So this one hasn't been updated in a while! But I am glad to see that so many of you are enjoying this! I shall be embarrassing Malfoy further more in this story of course ;) I love writing it as it makes me laugh. So now we are onto Umbridge! Never liked her, but I guess no one is supposed to really. She kind of reminds me of my head teacher but in a male version. Lol XD Anyway, cupcakes to all and shoutouts!
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On with the chapter we go then!
As he came into the Grand Hall for lunch, he could see his friends sitting on the Gryffindor table with some books, quills and parchment out as they proceeded to do their homework. Jack saw a spare seat by Harry so he proceeded to sit there and pulled out his homework.
"Nice use of the Puking Pastels mate," Ron said, who was sitting opposite Jack with Star on one side and Hermione on the other. Jack grinned as he wrote the first words on his dream diary.
"Wasn't just me," he said, looking at Star. Ron, Harry and Hermione looked at Star in surprise.
"You were in on it too?" Hermione asked in surprise and Star nodded, not looking up from her homework.
"Yeah. The Weasley twins made a bet that I couldn't pull a prank without getting caught in Snape's lessons. I knew I couldn't do it without the help of an experienced prankster," Star said, now looking up at Jack. "I'm now the best female prankster here who just won ten Galleons," Star said happily.
"Curious question… how can you tell when someone is a prankster or not?" Hermione asked. Star tapped her nose.
"Sorry but that is my secret," Star replied. Hermione was about to ask something else until the hoot of an owl was heard and Jack looked up. He could now see dozens of owls flying in and down from somewhere on the side of the ceiling. The owls were all carrying letters and parcels from families and now Jack understood what the Guardians meant by looking for a black owls with white wings.
A dark brown owl dropped a few things in Ron's hand. A pretty barn owl flew gracefully down with a parcel and a letter tucked in the side and placed it in front of Star before flying off again with the other owls.
Jack looked around for any other owls but he didn't see the owl that he was waiting for. Must have been delayed, he thought with a snicker. He noticed Hermione had a letter dropped by her too but he noticed that Harry didn't. He was about to ask but Harry sensed that he was watching. "Parents are dead and my Uncle, Aunt and cousin don't really give a care," Harry said.
Jack felt a pang at that. He knew what it was like to miss someone. "Sorry," Jack replied and Harry looked at him.
"You have nothing to be sorry for Jack," Harry told him.
"Awesome! My parents sent me a cupcake!" Star said, eagerly biting into it.
"Just a newspaper and some stuff from my brother Charlie," Ron said, tossing the newspaper aside and reading the letters. As Hermione finished reading her letter, she looked back up and noticed something.
"Whose owl is that?" she asked. The friends and a few other people from other tables looked up to see a pretty black and white owl flying down with a large object in its talons.
"I think that would be mine," Jack said, getting his hands ready eagerly. The owl the dropped the parcel right into Jack's open hands and then flew off.
"Is that what I think it is?" Harry asked, watching Jack put it down.
"I reckon so. Ron, help me open it?" Jack asked and Ron eagerly pulled the paper off the top and Jack did the bottom. It revealed a broomstick and the brush was fairly messy but not much. The rest of the broom resembled a wood much like his staff with the same twists going up it and the faint tint of blue. When Jack touched it, he saw it shimmer with frost just like his staff. Now this was awesome! He saw some of the kids from other tables, even the Slytherins, looking at it enviously.
Ron eyed it with jealously, "Wow that's one cool broom! Who sent you that? Your parents?" he asked. Harry was the only one who noticed the note so he picked it up. Jack only noticed him reading it and leant out to snatch it back.
"Who are the Guardians?" he asked curiously and everyone looked at Jack for this answer. Think Jack, think!
"Uh… my Guardians! My legal Guardians," Jack said, tucking the note in his pocket.
"Not your parents?" Star asked and Jack shook his head.
"No, my parents… drowned whilst trying to save me" Jack said, his insides curling up since he only used different people to add to the lie.
"Sorry Jack," Harry said and Jack grinned.
"You have nothing to be sorry for Harry," Jack replied and Harry smirked back.
"Well, well, well, we heard that there was a puking incident in potions," a pair of voices said. Jack turned around to see the red headed twins standing beside him.
"Yeah there was! Now pay up," Star said, holding her hand out. Fred leaned over and dropped the winnings into her hand. She smiled cockily but then leaned over to Jack and put half of her winnings by him.
"Only fair," she said and Jack grinned as he put them in his pocket.
"Naturally," Jack replied, quite pleased that she didn't take all the credit.
