Alright everyone, here's the new chapter for The Equivalent Exchange! I started thinking about it and realized this new way of starting the story made it sound a lot better and should be much more entertaining. Without further ado, allons-y!

Harry and the other students looked on at what was happening below them with shock and anger. Umbridge and a small band of aurors were trying to force Hagrid away from his home on the grounds of Hogwarts due to him not passing her own requirements. Seeing the lights from the entrance hall stretch out over the grounds, everyone noticed the form of Professor McGonagall heading out over the grounds while demanding to know what was going on. Harry looked on in shock as he saw, in what appeared to be slow motion, the aurors and Umbridge turn and cast stunners in the Transfiguration professor's direction.

Knowing nothing good could come from the spells making contact, Harry reacted. Clapping his hands together, Harry immediately slammed them into the ledge in front of him. Arcs of lightning and energy flowed from the point of contact and down the tower wall until it hit the ground and moved towards the incoming spells. A curving chute made of stone erupted out of the ground and began diverting the spells before sending them back to the casters. Umbridge and the aurors had no chance as they all stood there in shock before getting knocked unconscious. Harry clapped his hands together again and made another chute that went from the tower down to the grounds before jumping onto it and making his way down.

Rushing over to his Head of House, he tried to catch his breath as he looked her over worriedly. "Professor McGonagall, are you alright?"

The scottish woman looked at him in shock before regaining her senses and nodding her head. "Y-yes, Mr. Potter, I'm alright. But I have to ask, how did you do that?"

Harry felt his eyes widening for a moment before gaining a sheepish look and rubbing the back of his head. "Um… would you believe me if I said it was accidental magic from the adrenaline of wanting to help?"

His question was met with a blank look and a slightly raised eyebrow. Seeing the look his professor was giving him, Harry sighed and let his head drop slightly. "Didn't think so. Would it be acceptable if I explained later Professor? I really think we should contact Madam Bones about what happened here and what almost happened to you. I promise I will explain once everything calms down."

Seeing the logic in what one of her cubs said, Minerva nodded before glancing over at the unconscious forms of the defense professor and the aurors she had brought with her. "Alright Mr. Potter, I will hold you to that. Now if you don't mind, please restrain these… people… and gather their wands. We don't need them causing a larger fuss than necessary should they awaken."

Nodding in agreement, Harry clapped his hands together before kneeling and placing his hands on the earth in front of him. Rectangular pieces of stone came out of the ground and wrapped around the people in front of him so that their arms were pinned to their sides. Taking his wand out from his robes, he cast the levitation charm at the bodies so that they would be easier to transport into the castle. Looking back to the wide eyed Transfiguration professor, Harry couldn't fight the grin that spread across his face as he gave a slight bow. "After you, Professor."

Regaining her senses once again, Minerva gave him a slight glare, which was ruined by the twitching of her lips, before leading him into the castle and to her office. Harry just grinned wider and chuckled slightly to himself as he followed behind her, the restrained forms of the aurors and Umbridge floating behind them as he tucked their wands into his pocket.

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Astronomy Tower

The students and the staff looked on in awe at what just transpired in front of them. Jerkily turning his head over to Hermione, Ron choked out the question that was on everyone else's minds. "What the bloody fucking hell was that, Hermione?"

Hermione, in just as much shock as the others, didn't even chastise Ron on his use of foul language as she attempted to figure out the answer herself. "I… I'm not sure Ron. It couldn't have been Transfiguration since Harry didn't use his wand, and the same reason for a charm. The only other thing I can think of is… Harry somehow knows how to use Alchemy."

Everyone looked at the bushy haired girl in shock as they tried to wrap their minds around it. Seamus spoke up and asked the question that everyone was wondering, "Where'd the hell did he learn that?"

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Minerva Mcgonagall's Office

Harry set the aurors and Umbridge down in the chairs that were in the office, standing there quietly as he waited for his Head of House to finish with the Floo as she spoke to Madam Amelia Bones, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Seeing her backing out of the fireplace and moving out of the way, Harry watched as Madam Bones and Kingsley stepped out of the fireplace, followed by Tonks as she stumbled slightly. Harry shook his head in slight amusement at the Metamorphmagus, knowing she was even worse with magical travel than he was.

