only angel- harry potter

Chapter 23

A few minutes earlier, while Fred and George soared through the air on their brooms, Professor Umbridge spiraled into a state of madness and expelled them. Her face reddened like a tomato, and she bellowed at everyone to retreat inside while she dealt with the twins.

"Harry, are you sure?" Hermione inquired, her voice filled with worry, as she, Harry, and Ron rushed up a flight of stairs.

Noah, Hazel, and Riley trailed closely behind them, their breaths coming in quick pants.

"Hey, wait up!" Noah called out, gasping for air.

"I saw it. It's just like with Mr. Weasley. It's the door I've been dreaming about. I couldn't remember where I'd seen it before. Sirius said Voldemort was after something," Harry explained.

"What?" Riley asked, picking up her pace.

"Something he didn't have the last time, in the Department of Mysteries," Harry looked at her pausing for a second to appreciate her beauty.

"Harry, please, just listen," Hermione told the boy who lived causing him to halt his sprint.

"What if Voldemort meant for you to see this?" she reasoned.

"Yeah, what if he's only hurting Sirius because he's trying to get to you?" Hazel added.

"What if he is? I'm supposed to just let him die? Hermione, he's the only family I've got left," Harry declared, prompting Hermione and Ron to exchange glances.

"What do we do?" Ron asked.

"We'll have to use the Floo Network," Harry ran up the stairs again.

"Umbridge has the chimneys under surveillance," Noah huffed.

"Not all of them," Riley interjected on Harry's behalf.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Hazel mumbled.

"Same, but life is all about risk babes," Riley reassured her dark-skinned friend whose eyes were wide.

"So where are we even going, Harry?" Ron questioned.

"Umbridge's office," Harry stated, turning a corridor.

"Her what?" Hermione's eyes widened with shock.

"You sure have a lot of nerve, Potter," Hazel muttered under her breath.

"She has a fireplace in there, Hermione," Harry clarified, as they approached the Headmistress's office.

"Alohomora," Hazel stood in front of the door.

Ron shut the door behind them.

"Shit, I hate this place," Riley scanned the room.

Harry crouched beside the fireplace, which emanated a dark green flame.

"Alert the Order if you can," Harry told his friends.

"Are you mental? We're going with you!" Ron exclaimed, grabbing his arm.

"It's too dangerous!" Harry protested.

"We're in this together, Haz," Riley declared, taking his hand and giving it a reassuring squeeze.

"That you are," the angered voice of Professor Umbridge interjected.

The Inquisitorial Squad brought a lot of previous members of Dumbledore's Army and held them tightly while also confiscating their wands.

Crabbe and Goyle held Ginny and Luna captive.

Ginny kicked at Crabbe while Luna gazed out of a window, looking bored.

"Restrain them," Umbridge commanded, as Millicent cautiously held Riley, applying gentle pressure.