The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Fudge almost laughed at Dumbledore's anger.

He pointed at Dumbledore and sobbed for a while before saying:

"It seems that our principal is still determined not to give up! But it doesn't matter, Dolores, I believe you must have more conclusive evidence, right?"

"Of course, Mr. Minister."

Umbridge smiled and took out a stack of parchment, each with a bright red seal, "In fact, as soon as these children found their way back, I asked the full-time Auror from the Auror Office to help. production of transcripts.

What you are seeing now is a copy of the transcript stamped with the seal of the Auror Office Interrogation Team.

Experienced Aurors can attest that what these children say is true.

Link Foley indeed joined forces with Harry Potter a few months ago to establish an illegal student organization called the DA Army, and taught students inappropriate and highly dangerous spells in class! "

"Great!" Fudge said as he took the file, a bright smile on his face. "This is really exciting, Dolores. Let me see... Oh! This is really amazing, they He actually taught the students the Patronus Charm and Occlumency..."

Dumbledore reached out and snatched all the files from Fudge's hand.

He looked at the words above carefully, and the originally gloomy expression on his face slowly became active.

Finally, he put down the file and looked at Link and Harry with a smile.

Those eyes were full of relief and appreciation.

He seemed to be very satisfied with the courses arranged by Link and Harry.

Harry lowered his head in shame. He felt that he might inevitably be expelled tonight.

The thought that I had failed Dumbledore and so many people, and that I might have to return to the old life of living in the Dursleys' cupboard, made me so sad that I almost died.

Link, on the other hand, looked at Dumbledore expressionlessly.

His eyes were deep and seemed to have no focus.

This is a sign that Occlumency is in full swing.

"It seems that everything is over." Fudge said happily, "In this world, it's not always possible to just say 'I don't know' or deny."

In the face of such conclusive evidence, I think the children who participated in the assembly need to be punished with confinement. As for the two main criminals, Link Foley and Harry Potter, they are no longer suitable to stay in Hogwarts. .them……"

"Cough cough!"

Umbridge coughed suddenly, interrupting Fudge.

When Fudge turned around in confusion, she reminded him in a low voice:

"Mr. Minister, the name of their illegal student organization is DA Army!"

As soon as he said this, Harry could clearly feel Professor McGonagall's breathing becoming heavier, and anxiety was written on his face.

He didn't understand what was going on, and Fudge obviously didn't either.

"Yes, DA Army, Dumbledore's Army, Cornelius." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Not Foley's Army, not Potter's Army. But Dumbledore's Army."

A look of realization suddenly came over Fudge's face.

He took a big step back in horror and didn't even notice that his robe was squeezed into the fireplace. He shouted in surprise:

"You? You organized this?"

"That's right," Dumbledore replied happily, "I control all of this. Link and Harry are just following my orders as the headmaster."

"You recruited those students to form your own army?"

"Tonight was supposed to be the first time I met them in person, so that I could see if they were willing to follow me." Dumbledore nodded, "Of course, I understand now that not everyone can be noble. To which the ideal is devoted.”

Fudge suddenly turned his head and looked at the team of inspectors who were covering their faces, and then shouted:

"Then you are indeed plotting against me!"

"That's right, that's it!"

"No! It's not like that."

Link suddenly spoke.

Although his face was expressionless, he said in a serious tone, "Professor Dumbledore, there is no need for you to fight for us. This is meaningless."

After hearing this, Dumbledore just looked at Link quietly, with an indescribable complex meaning in his eyes.

Fudge on the side roared:

"Shut up! Link Foley! You have no place to speak here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Link's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.

Fudge instantly felt a strong sense of crisis coming over him.

Not only Link, but also Percy, who had been standing next to him as if he was watching a show, his expression became ferocious at this moment.

His appearance reminded Harry of a bully dog ​​that his cousin had raised for no reason.

Whenever someone spoke loudly to his cousin, the dog would grin at that person.

Fudge's original arrogance instantly dissipated.

He opened his mouth wide and looked at Link first, then at Percy, and finally said loudly to Dumbledore:

"Very good, very good - I came here tonight with the intention of expelling Link Foley and Harry Potter, but I didn't expect that I caught such a big fish. You really gave me a surprise! "

"Mr. Minister, I have completed the confession about Dumbledore. It not only includes his entanglement with students to form a wizard army, but also his evil intention to overthrow the Ministry of Magic."

Percy smiled evilly and said, "I will copy this record later and send a copy to the Daily Prophet. If it's fast enough, I might be able to catch up with the headlines tomorrow morning."

Professor McGonagall looked at Percy with a look of disbelief.

It seems that he doesn't believe that the student he once liked has turned out to be like this.

It's a pity that Percy turned a deaf ear to this and just quietly started copying the parchment in his hand again.

"Ah, that's it." Fudge said with a long sigh, "Dumbledore, you will now be escorted to the Ministry of Magic, where you will be formally charged, and then sent to Azkaban to await trial."

"The procedure is exactly as you said," Dumbledore said softly, "but I think we may have encountered a small difficulty."

"Difficulty?" Fudge looked a little tired and said hoarsely, "I don't see any difficulty."

"No, the difficulty does exist. That is, I'm afraid I won't, uh, sit back and wait for death as you expect, Connelly."

Dumbledore said with great pity, "I don't want to go to Azkaban at all. Although I could easily escape even if I went there, it would be too time-consuming.

And frankly speaking, I think I have a lot of things to deal with and don't have time to play this kind of game with you. "

Fudge's face turned redder and redder, looking as if someone had just filled it with boiling water.

