Hogwarts Reading Days

Umbridge attached great importance to the information "pried" from Harry and Ron, and brought the news back to the Ministry of Magic as soon as possible, which was highly praised by Fudge.

It is obviously quite difficult to kill the danger directly in the cradle.

But the Ministry of Magic can't let elite Aurors fight head-on with acromantulas, especially in ghost places like the Forbidden Forest. Those big spiders are even more dangerous than dark wizards, and even elite Aurors may lose them if they are not careful. Little life.

Therefore, it is extremely important to catch Fred and George and find out from them how to enter the secret base of the Order of the Phoenix. This is also the best solution Umbridge gave Fudge, and therefore he was appointed with full authority to handle the matter.

"What if Albert Anderson comes out to stop it?"

Before leaving, Umbridge did not forget to mention his worries, "He and Weasley are very good friends, and I suspect that Weasley's actions are likely to be helped by him. As we all know, Arthur Weasley The Lai family is not rich."

"If Anderson tries to prevent you from arresting Weasley, then arrest him too. I believe that spending a few months in Azkaban prison will completely clear his clever mind." Fudge said coldly, he absolutely Will not tolerate someone trying to pull himself down.

"I'll take care of this." Umbridge returned to Hogwarts in a cheerful mood.

However, such a good mood did not last long, because the plan to capture Fred and George did not go as expected.

Fred and George, who hold the Marauder's Map, can always avoid the encirclement skillfully, playing tricks on Umbridge and his gang.

The anti-toad movement at Hogwarts became more vigorous, and more and more students joined in, and they could always bring new troubles to Umbridge.

As the only toad in the school, Filch became the target of mischievous students. Filch had to go to the hospital every day, and it was almost becoming his new home.

"Damn it, damn it all."

At this moment, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, Umbridge was furiously smashing things in the office to vent his inner anger.

It was really hard for Umbridge to imagine that he was actually attacked by some despicable and shameless person. When he woke up, he found himself covered in extremely smelly mud, squatting like a comatose toad in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. On the podium, the slogan of the Anti-Toad Alliance and the sign of Umbridge, the toad spitting snake, were left on the blackboard behind it.

What angered Umbridge the most was that she kept that posture on the podium for a class, and no one was willing to help her remove the full-body restraint spell from the beginning to the end.

"Ma'am, I'm afraid we have to find another way." Filch said listlessly, "It's not easy to catch those two little beasts by ordinary methods."

This Mr. Administrator has given up on catching Fred and George by normal means. Just a few days ago, he caught Fred and George in the middle of the night, and the two brutes just put him in place with a spell. , and deliberately wet his clothes, causing Filch to catch a bad cold and lie in the school hospital for several days.

"You're right, we have to find other ways to lure them out." Umbridge was also tired of this game of cat and mouse.

She also discovered that the Weasley brutes could not be treated in the same way as students, and should be regarded as the most vicious dark wizards.

That's right, in Umbridge's eyes, Fred and George are more hateful than dark wizards.

Because they're trying to overthrow the Ministry of Magic.

It's just that Umbridge couldn't think of any good solution for the time being.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the office.

"Come in."

Umbridge restrained the emotion on his face, and looked at the visitor with a fake smile on his face.

"Professor, bad rumors about you are spreading everywhere in the school." Malfoy said straightforwardly about the latest information he just heard.

"What rumors?" Umbridge had a bad feeling.

"Everyone is saying that Fred and George will return to school next month with a secret weapon, which can drive you out of school and send you to Azkaban by the way." Malfoy said from Ron's mouth After Li learned of this incident, he ran to inform Umbridge as soon as possible.

"I won't let their plot succeed, absolutely not," Umbridge said through gritted teeth.

"By the way, it seems that some gas bombs have been thrown in the administrator's office, and there is a stench coming out of it." Malfoy glanced at Filch, and continued, "There is also a cat hanging on the wooden door. This should be a good thing that group of people did.”

"Damn it, my cat."

