Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 1087 conspiracy, conspiracy

  Umbridge attached great importance to the information "pried" from Harry and Ron, and reported the "good news" immediately, which was highly praised by Fudge.

  However, it is quite difficult to kill the danger in the cradle in advance.

   It is impossible for Fudge to let the elite Aurors of the Ministry of Magic go to the Forbidden Forest to exterminate the acromantula. Even if he really dared to give the order to exterminate the acromantula, it is impossible for the Aurors to accept it. In a ghostly place like the Forbidden Forest, those acromantids are even more dangerous than dark wizards, and even the most elite Aurors may lose their lives.

   Therefore, catching Fred and George and prying out the method of entering the secret base of the Order of the Phoenix from them is the best solution at present, which is more reliable than destroying the acromantula lair.

   Umbridge was thus appointed by Fudge to handle the matter with full authority.

   "What if Albert Anderson comes out to stop it?"

   Before leaving, Umbridge did not forget to mention his concerns.

   "After all, Anderson and Weasley are very good friends. I suspect that Weasley's actions are supported by him. We all know that the Weasley family is not rich."

  Although there is no evidence, Umbridge's instincts after years of work tell Umbridge that Anderson is very suspicious and is likely to be secretly playing tricks behind the scenes.

"If that guy tries to prevent you from capturing Weasley, then arrest him too. I believe that staying in Azkaban prison for a few months can completely calm his clever mind." Fudge said coldly, There is no way he would tolerate someone trying to oust him.

  No one can!

   "I'll take care of this." Umbridge returned to Hogwarts in a happy mood.

   Such a good mood did not last long, because the plan to capture Fred and George did not go as expected, and even the twins were not seen, but the anti-toad movement became more and more powerful.

  Having the Marauder's Map, Fred and George could easily escape the raids and play with Umbridge's group in the palm of their hands.

  The unlucky Filch became one of the targets of the Anti-Toad Alliance because of his defection to Toad. He had to go to the school hospital every day, which was almost becoming his new home.

   "Damn, all damn."

  At this moment, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, a furious Umbridge was smashing things to vent his anger.

It was really hard for Umbridge to imagine that he was actually attacked by those despicable and shameless people. When he woke up, he found himself covered in a layer of extremely smelly mud, squatting like a toad on the podium of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom On the blackboard behind, there are propaganda slogans of the Anti-Toad League and the sign of Umbridge, the toad spitting snakes.

  What angered Umbridge the most was that she maintained that posture and stood on the podium for a class, but no one helped her remove the body-binding spell from the beginning to the end.

   "Ma'am, I'm afraid we'll have to find another way." Filch said listlessly, "The ordinary methods won't catch those two little beasts at all."

This Mr. Administrator has given up on catching Fred and George by conventional means. Just a few days ago, he met Fred and George who were traveling at night in the middle of the night. and got his clothes wet, causing Filch to catch a bad cold.

   "You're right, we have to find another way." Umbridge was also tired of this game of cat and mouse.

  She found that the way to deal with students was not able to deal with the Weasley brothers at all, and they should be regarded as the most vicious dark wizards.

  That's right, in Umbridge's eyes, Fred and George are even more hateful than dark wizards.

  Because they're trying to subvert the Ministry of Magic.

   It's just that Umbridge can't do anything for the time being.

   At this moment, there was a hasty knock on the door outside.

"Come in."

  Umbridge sorted out his emotions, and put on a hypocritical smirk again.

   "Principal Umbridge, there are rumors going around in the castle that are not good for you." Malfoy said straight to the point about the latest news he had just heard.

   "What rumors." Umbridge had a bad feeling.

"A lot of people are rumoring that Fred and George will return to school next month with secret weapons... While driving you out of school, they will also send you to Azkaban." Malfoy said from other students After Li learned of this, he immediately ran to inform Umbridge.

   "I will not let their plot succeed." Umbridge said through gritted teeth, "Absolutely not."

"By the way, it seems that someone threw a few gas bombs into Mr. Administrator's office, and you can smell a stench when you pass by." Malfoy glanced at Filch and continued, "There is also a cat hanging in the office. On the wooden door, this should be a good thing that group of people did."

   "Damn, my cat."

  Filch immediately realized something and rushed out of the office.

   Watching Filch's leaving back, Umbridge frowned slightly.

   "Principal Umbridge, you seem to be in trouble." Malfoy asked knowingly.

"Mr. Malfoy, if it were you, is there any good way to catch the little beast of the Weasley family?" Umbridge looked at the young Malfoy in front of him. She had a little friendship with Lucius Malfoy .

