❝𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲?❞
❝𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦.❞
𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 had a few, perhaps a little or more than a palm of qualms in his life. First up was the whole "The Boy-Who-Lived" shenanigans, then there was an ungodly am...
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IX. DECREE OR TO BE DECREED
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"We give and take a little more
Eternal game of tug and war"
SEEMINGLY, A PEACEFUL MORNING WAS now a rarity and even more so as Marjorie woke up the next morning to the sight of a large photograph of Dolores Umbridge at the very front page of Hermione's Daily Prophet as she had her breakfast. All she could do was muster a grimace as she stared at the woman who had so much semblance to a toad, smiling widely and blinking slowly at them.
"You have got to be kidding me," Ron said aloud as he ate his eggs in disgust. "Is it necessary to put it right in front of me? I might as well puke now,"
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Read the headline first, will you?"
Placing down her hot tea, she leant forward and sure enough, the headline was the first thing she could see as she got a real view of the newsletter. It was in bolded words, reading:
MINISTRY SEEKS EDUCATIONAL REFORM DOLORES UMBRIDGE APPOINTED FIRST-EVER "HIGH INQUISITOR"
"'High Inquisitor'?" said Harry darkly, his half-eaten bit of toast slipping from his fingers. "What does that mean?"
"Nothing good, I reckon," said Marjorie, feeling suddenly ill in the stomach as her eyes lingered on Umbridge's sick face until Hermione propped the newsletter for her to read loudly so that they could hear her:
In a surprise move last night the Ministry of Magic passed new legislation giving itself an unprecedented level of control at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
'The Minister has been growing uneasy about goings-on at Hogwarts for some time,' said Junior Assistant to the Minister, Percy Weasley. 'He is now responding to concerns voiced by anxious parents, who feel the school may be moving in a direction they do not approve.'
This is not the first time in recent weeks Fudge has used new laws to effect improvements at the Wizarding school. As recently as August 30th Educational Decree Twenty-two was passed, to ensure that, in the event of the current headmaster being unable to provide a candidate for a teaching post, the Ministry should select an appropriate person.
'That's how Dolores Umbridge came to be appointed to the teaching staff at Hogwarts,' said Weasley last night. 'Dumbledore couldn't find anyone, so the Minister put in Umbridge and of course, she's been an immediate success —'
