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Part 35- The Patronus

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Since Harry's article about what had really happened in June, the whole school had been talking about their views on whether or not they believed it. This constant chatter soon lead to the newest Educational Decree from Umbridge. 

BY ORDER OF THE HIGH INQUISITOR OF HOGWARTS 
Any student found in possession of the magazine 'The Quibbler' will be expelled.

The above is in accordance with Educational Decree Number Twenty-seven.

Every time Fred and I would pass one of the many signs that had been placed up all around the school I would smile brightly at the words. 

"What's got you all happy?" asked Fred 

"Don't you understand what she has done?" I asked him "Now that she's gone and banned it, people will just want to read it even more" 

And in a matter of days, this was proven correct. All though there was no sign of anyone reading The Quibbler in the school, everyone was quoting key parts of the interview to one another. As Harry, Ron, Hermione and I queued outside lessons, whispers about it would follow. Even Hermione, Ginny and I couldn't escape the sound of girls' in the bathrooms gossiping about it all. Not only were students banned from reading the article, but the teachers had also been forbidden to speak of it. This recent rule for teachers, under the Educational Decree Number Twenty-six, didn't stop their feelings about the interview from being expressed. Professor Sprout had awarded Harry twenty house points for handing her a watering can and Professor Flitwick had given him a box of squeaking sugar mice. Meanwhile, around the school Professor Umbridge had other ways of approaching and handling the situation. Every now and then, at random, she would ask students to empty out their bags and pockets, clearly looking for any contents of The Quibbler, but no one had any. All students were one step ahead and had bewitched their copies of the interview to look as if it were a book or a piece of homework. Soon enough, it seemed as if everyone in the school had read it.

It was now a few days since this and Fred and I were in the common room joined by Ginny and George. 

We were seated beside the usual fire place. Whilst I was sitting up reading through my recent piece of potions homework, Fred was lying across the sofa with his head in my lap trying to distract me and wanting attention, Ginny was opposite completing some work and George was attempting to talk through business ideas with Fred. 

"Are you done yet?" groaned Fred for the umpteenth time 

"Fred, please shut up" said Ginny in frustration "Just because you want Y/n to finish so you can go make out, does not mean you should distract me" 

George and I laughed. 

"Fred, I'm almost done" I assured him 

At that moment the portrait hole burst open and Hermione, Harry and Ron came running in out of breath. 

"Y/n!" bellowed Harry searching the room. He caught sight of me and said "Hagrid's back" 

"Really?" I asked in shock 

"Yeah. We are going down there now" said Ron 

"You coming?" asked Hermione

I dropped my things onto the table and got up from the seat "I'll see you later" I quickly placed a kiss on Fred's cheek and ran out after the others. "Do you guys know if he's okay?" I asked trying to keep up with their sprints 

"We don't know" huffed Harry

"We only saw his chimney smoking and his lights were on, so we quickly came to get you before we went" said Hermione.