Magical Studies at Hogwarts

The waiting time was excruciating, but also full of anticipation. Harry and the others were eager to see Umbridge's reaction when she saw the article published in "The Quibbler."

That must be wonderful.

This is really the only thing worth looking forward to in the near future, the rest is terrible.Such as the epic defeat of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

It's not the number of points lost, but the incompetence shown in the game against Hufflepuff.If Harry and the twins were not suspended, Hufflepuff, which had lost Cedric, could actually achieve a crushing victory, but now even if Ginny finally got the Golden Snitch, Gryffindor still lost by ten points .

The tragedy of the Bulgarian Quidditch World Cup happened again, which was very disappointing and heartbreaking. Fortunately, it did not last long.

On Monday morning, when Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting at the long table enjoying breakfast, a large number of owls flew towards him and dropped a letter.These guys were so impatient that they even started fighting, just to be the first to send their letter to Harry.This noisy scene attracted almost everyone's attention.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Ron, who was still a little sad about losing Quidditch, asked in surprise. He stretched out his hand to take down one, but was pecked hard.

"I know!" Hermione was very happy. She directly reached into the group of owls that were fighting fiercely, and grabbed an owl with a big long tube-shaped package from inside. The poor guy was covered by Hermione. I rolled my eyes.

He casually took the package, opened the lid, and took out a tightly rolled newspaper. It was the March issue of "The Quibbler."

"Sure enough! Look!" Hermione handed "The Quibbler" to Harry, and Harry saw his own photo at first glance, with a line of large blood-red letters on it:

"Harry Potter Finally Tells the Truth: That Night I Witnessed the Resurrection of the You-Know-Who"

That night she turned to the article and read it hastily. It was rare for Rita not to use her unique writing skills to whitewash it too much. It was exactly the same as what he said that day.

This is very un-Rita, but very Hermione...

"It's great, isn't it, Harry?" Luna floated over from the Ravenclaw table, her voice still very ethereal, "It just came out yesterday, I asked dad to give you a copy... It looks like The response from readers has been great.”

Harry nodded, with a proud smile on his face, and he opened the letter with Hermione and Ron enthusiastically, and the twins also joined in.

The letter contained a variety of things. Some believed that there was something wrong with his brain and needed treatment; some were very confused and believed what he said but did not believe that the mysterious man was really back.However, these only accounted for half of it, the rest was thanks to Harry for telling them the truth.

"What happened?" Just as several people were happily opening the letters, a sweet voice sounded above Harry's head.

Harry stiffened, still holding a handful of letters in his hand.Turning around, I saw Umbridge's hateful face. There were more people watching behind her.

"Answer my question, why are there so many letters?" Umbridge said slowly, her voice still sweet but very depressed.

"I accepted an interview, and now it's published in the newspaper. These are the thank-you letters people wrote to me." Harry knew that this matter could not be suppressed at all, so he simply told the truth.

"Interview? You..." Umbridge said while looking at the messy desktop in front of Harry.Without any further delay, Harry reached out and took out "The Quibbler" and threw it to Umbridge.

She caught it, and her face instantly turned livid.

"You...what did you do! When did you do it!" Umbridge's voice was trembling, and she couldn't tell whether it was fear or anger.

Harry didn't care and replied directly: "The last time I went to Hogsmeade."

Hearing this, Umbridge became angry and pointed at Harry, but her voice became softer: "You are prohibited from going to Hogsmeade again, Mr. Potter..."

"I've taught you time and time again not to lie, not to lie, but you obviously turned a deaf ear..."

She took a deep breath to calm herself down a little.

"Fifty points from Gryffindor and another week of confinement!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Umbridge hurried away on her high heels, still clutching the book "The Quibbler" in her hand.

Harry just shrugged at this, maybe because he had been detained by Umbridge for too long, he didn't think it was anything at all, but he was curious about what Umbridge would do next.

I didn't have to wait too long. Before noon, huge notices were plastered all over the school. "The Quibbler" was listed as a banned book by Umbridge, and any student found to be carrying it would be immediately expelled.

"This is a good thing!" Hermione whispered, "She helped us a lot! Without this announcement, many people may not have read your article, but now I guarantee that everyone will know!"

If Harry had any experience in these nearly five years of school life, then "Hermione is right" must be the most important one.

This was indeed the case. At night, even though there was no trace of "The Quibbler" in the entire castle, everyone had seen it, and it became the hottest topic for the next few days.They talked in class, during meals, and even when going to the toilet.

Not only that, the professors had obviously read it, and their attitude towards Harry had also changed a lot.Professor Sprout gave him twenty points just for handing him a teapot during class. Professor Flitwick gave him many delicious snacks, even though he had been told in class that he would encounter unknown dangers. Professor Trelawney also changed his mind, saying that he would live a long life, become the Minister of Magic, and have many children and grandchildren.

This feeling was very good, Harry was already feeling a little elated, and even Ron was happy all day long, because most of Professor Flitwick's snacks went into his stomach.Only Hermione has been frowning and looking worried these days.

"This is not normal, Harry." Hermione said when asked, "She won't just ban "The Quibbler". Obviously, something more serious must be going on."

Hearing this, Harry also put away the pride in his heart.According to Hermione's first law, this matter is basically doomed, and it is indeed the case.

A few days later, when Harry was continuing to learn Occlumency from Snape, he suddenly heard a loud and piercing scream coming from outside the door.Out of curiosity, the two of them went out, only to see everyone walking along the corridor to the outside of the castle, and there was a crowd outside the foyer.

He squeezed in with difficulty and saw Professor Trelawney standing in the middle, holding a wand in one hand and an empty sherry bottle in the other.She was very embarrassed, her eyes were crooked, her hair was messy, and the decorations on her body were also messy.At his feet, there was a box standing upright and a box upside down, as if someone had thrown it down from above.

"No! No! This is impossible!" Professor Trelawney screamed, "I won't accept it! I won't accept it!"

"Nothing is impossible." Umbridge stood opposite Professor Trelawney, still speaking in the same sweet voice, "Every class of yours is terrible. With this kind of performance, Dismissal is inevitable."

"You can't fire me!" cried Professor Trelawney, tears welling up in her eyes. "I've been here for 16 years! This is my home!"

"That's all..." Umbridge said calmly, "An hour ago, when the Minister of Magic signed your dismissal order, you no longer belong here..."

"Now, please leave!"