Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Page #5

Now, we have two changes

in staffing this year.

We're pleased to welcome back

Professor Grubbly-Plank...

...who'll be taking Care

of Magical Creatures...

...while Professor Hagrid

is on temporary leave.

We also wish to welcome our new

Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher...

...Professor Dolores Umbridge.

And I'm sure you'll all join me

in wishing the professor good luck.

Now, as usual, our caretaker, Mr.

Filch, has asked me to remind you...

She was at my hearing. She works for Fudge.

Thank you, headmaster, for

those kind words of welcome.

And how lovely to see all your bright...

...happy faces smiling up at me.

I'm sure we're all going

to be very good friends.

- That's likely.

- That's likely.

The Ministry of Magic

has always considered...

...the education of young witches

and wizards to be of vital importance.

Although each headmaster...

...has brought something new

to this historic school...

...progress for the sake of

progress must be discouraged.

Let us preserve what must be preserved...

...perfect what can be perfected...

...and prune practices

that ought to be prohibited.

Thank you, Professor Umbridge.

That really was most illuminating.

- Illuminating? What a load of waffle.

- What's it mean?

Magic is forbidden in the corridors...

It means the Ministry's

interfering at Hogwarts.

Dean, Seamus.

- Good holiday?

- All right.

Better than Seamus', anyway.

Me mum didn't want me to come back this year.

- Why not?

- Let me see. Because of you.

The Daily Prophet's been saying a lot

of things about you and Dumbledore.

What, your mum believes them?

Nobody was there the night Cedric died.

I guess you should read the Prophet,

then, like your stupid mother.

- Don't talk about my mother.

- I'll have a go at anyone that calls me a liar.

- What's going on?

- He's mad, is what's going on.

Do you believe the rubbish he's

come out with about You-Know-Who?

Yeah. I do.

Has anyone else got a problem with Harry?

- You all right?

- Fine.

Seamus was bang out of order, mate.

- But he'll come through, you'll see.

- I said, I'm fine, Ron.

Right. I'll just leave

you to your thoughts, then.

Harry.

Bring it over here. Over here.

Oh, go on, Seamus. Go on, get it.

Good morning, children.

Ordinary Wizarding Level examinations.

O-W-Ls.

More commonly known as OWLs.

Study hard and you will be rewarded.

Fail to do so, and the

consequences may be severe.

Your previous instruction in this

subject has been disturbingly uneven.

But you'll be pleased to know, from now on...

...you will be following a carefully

structured, Ministry-approved...

...course of defensive magic. Yes?

There's nothing in here

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