HP meets at Hogwarts

Chapter 127 Big News

The first month after returning from Christmas passed quickly and uneventfully, nothing major happened, not even Malfoy's constant clamor that Hagrid would soon be expelled from Professor Umbridge.

The only thing that changed was that the fifth graders had more and more homework, and Ann even came back from the greenhouse several times to see Malfoy doing homework in the common room.

But Ann knew that this period of time was just a period of calm.Sure enough, at the beginning of February, the "Daily Prophet" sent a big news.

The front page headline of the Daily Prophet reads: Azkaban Multi-Breakout Ministry of Magic fears Blake is Death Eater 'caller'

Below are ten black-and-white photographs, the faces of nine wizards and one witch, some laughing silently, some arrogantly tapping their fingers on the frame, each with a name and the crime of being imprisoned in Azkaban .

Antonin Dolokhov, a wizard with a long, pale, distorted face, brutally murders Gideon and Fabian Prewett.

August Rookwood, a pock-faced man with greasy hair leaning against the frame with a weary expression, leaks Ministry of Magic secrets to You-Know-Who.

Bellatrix Lestrange, with tousled black hair and a haughty, contemptuous smile on her lips, tortured and permanently maimed Frank and Alice Longbottom.

Rodolph Slestrange, a tall, thin, dark-eyed wizard with a deadpan expression, brutally murdered the Stokes, who were staff members of the Ministry of Magic.

Labastan Lestrange, a short, stocky wizard with disheveled hair, gritted his teeth angrily, and brutally murdered the Burns couple.

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The Ministry of Magic announced last night a mass escape from Azkaban.

Minister Cornelius Fudge confirmed in an interview at his office that ten felons had escaped last night and that he had informed the Muggle Prime Minister of the danger of the fugitives.

"It's a shame that we're in the same situation we were in when the murderer Sirius Black escaped two and a half years ago," Fudge said last night. Answer, you must know that Black, as No.1 escaped from Azkaban, is most qualified to help others escape from prison. Among the fugitives is Black's cousin Bellatrix Lestrange. We think these fugitives may have Blake is the leader. But the Ministry of Magic is sparing no effort in hunting down the fugitives and the public is being asked to remain vigilant not to approach these high profile criminals."

Fanny knocked over her milk glass for the first time when she read the newspaper early in the morning. Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall on the teaching bench were talking closely, and both of them had extremely serious faces.Professor Umbridge was gulping down her porridge, and for the first time her eyes didn't search the hall for misbehaving students, she just ate with a frown, casting vicious glances at Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall from time to time glance.

When sending the owl of the "Daily Prophet", Ann received two letters from two owls at the same time, from Dinah and Aaron respectively, and both of them "specially" cared for Ann in the letters.

Fanny read the newspaper, besides being terrified, she also showed a look of sadness for An. She didn't know about An's parents before.

But this is not something that troubles Ann. What troubles her is that she has once again become the focus of the crowd.

In the afternoon, the "Daily Prophet" report spread among the school students, and for a while the whole school was talking about the ten escaped Death Eaters.Children from magical families have heard of these Death Eaters since they were young. Their names are almost as terrifying as Voldemort, and the families of the victims among Hogwarts students have naturally become the focus of everyone's attention, whispered and pointed out. Pointing object.

"Thank you, really, I'm fine—" An replied with a smile as calm as possible.

The other party finally walked away with a look full of comfort and encouragement, and did not forget to add, "If you need help, Stoke, you can come to me—"

Curling her lips, An felt a headache and supported her forehead, "This is still in the library, what are they going to do?"

After spending half a day with Ann and experiencing at least four inquiries, Fanny's eyes were very different from the morning.

"Perhaps Ann you can go back to the dormitory and hide?" Fanny suggested.

An glanced at the ancient rune homework that she had only written three sentences, and decisively closed the reference book, "Okay! Let me have a look at the homework when you come back tonight, Fanny."

Fanny nodded, and Ann looked around, put on the hood of her school robe, put on her schoolbag and walked out of the library quickly.But when she walked out of the library, she was stunned for a while, because she didn't want to go through the crowded corridor, so she took a detour and took a remote road behind the library that few people knew.

Hermione and Luna were standing in the shadow of the library, talking.

An was taken aback, and after realizing it, she immediately turned around and planned to leave.

"Ann." "Ann?" Hermione and Luna immediately stopped Ann.

Luna trotted directly from Hermione's side to Ann's side.

Ann had no choice but to turn around and smiled at the two of them, "Aha, good afternoon, what a coincidence, you must have something important, you continue to talk?"

