With Dumbledore gone and Umbridge as Headmistress, things have taken a turn for the worse. Currently, everyone that was in the Dumbledore's Army was in the Great Hall. Umbridge had them all write lines using her awful quills. Everyone noticed Cho wasn't there since she snitched. The students were to write for an hour. When the hour was up they all left the hall rubbing their hands. Cho stood outside, when people passed her, they either purposely bumped into her, threw rude comments, or ignored her. Harry was one of the main people to full-on ignore her. When Cortney came out, she didn't even bother trying to make eye contact with her.

" Cortney," Cho said softly.

" Cho," Cortney stopped, she turned to look at Cho.

" I am really sorry, I never wanted this to happen," Cho apologized.

" This was a really helpful thing, Cho. I forgive you, the people you need to apologize to is Harry," Cortney said. " He really liked you".

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The Golden Trio, and Cortney stood on the bridge, near the end, it was still pretty warm out.

" You did everything you could," Ron said

" Even Dumbledore didn't see this coming," Hermione said. " If it's anyone's fault it's ours".

" Yeah, we talked you into it," Cortney agreed.

" But I agreed," Harry sighed. " I tried so hard to help. And all it's done is make matters worse. Maybe it's just best to-" Harry began.

" To what? " Hermione questioned.

" To go it alone," Harry began. Hagrid waved them over, they all confusingly followed him. Hagrid led them into the forest, having to stop to let centaurs pass.  Hagrid spoke up, he explained he maybe get sacked with Umbridge now in charge. They walked over to a large tree. There were strange sounds coming from the tree, they saw what was making the sounds and were a little frightened. It was a giant, he looked like a troll, but with a sweet face, dirty and had a large blanket to cover himself. He has greenish color skin.

" Grawpy," Hagrid called to the giant. " Down here you great baffon". Grawpy looked down, then proceeded to take a few steps forward. They scooted back to avoid being crushed by Grawpy's foot. " I brought you some company ! " Grawpy began to run towards them, they stumbled backward. The giant was pulled back by the rope he was tied to the tree.

" I couldn't just leave him because he's my brother ! "

" Blimey," Ron breathed.

" Well, half brother really. He's completely harmless just like I said. A little high-spirited is all," Hagrid explained. Grawpy looked down at Hermione, she backed up, but he still managed to grab her. Hermione let out a little scream.

" Grawpy, that is not polite! " Hagrid shouted.

" Do something! " Ron panicked.

" We talked about this you do not grab, do you? " Hagrid scowled. " That's your new friend". Ron ran at Grawpy with a branch and hit him in the knee with it. The branch broke and half, Grawpy seemed to not feel a thing. Hermione looked Grawpy in the eyes.

" Put me down! " Hermione ordered. " Now! " He gently put her back down on the ground, right next to Ron.

" You alright? " Ron asked.

" Fine, just need a firm hand is all," Hermione said holding her arm.

" I think you've got an admirer," Harry said. Grawpy was throwing things around looking for a particular item.

" Stay away from her! " Ron growled. Grawpy turned around with a bicycle handle, with a bell on it. He was flicking the bell and handed it to Hermione. Cortney and Harry looked at Hermoine amused as Ron just looked like he wanted to kill Grawpy. Hermione reluctantly rang the bell, Grawpy smiled.

" He get his own food and all. It's just company he'll be needing when I'm gone," Harry said. Hermione gave Grawpy the handle back and he sat down to ring it with joy. " You'll look after him won' you ? I'm the only family he's got". The four nodded.

**************

Cortney sat in the Quidditch stands with Harry.

" Harry, I know you feel like you made things worse," Cortney began.

" Thanks for the reminder," Harry grumbled.

" You made difference," Cortney finished. " You taught a whole bunch of people, their performance of magic has improved greatly. I mean look at Neville".

" We got caught," Harry pointed out.

" But was this whole thing worth it? That is the main question you need to answer for yourself," Cortney said. They sat in silence, she looked at him. " This is not your fault, I know you are feeling angry and guilty. It's okay to be angry, but don't feel guilty. Everyone knew what they were signing up for, and what the consequence would be if we got caught".

" How did you know I was angry and guilty? " Harry asked. " You used Legilimency didn't you".

