"TRAITOR"

TRAITOR: betrayer; Lorelei Black felt like she could smack the pink toad with the newspaper until one of them passed out, she couldn't believe all the bullshit the ministry had spewed out — 'hiring of a werewolf Remus Lupin' as if! Remus Lupin was the best DADA teacher they'd ever had and no one else could compare, not to mention the 'delusional ex-auror' wasn't even the real Mad-Eye, it was Barty Crouch Jr. but, of course, the ministry would hide that, of course it would. Amidst all that Lorelei wanted to make sure George was ok, his brother was the one saying all that stuff after all, she doesn't get why Percy would want to be the minister's bitch when he could be anything else instead.

"Bullshit" Harley spoke, she crumbled the toast in her hand as she stared at the newspaper with an enraged look on her face, and her red lips curled into a tight frown, "Lupin was the best teacher we've ever had, better than this bitch and the literal half-human-half-voldemort situation we had going on"

"Tell me about it" Lorelei scoffed in agreement, she stared at the hash browns in front of her and suddenly her appetite seemed to have died out, "Can't believe we're going to get our classes inspected by the person who doesn't know one thing about teaching, or children!"

The two Ravenclaws spent the morning skimming through the paper as much as they cold without a blood-vessel popping, from what Lorelei could gather was the minister had sent Umbridge to do the exact same thing he's appointed her to do right now, he just didn't want it to seem like that from the start, so he's acting like Umbridge had seen some sort of monstrous behavior with the children (probably looked in the mirror for that one, Lorelei thinks). The ministry had been getting out of hand with their infiltration towards everything, including small shops around Diagon Alley.

One thing was for sure, with Umbridge as the 'High-Inquistor' it was going to be way worse than it was before...

"Hey, fire-head, wait up" Lorelei called out to the tall redhead who stood out in the crowd of kids trying to make their way to their classes, she walked passed them as she took strides to catch up with George, "You read the paper yet?"

"Merlin, don't remind me" George groaned with embarrassment, "Can't believe that piece of shit's my brother"

"Percy should be the least of your concerns right now" Lorelei said, she look around and then grabbed his arm, pulling him to an almost empty hallway, "The ministry's been sticking its nose in everything..."

"No shit?" said George, "It's pretty obvious, isn't it?"

Lorelei looked around once more, she didn't want Umbridge to find her in the hallway with George, who knows what she might do, "Well, by everything, I mean everything, they've been tracking ministry workers too, and your dad's a ministry worker, so, you've all got to be more careful of your actions now, ok? Can't go half-assing everything you do"

"Aw, are you worried about me, Bubbles?" George grinned at the brunette and Lorelei rolled her eyes, count on him to make everything serious, well, not serious — although, Lorelei might be starting to grow more thankful of it as time passes.

"On a more aggressive note," Lorelei said as George raised his eyebrows, "Percy's a fucking traitor"

George nodded, "Absolutely, makes me regret all the times I went easy on him when he was head-boy" he then shook his head, "Should've made his life hell while I still had the chance"

Lorelei asked, "How's Mrs Weasley doing? And Mr Weasley, surely they're not too happy with their son..."

"Oh, they're not" George told the brunette, and guided her out of the hallway with his hand on her back when he saw a few Professors coming from the other end, "We don't quite mention him at the house anymore, but the dickhead had the audacity to not write mum and dad back"

"What a fucking bitch" Lorelei grumbled, though she kept her voice low because she didn't want to get into detention for swearing, she swears Umbridge has it out for her.

"Tell me about it" George huffed.

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"MS BLACK" Snape said as he handed Lorelei her homework back, she was tempted to pass him just as much of a nasty look as he did to her, but she couldn't — the "High-Inquistor" was in the class, and again — Lorelei's hand has barely healed, she doesn't want the wound to cut open again. Lorelei was sure that if she took a look at her work, she would be met with a 'A', Snape just hated her that much, but she did it and saw a 'D'

What the fuck.

Lorelei was quite good with potions, she's literally been making her own sleeping draught for almost a month now, what the hell is the problem with that grease curtain? She was sure she'd done everything right, she'd checked for spelling errors, she'd checked for factual errors and she'd done it all in a good handwriting too.