"Care for another challenge?" George asked and Star shook her head.
"Thanks but I don't really want to get expelled yet. Let me enjoy some weeks here first," Star said and Jack nodded as much as he hated to.
"Yeah same here," he added and Hermione looked pleased.
"Wow, you seem much more mature," she commented. If only you knew, Jack thought.
Fred and George shrugged, "Sure but you know where we are. It was nice doing business with you two and I know we shall do more," Fred said, before they walked off out of the hall. Jack then finished the first few pages of his dream diary and closed it.
"I should hope so," he said, then remembering his note and as they had a few minutes left, he pulled it out and read it.
Jack,
Hope you like the broom! North designed it so it would look similar to your staff. The Guardians know best! Oh one thing, it doesn't need the wind to fly as you know but if you do summon the wind, it will only make it go faster and if you fall off it (which you probably won't) you can use the wind to get the broom to you but be careful that no one sees it. No magic is allowed in Quidditch. Have fun and have you seen anything yet?
North, Sandy, Tooth and Bunny
As Jack put the note back in his pocket, Ron suggested that he put his new broom in the common room. Jack did so, quite quickly and arrived back in the hall just as the bell rang. The group of friends then all headed to their last class which was Defence Against the Dark Arts with Professor Umbridge.
When they entered the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, they saw Professor Umbridge seated at the desk in her hideous pink outfit with the same cardigan she wore the night before. No one said a word as they entered, not knowing how strict she was going to be or not. The tables were in rows and there were two at each desk. Jack found his feet walking to the desk near the front and sat down. Harry and Ron sat behind him, Star sat on the desk next to Jack with the other New Year Five girl, Delyth sitting by her.
Jack for one, didn't mind sitting on his own for a bit and besides, his friends were around him anyway. "Good afternoon," Umbridge said when everyone was sitting down. A few muttered 'good afternoon' back but Umbridge wasn't having any of that.
"One more time please, louder if you please! Good afternoon class!" Umbridge said again.
"Good afternoon Professor Umbridge!" the class chanted.
"There we go! Now quills out and wands away please" Umbridge said sweetly. Something about her voice made Jack shudder as everyone did as they were told. He was disappointed as he really wanted to learn more spells. Umbridge then pulled out her short wand and tapped it on the blackboard quickly. The words 'Defence Against the Dark Arts: A Return to Basic Principles' appeared on the board instantly.
"Now your teaching in this subject has been rather disrupted. The teachers have been constantly changing and they haven't followed any Ministry approved curriculum, which has unfortunately lowered your standards which we would expect you to see in you OWL year," Umbridge explained. No one said a word and Jack hadn't the faintest idea what she was on about.
"But now, you will be pleased that this problem will be no more. We will be following a structured Ministry approved course of defensive magic this year. Now please copy this down," Umbridge said, tapping the board again so three 'Course Aims' replaced the last piece of writing.
The scratching of quills filled the now silent room and Jack had written his down quite quickly so he put his quill down, and folded his arms quietly. Once everyone was done, Umbridge asked, "Has everyone got a copy of 'Defensive Magical Theory' by Wilbert Slinkhard?"
Everyone replied with a yes and Umbridge then instructed them to read the first chapter and that there would be no talking. As soon as Jack opened the book to the first page and read the first few sentences, he became incredibly bored. What was this? Where were the spells? Looking around, he saw Star looking equally confused as was Delyth. Looking carefully over his shoulder and in between Ron and Harry, he saw Hermione's eyes flicking over the page and her expression was equally as confused to his.
She stuck her hand up to catch Umbridge's attention but she didn't seem to notice. As the minutes passed, more people started to look at Hermione than at the ridiculous chapter. Finally, Umbridge spoke up, "Did you want to ask something about the chapter dear?" she asked.
"Not about the chapter no," said Hermione. "I've got a query about your aims," she added. Professor Umbridge raised her eyebrows.
"And you are?" she asked.
"Hermione Granger," Hermione said.
"Well Miss Granger, the course aims are perfectly clear," Umbridge said, honey practically dripping off her lips.
"Well, I don't think they are. There is nothing there about using defensive spells," Hermione said bluntly. Jack took this in and read the board again and saw that Hermione was right. It said nothing of the sort!
"Using defensive spells? I don't see why you would need to do that," Umbridge said with a little laugh.
Delyth seemed shocked, "So we're not going to use magic?" she spluttered.
"You will raise your hand when you wish to speak Miss -?" Umbridge replied.
