I sat down in the chair of my desk scribbling down whatever came to mind. I was in the room for History of Magic taking my final OWL exam of the week. This was easily my worst subject but I had spent the last few days studying as hard as possible. Currently, I was in the writing section of the exam and the topic was Law.
What's the most important law in the wizarding world?
I hurriedly wrote before all my ideas down before they left my head. The answer to that was easy, the most important being the International Statute of Secrecy. I shut my eyes and tried to remember the year that this law was passed and grinned when I remembered 1692.
'This law was passed by the International Confederation of Wizards in 1692. This statute directs that the Wizarding World be kept secret from the non-magical community (Muggles) and most other laws in the Wizarding World stem from this statute.'
Cool first short answer done.
Describe the The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery.
I knew about this one from hearing about the behind the scenes within Harry's trial last year. Forcing myself to dig deep, I recalled the important terms and dates regarding this law.
'The Decree written in 1875 is enforced by the Improper Use of Magic Office in the Ministry of Magic. The restriction is for wizards and witches who are under the age of seventeen, upon which The Trace still operates. The Trace is a charm that works in a way where whenever any magical activity is performed in the vicinity of the underage individual, the Improper Use of Magic Office within the Ministry of Magic is alerted to the spell that was used, the location of the caster, and the time it was cast.'
Alright next question.
In 1845 what wizarding law severed ties between goblins and wizards?
I bit down on my lip and tried to scavenge my brain for any information. It could be the law that enforced only wizards on the Wizengamot to serve as the Supreme Court of Britain. But that law was created in early 1700's, which didn't fit the timeline of the question—
A yell from behind me distracted me from my flow of thoughts, and I snapped my head around. Hermione, who was next to me, turned around just as quickly, and we saw Harry passed out on the ground beside his desk.
"Harry!" Ron exclaimed from beside him and got out of his desk to try shaking him.
"Back to your exams!" Professor Tofty demanded, "I will handle this!" Harry didn't meet any of our eyes when he woke up a second later and clutched his head.
"His scar," Hermione whispered over to me. His scare only hurt when there was danger present or he was seeing into Voldemort's mind. Since he was having his Occlumency lessons, I assumed it had to be the first option.
"Potter always looking for attention," Draco snarled loudly for everyone to hear.
"Hey how about I beat your ass," I spat at him, "maybe then you'll get the attention you so desperately crave."
"No talking!" Professor Tofty came back and waved his wand to force our bodies to turn forward. I only had two more short response questions left, but I could hardly think as to what the answers could be. My head began to fill with dread and I wondered what had happened to Harry. I had no headache, and no sense of fear, so I knew that there was no actual potential threat.
I rushed my answer for the last two law descriptions and turned it in to the Professor right away. Hermione finished at the same time as me, and we waited outside for Ron to complete his.
"Where did he go?" I asked Hermione looking down the hallway. I couldn't see the raven haired head anywhere down the corridor.
"I don't know? Maybe he went back to the common room?" she shrugged.
"Bloody terrible exam that was," Ron sighed when he met us outside the classroom, "why does it matter what year Gringotts opened? That information serves no purpose in my life!"
"I thought it was quite easy. As long as you remembered each law from 1650-1900, it would be easy to write your answers based off that."
"Not everybody has the memory of an elephant," Ron sputtered out.
"I'm just saying if you studied longer--"
"Can we not do this right now," I narrowed my eyes, "we need to focus on finding Harry and see what happened to him." We kept making our back to the Gryffindor common room when we spotted Harry on the other side running towards us.
"Where have you been?" Ron demanded when Harry reached us.
"Something's happened," he mumbled and led us away from the main corridor. We went on some side stairs, and once they began moving he spoke again, "Voldemort's got Sirius."
"What?" Hermione's face went white.
"I saw it just now. When I fell asleep during the exam."
"And what does he want with him," I said with a panicked look on my face. My hands were fumbling with the ring in my finger, wondering if I could somehow communicate to Sirius through it.
"I don't know but it's in the Department of Mysteries. He wants something...says he'll kill Sirius if he doesn't get it for him." Our head all looked down as we got lost in our own thoughts. If Voldemort was really trapping Sirius why would it be in the middle of the day at the ministry, "how're we going to get there?"
"What?" Ron snapped his head up, "G-get there?"
"Yeah of course," Harry answered frustrated, "you don't expect me to just let him die do you!"
"Harry..." I stepped towards him carefully, "I didn't dream about or feel any of the things you're talking about."
"And how would 'you know who' walk into the ministry at 5:00pm undetected. It's a work day, plus Sirius and him are some of the most wanted people," Hermione added.
"I don't care!" Harry bellowed, "I know what I saw! It was like when I saw what happened to Mr. Weasley."
"He's got a point," Ron said underneath his breath.
"But I didn't see it this time Harry," I interrupted them before anyone could speak up again.
"Well maybe you didn't see it because you don't care enough!" He shouted, sending me a mean look, "I'll go there by myself if I have to."
"Harry listen! What if this dream of yours was just that—a dream," Hermione tried to knock some sense into him.
"Dumbledore is gone Hermione! So is Hagrid! There's no one left here to trust and I WON'T LET HIM DIE!" I placed my hand on his shoulder and tried to calm him.
"Okay. We believe you Harry!" Out from the right of us, Ginny and Luna came out of the classroom.
"We heard Harry shouting is everything okay?" Ginny asked concerned.
"Never mind you," he responded rudely.
"That was quite mean Harry," Luna stated in her usual dream like voice.
"We're wasting time! We have to find a way to get there!" he yelled.
"Get where?" Ginny asked.
