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We have strict guidelines on the decorations permitted on our wards but it appears that Healer Strout, busy over the Christmas period, overlooked the dangers of the plant on Mr. Bodes bedside table. As his speech and mobility improved, Healer Strout encouraged Mr. Bode to look after the plant himself, unaware that it was not an innocent Flitterbloom, but a cutting of Devils Snare, which, when touched by the convalescent Mr. Bode, throttled him instantly. Mungos is as yet unable to account for the presence of the plant on the ward and asks any witch or wizard with information to come forward. Bode. said Ron. Bode. It rings a bell. We saw him, Hermione whispered. In St. Mungos, remember. He was in the bed opposite Lockharts, just lying there, staring at the ceiling. And we saw the Devils Snare arrive. She - the Healer - said it was a Christmas present. Harry looked back at the story. A feeling of horror was rising like bile in his throat. How come we didnt recognize Devils Snare. Weve seen it before. we couldve stopped this from happening. Who expects Devils Snare to turn up in a hospital disguised as a potted plant. said Ron sharply. Its not our fault, whoever sent it to the bloke is to blame. They must be a real prat, why didnt they check what they were buying. Oh come on, Ron. said Hermione shakily, I dont think anyone could put Devils Snare in a pot and not realize it tries to kill whoever touches it. This - this was murder. A clever murder, as well. If the plant was sent anonymously, hows anyone ever going to find out who did it. Harry was not thinking about Devils Snare. He was remembering taking the lift down to the ninth level of the Ministry on the day of his hearing, and the sallow-faced man who had got in on the Atrium level. I met Bode, he said slowly. I saw him at the Ministry with your dad. Rons mouth fell open. Ive heard Dad talk about him at home. He was an Unspeakable - he worked in the Department of Mysteries. They looked at one another for a moment, then Hermione pulled the newspaper back toward her, closed it, glared for a moment at the pictures of the ten escaped Death Eaters on the front, then leapt to her feet. Where are you going. said Ron, startled. To send a letter, said Hermione, swinging her bag onto her shoulder. It. well, I dont know whether. but its worth trying. and Im the only one who can. I hate it when she does that, grumbled Ron as he and Harry got up from the table and made their own, slower way out of the Great Hall. Would it kill her to tell us what shes up to for once. Itd take her about ten more seconds - hey, Hagrid. Hagrid was standing beside the doors into the entrance hall, waiting for a crowd of Ravenclaws to pass. He was still as heavily bruised as he had been on the day he had come back from his mission to the giants and there was a new cut right across the bridge of his nose. All righ, you two. he said, trying to muster a smile but managing only a kind of pained grimace. Are you okay, Hagrid. asked Harry, following him as he lumbered after the Ravenclaws. Fine, fine, said Hagrid with a feeble assumption of airiness; he waved a hand and narrowly missed concussing a frightened-looking Professor Vector, who was passing. Jus busy, yeh know, usual stuff - lessons ter prepare - couple osalamanders got scale rot - an Im on probation, he mumbled. Youre on probation. said Ron very loudly, so that many students passing looked around curiously. Sorry - I mean - youre on probation. he whispered. Yeah, said Hagrid. Sno moren I expected, ter tell yeh the truth. Yeh migh notve picked up on it, bu that inspection didn go too well, yeh know. anyway, he sighed deeply. Bes go an rub a bit more chili powder on them salamanders or their tailsll be hangin off em next. See yeh, Harry. Ron. He trudged away, out the front doors and down the stone steps into the damp grounds. Harry watched him go, wondering how much more bad news he could stand. The fact that Hagrid was now on probation became common knowledge within the school over the next few days, but to Harrys indignation, hardly anybody appeared to be upset about it; indeed, some people, Draco Malfoy prominent among them, seemed positively gleeful. As for the freakish death of an obscure Department of Mysteries employee in St. Mungos, Harry, Ron, and Hermione seemed to be the only people who knew or cared. There was only one topic of conversation in the corridors now: the ten escaped Death Eaters, whose story had finally filtered through the school from those few people who read the newspapers. Rumors were flying that some of the