Chapter 1102: Harry in the Fireplace
Unlike the brief calm at 12 Grimmauld Place, the atmosphere in the wizarding world has been unusually strange lately. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Since it was announced that Dumbledore had defected from Hogwarts, there had been no news about him from the Ministry of Magic or the Daily Prophet.
Fudge seems to have lost his purpose in life all of a sudden, and he doesn't know what to do.
There was no decisive victory as expected, the bad situation did not change, and all that remained was trouble.
Umbridge is nowhere to be found, Hogwarts education reform comes to a complete halt, escaped Death Eaters are still at large, there are daily marches, distrust and resentment are growing, and many dark creatures that have been regulated are starting to stir up.
Werewolves are becoming more and more active, and not long ago, on the night of the full moon, they appeared and attacked a small village.
Many people swear by that they have seen vampires in their neighborhood and have even been bitten by them while sleeping.
And then there's the Dementors, these terrible monsters don't seem to be completely confined to Azkaban anymore.
It is even said that they saw fire dragons and giants near the coast......
In short, it was a mess, and the wizarding world seemed to have suddenly retreated to the chaotic and dark Middle Ages.
Of course, none of this combined compares to the fact that the Ministry of Magic is going to war with the centaurs, which feels ridiculous and incredible.
When Rita Skeeter reported the news, people became furious.
They couldn't believe that with so many troubles left unsolved, Fudge wanted to go to the horsemen!
Is he crazy?
In such an atmosphere, 12 Grimmauld Place welcomed an unexpected visitor.
That night, as Evan and Hermione sat around the kitchen table reading a book as usual, Harry's head suddenly appeared in a turquoise flame.
"Thank goodness you two are here!" Harry said, breathing a sigh of relief.
He was looking up from the fireplace in the kitchen at the long wooden dining table outside to see Evan and Hermione sitting together.
"Harry!" Hermione immediately stood up from her chair, looking surprised, "what's wrong with you, is there anything wrong?"
"I'm fine! how are you?" said Harry, but it didn't look good, "I just want to know, well, I mean, I want to talk to Sirius......"
"He's upstairs, with Kreacher!" said Aven, glancing at Harry again, "I'll call him down." ”
Evan left the kitchen, and Hermione knelt in front of the fire.
"Well, what about Elaine?" Harry asked in a deliberately relaxed tone, "why didn't I see her?"
"She's sleeping upstairs!" said Hermione.
"Oh, so you've been here since you left school?" said Harry, looking around.
He felt a little disgusted that he used the Floo Net in this way, and after the world whirled, it was like a particularly hot scarf around his head.
Moreover, my knees have been kneeling on the hard stone floor for a long time, and they have begun to ache.
"yes, we've been here for the past few days, and we've not been anywhere!" Hermione asked, "Harry, how is school doing?"
"It's not good, Hogwarts is a mess after you leave, the only good news is that Fudge can't find Umbridge, but he has set up a special reform team to move into the school. Harry said, "You may not think of ......"
"We read the newspapers!" Hermione said quickly, "knowing about it." ”
"yes, but you wouldn't expect Malfoy's dad to be in the group, and he showed up at Hogwarts Hall yesterday morning. Harry said mockingly, "You and Evan should really look at Malfoy's face, he's so smug!"
"In this case, you should follow the school rules. Hermione said, "Can't give them a reason to trouble you. ”
"Forget it, Hermione, even if I don't do anything, they'll get me in trouble. Harry said, "I don't want to stay at Hogwarts, since Dumbledore left with you, Fudge and the Ministry of Magic have begun to interfere in the teaching and management of the school, you have no idea how many special education orders that the special reform team publishes every day, they are not much better than Umbridge, and even ask the Slytherin students to maintain order in the school, which is called the Special Investigation Operations Team." ”
"Special Investigation Task Force?"
Supposedly Umbridge's previous idea, which she wrote to Fudge, these investigative teams of trusted students from the Ministry of Magic maintain order and even have the power to deduct points from the prefects. ”
"This is ridiculous, the prefect system ......"
"It's dead in name, that's the current state of Hogwarts, and everything is in chaos. Harry said, a look of eagerness on his face, "I don't want to stay here, if I go over now, I can ......"
"Don't, Harry!" Hermione hurriedly interrupted, "you can't leave Hogwarts. ”
"Harry, I can understand how you're feeling right now, but you need to stay there. Sirius followed Evan briskly into the kitchen, just as he heard this, and he also knelt in front of the fireplace like Hermione, in a reassuring tone, "I know it's hard, and I'm not teaching you to behave, but you have to learn to be patient." ”
"Patience?!" Harry's tone was strange, as if he was on the verge of an outburst, "How long am I going to endure?!"
"It's almost there!" said Aven.
"You all leave Hogwarts to join the Order of the Phoenix, leaving me here alone......" Harry raised his voice.
"We were forced to leave, and besides, we didn't leave you alone, and Ron. ”
"I had a fight with him last night. Harry said, falling silent.
"Why?" Hermione looked at him worriedly.
"Because of D.A.'s activities, I want to reorganize it after you two are gone. Harry sighed and said, "But the current situation is that some people are willing to continue, and some people want to quit, after all, the Ministry of Magic released Dumbledore's incriminating evidence, including the formation of an army, and everyone is very worried......"
"Ron wants to quit?!" Hermione said in surprise, "he won't do that!"
He didn't say that explicitly, but it was pretty much the same, and Lavender was worried, and didn't know what to say to him, so he came to me and told me that we had better not be active lately, and he didn't come to the rally the night before. Harry said, "And Cho's friend, the guy named Marietta seems to be frightened, if it weren't for the fear of Aven's magic, she would definitely go and snitch, and Cho has been talking about her when she saw me this time." In short, none of them went well. ”
"And is anyone going to D.A.'s rally?"
"Fred, George, Jordan, the Colin brothers, Neville, Ginny, and Angelina are still there, but none of the people who have a good relationship with Lavender have come, and the junior freshmen and those who have someone in their family working at the Ministry of Magic have all quit. Harry sighed and said, "There's Luna and Ginny's boyfriend left at Ravenclaw House, and he probably got hard-pulled by her." That first-year girl from Hufflepuff House is the one who plays Quidditch very well......"