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Chapter 6: Harry vs Umbridge
Harry got up and dressed quickly the next morning and rushed down the Ravenclaw dorm steps, not wanting to look at any of his dorm mates: He couldn't fall asleep last night for his scar hurting a little, and he just laid there with his eyes closed hoping it would go away. Which only resulted in Harry over hearing the other boys talking about him, they had thought he was asleep. He had told Ginny the night before that he didn't let their talk get to him, but that was a lie, it hurt and made him mad, that three boys he had shared a dorm room with for five years now did not believe him about Voldemort and thought he was crazy. They had even taken turns "Keeping watch" to make sure Harry didn't go crazy on them, and attack them in their sleep or worse. That was Micheal Corner's words when he had suggested it to the other boys, only Teddy Boot had thought they were going a bit far, even if he did think Harry was crazy and didn't believe Voldemort has returned.
So Harry dressed as quickly as he could and grabbed his school bag and headed down the stairs so not to have to look at them. When he made it into the common room he saw Ginny already up and standing near the door talking to Luna Lovegood, she smiled when she saw Harry walk up to her.
"Hey, there's my guy." She said, but then frowned looking his face over. "What is it?" Harry shook his head, not wishing to repeat what happen last night, which only made Ginny frown more.
"The boys in your dorm don't believe you about Voldemort." Ginny guessed, she put her arm around Harry's waist, trying to comfort him. "Same in my dorm, all but Padma Petal, but she's also been nice. You okay."
"They took turns keeping watch so the others could sleep." Harry said. "They think I'm that crazy." Anger flashed in Ginny's eyes before she hugged Harry.
"Try to ignore them like you told me." She said. "What they think doesn't matter." Harry nodded, hoping he didn't start crying, how long was it going to last with people thinking he was some nutter that would kill them in their sleep if they didn't keep watch. Harry wrapped his arms around Ginny, having her in his arms made him feel a lot better, and when the boys came into the common room Harry saw Micheal throw him jealous looks: He smirked, pulled back a little, gently took hold of Ginny's chin made her look up at him and making sure Micheal was watching he gave her a long passionate kiss. Micheal glared at him as he left the common room with his friends. Ginny pulled back and smiled up at Harry.
"What brought that on?" She demanded. Harry smiled.
"Just that I love you." he said giving her a peck on the lips, Ginny smiled and took his hand.
"I love you too." She said. As they made it out of the door and down the corridor holding hands. The whole way to the Great Hall people pointed and whispered as he walked by, he tried the best he could not to let it get to him, as they turned and entered the Hall, they made their way over to the Gryffindor table and sat down across from Teddy. During meal times and the friends usually sat at each other's table mostly Gryffindor, they might be an old rule stating the students had to set at their own tables, but the teachers and Dumbledore usually over looked it, unless it was one of the big feast nights; like the start of term feast, end of term feast or the Halloween feast. But they over looked it any other time. In all the five years at Hogwarts had there ever been a problem with it, but it seemed that was going to change soon.
"Hey, there's the happy couple?" Teddy greeted them.
"Hi, Morph." Ginny greeted. "Where's Trouble?" Teddy smirked.
"McGonagall's office." He announced as if Rigel had won a prize. Harry paused in picking out a cereal and looked at Teddy with his eyebrow raised.
"Already?" He demanded.
"Well, when you got tattle tales in the Gryffindor Tower that was bound to happen." Teddy said.
"What did Rigel do?" Harry asked.
"He cursed our follow Gryffindor Dean Thomas last night." Teddy said.
"Dean Thomas, he's in our year, right?" Ginny asked. Teddy nodded.
"Why would he curse him, I mean what did he do?" Harry asked.
"I shouldn't really say, but since he's in the hospital wing covered in painful boils, nowhere near you for you to kill, I shall." Teddy paused as if he was telling a dramatic story. "He accused you, My dear friend, of killing Cedric Diggory."
"What?" Ginny demanded. "Harry did no such thing." Harry didn't say anything, he just looked down, no longer hungry he pushed the bowl he had yet to pour cereal in away from him.
