Chapter 12: Hilarity
They walked down the hall a bit before Demon pulled Ginny behind a statue of a witch and made a shushing gesture. Moments later Fred and George crept out of the portrait hole and past them down the hall. Quietly Ginny and Demon crept out of their hiding place moments later and started off in the opposite direction.
"Which corridor is Umbridge's office in?" Demon asked and Ginny quickly lead her there. Standing just around the corner Demon remembered the spell to conjure rope and did so. They stood there until the corridor emptied then Demon began walking down it the rope behind her back. Halfway down Demon gave Ginny one end of the rope and told her to tie it around the legs of the closest statue and she did the same on the other side of the hall. Demon gave the rope a little twang to make sure it was tight but not too tight. After adjusting the knot on her side a bit she cast an invisibility spell in it and they hurried back the way they came.
"It's not great but it'll do until I learn the school better." Demon said at the end of the corridor.
"Hey I thought you guys were going to the library." The two girls spun around to see the twins running towards them. As they neared the rope a grin spread across Demon's face. The next thing the twins knew they flew face first into the floor and Demon and Ginny burst out into laughter yet again.
"Going to the library eh?" Fred asked the two girls who were now gripping each other so that they wouldn't fall to the floor. They heard noises coming from just behind the door to Professor Umbridge's office. The four of them took off and just made it around the corner when the door opened. Still dressed in pink Professor Umbridge left her office and started towards them. Peering around the corner the four of them waited for the inevitable. Moments later Professor Umbridge gave a wild yelp as she landed on the floor the same way Fred and George had only seconds before.
Quickly pulling their heads back around the corner they tried to restrain their laughter. Seconds later Umbridge came tearing around the corner glaring viciously at them. "Did you see anyone down that hall in the last ten minutes?" She barked furiously.
"No Professor. We just stopped to talk to Fred and George just a second ago." Demon said with a straight face although it was rather hard for her to keep it like that.
"I think I saw a bloke running around the corner at the other end as we passed." George said pointing to the other end of the corridor.
"Yeah I saw him too." Fred agreed.
"Why Professor is something wrong?" Demon asked sweetly.
"Nothing is wrong. Why don't you lot go study something." Umbridge called as she hurried back around the corner. The four of them ducked their heads out again to see Umbridge taking large exaggerated steps trying to avoid the invisible rope only to trip on it again. She stood up again, straightened her coat and continued at a quick pace to the other end of the corridor.
Demon slid down the wall laughing so hard she thought her ribs were going to break. George poked his head back around the corner briefly. "Bloody hell she's coming back. Run." He said hurriedly. Ginny and Fred took off down the hall in the direction of the Great Hall. George grabbed Demon's hand and hauled her off the floor towards the library.