Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 1036: Anti-Toad Party
Cedric's experience is a wake-up call for everyone.
In order to prevent himself from falling victim to Umbridge's abuse of Veritaserum, Harry had to hold an urgent DA meeting to discuss how to deal with the matter.
Under the watchful eye of the DA members, Cedric recounted in detail his experience of being called by a toad to drink tea, and reminded everyone to be vigilant.
"Toads should have no reason to doubt us, and we didn't have the Self-Defense Guide," said a Ravenclaw girl.
"That's what I thought at first. However, after visiting Umbridge's office, I feel that she may be unable to bear it anymore, and mass screening is a matter of time." Cedric shook his head and said. "I'm sure she's pretty sure Dumbledore's Army does exist."
"I'm not at all surprised that the toad would do that, don't take any chances," Fred reminded.
"Toad has already used Veritaserum. This thing is illegal. Even the Ministry of Magic is very taboo to use this kind of thing, but she just took it out and used it on a student?" Harry glanced at everyone present. Say calmly, "If you're getting any luck with this, just pray that it doesn't happen to you."
"We signed a contract, and betrayal will come at a price before the semester ends," Hermione reminded.
The expressions on everyone's faces were ugly, even glaring at Hermione.
"This is a voluntary risk, and no one has ever forced you to do so," Harry reminded calmly.
Yes, completely voluntary, and I double-checked before joining, unfortunately some people have forgotten.
"Okay, let's talk about everyone's ideas, one by one." Hermione changed the subject so that everyone would not feel embarrassed.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before someone offered to distribute the antidote to Umbridge's Veritaserum.
"I think the focus now should be on preventing Toad from continuing to use Veritaserum on students." Bones said, raising his hand. "We should report it to the Ministry of Magic. Toad will definitely have some scruples and will not dare to act recklessly."
As soon as Burns came up with this slightly naive idea, it was rejected by most of the members.
"Toads are Fudge's minions, and now the entire Ministry of Magic is Fudge's word. Wouldn't you be self-inflicted by reporting it?" Ernie McMillan directly rejected the absurd decision, "If you dare to do that , I dare say that you will be next to be invited to tea by Toad."
"We can tell this to Headmaster Dumbledore."
Hermione also disagreed with Burns' proposal, because Toad and the Ministry of Magic were in the same group. As for whether telling Dumbledore would be useful, Hermione didn't know, but it was a good idea to try.
"I don't think it's effective, so it's best not to have high expectations. Toad has already used the Education Order to control Hogwarts, and even Dumbledore can't do anything with the toad." Cedric is not optimistic Hermione wrote to the headmaster about this, "I prefer Dumbledore's plan to wait for Cornelius Fudge to step down, and then let Umbridge get out of office. That is undoubtedly the best way. After all, Dumbledore is the headmaster, There will be concerns in some areas, and it is impossible to be as reckless as we are.”
"Tell Dumbledore about this, maybe he's been too busy lately and may not have time to pay attention to what's going on in the school, otherwise he certainly wouldn't allow Toad to use Veritaserum to torture students." Harry In fact, I agree with Cedric's statement, but he still made a sophistry for Dumbledore. If it wasn't for Toad doing too much and targeting himself at all times, Harry didn't want to do it. He ignored it like Albert did. Toad, watch each other's jokes, isn't it better to wait for Toad to get out of here?
Unfortunately, Toad apparently won't allow him to do that.
Fred and George raised their hands and said, "We have a one-time solution?"
"What?" someone asked immediately
"We can turn the toad into a real toad and make her disappear for a few months, and when Fudge gets out of office, we can turn the toad back, I think Professor Dumbledore will not continue to let her Stay at Hogwarts." Fred and George looked at each other and said their proposal.
"Would this go too far?"
"Speaking as if she wouldn't go overboard with the Veritaserum on us." George didn't expect everyone to agree to the plan, he just said it as a warning.
"Who will do it?"
"We can do it," said Fred. "My Transfiguration is pretty good."
"It's very risky," Cedric reminded with a frown. "It's bound to alert the Ministry of Magic, and at least six months until the holiday."
"I think it's a good idea."