"Rigel isn't the only one in trouble this morning." Teddy said. "See someone else missing." Harry looked up at Teddy, then looked around the Gryffindor table. It took him a minute to realize who Teddy meant.
"Cody." Harry said. "He's not here." Teddy gave a nod.
"Yep, he got in a fight with Seamus this morning. McGonagall even had to come in and break it up. That's how McGonagall found out about Trouble cursing Dean." Teddy said.
"Why did Cody get in a fight with Seamus?" Ginny asked.
"He was saying Harry was lying." Teddy said. "And thinks he's just plain crazy."
"Who doesn't." Harry mumbled. Teddy gave him a sad smile.
"Well, I always knew you were crazy, mate." He said. "But I do believe you about Voldemort." Harry rolled his eyes at Teddy.
"Mr. Potter, Mrs. Weasley." A voice said behind Harry. They looked to see Umbridge standing there. "I believe the two of you are sitting at the wrong table."
"Oh, we always sit here." Ginny explained. "Because our friends are in Gryffindor."
"Be that as it may, it is against the school rules." Umbridge said. "I suggest you to move now, before you lose house points."
"But, no one has ever mind us sitting here before." Harry said.
"Mr. Potter, that is five points for back talking a teacher." Umbridge said. "Now unless you want more points taking, do as I say and move to your table now." Harry opened his mouth to say something, but Ginny laid her hand on his arm, and he closed it. Umbridge's eyes left their's a moment and glared at Teddy.
"Mr. Lupin, what are you wearing?" She demanded, Teddy was dressed like he usually does, with his tight black pants with the zippers all over the legs, a T-shirt with his favorite muggle rock band and a ripped up faded robe with safety pins and patches all over it. His combat boots, he didn't wear a Mohawk this time, but choose to have his hair long, with one said a pretty blue color and the other side was purple.
"Professor Snape has warned me about you, Mr. Lupin." Umbridge said. "And I warn you now, I will not put up with you looking like a muggle hoodlum, when you finish your food, I except you to go put on the proper school uniform, if I hear from just one teacher you showed up in class looking like that, you will be in serious troubel. Do I make myself clear?"
Teddy glared at her, but did not say anything, he had gotten an owl from his mum this morning asking him not to get in trouble with Umbridge for his father's and sister's sake. Umbrideg has already passed so many Ant-werewolf laws, he had to find jobs in the muggle world just to work, and if Teddy made Umbridge mad, she just might use her potion to pass more laws making it even harder for his father and when she's older his sister.
"I said do I make myself clear?" Umbridge demanded. Teddy clenched his jaw, but gave a slight nod, which made Ginny and Harry look at him in shock (They didn't know about the letter) . "Good. Now, Mr. Potter, Mrs. Weasley, your table please."
Sighing Ginny and Harry stood and made their way over to the Ravenclaw table. Where only Luna, Britney, Tiffany were the only ones sitting at the table not looking at him like he was crazy.
"Potter!" Roger Davis, the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team walked up to Harry as Flitwick handed him and Ginny their schedules. "Nice summer?" and without waiting for a reply he went on. "Listen, we need two new chasers this year, so try-Outs are on Friday, do not miss it, I want to see how the team goes with the new players, make sure we all fit together."
"I'll be there." Harry assured him. Roger gave a nod and walked away, Harry turned to Ginny with a grin. "Two open chaser spots, Gin Gin, you are bound to get one." Ginny grinned again.
"I hope so." She stood. "Come on, babe, we got to go to class." Harry stood also and they grabbed their bags. "History of Magic is first." Ginny was looking her schedule over, but Harry had just shoved it in his bag without looking.
"Hey, Little Bro." Cody greeted him as he entered the Great Hall when Ginny and Harry were walking out. "How's it going?"
"Teddy said you got in trouble for fighting with Seamus." Harry stopped and said. "Aren't you suppose to be Head Boy?" Cody grinned.
"You sound like McGonagall." Cody laughed. "Anyway, Head Boy does not matter if the prat is talking about my little brother." Harry rolled his eyes with a smile.