Madam Bones looked around before narrowing her eyes at the bound forms of her aurors and the undersecretary of the Minister. Glancing over to Minerva, she cleared her throat. "I trust that now I can get the full story of why Dolores Umbridge and five of my aurors are bound and unconscious?"

Minerva nodded before explaining what had happened that night, begining with how Umbridge had used exessive force to try and remove Hagrid from the grounds of Hogwarts due to her failing Hagrid as a Professor of Care of Magical Creatures. She then informed Amelia as to how she had left the castle in order to stop the spellfire when the spells began flying toward her. She tapered off after that and looked toward Harry. "However, Mr. Potter here did something rather amazing that spared me from being hit with the multiple stunners. He hasn't informed me as to what he had done yet, seeing as how he wanted to wait until you arrived so that he didn't have to explain multiple times."

At that, all the adults turned towards Harry as they waited for him to begin.

Sighing, Harry cleared his throat as he began his story. "After seeing Professor McGonagall in trouble, I knew I had to do something. So I used my Alchemy skills to create a chute from the stones in the ground to divert the spells back to the casters. Once they were down I used my Alchemy again to create another chute to slide down and make sure that Professor McGonagall was alright. After that I bound them and took their wands and levitated them here."

Looking up at the adults in the room, Harry was met with varying looks of surprise and awe. Feeling bashful, Harry rubbed the back of his head and chuckled weakly. "Uh, I'm not going to be in trouble for assaulting them am I?"

The question knocked the adults out of their surprise with Madam Bones answering the question. "No, you won't be charged with anything. I will personally make sure of that. I do have another question, however: I thought transmutation circles were needed to perform Alchemy, however you don't seem to have used one in the time span you had to react?"

Sighing at being found out, Harry took his wand out and casted a Finite on his palms to reveal tattoos on them that were a half of a transmutation circle on each one. "This is how I did it. After I learned how to perform Alchemy and knew I had no way of having a circle ready at all times, and that having gloves on all the time with the circle halves on the palms would cause a lot of questions, my mentor used a glamour spell to hide them so that my skills would be hidden until they were absolutely needed. Before you ask I cannot tell you who my mentor is. They prefer to have their lives kept private and I cannot betray that confidence."

Nodding in understanding, the adults accepted his explanation before Tonks gained their attention. "Harry, what's that on the back of your hand? Did you get hurt somehow while helping Professor McGonagall?"

Harry paled slightly before fidgeting and trying to hide his hand. "It's nothing."

Frowning slightly, Minerva walked over to her student and held out her hand. "Mr. Potter, I insist that you let us take a look at your hand."

Harry glanced at all of the adults, obviously fighting an internal battle while cursing himself for forgetting that his Finite dispel the glamour that hid the cuts on the back of his hand, before sighing in defeat and putting his hand in hers, showing the words 'I must not tell lies'. "Alright Professor. These marks are… they're from my detentions with Professor Umbridge. She had me use this jet black quill that used my own blood as ink and cut the words she had me write as my lines while in detention."

The adults looked furious at what they were just told, Amelia especially. "You mean to tell me she had you use a blood quill? Those are not allowed out of the Ministry or Gringotts!"

Turning to Kingsley and Tonks, who looked just as furious as she did, she began barking out orders. "Auror Kingsley, head to her office and look for the evidence. Auror Tonks, I want you to look in her files and see if any other students had detentions with her and see if they also were made to use the blood quill."

The two nodded and left the room quickly, glaring daggers at Umbridge while their wand hands twitched.

Hearing that there was a possibility of the quill being used on other students, Harry suddenly went paler than Sir Nicholas and felt his knees buckle. Minerva carefully helped him into a chair before he could fall to the floor, placing a supporting hand on his shoulder.

Glaring daggers at the object of her fury, Amelia pulled out her wand and pointed it at Umbridge. "Enervate!"

Seeing as the woman began to stir and become aware of her surroundings, Madam Bones stormed in front of her and glared down at the pink toad. "Dolores Umbridge, you are hereby under arrest for the use of a blood quill on a minor and possession of a blood quill outside of the walls of the Ministry."

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And here it is, the new chapter of The Equivalent Exchange! Read and review and tell me what you think!