Fred Weasley x Reader (slow and Steady)

Ch 44: Caught

f/a: Favorite Animal

It wasn't too long after that our secret lessons with Harry had picked up again, we hadn't taken them as often as we started out of concern of Mr. Filch constantly follows us around. Normally, the twins and I would meet them later on, place out traps for him to steer him away from our group. Today had not been like that. With the knowledge I had gained from Umbridge that her suspicions were growing more immense, I needed to let the trio know as soon as I could, preferably before we got to the room of requirement. I had searched for him for a long while during my free times, in hopes I could at the very least find him walking in between classes and tell him I'd need to talk to him afterwards; but the vast amount of halls in this castle made it incredibly hard to find someone. It didn't help either that I had no idea what his schedule had been for this year. Honestly, I didn't think I'd be needing it until today.

Slumping against one of the school halls, I let out a defeated sigh. It seems that I'd end up having to wait until I saw him in the room. Which hadn't been my preference. I felt it needed to be told to him a lot sooner rather than later. On my journey around the school, whispers among the slytherin students had been going around as well, which made my desire to tell him sooner all the bigger. Especially if the rumors had been true.

"Any luck?" Fred's voice cut through the silence as he leaned against the hall next to me.

"None, it doesn't help I don't know his schedule either." I huffed.

"Well, maybe George will have some luck," Fred offered.

"You two split up?" I asked.

He nodded, "We thought it'd be a lot fast if we both split up to cover more ground"

"And you both are lucky that it did work" George's voice chimed in not long after.

The two of us turned our heads in the direction of his voice, raising our eyebrows in surprise. Tailing not far behind him first had been Harry, then Ron and Hermione followed quickly afterwards; their eyes filled with concern as they walked towards us.

"George said you have something important to tell us, what's going on?" Harry asked.

Looking around the halls to ensure no prying eyes had been around, I looked back at him and spoke in a serious tone. "Recently I had detention with Umbridge, but I learned something that is vital for you three to know"

"You got detention?" Hermione asked, her eyebrows narrowed.

"Yes, but that's a story for another time" I waved dismissively at her.

"What did you find?" Harry asked.

"While I was in detention, she had asked if I had any information about a secret group that believes is out to get her" I started, their eyes widening in fear, rolling my eyes I continued "Don't give me those looks, I didn't give her any information. Although she's growing heavily suspicious, she thinks there's a large group that's trying to usurp her. She's growing antsy. Even to the point that she attempted to bribe me a free ride to getting my career"

"That's horrible, can she honestly do that?" Hermione asked.

I shrugged, "Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised she'd be able to pull some strings. She's told me that there have been countless other people that have done it simply to gain power. I wanted to warn you though, it's not going to be the normal chase anymore, she's heightened the levels."

"What do you mean?" Asked Ron, narrowing his eyes in confusion.

"While I was looking for you three, I heard some whispers from some Slytherin students. Umbridge has grown so paranoid, she has created a 'task force' of sorts to help her out and catch them or anyone who disobeys her rules."