Unknown Origins - HP Roleplay Book

Chapter 27 - The plan

The Herd was all in the Great Hall eating breakfast. Well, Ron was devouring his.

"Ron, you're going to choke, calm down." Erica told him.

"What? I'm hungry." Ron shrugged.

That's when she spotted a small crowd forming outside of the Hall.

"I'm watching." Parker finished her water before she ran out of the Hall.

That's when the Herd walked out and saw McGonagall and Umbridge in an argument.

"Professor, what exactly are you insinuating?" Umbridge questioned as they got to the stairs.

"I'm merely requesting that when it comes to my students, you conform to the prescribed disaplanary practises." McGonagall stopped on the stairs and looked at Umbridge.

"OooOooO. Bitch fight." Parker whispered.

"So silly of me but it sounds as if you're questioning my authority in my own classroom." Umbridge went up a step before finishing,"Minerva."

"Not at all." McGonagall copied Umbridge, going up a step, "Dolores."

Erica crossed her arms, if there was a way to dislike Umbridge more than she did already, this would probably be it.

McGonagall spoke again,"Merely your medieval methods."

"No one disrespects McGonagall." Parker spoke quietly. She was like.. Everyone's second mother at Hogwarts.

Umbridge scoffed, "I'm sorry. But to question my practises is to question the Ministry and by extension, the Minister himself. I'm a tolerant woman but the one thing I will not stand for is disloyalty."

McGonagall stepped down a step, "Disloyalty?"

"Things at Hogwarts are much worse than I feared. Cornelius will want to take immediate action." Dolores announced to the crowd of students that were watching.

Over the next few days, Umbridge was appointed, 'High Inquisitor of Hogwarts.' She made rules that made no sense, harassing students and teachers. She just took control of everything. That's when she took it a step too far. The Herd was following the crowd out to the courtyard, when they seen Professor Trelawney with her trunks and Umbridge walking out to talk to her.

"Sixteen years I've taught here, Hogwarts is my home. You can't do this." Trelawney begged, you could hear the sadness in her voice.

"She's a heartless bitch." Parker scoffed, "Dumbledore better get back soon."

"Actually, I can." Umbridge held up a letter from the Ministry.

McGonagall quickly pushed past the Herd and ran up to Trelawney, hugging her from the side.

"Something you'd like to say dear?" Umbridge asked innocently.

"Oh, there are several things I would like to say." McGonagall answered.

Ron had to hold Erica by the wrists to make sure she didn't do something she'd regret. That's when the doors opened and out walked Dumbledore.

"Professor McGonagall, may I ask you to escort Sybill back inside?" Dumbledore asked her.

To which McGonagall quickly did, after Trelawney thanked Dumbledore.

"Dumbledore, may I remind you that under the terms of educational degree number twenty three, as enacted by the minister-" Umbridge was then cut of by the Headmaster.

"You have the right to dismiss my teachers. You do not however have the authority to banish them from the grounds. That power remains with the Headmaster." Dumbledore reminded her, not impressed with her actions.

Umbridge just innocently smiled, "For now."

Dumbledore walked backwards, "Don't you all have studying to do?"

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The Herd were relaxing in Gryffindor common room as Erica scribbled things down in her notebook.

"The foul evil gargoyle." Hermione sighed while she paced.

"We're not learning how to defend ourselves, we're not learning how to pass our O.W.L.S. . She's taken over the entire school." Parker crossed her arms while they heard the Minister on the radio.

"Why not just make our own class?" Erica suggested, half joking as she scribbled.

"It would be better than going in with her." Parker rolled her eyes.

"Harry!" They heard.. Sirius?

"Sirius?" Ron questioned as he looked at the fire,"Why are you in the fire?"

"Best way not to get caught." Sirius answered, "Now, whats Umbridge doing?"

"She's not letting us do magic at all." Parker told him while they all crowded around the fire.

"She scarred our hands with evil quills." Erica added.

"She's ruined everything." Harry sighed, sitting down next to Ron.

"Of course she has." Sirius sighed, "Fudge doesn't want you trained in combat."

"Combat? Does he think we're forming some wizarding army?" Ron guessed.

"That's exactly what he thinks. That Dumbledore is assembling his own forces to take on the Ministry. He's becoming more paranoid by the minute. The others, wouldn't want me telling you guys this.. But things aren't going too well with the Order. Fudge is blocking the truth at every turn and these disappearances are just how it started before. Voldemort is on the move." Sirius informed them.

"What's Fudge going to do? Pretend we're wrong until Voldy shows up at his door?" Erica questioned.

"If o-" Sirius began before he heard knocking from his side, "I've got to go. But you all know what is right. Don't listen to the others."

He told them before his face disappeared and it was just a regular fireplace now.

"I've been meaning to ask you Harry, has Seamus starting talking to you again?" Erica asked him.

"Not yet." Harry shook his head.

Hermione sighed,"Most of the school is against us. Maybe Erica's right, we should start our own class, a club."

"Well it couldn't just be the five of us." Ron sighed.

"I'm sure we can find some people." Parker nodded.

"We can find a room somewhere and take names." Erica told them,"Like, we could find somewhere at Hogsmeade."

"And Harry, you could be the teacher." Ron suggested.

"Why me?" Harry asked.

"Because we said so, now let's go." Erica then got up and started walking towards the exit.

"We'll have to do it in the morning, everyone's most likely asleep by now." Hermione reminded Erica.

Erica shrugged,"Makes sense, I'll be in the common room."

Erica then left the Gryffindor common room.

"Night guys." Parker waved before she left to her own common room.