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Professor Umbridge looked up. This is school, Mr. Potter, not the real world, she said softly. So were not supposed to be prepared for whats waiting out there. There is nothing waiting out there, Mr. Potter. Oh yeah. said Harry. His temper, which seemed to have been bubbling just beneath the surface all day, was reaching boiling point. Who do you imagine wants to attack children like yourselves. inquired Professor Umbridge in a horribly honeyed voice. Hmm, lets think. said Harry in a mock thoughtful voice, maybe Lord Voldemort. Ron gasped; Lavender Brown uttered a little scream; Neville slipped sideways off his stool. Professor Umbridge, however, did not flinch. She was staring at Harry with a grimly satisfied expression on her face. Ten points from Gryffindor, Mr. Potter. The classroom was silent and still. Everyone was staring at either Umbridge or Harry. Now, let me make a few things quite plain. Professor Umbridge stood up and leaned toward them, her stubby-fingered hands splayed on her desk. You have been told that a certain Dark wizard has returned from the dead - He wasnt dead, said Harry angrily, but yeah, hes returned. -Potter-you-have-already-lost-your-House-ten-points-do-not-makematters-worse-for-yourself, said Professor Umbridge in one breath without looking at him. As I was saying, you have been informed that a certain Dark wizard is at large once again. This is a lie. It is NOT a lie. said Harry. I saw him, I fought him. Detention, Mr. Potter. said Professor Umbridge triumphantly. Tomorrow evening. Five oclock. My office. I repeat, this is a lie. The Ministry of Magic guarantees that you are not in danger from any Dark wizard. If you are still worried, by all means come and see me outside class hours. If someone is alarming you with fibs about reborn Dark wizards, I would like to hear about it. I am here to help. I am your friend. And now, you will kindly continue your reading. Page five, Basics for Beginners. Professor Umbridge sat down behind her desk again. Harry, however, stood up. Everyone was staring at him; Seamus looked half-scared, half-fascinated. Harry, no. Hermione whispered in a warning voice, tugging at his sleeve, but Harry jerked design usa apex arm out of her reach. So, according to you, Cedric Diggory dropped dead of his own accord, did he. Harry asked, his voice shaking. There was a collective intake of breath from the class, for none of them, apart from Ron and Hermione, had ever heard Harry talk about what had happened on the night that Cedric had died. They stared avidly from Harry to Professor Umbridge, who had raised her eyes and was staring at him without a trace of a fake smile on her face. Cedric Diggorys death was a tragic accident, she said coldly. It was murder, said Harry. He could feel himself shaking. He had hardly talked to anyone about this, least of all thirty eagerly listening classmates. Voldemort killed him, and you know it. Professor Umbridges face was quite blank. For a moment he thought she was going to scream at him. Then she said, in her softest, most sweetly girlish voice, Come here, Mr. Potter, dear. He kicked his chair aside, strode around Ron and Hermione and up to the teachers desk. He could feel the rest of the class holding its breath. He felt so angry he did not care what happened next. Professor Umbridge pulled a small roll of pink parchment out of her handbag, stretched it out on the desk, dipped her quill into a bottle of ink, and started scribbling, hunched over so that Harry could not see what she was writing. Nobody spoke. After a minute or so she rolled up the parchment and tapped it with her wand; it sealed itself seamlessly so that he could not open it. Take this to Professor McGonagall, dear, said Professor Umbridge, holding out the note to him. He took it from her without saying a word and left the room, not even looking back at Ron and Hermione, and slamming the classroom door shut behind him. He walked very fast along the read article, the note to McGonagall clutched tight in his hand, and turning a corner walked slap into Peeves the Poltergeist, a wide-faced little man floating on his back in midair, juggling several inkwells. Why, its Potty Wee Potter. cackled Peeves, allowing two of the inkwells to fall to the ground where they smashed and spattered the walls with ink; Harry jumped backward out of the way with a snarl. Get out of it, Peeves. Oooh, Crackpots feeling cranky, said Peeves, pursuing Harry along the corridor, leering as he zoomed along above him. What is it this time, my fine Potty friend. Hearing voices. Seeing visions. Speaking in - Peeves blew a gigantic