Chapter 1011 Yes, it’s us
Abbott really had no psychological pressure at all about using the Oblivion Curse on Umbridge. Neither of them were good people anyway, and there were conflicts between the two sides. He was kind-hearted because he didn't kill the other party directly.
Yes, Albert never considered himself a good person.
Perhaps, this is influenced by the concept that good people are not rewarded in the previous life. He has a flexible moral bottom line and instinctively rejects these things.
After solving the problems left by Umbridge, Albert did not return to the activity room, which is now the home of the savior Potter. In the past, he would only steal the limelight from Harry Potter.
Let's leave this thankless task to Potter!
Although there were some disturbances during the wizard card competition, the competition still ended smoothly. After everyone shared the happy time of the game, they dispersed.
Lee Jordan took away the "Book of Origins" and moved it to a new location to prevent the toad from coming to cause trouble again.
As for Fred and George who stayed in the activity room, they were greeting the students who stayed at the end and began to help clean the activity room.
Their purpose was not to help clean, but to hear what Hermione and Harry were going to say.
It doesn’t take much time to completely restore the messy activity room to its original state due to the banquet, and there are quite a few students who stay to help clean up.
After everyone cleaned up the garbage left behind by the banquet, they each found a place to sit down and waited for the next follow-up.
Hermione pulled the stiff-faced Harry to the podium. She cleared her throat and said, "Ahem, I think everyone knows why you stayed."
"That pink toad - I mean Umbridge taught us a bunch of **** - we can't learn anything really useful from Defense Against the Dark Arts." Hermione was a little nervous at first, but after she took a deep breath Finally, his tone became firmer.
“Well said, both Toad and Defense Against Magic should be consigned to the **** heap,” echoed Ernie MacMillan loudly.
After being imprisoned once, Macmillan became extremely disgusted with Umbridge.
The activity room was filled with intermittent echoes from people, and those who were informed to stay were all members of the Anti-Toad Alliance.
"So, I'm thinking we might as well solve the problem ourselves and re-form the Defense Association." Hermione looked around at the remaining students and said seriously and firmly, "I want to pass the Defense Against the Dark Arts O.W.Ls exam."
"To be honest, I really don't understand what the Ministry of Magic wants to do, and why it would send us such a professor who does everything possible to prevent us from using defensive spells." Ernie Macmillan said loudly, "Those so-called theories , obviously cannot help us pass these important exams better."
"According to the latest internal information from the Ministry of Magic that I got, Umbridge teaches us "Magic Defense Theory" for two reasons. She is actually not good at Defense Against the Dark Arts, and her teaching skills are also valued by everyone. In her eyes. As for the other reason that was even more ridiculous, she thought Dumbledore would incite us to fight against the Ministry of Magic, and was worried that after we learned these defense spells against the dark arts, we would turn against the Ministry of Magic. Fudge even absurdly thought that Dumbledore planned to use the school students train a secret army."
“Where did you get the inside information?”
The person who spoke was Ginny Weasley's boyfriend, Michael Corner.
"If you listen to Wizard Watch, you can get the news." Hermione hinted: "It was never a joke station, you will know later."
“I have a question, who will teach us Defense Against the Dark Arts, Mr. Anderson?” asked the girl with a long braid behind her.
Everyone looked around, but did not see Albert.
"No, unfortunately, Albert is not free!" Hermione shook her head.
If it weren’t for Albert, who would teach them?
Who is qualified to teach them?
Everyone is paying attention to this matter.
"The Self-Defense Guide compiled by Albert has what we need." Hermione held up the book and said to everyone, "There are many practical spells in it. We will focus on the content of this book. Fortunately, , Harry has mastered most of the spells in it, and the other parts need everyone to study together."
After noticing the expressions on other people's faces, Hermione did not give them a chance to speak and continued: "I know you want to learn some more advanced magic, but the reality is that after reading this book, I found that I We haven’t even fully mastered the basic knowledge of defense against the dark arts, and we still have a lot to learn.”