"You shouldn't get in trouble over me." Harry said. "You can lose your badge you know?" Cody just shrugged like he could care less and walked on in the Great Hall, messing up Harry's hair as he went.
"Come on." Ginny said, taking Harry's hand and pulling him along. They sat in sits in the back away from everyone else and once they learned that Binn's lecture was on giant wars, they wrote it down and went to passing notes back and forth or playing hangman. They both get passing grades in History of Magic class by written down what Binns lectured about and then just reading about it in their History of Magic book, both Harry and Ginny enjoyed reading, so reading their school book was better than listening to Binns, and trying to not fall asleep as they tried to take notes. He basically just said the same thing that was in the book anyway.
When they left History of Magic they had a double potions class. Again Ginny and Harry choose seats in the back of the classroom away from everyone, mostly Snape. The Ravenclaw's had Potions with the hufflepuffs; Harry and Ginny use to share a table with Hannah Abbot and her friend Justin, but after Harry andHannah, who had gone together at the being of Fourth year, had a bad break up over his name coming out of the goblet and ever since they acted as if Ginny and Harry wasn't even there. Which was fine with them.
"Settle down." Snape called, walking in the potion room and slamming the door behind him. "Before we began today's lessens." Snape said, as he made his way to his desk., then turned around so he could sweep his cold black eyes cross the classroom to make sure there was no one misbehaving and he had everyone's attention.
"I think it appropriate to remind you that next June you will be sitting an important examination, during which you will prove how much you have learned about the composition and use magical potions. Moronic though some of this class undoubtedly are, I expect you scrape an 'acceptable' in your O.W.L., or suffer my displeasure." His gaze lingered on Justin who was probably the worst in the school at potions.
"After this year, of course, many of you will cease studying with me." Snape went on. "I take only the very best into my N.E.W.T. Potions class, which means that some of you will certainly be saying goodbye."
His eyes rested on Harry and his lip curled. Harry glared back at him, not caring at all if he did not make the grade to get into Snape's N.E.W.T. class, which he knew if he really wanted to he could; his Mum had taught him potions when she was alive and had always said Harry was a natural, but when his Mum died Harry gave up on potions, and no one but Harry knew just how good he could be if he wanted to. And Snape was the last person he wanted to know. Even Jesse didn't want Harry to go on with potions after fifth year. Wanting to get his little brother away from Snape.
"But we have another year before to go before that happy moment of farewell," Snape said softly," so, whether you are intending to attempt N.E.W.T, or not, I advise all of you to put all your efforts upon maintaining the high-pass level I have come to expect from my O.W.L students. Today we will be mixing a potion that often comes up at Ordinary Wizarding Level: the Draught of Peace, a potion to calm anxiety and soothe agitation. Be warned: If you are too heavy-handed with the ingredients you will put the drinker into a heavy and sometimes irreversible sleep, so you will need to pay attention to what you are doing," Everyone sat up straighter. Harry rolled his eyes. He knew what the Draught of Pease was. It might be a hard potion to make and Snape was right about what could happen if you make it wrong, which is one of the reason Lily Potter only allowed Harry to watch and not help, when she use to make it for James to calm him down after a stressful day at work and he would come home all grumpy and moody. Being an Auror was real nerve wracking during the first war with Voldemort.
"The ingredients and method"-Snape flickered his wand-"are on the blackboard"-(they appeared there) "you will find everything you need"-he flicked his wand again-"in the store cupboard"-(the door to said cupboard sprang open)-"I warn you to be careful and do it right." He looked Harry in the eyes and sneered. "I just might decide to test your potion on the person sitting next to you, and would hate for them to go to sleep and not wake up."
Harry glared at Snape, before sharing a look with Ginny, he could see a little fear in her eyes. She like the rest of the school thought Harry bad in potions. Great, now he would actually have to do it right and show Snape he could do potions or else risk his girlfriend taking a nap she wouldn't wake up from. Harry reached over and laid his hand on her arm.
"Don't worry, Gin Gin." he assured her. "I'll do it right." Ginny sighed and stood.