convicts had been spotted in Hogsmeade, that they were supposed to be hiding out in the Shrieking Shack and that they were going to break into Hogwarts, just as Sirius Black had done. Those who came from Wizarding families had grown up hearing the names of these Death Eaters spoken with almost as much fear as Voldemorts; the crimes they had committed during the days of Voldemorts reign of terror were legendary. There were relatives of their victims among the Hogwarts students, who now found themselves the unwilling objects of a gruesome sort of reflected fame as they walked the corridors: Susan Bones, who had an uncle, aunt, and cousins who had all died at the hands of one of the ten, said miserably during Herbology that she now had a good idea what it felt like to be Harry. And I dont know how you stand it, its horrible, she said bluntly, dumping far too much dragon manure on her tray of Screechsnap seedlings, causing them to wriggle and squeak in discomfort. It was true that Harry was the subject of much renewed muttering and pointing in the corridors these days, yet he thought he detected a slight difference in the tone of the whisperers voices. They sounded curious rather than hostile now, and once or twice he was sure he overheard snatches of conversation that suggested that the speakers were not satisfied with the Prophets version of how and why ten Death Eaters had managed to break out of Azkaban fortress. In their confusion and fear, these doubters now seemed to be turning to the only other explanation available to them, the one that Harry and Dumbledore had been expounding since the previous year. It was not only the students mood that had changed. It was now quite common to come across two or three teachers conversing in low, urgent whispers in the corridors, breaking off their conversations the moment they saw students approaching. They obviously cant talk freely in the staffroom anymore, said Hermione in a low voice, as she, Harry, and Ron passed Professors McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout huddled together outside the Charms classroom one day. Not with Umbridge there. Reckon they know anything new. said Ron, gazing back over his shoulder at the three teachers. If they do, were not going to hear about it, are we. said Harry angrily. Pubg gift codes xbox one after Decree. What number are we on now. For new signs had appeared on the house notice boards the morning after news of the Azkaban breakout: --- BY ORDER OF --- The High Inquisitor of Hogwarts Teachers are hereby banned from giving students any information that is not strictly related to the subjects they are paid to teach. The above is in accordance with Educational Decree Number Twentysix. This latest decree had been the subject of a great number of jokes among the students. Lee Jordan had pointed out to Umbridge that by the terms of the new rule she was not allowed to tell Fred and George off for playing Exploding Snap in the back of the class. Exploding Snaps got nothing to do with Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor. Thats not information relating to your subject. 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She lurked by the fire in the heavily perfumed tower room, interrupting Professor Trelawneys increasingly hysterical talks with difficult questions about Ornithomancy and Heptomology, insisting that she predict students answers before they gave them and demanding that she demonstrate her skill at the crystal ball, the tea leaves, and the rune stones in turn. Harry thought that Professor Trelawney might soon crack under the strain; several times he passed her in the corridors (in itself a very unusual occurrence as she generally remained in her tower room), muttering wildly to herself, wringing her hands, and shooting terrified glances over her shoulder, all the time giving off a powerful smell of cooking sherry. If he had not been so worried about Hagrid, he would have felt sorry for her - but if one of them was to be ousted out of a job, there could be only one choice for Harry as to who should remain. Unfortunately, Harry could not see that Hagrid was putting up a better show than Trelawney. Though he seemed to be following Hermiones advice and had shown them nothing more frightening than a crup, a creature indistinguishable from a Jack Russell terrier except for its forked tail, since before Christmas, he also seemed to have lost his nerve. He was oddly distracted and jumpy in lessons, losing the thread of what he was saying while talking to the class, answering questions wrongly and glancing anxiously at Umbridge all the time. He