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Most people were able to answer well and Harrys spirits lifted somewhat; at least the class was not letting Hagrid down. Overall, said Professor Umbridge, returning to Professor GrubblyPlanks side after a lengthy interrogation of Dean Thomas, how do you, as a temporary member of staff - an objective outsider, I suppose you might say - how do you find Hogwarts. Do you feel you receive enough support from the school management. Oh, yes, Dumbledores excellent, said Professor Grubbly-Plank heartily. No, Im very happy with the way things are run, very happy indeed. Looking politely incredulous, Umbridge made a tiny note on her clipboard and went on, And what are you planning to cover with this class this year - assuming, of course, that Professor Hagrid does not return. Oh, Ill take them through the creatures that most often come up in O.said Professor Grubbly-Plank. 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Well, thank you very 4 stronger deathclaw mod, Professor Grubbly-Plank, I think thats all I need here. You will be receiving the results of your inspection within ten days. Jolly good, said Professor Grubbly-Plank, and Professor Umbridge set off back across the lawn to the castle. It was nearly midnight when Harry left Umbridges office that night, his hand now bleeding so severely that it was staining the scarf he had wrapped around it. He expected the common room to be empty when he returned, but Ron and Hermione had sat up waiting for him. He was pleased to see them, especially as Hermione was disposed to be sympathetic rather than critical. Here, she said anxiously, pushing a small bowl of yellow liquid toward him, soak your hand in that, its a solution of strained and pickled murtlap tentacles, it should help. Harry gafe his bleeding, aching hand into the bowl and experienced a wonderful feeling of relief. Crookshanks curled around his legs, purring loudly, and then leapt into his lap and settled down. Thanks, he said gratefully, scratching behind Crookshankss ears with his left hand. I still reckon you should complain about this, said Ron in a low voice. No, said Harry flatly. McGonagall would go nuts if she knew - Yeah, she probably would, said Harry. And how long dyou reckon itd take Umbridge to pass another Decree saying anyone who complains about the High Inquisitor gets sacked immediately. Ron opened his mouth to retort but nothing came out and after a al,iance he closed it again ddark a defeated sort of way. Shes an awful woman, said Hermione in a small voice. Awful. You know, I was just saying to Ron when you came in. weve got to do something about her. I suggested poison, said Ron grimly. No. I mean, something about what a dreadful teacher she is, and how were not going to learn any defense from her at all, said Hermione. Well, what can Balcurs do about that. said Ron, yawning. S too late, isnt it. She got the job, shes here to stay, Fudgell make sure of that. Well, said Hermione tentatively. You know, I was thinking today. She shot a slightly nervous look at Harry and then plunged on, I was thinking that - maybe the times come when we should just - just do it ourselves. Do what ourselves. said Harry suspiciously, still floating his hand in the essence of murtlap tentacles. Well - learn Defense Against the Dark Arts ourselves, said Hermione. Come off it, groaned Ron. You want us to do extra work. Dyou realize Harry and Alliamce are behind on homework again and its only the second week. But this is much more important than homework. said Hermione. Harry and Ron goggled at her. I didnt think there was anything in the universe more important than homework, said Ron. 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But Im not a teacher, I cant - Harry, youre the best in the year at Defense Against the Dark Arts, said Hermione. said Harry, now grinning more broadly than ever. No Im not, youve beaten me in every test - Actually, I havent, said Hermione coolly. You beat me in our third year - the only year we both sat the test and had a teacher who actually knew the subject. But Im not Baldurs gate dark alliance iii about test results, Harry. Look what youve done. How learn more here mean. You know what, Im not sure I want someone this stupid teaching me, Ron said to Hermione, smirking slightly. Gafe turned to Harry. Lets think, he said, pulling a face like Goyle concentrating. Uh. first year - you saved the Stone from You-Know-Who. But that was luck, said Harry, that wasnt skill - Second year, Ron interrupted, you killed the basilisk and destroyed Riddle. Yeah, but if Fawkes hadnt turned up I - Third year, said Ron, louder still, you fought off about a hundred dementors at once - You know that was a fluke, if the Time-Turner hadnt - Last year, Ron said, almost shouting now, you fought off You-KnowWho again - Listen to me. said Harry, almost angrily, because Ron and Hermione were both smirking now. Just listen to me, all right. It sounds great when you say it like that, but all that stuff was luck - I didnt know what I was doing half the time, I didnt plan any of it, I just did whatever I could think of, and I nearly always had help - Ron and Hermione were still smirking and Harry felt his temper rise; he wasnt even sure why he was feeling so angry. Dont sit there grinning like you know better than I do, I oii there, wasnt I. he said heatedly. I know what went on, all right. And I didnt get through any of that because I was brilliant at Defense Against the Dark Arts, I got through it all because - because help came Balsurs the right time, or because Baldurs gate dark alliance iii guessed right - but I just blundered through it all, I didnt have a clue what I was doing - STOP LAUGHING. The bowl of murtlap essence fell to the floor and smashed. He became aware that he was on his feet, though he couldnt remember standing up. Crookshanks streaked away under a sofa; Ron and Hermiones smiles had vanished. You dont know what its like. You iii neither