Given Natalia's recent outburst, she wasn't inclined to sit with Draco in class. Luckily, she still had friends in literally every other house - apart from maybe Gryffindor. She had acquaintances there. Lily Moon smiled at her, offering the seat next to her, which Nat took gratefully.
"I heard what happened, Friday." She whispered, smiling a little at the bird one of the Patil twins had charmed to fly around the classroom.
Natalia clenched her jaw.
"I just wanted to say, to make it less awkward between you two, you're welcome to sit with me in class, and even in the common room. I know I'm no replacement, but-"
"No, that's... Thank you." Natalia gave her a smile, a genuine one at that, and turned to watch the bird flying around the room, only for Umbridge to set it alight, letting it burn out on their desk.
Natalia raised an eyebrow, tuning out most of what she was rattling on about, becoming a little more interested when Harry Potter started yelling at her about Voldemort.
The class watched it, heads going back and forth as though they were watching a tennis match, until-
"Detention! Mr Potter, my office."
Natalia rolled her eyes, looking down at the book. "Is-" She turned the book or in her hands. "Is this - this is for beginners."
Umbridge looked at her with a strained smile. "Were you not listening dear?" Her tone was too light, too sweet, dripping with poison.
Natalia smirked, "no. Sounded like a whole load of waffle to me."
Umbridge's face contorted. "Ten points from Slytherin."
Natalia rolled her eyes.
"And you will see me in my office, Natalia."
**
Natalia arrived at Umbridge's office early, with the Professor making tea.
"Would you like some?"
Natalia shook her head, not trusting her to not poison it accidentally.
"Take a seat. I wanted to talk to you about your schedule."
She sat, placing her bag beside her. "My schedule? Well, Monday I study potions, Tuesdays and Thursdays it's transfiguration and care of magical-"
"Not that schedule, Natalia. It is Natalia, isn't it? Natalia White?" She had that poisonous tone again, the one that made Nat's skin crawl.
"Unfortunately."
Umbridge smiled tightly. "You don't take History of Magic. Why is that?"
Natalia was taken aback a little. She hadn't known what she was expecting, but it certainly wasn't this. "No, I don't."
"Are you aware that it's mandatory?"
She nodded, frowning, not letting her guard down. There was definitely something strange about this woman who was obsessed with cats, pink, and clearly thought too much of herself.
"So why don't you take it? You must attend all mandatory classes."
"Because I can pass all history of magic exams without taking a single class. Because it's boring, I can recite everything that there is to know on the subject, and have been able to since before I was nine years old, and, quite frankly, I don't give a damn about what's mandatory and what's not."
"You will attend your classes, Miss White."
Natalia stood, laughing darkly, "and what are you going to do? Make me?" She mocked her sickly-sweet tone. "I'd like to see you try." She opened the door, not bothering to close it as Harry was walking up the stairs to his doom. Detention *
Though with that woman, Natalia knew it to be the same thing.
Perhaps she should warn him. But say what? There wasn't much she could say, and he didn't seem to be in the most stable of moods.
Probably better not to say anything, especially with his hatred for Slytherins.
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Joke's on Me | George Weasley | Book 1
FanfictionHalf-blood Natalia White knew she was in for a rough couple of years when she was sorted into Slytherin, but she never would have guessed that her main cause for pain and torment would be the Weasley twins, not her own house. But when she needs thei...
