Narrator's POV
The rest of the summer flew by, Dumblecluck and his Order of the Charred Chicken kept quiet about Lord Voldemort's return, and soon Harry and Remus found themselves boarding the Hogwarts Express.
Sirius would miss his husband and godson, but would spend time with his cousins in the mean time.
The train arrived, First Years were sorted, the Welcome Feast was eaten, and students returned to their dorms.
During the feast, Dumbledore informed the students and staff that the Ministry sent Dolores Umbridge to observe the staff and make any changes she deemed appropriate.
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The next day, the Slytherins and Gryffindors were in DADA with Remus when Umbridge arrived during her rounds —they had been seeing her in classes all day.
"Hello, class." Remus greeted, ignoring Umbridge
"Hello, Professor Black." The class replied
"Today, we will be learning about pixies since your professor in your Second Year didn't properly teach this." Remus explained, "Does anyone know that a Cornish Pixie is?"
Hermione shot her hand into the air, "A Pixie is a small, bright blue mischief-maker, and loves tricks and practical jokes. It is able to fly, and enjoys lifting people up by their ears and depositing them on the tops of trees and buildings, showing incredible strength for creatures of their size —as Lavender proved in class that day. Pixies can only communicate with other pixies; their voices are described as 'so shrill it was like listening to a lot of arguing budgies'. And they bear live young."
"Correct, Ms. Franqui, take five points for Slytherin." Remus replied
"Does anyone know what spell is used to remove the pixies?" Remus asked
Hermione' hand shot up, "Peskipiksi Pesternomi, sir."
"Correct, take five more points." Remus replied, "Everyone line up and we'll take a pixie on one at a time. So get out your wands and line up."
"Ahem." Umbridge interrupted, "Mr. Black, though that we agreed that you would reach Ministry-Approved curriculum."
"I am." Remus replied
"And the Ministry states that wands are not necessary during this class." Umbridge said
"How can the Ministry expect them to know these spells if they never practice?" Remus asked
"As long as they have studied the theory hard enough, there is no reason why they should not be able to perform the spells under carefully controlled examination conditions." Umbridge replied
"What use is that? If they're going to be attacked, it won't be in a controlled environment." Remus retorted
"Well now, your teaching in this subject has been rather disrupted and fragmented, hasn't it? I'm afraid you are not qualified to decide what the 'whole point' of any class is. Wizards much older and cleverer than you have devised our new program of study. You will be teaching defensive spells in a secure, risk-free way of learning. So either you will be teaching a carefully structured, theory-centred, Ministry-Approved course of defensive magic this year or you will be fired." Umbridge threatened
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