Umbridge, who had just returned to school, encountered a lot of troubles herself before she had time to cause trouble to the students.
This ancient castle seemed to be cursed, and various problems would occur from time to time, and these problems needed to be solved by Umbridge herself. For this reason, she had to run around again to deal with various emergencies in the school.
Even with Filch's help, Umbridge was still troubled by these troubles.
As for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class which had been suspended, it was naturally reopened, but the class was still half-dead.
When the bell rang for class, students in the classroom would begin to show various symptoms of physical discomfort, and then, groups of students would walk out of the classroom and go to the school hospital under Umbridge's gaze.
Looking at the empty Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Umbridge stared blankly at the last student who left, a ferocious look creeping across her face.
Today's Hogwarts has completely escaped her control, so this group of students dared to be so unscrupulous. Even if Umbridge used her knees to think, she could guess that those damn emergencies were deliberately caused by some students to cause trouble for her.
And there was that damn Anti-Toad Alliance. Even those Slytherin students that Umbridge had previously won over were no longer useful. It was said that they were severely retaliated against by students from other colleges during her hospitalization.
And that damn Peeves!
That guy was responsible for more than half of Umbridge's trouble at school.
She also tried to solve Peeves' troubles, and even tried to persuade the Bloody Baron, the only person Peeves feared, to ask the ghost of Slytherin College to help discipline Peeves. However, the result was not very optimistic. Although the Bloody Baron agreed to help stop Peeves' pranks, it was only a verbal promise. It was impossible for the Bloody Baron to keep an eye on Peeves forever.
The ghosts of the school do provide some help to Hogwarts, but that help is still very limited, after all, they are the shadows of the dead. Umbridge also found that she could not command the ghosts, just like she could not even enter the headmaster's office.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. Umbridge looked up at the empty classroom and fell into silence again.
She had to fight back, she had to change everything, she couldn't just sit there and wait for death, that wasn't her style.
With the help of Filch, Umbridge used a flat-bottomed boat to cross the swamp and returned to the Defense Against the Dark Arts Office on the seventh floor. She did not continue to change offices, because even if she changed to a new office, there might be a new swamp outside the office the next day.
All of this was the work of a group of members called the "Anti-Toad League", and the leader of this damn organization was most likely Albert Anderson. He was the only one in the entire school who had such influence. Even if it wasn't that damn guy, the Wesley twin brothers must have been involved.
According to information provided by Slytherin students, the Weasley brothers were selling various joke props everywhere in the school, and they were Albert's roommates, with whom he had a very good relationship.
If there was evidence, Umbridge would have expelled the Weasley brothers, or had Filch hang them up and whip them.
If Arthur Weisley had not been suspended for investigation, Umbridge would definitely have asked Fudge to transfer him to the Centaur Liaison Office.
(At the Ministry, "sent to the Centaur Liaison Office" has become an inside joke, meaning the person in question will be expelled immediately.)
Umbridge knew she had to take action and use the power of the Ministry of Magic to consolidate her power and control over Hogwarts, otherwise all her suffering would be in vain.
Finally, Umbridge knocked on the door of the Minister of Magic's office again. Although this would make her look incompetent and even weaken her impression in Fudge's mind, Umbridge knew that if she wanted to regain control of Hogwarts, she had to rely on the power of the Ministry of Magic.
"What's going on?"
Fudge looked up from the pile of documents and was very surprised to see Umbridge.
"Things are bad at Hogwarts."
Umbridge took a deep breath, handed a report to Fudge, and began to describe the troubles she had encountered at Hogwarts.
"What are you going to do?" Fudge asked.
"There are all kinds of problems in Hogwarts right now. I suspect someone is secretly messing with me. I need help. If necessary, I plan to expel a few students to deter other students."
"Who are you going to expel?" Fudge asked casually. He didn't really care who Umbridge wanted to expel, nor was he interested in what happened at Hogwarts, as long as Dumbledore was no longer the headmaster.