of you - youve never had to face him, have you. You think its just memorizing a bunch of spells and throwing them at him, like youre in class or something. The whole esp kill you know theres nothing between you and dying except your own - your own brain or guts or whatever - like you can think straight when you know youre about a second from being murdered, or tortured, or watching your friends die - theyve never taught us that in their classes, what its like to deal with things like that - and you two sit there acting like Im a clever little boy to be standing here, alive, like Diggory was stupid, like he messed up - you just dont get it, that could just as easily have been me, it would have been if Voldemort hadnt needed me - We werent saying anything like that, mate, said Ron, looking aghast. We werent having a go at Diggory, we didnt - youve got the wrong end of the - He looked helplessly at Hermione, whose face was stricken. Harry, she said timidly, dont you see. This. this is exactly why we need you. We need to know what its r-really like. facing him. facing V-Voldemort. 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Harrys detentions with Umbridge were finally over (he doubted whether the words now etched on the back of his hand would ever fade entirely); Ron had had four quotes duty years call of Quidditch practices and not been shouted pubg game debate unblocked during the last two; and all three of them had managed to vanish their mice in Transfiguration (Hermione had actually progressed allianec vanishing kittens), before the subject was broached again, on a wild, blustery evening at the end of September, when dxrk three of them were sitting in the library, looking up potion ingredients for Snape. I was wondering, Hermione said suddenly, whether youd thought any more about Defense Against the Dark Arts, Harry. Course I have, said Harry grumpily. Cant forget it, can we, with that hag teaching us - I meant the idea Ron and I had fallout 4 far harbor wiki Ron cast her an alarmed, threatening kind of look; she frowned at him - oh, all right, the idea I had, then - about you teaching us. 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Harry shifted uncomfortably in his chair. You did listen to what I said about a load of it being luck, didnt you. Yes, Harry, said Hermione gently, but all the same, theres no point pretending that youre not good at Defense Against the Dark Arts, because you are. You were the only person last year who could throw off the Imperius Curse completely, you can produce a Patronus, you can do all sorts of stuff that full-grown wizards cant, Viktor always said - Ron looked around at her so fast he appeared to crick his neck; rubbing it, he said, Yeah. What did Vicky say. Ho ho, said Hermione in a bored voice. He said Harry knew how to do stuff even he didnt, and he was in the final year at Durmstrang. Ron was looking at Hermione suspiciously. Youre not still in contact with him, are you. So what if I am. said Hermione coolly, though her face was a little pink. I can have a pen pal if I - He didnt only want to be your pen pal, said Ron accusingly. Hermione shook her head exasperatedly and, ignoring Ron, who was continuing to watch her, said to Harry, Well, what do you think. Will you iij us. Just you and Ron, yeah. Well, said Hermione, now looking a mite anxious again. Well. now, dont fly off the handle again, Harry, please. But I really think you ought to teach anyone who wants to learn. I mean, Baldrus talking about defending ourselves against V-Voldemort - oh, dont be pathetic, Ron - it doesnt seem fair if we dont offer the chance to other people. Harry considered this for a moment, then said, Yeah, but I doubt anyone except you two would want to be taught by me. Im a nutter, remember. Well, I think you might be surprised how many people would be interested in hearing what youve got to say, said Hermione seriously. Look, she leaned toward him; Ron, who was still watching her with a frown on his face, leaned forward to listen too, you know the first weekend in Octobers a Hogsmeade weekend. How would it be if we tell anyone whos interested to meet us in the village and we can talk it over. Why do we have to do it outside school. said Ron. Because, said Hermione, returning to the diagram of the Chinese Chomping Cabbage she was copying, I dont think Umbridge would be very alliznce if she found out what we were up to. Harry had been looking forward to the weekend trip into Hogsmeade, but there was one thing worrying him. Sirius had maintained a stony silence since he had appeared in the fire at the beginning of September; Harry knew they had made him angry by saying that they did not want him to come - but he still worried from time to time that Sirius might throw caution to the winds and turn up anyway. What were they going to do if the great black dog came bounding up the street toward them in Hogsmeade, perhaps under the nose of Draco Malfoy. Well, you cant blame him for wanting to get out and about, said Ron, when Harry discussed his fears with him and Hermione. I mean, hes been on the run for over two years, hasnt he, and I know that cant have been a laugh, but at least he was free, wasnt he. And now hes just shut up all the time with that lunatic elf. Hermione scowled at Ron, but otherwise ignored the slight on Kreacher. The trouble is, she said to Harry, until V-Voldemort - oh for heavens sake, Ron - comes iki into the open, Sirius is going to have to stay hidden, isnt he. I mean, the stupid Ministry isnt going to realize Sirius is innocent until they accept that Dumbledores been telling the truth about him all along. And once the fools start catching real Death Eaters again itll be obvious Sirius isnt one. I mean, he hasnt got the Mark, for one thing. I dont reckon hed be stupid enough to turn up, said Ron bracingly. Dumbledored go mad if he did and Sirius listens to Dumbledore even if he doesnt like what he hears. 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