The plan is on, although Harry has no idea what Hermione's plan is. She leads him and Umbridge into the forbidden forest, along a path that Harry knows (but Hermione doesn't) leads to a great big man-eating spider colony. He has no way to tell her and she continues on, making entirely too much noise. Soon, her plan is realized when the three of ( Read more... )

Harry rushes out of the exam to the infirmary, looking for professor McGonagall, but she's been trasferred to St. Mungos. The next step is to grab Ron and Hermione, inform them of Sirius alleged capture, override any attempts at rational thought or common sense on their parts, and start planning ( Read more... )

'As you can see,' Professor McGonagall told the class as they copied down the dates and times of their exams from the blackboard, 'your OWLs are spread over two successive weeks. You will sit the theory papers in the mornings and the practice in the afternoons. Your practical Astronomy examination will, of course, take place at night.'Ron is ( Read more... )

In the aftermath of Fred and George's amazing departure the school is a buzz with what happened. The swamp on the fifth floor is left untouched. There is two broom-shaped holes in Umbridge;s office door, a new door is soon found and Harry's firebolt is moved to the dungeons and things just get worse for Umbridge. A Niffler is put in her ofice, odd ( Read more... )

Harry is still worrying over what he saw in the Penseive while Hermione is worrying over Harry not having any more Occlumency Lessons. Harry really just wants to talk to Sirius and Ginny thinks she may be able to help him. In the meantime, 5th years are being scheduled for Career Advice Sessions with their Heads of House. While the trio are ( Read more... )

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OotP Chapter 27 - The Centaur and The Sneak

I'll bet you wish you hadn't given up Divination now, don't you Hermione?  asked Parvati, smirking.

A group of Gryffindors are discussing Firenze, the Centaur, as the new Divination Professor and the state of Professor Trelawney.  After breakfast Harry and Ron followed Parvati and Lavender and discovered ( Read more... )

Over dinner in the Great Hall, Dean, Neville and Seamus are impressed that Harry gave an interview about Voldemort's return, Harry tells Hermione about his disastrous date with Cho, Ron and Ginny return from an abysmal Quidditch practice and Hermione interprets Cho's feelings. Whew! JKR sure can shove lots of information in two and a half pages ( Read more... )

The Daily Prophet brings unwelcome news - a mass escape from Azkaban, Sirius blamed. While this news is causing enough of a stir (Well, among the teachers anyway) another piece of news shakes the trio just as badly - the extremely odd death of Bode by pot plant. The clever murder, in other words, of an employee of the Department of Mysteries ( Read more... )

Chapter 23- Christmas on the Closed ward.

Harry feels disguised that Voldemort can possess him.
'He felt dirty, contaminated, as though he were carrying some deadly germ.Harry knows this is why the Dumbledore has placed guards, not for his protection, but to protect the others from him. When he arrives back at Grimmauld Place, Harry leaves the ( Read more... )