“The situation is not good!”
"How could Peeves yield to a Toad?"
"This is definitely not normal!"
After learning that Peeves had reached a reconciliation with Umbridge, Fred, George and Lee Jordan immediately ran to Albert to tell him that Peeves had surrendered to Umbridge, and discussed how to deal with the matter next.
The three believed that Albert, who had a sharp mind, would be able to come up with a better solution.
In this confrontation with Umbridge, their identity as students put them at a disadvantage from the very beginning, making it difficult for them to confront Umbridge head-on.
Peeves' existence plays the role of a vanguard in the struggle, which is why they are always so generous when they provide Peeves with props for jokes.
It was because Peeves was constantly causing trouble for Umbridge that she had no extra time and energy to cause trouble for everyone.
It is unbelievable that Peeves has now surrendered and compromised with Umbridge.
After confirming the news, the three of them felt bad. They knew exactly who Umbridge was. They had already offended Umbridge too badly before. When Umbridge found time, she would definitely retaliate even more severely. This was what they were most worried about.
"Umbridge has never been the headmistress!" Albert looked at the three people who looked as if the sky was falling, suppressed a smile, and said something a little puzzling.
"What do you mean you're not the headmaster? Why are you still..." Lee Jordan said gloomily, "I'm sure Umbridge will..."
"You mean... So that's how it is."
George realized what Albert was talking about, and he and Fred looked at each other. They both understood what was going on.
"Well, it's probably what you think." Albert did not deny that he was involved in this matter.
"Stop playing dumb!" Lee Jordan was still confused and couldn't figure it out for a while.
"Umbridge is not the headmistress, and the contract signed with Peeves is actually ineffective." George looked at Albert and said to Lee Jordan excitedly, "So, Peeves can still cause trouble for Umbridge."
"How come Toad isn't the headmistress anymore?" Lee Jordan was even more confused. "Isn't she the new headmistress appointed by the Ministry of Magic?"
"The headmaster of Hogwarts is not appointed by the Ministry of Magic, so Fudge's appointment is actually invalid. If you want to become the headmaster, you need to be recognized." Albert noticed the puzzled looks from the three people and continued to explain: "The best evidence is that Umbridge can't even enter the headmaster's office."
"Yeah, how can Toad be the headmaster of Hogwarts?" Lee Jordan looked very excited. They really thought that Peeves had compromised with Toad.
I didn't expect that the whole thing was actually caused by Albert!
"But why do you let Peeves pretend to compromise? Wouldn't it be better for him to continue to fight against Toad?" Fred asked the doubts in his heart. He was also shocked by the news just now.
"I also think that we must continue the confrontation. Compromise will only encourage Toad's arrogance. That guy will definitely mess up the school next time." George seemed to have anticipated what Umbridge would do next.
"Umbridge is well prepared. Even if we interfere, the situation will only get worse." Albert glanced at the three people who pretended to be indignant and asked, "Are you planning to drag other students to fight against the Ministry of Magic?"
"I think that's a good idea," muttered Lee Jordan.
"Don't be silly, that will only make the situation worse." Albert shook his head and rejected this bad idea: "Don't forget, many students' families are employees of the Ministry of Magic. If we do that, the Ministry of Magic will put pressure on them, and then put pressure on the students through their parents."
"We are destined to suffer a great loss as students, so confronting her head-on is definitely not a good option." Albert explained, "Of course I don't care, but others can't afford it, so we can just secretly cause her some trouble."
"It's really annoying to see Umbridge being so arrogant!"
"Haven't you always wanted a chance? Now the chance you want has come. Prepare well. I think the second alternative plan would be better." Albert said meaningfully, "Give Umbridge a big surprise when she is most proud."
"Do you want to use plan 2?"
The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment. Plan 2 was actually a backup plan, and they didn't expect Albert to be optimistic about it.
