The next morning, Bloom is still glowing orange and unconscious, but nobody can stay with her because they have to take their OWL's - which suddenly seem like the most unimportant thing in the world to Bloom's friends.
If they pass them, they'll be able to take NEWT level classes - if not, they might not find a job in the wizarding world.
Harry just wants Bloom to wake up, laugh at a joke of Ron's, make a fireball in the palm of her hand, anything.
Maybe a minute before the test starts, with Dolores Umbridge presiding over the test, Draco leans over and asks "Where's you little girlfriend Potter? Hope she didn't get into trouble."
The blonde boy looks shocked at the rage in Harry's eyes, but suddenly they hear a voice clear its throat and ask "Has the test started yet? I wouldn't want to miss the all-important OWL's after all."
Everyone turns to stare at Bloom, standing in the doorway and looking like nothing happened to her whatsoever.
The looks on Umbridge's and her Inquisition Squad's faces are priceless, and she fake-innocently says "What? You all look like you've seen a ghost."
Half the classroom suddenly surges up and crushes her in a massive group hug; Harry, Ron, and Hermione being the first to get to her.
Neville, Seamus, Dean, and the rest of their trainees aren't far behind - and then everyone else who got worried and scared when Umbridge announced Bloom wouldn't be joining them for the tests, Bloom's got a reputation as being the strongest witch in the school for a reason after all.
Umbridge yells "Order! I will have order!"
Bloom smiles, as the crowd parts, and asks "Oh, professor? I was wondering if you could explain something to me. I found this piece of wood in my hair this morning. Now, I must be going crazy, because I could swear it looks exactly like a piece of your wand!"
The room goes dead silent, as she holds up a thin piece of birchwood with a piece of what looks like gross string hanging from it.
"Oh, and this small gem as well."
She fishes a pink gem out of the same pocket, and it's instantly recognizable as the gem from Umbridge's wand.
"What are you implying, young lady?" Even though Umbridge tries to look angry and menacing, they can all hear the shock and fear in her voice.
"Oh, nothing at all professor. Just asking a simple question. Oh, I assume that's the test form for me?"
She points her wand at the booklet on Umbridge's desk, and it comes zooming over to her.
Umbridge is clearly trying to gather her wits, as is her Inquisition squad.
"No magic is allowed in my classroom…"
Bloom puts on a mask of shock, and says "Really? Because you used magic all the time to write stuff on the board, distribute books, make your special quills - I'd say there's a lot of magic going on in your class."
She points her wand at the empty chair next to Harry's, and sits down in with the open booklet.
Umbridge looks shocked, her Inquisition Squad is speechless, and the rest of the class is grinning madly as they sit down.
Bloom is in open defiance of Umbridge now, and Harry's sure she's read up on Legillemancy - because she repeatedly locks eyes with Umbridge and starts smirking at the woman, though that could also be from the fact that Umbridge clearly has nothing she can do to Bloom that would break her.
They all hear something at the door, and Umbridge goes to investigate.
When she does, a small spark comes in the room - and explodes into a bright blue firecracker.
Fred and George come zooming in on their brooms, laughing hysterically and using their wands to turn all the tests into a massive mess.
Bloom takes the distraction to burn all her answers into the pages, then turn the soot into ink.
Everyone's enjoying the firecrackers, and nobody's writing their exams - and Umbridge is powerless to do anything about it.
She ducks and swats a few sparks that float near her, and everybody is amazed that the colors are changing.
They start turning every color possible, and some float near every member of the Inquisition Squad.
Crabbe and Goyle try to swat at them, and end up burning their hands.
Draco backs away from one, as it closes in on him.
He hits a cupboard and dodges just in time for the spark to hit the furniture and make an image of his terrified face.
The Weasley twins throw something in the air, and it explodes and makes a giant dragon out of fire.
Bloom grins, and takes control of the dragon.
It closes its jaws over Umbridge, who is running away in fear - then it lifts her up and hits her giant wall of Educational Decrees, bringing them crashing down and burning them to ashes.
Fred and George can guess who helped them with their performance, and Bloom gives them a wink and a thumbs-up.
They zoom out of the hall and into the open air, and everyone but Umbridge and her squad follows in joy.
The Weasley twins keep bursting fireworks in the air, and Bloom whispers to Ron "Looks like their pranks finally paid off - this is absolutely brilliant!"