"Harry had a dream," I explained to her, "like the one about your dad. He saw...Voldemort with Sirius."
"And we have to hurry before he gets hurt!" Harry paced, walking back and forth.
"Okay well we can try the chimneys?" Ron suggested.
"That won't work. The only one being unsupervised is in Umbridge's office," Ginny pointed out.
"Well there's no way we can do that—" Hermione fumbled.
"We have to Hermione," I met her eyes with a firm glance.
"I don't think you guys realize how outrageous this is! We're about to break in the new head mistresses office, who knows what'll happen if we get caught!"
"Leave that to me," I stood up taller, "I'll find a way to cause a distraction. It'll happen within the half hour okay? You'll know it when you hear it, that's when you have to get to the chimney Harry and find a way to contact the order," I instructed.
"How are you going to do that?" Ginny asked.
"Looks like it's time for your brother's finale show," I looked to her with a soft smile, "Now make sure that you have people keeping look out in case she returns after the distraction. Ron you should patrol the hallways by her office." Everyone nodded and raced off in different directions trying to get the plan in action.
"They're probably out in the courtyard," Ginny suggested as we ran down the stairs and tried to get to the bottom floor.
"Good thinking," I answered out of breath, and pushed my body to run faster to the yard. We pushed through groups of people, who were standing together, laughing from the relief of post exams. It was weird to see everyone without a worry in the world, while we were racing against time to try to save Sirius.
"Fred!" I called out seeing his red hair in the midst of the crowd.
"Hey love," he smiled at me but his face turned concerned when he saw the expressions we had, "what's wrong is everything okay?"
"It's time for you and George to put on your final show," I insisted.
"Now?" he asked. George had seen what was going on, and walked over to us
"Yes now! We have to contact Grimmauld place and have to find a way to distract Umbridge," I told him urgently.
"Why's that? What's going on?" George said with furrowed eyebrows.
"It's Sirius," Ginny explained, "Harry dreamt he was take."
"Yeah we can do it, I mean I guess we were leaving soon anyways," Fred turned to his brother.
"Oh yeah we can definitely provide that distraction. When do you need it bye?" George asked.
"As soon as possible," Ginny rushed. I saw the twins look to eachother and give a small nod.
"Okay expect chaos to erupt in the next ten minutes," George smirked. Him and Ginny began to walk away back into the castle and I threw myself in Fred's arms.
"I'm so sorry to ask this of you! I didn't want your last day of Hogwarts to be like this—" I rambled.
"It's okay," he chuckled and pulled away from me slightly to look at my face as he spoke, "The only reason I'm still here is to protect you from Umbridge. Plus summer is two weeks away I'll see you soon."
"You are the best boyfriend ever you know that?" I smiled.
"Does that make me deserve a goodbye kiss," he teased. Without hesitation I stepped on my tippy toes and pushed my lips against his. I savored the moment knowing that this was going to be the last time I saw him until summer started. He pressed his mouth against mine firmly and I let us stay there for a couple seconds before I pulled back.
"I love you, but I have to go," I bit on my lip.
"Go!" He encouraged with a laugh, "we'll set off a portable swamp on the second floor. You should be able to hear it. I love you too," he let go of my hand and followed his brother into the castle.
"Cmon!" Ginny waved to me. I ran over with her and made my way to the second floor to stand guard, "we have to lure them here before the swamp starts."
"Uhm," I looked side to side. The statue that served as a mark for halfway down the hallway was the only object I could see, "sorry Hogwarts. Reducto!"I shouted loudly and felt the floor quake slightly. The statue had shattered into a hundred different pieces and flew all over the floor.
"Who did that!" I could hear Filch's voice echo from around the corner.
"They're coming," I hushed and hid behind the window curtains. Footsteps got louder and louder and I could hear different voices approach.
"What is it Filch?" Umbridge said with her nasally high pitched voice. They walked down the hallway closer to where we were hiding, trying to find tracks of anyone.
"Ah just in time for the show," I could recognize Fred's voice announce.
"Take this as a parting gift from us," George said, and I could hear a loud boom.
"Holy shit," Ginny giggled when she peered around the corner. I followed her lead and saw the entire hallway turned into a swamp, ankle high with water. A bunch of weeds had attached themselves to the wall, and mud was littered all over the floor.
"How dare you!" Umbridge shouted.
"Let me get the whips," Filch asked desperately, "I'll do it. I swear I will—"
"Oh Filchy you won't be needing those," Fred smirked at them.
"Accio Brooms!" they both said in unison. I could hear the fainting wizz in the air, and their brooms came around the corner.
"Don't bother keeping in touch," George laughed loudly and I could see them both mount their brooms.
"Get back down here!" she tried to wave her wand but they had zoomed off before she could fire anything at them.
As they were leaving I made split eye contact with Fred and he dropped a small firework down right in front of us. It floated in the air and exploded right at my nose. It was a tiny thing, that bust into a bunch of pink lights. It formed the shape of a heart and I giggled at the sentiment.
"Yes adorable," Ginny rolled her eyes, "let's get out of here!" I could hear the louder booms throughout the castle as the twins let more of their fireworks go off. People screamed in delight from different classrooms as they watched the free show in front of them. We went around the corner and I found that Filch was the only one in the hallway and that Umbridge was gone.
"Wait where'd she go?" I panicked looking both ways. I found no sign of the pink woman and was about to leave from behind the curtain when a wand poked me.
"Don't move," a girl's voice said from beside me.
I turned my head to see Anastasia grabbing a struggling Ginny and Pansy pointing her wand right at me.
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A/N
the twins last Hogwarts scene (,: it's fine i'm fine we're good