Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 372 Dumbledore Returns
In the Response Room, the Weasley brothers, Harry, Ron and others were slumped on the sofa, their eyes were staring, their complexions were gloomy, as if they had lost all interest in life.

The fire in the room is still crackling and burning, and the warm fire will reflect the warmth of the on-demand room that has been transformed into a lounge, making people want to sleep.

Mike was sitting on the sofa a little further away, looking at the salted fish and playing with a Galleon.

It had been two weeks since Harry had been caught for Quidditch practice.

Dumbledore still hasn't returned to this day, and the direct consequence of his delay is that Umbridge and her Slytherins have become more arrogant.

Especially the students of Slytherin House, many of them wore green armbands on their arms, symbolizing the armbands of temporary inspectors, and began to monitor other houses throughout Hogwarts.

If anyone is found to dare to violate the slightest school rules, they will rush forward and arrest them in the newly opened courtroom for inhumane punishment.

This is a power given to them by Umbridge, and Umbridge himself obviously does not have the ability to effectively supervise these executors.

As a result, power is out of control.

The inspectors of Slytherin began to abuse their power, and sometimes they might just find some excuse to take you to the corrections room because you just made them angry.

The situation of Harry and the others was even worse. As the legendary savior, Harry and his friends were regarded as key observation objects. They not only had to deal with increasingly tedious studies but also faced the torment of Umbridge every day.

Worst of all, the torture seemed endless, as the Slytherins continued to find excuses to prolong their confinement, making it almost as if they were dying.

Nowadays, almost everyone in Hogwarts is in danger. Except for the necessary classes and meals, everyone has almost stopped all outdoor activities, and this is why Harry and the others will appear in the Room of Response even though it is daytime.

Because apart from here, they will be monitored almost all the time in the outside world, and this place has already become their only remaining piece of pure land.

In order to allow the DA Army to start classes normally under the spy-like activities of the Slytherins, Hermione invented a simple communication machine, and this is the gold plus that Mike is playing with now. Long.

It has to be said that Hermione and Mike have very similar ideas in some respects. At least when they wanted to invent a hidden communicator, the first thing they thought of was Gallon.

It's just that Hermione's Galleon communicator is much weaker than Mike's.

Its appearance looks exactly the same as real Galleon, but its texture is not gold, but a cheap alloy.

And there is a circle of numbers on the edge of the coin. The circle of numbers on the real Gold Galleon is just a serial number, representing the goblin who made it.But on the counterfeit coin, those numbers would change to show the time of the next rally.

When the above time changes, the coin will heat up, which can remind the user.

Compared with the gold coins of the Masonic Society, this kind of communicator is as simple as a piece of garbage, but it is enough to deal with the current situation.

As it turns out, Hermione is still gifted at this.

But when Mike was fiddling with the gold coins, the gold coins in his hand suddenly exuded a hot breath.

Mike stopped his movements, held up the gold coin and looked at it.

Sure enough, the above time has changed.

The assembly time of the DA Army was changed from ten o'clock tonight to ten o'clock the night after tomorrow.

"Phew! The meeting time has been changed." Mike sighed and said, "I remember this is the third postponement this week, right? It seems that everyone's situation is not easy."

Harry on the sofa didn't even move his eyes, and murmured to himself:
"It's fine to postpone it, I'm too tired to move at all."

Immediately, the Room of Requirement fell into silence again, and everyone looked at the flickering flames in the fireplace in silence, as if there was some wonderful show going on there.

After a while, George suddenly yelled, and Fred next to him also cried with his head in his hands:
"Dumbledore! Why haven't you come back yet!"

Mike shook his head helplessly. He really sympathized with these two.

They originally thought that Umbridge would fire them after he got new powers, but Umbridge obviously felt that doing so was too cheap for them, so instead of firing them, he only had a good opinion of the matter. Without mentioning a word, continue to continue the punishment that Professor McGonagall made before, and put them in confinement.

Of course, after the opening of the new punishment room, the life of the Weasley brothers was not as easy as before, because they can be said to be worse than Harry during this period.

As for Dumbledore, Mike guessed that he should be back in the next two days, because the current Hogwarts is not only difficult for the students, but also for the professors.

After Umbridge got the new power, he began to censor the professors in Hogwarts like crazy, and the current censorship is different from the previous understatement. Umbridge has already started Give pointers to the professors' teaching methods.

This made many people, including Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, very dissatisfied, because in this way, the entire Hogwarts would be completely surnamed Umbridge.

For now, the professors of these main courses are able to survive due to their lofty status and strong strength, but the professors of some other courses are the same.

For example, the professor of Muggle studies has been cornered by Umbridge.

Umbridge believes that the current Muggle Studies class is too much glorification of Muggles, and she strongly urges the Muggle Studies professor to revise the teaching plan to uglify the image of Muggles in the hearts of little wizards.

At first, the professor of Muggle Studies was still desperate, she thought that Muggle Studies was a rigorous science, and there was nothing wrong with her current teaching (although Mike believed that what she was teaching now was also a mess).

But after Umbridge hinted that if she didn't follow, she would be kicked out of Hogwarts like Trelawney back then, Muggle studies still worked according to Umbridge's ideas.

To this, Mike and other students who applied for the Muggle Studies class did not react much, because most of the students who applied for the Muggle Studies class have the same purpose as Mike, they are here to dawdle.

So they don't care about the changes in the content of the course-they won't listen to it anyway.

While Mike was thinking, the door of the Room of Response was suddenly pushed back.

