard loud noises coming from the courtyard and we went to see what the commotion was.
It was just like the night when Trelawney had been sacked. Students were standing all around the walls in a great ring, teachers and ghosts were also in the crowd. Prominent among the onlookers were members of the Inquisitorial Squad, who were all looking exceptionally pleased with themselves, and Peeves, who was bobbing overhead, gazed down at Fred and George who stood in the middle of the floor with the unmistakeable look of two people who had just been cornered.
'So!' said Umbridge triumphantly. Who I realised was standing just a few stairs in front of him, once more looking down upon her prey. 'So-you think it amusing to turn a school corridor into a swamp, do you?'
'Pretty amusing, yeah,' said Fred, looking up at her without the slightest sign of fear.
Filch elbowed his way closer to Umbridge, almost crying with happiness.
'I've got the form, Headmistress,' he said hoarsely, waving the piece of parchment I had just seen him take from her desk. 'I've got the form and I've got the whips waiting ... oh, let me do it now ...'
'Very good, Argus,' she said. 'You two,' she went on, gazing down at Fred and George, 'are about to learn what happens to wrongdoers in my school.'
'You know what?' said Fred. 'I don't think we are.'
He turned to his twin.
'George,' said Fred, 'I think we've outgrown full-time education.'
'Yeah, I've been feeling that way myself,' said George lightly.
'Time to test our talents in the real world, d'you reckon?' asked Fred.
'Definitely,' said George.
And before Umbridge could say a word, they raised their wands and said together:
'Accio brooms!'
I heard a loud crash somewhere in the distance. Looking to my left, I ducked just in time. Fred and George's broomsticks, one still trailing the heavy chain and iron peg with which Umbridge had fastened them to the wall, were hurtling along the corridor towards their owners; they turned left, streaked down the stairs and stopped sharply in front of the twins, the chain clattering loudly on the flagged stone floor.
'We won't be seeing you,' Fred told Professor Umbridge, swinging his leg over his broomstick.
'Yeah, don't bother to keep in touch,' said George, mounting his own.
Fred looked around at the assembled students, at the silent, watchful crowd.
'It anyone fancies buying a Portable Swamp, as demonstrated upstairs, come to number ninety-three, Diagon Alley-Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes,' he said in a loud voice. 'Our new premises!'
'Special discounts to Hogwart's students who swear they're going to use our products to get rid of this old bat,' added George, pointing at Professor Umbridge.
'STOP THEM!' shrieked Umbridge, but it was too late. As the Inquisitorial Squad closed in, Fred and George kicked off from the floor, shooting fifteen feet into the air, the iron peg swinging dangerously below. Fred looked across the hall at the poltergeist bobbing on his level above the crowd.
'Give her hell from us, Peeves.'
And Peeves, who I had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset.
Shorter Chapter this time. Two in one day, hope you enjoy. Make sure to tell me your opinion on whether I what I should make the 'monster' that they are rising from tartarus to be. I'm thinking either a Titan, not Kronos. Or Maybe a Giant, even though they were destroyed at the end of BoO. Let me know what you think, your opinions are probably better than mine.
~RedGods