As for Umbridge's so-called expulsion, it was more to intimidate the students of Hogwarts.
"Albert Anderson." Umbridge said without hesitation: "Even if it's not him, this whole thing must be related to him. I suspect that all the troubles I encountered are related to him. The corridor outside my office has been turned into a swamp. All kinds of strange diseases have appeared in the whole school. Every time we have a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, no one is left. I suspect that it is all his tricks. I still need the help of the healer of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries."
"That guy is very troublesome." Fudge frowned and reminded, "Besides, I remember that he is about to graduate and will leave on his own in just a few months."
Umbridge understood what Fudge meant, which was not to provoke Albert.
"Well, what are you going to do?" Fudge did not forget how embarrassed he was.
"I have an idea!"
Umbridge handed Fudge a piece of parchment, which was the solution she had recently thought of.
Fudge quickly read the contents of the parchment, then looked up at Umbridge, not optimistic about this plan. But Fudge finally did not refuse the request of this capable assistant. Hogwarts is a mess now, just look at the last time Umbridge was hospitalized.
If the Ministry of Magic wants to completely control Hogwarts, it may still need to rely on Umbridge. At least she will not just complain verbally like others, but will actually take action for it.
Umbridge's ability to do things is beyond doubt, otherwise Dumbledore would not have been expelled from Hogwarts.
"I'll have Weiss work with you."
Fudge stamped the parchment and agreed to allocate a group of people to Umbridge to help her restore order at Hogwarts.
As for whether the simple plan on the parchment can succeed, we will have to try it to know.
A few days later, in Umbridge's office on the seventh floor of Hogwarts, the administrator Filch was standing by the fireplace holding a pocket watch, patiently waiting for the upcoming "distinguished guest".
Suddenly, a blazing green flame rose from the fireplace, and two healers from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries walked out of the green flame. Filch immediately began to introduce the current situation and took the two healers to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
As usual, many students will experience various strange symptoms.
When Umbridge smiled and introduced to everyone that she had found a healer from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, the students in the classroom were caught off guard.
The group of students who had just started fainting, vomiting, having high fevers and nosebleeds were suddenly dumbfounded.
A few unlucky ones were singled out as examples.
"Can the cause of these mysterious illnesses be determined?" Umbridge asked the healers.
The therapists didn't have an immediate answer.
In fact, when the two noticed that students in the entire classroom were suffering from strange diseases, they realized that something was wrong, especially when the students said they had "Umbridge Syndrome", even a fool knew what was going on.
However, the professor in front of him was truly a talent, as he could actually make the entire class want to skip class. How bad must the Defense Against the Dark Arts class be to be so disliked by all the students that they would resort to this method to skip class.
They recalled the reports they had read some time ago and suddenly regretted coming to help.
In fact, if the director of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries hadn't asked them to come and help solve the strange illnesses of Hogwarts students, they wouldn't have wanted to get involved in this mess at all.
"According to the condition you mentioned, it is very likely that the symptoms were triggered by something."
After choosing his words carefully, the male therapist said to Umbridge, "Many magical plants and animals are poisonous. If taken in small amounts, similar symptoms may indeed occur, such as hemorrhage beans."
As he spoke, he pointed at the student who was bleeding from the nose and continued to analyze, "If a small amount of blood-breaking beans is used by mistake, similar conditions may occur. Of course, there may be other reasons, but if we want to find the causes one by one, we need to do a detailed study. At present, we can only give this preliminary speculation."
Looking at the students who fainted, vomited, had high fevers, and had nosebleeds, the healers could not help but sigh that the student who invented this way of skipping classes was a real genius. From what Umbridge said, it was not difficult for them to guess that the other party must have found a way to solve these symptoms, otherwise it would be impossible to cure these symptoms in a short time.
"Can they be cured?" Umbridge asked again.
"We can temporarily prepare some antidotes for them, but we can't guarantee their effectiveness." The healer shook his head, "We need time to study their symptoms carefully."