"It is said that they know the Ministry of Magic's secret passages better than anyone else, and it is not easy to use ordinary methods to catch them." Malfoy raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was seriously thinking about the so-called method, "Perhaps, we can start with resistance." Organize. Harry Potter is undoubtedly one of the masterminds of this plot, and they can try to catch them and claim that they are the creators of these plots to force the Weasley twins to show up."

  Forcing the appearance of the Weasley twins?

  Of course not.

   Malfoy just wanted to blame Harry Potter so that Umbridge could find an excuse to kick Harry Potter out of Hogwarts.

   "However, even if the Weasley brothers show up to bear all the charges, it will not be easy to catch them." Malfoy did not forget to remind.

  Although he was reluctant to admit it, the level of duel between Fred and George was indeed much higher than that of members of the investigation team.

  Two days ago, most of the members of the investigation team were attacked by Fred and George, and all of them were sent to the school hospital.

   While Umbridge and Malfoy were discussing the feasibility of the plan, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor outside, and Filch broke into the office with the cat stiff in his arms.

   "Ma'am, please save my cat!"

  Ms. Norris was petrified again, and her whole body was as stiff as a stone.

Umbridge looked at the cat on the table and frowned slightly. Finally, under Filch's expectant eyes, he pretended to try to break the spell a few times. After confirming that it didn't work, he could only bring Filch Go find Snape.

  In any case, Filch was the only helper Umbridge had at Hogwarts, and she would not give up on him easily no matter what.

   "A very powerful petrification magic."

  Snape poked the cat on the table with his finger and gave his own judgment.

   "Can it be cured?" Umbridge asked directly.

   "Should be able to."

"should?"

   "If the method of breaking the curse is ineffective, you can only try to use a mandrake to make a potion to break the spell." Snape picked up his wand and tried to break the curse for Mrs. Norris.

  He tried several methods to remove the curse, and found that one of the methods to remove the curse worked, but the effect of removing the curse was very poor.

  After using it several times in a row, the cat on the table finally got rid of the petrification magic and recovered.

"thanks, thanks."

  Filch held Mrs. Norris in his arms and thanked Snape non-stop.

   "Those two little brutes must have done it," Umbridge said through gritted teeth.

   "It is very difficult for Hogwarts students to master such advanced dark arts." Snape did not agree with Umbridge's words.

   At least, he didn't think Fred and George could do that.

   "There is someone who can." Umbridge said firmly.

   "You mean Anderson?"

  Snape raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Umbridge. He felt that the guy in front of him wanted to make trouble.

   "Yes, that's him."

   "Anderson does have such an ability, but the probability of him doing that is actually not high." Snape shook his head, he felt that Umbridge was running wildly on the road to death.

  Although Albert is easy to get along with, in fact, it is just an appearance. He was a very vengeful guy. Although Snape didn't like Albert, he never denied the other party's ability.

   "Why?" Umbridge asked suspiciously.

"Because Anderson is not an idiot." Snape said directly, "That kind of smart guy would never do such a stupid thing that he can guess who did it at a glance. If he really wants to do something, you can't find him." Here comes the cat."

  Umbridge was speechless, and took the initiative to change the topic, "I hope you can make Veritaserum as soon as possible, I will use that thing soon."

"At least you have to wait another half a month, unless you want to poison the user." Snape felt that Umbridge really wanted to make trouble, he frowned and reminded: "There is one more thing, I have to remind You, Veritaserum Potion actually has an antidote, and with Anderson's potion level, it's not difficult to make an antidote for Veritaserum Potion."

  From the very beginning, Snape had no intention of giving Umbridge the real Veritaserum, so here's a reminder.

   Veritaserum didn't work?

   That is naturally the antidote for the other party's use of Veritaserum.

   Throwing the blame to Albert, Snape didn't have the slightest psychological pressure. Anyway, both sides disliked each other, and he didn't think Umbridge could do anything to Albert.

  Even the Dark Lord would be deflated in front of that guy, let alone Umbridge.

  After asking about the use of the Veritaserum antidote, Umbridge left Snape's office sullenly. In her mind, she kept recalling the process of using Veritaserum to torture the students before. Did anyone in that group use the antidote of Veritaserum?

  After being reminded by Snape, Umbridge was sure that the damned Mudblood was secretly preparing an antidote for Veritaserum.

  As for the others, Umbridge didn't find any traces of antidote after taking Veritaserum, but it's hard to say about this kind of thing.

   As for how to lead Fred and George?

  Umbridge did not make a decision immediately, but planned to consult with someone first.

  Even if you successfully lure people out, you have to find a way to catch them. Once they are run away, it may be difficult to get another chance.

   For this reason, Umbridge told Fudge about his plan, and Fudge convened his own people to discuss how to destroy the secret base of the Order of the Phoenix hidden in the Forbidden Forest in one go, and destroy the secret weapon carefully prepared by Dumbledore.

