The Slytherin princess

Chapter 58 // Prophecy Dangers

Hermione's POV

I didn't care for what potter had seen only that he and his friends were now running up the stairs to Umbridge's office, and of course Astoria just had to tip her off

She tumbled away on her podgy little legs, her silly inquisitorial squad, plus me, following after her

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Everyone was gathered in her office, smug as ever as we held Potter's friends captive with our wands to their throats

"you were going to Dumbledore weren't you?" he was going to Sirius actually

"no"

"liar!" Umbridge slapped him across the face, making everyone in the room jump.

"you sent for me headmistress?" Snape's voice drawled from the doorway

"snape! Yes, the time has come for answers, whether he wants to give them to me or not. have you brought the veritaserum?" Parkinson tried breaking free from me, I kicked her sharply in the leg

"stop it, Parkinson! I know what your doing so stop struggling so you can get out of here" I muttered to her as she winced in pain, I didn't kick her that hard... maybe I did

"I'm afraid you've used up all, our stores interrogating students. The last of it on Miss Chang... unless you wish to poison him- and I assure you I would have the greatest of sympathy if you did- I cannot help you" Snape turned to leave

"H- He's got Padfoot, he... he's got Padfoot in the place where it's hidden" Sirius is wherever the hell 'its hidden' means

"Padfoot? What is Padfoot? Where what is hidden? What is he talking about Snape?" as he turned around, I swear I could see the most fleeting expression of recognition written on his face

"no idea"

liar

"very well... you give me no choice Potter. As this is an issue of Ministry security, you leave me with... no alternative" please- please don't say it "the cruciatus curse ought to loosen your tongue"

"that's illegal" Parkinson blurted out before I could stop her

"What Cornelius doesn't know won't hurt him" she turned down a picture of him on her desk- why does she have a picture of him on her desk? That's just weird.

It did look incredibly hard to do the curse, but she is still gonna do it

"tell her Harry!" I sighed internally; this girl has no idea when to shut up does she?

"Tell me what?"

"well if you won't tell her where it is... I will"

"where what is?"

"Dumbledore's secret weapon" ah, Parkinson's bluffing, Dumbledore has no secret weapon

"show me!" Umbridge dragged Potter and Parkinson out of the room

"what do we do with them now?" Crabbe grunted

"um... I don't know" I never really had a plan on getting them out of here and I cant really just let them can I? Longbottom seemed to have a plan as he was reaching into his pocket for something

"what are you trying to get Longbottom?" Goyle reached into his pocket, finding something and pulling them out, sweets, not just any sweets, Puking Pastilles "ah, here"

he passed everyone a sweet, I gave Draco a look that I hoped clearly read 'don't-eat-that' he understood and took a sweet but didn't eat it. As soon as the guys around me ate the sweets they let the hostages go and started throwing up non-stop