Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 1187: DA and Defense Association

  "Maybe, we should hurry, I suspect we're going to be late."

  "The appointed time is at twelve noon."

   Hiking to Hogsmeade village in the wind, rain and snow is by no means a pleasant experience. They had to bend over and walk slowly against the cold wind, rain and snow, even though they had wrapped themselves in thick scarves, the exposed skin was still painful from the cold.

   Even Harry himself admits that it must be more comfortable to stay in the warm common room in this ghost weather than it is now. Unfortunately, they have no choice now, and turning around and going back to school is obviously not a good choice.

   "If only I could Apparate directly to Hogsmeade Village." Ron pulled the scarf around his neck, looked at the Hogwarts students in front of him, and complained in a low voice, "I Now I feel like my cheeks are frozen to the point of unconsciousness."

   "Don't complain, we can start Apparating this semester." Hermione seemed to think of something, and suddenly turned to the person next to her and said, "Harry, I don't remember you being old enough."

  "My birthday is at the end of July." Harry said a little gloomily, "Maybe I won't be able to take the Apparition exam until next semester."

   "I think you should learn to Apparate first, just in case." Hermione suggested earnestly, "And Ron, you too, it's best to pass it in one go."

   "Hermione, do you know something?" Harry asked suddenly, "Did Albert tell you something?"

   "No," said Hermione, shaking her head, "but do you remember? He prophesied."

   "Prophecy? What prophecy?" Ron asked loudly.

   "The real period of turmoil... is coming." Hermione glanced at Ron and lowered her voice to remind, "According to Albert's prediction, it is not yet a period of turmoil, so what do you think it is? A real upheaval?"

   "The situation is worse than it is now." Harry couldn't imagine what it was.

   "He also reminded other Muggle wizards that they had better learn something useful before the turbulent times came, and that's why the "Guide to Self Defense" was born." Hermione told the two companions What he figured out by himself, "I think he wants to tell us that Muggle wizards will be in big trouble when the real turbulent times come. I suspect that You-Know-Who will completely control the Ministry of Magic and will persecute Muggle wizards."

   "But, as long as Dumbledore is still around, it's almost impossible for Voldemort to control the Ministry of Magic." Harry didn't think this was a high possibility. He had confidence in Dumbledore, but not even Fudge Give in to Voldemort, let alone Scrimgeour.

   "Yes, I thought so too." Hermione's voice was so low that only a few people around could barely hear it clearly: "Remember the injury on Dumbledore's hand? Wounded by a very horrific spell, I doubt Dumbledore would have..."

   For a while, the three of them were silent.

   This is undoubtedly a very serious topic.

  Perhaps, if there was no Albert's prophecy, they would not think about this aspect, but everything now points to one thing, Dumbledore is likely to gradually lose the power to control the mysterious person, or leave them forever.

  …

  Without Dumbledore's deterrence, it wouldn't be surprising what the You-Know-Who would do. Maybe then, the real turbulent period will come.

  Harry actually had a similar idea, but he was quickly suppressed by him. At least, he didn't think the situation would be that bad, after all, Dumbledore was omnipotent in Harry's mind.

   "I remember that Fred and George seemed to be apparated by Albert." Ron seemed to feel the depressing atmosphere around him and found a topic at random, "They both passed the Apparition exam with ease. , and now being brought in by Albert to make a lot of money, and Dad says they're becoming the richest people in the family."

  Ron is very envious of the good luck of the twins, and even though Fred and George are hiding now, they are still doing owl mail order and continuing to make big money.

   Feeling that the surrounding atmosphere was still very stiff, Ron changed the subject again: "The two **** also told me that if they can't find a job in the future, they will go to the store to help. What are you going to do in the future?"

   "In the Ministry of Magic, I want to help house-elves change their current predicament." Hermione said without hesitation, "Wizards shouldn't treat house-elves like that."

