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Chapter Ten: Umbridge, The Horrible Hag

After the terrible Yule Ball, Professor McGonagall addressed the school one day at lunch. Paige sat, next to Harry of course and listened. "Attention Students! We shall be getting our new school Headmistress and deptuy Headmistress. I am your Deputy Headmistess." she said, pausing. Everyone clapped poiletly. Paige sniffed and Harry hugged her close. She was thinking about her Uncle Corri. Then McGonagall introduced the new Headmistress. "Please welcome Dolores Umbridge, our new Head." at this word, she spat out the rest. "Mistress. The Minister of Magic has appointed her."

Everyone looked around and saw a short lady in a pink cardigan on top of pale mauve robes. "Thank you Professor. I hope that by end of the year, we can all become good friends." she said, eyeing Paige and Harry. She sat down and Snape engaged her in convesation. Paige stood and said. "Let's go Harry." Harry nodded glumly and they left. As they left, McGonagall walked up with Lady Alanna and Umbridge. "Miss Willows, Mr Potter, Just remember the next task will be continuing and I hope you have figured out your clue." said McGonagall. Paige looked her in the eye. "Thank you Professor. We have figured out our clues. By our selves of course." Paige said, smiling at McGonagall.

Lady Alanna eyed Umbridge. Umbridge suddenly coughed. "Hem, hem." Paige turned to look her in the eye. "Yes Professor?" she said pioilently. Umbridge cleared her throat and said. "You look too young to be in the Triwizard. How old are you, Miss -" Paige looked at her and said. "Paige Willows, and I'm 14 and a half, Professor. As is Harry." she said. Lady Alanna suddenly coughed. "Dolores, shouldn't you let Miss Willows and Mr Potter leave now. I think they have a class now, with me." Umbridge turned on Alanna and said. "Your that Knight. How did you come to this school and what do you teach."

Alanna then said. "I teach Defence Against the Dark Arts. A problem with you. Dumbledore appointed me. And now I'm late. Come, Miss Willows, Mr Potter." Alanna walked past Umbridge who said after her. "Professor Alanna, I shall be inspecting your class now." Paige who was walking off, rolled her eyes and with Harry and Alanna walked off to the DADA classroom. They took seats at the front and side and heard a cough. "Hem, hem." Lady Alanna stood and addressed the class. "Class, good afternoon, as you might have noticed, we have the pleasure of our new Headmistress to join us. Welcome Professor Umbridge." The class turned and saw Umbridge with a clipboard.

Then they turned back and Alanna said. "Please open your book at pg. 372. We are doing Inferi today. Now, what is Inferi?" Hermione's hand shot up, as usual, and so did Paige's. "Miss Willows?" said Alanna. Paige stood and said. "Inferi are dead corpses that have been reanimated. They were mainly used in the times of You-Know-Who." Sitting down, Paige noticed Malfoy talking to Umbridge. She glared at him and Umbridge stood. "Professor Alanna, I shall walk around the class and ask them questions. Continue your lesson."

Alanna looked at Umbridge and said. "Ok, now copy the notes on page 372 and onto 375. There shall only be quiet chat, no talking loud. Begin." Alanna walked over to Malfoy and watched him. Umbridge walked around, asking questions. She got to Paige and said. "Miss Willows, do you like Professor Alanna's classes?" Paige turned to look her in the eye and said. "Yes, Professor. They are excellent and very well planned." Harry glared at her. "Mr Potter, what is your Boggart Form?" asked Umbridge.

Harry looked at her and said clearly. "Lord Voldemort." Umbridge looked scandilised and said. "10 points from Gryffindor." Paige stood and said. "That isnt fair Professor. You asked him his worst fear which is Voldemort. What do you expect Harry to answer. What ... his worst fear is christmas lights. Now thats just stupid, Professor." Umbridge looked sternly at Paige and said. "One weeks denitition Willows." Paige glared at her and walked out of the class. Harry packed up her things and his and followed.

