I stormed into the common room and was annoyed to see Seamus and Ginny present. Great.
"Are you ok, where have you been?" Seamus asked. He looked really concerned; I was such a bitch. Was I really leading Harry on?
"I'm fine, I was just in the kitchen with Harry eating," I said, hastily sitting down.
"And drinking," Hermione added. "Ugh, you reek of alcohol."
"Where is Harry anyway?" Ron asked innocently.
I turned bright red. "How the hell am I supposed to know?" I asked angrily. Did they know something; they must do.
"What's going on?" Seamus asked, looking into my eyes. I cringed away.
"Nothing, I'm just - "
At that moment Harry walked into room looking sheepish.
"Where you been? Did you two have a rendezvous in the kitchens?" Ron joked. A few people laughed.
"If you did, I'll smack you one like I did Crabbe," Seamus grinned.
I glared at him angrily. "And is that supposed to impress me or something?" I asked scathingly. "It's because of your stupid 'tough guy' actions that I'm in this bloody mess, can you not be an idiot for two seconds?"
He looked quite hurt. I felt even worse now but I couldn't really think about that. I was already consumed with guilt.
"Touchy, Touchy," Ginny commented. "Why are you so upset, is it your detention?"
I nodded. "Yeah, it is... I'm going to bed."
I stormed quietly upstairs without another word.
What would I do? I felt so guilty. I knew I had over reacted, but I couldn't help it. I just wanted to tell Ginny and apologise to Seamus, but I couldn't do that. Ginny would never forgive me, and Seamus would probably try to kill him.
I couldn't keep it to myself, but i had too.
On the shared landing, I met Fred and George who were laughing wildly.
"What happened to you two?" I asked bitterly.
"Graham Montague tried to take points off us, so we shoved him in a vanishing cabinet," George laughed. Despite everything that had gone on, they were still happily playing pranks. I smiled slightly.
"So what else have you got planned?" I asked slyly. The OWLs started in a few days, and I knew that was when they would make their grand exit. I knew a part of me would really miss them. I had grown attached to them over the past few months and it would be weird not seeing them every day.
"Ahh Alyssa," Fred grinned. "That's for us to know and you to; dot, dot, dot."
I mock glared. "It's pointless trying to keep things from me, I always know."
"Funny you should say that," George slyly smiled. "How's Harry?"
I stared at him dumbfound.
"The house elves talk," Fred said quietly. "Namely Dobbie. But don't worry, he won't tell anyone else."
"Thanks so much," I said earnestly.
Fred shrugged. "Ah well, it would only cause unnecessary trouble?"
"Isn't all trouble unnecessary?" I asked.
They scoffed loudly.
"Of course not, a lot of it's needed. As you will see next week..."
:-:
I was walking down the fifth floor corridor a few days later when I heard a loud Pssst. I turned around sharply and my eyes fell to a small broom cupboard. Inside were Fred and George.
"We need your help," George said. "What with Dumbledore gone - "
"We feel that one big act of mayhem - " Fred continued.
"Is exactly what our new head deserves."
"You're leaving aren't you," I smiled sadly. They nodded.
"In about half an hour hopefully, but we need your help." George handed me a small cardboard box. "Lee was supposed to do it, but he's in detention."
"When we say, count to one hundred and then take it out of its box, and then run."
I nodded. "Will I get to see the show?"
"If you can run down to The Great Hall fast enough."
They came out of the cupboard and mounted their brooms.
"Ok, as soon as we leave, start counting," Fred instructed.
"Don't I get a goodbye?" I asked them. George nodded and then pulled me into a big hug. Fred did the same.
"Don't forget to cause havoc," He whispered.
"As if."
I watched them zoom down the staircase and began to count. When I reached ninety five I looked around to see if anyone was watching. As soon as i hit one hundred, I opened the swamp box and threw it out. I shoved the packaging into the broom cupboard and then ran down to the hall.
I wasn't really watching where i was going, and I bumped into someone.