Filch realized something immediately and rushed out of the office.

Watching Filch's leaving back, Umbridge frowned slightly.

"Professor, you seem to be in trouble." Malfoy asked knowingly.

"Mr. Malfoy, if it's you, is there any good way to catch the Weasley family's little bastard?" Umbridge turned his attention to the young Malfoy in front of him.

"They know the secrets of the Ministry of Magic better than anyone else, and they want to use ordinary methods to catch them." Malfoy raised his eyebrows, as if he was seriously thinking about the so-called method, "Maybe, we can start with the resistance organization first. Harry Potter is undoubtedly one of the masterminds of this plot, and perhaps an attempt can be made to arrest them and claim that they have created these plots, forcing the Weasley twins to come forward and explain."

Forcing the Weasley twins to show up?

Naturally not.

Malfoy just wanted to blame Harry Potter so that Umbridge could find an excuse to kick Harry out of Hogwarts.

"However, even if the Weasley brothers bear all the charges, it will not be easy to catch them." Malfoy reminded seriously.Although he was reluctant to admit it, the level of duel between Fred and George was indeed much stronger than that of members of the investigation team.

Two days ago, Fred and George took most of the members of the investigation team into the school hospital.

While Umbridge was discussing the feasibility of the plan with Malfoy, he heard footsteps outside, and Umbridge walked into the office stiffly.

"Ma'am, please save my cat!"

Filch's Mrs. Norris was once again petrified by the spell, and her whole body was as stiff as a quick stone.

Facing the cat on the table, Umbridge pretended to try to break the spell a few times, but after all had no effect, he could only take Filch to find Snape.

In any case, Filch was her favorite student at Hogwarts, and he couldn't give up on him easily no matter what.

"A very powerful petrification magic."

Snape poked his finger at the cat that Filch had laid lightly on the table, and gave his judgment.

"Can it be cured?" Umbridge asked directly.

"Should be able to."

"should?"

"If the spell-breaking method doesn't work, you can try to use a mandrake to brew a potion to break the spell." Snape picked up the wand on the table and began to try to break the spell on Mrs. Norris, Filch's wife.

Snape soon found out that the effect of the despelling spell was mediocre. After several consecutive attempts, the cat on the table broke free from the petrification magic and recovered.

"Thank you, thank you." Filch held Mrs. Norris in his arms and thanked Snape non-stop.

"It must have been made by the Weasley brutes," Umbridge said through gritted teeth.

"It's very difficult for Hogwarts students to master such advanced dark arts." Snape shook his head.

"Someone will," said Umbridge firmly.

"You mean Anderson?"

Snape raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Umbridge. He felt that the guy in front of him wanted to make trouble.

"Yes, it's him."

"Anderson does have such abilities, but the probability is actually not high." Snape shook his head and said, he felt that Umbridge was running wildly on the road to death.

Even though Albert was easy to get along with, it was actually just an appearance. He was a very vengeful guy. Although Snape didn't like Albert very much, he never denied the other party's ability.

"Oh, why?" Umbridge asked suspiciously.

"Because Anderson is not an idiot." Snape said directly, "That kind of smart guy will never do stupid things that can be guessed at a glance. If he really wants to do something, you won't find it." It's just a cat."

"I hope you brew Veritaserum as soon as possible." Umbridge ignored Snape's sarcasm, and took the initiative to change the subject, "I will use that thing soon."

"At least you have to wait another half a month, unless you want to poison the user." Snape felt that Umbridge was trying to make trouble again, and reminded with a frown: "There is one more thing I have to remind you, There is actually an antidote to Veritaserum, and with Anderson's potion level, it is not difficult to make an antidote to Veritaserum."

Snape had no intention of giving Umbridge the real Veritaserum, so here's a reminder to Umbridge.

As for why it didn't work, it was naturally the antidote for the other party's use of Veritaserum.