"I'll get the stuff we need, you sit up our cauldrons." Ginny said.
To make sure he did it perfectly Harry pulled out his potion book and followed the intructions word by word from the book, he didn't what to risk missing a line from the blackboard. As Ginny worked hard next to him. By the time they were done, they both were sweating as if they just flew around the Quidditch Pitch twelve times.
"A light silver vapor should now be rising from your potion," called out Snape as he walked around the students. He sneered at Justin's potion which was shooting black-gray steam, before vanishing it. Ginny and Harry's potions were two of the only four students that had shimmering mist of silver. When Snape came upon them he looked down at Ginny's potion without comment, meaning he could not find anything wrong with it, and when he left her side, and sneered his hooked nose down at Harry; which was also a bit crooked now as well as hooked: Toward the end of the school year last year, Snape had made a smart remark about Harry's father James Potter, Harry not being in the best of moods at the time, since that was right after Voldemort returned, Harry had punch Snape for his remark, which resulted in Snape getting a broke nose.
Anyway, Snape excepting a bad potion, looked down at Harry's with a sneer, that quickly fell from his face once he saw the perfectly made potion. He glanced at Harry's potion, then looked at Harry's open book.
"Potter, did I not say follow the instructions on the blackboard not the book." Snape snapped. Apparently not finding anything wrong with Harry's potion so he had to find something to snap about. Harry clenched his jaw and said nothing, but Ginny picked up Harry's book and read it, then the blackboard.
"It's the same instructions." She said.
"I did not ask for you to comment, Weasley." Snape said. "Potter, you did not follow my instructions, so there for these mess is utterly worthless. Evanesco." Harry's potion vanished and Snape walked on.
"It's a good thing I had not been serious about testing your potion on the student next to you." Snape said. He made it back to his desk. "For there had only been three of you to get it right. Those three who did follow my instructions, fill one flagon with a sample of your potion, label it clearly with your name, and bring it up to my desk for testing: Homework tonight: twelve inches of parchment on the properties of moonstone and its uses in potion making to be handed in on Thursday."
As Ginny took her potion up to Snape, Harry picked away their things. Then left the room to wait for her out in the hall.
"That wasn't fair." Ginny cried, as she walked out of the classroom and Harry hold her bag out to her. "Your potion was right."
"Yeah, well, Snape had never been fair to me." Harry mumbled. Ginny frowned.
"How was it right?" Ginny asked, taking her bag from Harry, he grinned at her.
"I use to make potions with my Mum." Harry said. Ginny's eyes-widened..
"You're telling me you've been good at potions all along?" She demanded. Harry smirked and put his finger to his lips.
"Shh, someone might hear you." He said. Ginny laughed and hit him on the arm and together they walked down the corridor and made their way to the Great Hall for lunch. "I can't believe you've faked being bad at potions all this time. Why?"
"I just don't like doing it now that my Mum is...it was something me and Mum did together." Harry said quietly. Ginny smiled and reached in to kiss him.
"I understand, baby." She said. "And you're good potion making skills secret is safe with me." Harry laughed and put his arm around her shoulder.
After lunch Ginny and Harry separated after a long see-you-later-kiss. Harry had Divination with Teddy and Rigel and Ginny had Arithmancy. When Harry made it to Divinations and climbed the ladder to the classroom, he looked around for his two friends, he did not see Teddy, but he did see Rigel, he was sitting next to a kid that had his head down on the table. Harry didn't know who he was; he had brown hair and wore a neatly looking school uniform. Harry frowned wondering where Teddy was and made his way to Rigel and sat next to him, crossed from the brown hair kid.
"Hey, Lightning-Bolt." Rigel greeted him.
"Hey, Trouble." Harry said. "Where's Morph?" The brown hair boy snorted and raised his head, Harry stared into his light brown eyes, his mouth dropped. "Oh, my god. Teddy?"
