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"Are you all right, Delores? Would you like a lemon drop?" the imaginary figure created by the potion asked. The hallucinogenic potion that Harry had given Umbridge was relatively new and was designed to pull a topic from the victim's mind and then continue to use the information given by the victim's memories to create a near perfect version of that topic. Near perfect only because people's minds are generally faulty, the potion overcame that somewhat by also drawing on the subconscious, but if the person really believed something about the topic, even if it was false, the hallucination would mimic it. This would explain why the hallucination of Dumbledore was wearing battle armor while carrying a large bag of lemon drops.

"You're not supposed to be in Hogwarts," Umbridge said, not even seeing what the hallucination was wearing. "You ran away and I'm the Headmistress now."

"Very good, Delores. Would you like a lemon drop?" the fake Dumbledore offered again.

"Why are you in Hogwarts?" Umbridge questioned, still pointing her finger at the fake Dumbledore.

"I have come to gather up my army; we're going to attack the Ministry as soon as the OWLs are over," Dumbledore answered, using what Umbridge was currently thinking of. "Would you like a lemon drop?"

"I must warn the Minister," Umbridge gasped out. "I'm placing you under arrest, Dumbledore."

"All right, would you like a lemon drop?" Dumbledore didn't offer the bag this time as he turned and calmly left the room. Umbridge stumbled a bit as she got out from behind her desk.

"Where are you going? You're under arrest," Umbridge cried out as she followed after the fake Dumbledore.

"War waits for no one, my dear, so I'm afraid that I don't have time to chat. Would you like a lemon drop?" Dumbledore repeated this line as he led Umbridge straight towards the real Dumbledore's old office. To Umbridge, it looked like Dumbledore rode the staircase up before the goblin settled back down, but in reality the stone goblin steadily stared at Umbridge the whole time.

Professor Marchbanks had been lurking behind Umbridge, following her close enough that she was able to keep track of where Umbridge was going, but far enough away that she couldn't quite see what was going on or hear what exactly Umbridge was saying. Once at the entrance to Dumbledore's office, she was able to close the ranks and actually hear what Umbridge was rambling about. Umbridge's rant to the hallucination of Dumbledore confirmed Professor Marchbanks' suspicions and the older woman remained at the entrance to try and guess the password as Umbridge scurried off.

Rebellion, Chapter 34