Chapter 103

785 30 6
                                    

"Bella I can't stay here anymore."

Belle dropped her quill and titled her heard towards Fred. "I'm not forcing you to stay in the library with me. You can go." She replied, reading over her recently made flash cards.

"No, not just the library. I mean, Hogwarts. Umbridge is sucking the life and soul out of me like a dementor and I can't hack it anymore. My intelligence relies outside of the education system now and so does George's. We've decided that we're leaving early. Nothing will stop us."

Belle frowned, "when?"

"Tomorrow."

"But that's the day before our N.E.W.Ts start!"

"Baby, please, you should know I couldn't care a flying broomstick about exams anymore! In fact, I never did. And before you ask, no, you're not coming with us. I love you but you're to stay here and finish the exams." Fred took her hands and kissed her knuckles. He didn't like to see her sad, which she undoubtedly was, but there was something else in her eyes shining through her bright blue iris'. "What is it? You want to say something. I know you do."

"I don't want to leave anyway. I wouldn't have asked to come with. This is yours and George's thing, not mine. Fred, if you want to leave, then leave. I won't stop you." Belle took her hands from his and returned to her work without another word.

Fred leaned back puzzled at his girlfriend's reaction. He expected an uproar or a tidal wave of tears but he wouldn't have expected her to brush it off like dust on her shoulder. "Are you sure you're okay with this?"

"Of course, Freddie, you do whatever you need to in order to be happy." She leaned over the desk and pressed a small kiss to his lips and pulled away only to linger just for a moment but Fred pulled her back.

"As long as you're okay with it, Bella."

"I'm am."

The next day, Fred and George left. They certainly went out with a bang! They left a mud swamp for Filch to try and clear and Umbridge was chased by a fire dragon. It was wicked and Belle couldn't have been prouder. Belle focussed on her exams and Lee made sure she was relaxing equally as much as she was working. However, Umbridge was not giving her a break.

"How dare you let your wretched boyfriend and his twin leave!"

"I have no control over what they do!"

"I highly doubt that you filthy mixed breed!" Malfoy laughed, being the head of the inquisitorial squad, he was always by Umbridge's side when Belle was in trouble. 

"Mixed breed?" Lee scoffed, "how dare you!"

"Yes well, he dog of a father and her weird mother-"

"Don't talk about my parents like that!" Belle roared and Umbridge stumbled back by the girl's sudden outburst of anger.

"What is going on here?" Demanded McGonagall who rounded the corner.

"Miss Florence-"

"Was defending herself after these two called her a filthy mixed breed." Lee cut off Umbridge.

"Thank you, Mister Jordan, take Miss Florence and be in your way."

Lee and Bill left Umbridge just as Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna rounded the corner. "What's up with you guys?" Asked Belle looking at Harry who seemed positively distressed.

"Harry's just seen you-know-who having Padfoot captured like they did for our dad. Where is Umbridge we need to use her office-" said Ginny.

"She's with McGonagall at the moment." Said Lee.

"Right, I'll try to distract her, you get to the office," said Belle, "she hates me so it's shouldn't be that hard."

"I'll come with you," said Neville and Luna joined them and so did Lee. The other four hurried off to Umbridge's office in hopes of using the flop system to get to Sirius or alert someone about Harry's vision.

It all seemed to go swiftly until Umbridge caught them and the inquisitorial squad dragged Belle, Lee, Luna and Neville into the room. Umbridge wickedly threatens to use the cruciatus curse on Harry in order to get information out of him.

"That's totally barbaric!" Exclaimed Hermione, "Harry just tell her! Tell her or I will!"

"Tell me what?" Snapped Umbridge, "Well?"

"Where Dumbledore's secret weapon is." Said Hermione. "Or better still, I'll show her."

Umbridge dragged Hermione and Harry with her and left everyone in the hands of the inquisitorial squad. Malfoy has hold of all of their wands so that nobody could try make a break for it, or so he thought.

"I'm hungry," complained Ron, towards Ginny who had some of the twins' joke sweets hanging out of her pocket. His sister glanced down to where he was looking and pulled them from her pocket holding them out.

"I only have these," she said holding three sweets.

Belle nodded, "I have some too," she dug some puking pastels from her jumper pocket. Lee did the same and before Ron could go to take them, Draco and his goons snatched them and gobbled them up.

Immediately they started throwing up, growing tonne tongues and one even was a peacock, another a canary. Neville snatched their wands from a vomiting Draco and the group ran from the room. They hurried out of the castle as fast as the could and headed for the bridge where Ron would lead them into the forest but they met Harry and Hermione halfway.

"I need to get to London." Said Harry.

"We're coming with you." Hermione stated looking between everyone who nodded.

"Look guys I appreciate the help but-"

"Being part of Dumbledore's army was about doing something to help. We're coming end of." Said Neville.

"I'll stay here and get word to Minnie, right Belle?" Lee told them.

"No, I'm going with. I'm not leaving these alone, especially Ginny and Ron. Fred'll never forgive me if I let them get hurt."

"Fine. Be safe, petal." Lee hugged his best friend.

"I will." Belle nodded and watched as he directed himself back to the castle to hunt for his head of house.

"Still one problem," Ron said, "how do we get to London?"

"We fly of course."

Blue Belle {Fred Weasley}Where stories live. Discover now