While Umbridge was bedridden, Hogwarts regained its former vitality, and everyone finally no longer had to endure the Toad's high-pressure rule.
This good mood can last at least until the Christmas holidays are over.
However, Madam Pomfrey of the school hospital was not in such a good mood. Toad had had nightmares more than once and lost control of his emotions and screamed loudly.
No one can stand it happening every few days. How can we sleep
Madam Pomfrey, who had trouble sleeping, really wanted to kick Umbridge out to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. If it weren't for her ethics as a healer, Madam Pomfrey would have kicked Umbridge out of the school hospital.
The spontaneous visit of Hogwarts students to Umbridge has not yet ended. Everyone has been influenced by the Anti-Toad Alliance and wants to work harder to drive the toad away.
However, all this was just a way for a few unscrupulous people to disgust Umbridge. Any student with a bit of brains knew that it was not easy to drive Umbridge away.
At least Toad would not leave Hogwarts because of this, and she did not even go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries to treat her strange illness.
Harry and Hermione were obviously aware of this, especially after being reminded by Albert, they pulled the Weiss brothers and Cedric together to discuss the next steps. They decided to speed up the frequency of DA meetings, reorganize DA members, and enhance everyone's cohesion.
We used to meet once a week, but now we meet four times a week.
Frequent DA gatherings are a disaster for fifth-year students. With the Christmas holiday approaching, homework is pouring down like an avalanche, which is already overwhelming, not to mention the high-intensity dark magic defense training.
Of course, Harry did not force all DA members to attend, but no one wanted to miss any DA gathering, because they could all feel that their dark magic defense level was increasing at a visible rate since joining the "Defense Association".
The defensive spells I learned at the DA gathering are almost catching up with the Defense Against the Dark Arts spells I have learned since I entered school.
It's a bit ridiculous to say, although the Defense Against the Dark Arts class at Hogwarts also teaches students a lot of useful knowledge, there are very few courses like the "Defense Association" that directly teach magic, practice combat skills and how to better protect themselves.
What everyone desires is practice, not theoretical knowledge, and Umbridge's "Magical Defense Theory" fully demonstrates this.
Therefore, Harry increased the frequency of Defense Association meetings, and everyone was actually very happy because they could really learn useful spells at the meetings, and really learn how to defeat the enemy, protect themselves, and also make further progress in the subject of Defense against the Dark Arts.
However, at frequent DA meetings, some opposition voices still emerged, especially from those players who still had to train Quidditch.
"Are you crazy, Harry?"
The frequent DA gatherings finally prompted Angelina to find Harry and complain to him about the frequent DA gatherings. Because the DA gatherings conflicted with Quidditch training time, Angelina did not want to miss any DA gatherings, so she hoped that Harry could slow down the frequency of the DA gatherings.
Of course, because this is what everyone agreed on in the beginning.
Facing the confused and puzzled looks of others, Harry took a deep breath and explained to everyone: "I know it's rushed, but this is most likely the last good time for everyone to hold a party safely."
"What's the meaning?"
A Hufflepuff boy couldn't help but raise his hand and asked.
Today, the DA has grown to a huge size of 66 people. If you want to speak during the meeting, you need to raise your hand first.
Otherwise, if everyone speaks their own language, the situation will become chaotic.
Harry looked at Hermione and asked her to explain. It was also Hermione who was responsible for collecting and collating the information in this regard.
"Toad's condition will definitely get better after the Christmas holidays. I secretly asked Madam Pomfrey, and she should be able to be cured of her strange disease in two months at the latest." When Hermione mentioned the strange disease, she deliberately emphasized her tone, as if to emphasize Umbridge's condition.
"This has to do with the DA..."
Harry raised his hand to interrupt, "Given Toad's personality, I think she will probably cause trouble for us, so now we can only try to train magic during the gathering. After all, most students will go home for the Christmas holidays, and after the Christmas holidays, I'm afraid we will have to compete with Toad again."