"Yeah?" He asked. Harry looked him over, he had his hair normal, his eyes normal; and a bran new looking school uniform. His white blouse neatly tucked into his black dress pants and a gold and red vest neatly fastened over his shirt and he even wore the gold and red silk Gryffindor tie. His robe was not faded or ripped, nor did it have any safety pins or patches.
"What...Why?" Harry asked.
"His Mum sent him a letter this morning." Rigel explained, since all Teddy did was put his head back on the table. "Asking him not to get on Umbridge's bad side. She was afraid she might retaliate by making more stupid Ant-Werewolf laws." Harry frowned as he watched his friend. He looked so miserable Harry felt sorry for him.
"Good evening class." Trelawney spoke up. "And welcome back to Divination. I have, of course, been following your fortunes most carefully over the Holidays, and am delighted to see that you all returned to Hogwarts safely as, of course, I knew you would." With this Harry and Rigel looked to Teddy expecting him to joke or make some funny comment, they didn't get so much of a grunt from their friend. Making them share a worried look with each other.
"You will find a copy of the Dream Oracle, by Inigo Imago laying on the table in front of you. Please turn to the introductions and read what Imago has to say on the matter of dream interpretation. The,, divide into pairs. Use the Dream Oracle to interpret each other's most recent dreams. Carry on."
Harry and Rigel did not even bother opening their books, Harry just pulled out a piece of parchment and talked Rigel into playing hangman, while Teddy slept. The word in their game was of course: Umbridge.
Class wasn't over soon enough for Harry and Rigel and leaving the books still lying on the table, they shook Teddy awake and led him out of class. It was now time for Defense Against the Dark Arts. Something Harry was very close to skipping; but the thought of hearing what lies Umbridge could be telling made him go.
They met Ginny outside the classroom door; like Harry she did not recognize Teddy at first, then got angry when she saw how miserable he looked and started mumbling not very nice things about Umbridge under her breath as they entered the classroom and took their seats, they got out their wands and books and waited for Umbridge to enter. She did moments later.
"Well, good afternoon." Umbridge said. Just a few people mumbles a reply. "Tut, tut. That will not do, now, will it? I should like you, please, to reply. Good afternoon, Professor Umbridge.' One more time please, Good afternoon." Now all but Harry, Rigel and Ginny said good afternoon Professor Umbridge.
"That is very good." Umbridge's eyes swept over the class, then landed on Teddy. "Mr. Lupin, I must say I am pleased that you followed my order and put on the proper clothes. I give Gryffindor it's points back and hope you keep following the rules." Teddy's face turned blood-red as the class turned to look at him and he slid down in his seat. "Now...now, Mr. Lupin, do sit up straight." Teddy's face turned even redder as he straightened back up.
"What are you looking at?" Rigel snapped at the staring students. "Turn around and face front." They all did what he said.
"Wands away and quills out please." Umbridge said. Everyone did so shocked, they have never been told to put their wands away in class. Professor Umbridge opened her handbag and pulled out their own wand and tapped on the blackboard. And words appeared.
Defense Against the Dark Arts
A return to Basic Principles
"Well, now, your teaching in this subject has been rather disrupted and fragmented, hasn't it." stated Umbridge. She turned to face the class. "The constant changing of teachers, many of whom do not seem to have followed any Ministry-approved, curriculum, has unfortunately resulted in your being far below the standard we would expect to see in your O.W.L. year. We will be following a carefully structured, theory-centered, Ministry-approved courses of defensive magic this year."
"What fun." Rigel mumbled. Umbridge went on like he hadn't said anything.
"Copy down the following please." Umbridge said. She tapped the blackboard and those words disappeared, and replace by others that Harry didn't bother to read, and for a few moments all around them people were copying down what was on the blackboard and Harry was happy to see that Teddy didn't at least stumped to actually doing his school work and just sat there staring at the book lying in front of him.
"Now, once you get through copying down the board, turn your books to page five and read chapter one." Umbridge said. "And there is to be no talking."
Everyone opened their books and flipped to page five to read chapter one, Harry opened his book to make it look like he was reading, Rigel was flipping through his glancing at pages and reading little bits of stuff then scowling at what he read before flipping through more. Teddy had opened his book and was drawling on the pages. But Ginny hadn't opened hers at all and instead had her hand in the air. And after a long moment of ignoring it Umbridge looked up.