Everyone looked at each other, and everyone was curious about what the book was about.
“Harry Potter has the ability to teach us Defense Against the Dark Arts?” Some people still have doubts about Harry’s ability.
"Harry received formal training last semester. It is not a problem to teach everyone some basic defensive spells. The most difficult spell in the "Self-Defense Guide" is the Patronus Charm to deal with dementors, and Harry has already mastered it. This spell." Hermione began to steer the conversation in a direction that was beneficial to Harry.
“You can really conjure up a stag patronus.” The girl with long braids asked curiously.
“How do you know?” Harry asked.
“My name is Susan Bones,” the girl with braids introduced herself. “My aunt told me about your trial.”
“Harry, you should show everyone your skills. This can solve many problems.” George gave Harry his assist on the stage.
Most people here have experienced the time when Dementors were stationed at Hogwarts, and they are all very interested in the Patronus Charm that can drive away Dementors.
“Harry.” Hermione reached out and poked Harry, indicating that he would demonstrate to everyone.
This matter was actually discussed in advance by Hermione and George. If they want everyone to agree with Harry, they must show some strength.
If Harry could even master the most difficult Patronus Charm in the "Self-Defense Guide", no one would jump out and question whether Harry is qualified to teach everyone.
“Call the gods to protect you!”
Harry hesitated for a moment, but took out his wand. A stream of silver gas spurted out from the top of the wand, forming a silver stag. The patron saint walked around the activity room with graceful steps and then disappeared.
After experiencing the baptism of Dementors, Harry was able to easily summon a Patronus in a bright room.
“Will we also learn the Patronus Charm?”
"Yes." Harry nodded.
“What challenge do you mean...” Cedric Diggory asked.
“Voldemort is back.” Hermione mustered up a lot of courage to say the name.
When Hermione said the name Voldemort, the activity room fell into an eerie silence, and a gasp could even be heard.
However, since the candidates for the party had been selected beforehand, everyone's reaction was not too drastic. They just looked at Harry Potter with curious eyes.
"I see Voldemort is back." Harry said expressionlessly, "Whether you want to believe it or not, this is the fact."
"Of course, you can believe what Fudge said in the report, believe Umbridge, and think that Dumbledore has Alzheimer's disease and is an old madman. You can even leave now and tell Umbridge that we are gathering here. ." Harry, who had taken the sedative, looked extremely indifferent. He raised an index finger and said, "Actually, you don't need to worry about whether this is true, because Voldemort is not a peaceful person. At most, he only needs to In a year, nay, nine months you will see evidence of his activities in the newspapers."
"Of course, I have a way for you to peek at the truth." Harry said suddenly, looking at the people with stiff expressions.
"any solution?"
"Let you directly watch that part of my memory." Harry said softly: "In the principal's office, there is a prop called the Pensieve, which can play the memory fragments in a person's mind. As long as you can get it from Dumbledore, Borrow the things, I don't mind letting you watch the memories of Voldemort's resurrection."
"Really?"
The scene exploded instantly.
None of them expected that Harry would actually say this. Although everyone couldn't tell whether Harry was lying, the possibility should be very high.
If it is fake, it will definitely be exposed easily.
"Of course it's true, I don't have to lie to you." Harry said meaningfully. "The premise is that you have the courage to bear this truth."
"I want to believe you Harry." Neville raised his hand and said, "My grandma always said that Fudge is an idiot. There is no point in him slandering Dumbledore like that. Once the mysterious man appears in front of everyone, Fudge will completely degenerate into the entire wizarding world. The laughing stock and the sinner.”
"According to the information we have received, there is a prophecy that Fudge will be ousted from the position of Minister of Magic next summer." George said with a wink, "And Umbridge will naturally get out of school."
"So we never take the toad seriously." Fred added: "Next, we will launch a candy called Quick Skip Candy. If you don't want to go to the toad's class, just eat one. Let you skip class easily."
