Umbridge was already annoyed enough by being knocked unconscious for no apparent reason on the Quidditch pitch.
He had originally planned to relieve his annoyance by announcing to McGonagall that Potter was banned for life, and then enjoy his annoyed, unwilling and angry expression. However, he did not expect that McGonagall's statement that Potter had been banned would make him even more annoyed.
From Professor McGonagall's attitude towards this matter, it can be seen that the other party may have guessed that she intended to punish Potter and deprive him of the right to participate in the Quidditch game. Knowing that she could not change the final result, she deliberately did that to disgust herself
McGonagall was not stupid, so Umbridge was not surprised that she thought of this.
But will the other party really do that
This is not like her character.
Umbridge thought this was a bit strange. She even suspected that McGonagall said that just to disgust her.
No matter what, it cannot change the outcome that Porter will be banned forever.
She believed that when Potter heard the news, the expression on his face would be quite interesting.
When Umbridge was about to return to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, she suddenly smelled a burning smell in the corridor, and that burning smell... seemed to come from her office.
Outside the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, the caretaker Filch was holding a bunch of keys, trying to open the door of the office, break in and put out the fire that had already started, and avoid causing serious damage to the school.
Floating behind Filch was Peeves, who looked gloating. He was holding his belly and laughing at Filch for not being able to open a door. "It's burning! The flames are burning Filch's butt."
"Professor, something seems to be burning in your office." Filch breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Umbridge come back, and hurried forward to remind her about it.
"Damn it, what on earth is going on!"
Umbridge looked at the smoking door, her expression completely distorted.
"The office is on fire," Peeves said in a sarcastic tone. "It's on fire, it's on fire. Filch's head is on fire."
"Is it you who did this?" Filch glared at Peeves who was gloating over his misfortune.
Umbridge didn't bother with the bickering Filch and Peeves, so she took out her wand, cast the Opening Charm on the doorknob, and slammed the office door open. She was instantly stunned by the blazing fire in the office. Even the carpet on the floor was ignited by the flames.
"Ahem, ahem... Put out the fire, come and help put out the fire." Umbridge completely forgot that she was a wizard, holding a wand in her hand, and shouted at Filch.
"Here's a toad, jumping into the fire foolishly..." Peeves hummed his own tune happily, floating in the air.
Filch glared at Peeves, and at the urging of Umbridge's scream, he took a wet mop and slapped the fire on the table hard, trying to put out the fire on the table. Unfortunately, this was completely useless and instead caused Peeves to giggle.
“… pick up the mop and slap it into the fire… work harder… pick up the mop and slap it into the fire…”
Umbridge's scream attracted many students. They all stood outside the corridor, looking into the smoking office curiously and pointing inside, but no one was willing to help put out the fire, and no one reminded them that they should use spells to put out the flames in the room instead of using a wet mop to beat the fire.
A few people even hummed along to Peeves' song.
Finally, a Slytherin student couldn't stand their stupid way of putting out the fire anymore, so he awkwardly pointed out that they should use the Fountain of Water charm to put out the fire.
An awkward atmosphere spread in the corridor outside the office along with the thick smoke. Students left one after another and spread the news everywhere.
Umbridge's worrying way of putting out fires really makes people wonder if she is an idiot. She actually needs to be reminded of even the simplest question
Of course, some people also say that Umbridge has problems with her brain, and the messy Defense Against the Dark Arts class is the best proof of that.
Many people doubted whether it was true that Umbridge graduated from Hogwarts with honors. As for the students of Ravenclaw, they had already expelled her from their own college.
Fortunately, there were no Gryffindor students among the crowd, otherwise they would definitely sing that stupid song along with Peeves and disgust Filch and Umbridge together.
At this moment, the Gryffindor students were holding a Quidditch celebration party in the common room. When the news of Umbridge's office being burned reached the Gryffindor common room, everyone was excitedly talking about who did it. Harry's appetite was whetted when he heard the good news, and he ate an extra piece of pie.
Originally, Umbridge suspected that some students were behind the incident, until Filch found a nest of fire snake eggs in the fireplace, and they finally found the real "culprit".
Umbridge suspected that the fire ash snake eggs were the work of Professor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, who taught the Care of Magical Creatures course. After all, anything related to magical creatures was related to the Care of Magical Creatures professor. However, Umbridge soon received news that Professor Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank had finished her temporary job and left Hogwarts yesterday.
Hagrid will return to school on Monday and will take over the Care of Magical Creatures class again. Umbridge suspected that Hagrid was behind this, but the cruel truth told her that Hagrid was not in Hogwarts at all. Finally, she suspected the Gryffindor students, thinking that this was their revenge. However, what was even more cruel was that it was said that Gryffindor had been holding celebration parties in the common room using the Galleons won from Slytherin students.
For some reason, Umbridge always felt that everyone was a suspect, but she ignored one person, no, it should be said that he was not a person.
This was done by Peeves. This naughty guy placed a fire ash snake egg under Umbridge's desk, and then it became like this. The most amazing thing is that no one suspected that it was Peeves who was playing tricks on her.
Umbridge was furious at not being able to find the culprit, and she called Harry, Fred and George to her office the next day.
Lifetime ban
Confiscate the broomstick
Facing the heavy fist swung at him by Umbridge, Harry was not angry about the injustice of the other party, but instead felt like laughing.
In order to prevent themselves from laughing, the three of them tried their best to hold it back so that they could face Umbridge expressionlessly.
"They don't know where I keep my Firebolts."
Harry did not let Hermione and Ron hand in the broomstick. He did not want to embarrass them, so he generously suggested that Umbridge could go with them to get the broomstick. However, considering that they needed to enter the Gryffindor common room, Umbridge finally gave up. She was afraid that she would be attacked as soon as she entered the Gryffindor common room and be knocked unconscious by the Stunning Curse again.