   "I'm afraid it's hard to do, Percy has a higher chance of becoming Minister of Magic than this." Ron ignored Hermione's dissatisfaction and continued to ask, "Harry, how about you? Planning to become an Auror?"

   Saying something is really a good distraction and avoids the stressful hike to Hogsmeade.

  "Well, I do want to be an Auror if possible, but it seems more difficult than I expected, and..."

   After learning about the prophecy of himself and the mysterious man from Dumbledore at the end of last semester, Harry put down a lot of things and didn't care about his future employment.

   The first thing he should think about now is how to defeat the mysterious man, or be defeated by the mysterious man. If he fails, there is no point in thinking about the future.

   "It always feels like all of you are hiding something on your mind." Ron couldn't help but complain, and he changed the subject and talked about another matter: "By the way, I heard that Fred and George took Zuko The joke shop turned into their branch? Maybe, we can see it later, they seem to have a massive discount today.”

  Looking at the silent two, Ron sighed and comforted: "Actually, you don't need to worry too much, even if something really happens, isn't there Dumbledore? Isn't there Able? Special? I don't believe they didn't do anything, and those things are not our time to worry about."

   After a few people arrived in Hogsmeade, they were taken aback by the changes in Zuoke's joke shop. This shop, which is very popular among Hogwarts students, has not only been renovated, but is also in front of the shop. There is a funny figurine.

   That is an upgraded version of the pink toad statue.

   Umbridge, sitting on the toad, not only has rough skin, but also has pimples. It looks like she has taken a compound medicine with toad skin debris. She also has a pink toad on her head. To my surprise, the three toads lined up neatly and croaked.

  …

   "I knew that the toad statue was made by the drums back then." Hermione looked at the toad statue in front of her and said to Harry and Ron next to her in a low voice.

   Umbridge's statue has undoubtedly helped Zuko's joke shop attract a lot of Hogwarts students. Everyone was pointing at the toad statue, and there were people who took pictures with the statue, and it was Lee Jordan who took them.

  "What the **** are you doing!"

   The three walked over and asked Lee Jordan, who was posing for the other students.

   "For a group photo, you can get one of the two, or you can buy 10 Galleons for free in the store." Lee Jordan smiled and pointed to the statue in front of him and asked, "How about you, do you want one?"

  "So expensive?"

  Ron couldn't help complaining: "You guys are robbing money!"

   "It's not enough for a few people to take a photo together. Then we will share the cost together. In fact, it won't cost much at all. It's not easy to find someone to take pictures of you, and the film itself is more expensive than you think. Don't expect such cheap promotions at all." Lee Jordan said to the three, "If you want to take pictures, just go there and line up!"

  "I think it's better!"

  Ron pulled Harry by the shoulder, motioned him to look at the crowd of people in the joke shop, and said, "Let's go to the Three Broomsticks for a drink first, warm up, and come back when there are fewer people here."

  Harry saw the crowd of people inside through the floor-to-ceiling windows, nodded and agreed with Ron's suggestion, or to do the business first, and then asked, "Are Fred and George here too?"

   "They are helping in the store, um, you can go in and have a look, we recently made a batch of good things, you will definitely like it." After Lee Jordan finished speaking, he was busy with his own business. .

   The three looked at each other and went directly to the Three Broomsticks. Where did I meet Cedric and Qiu Zhang, they were chatting and laughing and whispering.

  Harry looked away from the two of them and was about to find another table, but was stopped by Hermione.

  "What's wrong?"

  Harry looked down Hermione's fingers and saw Cedric waving at them. He hesitated for a moment, but walked over.

  Ron and Hermione looked at each other, and both could see the worry in their eyes, and they both knew that Harry was secretly in love with Qiu Zhang.

  "I'm going to buy butter beer."

   Ron said and walked to the bar, Hermione glanced at the charming and charming Mrs. Rosemerta, then looked at Ron's slightly hurried back, couldn't help but pouted, followed Harry towards Cedley Go to the table.

