A/N: Here's another chapter. Enjoy:))

Chapter 101: Departure

The twins have been saying for weeks that they had nothing left to stay at Hogwarts for (except Hermione for Fred and their friends of course). Lee said they started cleaning the mess in their room, which was a first, and they kept talking between themselves every time we saw them. Still, we didn't think they would actually do anything, especially after what Umbridge did to all of us.

When we heard the crashing sound we were in the middle of a DADA lesson, reading a chapter on the Patronus and Dementors.

"Remain seated, I'll be back soon."

Umbridge jumped up from her seat, and we all looked at her as she stormed out of the room running with small steps, leaving the door wide open behind her. Let's be honest, what kind of kid would've remained seated? No crash at Hogwarts is normal at all. As we crowded out of the room and towards the source of the sound , we passed the door of her office, and it had a hole so large in it that I was perplexed by the fact that it was still standing. In the room, that was more or less open, behind the ravaged pink covered desk, full of magenta sheets and quills, pictures of cats and one of Fudge (creepy), there were two chunks missing from the wall, where I knew that the twins' brooms have been chained last time they tried to take them back. It seemed like on their way out, the two Cleansweeps dragged the heavy chains after them and somehow cracked the table in two, leaving marks on the floor as well, and pulling the carpet to the door.

We were all looking at the mess in front of us, somewhat confused but strangely satisfied.

Surprising everyone, Theo pulled a Niffler out of God knows where and put it under the desk. When we looked at him he shrugged.

"Why are you so shocked? Not even we suffer that bloody toad."

"But the Niffler will get out."

"Chill, it's under a sleeping spell. It won't wake up for a few hours, just enough for her to fix the office and seat her prissy figure at the table. Let's see what happened."

We headed in the direction of the rattling of the chains and we ended up in the open hallway next to the interior garden. There were a lot of people there, students and teachers alike, a few ghosts and Peeves, and one empty circle in the middle, where Fred and George stood, holding their brooms, talking to Umbridge.

"You know what Gred?"

"What Forge?"

"I think we've outgrown full education. Time to test our skills?"

"Of course."

They mounted their brooms before Umbridge could say another word. Fred turned to the crowd and shouted:

"Give her hell from us Peeves!!" The poltergeist took off his hat and bowed to the two tricksters as they took off. When the brooms reached a considerable height, George stopped, and yelled: "Alohomora!". A big trunk in front of the entry door opened wide and with a deafening BOOM and a ball of light, all the fireworks flew out.

Apparently, before leaving, they also left another little gift for our dear Headmistress: a swamp.

It remained there for almost a week, because of the toad's inability to get rid of it. The other teachers pretended they didn't know how that happened or how to make it disappear, just to make her irritated. Filch had to take students over it during every break with a boat, and a new trend spread through the school: Bubble head charms to stay clear of the horrible smell and to protect students' heads from any kind of out of control projectiles meant for Umbridge.

The fireworks they freed were all over the castle in the first night, and no one slept much, but rather enjoyed the show and laughed at all the crazy kinds and colours and designs. The day after was a really interesting day. Huge light animals kept barging in the classrooms, flying around and popping at random moments. Most of the teachers sent students to Umbridge to get her to get rid of them, as they were "not sure if we are allowed to do that, because of the Educational Decrees". By the end of the day, Hogwarts was still not clear of magical fireworks and the Headmistress was exhausted and with a burnt blouse.

The school was completely out of order, and it was all thanks to the boys. Frankly, it was the most fun we've had in the school in over a year.

A lot of students, inspired by the twins' guts, started strategically placing pranks in Umbridge's and Filch's way, so they would detonate a dung bomb or get their hair pulled by Cornish pixies every 10 minutes. It was rumoured that we needed someone to be the next great prankster, now that Fred and George left. The door to the DADA teacher's office (currently the Headmistress' office) had been broken firstly by the brooms, then a desk that caught life, and most recently (and the weirdest so far) a confused Thestral (I still suspected that was Luna's work).

But on the other side, the nights in the tower lost their colour, the excitement was gone, left with the boys. And it spread through the school, the greyness of vanished fun. Worse, the DADA classes became even more tensionate, Umbridge snapping at the smallest things. More kids got into detention, even first years this time, and there were only a few students in the school without red cuts on their hands(most of them Slytherins). But it got me thinking: just a little more of this, and she would break. Would that mean she would leave the school? And would Dumbledore get back? Speaking of the old man, Ron was rather fond of the idea of him having some kind of psychic abilities. A few days after the pranksters' departure, most of the school was in the inner yard; we wanted to see what was up, so we went there too. Inside the circle formed by students, teachers and ghosts alike, was Trelawney, crying, Minnie comforting her and Umbridge telling her how she's fired and has to leave the school. Then, Fawkes appeared, carrying an envelope in his beak. It was a letter from Dumbledore, saying that the Ministry had no right to abolish anyone from Hogwarts' grounds, as that power was solely in the hands of the school council. It also had a list of substitute teachers in case she got on a firing spree. The substitute for Divination was Firenze, a centaur, and that got the Headmistress very angry, because she hated half breeds, but then again, it was true that she had absolutely no power in that case.

Oh, yes she was going to be out of our hair sooner than we thought.