"Hello Ally," Luna smiled dreamily. "Why are you running?"
I grabbed her hand and began to pull her along.
"Trust me; you do notwant to miss this."
When we reached the Entrance Hall we could hear the bangs coming from where the exam was taking place.
The doors suddenly flew open, and Umbridge came running out, followed by a large firework dragon. Luna and I laughed loudly, and many other students began to gather round.
Fred and George zoomed out and gave me a little salute as they passed. All the fifth years seemed to completely forget about their test and ran out after them.
The rest of the spectators followed too.
"Peeves," Fred called. "Make sure to keep up the mischief. Give her hell for us."
The poltergeist saluted happily before knocking over a statue and floating away.
Fred and George gave one last wave, before flying outside. We all cheered as more fireworks exploded to reveal Weasley Wizard Wheezes.
"All products used are our own creation. Come buy them at Weasley Wizard Wheezes, Diagon Alley."
I was sure I saw Fred give Umbridge the finger before they flew away into the distance.
Umbridge screamed angrily and turned around. Her lip was bleeding and smoke was coming from her messed up hair.
"Everyone inside now! To your dormitories," she screamed.
We all happily went upstairs, talking about the prank.
"Oh no," Hermione gasped suddenly. "I didn't finish the paper. I still had one question left."
"Hermione who cares," Ron scoffed. "What would - wow!"
We had reached the swamp now, and it was impossible to cross. We turned around and went back another way.
"The twins?" Dean asked, jogging to catch up with us.
"With some assistance," I grinned. I didn't really do a lot, but I still wanted some credit.
We all turned when we heard a strange rattling. Peeves was lying on top of the chandelier, trying to unscrew it.
"Shall we report him?" Hermione asked. We all stared at her as though she had gone mad. "Oh its ok, Professor McGonagall's here."
McGonagall walked past where Peeves was sitting and didn't even look at him. However as she past she whispered "It's the other way" to Peeves. He took her advice and soon the chandelier came crashing to the ground.
"Did she really..." Harry asked dumbfounded.
"I think she did."
It was then i realised that this was the first time I had spoken to him since our misunderstanding in the kitchen. He had noticed it too and an awkward cloud of tension rose over us.
"I'm going to get a jumper. I'm cold."
I broke out in to a run and went back up to the tower.
:-:
"Ready for this kids?" I asked my DADA class quietly before Umbridge came in. They all nodded excitedly.
We all tried to look as normal as possible when she finally came.
"Wands away," she called. We didn't even bother to get them out anymore.
As soon as she had passed me I quickly put the nosebleed nugget and chewed quickly. As soon as I had swallowed, I felt a small trickle of blood flow from my nose.
"Erm Professor," I called meekly. She spun around to look at me. When her back was turned, half the class put theirs into their mouths.
"I think I had a - "
Rachel had collapsed on to the table with a loud bang. She turned back around and saw that everyone on that side of the room were throwing up, fainting, having nose bleeds, or experiencing some other illness.
The rest of the class quickly ate there's and began to groan dramatically.
"Ugh Professor, I feel..." Oliver looked at Umbridge and screamed. "Ahhh, I can't see. She's blinded me."
On cue his eyes swelled to the size of golf balls and turned white. He began to walk mindlessly around, banging into tables. I stiffed a giggle.
"What on earth is going on?" Umbridge asked angrily.
"We have Umbridge-itus" we chorused.
She raised her wand and the door flew open.
"I want you all to leave and to come back when you are ready to behave."
"It looks like I'm never coming back then." I muttered to Ginny.
We all raced out the door and as soon as we were around the corner, we put the other half in our mouths. My nose stopped bleeding.
I don't know why I chose to have a nose bleed. I didn't have any clothes that weren't blood stained now.
"What do we do now?" A Ravenclaw girl asked.
"We go back to our dormitories and enjoy our free time," I said. "Oh, Collin did you..." he nodded.
We had disguised a box of ton-tongue toffees and said they were off Filtch. Collin had discreetly put them in her desk drawer while all the commotion was going on. I couldn't wait to see the results.