raspberry - tongues. I said, leave me ALONE. Harry shouted, running down the nearest flight of stairs, but Peeves merely slid down the banister on his back beside him. Oh, most think hes barking, the Potty wee lad, But some are more kindly and think hes just sad, But Peevesy knows better and says that hes mad - SHUT UP. A door to his left flew open and Professor McGonagall emerged from her office looking grim and slightly harassed. What on earth are you shouting about, Potter. she snapped, as Peeves cackled gleefully and zoomed out of sight. Why arent you in class. Ive been sent to see you, said Harry stiffly. Sent. What do you mean, sent. He held out the note from Professor Umbridge. Professor McGonagall took it from him, frowning, slit it open with a tap of her wand, stretched it out, and began to read. Her eyes zoomed from side to side behind their square spectacles as she read what Umbridge had written, and with each line they became narrower. Come in here, Potter. He followed her inside her study. The door closed automatically behind him. Well. said Professor McGonagall, rounding on him. Is this true. Is what true. Harry asked, rather more aggressively than he had intended. Professor. he added in an attempt to sound more polite. Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge. Yes, said Harry. You called her a liar. Yes. You told her He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is back. Yes. Professor McGonagall sat down behind her desk, frowning at Harry. Then she said, Have a biscuit, Potter. Have - what. Have a biscuit, she repeated impatiently, indicating a tartan tin of cookies lying on top of one of the piles of papers on her desk. And sit down. There had been a previous occasion when Harry, expecting to be caned by Professor McGonagall, had instead been appointed by her to the Gryffindor Quidditch team. He sank into a chair opposite her and helped himself to a Ginger Newt, feeling just as confused and wrong-footed as he had done on that occasion. Professor McGonagall set down Professor Umbridges note and looked very seriously at Harry. Potter, you need to be careful. Harry swallowed his mouthful of Ginger Newt and stared at her. Her tone of voice was not at all what he was used to; it was not brisk, crisp, and stern; it was Apex hotel edinburgh offers and anxious and somehow much more human than usual. Misbehavior in Dolores Umbridges class could cost you much more than House points and a detention. What do you -. Potter, use your common sense, snapped Professor McGonagall, with an abrupt return to her usual manner. You know where she comes from, you must know to whom she is reporting. The bell rang for the end of the lesson. Overhead and all around came the elephantine sounds of hundreds of students on the move. It says here shes given you detention every evening this week, starting tomorrow, Professor McGonagall said, looking down at Umbridges note again. Every evening this week. Harry repeated, horrified. But, Professor, couldnt you -. No, I couldnt, said Professor McGonagall flatly. But - She is your teacher and has every right to give you detention. You will go to her room at five oclock tomorrow for the first one. Just remember: Tread carefully around Dolores Umbridge. But I was telling the truth. said Harry, outraged. Voldemorts back, you know he is, Professor Dumbledore knows he is - For heavens sake, Potter. said Professor McGonagall, straightening her glasses angrily (she had winced horribly when he had used Voldemorts name). Do you really think this is about truth or lies. Its about keeping your head down and your temper under control. She stood up, nostrils wide and mouth very thin, and he stood too. Have another biscuit, she said irritably, thrusting the tin at him. No, thanks, said Harry coldly. Dont be ridiculous, she snapped. He took one. Thanks, he said grudgingly. Didnt you listen to Dolores Umbridges speech at the start-of-term feast, Potter. Yeah, said Harry. Yeah. she said. progress will be prohibited or click. well, it meant that Apex hotel edinburgh offers. that the Ministry of Magic is trying to interfere at Hogwarts. Professor McGonagall eyed him for a moment, then sniffed, walked around her desk, and held open the door for him. Well, Im glad you listen to Hermione Granger at any rate, she said, pointing him out of her office. D CHAPTER THIRTEEN DETENTION WITH DOLORES inner in the Great Hall that night was not a pleasant experience for Harry. The news about his shouting match with Umbridge seemed to have traveled exceptionally fast even by Hogwarts standards. He heard whispers all around him as he sat eating between Ron and Hermione. The funny thing