Hermione walked into the Room of Requirement, her little face was flushed, she was panting heavily, and she looked as if she had run all the way.

"Don't worry, Hermione." Mike got up and got a glass of water for Hermione, "Drink a glass of water and talk slowly."

"I have good news for you!"

Hearing that Ron on the sofa opened one eye, squinted at Hermione, and said:
"I wish you would tell me that Umbridge is dead, so I won't have to be locked up for the night."

Harry and the others on the side nodded one after another. To them, this was undoubtedly the greatest news.

And Hermione gave them a blank look, took a deep breath and said:
"It's Dumbledore! I was helping Professor McGonagall sort out the lesson plans just now, and she told me that Dumbledore will be back tomorrow!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then cheered!

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The next morning, the Hogwarts auditorium was already packed with people before it was time for breakfast.

Today is Saturday. Originally, at this time, everyone should enjoy a rare vacation in their own beds, but today everyone gathered here spontaneously.

And there is only one reason why everyone is so willing to give up the holiday, and that is their principal, Dumbledore is finally coming back!
In the past, although everyone respected Dumbledore, they would not have put up such a big battle to welcome him.

But it's different now. In the past, everyone lived too badly under Umbridge's oppression. Now everyone can say that Dumbledore is eager to see through!

Even the professors are no exception to this point, because in the auditorium at this moment, McGonagall and other professors also gathered in the auditorium, looking at the foyer with the same anticipation as their students.

Umbridge and his Slytherin minions were also in the auditorium at the moment, but compared to the expected eyes of others, their expressions were not very good-looking.

This is understandable. After all, although Umbridge is now in full swing and powerful in Hogwarts, if Dumbledore, the real headmaster, returns to the school, then Umbridge is likely to lose everything he has now. Along with that, the Slytherins would lose the privileges they have now, so they can be said to be the last to want Dumbledore back.

God seemed to have heard their inner prayers, and Dumbledore didn't show up until near noon.

At this time, the people who had been waiting since the morning were getting a little impatient, and there was an atmosphere called loss in the auditorium.

But Umbridge and the students of Slytherin House had smiles on their faces, and Umbridge even started talking to his classmates with a smile.

However, just when everyone thought that Dumbledore might not come back, a flame appeared in the auditorium out of thin air.

The flame appeared in mid-air like a vulture, and it continued to expand and enlarge. The bursts of air explosion made the surrounding students exclaimed, but the professors came when they saw this scene. There was a look of surprise on their faces!

Finally, with a bang, the flame exploded completely, and the thing that had been wrapped in the flame appeared in front of everyone.

It was a fiery red and beautiful bird, and an old man with white hair.

"Dumbledore! It's Dumbledore who's back!"

Ron couldn't help shouting out, and the other people in the auditorium were completely crazy.

Everyone shouted Dumbledore's name loudly, like crazy.

Umbridge and the Slytherin students all clenched their fists and looked grim, but they didn't pay any attention to them at the moment, and Dumbledore had lost everyone's attention.

"Oh! You are so enthusiastic." Dumbledore seemed to be taken aback by the scene in front of him. His white beard trembled a few times before he said, "Thank you, thank you so much!"

People ran towards Dumbledore, everyone told Dumbledore about Umbridge's crimes one by one, but because the voice was too messy, what Dumbledore heard was only a series of noises.

"Okay, I see, now everyone please be quiet!"

Hearing this, everyone immediately shut their mouths, and looked at Dumbledore expectantly with big bright eyes.

And Dumbledore did not disappoint everyone, he smiled slightly and said:

"Professor McGonagall has told me everything, I know everyone is having a terrible time these days (Dumbledore glanced at Umbridge), it's all my fault, I left in such a hurry that I didn't explain things Clear. But now that I'm back, some things have to change.

First of all, it is about the punishment room. I still remember that the first order I made after I became the headmaster of Hogwarts was to cancel the excessive corporal punishment in Hogwarts. I think students need to be guided, not like taming animals. Use carrots and sticks to make them biological instincts.This is the belief that I have always upheld, and it has not changed until today.Therefore, there is no doubt that the punishment room must be closed! "

A tsunami of cheers erupted from the crowd, especially Harry, Ron and other people who had suffered recently.

"Furthermore, it is about clubs. I have to say that some clubs in Hogwarts are indeed unnecessary. For example, I heard that there is a 'Fart Club'. I really don't understand why this club exists. Necessary." Dumbledore joked, "But we must also admit that proper entertainment is necessary, especially for students who are currently in the exam year, so the Quidditch match must resume!"

Another burst of cheers came, and Franklin and the others even hugged each other excitedly.

"One more thing, that is about the recent adoption of some students in the school as temporary inspectors to supervise other students. I think this is a helpless move due to insufficient manpower, but this behavior will also intensify the bad relationship seen by the students. , so I suggest that this measure should also be cancelled." Dumbledore said,

"Finally, there are various measures against professors. I learned that the Hogwarts senior examiner fired a professor who had worked hard at Hogwarts for more than ten years on the grounds that the professor of this course did not I can't understand the point of teaching students ability. Because the course she teaches is divination, and as we all know, divination is a relatively mysterious subject, and it is not so easy to prove its effect. So I suggest, for Being able to allow the students who applied for the divination class to have the class is also to give Trelawney a rally and temporarily recall Professor Trelawney."

The crowd cheered endlessly, and what Dumbledore did almost met everyone's expectations.

But amidst the bursts of cheers, Umbridge yelled loudly with a black face:
"I disagree!"

(End of this chapter)