Italicized are scenes from half blood prince
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Argus Filch had almost caught them once or twice, well the keyword was almost.
When Hermione arrived at the Gryffindor Tower, she was received with a hug. "Oof!"
"Thank you again, Hermione, for letting the twins come to our rescue!" The first year said with excitement. He left for the boys' dorms.
"Don't worry about it, Fred and George are always there to help when someone is in need!" Hermione smiled.
"Did you just say Fred and George were here?" Harry asked with an agitation
"Only for a little while." Hermione shrugged. "Are you okay, Harry?"
"Listen, about the dream I had of Sirius -"
"I thought you had your dreams fixed ages ago, Harry!" She hissed.
"Will you quit yelling at me?!" Harry. "I thought if we try to communicate with Sirius in the floo network then we can check if he's alright."
Hermione exhaled as if she didn't realize she was holding a breath. "Yeah, okay, good I like that plan. We have to find fire with a working floo network, I'm sure Unbridge will have shut most of them off already."
"Umbridge's office! Of course!" Ron said as he emerged through the boys dorm, it looked like he was blushing.
"Excellent, sure, good idea!" Hermione smiled as she glanced at her best friends. Are they back on speaking terms again? She never understood boys.
As the trio walked out of the portrait, they bumped into the friendly faces of Neville, Luna, and many others.
As the group arrived at Umbridge's office, Harry was about to say something when the Professor arrived with the inquisitorial squad.
"I want to know why you are in my office," said Umbridge, shaking the fist and clutching his hair so that he staggered.
"I was — trying to get my Firebolt!" Harry croaked.
"Liar." She shook his head again. "
"I wish to interrogate him!" shouted Umbridge angrily, and Snape looked away from Harry back into her furiously quivering face. "I wish you to provide me with a potion that will force him to tell me the truth!"
"I have already told you," said Snape smoothly, "that I have no further stocks of Veritaserum. Unless you wish to poison Potter — and I
assure you I would have the greatest sympathy with you if you did — I cannot help you. The only trouble is that most venoms act too fast
to give the victim much time for truth-telling. . . ."
Snape looked back at Harry, who stared at him, frantic to communicate without words. Voldemort's got Sirius in the Department of Mysteries, he thought desperately. Voldemort's got Sirius —
"You are on probation!" shrieked Professor Umbridge, and Snape looked back at her, his eyebrows slightly raised. "You are being deliberately unhelpful! I expected better, Lucius Malfoy always speaks most highly of you! Now make me the Veritaserum!"
Snape gave her an ironic bow and turned to leave. He paused at the door, "it will take some time to fetch the ingredients," he gritted his teeth.
"Then make the time!"
Harry knew his last chance of letting the Order know what was going on was walking out of the door.
"He's got Padfoot!" he shouted. "He's got Padfoot at the place where it's hidden!"
Snape had stopped with his hand on Umbridge's door handle.
"Padfoot?" cried Professor Umbridge, looking eagerly from Harry to Snape. "What is Padfoot? Where what is hidden? What does he
mean, Snape?"
Snape looked around at Harry. His face was inscrutable. Harry could not tell whether he had understood or not, but he did not dare
speak more plainly in front of Umbridge."I want the Veritaserum!" Umbridge yelled.
Professor Snape gritted his teeth, "fine," he left the room and slammed it.
—-
Using the marauder's map, they snuck back inside the castle. They were happy that they managed to escape Argus Filtch's crutches.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the twins were watching the Potions teacher leave the office and whispered a sleeping spell that knocked out the professor.
"Bottoms up!" The twins grinned at each other and drank their experimental disguise potion. Fred's appearance changed into a completely different person.
"Right, you keep watch," George muttered.
"And I'll go inside," Fred nodded towards his brother.
"You know what to do?" George asked. George put on his enhanced glasses that helped him see more.
—-
Back in the office Umbridge glanced at Hermione speculatively, "you know, we have plans for you girl?" She turned to look at Hermione. "Yes, The Dark Lord knows all about you!" Umbridge hissed, while pointing her wand at Hermione.
Hermione's eyes went wide.
"Don't touch her!" Harry yelled.
The door cracked open to reveal Professor Snape.
Umbridge turned around with eyes bulging. "I see you found it?"
"Found?"
"The Veritaserum!" Umbridge spat.
Hermione glanced at the Professor suspiciously.
"Never mind that! Do you recall what the special task for The Dark Lord is?" Umbridge grinned at The Professor.
Professor Snape narrowed his eyes at Umbridge. "Do you call me a fool?! Of course, I know!"
"We have the Mudblood here! Now is a perfect time!" Umbridge spat then grabbed Hermione's shoulder and dragged her over towards Professor Snape.
Hermione was screaming to let go of her while the others were struggling to escape.
"Well, come now, let's say our vows now and get it over with!" Umbridge said excitedly.
"I will never in a million years marry you!" Hermione said then spat in his face.
"I could do worse," Professor Snape said in a bored tone.
Hermione was being slammed into Professor Snape.
"Relax! It's me, Fred," he whispered. "Snape is knocked out and outside the room."
Hermione's eyes narrowed at him. "I said let go!" She didn't believe that for a second.
All of a sudden the potion wore off and it revealed that Fred was Snape all along and Hermione's eyes went wide. "Looks like it's time for us to go!" Fred yelled.
Harry shoved Draco and stole his wand. He pointed his wand towards Umbridge and yelled, "Stupify!"
"Come on," Fred whispered, then held Hermione around her waist as they rushed outside.
—-
Everyone else was engaged in battle with the group of Slytherins, but eventually, they escaped and locked the door.
"I told you to leave the school!" Hermione whispered while they were standing in the middle of the hallway.
"I laugh in the face of danger." Fred smiled softly and placed his hand on her cheek.
Hermione quickly pecked his lips.
"You go on ahead, I'll hold off The Toad," Fred chuckled.
Hermione sighed while blushing and nodded. "Please be careful!"