was also more distant with Harry, Ron, and Hermione than he had ever been before, expressly forbidding them to visit him after dark. If she catches yeh, itll be all of our necks on the line, he told them flatly, and with no desire to do anything that jeopardized his job further, they abstained from walking down to his hut in the evenings. It seemed to Harry that Umbridge was steadily depriving him of everything that made his life at Hogwarts worth living: visits to Hagrids house, letters from Sirius, his Firebolt, and Quidditch. He took his revenge the only way he had: redoubling his efforts for the D. Harry was pleased to see that all of them, even Zacharias Smith, had been spurred to work harder than ever by the news that ten more Death Eaters were now on the loose, but in nobody was this improvement more pronounced than in Neville. The news of his parents attackers escape had wrought a strange and even slightly alarming change in him. He had not once mentioned his meeting with Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the closed ward in St. Mungos, and taking their lead from him, they had kept quiet about it too. Nor had he said anything on the subject of Bellatrix and her fellow torturers escape; in fact, he barely spoke during D. meetings anymore, but worked relentlessly on every new jinx and countercurse Harry taught them, his plump face screwed up in concentration, apparently indifferent to injuries or accidents, working harder than anyone else in the room. He was improving so fast it was quite unnerving and when Harry taught them the Shield Charm, a means of deflecting minor jinxes so that they rebounded upon the attacker, only Hermione mastered the charm faster than Neville. In fact Harry would have given a great deal to be making as much progress at Occlumency as Neville was making during D. meetings. Harrys sessions with Snape, which had started badly enough, were not improving; on the contrary, Harry felt he was getting worse with every lesson. 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Do you think you could meet me in the Three Broomsticks around midday. Well. I dunno, said Harry dubiously. Cho might be expecting me to spend the whole day with her. We never said what we were going to do. Well, bring her along if you must, said Hermione urgently. But will you come. Well. all right, but why. I havent got time to tell you now, Ive got to answer this quickly - And she hurried out of the Great Hall, the letter clutched in one hand and a piece of uneaten toast in the other. Are you coming. Harry asked Ron, but he shook his head, looking glum. I cant come into Hogsmeade at all, Angelina wants a full days training. Like its going to help - were the worst team Ive ever seen. You should see Sloper and Kirke, theyre pathetic, even worse than I am. He heaved a great sigh. I dunno why Angelina wont just let me resign. Its because youre good when youre on form, thats why, said Harry irritably. He found it very hard to be sympathetic to Rons plight when he himself would have given almost anything to be playing in the forthcoming match against Hufflepuff. Ron seemed to notice Harrys tone, because he did not mention Quidditch again during breakfast, and there was a slight Pubg gift codes xbox one in the way they said good-bye to each other shortly afterward. Ron departed for the Quidditch pitch and Harry, after attempting to flatten his hair while staring at his reflection in the back of a teaspoon, proceeded alone to the entrance hall to meet Cho, feeling very apprehensive and wondering what on earth they were going to talk about. She was waiting for him a little to the side of the oak front doors, looking very pretty with her hair tied back in a long ponytail. Harrys feet seemed to be too big for his body as he walked toward her, and he was suddenly horribly aware of his arms and how stupid they looked swinging at his sides. Hi, said Cho slightly breathlessly. Hi, said Harry. They stared at each other for a moment, then Harry said, Well - er - shall we go, then. Oh - yes. They joined the queue of people being signed out by Filch, occasionally catching each others eye and grinning shiftily, but not talking to each other. Harry was relieved when they reached the fresh air, finding it easier to walk along in silence than just stand there looking awkward. It was a fresh, breezy sort of day and as they passed the Quidditch stadium, Harry glimpsed Ron and Ginny skimming over the stands and felt a horrible pang that he was not up there with them. You really miss it, dont you. said Cho. He looked around and saw her watching him. Yeah, sighed Harry. I