"Those guys will probably send someone to cause trouble for you in a few days." Albert reminded the three, "Be careful, don't let them trick you, or you will suffer."
With Peeves' compromise, the biggest obstacle for Umbridge to regain control of Hogwarts was eliminated. She began to vigorously rectify the school rules and discipline of Hogwarts, strictly enforce the previous educational orders, and planned to severely punish a group of people to give other students a warning.
So, the unlucky guys who were caught by Umbridge a few days ago became the chickens to be killed to scare the monkeys, and were the first to bear Umbridge's heavy punch. The whole class was put in solitary confinement in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, using the punishment quill provided by Umbridge to copy out "I cannot be absent from class.", leaving the backs of the students' hands covered in blood.
But this scared the other students, and no one dared to use the quick-acting skipping candy in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class anymore.
In fact, Umbridge had no way of curing Quick-Try Candy, and after the healers at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries figured out the situation, few of them had any real reason to help her.
After that, almost every day someone was asked to be questioned by Umbridge. Especially those students who were found to have problems by the healers last time, they were asked to confess the source of those strange symptoms. However, everyone still claimed that they had "Umbridge Syndrome" and paid the price for it.
Students who were sick were no longer allowed to leave the classroom, which disrupted every Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
However, the students' resistance was met with brutal suppression.
Confinement, confinement, and confinement!
Every time they were locked up, they had to use a punishment quill to write, which made some students afraid to make trouble in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. The number of students with various symptoms in class also dropped sharply, and some people stopped trying to use the quick-acting skipping candy to skip class after finding that it couldn't help them skip class.
Umbridge undoubtedly achieved great success. She used the simplest and most brutal method to successfully panic the students of Hogwarts, scaring them so that they dared not use the quick-acting skipping candy and directly cut off the problem at the source.
This move actually took advantage of the students' weakness. If everyone continued to confront Umbridge, the new headmaster would have no way out.
When everyone is rebelling against her, even the principal has to go away.
Everyone's weakness made Umbridge even more aggressive, and she began to accelerate her control over Hogwarts. During this period, she issued new educational orders and continued to encourage students to report the illegal behavior of students around them.
As a result, the number of reports against Slytherin students increased, but Umbridge turned a blind eye to it. Instead, the reports of the Investigative Task Force were well received by Umbridge. With Umbridge's help and support, the members of the Investigative Task Force who had been severely retaliated against also launched revenge again.
DA members, led by Harry, were investigated and detained by Umbridge one after another because someone reported them for holding illegal gatherings. Umbridge even planned to take this opportunity to find an excuse to expel Harry Potter, but to everyone's surprise, no one stood up to report Harry.
Yes, no one.
Umbridge was disappointed.
Then, a Slytherin student stepped forward.
This incident instantly became the laughing stock of the entire Hogwarts, because from the very beginning, DA gatherings had never recruited Slytherin students. How did this Slytherin student testify? I'm afraid he was committing perjury!
After this commotion, everyone knew that Umbridge was going to use this despicable trick to drive Harry away.
In the end, Umbridge didn't do that, but only gave Harry Potter detention in an attempt to find a way out.
Sadly, her efforts were doomed to fail.
As for using Veritaserum to interrogate, Snape made it clear that the stock of Veritaserum had been used up by Umbridge, and if he wanted more, he would have to wait a month.
Umbridge was very angry about this, but there was nothing she could do.
Veritaserum is a banned item in the wizarding world. Even if it can be purchased on the black market, the price is incredibly high and it is not certain that it can be bought. Even if she is the deputy minister, she would not dare to do so blatantly.
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"Ever since she returned, Hogwarts Castle has given me a depressing feeling, as if it is not a school but a prison."
Shanna and Albert walked side by side on the way to the library. They chatted casually about the recent changes in the castle. "That girl is getting worse and worse. I suspect she is trying to use this method to make people afraid of her."