"Mr Potter, where do you think your going?" said Umbridge, as he got to the door. "To help a friend. Not, to be insulted Professor." And he stalked out of the class. He had an idea of where she had gone. Paige was in McGonagall's office, complaining about Umbridge. There was a knock at the door, and McGonagall said. "Enter." Paige turned and saw Harry enter with her bag and his. "Sorry for interupting Professor, but Paige forgot her bag and I didn't want to stay with a teacher who would insult me." he gave Paige her bag and sat down at the offered seat by McGonagall.

Paige sat and stared glumly out the window. "Professor, she gave me a weeks dentition. But, on Saturday the 2nd task is on, and she gave me dentition at 9:00 when it starts." said Paige. McGonagall smiled glumly and said. "You both may go ... but watch your selves around Dolores Umbridge."

The night before the second task, Paige headed for Umbridge's office. It was Dumbledore's old office and Paige was sad to enter it. She said the password. "Keladry" and entered. Umbridge was sitting at her desk. "Hello Miss Willows. You will be writing lines. Come sit at this table." Umbridge motioned at a small desk at the side of hers. There was a long piece of parchment. Paige sat down and leant into her bag for a quill. "Oh no, Miss Willows, you will be using a rather special quill of mine." she handed a black quill that had a rather sharp point. "Won't I need ink?" asked Paige. "Oh no, it has enough 'ink' in it already. You will write 'I will not tell lies.' Begin."

Paige put the quill to the parchment and wrote. "I will not tell lies." She felt a searing pain in her right arm. The words had just been cut into her wrist! And the so called 'ink' was her own blood. She looked up at Umbridge who was looking for weakness and wrote again. "I will not tell lies." Paige sat there for the next four hours, cutting her right hand open. Soon, the cut didnt instantly heal as it did. Perhaps from being cut and recut every second. At the beginning of the fifth hour Umbridge said. "Come here Willows." Paige stood, holding her right arm, which was now very weak and walked towards Umbridge.

The old hag ... she thought. Umbridge extended her arm and reached for Paiges. Paige didn't flinch when she touched the cut. "Good ... come back tommorrow. I think we can let the message set in a bit deeper." Paige tore her arm from Umbridges grip and grabbed her bag. She hurried out and headed towards Gryffindor Tower, her arm bleeding steadily. She raced for Gryffindor Tower. A few minutes later, she arrived and entered the dorm. Ron, Hermione and Harry were sitting on the lounge. "Paige!" said Harry, rushing over to her. She smiled weakly and hugged him with her left arm. Harry stood a step back and looked at her arm. "Your right arm ... its bleeding."

Paige quickly hid it in her blood drenced hankerchief. "Harry .. its nothing ... I'll be fine .. I just wrote lines for the hag." she said softly. She walked slowly over to the lounge and sat down. Harry sat next to her and Hermione conjoured a bowl of greenish liquid. "Its Murlap Essence. Rest your arm in it. It helps." She handed the bowl to Paige who gripped it with her left hand and put it onto the table next to her. She unwrapped her blood stained arm and put it into the bowl. She felt a pleasent sensation go up her arm and it healed a bit. At least it stopped bleeding.

Paige withdrew her arm and looked at the scars. She held her arm to show Ron, Harry and Hermione. Hermione gasped, Ron looked shocked and Harry said. "I will not tell lies. Umbridge is more twisted than Hagrid's beard. What lie have you told?" Paige wrapped her arm in the hankerchief, which Hermione had cleaned with a spell, and said. "She thinks that when I said about your fear, I was lying. But, I never lie, except to my sisters." Hermione took the bowl and vanished it. Then, packing up her things, Hermione and Ron left to bed.

But, Harry and Paige knew better. They were going to kiss. Harry leaned back onto the lounge and Paige buried into his chest for comfort. Harry gripped her shoulders and whispered. "I never want to part from you, Paige." Paige laid there, her head in Harry's chest and said in a scared voice. "Harry, I think Prue is trying to kill me before Voldemort needs me." Harry looked down at the head buried in his chest and gripped her shoulders into a hug. He hugged her till she stop sobbing and soon fell asleep. Harry then woke her up and helped her to her bed. Paige fell asleep, dreading the second task.