"Yes, dear, did you have a question about the chapter?" She asked, in a too sweet voice, Harry thought he was going to be sick.
"Not the chapter no." Ginny answered, putting her arm down.
"Well, we're reading just now." Umbridge said.
"I've got a question about your course aims." Ginny said.
"And your name-"
"Ginevra Weasley." Ginny said.
"Well, Miss Weasley, I think the course aims are perfectly clear if you read them through carefully." Umbridge said.
"Well, I don't" Ginny said. "There is nothing up there about using defensive spells." Harry and Rigel both frowned and looked up at the board.
"Using defensive spells." Umbridge said, then gave a false laugh. "Well, I can't imagine why we would use defensive spells in a classroom. Are you afraid of being attacked during class."
"No," Rigel answered for Ginny. "But how would people learn them if they don't do them."
"Mr. Black, we do not speak up without first rasing our hand." Umbridge said. Harry noticed Teddy looking down at the table again and biting his lip like he was dying to say something.
"I'll speak when a feel like speaking." Rigel snapped at her. "The hell with raising a hand, we're not first years."
"That will be twenty points from Gryffindor, Mr. Black, now please return to your reading." Umbridge said. Rigel folded his arms and glared at her. Student all over the room began to raise their hands.
"Yes, Miss.." Umbridge asked.
"Padma Patel." She said, "And you said we're not going to do the spells in class. But don't you have to when we take our Owls. How would we know how, if he don't do them here first?"
"My dear, do not worry, if you read your book carefully you should know enough for when it is time for your O.W .L" Umbrige said. Padma frowned, but said nothing.
"But what about the wand movements and all that?" Padma Petal asked.
"Dear, we raise our hands in class." Umbridge said. "And like I just said read your books and you should know how to do them. The Ministry wants us to learn defensive spells in a risk free-"
"What good is that?" Harry demanded.
"Hand, Mr. Potter."
"If we get attacked it's not going to be risk-free." Harry went on without raising his hand. "An attacker isn't going to come up to us and say, get ready about to curse your bum off."
"Mr. Potter." Umbrdge snapped. "That will be ten points from Raveclaw. I do not wish to criticize the ay things have been run in this school, but you have been exposed to some very irresponsible wizards in this class, very irresponsible indeed-not to mention," she gave a false laugh. "Extremely dangerous half-breeds."
"Hey!" Teddy cried. Not being able to hold it in any longer not with the mention of his dad. "My dad isn't dangerous, he only changes on a full moon." Umbridge chose to ignore him.
"Now, there is no need to use spells in class." Umbridge said. "We are not going to be attacked by anyone at this school.."
"What about when we're not at school." Harry demanded. "For what's waiting for us out there."
"There is nothing waiting for us out there, Mr. Potter." Umbridge said. "I know you students have been told that a certain Dark Lord had come back from the dead..."
"He wasn't dead." Harry cried. "And yes he is back."
"Mr. Potter you have already lost your house points do you wish to make it worse." Umbridge demanded. "As I was saying you have been told that certain Dark Wizard had returned that is a lie. No one can come back from the dead it is not..."
"He wasn't dead." Harry shouted. Ginny laid her hand on his knee.
"Harry, just let it go for now." She whispered, Harry shook his head, feeling anger in every inch of his body. He stood.
"It is not a lie!" Harry cried. "I saw him I fought him, he killed Cedric Diggory."
"Peter Pettigrew killed Cedric Diggory, Mr. Potter." Umbridge said.
"Yeah, because Voldemort told him to." Harry said.
"No, he did not. You-Know-Who is dead and one more word about him, Mr. Potter and that will be a detention." Umbridge warned. Harry looked her straight in the eyes.
"Voldemort is back." He said.
"Detention, Mr. Potter." Umbridge said. "Now unless you want to make it two, I suggest you sit down and get back to reading."
"No." Harry said, even Rigel looked at him in surprise.
