"AAAAAAAAAGH!"

The by-now-familiar shrieks of Dolores Jane Umbridge once again filled the halls of Hogwarts, setting off a round of giggles and snickers as the students in the Great Hall waited eagerly to see just what prank had been pulled on their 'glorious' Headmistress this time. They didn't have to wait long, either, as the pink-covered abomination raced through the doors, slamming them shut behind her as quickly as she could, before fleeing towards the staff table and cowering behind the throne she usually sat on. Minerva McGonagall, having been both the Marauders' and the Weasley twins' Head of House, took this in stride, leaning over and asking what had happened this time.

"Monsters! In my private chambers, Minerva!"

Minerva could have sworn she heard Filius Flitwick mutter something about catching sight of her own reflection, but when she turned to look at him, the man was the picture of innocence. "I see. And what did these 'monsters' look like, Dolores?"

"Giant multicoloured bears! Made of some kind of hard jelly!" Now that was stretching the limits of even her incredulity. The students no longer bothered to hide their laughter, instead openly howling with it. From her position, she saw both Harry Potter and Ron Weasley doubled up and rolling around on the floor, tears streaming down their faces. She herself was having a hard time keeping a straight face as it was.

The first years were starting to have trouble breathing, and even Hermione Granger had an odd combination of a smirk and a frown on her face. Until the doors to the hall were battered by something. Loud banging sounds came from the door, as though something was trying to batter them down. The students nearest the doors started trying to edge away from them as subtly as possible. Another bang erupted from the doors, several cracks appearing in the doors. The students didn't bother trying to hide their actions; they were openly standing and moving as far from the doors as possible. Dolores cowered in terror every time the doors banged.

Motioning with one hand, Minerva rallied the other teachers, slipping her wand into her hand as she did so. The...things, outside the hall, banged on the door again, and then with an enormous booming sound, the doors exploded inwards. Fortunately, the older students had cast shields over the younger ones, though Minerva was pleased to see some of her younger Gryffindors, the ones she knew for a fact were part of Mr Potter's 'Defense study club', were also casting shields. But it was the creatures standing in the doorway that caught her attention most of all. Apparently Dolores had been right, and there were giant multicoloured bears invading Hogwarts. The big red bear at the front opened it's mouth, and what it said made Minerva want to just throw away all pretenses and laugh along with the students.

"Hi! We're the Care Bears, and you need a BIG hug, Dolores Umbridge!"

The giant bears advanced through the hall, ignoring the students around them as they tried to get to a shrieking Madame Umbridge, who seemed to be trying to dig a tunnel underneath the Great Hall with her bare hands. Spells flew from the teachers wands, blasting the bears apart, only for the original bear to regenerate itself, and more bears to grow out of the parts that were blasted off. Suddenly, they all stopped. The leader, as Minerva though of the red one, turned and looked at Severus Snape.

"You need a hug too, Severus Snape. A REALLY BIG HUG!"

The bears started their advance again, splitting into two groups. One group surrounded the Headmistress and started hugging her, while despite his valiant efforts, Severus Snape was overrun by the second group, and quickly found himself being hugged by giant gummy bears. Filius had given up on even pretending to help out, and was instead recording the entire scene using a memory orb, a new invention that had been brought out by the Weasley twins. The boys were selling them hand over fist, and Minerva would normally have been suspicious that they had something to do with this. If she hadn't had them in detention all day yesterday, that is. Honestly, though? She just didn't care who had pulled this prank - she was just happy she got a good use for her own memory orb that she bought two days previous.


A/N: Don't ask. Really, you don't want to know how I thought this up. All I'll say is, it came to me in a dream, and the plot bunny wouldn't die. Hope you all enjoyed, and please review!