Over the next few days, almost every class played the same stunt in DADA class. Even the first years had ago. But in the end, she stopped sending people out and they were forced to stay.
A few of us, however, never returned to her class. When questioned, we simply explained.
"We're not ready to return to behave," Ginny told Flitwick sweetly. With McGonagall gone, he had been forced to take up the duties of Gryffindor head too.
"If you don't return, you shall fail," he said sternly.
"We were failing anyway," I shrugged. "She never taught us."
He pursed his lips in a small smile. "Very well."
Ginny, Luna and I laughed loudly as he walked away, but that laughter was short lived.
Harry came running over to us, dripping with sweat. His eyes held nothing but panic. Ron and Hermione, who were trailing after him, had the same expression. I sighed sadly. It was time.
"We need your help," Harry said desperately. "Voldemort has Sirius. We need to floo using Umbridge's fire to find out what's going on."
Ginny nodded.
"When you say Sirius, do you mean Stubby Boardman?" Luna asked. Nobody answered her.
"Harry I -" Harry ignored me and carried on talking.
"Ok," Harry said aggressively to Hermione. "If you can think of a way of doing this quickly, I'm with you; otherwise I'm going to the Department of Mysteries right now."
"The Department of Mysteries?" Luna said, looking mildly surprised. "But how are you going to get there?"
"Harry can you -"
Again, he ignored us.
"Right," Hermione said, twisting her hands together and pacing up and down between the desks. "Right... Well... One of us has to go and find Umbridge and - and send her off in the wrong direction, keep her away from her office. They could tell her Peeves is up to something awful as usual..."
"I'll do it." Ron said. "I'll tell her he's smashing up the transfiguration department or something; it's miles away from her office. Come to think of it, I could probably persuade Peeves if I meet him on the way."
"Right now -"
"Harry!" I called angrily, finally getting his attention. I took a deep breath and sighed. "Sirius isn't there." I shouldn't have done it, but I could notlet him die. He was one of my best friends.
"He is I saw him." Harry said strongly.
"No Harry it's a - "
"I know what I saw!" he shouted angrily. "He's the only family I have left, and if you don't want to help, you can just clear off."
We all stared at him with wide eyes. I firmly stood my ground.
"We'll stand guard and say that someone's let of Garrotting Gas," Ginny said quickly. Hermione looked surprised at how quickly she had come up with the lie. "Fred and George were planning to do it before they left," she shrugged.
Harry set off to get his cloak while we walked slowly to Umbridge's office, going over the plan.
Harry met us at the end of the corridor.
"What took you so long?" I asked anxiously.
"That idiot boyfriend of yours was trying to sell me Firewhisky."
"I think you've had enough firewhisky for a life time, don't you think?" he looked down sadly.
"How many times will it take to say I'm sorry?" he asked.
"Just the one, you haven't said it yet," I answered angrily. He had offered me a drunken half-hearted one after he had kissed me, but that didn't count.
"Fine, I'm sorry," he said earnestly.
"Apology accepted."
Harry gave me a half smile before putting the cloak over Hermione and himself.
"What did he do?" Ginny asked, I knew the suspense was killing her.
"He called me a fat whore," I lied, knowing very well he could hear. Ginny gasped loudly.
A group of Hufflepuff's came by, but I stopped them.
"Can't come down here. Some idiots let's of Garrotting gas."
"I don't see anything," One complained.
"That's because it's colourless," Ginny said in a convincingly exasperated voice. "But if you want to walk through it, carry on, then we'll have your body as proof for the next idiot who doesn't believe us."
The boys all huffed before skulking away.
"Good One," Hermione's voice whispered. "Don't forget the signal."
We stood there for about five minutes before we saw Ron's blazing hair come into view. He had been captured.
"And then I thought we could go," I said nonchalantly. "Weasley is our King, Weasley can save anything, He never leaves a single ring, That's why Gryffindors all sing: Weasley is our King.