do. Remember the first time we played against each other. she asked him. Yeah, said Harry, grinning. You kept blocking me. And Wood told you not to be a gentleman and knock me off my broom if you had to, said Cho, smiling reminiscently. I heard he got taken on by Pride of Portree, is that right. Nah, it was Puddlemere United, Read article saw him at the World Cup last year. Oh, I saw you there too, remember. We were on the same campsite. It was really good, wasnt it. The subject of the Quidditch World Cup carried them all the way down the drive and out through the gates. Harry could hardly believe how easy it was to talk to her, no more difficult, in fact, than talking to Ron and Hermione, and he was just starting to feel confident and cheerful when a large gang of Slytherin girls passed them, including Pansy Parkinson. Potter and Chang. screeched Pansy to a chorus of snide giggles. Urgh, Chang, I dont think much of your taste. At least Diggory was goodlooking. They sped up, talking and shrieking in a pointed fashion with many exaggerated glances back at Harry and Cho, leaving an embarrassed silence in their wake. Harry could think of nothing else to say about Quidditch, and Cho, slightly flushed, was watching her feet. So. where dyou want to go. Harry asked as they entered Hogsmeade. The High Street was full of students ambling up and down, peering into the shop windows and messing about together on the pavements. Oh. I dont mind, said Cho, shrugging. Um. shall we just have a look in the shops or something. They wandered toward Dervish and Banges. A large poster had been stuck up in the window and a few Hogsmeaders were looking at it. They moved aside when Harry and Cho approached and Harry found himself staring once more at the ten pictures of the escaped Death Eaters. The poster (By Order of the Ministry of Magic) offered a thousand-Galleon reward to any witch or wizard with information relating to the recapture of any of the convicts pictured. Its funny, isnt it, said Cho in a low voice, also gazing up at the pictures of the Death Eaters. Remember when that Sirius Black escaped, and there were dementors all over Hogsmeade looking for him. And now ten Death Eaters are on the loose and there arent dementors anywhere. Yeah, said Harry, tearing his eyes away from Bellatrix Lestranges face to glance up and down the High Street. Yeah, it is weird. He was not sorry that there were no dementors nearby, but now he came to think of it, their absence was highly significant. They had not only let the Death Eaters escape, they were not bothering to look for them. It looked as though they really were outside Ministry control now. The ten Pubg gift codes xbox one Death Eaters were staring out of every shop window he and Cho passed. It started to rain as they passed Scrivenshafts; cold, heavy drops of water kept hitting Harrys face and the back of his neck. Um. dyou want to get a coffee. said Cho tentatively, as the rain began to fall more heavily. Yeah, all right, said Harry, looking around. Where -. Oh, theres a really nice place just up here, havent you ever been to Madam Puddifoots. she said brightly, and she led him up a side road and into a small tea shop that Harry had never noticed before. It was a cramped, steamy little place where everything seemed to have been decorated with frills or bows. Harry was reminded unpleasantly of Umbridges office. Cute, isnt it. said Cho happily. Er. yeah, said Harry untruthfully. Look, shes decorated it for Valentines Day. said Cho, indicating a number of golden cherubs that were read article over each of the small, circular tables, occasionally throwing pink confetti over the occupants. Aaah. They sat down at the last remaining table, which was situated in the steamy window. Roger Davies, the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain, was sitting about a foot and a half away with a pretty blonde girl. They were holding hands. The sight made Harry feel uncomfortable, particularly when, looking around the tea shop, he saw that it was full of nothing but couples, all of them holding hands. Perhaps Cho would expect him to hold her hand. What can I get you, mdears. said Click Puddifoot, a very stout woman with a shiny black bun, squeezing between their table and Roger Daviess with great difficulty. Two coffees, please, said Cho. In the time it took for their coffees to arrive, Roger Davies and his girlfriend started kissing over their sugar bowl. Harry wished they wouldnt; he felt that Davies was setting a standard with which Cho would soon expect him to compete.

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