  Kingsley, who was urgently called for a meeting, was stunned after hearing Umbridge's plan.

  The Order of the Phoenix actually has other secret bases?

  How could he not know.

  The secret base is hidden in the Forbidden Forest, and there is a large group of acromantula guarding the entrance?

  Are you sure you're not joking?

  Who would guard the door with a swarm of acromanders?

   The whole thing sounds outrageous.

   What shocked Kingsley the most was that someone actually believed it, and it was the Minister of Magic, Fudge, who seemed to have made plans to take people to destroy the secret base that had never existed from the beginning.

   My God, this is so magical.

  Kingsley couldn't help but wonder if the so-called secret base was a scam created by Fred and George, right?

   "Is this... a bit of a fuss?"

  Kingsley carefully considered his words: "In any case, they are just two children who have not yet graduated. Moreover, if the Ministry of Magic uses Veritaserum on the students, it is likely to cause big trouble."

   "They are not students now, but accomplices trying to subvert the Ministry of Magic." Umbridge looked at Kingsley with a smirk on his face.

"I mean, this may be an excuse for others to attack the minister, and I have heard some bad news recently." Kingsley did not continue to argue, but did his duty. He still needs to stay Fudge continued to work undercover.

   "It's all Dumbledore's conspiracy." Fudge said angrily, he would never let Dumbledore do what he wanted, let alone allow the so-called "secret weapon" to destroy his career.

   "I need the cooperation of the Aurors." Umbridge looked at Stringer.

   "I will let the Auror cooperate with you, but I need the minister's transfer order." Stringer reminded.

   "No problem," said Fudge.

  That night, all members of the Order of the Phoenix knew the news.

   Except for Mrs. Weasley who was very angry at what Fred and George did, everyone felt the whole thing was inexplicable.

   "We still have such a secret base in the Forbidden Forest?" Sirius cast a puzzled look at Mad-Eye.

"How is it possible, even if there is, it's impossible to hide near the acromantula's lair," Mad-Eye Moody put down his fork, pouted, "Who is the acromantula in the Forbidden Forest Hagrid's pet?" Figured it out."

   "I don't think it's strange that Hagrid raised big spiders." Bill couldn't help complaining, "I remember Charlie said that Hagrid secretly raised dragons."

   "So, what is going on with this matter, and why Fred and George are involved." Mrs. Weasley asked irritably.

   "Don't worry about Molly, Fred and George are very smart." Arthur comforted softly, "Maybe, they just wanted to find a reason to fool Umbridge, but the other party believed it."

   "If they are really caught by that old witch." Mrs. Weasley was still very worried about her son, "We have to find a way to remind them."

   "I dare say they were prepared for a long time, and even the whole thing is a deliberate deception by them." Sirius felt that Molly's worry was unnecessary.

   "They're not your sons, of course you're not worried." Mrs. Weasley glared at Sirius disapprovingly.

"They're grown up and have their own ideas." Sirius shrugged, "Besides, Anderson is more reliable than most people here, even if Fred and George are really in big trouble, he can definitely solve it easily , so you really don’t have to worry.”

  He was actually tempted to say that Mrs. Weasley's worries were unnecessary from the start, but he held back in the end.

   "Okay, Molly, you should trust Fred and George." Lupine said again, "I will send a message to Minerva, she must have a way to inform Fred and George."

   "So, the whole thing is a hoax?"

  Tonks, who had been silent since just now, couldn't help asking, "Is the secret weapon to subvert the Ministry of Magic fake?"

   "You're afraid to ask Fred and George about this." Sirius shrugged and changed the topic, "I heard that they plan to open a store in Diagon Alley. Have you found the location of the store?"

   "It seems that they are still negotiating the price." Bill said with a smile: "They think the price is too expensive, and they seem to think that the price will drop again, so they plan to wait."

   "Where did they get Garen?" Mrs. Weasley looked at Bill suspiciously, "The rent of shops in Diagon Alley is not cheap."

   "Rent? No, they want to buy the store." Bill shook his head.

   "Buy the store," repeated Mr. Weasley in surprise.

   "It must be Gallon from Albert. That guy is richer than you expected." Sirius was not surprised at all.

   "I heard he came from a Muggle family." Tonks asked curiously.

   "That guy not only won a lot of world championships, but also likes to bet on himself to win. He charges hundreds of Galleons for every divination, what do you think?" Sirius believed that Albert must have other ways to make money.

  That guy is more reliable than himself and James.

  If they were half as reliable as Albert back then, maybe things wouldn't be like this now.

   Revised

  (end of this chapter)