And then we could go, Remix, Remix!" I began to beat box desperately, pretending I hadn't noticed Umbridge standing beside me.
"Miss Tonks, is there a reason you're loitering the corridor?" She asked sweetly. The Inquisitorial Squad had now captured Ginny, Luna and Neville (who had helped Ginny)
"There's Garrotting Gas," I offered weakly. She snapped her fingers and someone grabbed me from behind. I tried to wriggle free, but he was exceptionally strong. I caught a look at his humongous feet and saw it was Crabbe. Ugh.
He dragged me to her office where Harry and Hermione had just been caught.
"You were after Dumbledore weren't you?" Harry's expression remained stony. "Fetch Snape Draco, let's see if he can force it out of him."
I looked around and saw the others struggling in the Slytherins hold. Ron had a bloody lip and Neville had a black eye forming. Luna and I however, didn't resist. It was useless and they were too strong. However, when Crabbe's hand grazed my butt, I had enough.
I elbowed him hard in the ribs and kicked upwards hard, hitting him straight in the crown jewels. I spun around and grabbed both of our wands. I discreetly shoved mine in my pocket, and held out Crabbe's. Luckily, they looked quite similar.
Umbridge clapped patronisingly.
"Well Miss Tonks, wasn't that impressive."
Malfoy and Snape came into the room, staring at the scene in shock. As he passed, Malfoy hit me hard on the back of my neck, causing me to fall to the floor. He stomped on my hand, and snatched away the wand.
Everything was blurred and I couldn't actually hear what was going on. It was all muffled.
I was suddenly thrust upwards and thrown on to Hermione for support.
"You three are coming with me," Umbridge said, her eyes swimming with frantic madness.
"Why am I?" I asked weakly.
"I don't trust you. You are better with me."
Harry grabbed my other arm and the two of them helped me walk down the stairs. When we had finally got outside, I could walk a little better and only needed Hermione as a support.
I lay my head on her shoulder and whispered that my wand was in my pocket. She looked surprised, but nodded curtly.
"How much further?" Umbridge demanded from behind us.
"Not far now," Hermione said. She sounded breathless, so I let her go and hobbled along by myself. "Just a little bit - "
An arrow flew through the air and landed in a tree just above Umbridge's head. The air was suddenly full of clattering of hooves and around fifty centaurs surrounded us.
"Who are you?" one of them asked.
"I am Dolores Umbridge," she said in a terrified voice. "I am Undersecretary to the Ministry for Magic and Headmistress at Hogwarts."
"You are from the Ministry?" Another asked.
"That's right. And the law states that Half-Breeds such as yourselves with near human intelligence cannot harm humans."
They laughed loudly. "Near Human intelligence," he scoffed. "Our intelligence far outstrips your own."
Another arrow was shot at Umbridge, but she deflected it. She pointed he wand at the leader and screamed, "Incarcerous!"
I quickly pulled my wand out and cast the shield charm. She stared at me with wide eyes, feeling around for Crabbe's wand.
"Tonks, how did you..."
"Magic," I grinned as she was pulled off by the centaurs.
"Please help me, Potter tell them I mean no harm!" she screeched.
"Sorry, Professor but I must not tell lies," He shrugged.
"Granger, Tonks, say something!"
"No can do. I must not speak out of term."
We all grinned as our least favourite person was carted away. Grawp came into view and started to follow the heard.
"You are against us," A centaur said to Umbridge.
"Please no, I can change!" she cried.
"No you can't," I grinned. "Because baby,"
"You were born this way," Hermione and harry said joining in. I laughed slightly as Umbridge disappeared in the distance.
"Ahh, that was fun." I said sounding very relaxed.
"So what are we doing about Sirius?" Ginny asked. We spun around to find our four friends looking very warn and dishevelled.
"How did you get out?" Harry asked.
"Puking pastels. Told them I was hungry and wanted some sweets," Ron explained handing back their wands. "The greedy gits ate them."
"That was quite clever of you," Hermione said sounding impressed.
