the_debt_of_time

"Stop talking, Dolores!" Fudge stood and hissed at the woman. "You
know exactly what pureblood adoption means!"
Umbridge looked confused.
Mia frowned, which was difficult because she wanted to start dancing. "Perhaps
she doesn't, Mr Fudge. Perhaps Madam Umbridge, as a half-blood, wasn't taught our customs
and traditions."
The Wizengamot made a collective gasp.
"What?" Umbridge swallowed. "I... How dare... I'm a―"
"It's true," Elora Zabini said, looking bored as she glanced down at her hands to
examine her nails. "I heard she was only a half-blood."
"And there's nothing wrong with that. Some of my best friends are half-bloods,"
Mia said jokingly, looking over her shoulder and winking at Harry and Remus, who both
rolled their eyes at her.
"I... I... I accept your challenge!" Umbridge blurted out, likely to save face and
change the subject of her own parentage.
"Oh, good." Mia grinned brightly. "I will be sad to kill you, of course."
Umbridge blinked. "What?"
"A challenge to defend the honour of one's House is a duel to the death, Dolores.
Do you understand nothing of our laws? Surely a simple Mudblood like me
couldn't possibly know more about magic than you."
Umbridge visibly panicked and looked at Kingsley. "Minister.. ."
"Lady Black is correct, Madam Umbridge. These are our ways," Kingsley said firmly.
"But she―"
"Oh, for the love of Salazar, Dolores!" Peneus Parkinson snapped. "Duel the little
chit and put an end to this nonsense, or we'll be here for days!"
Umbridge began to remove her plum cloak and hat, reaching into the pocket of her
robe for her wand.
Mia stepped down the stairs, stretching her arms and neck as she removed her robe
entirely, revealing Muggle clothing beneath which caused the blood purists to look at her
with distaste.
"Madam Umbridge should be aware that I did quite well in my Defence N.E.W.T.,"
she said with a proud smile as she approached Sirius, Harry, and Remus. She handed her