" Sorry," Cortney said looking onto the field. " You need to work on Occulmency more".

" It's alright Cort," Harry huffed. "It's like you said, it's difficult".

" It takes practice, if you don't want to work with Snape anymore, I can help you," Cortney said.  

" No it's fine," Harry said shrugging it off. " Thanks anyway". The two smiled at each other.

**********

One late night, everyone in Gryffindor Tower was asleep. Except for a lone little fox in the fifth-year girl's dorm. The fox crept over to a drawer. Used its mouth to quietly pull it open. It took a bit till she went to the suitcase. Somebody started to stir, she hid under the bed, till it stopped. The fox opened the suitcase and slipped inside, She put grabbed a handful of bras and panties. The fox pushed open the suitcase and slipped out. It made a loud sound, Cortney went right back under the bed.  

" Hermione, was that you? " Lavender asked.

" No...wait one of my books fell, sorry," Hermione whispered. About ten minutes later, everyone fast asleep again. Cortney crept to the door, she jumped up and turned the nob, she opened the door. Slipped out and quietly closed the door. She then walked all the way down to the common room. She dropped the garments. No one was in sight. The fox changed into Cortney Lestrange. She arranged the bras and panties, she then glued them to the wall, so everyone can see. The lingerie took a giant ' z' shape. Cortney then left the common room and snuck down to her common room and up to her dorm. She fell asleep with a smile on her face. The next morning, she woke up early.

" Where were you? " Pansy asked.

" Pulling a prank on Lavender Brown," Cortney answered.

" Oh, you are such a bad girl," Pansy said dramatically. Cortney put on her shoes and flipped her hair.

" What did you do? " Daphne asked.

" I snuck into the dorm room," Cortney began.

" What time? " Tracey asked. 

" Like 3, and then I quietly opened her trunk, gathered all the bras and panties and I can. Went down to the common room and glued them to the wall on display in a z shape.

" Why a Z shape? " Kierra asked.

" So she has a harder time figuring out who did it, if she ever figures out it was me," Cortney answered as she fixed her hair. " 

" You are a blimey witch," Millicent confirmed.

" Thanks," Cortney said smiling at her.

" Where are you going? " Pansy asked as Cortney neared the door.

" To see if any damage has been done if you know what I mean," Cortney giggled.

" Got get them you foxy lady," Daphne whistled. Cortney laughed and left the dorm. She walked all the way to the Gryffindor common room, she entered and heard someone shouting. That someone being Lavender. Everyone was laughing as Lavender was struggling to get her bras off the walls.

" Did you do this !? " Lavender accused when she saw Cortney. 

" Why would I do this, when did this happen? " Cortney asked.

" Last night," Seamus answered looking at Cortney suspiciously.

" Yeah, I was in my dorm last night. Doing Tracey's hair," Cortney said. " Why is it in a ' Z' shape? "

" Maybe it's a secret code," Milan suggested. Cortney looked up at Milan, and he gave her an I-know-it-was-you-smile. Lavender finally got one off the wall.

" The person glued it! " Lavender shrieked. "There are teeth marks, a hair".

" Is it Cortney's? " Dean asked glaring at her.

" It's animal hair," Lavender said examining it. 

" What? " Neville asked walking over to it. Milan walked over to Cortney.

" It was so you wasn't it? " Milan whispered into her ear.

" Oh yeah," Cortney whispered back.

" Clever, I love it! " Milan said out loud.

" What? " Pavarti said.

" The person who did this is clever, I admire their work," Milan said. He walked over to look at the hair.

" What kind of hair is it? " Ron asked.

" A fox hair,"  Milan answered. 

" What did you do to anger a fox? " Cortney asked.

"I scared one away once in the third year," Lavender asked.

" Two years later, and the fox still holds a grudge," Fred said smiling.

" We should meet this fox," George said. 

********

Cortney left the dorm with the golden trio.

" That was clever Cortney," Ron said.

" Thanks, Ronald," Cortney said smiling. 

" You ought to be more careful," Hermione said. " I know it was you in the dorm last night. I can't cover for you all the time".

" She's right," Harry said. 

" I know, but it could have been worse," Cortney said. " Besides this is only the beginning of my cruelness".

" You have a different definition of cruel," Milan said walking up to them. "I like it." Cortney smiled at him innocently.