"Yes, it's normal for something to happen to the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and we can only lock up the toad temporarily."
The Weasley twins' proposal was immediately embraced, and they almost made the Weasley twins heroes.
However, no one thought that George suddenly said: "Of course, if it is to be done, everyone must sign."
Obviously you can't do this kind of thing yourself. If you really want to do it, you have to pull everyone here into the water. When you get into trouble, someone will help you fight the mine together.
All I can say is that the Weasley twins are more savvy than ever after sharing the dorm with Albert.
As soon as George's words fell, the original echoing sound stopped abruptly, and the atmosphere at the scene became very embarrassing.
"This is a back-up plan. Whether to do it or not will be discussed later." George didn't care about the embarrassed expressions of others. He already knew what most of the people here were.
Hermione didn't give everyone time to continue the discussion. She shook her head and said, "I don't agree with doing this either. It's a bit risky."
"Any other ideas?" Harry asked, looking around.
"I think Veritaserum's antidote would be a good one," someone immediately suggested.
No way, Fred and George's solution, while it could solve the problem, is too extreme, and they obviously don't want to get involved.
Of course, if Fred and George didn't say autographs, most people would definitely agree with them and see them as heroes.
It seems to be to relieve embarrassment, everyone agrees to use the antidote to Veritaserum, of course not all to relieve embarrassment, but because it is easier and can match Umbridge's wits , Not long ago, Cedric just explained to everyone how he was called to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.
"It's unreliable to give everyone the antidote of Veritaserum, none of us know how to prepare that kind of potion." Hermione poured cold water on everyone, "Of course, if anyone of you can boil it, If we make an antidote, we will provide you with medicinal materials as much as possible.”
The voices in the Room of Requirement stopped abruptly again, and they all turned their attention to Cedric.
"Don't look at me, I won't either. The antidote for Veritaserum was given by Albert." Cedric said that he couldn't do anything about it. Perhaps he felt the atmosphere of the scene and asked, "Do you have any? Who knows how to cook..."
There is no doubt that no one knows how to cook an antidote.
"We can find Albert, I miss him..."
"He's not free..." Hermione interrupted helplessly, "So, let go of that unrealistic idea, Albert has already helped us a lot."
"As for the antidote formula for brewing Veritaserum, we already have it." Fred explained, "If you want to see the antidote formula and steps, you can come to me and transcribe a copy."
"Is it difficult even if you follow the recipe?" Naturally, there is no shortage of students who are good at potions.
"The difficulty is very high, and even if other people really boil it, I can't guarantee that everyone will dare to drink that kind of semi-finished product." Cedric shook his head and said, he is too clear, most students dare not drink it at all. Self-made magic potion.
In the end, they were unable to reach an agreement, and Hermione recorded everyone's proposals one by one.
"Then what do we do, the toad might use Veritaserum on everyone at any time?"
The problem needs to be solved eventually, as they say, toads can add veritase to their drink at any time.
"Don't worry, we have a backup plan." Harry looked at Fred and George.
The Weasley Brothers walked up to everyone under the mixed gaze of the crowd.
“The solution is actually very simple, that is to delay time and buy time for everyone.” Fred began to explain to everyone how to deal with Umbridge, and there are many ways to delay time, such as secretly Cast a spell on the toad and make her fall unconscious.
"Anyway, as long as you send someone to the school hospital, whether it's Umbridge or yourself, you'll be able to buy time over time." George echoed.
What if the toad doesn't give up?
"If Toad still doesn't give up, take someone to make trouble and throw gas bombs into his office so that Umbridge can't interrogate you." Fred said without hesitation, they did a lot of similar things. .
"If Umbridge is really biting, then the only option is to try the Oblivion Charm and make the toad forget it," George added, "Although we've only practiced the Oblivion Charm with mice, But I think it should be fine for toads."
"Does anyone know this spell?"
"I probably know the principle, but I haven't used it." Hermione said, and besides Hermione, there were a few people who knew the Oblivion Curse.
"You'd better practice your hands with mice first."