"Toad is indeed a woman with a strong desire for control. She has always wanted to completely control Hogwarts. She even believes that anyone who challenges her authority and anyone who opposes her and does not agree with her values should be punished." Albert was not surprised by this. Umbridge was indeed annoying, even hateful.
"You seem to know her very well!" Sana couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In her heart, she actually agreed with Albert's words. Umbridge had indeed done a lot of terrible things recently.
"Umbridge overlooked one thing," Albert said suddenly.
"What's the matter?" Shanna asked curiously.
"She is still the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, which is an unlucky position. I don't think the curse of Defense Against the Dark Arts can be broken so easily by her, otherwise there wouldn't have been a need to change professors every year in the past few decades." Albert seemed to see Umbridge's tragic fate. Before Voldemort's death, the professors of Defense Against the Dark Arts all had a bad ending.
"I just hope she gets out of here!" Shanna sighed. "I'm worried that the upcoming exams will be affected. Those guys never take students seriously. The Ultimate Wizarding Exam is almost the most important graduation exam in students' lives."
"It's not as bad as you think."
"Of course you don't care." Shanna couldn't help rolling her eyes at Albert. "You don't need a crappy certificate to prove yourself. That thing means nothing to you."
Albert didn't refute it. The actual situation was indeed like that. He didn't need a certificate to prove his level.
Just as they were about to enter the library, they saw Lee Jordan running over, panting, his hands on his knees, and gasping, "Oh no!"
"What's going on?" Albert asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Fred and George were caught by the Inquisitorial Team for selling joke props to students," Lee Jordan gasped. "They were locked up in the dungeons by Filch and seemed to have been whipped several times."
"They are so careless." Albert shook his head. He remembered that he had reminded them a few days ago.
"It's not their fault. Those bastards... The Investigation Team ambushed them." Lee Jordan said angrily, "Otherwise, even if it was them, they wouldn't be able to..."
"It's normal, isn't it?" Albert's words made Lee Jordan a little confused.
"Is it normal?"
"Don't you guys do that often?" Albert said speechlessly. He felt that many people were actually very hypocritical, and most importantly, it was they who started it.
Lee Jordan was speechless.
"Okay, your anger here is useless. Let them suffer a little and learn a lesson." Albert's tone was calm, as if it was just a trivial matter.
After saying that, Albert took Lee Jordan towards the dungeon.
When he arrived at the dungeon, he found Fred and George hanging from the ceiling with chains on their wrists.
"well enough!"
Albert's voice suddenly rang out in the dungeon.
"I knew you wouldn't give up on us." George said excitedly, and seemed to touch the wound and bared his teeth slightly.
Fred next to him complained angrily, "That pervert Filch whipped us several times with a whip. I must make him feel the pain of being whipped."
"Have you thought about it?"
Albert pulled out his wand and shook it lightly, and the chains that locked the two people opened automatically, and even the wounds on their bodies left by the whip gradually healed.
Fred and George exchanged glances, nodded to Albert and said, "Let's start tonight!"
"We plan to start playing hide-and-seek with Umbridge tonight, and we have to give Filch and Toad some surprises." Fred rubbed his wrist and said.
"Are you really planning to fight guerrilla warfare?"
"Yes, we plan to join forces with Peeves and form the Naughty Trio."
"No, we should call them the Anti-Toad Guerrillas and teach Umbridge a lesson," said Fred and George firmly.
"What are you going to do?" Lee Jordan asked curiously.
"First, we need to suppress Umbridge's arrogance and call on everyone to resist the Toad." George briefly explained his plan, "Then, we need to leave Hogwarts at the critical moment."
"Where are you hiding? The Room of Requirement?" Lee Jordan asked curiously.
"In fact, we can go back to the dormitory. Umbridge will never think of this." Albert said suddenly.
"Before that, we need a Marauder's Map. I know you can find a way to make another one." Fred and George looked at Albert. They needed a new Marauder's Map to fight against Umbridge's search.