Harry, Fred and George finally handed their brooms to Umbridge in person, under the gaze of most Gryffindor students. As for Draco Malfoy and his gang who were watching the fun with glee, they were simply ignored.
Harry never worried about his Firebolt.
As Fred and George put it: "If your broom is broken, ask the Ministry to buy a new one."
Fudge will have to step down sooner or later, and Umbridge will have to leave sooner or later. The new Minister of Magic will definitely need to win over Harry Potter, the savior.
Do you really think that the new Minister of Magic can just walk away with all the mess left behind by the previous Minister of Magic
There is no such good thing in this world. Even if the Daily Prophet dares not report it, Sirius's Defense Guide newspaper will publish the relevant news.
As for the bad things Umbridge is doing now, everyone can see it, but it is hard to say how much deterrent effect it can bring to everyone.
At least Fred and George didn't care. Harry was a little annoyed at first, but after taking a sedative, he calmed down.
Everyone only saw Umbridge targeting Gryffindor and protecting Slytherin, but the Slytherin student who started the trouble was not punished, and the victim was actually banned
Even if the students of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff could still hold back their anger, it would be a good thing for them to completely enrage the students of Gryffindor.
Now Harry also hopes to see the scene described by Fred and George, where all the students are rebelling against Umbridge. Perhaps such a prospect is difficult to see, but at least it would be interesting to let Gryffindor fall into chaos first.
After Umbridge left on her broomstick with Harry and the other two as a victor, Gryffindor was furious.
"That's not fair. We have to go find Professor McGonagall." A student who disliked Umbridge suggested loudly.
"Don't be silly, do you really think Professor McGonagall knows nothing?" Lee Jordan shook his head and reminded.
"How dare she do that? The whole thing was obviously instigated by Slytherin students. How dare she protect Slytherin students... We have to find Headmaster Dumbledore. We can't let the toad continue to mess around." Hermione looked like she was going crazy, especially when she saw Harry hand over her favorite Firebolt. Her anger almost burst from her eyes.
"It's useless. Do you really think Dumbledore knows nothing? Toad has an education order from the Ministry of Magic. Just wait and see, there will probably be a new education order." Lee Jordan was very calm. He was one of the few people here who still remained calm. As for Harry, Fred and George, they were hiding somewhere and laughing. They were probably secretly discussing how to deal with Umbridge and the Slytherin students.
"Is that the end of it?"
Angry shouts from Gryffindor students were heard in the common room.
"What else do you want to do?"
"Go find Mr. Anderson. He's the student union president. I'm sure he can find a solution." A sixth-grade boy suggested.
"Are you a fool? Professor McGonagall can't do anything, so what can Albert do?" Lee Jordan doubted their intelligence and couldn't help laughing: "Do you want him to take you to drive Umbridge away? Even if he dares, do you have the courage? Do you really have the courage to wave your wands at Umbridge and Slytherin, those annoying people?"
"Don't treat others as fools, you are nothing." Lee Jordan said sarcastically.
"We are nothing, then what are you?" Several boys were angered by Li Qiaodan's words and asked sharply.
"The Galleons you enjoyed at the celebration banquet last time were won by the four of us from Slytherin. Do you understand now?" Lee Jordan took out a piece of parchment and slapped it on the table: "Twenty-seven people paid less than two Galleons. Do you understand what I mean?"
He didn't care about other people's looks and pushed through the crowd to leave the common room.
Now someone needs to step up and give them some motivation.
Otherwise they are too cowardly.
Shannah picked up the parchment, looked at the contents inside, and fell into a brief silence. The largest amount was two silver Sickles from Ginny, and the rest were one Sickle or a few Knuts. The Galleons were not visible at all. Although many people paid money at the beginning, the total amount was only one Galleon, three Sickles and five Knuts.
Everyone was silent. Perhaps some people wanted to argue, but this was the cruel fact. No wonder Lee Jordan despised them.
"It's over. Without a seeker and a beater, this is no different from forbidding us to continue the game. They just want to see us lose and embarrass us." Angelina's voice was hollow and tired.
"Don't forget, Professor Trelawney had already predicted that Harry would be banned." Shanna posted the parchment on the bulletin board and came to Angelina to kindly remind her. "Albert also reminded you a long time ago to stop the Quidditch game this year. I dare say he had expected this to happen."
The parchment was eventually torn into pieces and thrown away somewhere, but it appeared on the bulletin board again the next day, which was simply the most blatant mockery.
This incident spread throughout Hogwarts that day. As if to calm everyone's anger, Umbridge finally punished Malfoy and others.
Writing an education order as punishment.
This was like a slap in the face to Gryffindor, and now the whole school knew that Umbridge was targeting Gryffindor students.
Gryffindor's revenge came the next day, and the Slytherin team members were the first to suffer. Malfoy and his two followers were found on the toilet in the bathroom, and Umbridge was hung on the bulletin board covered with educational orders.
Everyone knew that it was the Gryffindor people who did it. They even suspected Harry and others who were in detention, but all signs showed that it was impossible for them to do that.
Umbridge was almost going crazy. She even planned to interrogate all the Gryffindor students one by one. If Dumbledore was not still the headmaster, Umbridge might consider asking Snape to provide emetics.
After receiving a bunch of protests from students, Professor McGonagall said helplessly that she was powerless and suggested that they write a letter to the Ministry of Magic. The head of Gryffindor house completely laid back and did nothing.
This is very interesting. After the head of the Gryffindor house starts to give up, God knows what will happen next.