OotP Ch 15: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
Ch 15: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
The next morning the trio finds Umbridge's face splashed across the front page of the Daily Prophet. (Talk about spoiling a meal... ) She has been designated the new Hogwarts High Inquisitor™ and will be sticking her toadish nose even further up everyone's a...affairs in search of s...substantiation...to the rumors that Dumbledore is trying to subvert the Ministry of Magic in general and Fudge specifically. (What? I did no bad thing...!) Umbridge's first task as HHI™ is to inspect the faculty as they try to teach classes. Harry and Ron find Her Royal Toadiness in Divinations and have rather a hard time deciding on who they want to come out looking better in this round.
In Defense Against the Dark Arts Hermione tries, once again, to open discussion in class. Umbridge docks Gryffindor points and Harry opens his mouth to protest. He earns himself another week's detention and more points taken by McGonagall. McGonagall, herself, has her evaluation (do we even need to guess who won that round?) and then Professor Grubbly-Plank in Hagrid's stead. And, well, Harry gets another detention for telling the truth about Malfoy's hippogriff accident. -_-'
It's coming back from this detention that Harry is greeted by a purring, comforting Crookshanks, a Hermione bearing Murtlap Essence and a Ron who forgot to bring a gift so there goes my analogy. And then Hermione makes a most unthinkable, outrageous, and intriguing suggestion: Harry should teach them all Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Harry is sure she's gone off the deep end. I mean who could possibly... What on earth could...Honestly, it's not... and yet... and yet...
The next morning the trio finds Umbridge's face splashed across the front page of the Daily Prophet. (Talk about spoiling a meal... ) She has been designated the new Hogwarts High Inquisitor™ and will be sticking her toadish nose even further up everyone's a...affairs in search of s...substantiation...to the rumors that Dumbledore is trying to subvert the Ministry of Magic in general and Fudge specifically. (What? I did no bad thing...!) Umbridge's first task as HHI™ is to inspect the faculty as they try to teach classes. Harry and Ron find Her Royal Toadiness in Divinations and have rather a hard time deciding on who they want to come out looking better in this round.
In Defense Against the Dark Arts Hermione tries, once again, to open discussion in class. Umbridge docks Gryffindor points and Harry opens his mouth to protest. He earns himself another week's detention and more points taken by McGonagall. McGonagall, herself, has her evaluation (do we even need to guess who won that round?) and then Professor Grubbly-Plank in Hagrid's stead. And, well, Harry gets another detention for telling the truth about Malfoy's hippogriff accident. -_-'
It's coming back from this detention that Harry is greeted by a purring, comforting Crookshanks, a Hermione bearing Murtlap Essence and a Ron who forgot to bring a gift so there goes my analogy. And then Hermione makes a most unthinkable, outrageous, and intriguing suggestion: Harry should teach them all Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Harry is sure she's gone off the deep end. I mean who could possibly... What on earth could...Honestly, it's not... and yet... and yet...