It makes you wonder

Chapter 9 Year 5 part 1

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"It seems Fudge is following through on his word for a change." Lucius stated as he entered the library.

"He really is going to put someone in the school?" Sirius was hiding at Malfoy Manor to avoid the uninvited guests he had at his own home. The Order seemed to think they could just take over his home. The Weasleys, Lupin, and Granger just moved in without even asking him. Molly was actually telling Kreacher what to do and wanted to clean the house. He banned her from entering most of the rooms.

"Yes, in the DADA spot actually. The problem is this person knows nothing about teaching or DADA." Lucius wondered what Fudge was thinking of by giving the position to his assistant.

"How is that any different?" Harry earned a laugh from everyone in the room.

"Bad news is that Granger and Weasley are Gryffindor's Prefects." Lucius wondered how Dumbledore pulled that one off.

"How in Merlin's name did they get the spot?" Severus was confused. He knew Minerva didn't want to give them the position. "I had to fight to give it to Draco and Pansy, who have better records than them. Who are Ravenclaws?"

"Harry and someone named Maude Timmons. Hufflepuff's are Hannah Abbot and Justin something." Lucius stated. "Filius had to fight to get Harry named Prefect too. Seems Dumbles didn't want him to have too much pressure. Filius brought Harry's lack of detentions, never losing points and being the top student. He sealed the deal with Harry's OWLs and NEWTs. Dumbledore was a wee bit upset about that. The board disagreed with Granger and Weasley. They finally caved in order to calm Dumbledore down. He was going on and on about how it was the Head's choice, ignoring the fact he tried to stop all the other's choices."

"Dumbledore's pets that is why he picked Granger and Weasley. He needs them to be able to go places to follow me and anyone else. I don't get how he was able to get that done with all their point loss for Gryffindor. Wasn't that the first time a house had stayed in the negative all year? I know they aren't well liked by their fellow lions." Harry also knew that he would deal with the two morons during prefects meetings.

Severus grumbled and muttered a bit. Harry put his hand on his arm. "Don't worry, payback." Severus looked at Harry and nodded his acceptance.

"Do we know who Fudge picked?" Tom asked.

"Yes. It's not a good choice. I tried to get him to change his mind but he felt she was perfect for the job."

"Oh no, please don't tell me it's the pink toad." Harry hated the woman ever since he met her at the Ministry and she basically told him he was a stupid little boy whose opinion didn't matter.

"Madam Umbridge is going to be DADA teacher." Lucius flinched.

Harry got up and began pacing back and forth. He was muttering stuff to himself and his boards soon appeared. "Does anyone else worry when he does that?" Sirius had seen his godson work before but the wand-less and voiceless stuff still freaked him out a little.

Everyone turned to look at him and glanced at Harry. "No, not really. I would be more worried if he wasn't working on some way to take advantage of it for us." Lucius stated.

Draco smiled. "You should see him when he really gets going. It's amazing to watch. I think when he is working on a new potion or spell he has more boards going."

"Did he get his Potion Mastery?" Sirius asked.

"Yes, he had the acceptance by Yule. Six languages by the end of the school year. Dumbledore tried to get someone to take him on as an apprentice. Dumbles showed everyone his OWLs and NEWTs scores. They all told Dumbles that Harry needed someone who could challenge him and since only Minerva, Filius, and I have our masters only we could do it really. Dumbles tried to get others to try it but Minerva stepped up and reminded him that only people with Masters could take apprentices. They don't know about his Masters yet. I had to work on them to reject the idea." Severus paused, remembering. "I used time on Minerva, with all her duties. She barely can get her own work done now. Filius, however, was a surprise, he agreed pretty quickly on not taking an apprentice."