  "I heard that you were in trouble a while ago?"

   When Harry is facing Cedric now, he no longer has the jealous emotion he used to have, and when he looks at Qiu Zhang, he doesn't have the kind of heartbeat he used to have.

   "I met a group of dark wizards and suffered a little." Cedric said lightly.

  "You should pay attention to safety, as well as this matter and V..."

  "Cough!"

  Hermione hurriedly interrupted Harry's words with a sharp cough, helping her continue, "Something to do with You-Know-Who?"

   "Relatedly, according to Albert's prophecy, turbulent times are coming, and he thinks we'd better get through the toughest years together." Cedric explained in a low voice.

  …

  "But this is..."

   "We re-formed the Defense Association. When I was helping recruit people, I ran into trouble. You may have heard that the group of Death Eaters were using Imperius Curses on wizards. When they got there, they seemed to want to find out Albert's whereabouts, so they grabbed me and tried to get some information out of me." Cedric briefly explained the main reason for his troubles.

  "So, you quit your job at the Ministry of Magic?"

  Ron appeared at the wooden table with three glasses of butterbeer in his arms, distributed the warm butterbeer to Harry and Hermione, and sat down beside Harry himself.

   "Albert saved me, so I'm not fit to stay at the Ministry of Magic right now, or I'll get into even more trouble." Cedric explained with a helpless shrug, "Anyway, it's more than you think. Worse, even worse than the last Wizarding War."

   "What kind of organization is the Defense Association?" Hermione was a little curious about this, "Is it the same as the da party in the school?"

  "It is indeed similar to the previous da, it will teach everyone about Defense Against the Dark Arts, so that they will not be helpless when they encounter danger."

   "But isn't the Ministry of Magic also spreading the knowledge of Defense Against the Dark Arts to everyone?" Hermione felt that the "Defense Association" organized by Albert was not just to teach everyone about Defense Against the Dark Arts, there must be other more important reasons.

   "That's different. The Defence Against the Dark Arts knowledge that Hogwarts students are learning now is actually quite general. The Defense Association will teach everyone more advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts knowledge." Cedric explained: "Also, the organization The members will keep in touch with each other and help each other. When in trouble, at least they will not be helpless. If they are targeted by Death Eaters, we will also help to hide people. You can also think that this is an anti-mysterious person. Mutual aid organization."

   "After all, the Ministry of Magic is now engrossed in heavy business, and to protect our own lives in the turbulent times to come, we need to unite everyone."

   "So, that's the main reason you're willing to go to Hogwarts to teach everyone Defence Against the Dark Arts?" Hermione asked, staring at Cedric. "You want the students at Hogwarts to join you."

   "Yes, Hogwarts graduates are our targets, if they are willing to join us." Cedric admitted it directly~IndoMTL.com~ However, the current students' Defense Against the Dark Arts level They were all relatively average, and Albert felt that they should improve their level so that they would have enough strength to deal with the next changes and protect the lives of themselves and their families. "

   "I think what Albert said is very reasonable. Now the whole magical world is panicking, and Scrimgeour doesn't know how long he can support it." Cedric reminded without hesitation, "Albert thinks that Scrimgeour has become a thorn in the side of You-Know-Who, a thorn in the flesh, and one day You-Know-Who will find an opportunity and Scrimgeour will die in the line of duty."

  Harry, Ron, and Hermione all widened their eyes.

   "Don't look at me like that, this is what Albert said. Scrimgeour has killed so many people, and there must be a lot of people who want to kill him." Cedric looked around and said in a low voice, "I Suspected that Scrimgeour actually knew that he might be killed in the end, so he was so cruel to those dark wizards."

  "You mean Albert told Scrimgeour about this, but why did he..."

  "Why not hide?" Cedric shook his head, "Do you think he could leave everything and hide himself?"

   All three were silent.

   At this moment, a shrill scream suddenly came from outside, attracting the attention of the customers in the bar.