"It's not something important——" Luna had already run to Ann's side, but her movement made Ann take a step back, because she suddenly approached Ann and sniffed Ann.

"Ah hello!" Hermione's voice.

"Cough," Ann took a step back, "Luna, what's the matter?"

Luna stood up straight, and a hint of meaning flashed across her dazed expression, "Sure enough, Ann, you were also at the Pig's Head Bar that day, right?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across An's face, he inadvertently met Hermione's gaze, and quickly took it back.

"Then what, you must have made a mistake, Luna, how could I go to a place like the Pig's Head Bar." Ann said quickly.

Luna was confused for a while, wrinkled her nose again, sniffed, and suddenly raised a smile, "I'm sure I'm not mistaken, Ann, I see—" She tilted her head slightly, and she seemed to be Glancing at Hermione, her eyes widened, which made her look particularly surprised, "Hermione hasn't—"

Hermione didn't know when she had already stood a step away from Ann, "If you mean knowing that Ann went to the Pig's Head Bar, then I'm sorry, I already knew, and I knew it much earlier than you -"

Luna looked like she had just dozed off, and her reaction to Hermione's words was flat, "Ah. Oh."

Hermione looked offended by Luna's reaction.

Of course Ann saw Hermione's expression, and she hurriedly said, "Let's not discuss this issue, why don't you continue discussing the issue just now? I'll go back—"

"I want to hear your opinion, An." Luna said suddenly, staring at An, with a hint of seriousness in her tone.

"Okay, I happen to have the same idea." Hermione said, she smiled at Ann, and she didn't look so angry, but Ann didn't know why she felt that the other party was not in a good mood at all.

The words that were originally intended to be rejected turned into, "Okay, you guys say it."

Luna fixed Hermione with her large eyes.

"This morning's Daily Prophet reported ten Death Eaters who escaped from Azkaban," Hermione suddenly paused for a while and glanced at Ann.

An shook her head slightly, motioning for the other party to continue.

"Anyway, this is a serious matter and we can't just sit around and do something about it," said Hermione. "I've written to Rita Skeeter and I want her to write an article about Harry's report, which was published in The Quibbler, will certainly not be published in the Daily Prophet," Hermione glanced at Luna, "Luna's father is the editor-in-chief."

"The content of the report is the details of Harry's encounter with Voldemort in the competition last year...at least let the wizards outside the school get some warnings, not the false news that the Ministry of Magic has always emphasized that Voldemort has not returned." Hermione finished, There was a trace of nervousness in his eyes looking at Ann.

"Very good." Ann nodded, "No big problem—"

Hermione looked happy.

"However," Ann added, which made Hermione and Luna stare at Ann in unison.

"As far as I know, there is no such thing as royalties in "The Quibbler," right?"

"Yes, Dad doesn't pay people to write articles," Luna said happily. "They write because they feel honored. Of course, they also want to see their names in the newspapers."

"I've already figured it out," Hermione said in a nonchalant tone, "Anyway, she will write articles to attack me and Harry one day, so why not take advantage of her while I still have something to do with her?" How about threatening her, for example, to write an article for nothing?" Hermione smiled slyly.

The muscles in Ann's mouth twitched. It turned out that Hermione still held a grudge.

"I have no other questions," Ann said. "So when are you going to do it?"

"The sooner the better," said Hermione cheerfully, "next Saturday in Hogsmeade, at the Three Broomsticks."

An raised her eyebrows, she glanced at her watch secretly, "It's a good plan, then I'm going back to the dormitory, okay?"

Luna nodded before Hermione, "Okay."

Hermione glared at Luna, but nodded anyway.

Seeing Hermione like this, Ann unconsciously curved into a slight smile.

Noticing this detail, Hermione suddenly stepped forward and gave Ann a hug.

An was stunned for a while, not knowing where to put his hands.

"Thank you, Ann." Hermione whispered in Ann's ear, and the warm air was blown into Ann's neck, itching, and Ann's ears turned red all of a sudden.

The morning after the Azkaban prison break was reported, a new notice was posted on the academy bulletin board:

Hogwarts High Inquisitor Order

Teachers are hereby prohibited from providing students with any information not related to the subjects they teach.

The above regulations comply with the "No. 20 No. [-] Education Order".

Signed: Senior Investigator Dolores Jane Umbridge

But how could gossip be banned by a piece of paper? After class, in the corridors, many students were discussing new rumors in low voices, and teachers often gathered in groups of two or three to discuss something in low voices.

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