Everyone is cheering, so nobody pays attention when Harry pulls Bloom to him and whispers "You said you'd be careful, Bloom."
"I know, and I was. But they ambushed me when I was heading back from the library. Good thing I didn't check out a book."
Harry holds her tighter, and says "Don't ever scare me like that again Bloom. She used the…"
"I know, Harry, believe me I know. But she didn't break me, and she never will. Besides, there's something more important we need to do."
Harry looks at her, and asks "What?"
"I didn't come to take that stupid test, Harry. Not just, at any rate. While I was out of it, I got a vision. Voldemort looking for something. Remember the marbled room with the black door?"
"Yeah…"
"Well, whatever he's looking for is in there. It's a crystal orb, but I don't know what that would mean."
Hermione whispers "Sounds like it's in the Department of Mysteries. And if it's an orb…he's after a prophecy?"
The Weasley's finish their performance, ending it with a massive 'W' in the air.
Everyone, including Flitwick after making sure Umbridge wasn't around, cheers in delight.
Most of the crowd doesn't see Bloom and Harry making their way through, but Hermione and Ron notice immediately - and it doesn't take long for the rest of the group who've started jokingly calling themselves Dumbeldore's Army to figure out what's going on.
As Bloom and Harry get out of the Gryffindor Common room, with anything and everything they might need to sneak inside the Ministry of Magic, they find the entire group of people waiting for them.
Bloom and Harry stare at the massive group, headed by none other than Ron and Hermione, and Bloom shakes her head and says "No. Absolutely not."
Hermione protests "You don't even know what we're going to say!"
"Yes, I do, Hermione. You're all going to say you want to help."
Ron mutters "Ok, she does know what we're going to say."
"Training you to fight for your lives if you're attacked is one thing - we're not going to drag you into a fight and get you killed!"
Neville asks "All of this, what we've been doing. Was it all ever real? Or was it all just a bunch of words to you?"
Bloom and Harry stop, and Harry says "It's not like that. We appreciate all you've done for us, with us, but…"
Bloom finishes "But we'd never forgive ourselves if something happened to you because we dragged you into this fight. Seamus, your mother is just now believing Snake-Face is back. Luna, your father would have nobody left. Neville, your grandmother would be left on her own. Do you honestly think we want any of that to happen?"
After a moment, Ron says "Alright, enough with the guilt-tripping Bloom. You've made your point. Now here's ours: you don't have to do this stuff all on your own."
Hermione adds "You may be the strongest, stubbornest, strongest-willed person here, but all of us combined can just about match that. We're not giving in, now tell us when we leave."
Bloom smacks her palm to her face, and says "Fine, just don't die. None of you, got it?"
She glares at all of them, and they nod immediately.
"Good, we leave now. Hold still."
She rattles off a teleportation spell, and they end up at the edge of the dark forest.
Luna says "We can ride the Thestrals!"
Bloom smiles and says "That's the plan now. By the way people, Thestrals are what pull the carriages. You can only see them if you've experienced death though."
Neville asks "So, why can you see them?"
Bloom says nothing for a moment, then says "When my shield saved Cedric from the Killing curse, it sort of grazed me. Weakened me just long enough to get me trapped - so yes, now I can see Thestrals."
Everyone is staring at her, wondering how she's alive.
Luna and Bloom help people onto the horse-like creatures, and then she transforms and they take off flying.
They get to the Department of Mysteries, all but Ron, Harry, and Hermione still gawking at her in her Charmix outfit.
They saw it before, but it's still a shock for all of them.
As they dismount, Ron says "The shock wears off after a while guys."
They all make their way to the Department of Mysteries, and a secret panel opens in the wall.
Inside, is a bunch of crystal orbs - exactly like the one she saw.
Neville finds one with Harry's name on it, and his scar starts glowing slightly as it sings out "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. The Dark Lord shall mark him as his equal…but he shall have a power the Dark Lord knows not. For neither of the male can live while the other survives."
Harry picks up the orb, as everyone shares an uneasy glance.
Suddenly, Hermione calls "Harry, Bloom…"
The two make their way to the front, and find a Death-Eater waiting for them.
AN: See? Told you to read this chapter before freaking out on me - Bloom bounces back from almost anything. As for what's happening next, that's in the next chapter - and it's going to be massively exciting! Read to find out how Bloom beats this Death-Eater hard!