Redamancy (d.m)

Chapter fifty four-solidary confinement

"No!" Hermione said with a horrified gasp, "Professor, you can't, that's illegal!"
"Professor, surely it would paint the ministry in less than favourable light if it was discovered an unforgivable curse was performed on a student at Hogwarts?" Malfoy said composedly, as though discussing a sports game
"What the public doesn't know won't hurt them" Umbridge said inattentively, waving away his comment as she advanced onto me, brandishing her wand with haphazard
"Cru-" but just as she cried the incantation, Hermione cried out
"NO" Hermione looked as though the gears in her head were turning at record speed, "(y/n)...Harry...we have to tell her"

I shot her a look of warning as panic arose in me

"No way!" Harry yelled
"Well well well!" Umbridge said gleefully, "Little Miss question-all is going to give us some answers! Come on then, girl, come on!"
"Hermione I swear to godric don't you dare!" I said with a scowl
"Well..." Hermione sobbed, though I had just noticed that her eyes were dry, "we were trying to speak to Professor Dumbledore-we have to tell him something important!"

I froze, shooting Harry and Ron a look of comprehension that they eventually returned, and a plan was wordlessly assembled between us

"Yes?" Umbridge said eagerly, "tell him what?"
"That the weapon is ready" I said with an air of fraudulent resignation
"Weapon? Weapon?" Umbridge said, her smile growing wider by the second, "you have been developing some weapon to use against the ministry?"
"Yes but Professor Dumbledore left before we were finished with it!" Hermione cried, and I made a mental note to slip her a leaflet on a career in theatre
"Lead me to it, girl" Umbridge demanded aggressively
"I'm not showing them" Hermione spat, looming around at the members of the inquisitorial squad
"It is not for you to set conditions" Umbridge said
"No, Hermione, let them come, let everyone come to see it, and then if you ever piss off another student, they'll know exactly how to sort you out" I said savagely, and Umbridge made a noise of contemplation before speaking
"Alright then dear...let's just make it you and me...and we'll take Potter too"
"What're we supposed to do in the meantime?" Goyle asked
"You all will separate with one of these delinquents, keep them in separate rooms to ensure they don't make an ill intentioned attempt to escape" Umbridge said bossily, dragging Harry and Hermione out the door hurriedly
"Well you heard the headmistress, take your git and watch over them, don't forget to lock the door" Malfoy ordered, and I watched helplessly as I was separated from Ron, Ginny, Neville, and Luna, who looked as though she were having a spectacularly ordinary experience
"Let's go, Lestrange" Malfoy said roughly, pulling me out the door and into a small vacant classroom

The door clicked as it closed, and Malfoy pulled out both my wand and his, as if to taunt me as he magically locked the door before pulling up a chair and sitting backwards on it, so that his broad chest was pressed against the head of the chair.

"Well have a seat" he said nonchalantly, "I imagine we'll be here for a while"

When I remained standing, my arms crossed in protest, he sighed, pulling out his wand

"Don't make me use this, Lestrange" he said pointedly, "sit"

I contemplated the pros and cons of defying him, and decided not to risk it, pulling out a chair a few desks away and plopping down onto it

"Would you look at that, you're getting better at following orders already" Malfoy said with a sneer
"Don't you have a hippogriff to piss off or something?" I snapped, my thoughts running amok as I struggled to see a way out of my situation
"Why would I do that when we're having so much fun together?" He mocked
"Cocky bastard" I snarled
"Filthy blood traitor" he answered effortlessly
"Manky snake"
"Boring slut"
"Man Whore"