“Anyone who buys joke props to deal with toads from us will get a discount.” George continued.
"Where's Anderson? What does he think of this?" Shanna asked, ready to give them a push. She saw Albert's shadow in the club.
"He knows what will happen next better than anyone else." Hermione said seriously after a moment of silence.
“He obviously knew everything, but he didn’t say anything.” Michael Corner suddenly said,
"Even if Albert said that Voldemort would be resurrected, would you believe it?" Hermione asked.
The answer can be imagined. Even if there is one more Albert, not many people are willing to believe it. Instead, everyone will regard it as a liar.
“Albert thought that the wizarding world would need the knowledge in the Self-Defense Guide, so he spent a lot of time and energy compiling this book and teaching everyone how to protect themselves through it,” Hermione told everyone.
“Why doesn’t he publish this book?” Someone asked puzzledly, “No matter how much it costs, I am definitely willing to spend money to buy one.”
“Publishing now will only result in attacks and discredits from the Ministry of Magic. Toad and Fudge agreed that they were very wary of Albert’s influence.” Hermione explained, “Are there any other questions?”
“What are we going to call our club?” Lee Jordan asked, “Should we call it the Defense Association?”
"Yes, it's also called the Defense Association." Hermione continued, "You can also call it DA directly. This abbreviation also means Dumbledore's Army."
“Where are we going to have a party and how will we arrange the time?” Diggory asked with a frown.
“Of course the party is here?” Aaliya said matter-of-factly.
“No.” Luna, who had remained silent, suddenly refused.
“Why, this place is very hidden. As long as we move our position frequently, the toads will definitely not be able to find us.”
“This place is actually more fragile than you expected and cannot support everyone’s practice of magic. It would be fine if it is only used for classes, but we obviously need to practice magic more.” George explained.
"We can't operate under the nose of the toad." Digory reminded everyone, "If the toad knew about it, he would definitely ban the Defense Association and treat it as an illegal gathering. You just saw that the toad even wanted to dissolve the wizards. Card Club.”
Everyone fell into silence, this is undoubtedly an unsolvable problem.
It is impossible for them to use empty classrooms or other places to hold parties, because toads will definitely come and trouble them at the first opportunity.
"Let's go back and ask Albert about this. He will definitely have a way." Fred and George looked at each other and said in a joking tone, "If it doesn't work, just use a spell secretly to kill the toad during the party." Knock out, okay, we were just kidding.”
"When we confirm the time and place of the first gathering, we will send a message to inform everyone." Hermione took out the parchment and quills prepared in advance from her wallet, took a deep breath and said to everyone, "Anyone who is willing Everyone who joins the club needs to leave their name.”
“Do you still want to leave your name?”
Many people are somewhat disgusted with this approach.
"Once you sign, you agree not to tell Umbridge or anyone else about us," Hermione looked at the people who stayed and explained, "You can feel free to do so at any time before the first official gathering. Come to me privately to remove your name and withdraw from the defense association."
"After the party starts, I will cast a spell on this list to ensure that we will know at any time if anyone betrays everyone and tells Umbridge." Hermione noticed everyone's unhappy expressions and said calmly, " If there was no toad, I definitely wouldn’t do this. Now I have to prevent the worst thing from happening. I don’t think anyone wants a traitor to appear among us!”
Fred reached out and took the parchment, signed his name on it, and then said to everyone, "If one day you are caught by the toad and she wants to force you to reveal the secret, you just tell the toad that you have signed a contract and there is nothing you can do about it." Open up and let her come to us."
“Looking for you?” Everyone stared wide-eyed, wondering where Fred got his confidence.
“Yes, look for us two.” George also signed on the parchment. “We are not afraid of toads.”
“Aren’t you afraid of being expelled?” Diggory asked with a twitching face.
“We wouldn’t have said that if we were afraid of getting fired,” the twins said in unison.
(End of this chapter)