Krestena: Book Five

New Educational Decree

Krestena's POV

"Hermione!" I whine as she wakes me up Monday morning. It's the second day since the Hog's Head meeting. And I was up late doing last minute homework.

"We have to go to breakfast, get dressed. We're late meeting the boys" she tells me. I groan, but do as she told me. I change into my school uniform and brush my hair & teeth. I put Nari's collar on and we leave our room heading for the stairs to see they have been turned into a slide.

"Some boy tried to get into our dorms" I say with a giggle. "Race you down there" I say slide down. Nari yips happily and follows me. I whoop as I land on the rug smiling giddily. "Now why can't I do that every morning?" I ask as I stand up picking up my bag.

"Krestena and Hermione are allowed in our dormitory, how come we're not allowed..." Ron grumbles as Hermione lands beside me. I see him talking to Harry.

"Well, it's an old-fashioned rule" I tell them.

"But it says in Hogwarts: A History, that the founders thought boys were less trustworthy than girls. Anyway, why were you trying to get in there?" Hermione asks them.

"To see you both, look at this" Ron says dragging us over to the notice board. A new Educational Decree has been made. The notice reads:

BY ORDER OF THE HIGH INQUISITOR OF HOGWARTS

All student organisations, societies, teams, groups and clubs are henceforth disbanded.

An organisation, society, team, group or club is hereby defined

as a regular meeting of three or more students.

Permission to re-form may be sought from the High Inquisitor

(Professor Umbridge).

No student organisation, society, team, group or club may exist

without the knowledge and approval of the High Inquisitor.

Any student found to have formed, or to belong to, an organisation,

society, team, group or club that has not been approved by the High Inquisitor will be expelled.

The above is in accordance with Educational Decree Number Twenty-four.

Signed: Dolores Jane Umbridge, High Inquisitor

"But  how did she find out?" I ask confused.

"Someone must have blabbed to her" Ron says angrily.

"They can't have done" Hermione states.

"It's true, I put a jinx on that piece of parchment we all signed" I tell them. "Believe me, if anyone's run off and told Umbridge, we'll know exactly who they are and they will really regret it" I sneer.

"What'll happen to them?" Ron asks me.

"Well, put it this way. It'll make Eloise Midgeon's acne look like a couple of cute freckles" I tell them smirking.

"Come on, let's get down to breakfast and see what the others think" Hermione suggests. We agree. "I wonder whether this has been put up in all the houses?" she muses out loud.

"Most likely" I tell her. We leave the common room and head down the staircases. Heading for the great hall.

It was immediately apparent on entering the Great Hall that Umbridge's sign had not only appeared in Gryffindor Tower. There was a peculiar intensity about the chatter and an extra measure of movement in the Hall as people scurried up and down their tables conferring on what they had read. We had barely taken our seats when Neville, Dean, Fred, George and Ginny descended upon us.

"Did you see it?'" the twins ask.

"D'you reckon she knows?" Ginny asks.

"What are we going to do?" Neville and Dean ask together. They were all looking at Harry. He glanced around to make sure there were no teachers near us.

"We're going to do it anyway, of course" he tells them quietly.

"Knew you'd say that" George says with a bright smile.

"The prefects as well?" Fred asks eying Ron and Hermione.

"Of course" Hermione says cooly.

"Here come Ernie and Hannah Abbott" Ron tells us. "And those Ravenclaw blokes and Smith ... and no one looks very spotty" he adds.

"Never mind spots, the idiots can't come over here now, it'll look really suspicious--sit down" Hermione mouths at them. "Later! We'll--talk--to--you--later" she says.

"I'll tell Michael, the fool honestly" Ginny says and goes over to the Ravenclaws.

"I got the Hufflepuffs" I mutter and walk over to Ernie and Hannah. "Hey guys long time no see, Ernie have you done the essay for Herebology yet?" I ask. As we sit at their table.

"Yeah, what will we be allowed to continue the Gob Stones club?" he asks me.

"Of course we will, tell the others we're still on" I tell him.

"Of course we will" he says.

"Want to stay for breakfast?" Hannah asks me.

"Why not? It's been awhile since I hanged out with you all" I state. We're soon joined by the remaining members of Cedric's old quidditch team. We all catch up as we enjoy breakfast. I returned to the others and we head for History of Magic. When Angelina appears calling mine, Ron and Harry's names.

"You realise she's including Quidditch in this?" she asks us once we she reached us. "We have to go and ask permission to re-form the Gryffindor team" she states.

"What?" Harry and I demand.

"No way" Ron says.

"You read the sign, it mentions teams too! So listen Krestena, Harry ... I am saying this for the last time ... Please, please don't lose your tempers with Umbridge again or she might not let us play any more" Angelina tells us.

"Ok, don't worry, I'll behave myself" Harry assures her.

"I'll do my best Angelina" I add. She gives us a grateful smile before running off to her first class.

"Bet Umbridge is in History of Magic" Ron tells us as we continue on our way to class. "She hasn't inspected Binns yet ... bet you anything she's there" he states.

"Ok, your sweet stash. I bet she won't be there. If I'm right I get your whole stash, if I'm wrong. You can use my broom for the first match of the year" I state.

"You're on" he says smiling. When we arrive I smile in victory. The only teacher present when they entered was Professor Binns. Floating an inch or so above his chair as usual and preparing to continue his monotonous drone on giant wars.

"I'll expect those sweets after lessons" I tell Ron smugly. Hermione and I take our usual seats. We start to take notes on the Giant Wars.

A/N

Picture above of the new educational decree.