"That's it two detentions." Umbridge said. "Now sit down." Harry crossed his arms and glared at her.
"I'll sit when you admit Voldemort has returned."
"I will admit to no such thing, Mr. Potter, because it is not true." She pulled out a pink piece of parchment and started writing a note. "I have been reasonable with you, but you seem to what to keep disrupting class. And telling lies."
Harry doesn't lie." Rigel snapped.
"You're the one lying." Harry said. "Voldemort is back."
"Okay, Mr. Potter that is two more detentions, bring you to a total of four, what to push it for five, just say You-Know-Who's name one more time." Umbridge said.
"Voldemort." Harry said. Umbridge slammed her quill down.
"That is five, want to make it for the week?" Umbridge said.
"Voldemort." Harry repeated.
"Harry, stop it." Ginny said, he could hear shock in her voice. Rigel was smirking and Teddy was biting his lip to stop himself from laughing.
"A week then." Umbridge said. "What to make it a month?" Harry opened his mouth, but this time Rigel spoke up.
"Harry, Mate, Jesse is already going to flip." Rigel warned, speaking under his breath. "Just cool it, save it for another day." Harry closed his mouth and took to glaring.
"Good." Umbridge said. "Now come, get this note and take it to Professor Flitwick." At first Harry didn't move, but Ginny pinched his leg, and he walked up to Umbridge snatched the note out of her hand with out a word and stormed out of the classroom, slamming the door so hard behind him, that three of the plate with kitchen Umbridge had hanging on the wall fall off and broke.
Harry was walking down the hall mumbling things under his breath when Peeves came floating at him teasing about him being crazy. Harry swatted at him.
"Go away!" Harry demanded. "Leave me alone!"
"Oh, most think he's barking, the Potty wee lad
But some are more kindly and think he's just sad,
But Peevsey knows better ned thinks he's just mad."
"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!" Harry yelled, he turned around walking backward as he swatted and Peeves who was now behind him, and when Harry did he bumped into someone behind him and wa knocked to the floor. He dropped his bag, making his stuff fall out of it and onto the floor.
"Watch where you're going" Harry snapped. He didn't look to see who he had bumped into as he began to pick his books and papers up and shove them back in his bag. Whoever he bumped into gave a small chuckle and bent down to help Harry.
"I believe, Mr. Potter, it was you who was walking backwards." Harry looked up to see the new Care of Magical Creature teacher. Professor Grimes. Up close Harry saw he was very pale, and had blue rings under his eyes like he never gets any sleep.
"Sorry, sir." Harry said, his anger with Umbridge and Peeves fading away.
"That's quite alright you were just taking your anger at someone else out on me. I've been known to do that from time to time." Professor Grimes said. "Fighting with Umbridge?" Harry looked up at him shocked.
"How did you..."
"My dear little wizard friend." Professor Grimes said. "Everyone wants to fight Umbridge, she's just one of those vile creatures that makes you want to just smack the pink bow right off he head." Harry laughed. "That's it, don't let her get to you. Now what was it that set you off?"
"Umbridge calling me a liar." Harry explained. As Professor Grimes stood up, then held out a hand to help Harry to his feet. Harry couldn't help but notice even though it was hot in the castle Professor Grimes' hand was ice-cold."
"Doesn't believe you about Voldemort?" Professor Grimes stated. He put both hands on Harry's shoulder, his eyes going for a second to the raven hanging from Harry's neck. "Have you ever heard the story of the boy who cried werewolf?"
"I've heard of the boy who cried wolf." Harry said. Professor Grimes chuckled.
"Same story, just put were in front of wolf." He said and Harry grinned a little. "Anyway, that is what Fudge wishes the wizard world to believe you are. The boy who cried werewolf, or in this case: The who cried Voldemort. But don't let that stop you from telling the truth, you keep on saying it. And when the so-called Dark Lord finally shows himself do you know what will happen then?" Harry shook his head.
"You'll get to look at them all with a smug look on your face and the words I told you so escaping your lips." Professor Grimes said.