"Hopkins," Delyth said in a small voice, shrinking back into her chair. Star looked at her and raised a finger to her lips and Delyth nodded quickly. Hermione still had her hand in the air so Umbridge looked at her again.
"Yes Miss Granger?" she asked again.
"Well, surely the point of this class is to practice defensive spells?" Hermione pointed out.
"Are you a Ministry trained expert Miss Granger?" Umbridge asked, her voice growing a bit irritated.
"No but…" Hermione started but Umbridge raised a hand to silence her.
"Well, it isn't you to decide what should be taught in my class. You will be learning about spells in a risk-free way…" Umbridge began but someone else interrupted her.
"What use is that?" Harry said loudly.
"Hand Mr Potter!" Umbridge sang. Harry out his hand in the air but Umbridge ignored him completely. This was getting ridiculous, Jack thought. Star raised her hand this time.
"And your name is?" Umbridge said to Star.
"Star Phoniex," Star said, not as politely as she could have been. "I see Harry's point, there is no use learning this when we could learn defensive magic if we're attacked" Star pointed out and Jack saw lots of kids nodding their heads at this statement.
Umbridge folded her arms, "And who, my dear, would ever think to attack you in this school?" she asked. Now Star looked over her shoulder and was about to say Malfoy but Harry beat her to it.
"Oh I don't know…." he said sarcastically. "Maybe Lord Voldemort?"
The whole class went dead silent and Delyth looked as if she was going to faint. Jack could even feel people tense up in the room at the very name! The Dark Lord, Jack thought. That is what he is called. Umbridge didn't even flinch but her expression went grim.
"Now, I know you have all been told that a certain Dark Wizard is at large once again. This is a lie," she said and Harry almost jumped out of his seat.
"It's not a lie!" he snapped.
"Detention Mr Potter, my office at six o'clock!" Umbridge screeched.
"So according to you, Cedric Diggory dropped dead of his own accord?" Harry added angrily. Everyone in the class held their breath at this line.
"Enough with your lying Mr Potter!" Umbridge screeched again, a bit louder and Jack tried not to snigger as Star and Ron covered their ears.
Jack remembered what Madam Malkin had said in the shop and he almost stopped breathing too. But this wasn't right.
"Why would Harry lie?" he asked, not looking up. He felt Umbridge's eyes fall upon him along with thirty others.
"You are?" Umbridge asked calmly.
"Frost. Jack Frost," Jack said.
"Well Jack, I recall that you are new this year so you have no clue of what occurred last year so you have no authority to speak about it," Umbridge said.
"I have the authority to defend my friend," Jack snapped back and everyone gasped. "Harry would not lie about someone's death just to make the news headlines. That's just sick. How would you know it is lie? You weren't there when Harry saw him so YOU don't have the authority to accuse people of lying if YOU don't know the truth yourself."
Umbridge's lips puckered up and everyone was literally gripping the sides of their desks for her response. No one had ever spoken to a teacher like that. Umbridge looked down at him and pretended to smile. "If you want to join Mr Potter in detention tonight, you are more than welcome. Speak out of term like that again; I will talk to Dumbledore about exclusion. Am I clear?" Umbridge told him although it sounded more like a threat.
Jack had had more than enough of this old toad right now and he was about to snap back but out of the corner of his eye, Jack saw Star shaking her head as if to say, 'Don't do it Jack.'
Jack gritted his teeth, "Yes Professor Umbridge," he replied and she straightened back up.
"Good. Now we have that sorted; everyone back to reading the chapter until the end of the lesson," Umbridge instructed. Everyone obeyed her but Jack didn't. As she sat down on her chair by her desk, not noticing that she was being watched by a three hundred year old immortal and not noticing that he was trying to restrain himself from sticking an icicle right up through her chair. He didn't restrain from his bad habit of frosting windows but someone did notice it. She was the only one who did notice and it wasn't the teacher who noticed.
Jack didn't even keep eyes open for anything suspicious as he missed the dark shadow, watching the class from the corner along with a hooded figure, who was eyeing Jack with a sinister look in their eyes.
DOUBLE DUN DUN DUNNNNN! Damn, I would gob off to Umbridge like that and if she gave me detention and all sweet with me, I would get up and toss myself aside and go, 'Bring it on sister! I'm the Guardian of Cupcakes and you don't want to mess with all this!' and I would give her the hippie sign backwards. Take that!
Ahem… sorry about that but that's what I would do. School starts back for me in two weeks so I will be writing more than updating. The more I write, then the quicker the updates will be on the school weekends, maybe two in one day as I don't do that often. Well anytime really.
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~Star