The Prank

Asteria P.O.V.

I dragged Thalia out of her door and was walking down the stairs still holding on to her.

" What the Hades Asteria! Why are you dragging me downstairs ?" Thalia asks angrily. " It's literally two in the morning ."

" We're pranking the Umbitch today. Don't ask why. We're doing it now ." I say letting go of her.

Thalia smiles and pushes past me to get to the bottom. She stops, making me hurry down next to her. I see Hermione standing in front of her.

"Hi," I say nervously. I'm going to be the one who got us caught. Great now I have to play dumb not knowing what a supposed criminal was doing in a fireplace.

"Hi. Where are you two going?" Hermione asks holding on to her wand tightly.

"We're going to go see Professor Umbridge," Thalia said, sounding slightly irradiated by Hermione's question.

Hermione looks horrified by Thalia's statement and I mental facepalm for not explaining the situation to Thalia. Hermione then points her wand out at Thalia and says, "Stupify."

Thalia was knocked to the ground before she could react and now the wand was pointed at me. I allowed my reflexes to take over and started whispering a spell, knocking Hermione out. I grabbed Thalia and shadow traveled out of the common room, close to where Umbridge's classroom was. I slip down to the floor as Thalia stands up leaning on the walls.

" You shouldn't have done that. How are we going to explain what you just did to them? " Thalia says, looking at me concerned.

" I don't know. But now I understand why Nico here's so tired by Shadow traveling. That was draining."

Thalia sighs as she picks me up from the floor. Without either of us saying anything, we started walking towards Umbridge's classroom. The silence allowed me to formulate a plan to mess with the rotten creature that called themself a human being.

We arrived at the room seeing as no one was there I knew Thalia would possibly wreck the room without second thoughts about having another detention. So when I saw her about conjure up her powers, I grab her arm.

" We're not going to ruin her room. That's uncivilized. We either make it look like the Hade's cabin or pegasus stales when before a cleaning," I say smirk plastered on my face.

" Well then make sure everything she touches gets an electric shock. Pegasus shit is harder to get rid of. "

I laugh as I made Umbridge room filled with pegasus shit and other ungodly stenches. I made sure everything she touches electrocutes her. It was only a matter of time before someone comes as we both sneak back into our dorms. Making sure to pass right through without a sound from the golden trio as one might call them.

Third Person P.O.V.

It was the next morning and Harry, Ron, and Hermione were spectacle on the two demigods that left to talk with Professor Umbridge. Unknown to them of Asteria and Thalia's plan to make her life a living hell, the golden trio collectively decided to stay wary of the new transfer students.

Though they weren't worried about that at the moment. Hermione was looking through the Daily Prophet to see the article that Ron's older brother Percy was talking about.

MINISTRY SEEKS EDUCATIONAL REFORM DOLORES UMBRIDGE APPOINTED FIRST-EVER "HIGH INQUISITOR"

" 'High Inquisitor'?" said Harry darkly, his half-eaten bit of toast slipping from his fingers. "What does that mean?"

Hermione read aloud: "In a surprise move, last night the Ministry of Magic passed new legislation giving itself an unprecedented level of control at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. " 'The Minister has been growing uneasy about the goings-on at Hogwarts for some time,' said Junior Assistant to the Minister, Percy Weasley. 'He is now responding to concerns voiced by anxious parents, who feel the school may be moving in a direction they do not approve.' "This is not the first time in recent weeks Fudge has used new laws to effect improvements at the Wizarding school. As recently as August 30th Educational Decree Twenty-two was passed, to ensure that, in the event of the current headmaster being unable to provide a candidate for a teaching post, the Ministry should select an appropriate person. " 'That's how Dolores Umbridge came to be appointed to the teaching staff at Hogwarts,' said Weasley last night. 'Dumbledore couldn't find anyone, so the Minister put in Umbridge and of course, she's been an immediate success —' "

"She's been a WHAT?" said Harry loudly.

"Wait, there's more," said Hermione grimly. " '— an immediate success, totally revolutionizing the teaching of Defense Against the Dark Arts and providing the Minister with on-the-ground feedback about what's really happening at Hogwarts.' "It is this last function that the Ministry has now formalized with the passing of Educational Decree Twenty-three, which creates the new position of 'Hogwarts High Inquisitor.' " 'This is an exciting new phase in the Minister's plan to get to grips with what some are calling the "falling standards" at Hogwarts,' said Weasley. 'The Inquisitor will have powers to inspect her fellow educators and make sure that they are coming up to scratch. Professor Umbridge has been offered this position in addition to her own teaching post, and we are delighted to say that she has accepted.' "The Ministry's new moves have received enthusiastic support from parents of students at Hogwarts. " 'I feel much easier in my mind now that I know that Dumbledore is being subjected to fair and objective evaluation,' said Mr. Lucius Malfoy, 41, speaking from his Wiltshire mansion last night. 'Many of us with our children's best interests at heart have been concerned about some of Dumbledore's eccentric decisions in the last few years and will be glad to know that the Ministry is keeping an eye on the situation.' "Among those 'eccentric decisions' are undoubtedly the controversial staff appointments previously described in this newspaper, which have included the hiring of werewolf Remus Lupin, half-giant Rubeus Hagrid, and delusional ex-Auror 'Mad-Eye' Moody. "Rumors abound, of course, that Albus Dumbledore, once Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, is no longer up to the task of managing the prestigious school of Hogwarts. " 'I think the appointment of the Inquisitor is a first step toward ensuring that Hogwarts has a headmaster in whom we can all repose confidence,' said a Ministry insider last night. "Wizengamot elders Griselda Marchbanks and Tiberius Ogden have resigned in protest at the introduction of the post of Inquisitor to Hogwarts. " 'Hogwarts is a school, not an outpost of Cornelius Fudge's office,' said Madam Marchbanks. 'This is a further disgusting attempt to discredit Albus Dumbledore.' (For a full account of Madam Marchbanks' alleged links to subversive goblin groups, turn to page 17)." Hermione finished reading and looked across the table at the other two.

Asteria nudged Thalia and Jason before whispering to them. The golden trio watches as the three start talking incoherently to themselves in a different language. Slight whispers were spreading and it was obvious that it wasn't good. Fred and George come running to the table. Fred sits next to Asteria who was next to Hermione, while George sits next to Harry. The twins seem like they had something interesting to tell.

"So we found that someone else pranked Professor Umbridge before we could," Fred says to the golden trio.

"We don't know what it is though," George chimes in.

"But bloody hell is it amusing. No one knows what it is."

Asteria was trying so hard not to blow her cover and it was much too obvious that she wanted to outright tell them. It wasn't too long for Thalia to laugh and turn to the trio.

"I do hope that it does not look like Hade's cabin. It would honestly be a better looking better than whatever it was before," Thalia says loudly.

The trio and twins looked at them. Jason looked slightly shocked at Thalia's statement. Asteria was holding back laughter as she was eating.

"I mean the worst would be having pegasus shi—" Asteria couldn't finish her sentence before bursting into laughter.

"You guys didn't really do that," Percy yells from the Hufflepuff table.

All the students were staring at the Gryffindor table. Curious to see if the rumors are true.

"What? We didn't do anything, just thinking it would be funny," Asteria says turning and winking at Percy.

All the demigods in the other house were in shock. The other students didn't understand as some of the Slytherin demigods started laughing about it.