The two Aurors who had been standing beside Fudge as guards looked at each other. One of the Aurors stood firmly in front of Fudge and reached out and pulled out his wand.

"Don't be stupid, Doulus," Dumbledore said kindly, "I'm sure you are an excellent Arrow. I even remember that you passed the NEWT exam with straight A's. But if you want to use it on me Violence, then I have no choice but to be rude to you."?

Hearing this, the Auror named Delis looked at Fudge and then at Percy, as if he wanted to get the next step of instructions.

"Dumbledore, you don't really want to deal with so many of us alone, do you?"

With his pleading eyes, Fudge finally spoke.

But this is obviously not the answer Delis wants.

Hearing this, Delis blinked his eyes a few times at a loss, looking extremely stupid.

Percy, who was a little further away, quietly moved his steps away, probably because he didn't want to be classified by Dumbledore as "us" as Fudge said.

At this moment, Professor McGonagall also stood up with a wand in hand:

"Who said Dumbledore was alone?"

Hearing this, Fudge and others were shocked, and Umbridge had already drawn her wand.

"Minerva, don't be ridiculous!" Dumbledore said in an unprecedented stern tone. "Your duty is to educate students, not to follow the principal into armed combat!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Fudge pulled out his wand and roared, "Do it quickly! Catch him!"

boom--

The moment Fudge finished speaking, a bright silver light exploded with Dumbledore as the center.

The powerful shock wave shook the entire principal's office, and a large amount of dust quickly filled the entire office. Even the principal's portrait on the wall fell off a lot.

And immediately after, there was the second explosion of silver light!

Harry felt that his vision had blurred into a ball, and his ears were constantly ringing.

Shouts, screams, and the chirping of Phoenix Fox all blended together into an uncomfortable noise.

Link pulled Harry behind him with force, and then waved his wand, sweeping away all the dust and forming a shield to completely protect him and Harry.

"Are you all right?"

Dumbledore's calm voice came quietly.

At this time, the principal's office had become a complete mess.

Office desks, chairs, closets, benches...

Almost all the furniture with slender legs had been knocked to the ground and suffered varying degrees of damage.

The silverware on the table and even the bottles and jars in the corner that looked like they were used for alchemy and potions were all smashed to pieces.

As for Fudge and others, they all lost consciousness and lay in the ruins.

Faced with Dumbledore's question, Link nodded silently at first, paused for a moment, and then said:

"Professor Dumbledore, where are you going?"

This was obviously the question that Harry wanted to ask. As soon as he heard it, Harry got out from behind Link regardless of his head that was still buzzing.

"Hmm! Don't worry about me, an old man, Link. Well, of course, don't worry about Hogwarts either."

Dumbledore smiled and said, "I won't be too far away from you, after all, I still have to keep an eye on Hogwarts to prevent Fudge from messing it up.

To be honest, it feels like just another vacation to me.

It just so happens that I also have some very urgent personal matters that need to be dealt with. "

"Professor Dumbledore..."

Harry said weakly.

Guilt was written all over his face.

Before tonight, he had never expected that their joking acquisition of the organization's name would cause so much trouble to Dumbledore.

"We don't have much time, they will wake up soon. So, listen to me, Harry." Dumbledore interrupted urgently, "You must learn Occlumency as soon as possible, especially for you. important!"

Seeing Harry nod, Dumbledore turned his attention to Link.

This time, his eyes became much softer.

"And you, Link." Dumbledore said softly, "You have done a good job. Since this is what you want and you have worked hard for it, then go ahead. I believe you will not let it go. People are disappointed, but I also believe that you make the world a better and better place. This is what I expect from you.

But in this process, there is one thing you must keep in mind!

Don't be obsessed with the pursuit of power, and don't forget love.

The power of love is greater than you think!

It may not be able to split mountains and rocks, or it may not be able to help you kill enemies.

But it can do things that pure destructive power can never do! "

By the time he finished speaking, Fawkes had landed on Dumbledore's shoulders.

Dumbledore smiled at Link and winked, then grabbed Fawkes' golden tail feathers.

boom--

Flames spurted out and Dumbledore disappeared into the office.

Link looked at the place where Dumbledore was before with complicated eyes.

He didn't quite understand what Dumbledore had said to him before.

Because from the words Dumbledore asked him to remember 'love', it seems that Dumbledore has decided to follow Trelawney's prophecy.

Just...why?

Although this prophecy is what Link is eager to realize, what good does it do to Dumbledore?

Why did Dumbledore want to help him?

"what--"

A faint moan woke Link from his thoughts.

He turned his head and looked towards the source of the sound, only to realize that perhaps due to being disturbed by the previous flames, Fudge and others who were lying on the ground had all woken up.

Fudge struggled to get up from the rubble, searching the office with a pair of bloodshot eyes:

"Dumbledore...where is he?"

"he's gone."

Link replied slowly in a sleepy voice.

"Gone?" Fudge obviously hadn't reacted yet, "Where can he go? The Floo network throughout Hogwarts has been blocked, and he can't apparate in Hogwarts. He... …”

Fudge's voice was interrupted by Percy's wild laughter.

He was laughing so crazily, with such joy, that his whole face was distorted.

Harry and McGonagall stared at him dissatisfied, and just as they were about to scold him, Umbridge beside them also started laughing.

Finally, there's Fudge.

The three of them fell down in the ruins, laughing non-stop.

Their wild laughter was more piercing than the other, and Harry covered his ears in pain.

But for some reason, Harry always felt that Fudge's laughter seemed weird compared to the others.

It makes people feel like they are laughing rather than crying——