"We can keep Umbridge in the hospital for a few more months, or even until the end of the semester," a Gryffindor student suggested.
Everyone knows that Umbridge had a skin disease, and turning into a toad was definitely not an accident. It was definitely someone's doing. Since it could happen the first time, why couldn't it happen a second time
"That was a curse from the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. It was just an accident. I don't think the same accident would happen twice." Harry never thought Umbridge was a fool, otherwise how could she become the Deputy Minister. He was not stupid enough to think that the Toad could become the Deputy Minister because he had an affair with Fudge.
Even if Harry really thought so, others would definitely remind him. Everyone believed that a few months of bedridden illness was enough for Toad to think many things through. She would definitely be on guard and even take direct action against them.
"Don't forget the prophecy. The toad will drive away the principal, and the situation will only get worse," Fred reminded.
"We are worried that it will be difficult for the DA gatherings to continue, so we can only seize the time to learn Defense Against the Dark Arts, and let everyone master more." Cedric agreed with Harry's approach. Although Cedric also attached great importance to Quidditch games, his interest in winning the Quidditch championship has dropped rapidly since the Toad interfered with the Quidditch games.
Learning more Defense Against the Dark Arts techniques now will not only help you cope with the upcoming chaotic era, but will also be helpful for your future work in the Ministry of Magic.
"I never force anyone to attend DA gatherings. You can choose whether to attend a gathering, or attend several important gatherings." Harry cleared his throat and said, "Next, Hermione will make a table of the content of the gathering, and then you can choose whether to attend."
Everyone was whispering to each other, discussing the changes in DA gatherings and whether they should attend all the upcoming gatherings.
"Please be quiet for a moment."
Hermione looked at the noisy crowd in front of her, put her wand to her throat and spoke loudly.
The crowd gradually quieted down.
"Wizards from Muggle families, I suggest you come to every gathering and try to learn the survival skills we teach you." Hermione raised her hand to signal everyone to listen to her before asking questions. "I talked to Albert about this. The Self-Defense Guide was actually written for wizards from Muggle families from the beginning. Although you should be able to buy this book next year, it won't hurt to learn it now. At least now there is someone to teach you, and you don't have to figure it out on your own."
"Muggle-born?" Justin Finch-Fletchley of Hufflepuff frowned slightly.
"Yes." Cedric replied, "According to Albert's prediction, wizards born in Muggle families will be in big trouble in the next few years, so Albert spent a lot of time compiling this book, hoping to help them as much as possible."
"Big trouble?"
People were whispering about what they called a big trouble, and there were also wizards from Muggle families here.
"That's exactly what happened. We knew about it a long time ago," Fred and George explained. "It's related to the chaos in the following years, which Albert called the Second Wizarding War. It's also said to be related to the toad, and it's very likely that she was imprisoned in Azkaban because of this."
"Chaos... the Second Wizarding War?"
This news undoubtedly made everyone feel very uneasy.
"By the way, I want to remind you that there will be a prison break in the wizarding world soon." Fred looked around the noisy crowd and knew very well how to make them believe: "If you have a grudge against those guys in Azkaban, you have to be careful next time."
"Prison break? Mr. Anderson's prediction?"
The crowd grew more boisterous.
"Quiet." Harry put his wand to his throat, his voice echoing in the Room of Requirement, causing everyone to cover their ears.
"I'm telling you, listen. If you think what I'm saying is nonsense, just treat it as nonsense and don't pay any attention to it." Harry put down his wand and told the DA members below about the manuscript summarized by Hermione.
"Voldemort is back." Harry looked at the wizards who were a little scared after hearing the word "Voldemort" and said calmly, "His comeback is completely expected. Anderson predicted Voldemort's return a long time ago, and Professor Firenze also predicted the coming of the Second Wizarding War."
