UMBITCH IS A BITCH, BUT WE KNEW THAT
The following day was the first day of classes and with it the first DADA class.
Harry walked in the classroom looking slightly dazed.
If asked, Hermione would deny drugging him of course.
It was a very tedious hour, but no one spoke up against Professor Umbridge, despite all absurd claims about not practicing magic to pass their exams. No one argued and no conflict arose.
It was only in Arithmancy that Harry came back to his senses.
“Hermione” he said in a low and dangerous voice
Draco, his desk mate, almost jumped out of his skin
“Yes Harry?” Hermione asked in a light tone, knowing that the calming potion had burned out of his system
“Did you drug me?” he asked enraged
“Were you going to shut up with the pink plague?” Harry was about to answer negatively but Hermione interrupted
“No you weren’t, shut up I’m trying to listen”
Harry didn’t talk to Hermione for a whole day after that. except for arguing, that is.
A fact which didn’t go unnoticed by the group at the library when they gathered together.
No one asked anything, as everyone was too relieved by the fact that everyone else had decided to join the gigant library study group.
The chatting in the group was interrupted by none other than the Weasley Twins
“My oh my” said George
“Well said brother dearest” said Fred
“Who knew you had it in you
To defy all the unwritten rules
of the school!
We’re so proud of you!
I remember
oh yes we remember
when you were just
little
ickle
first years!” they said in twinspeak
Harry didn’t even address what they were saying
“Please tell me you have what we commissioned” he asked sounding annoyed
“Commissioned?” asked George in surprise
“I’m not going to ask for your craftsmanship without paying” Harry answered as if it was obvious, and Ron looked like he had reached a realization: Harry had payed for the WWW in their first life: the little shit
“oH! you mean the tracker!” said Hermione excited
“No” Harry said, looking at her angrily “You’re not getting any, because friends don’t drug each other” he said
Hermione in all answer said “Glitter, you asshole” and Harry snapped at her
“I was right and you know it”
“Ignore my two dumb friends, what did you want?” asked Ron
“Well we’re done with the thing you asked” Fred said, side eyeing the other two who were still arguing
Ron sighed and then yelled
“Hoy!” , Harry and Hermione turned towards him “Stop arguing like an old married couple, George and Fred are done. We need to think of a way to plant it” said Ron
“With a cat obviously” said Hermione at the same time Harry was complaining “An old married couple? To my face, Ronald? You two are literally....” he stopped himself before he could say exes.
“How does it work” asked Hermione quickly, covering up Harry’s slip up
“Well…
You just plant it
on someone
and it’ll roam on them
so they won’t find it
Not even washing it away
and you’ll always know
Where
they are
Because your wands will vibrate”
Harry smiled shark-like. So did Ron
“How do we ensure the wands will warn us?” Hermione asked
“You need to touch the device, or another wand that touched it” said Fred, still very confused.
“Oh thank you guys” Hermione said
“What’s the device?” asked Harry
The twins looked at each other
“I don’t know what you have
against glitter
But it’s
…” the twins hesitated, but then settled on “sparkling dust” they said.
Harry laughed out loud, and Hermione huffed
“I can’t believe you guys are still going on about this” Ron sighed instead
“About what?” asked Draco exasperated
“There was this one time…” started Harry, but Hermione shushed him
“You said you wouldn’t tell this to anyone!”
Ron snickered
“And you said you wouldn’t give me potions without my consent. Again”
“Oh come on…” started Hermione
“If you two don’t stop it I’ll throw you both in the chamber of secrets and lock the exits with superglue!” snapped Ron. His friends wisely stopped.
The rest of the table thought it an empty threat, but seeing how the other two thirds of the golden trio shut up, they realized it wasn’t.
“Now” said Ron
“Connect to the thing...what do you call it?”
“Tracking Dust” said George
Ron scrunched his nose “You might want to look for another name for it. Anyway, connect to the Tracking Dust, so will I and then we have to put it on the Toad”
Even as he was still talking Ron picked up a piece of parchment and started to scribble down every plan he could think of, his glasses slowly sliding off of his face
The twins, in confusion, connected to the tracking dust, but Harry and Hermione had started arguing again
“All I’m saying is that you can’t just poison me without telling me!”
Theo had apparently found his voice in all his stupor
“Poison? If she told you she was going to you’d be happy with it?”
Both Harry and Hermione turned to him and said “Yes” no hesitation, no pause. Then they started arguing again.
“Well...okay then” said Theo stunned.
“But why are we tracking professor Umbridge?” asked Neville, knowing that he wouldn’t like the answer
Hermione scoffed “You know how two out of three DADA teachers have tried to kill this idiot?” she asked sarcastically
“Say what now?” asked Sally with wide eyes
“Oh we didn’t tell you guys what happened didn’t we?” mused Harry
“Which is the reason I’m trying to get you to calm down! You can’t just have her as the enemy from day one!”
“I see nothing wrong with it” said harry with pride
“I have one thing to say to that and it’s CENTAURS!”
Hannah leaned towards Millicent at her right and whispered “Am I the only one who gets more and more worried about the three of them?” Millie just nodded her agreement.
“If you two are done I think I know how to plant the tracker” Ron said, and Harry and Hermione quietened. The respect that the two gave to Ron still baffled Draco sometimes, but he was starting to get used to it.
“What’s your plan?” asked Hermione
Ron took a theatrical breath “As someone I know used to say, all our plans fail” he said and Harry groaned because both Hermione and Ron said in chorus “Make the plan, Execute the plan, Expect the plan to go off the rails...Throw away the plan”
“Tell me I’m wrong tho” Harry pointed out.
Neville snickered, being almost the only one who knew half of what they were talking about
“Well I say that we can have Hermione ask her a question after class and Harry can use the Cloak to just...sprinkle the tracking dust on her” Ron said shrugging
No one talked
“Well that’s a good plan if I ever heard one” commented Harry
“Yeah! sure! Like if you just wear a cloak she won’t see you, do you realize this is probably illegal right?” finally snapped Lisa
The golden trio looked at each other “That’s a long story” said Harry
“And it’s not illegal if there isn’t a rule against it” shrugged Hermione
“Our type of girl” cheered Fred. Hermione stuck her tongue out at them.
“I still don’t understand why!” asked Lisa now exasperated
“I’ve heard of Umbridge and she’s one hell of a bitch, trust me. It’s better to go prepared I think” said Harry
“You’re absurd!”Lisa said standing up and leaving,. she was annoyed at how she couldn’t understand anything they were talking about
“She’ll come around in a week” said Terry “I honestly want to see where this ends up” he said. A sentiment shared between all the people at the table