Throwing the blame to Albert, Snape didn't have the slightest psychological pressure. Anyway, both sides disliked each other, and he didn't think Umbridge could do anything with Albert.

Even the Dark Lord had been beaten before that guy, let alone Umbridge.

After asking about the use of the Veritaserum Antidote, Umbridge left Snape's office with a sullen face, recalling in his mind the process of using the Veritaserum Antidote to torture students earlier, whether anyone used the Veritaserum Antidote .

After being reminded by Snape, Umbridge was sure that the damned Mudblood must have secretly prepared Veritaserum.

As for the others... Umbridge didn't find any traces of them using the antidote after taking Veritaserum, but it's hard to say.

As for finding a way to lure Fred and George?

Umbridge did not make a decision right away, but consulted with someone first.

Even if you successfully lure people out, you have to find a way to catch them. Once they are run away, it may be difficult to have such a chance again.

For this reason, Umbridge told Fudge about his plan, and Fudge immediately summoned a group of his own people to discuss how to destroy the secret base of the Order of the Phoenix hidden in the Forbidden Forest in one go, and destroy the secret weapon carefully prepared by Dumbledore.

Once the plan succeeds in catching the Weasley twins, they will be handed over to Percy Weasley for persuasion. If not, they can only use veritaserum to torture them.

Fudge would never let Dumbledore do what he wanted, let alone allow the so-called "secret weapon" to destroy his career.

However, there are always exceptions.

Kingsley, who had just been called for an emergency meeting, was taken aback by the current situation. It was difficult for him to understand what the secret base of the Order of the Phoenix was.

"Number 12, Grimmauld Place?"

"seems not."

After hearing Umbridge finish his plan, Kingsley was stunned.

Why didn't I know about this?

Especially when I heard that the so-called secret base was hidden in the Forbidden Forest, and a large group of spiders guarded the entrance.

Besides, who would guard the door with a group of acromanders?

The whole thing sounds very unreliable, but what surprised Kingsley the most was that someone actually believed it, and it was the Minister of Magic Fudge who took the lead, intending to capture Fred and George and destroy the secret base that never existed from the very beginning. ?

God, this is so magical.

Kingsley couldn't help wondering whether Fred and George had set up the so-called secret base?

"This...wouldn't be a bit of a fuss." Kingsley carefully chose his words: "In any case, they are just two children who have not yet graduated. Moreover, if the Ministry of Magic uses Veritaserum, it may cause trouble."

"Then what's your opinion?" Umbridge looked at Kingsley with a fake smile on his face.

"I mean this may be an excuse for others to attack the minister, and I have heard some bad news recently." Kingsley did not continue to argue, but did his duty.

On the same day, members of the Order of the Phoenix learned of the news.

The whole thing was baffling to everyone except Mrs. Weasley, who was furious at what Fred and George had done.

"Do we really have such a secret base in the Forbidden Forest?" Sirius cast a puzzled look at Mad-Eye.

"How is it possible, and even if there is, it is impossible to hide near a group of acromantulas," Mad-Eye Moody asked with a sip of the drink in the bottle, "Speaking of which giant spider in the Forbidden Forest is Who came up with Hagrid's pets."

"I don't think it's strange that Hagrid has a big spider." Bill couldn't help complaining.

"Don't worry Molly, Fred and George are smart, they just found a reason to fool Umbridge."

"Even if we don't do that, Umbridge will probably find trouble with Harry." Lupine patiently explained: "So, it's not Fred and George's problem."

"I heard that they plan to open a store in Diagon Alley, have you found the location of the store yet?" Sirius changed the subject.

"I have paid attention to a few things, and it seems that they are still discussing the price." Bill said with a smile: "They seem to think that the price is too expensive, and they seem to think that the price will come down again, so they plan to wait."

"We have to find a way to remind them." Molly was still not at ease with Fred and George.

"We will."

"I dare say they were prepared, even on purpose." Sirius was not worried about these problems. Albert was much more reliable than James, and even if he did encounter problems, he could easily solve them.