"That's probably the case. Although it may be more troublesome, at least you can avoid drinking Toad's Veritaserum." Harry clapped his hands, took out a few boxes of candy, and said, "Fred and George are willing to give it to everyone for free. Provide two quick-acting skipping candies, one for practice and one for emergency backup. Of course, if you use all of them, you will have to pay for them.”
"Okay, everyone, come here in order to get your favorite candy."
People are a little surprised at the generosity of Fred and George, knowing that there are a lot of DA members today, and this batch of fast-acting skipping candies will cost at least 7 Galleons.
And, to their surprise, there will be a live rehearsal later.
"Also, we should spread this method to the whole castle, so that Toad can't figure out who is the DA member." George reminded.
"No problem!" Harry looked at Lee Jordan.
"It should be no problem, I think everyone will find it very interesting." Li Jordan said with a smile, "There are many people who hate toads in school now."
"Next, it's up to us to show you what to do when you face that situation." George motioned for everyone to spread out, and then he would cover up for everyone how to delay the time.
The demonstrations by the two were actually quite interesting. For example, after secretly using a leg-moving spell to knock someone down, they used a stun spell to pretend that Umbridge was knocked out.
I don't know why, but this scene seems familiar to everyone.
There was a round of applause when Lee Jordan on the cushion was awakened.
"To do this, you need to be concealed enough, and it can also be done with the help of others. Don't let others find something wrong, otherwise it will be very troublesome." George explained to the crowd, "If you can't do it, The other way is the easiest."
While the two of them were walking, Fred, who fell behind, suddenly put a quick-acting escaping candy in his mouth, and then fainted to the ground.
Then, there is no then.
"In this case, the toad can only take you to the school hospital." George continued, "I can guarantee that a simple resuscitation spell will have no effect on the stun effect caused by the stun sugar. Of course, if you are afraid of falling If it hurts, you can also try nosebleed nougat or spit sugar, there are many kinds to choose from anyway.”
Hermione wrote down what they explained on the blackboard, and Harry summarized some of the mischievous spells that might be used in it. At that time, they needed to practice various spells that might be useful, and conduct practical drills separately. Avoid revealing the stuffing at that time.
As long as you learn it, it's not a problem if you want to sneak up on Umbridge.
Although the solution given by Fred and George was not the best solution, everyone found it interesting and eager to try it.
"I suggest you don't try anything." Cedric had to stand up and remind everyone, "These are just emergency plans, if possible, it's best not to encounter this kind of thing. Of course, if you are good at forgetting Perhaps giving the toad an oblivion spell would be the best choice, but... it's best not to encounter it, no one can guarantee their luck is good enough."
"Okay, now let's all come one by one, in pairs, one pretending to be Umbridge and the other pretending you're going to be taken to the Defence Against the Dark Arts office." Harry clapped his hands and said ~IndoMTL .com~ Start grouping now! "
There is no doubt that the party ended successfully.
Although many of them were flamboyant, they all left the Room of Requirement talking and laughing.
"Do you think this method is reliable?" Hermione, who stayed at the end, asked.
"I don't know, but at least it's a way." Harry shook his head.
"If I say so, I should find a way to keep the toad missing for a few months," Fred said.
"Or, a few months in the hospital," George added.
"You guys have come up with so many quick-acting escaping candies this time." Ron was a little surprised that Fred and George were giving everyone candy for free. It was a huge loss to Galleons.
"We don't suffer. If we want people to buy candy, we must let them know the effect of candy." Fred shrugged. "Albert calls this an advertisement."
"It's worth it to spend a few Galleons on an ad," George echoed, "and it also solves the Veritaserum problem and makes a good impression on everyone."
"Albert called it three birds with one stone," said Lee Jordan.
"These guys are really rich, no, it should be said that Albert is really rich, let them spend like this." Ron shook his head in confusion, he really couldn't understand what three birds with one stone mean.
"They actually make a lot of money."
Harry thinks they're not at a loss, and Albert Anderson isn't one to suffer.
"They're building popularity." Hermione glanced at Ron and explained, "They're going to run a joke shop, and the shop's customers must be Hogwarts students, so they're going to run a joke shop. Accumulate enough popularity for the store before leaving school, I think this is probably Albert's reminder to them, don't forget, there are still advertisements in the "Daily Prophet"."
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