I don’t know if it was intentional or if it was really like that, the medicine given by the therapist did have some effect, but it did not completely cure the students’ symptoms, it could only alleviate the symptoms.
After Umbridge smiled and asked Filch to send the two healers away, she looked at the students in front of her with a fake smile, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, you heard it too. What you call 'Umbridge Syndrome' is just a symptom induced by something. To be honest, I'm very disappointed in you. From now on, don't even think about using this excuse to skip any classes. Also, everyone will be in detention tonight, right here. I hope this will make your minds clearer and stop you from thinking about all that mess."
The news that Umbridge had sought help from a healer at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries to treat "Umbridge Syndrome" quickly spread throughout Hogwarts.
However, the more surprising operation is yet to come.
Umbridge actually called in the Ministry of Magic's curse-breaking team to remove the swamp on the corridor on the seventh floor of the castle and the swamp in the former Defense Against the Dark Arts Office.
The "elite" Auror team successfully suppressed Peeves.
The method is very simple, that is to take turns using spells to disarm Peeves' hands. As long as Peeves has no weapons in his hands, it will be difficult for him to cause trouble to everyone.
Peeves was unprepared and suffered a great loss under the pursuit of the Auror team led by Gadwin Robards. What surprised everyone even more was that the Aurors seemed to have found a spell that could work on Peeves. Since various expulsion spells had failed last time, Gadwin Robards had worked hard in this regard and finally achieved his revenge on Peeves as he wished.
However, they were ultimately unable to expel Peeves because he simply turned invisible and disappeared.
Naturally, Peeves had no intention of giving up, so he took the various items prepared for him by Albert to fight against the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic.
But in front of the Aurors who were well prepared, Peeves couldn't get much advantage.
The large amount of throat-locking poison gas it threw into the corridor was easily broken by the Cannonball Curse, and the Mandrake roots it threw were broken by the earmuffs, but the Aurors did not gain much advantage. They all exuded all kinds of strange stench, and several Aurors were hit on the head by Peeves with a broom handle. In addition, there were always students secretly casting cold curses on them, and the two sides were temporarily in a stalemate.
Peeves quietly approached Albert and pointed at his throat, seeming to be unable to make any sound.
As soon as Albert pulled out his wand to remove the spell from Peeves, the mischievous creature immediately said, "I need more!"
"The Bloody Baron will be here soon," Albert reminded him. Given that the other party was well prepared, it was normal for Peeves to be defeated.
The Bloody Baron
Peeves couldn't help but shrink his neck.
Albert had long seen through Peeves's nature of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and said calmly: "You can agree to sign a contract to indicate that you will not cause trouble for the principal again, and obtain some power for this, just like the contract you signed with Principal Eupraxia Moore."
"Don't worry, this contract is basically ineffective. You can still cause trouble for her. Even if the contract is effective, Umbridge is not the headmaster of Hogwarts. That girl does not get some of the privileges that the headmaster of Hogwarts has. In fact, she can't even enter the headmaster's office, and you can get more privileges for no reason."
As for why Albert knew all this, it was because Wildsmith was also one of the school directors. Although they were only responsible for donating money to the school, the appointment from the Ministry of Magic was actually invalid. The fact that they could not even enter the principal's office was the best proof of this.
If Umbridge was really the headmistress and could change the password of the monster statue at the entrance, how could she not even be able to get through the door
Umbridge seemed to have anticipated that this situation might occur. After discovering that the exorcism of Peeves had reached a stalemate, she asked the Bloody Baron to negotiate with Peeves.
Finally, Peeves gave in to Albert's advice and only agreed to sign a contract stating that he would never trouble the Hogwarts headmaster again.
The successive bad news cast a shadow over the castle again. Everyone knew that the annoying toad was back.
The only consolation was that the Ministry of Magic employees tried very hard but still couldn't get rid of the damn toad statue at the entrance of the hall. They finally had to give up and cover the toad statue with a piece of rag.