"Always the tone of surprise." An awkward silence fell over us.
"So... How are we getting to London?" Neville asked.
"We? I'm not letting you risk your lives, just I'm going," Harry answered.
"Always the chivalrous git," Ron said quietly. Harry hesitated for a moment.
"Fine, Ron and Hermione can come. But the rest of you can go back up to the castle."
His remark was met with loud protest.
"I have a better idea. How about we all go back to the castle." I began to walk away, but no one followed. I sighed and went back to the squabbling group.
"Fine you can all come," Harry huffed, finally. "Does anyone know how to get there?"
"We fly of course," Luna said, pointing to the Thesterals that had started to gather around us.
The others had some difficulty, but soon enough, everyone was aboard a thestral.
It took a long time, at least an hour, but the thesterals knew where they were going.
We landed in a side road just off Whitefield. By that time it was dark, and a spooky haze had set over us.
"What do we do with them?" Ron asked.
"I think we should send them back to Hogwarts." I answered. As if they understood, the thesterals backed away and then took off into the night sky.
"Let's go," Harry said.
We followed him across the road and over to a phone box. It was really weird being in London again. It was a shame it wasn't on better circumstances.
We all crowded into the small phone box.
"Whoevers at the front press 62443," Harry said.
"It spells magic," I grinned, pressing the buttons.
The phone box suddenly churned like a lift and then began to slowly go down.
Once we reached the floor, we got out quietly. The place was empty.
"This way," Harry said, leading us over to the elevators.
My hands began to shake slightly and I noticed Neville's doing the same. I smiled at him reassuringly as the lift jolted slightly and moved down.
"Department of Mysteries," a woman called. I sighed heavily and followed Harry out.
Our footsteps echoed on the marble floors as we made our way to the prophecy hall. My heart was pounding heavily and my stomach began to churn.
"We're almost there," Harry said quietly. We reached the isle and he turned around, his wand pointing around the surround areas. "He should be here."
"He's not," I said strongly. "We need to leave, it's not safe."
They ignored me and began to frantically look around for Sirius.
"Hey Harry," Neville called, pointing to a glowing orb on the shelf. "This thing has your name on it."
Harry went over and tried to pick it up. I slapped his hand away.
"Don't touch it," I said strongly. "Seriously guys, we need to leave."
"It has my name on it."
I slapped his hand away, but this time held on. I tried to pull him, but he wouldn't budge.
"Harry, please." he looked at me with a confused expression before nodding slightly. As soon as I let go of his hand, he doubled back and grabbed the prophecy.
"You idiot!" I said angrily. Couldn't he have just listened? Now we could all die.
A slow clap began to echo around us.
"Well done Potter," a deep voice drawled. "You know, you should have listened to her."
I gasped loudly. We all backed away, but just ended up in a defenceless huddle. We couldn't really make them out, but it was obvious that Death Eaters were zeroing in on us.
In the movies it's shocking, in the books it's scary, but in person it was terrifying. The scariest moment of my life. I was sandwiched between Harry and Neville, who was shaking ferociously. I looked to his face and saw it surprisingly calm. I smiled at him slightly before turning back to the two masked death eaters who were coming at me and Harry. It was Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange if I remember right.
"Where's Sirius?" Harry asked angrily.
"Where's Sirius," Bellatrix imitated. I glared at her angrily. She stared at me for a moment, before turning back to Harry.
"You need to learn to tell the difference between dreams," Lucius said. "And reality." with a wave of his wand his mask disappeared. "Now give me the Prophecy."
Harry shook his head strongly.
"Come on Potter," Bellatrix said. She stepped forward and removed her mask. I almost fainted.
It didn't make any sense, how could she be...
I don't know how she was there. Or why. All I knew is that I was staring into the evil eyes of my mother.
Haha, i'm evil. I had to chop two chapters in half as it was really long. And this way, we have a HUGE cliffhanger. It doesn't make much sense now, but it will be explained more next chapter. Next chapter : ( we all know what happens there…
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