Ootp: Chapter Thirty- Grawp

[lady_carrie]

In the aftermath of Fred and George's amazing departure the school is a buzz with what happened. The swamp on the fifth floor is left untouched. There is two broom-shaped holes in Umbridge;s office door, a new door is soon found and Harry's firebolt is moved to the dungeons and things just get worse for Umbridge. A Niffler is put in her ofice, odd

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[cadesama]

Pretty sure Montague's parents are the first we've ever seen actually come to Hogwarts over an injury -- or any complaint, really. For the most part, I think problems at Hogwarts can be easily dealt with, enough so that parents never bother coming But what about in CoS? Did they tell the parents of the petrified students? Did they downplay it? Or was there simply no means for the muggle parents to visit their kids at the muggle-warded castle?

"'I dreamed I was watching you lot play Quidditch,' Harry lied brutally." -- Oh, snap. I always thought that Harry could verbally eviscerate his friends if he ever got touchy enough -- it's nice to see that suspicion (augmented by his words to Dudley early on) is right. Uhh, I mean Harry is acting inappropriately and hurting his friends to make himself feel better, so being right in my interpretation really doesn't compensate for how mad I am at him. Really.

And this is what happens when you have honor, Harry, you have to teach English to mossy boulder-headed giants. Let that be a lesson.

Hermione doesn't doubt here that trying to get past the centaurs would be a life threatening proposition. I suppose desperation really changes her perspective later.