was that none of the whisperers seemed to mind him overhearing what they were saying about him - on the contrary, it was as though they were hoping he would get angry and start shouting again, so that they could hear his story firsthand. He says he saw Cedric Diggory murdered. He reckons he dueled with You-Know-Who. Come off it. Who does he think hes kidding. Pur-lease. What I dont get, said Harry in a shaking voice, laying down his knife and fork (his hands were trembling too much to hold them steady), is why they all believed the story two months ago when Dumbledore told them. The thing is, Harry, Im not sure they did, said Hermione grimly. Oh, lets get out of here. She slammed down her own knife and fork; Ron looked sadly at his halffinished apple pie but followed suit. People stared at them all the way out of the Hall. What dyou mean, youre not sure they believed Dumbledore. Harry asked Hermione when they reached the first-floor landing. Look, you dont understand what it was like after it happened, said Hermione quietly. You arrived back in the middle of the lawn clutching Cedrics dead body. None of us saw what happened in the maze. We just had Dumbledores word for it that You-Know-Who had come back and killed Cedric and fought you. Which is the truth. said Harry loudly. I know it is, Harry, so will you please stop biting my head off. said Hermione wearily. Its just that before the truth could sink in, everyone went home for the summer, where they spent two months reading about how youre a nutcase and Dumbledores going senile. Rain pounded on the windowpanes as they strode along the empty corridors back to Gryffindor Tower. Harry felt as though his first day had lasted a week, but he still had a mountain of homework to do before bed. A dull pounding pain was developing over his right eye. He rts games out of a rain-washed window at the dark grounds as they turned into the Fat Ladys corridor. There was still no light in Hagrids cabin. Mimbulus mimbletonia, said Hermione, before the Fat Lady could ask. The portrait swung open to reveal the hole behind and the three of them scrambled back through it. The common room was almost empty; nearly everyone was still down at dinner. Crookshanks uncoiled himself from an armchair and trotted to meet them, purring loudly, and when Harry, Ron, and Hermione took their three favorite chairs at the fireside he leapt lightly into Hermiones lap and curled up there like a furry ginger cushion. Harry gazed into the flames, feeling this web page and exhausted. How can Dumbledore have let this happen. Hermione cried suddenly, making Harry and Ron jump; Crookshanks leapt off her, looking affronted. She pounded the arms of her chair in fury, so that bits of stuffing leaked out of the holes. How can he let that terrible woman teach us. And in our O. year too. Well, weve never had great Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, have we. said Harry. You know what its like, Hagrid told us, nobody wants the job, they say its jinxed. Yes, but to employ someone whos actually refusing disk warzone of call duty download image 10 windows let us do magic. Whats Dumbledore playing at. And shes trying to get people to spy for her, said Ron darkly. Remember when she said she wanted us to come and tell her if we hear anyone saying You-Know-Whos back. Of course shes here to spy on us all, thats obvious, why else would Fudge have wanted her to come. snapped Hermione. Dont start arguing again, said Harry wearily, as Ron opened his mouth to retaliate. Cant we just. Lets just do that homework, get it out of the way. They collected their schoolbags from a corner and returned to the chairs by the fire. People were coming back from dinner now. Harry kept Apex hotel edinburgh offers face averted from the portrait hole, but could still sense the stares he was attracting. Shall we do Snapes stuff first. said Ron, dipping his quill into his ink. The properties. of moonstone. and its uses. in potion-making. he muttered, writing the words across the top of his parchment as he spoke them. There. He underlined the title, then looked up expectantly at Hermione. So what are the properties of moonstone and its uses in potion-making. But Hermione was not listening; she was squinting over into the far corner of the room, where Fred, George, and Lee Jordan were now sitting at the center of a knot of innocent-looking first years, all of whom were chewing something that seemed to have come out of a large paper bag that Fred was holding. No, Im sorry, theyve gone too far, she said, standing up and looking positively furious. Come on, Ron. I - what.
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