Lorelei was sure she was going to regret it, but she did it anyway, she raised her hand, "Professor Sni— ape" she coughed to cover up, "Professor Snape" Severus turned around dramatically, his cape flowing in the air as he did so, and Lorelei could sense Umbridge leaning closer to the edge of her seat, "I just wanted to ask what's wrong with my paper"

"It's simply not satisfactory" Snape raised an eyebrow at the brunette who clenched her fists under the table.

"I'm sure my work should get more than a 'D', Professor I—" Lorelei was interrupted by the familiar cough of Umbridge that made almost every student roll their eyes.

"What seems to be the problem here, Professor?" She came forward with her clipboard in her hand, she smiled at Lorelei — her smile made Lorelei want to barf — she was sure some came out of her oesophagus already, "Anything wrong, Ms Black?"

"Ms Black seems to think I've graded her paper wrong" Snape said, his face holding a look of distaste, Lorelei could hear Capella chuckling from the other side of the room, she wanted to flip her off so bad.

"I don't think, I know" Lorelei said, and Umbridge released a gasp, here she does again with the dramatics...

"My my, Ms Black, that is a serious claim, wouldn't you say?" Umbridge asked, she made a tutting noise with her tongue, "Disrespecting your teacher is another detention deserving action, I'll see you again in my office for two weeks"

Lorelei was ready to chuck the table at both the bastards and kill them off right there.

As Professor Snape continued with the lesson, Umbridge would keep interrupting him throughout it — asking him stupid questions all while Lorelei sat sulking in her seat, her future was all destroyed now...

She's aware she's being dramatic, let her be.

Lorelei waited for the class to empty up as soon as the lesson ended and she marched up to the Professor, "I'd like to talk" she pulled one of the stools and sat in front of his desk.

"Ms Black I have a class in a few moments to teach, not everyone in the world has the luxury of sitting at home like your father does" Professor Snape said and with a wave of his wand his desk cleaned up.

"What is your problem?" Lorelei asked boldly.

"Excuse me?" Snape turned around, his cloak floating behind him once again as he did so.

"You heard me" Lorelei frowned as she crossed her arms, "You've hated me since day one when I was the only person who answered your question, I wasn't even aware that time that you went to school with my father, yet you hated me"

"Ms Black my behavior towards you has nothing to do with your father—"

"Oh, bullshit" Lorelei said before she could stop herself, and immediately regretted it, "I don't care what happened with you and my father, as far as I'm concerned — I wasn't involved, so please, stop treating me like I'm my father"

"Detention, Ms Black," Snape said, his voice low, "and as for your paper, I'll consider rechecking it, now you may leave"

Yeah, Lorelei was going to leave alright.

She can't believe she just said that to a teacher, she can't wait to tell all about it to her mother, or are kids not meant to tell their parents about when they use profanities in front of their Professors? Lorelei was quite new to the whole parent-kid business, she's pretty alright with it, though.

"Oi, Vixen, wait up!" Lorelei heard Hope call out from behind her as she was making her way to the Great Hall, the brunette almost fell on her face as she tripped over thin air, but nonetheless made it over to Lorelei in one piece, "Heard you woke up and chose death today, detention with Umbridge again?"

"How'd you find out so fast?" Lorelei asked with a surprised voice.

"Word spreads like wildfire around here, you know that" Hope told her as she shook her head, "Forget that, what'd you get detention for this time?"

"Saying I knew Snivellus graded my paper wrong" Lorelei said with a shrug, and Hope let out a low whistle.

"Damn, sometimes I wonder why you're not a Gryffindor" Hope chuckled.

"...Because I'm not dumb?" said Lorelei and got smacked on the back of her head by Hope immediately, she rubbed it with a bitter expression, "Fine, not all Gryffindors are dumb, you're pretty alright"

"Now that's more like it" Hope grinned.

Lorelei waited for a few seconds before saying something, she cleared her throat, "So, how are you with the whole uncle Moony situation with the newspaper"

Hope shrugged, "I got used to it, I mean ever since fifth year it seems to be the only thing people mention around me, to be honest" she then looked over at Lorelei, "You know what that's like"

Lorelei did know what that's like.

guess who finally updated? yeah...my test ended like five days ago i don't have an excuse nee way- there u go, here's another chapter...