"As we all know, the Ministry of Magic is unwilling to admit this fact and has tried hard to deny it. The toad in the school hospital appeared in Hogwarts for this reason, trying to cover up the so-called truth." Harry looked at the slightly uneasy people and continued, "Remember the prophecy that Fudge would be driven out of office? If Voldemort no longer hides and completely reveals his claws, Fudge, who has tried hard to deny this matter, will naturally roll off the stage and be replaced by a tougher Minister of Magic to deal with this matter, unless the Ministry of Magic intends to compromise with Voldemort, but this is obviously impossible."
"I admit that I don't like Fudge, not only because Fudge tried to expel me and broke my wand, but also because he gave Voldemort time to accumulate strength." Harry said with disgust, "If you don't know, you would think they are in the same group."
"I know that when the cruel reality is laid out before you, many people are unwilling to believe it. But you will soon have the opportunity to feel the arrival of a chaotic era. Because Voldemort is not a patient man. He has been patient for half a year. There will be a prison break in the near future, and all the Death Eaters in Azkaban will be released." Harry noticed that everyone else was looking at him with awe. If he hadn't taken a sedative, he doubted that he would have been able to hold back.
"So, just as Fred said." Harry said softly, "When you go back from Christmas vacation, you'd better ask if there are any grudges against those guys in Azkaban. You have to be careful next time."
"You mean the prisoners in Azkaban will escape." Neville's expression was extremely ugly.
"Yes." Harry raised his hand to stop others from asking questions, and continued: "You can wait patiently for the news in the newspaper to judge whether I am lying or not."
"It is said that Voldemort has recruited giants and werewolves to serve as his minions. Dementors and other dark creatures and even dark wizards will also become his minions." Harry continued: "In a few years, the Ministry of Magic will collapse and be controlled by Voldemort's minions. Then Muggle-born wizards will suffer."
"As for the reason, the Death Eaters hate Muggles, and they also hate Muggle wizards. So after the fall of the Ministry of Magic, they were controlled by Voldemort and his minions. I believe that the situation of most Muggle wizards was not very good."
"That's about it. We'll post a table of the party contents later. If you think you don't need to study a certain course, you don't have to attend the party on that day." Harry thought for a moment and said, "Of course, you don't have to believe it and think I'm talking nonsense."
"I dare say Dumbledore will definitely not allow the Ministry of Magic to be controlled by You-Know-Who," someone said first.
"Yes, I have had the same doubts, but Anderson also predicted the arrival of this chaos a long time ago, predicted that Voldemort would probably make a comeback, and predicted the fall of the Ministry of Magic. His predictions have never been wrong." Harry said calmly, "I can't pretend that his predictions were wrong, because only fools need to comfort themselves in this way."
"Moreover, Professor Firenze once said: Over the past decade, there have been signs that the wizarding world is only enjoying a brief period of peace between two wars. The spark that could bring war is shining brightly above our heads, suggesting that fighting will surely break out again in the near future."
The students all started to whisper, feeling uneasy about what Harry said about the Second Wizarding War. Harry's words put a lot of pressure on the Muggle-born wizards.
Although many people have doubts about whether Voldemort is still alive, they certainly do not believe Umbridge's nonsense, and Albert is obviously more trustworthy. No one knows what he predicted, but it must be something bad, otherwise he would not have spent the time to write such a book.
Fame, wealth, status
Albert obviously didn't need any of that. He was already famous enough. Not only did he have the laurels of numerous world champions, he was also an official candidate for the Wizengamot. He stood at the finish line of many people before he even graduated.
As for wanting to make money using the Self-Defense Guide
That's even more of a joke. You know, the price of "Self-Defense Guide" is not that high. It only costs two Galleons, which is really cheap for similar books.
In order to dispel everyone's depressed emotions and get everyone to actively participate in the DA meeting, Harry announced that he would teach everyone the Patronus Charm.
This spell is undoubtedly the most difficult to master in the "Self-Defense Guide" and requires a lot of time to practice. Even Cedric has not yet mastered the Patronus Charm. Harry taught them this spell in advance in the hope that they can find time to practice it themselves.