"So, you believe me about Voldemort?" Harry asked.
"Of course." Grimes said. "Why would you make up such an awful tale." Harry smiled at him and Professor Grimes patted him on the cheek with his very cold hand, leaving Harry's face to feel like he had held an ice pack on it.
"Now, if you would excess me, Mr. Potter, I must go down to the kitchens to feed." Professor Grimes said, he then walked passed Harry without another word. Harry frowned as he watched him leave thinking how saying you were going to feed was a weird way of saying you were going to get something to eat.
A door to Harry's right opened and he looked to see Professor McGonagall step out of the teacher's lounge.
"Potter what on are you doing standing in the hall and not in class." She demanded.
"Umbridge sent me to Professor Flitwick." Harry answered. McGonagall frowned.
"Sent?" She demanded. "What do you mean sent?"
Just then Flitwick appeared. "Mr. Potter, why are you not in class?"
"Apparently he was sent to see you." McGonagall said. Flitwick frowned.
"Here this might explain it." Harry said handing him the note from Umbridge, Flitiwck took it, pulled out his wand and tapped it, the seal on it broke and he unfolded to read. McGonagall too read it over Flitwick's shoulder, both frowned deeper and deeper the farther they went. When he was done Flitwick folded the note and looked up at Harry with disappointment on his face.
"Come on in here, Mr. Potter and have a seat." Flitwick said. Harry threw his bag over his shoulder and stuck his hands in his pocket and followed them into the teacher's lounge.
"Have a seat, Potter." McGonagall order, pulling out a chair. Harry slipped his bag off his back and sat down in it.
"Harry, is this true?" Flitwick asked.
"Is what true, sir?" Harry asked.
"That you yelled at Umbridge, called her a liar and keep saying Voldemort's name over and over when she repeatedly told you not to?" Flitwick asked.
"Yes." Harry answered.
"Potter, you need to be careful." McGonagall said."Misbehavior in her class could cost you more than House points or detemtions."
"What do you-"
"Use your common sense." McGonagall snapped. "You know where that woman comes from, you know who she must be reporting to."
"Fudge." Harry said, looking down, he should have realized that, after all she's got Teddy so afraid that he's dressing normal and being miserable. The bell rang and the sounds of student's feet echoed all over.
"It says here she had given you a detention for every day this week." Flitwick said.
"Sir, couldn't you."
"No I cannot, Mr. Potter." Flitwick said. "You'll have to go to them." Harry frowned. "And I must tell you that I'm very close to sending an Owl to your brother."
"Please don't." Harry said.
"Didn't you listen to Umbridge's speech at the beginning of the year feast." McGonagall said.
"No ma'am." Harry said. "But Ginny said it meant the Minster was interfering with Hogwarts."
"Well, at least you listen to Ginevra Weasley as any rate." McGonagall said. She opened the door and motioned for him to leave. "Maybe I should have a talk with Miss. Weasley. Have her watch you. Would you like that, Potter, for me to have your girlfriend to babysit you?" Harry's face turned red, then he shook his head.
"Then keep your temper in check or I will." McGonagall threatened. Harry looked down with a scowl on his face.
"Harry, you must control your temper around Umbridge." Flitwich said. He patted Harry's should. "I would hate to lose my favorite male student."
"I'll try, sir." Harry said.
"Go on to dinner now, Potter." McGonagall said. "And no more getting in trouble today." Harry nodded and left the teacher lounge and made his way to the Great Hall and sat down next to Ginny, he wasn't hungry and didn't feel like eating, Ginny seemed to understand and just sat next to him eating quietly.
After dinner Ginny took Harry's hand and they headed up to the Ravenclaw common room. While Harry and Ginny sat doing their homework, Roger Davis came up and yelled at Harry for getting a detention on friday there for he wouldn't be at Quidditch try outs. Then after their homework was done, Ginny went to patrol the halls with Antony Goldstein and Harry went up to bed where he had another sleepless night."
A.N. Hope the fight between Harry and Umbridge was good. I know it was mostly like the one in the book, but I did put some difference in it.