HP meets at Hogwarts

Dumbledore's Big Mistake

The newspaper's special correspondent Rita Skeeter reports that the eccentric Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has always dared to hire controversial teachers.In September of this year, he hired Aristotle - "Mad-Eye" Moody - as his Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, a decision that surprised many at the Ministry of Magic. , he will attack.However, compared with the half-human, half-demon Dumbledore hired to teach the Protection of Magical Creatures class, Mad-Eye Moody was serious, responsible and kind.Hagrid is a large, vicious-looking man who abuses his new-found powers to scare the students in his charge with a series of terrifying animals. The Daily Prophet had recently found evidence that Hagrid was not the full-blood wizard he had always pretended to be.In fact he wasn't even a pureblood.We can exclusively reveal that his mother is none other than the giantess Friedwafa, whose whereabouts are currently unknown.

On the first day of the new term, the castle was covered with thick snow everywhere, and the afternoon was the protection of magical creatures class.

"Aha!" Malfoy yelled at the long Slytherin table. "Looking at the report, I think that big stupid man is going to be fired at last. Who would have thought he was a half-giant!"

In the protection of magical creatures class in the afternoon, Hagrid was really not there, replaced by an elderly witch, a temporary substitute teacher for the protection of magical creatures class, Professor Graplan.

And there is no doubt that no one in Gryffindor College has read the "Daily Prophet", and Harry has been asking Professor Graplan what happened to Hagrid, until Malfoy took out the newspaper and threw it to Harry in a mocking manner. .

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and Ann was wrapped up tightly, only her eyes were exposed, and her voice came out from under the scarf, with a husky voice, "Ah, what a good class on the protection of magical creatures, the unicorn that Professor Graplan said Some of my knowledge is not available in books..."

"But I think Harry and the others don't seem very happy, but to be honest, who thought that Hagrid was a half-blood giant before? Giants are a very cruel creature, and there are very few of them now. However, Ritaski How did Te know this news? If Hagrid kept it a secret for so long, then it should be a secret? Besides, the headmaster banned her from coming to school, how did she find out these secrets?" Fanny walked in the Ann next to say.

"Actually, I don't care if Hagrid is a half-blood giant or not. He is not bad, but the way and method of teaching are particularly bad. I don't like it. As for Rita Skeeter... She is a person who relies on digging out people's secrets for a living, definitely Have your own strengths..." An analyzed.

For the next month, Hagrid didn't show up for Care of Magical Creatures, but he didn't show up at the headmaster's table in the Great Hall either, and he didn't even perform his duties as a gamekeeper.Professor Graplan continued to act as a substitute teacher for Care of Fantastic Creatures, and Malfoy was smug, gloating at every opportunity he got.

In mid-January, the first weekend of the term to go to Hogsmeade village began.

"A multi-flavored juice with a butterbeer. Thank you," Ann said kindly to Ms. Rosmerta.

Holding two glasses of drinks, Ann walked to a seat by the window, put the butter beer in front of Fanny, took a sip of juice and sat down.

Ann and Fanny had just chatted about the weather and the second event of the Triwizard Tournament when they were each stopped.

Hermione and Ron came over each with a glass of butterbeer, Hermione took the seat next to Ann, and Ron sat next to Fanny.

"Good afternoon..." Ann greeted the two of them.Fanny said good afternoon in the same way, and then she asked, "Aren't you with Harry?"

Ron pointed to the bar of the bar. Harry was standing there chatting with Ludo Bagman. Ann glanced at it, and then noticed a few goblins not far from the two of them staring at Ludo Bagman closely. Mann and Harry looked very unfriendly.

"Those goblins don't look very friendly, do they?" Hermione asked Ann.

Ann nodded and asked, "The goblin originally came to find Mr. Bagman?"

"Yeah, but then Mr. Bagman called Harry away..." said Hermione, "but that's weird, shouldn't goblins be under the Directorate for the Regulation and Control of Fantastic Creatures?"

"Don't look at me, even though my uncle is in the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures, it doesn't mean I know everything..." Ann shook her head.

Ludo Bagman hurried out of the tavern, and Harry approached the table where several people were sitting with a puzzled look on his face.He moved a chair from the empty table next door and sat on the side of the table, facing the four people.

"What does he want?" Ron asked as soon as Harry sat down.

"He offered to help me unlock the secret of the golden egg," said Harry.

Fanny and Hermione looked shocked.

"He shouldn't have done that!" said Hermione in shock, and Fanny nodded vigorously in agreement.

"He's one of the referees! Besides, you've figured it out yourself, haven't you?" Hermione went on.

"Well... more or less," said Harry.

"Hmph, I think if Dumbledore knew that Bagman was trying to persuade you to cheat, he would be very upset!" said Hermione with a disapproving expression.

"Did he do the same to Cedric?" asked Fanny.

"He didn't, I asked," said Harry.

"We don't care if Cedric gets help," said Ron quickly.

Both Hermione and Fanny stared at Ron.

"What are those goblins doing with Ludo Bagman?" Ann asked.

"According to Bagman, they were looking for Crouch," said Harry. "He's still sick and hasn't been at work."

"Looking for Crouch? What is the goblin looking for from the Department of International Magical Cooperation? Haven't come to work?" An said suspiciously, holding the cup in both hands.

"Mr. Crouch speaks many languages, maybe they need an interpreter?" said Harry, "and Percy told me at the dance last time that Mr. Crouch was exhausted from the game and was at home." Self-cultivation, now all affairs are communicated to him through the owl."

"Aha, looking at Percy, it seems that he is now a senior official of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, you know, he is just an intern..." Ron said dissatisfied.

"When Professor Binns talked about the goblin rebellion, he said that goblins are very smart, and they are very good at dealing with wizards..." Hermione said, taking a sip of butter beer.

"Her?" Harry called, looking at the door.

Rita Skeeter walked in.She's wearing a banana-yellow gown, her long nails painted a dazzling pink, and she's accompanied by a paunchy photographer.She bought a drink and walked with the photographer through the crowd toward an empty table near the window.

Harry, Ron and Hermione all stared at her.She was talking rapidly, and seemed very satisfied with something.

"...he doesn't seem to want to talk to us, does he, Fu Zuo? You say, why is this happening? What is he doing, with a large group of goblins behind him? And he said he was taking them for a scenic tour... It's total nonsense ...He's a veteran liar. Is something wrong? Shall we dig a little more? Ludo Bagman, ex-head of the Department of Magical Sports, is discredited...That's a good start, Bozo—we just need Find a suitable story for it—"

"Trying to ruin someone's life again?" Harry said aloud.

The two turned their faces.Rita Skeeter saw who was speaking, and the eyes behind the jeweled eyes opened wide.

"Harry!" she said, smiling all at once, "that's great! Why don't you come over together—"

"I wouldn't come near you even on a ten-foot broomstick!" said Harry angrily. "Why did you do that to Hagrid, huh?"

Rita Skeeter raised her heavily drawn eyebrows.

"Our readers have a right to the truth, Harry. I'm just fulfilling my—"

"Who cares if he's a half-giant?" Harry exclaimed. "There's nothing abnormal about him!"

The whole tavern suddenly became silent.Madame Rosmerta was watching from behind the bar—she was pouring mead into a large flagon, which was overflowing without her noticing.

Really, impulsive approach... An couldn't help sighing in her heart, and took a sip of the juice.

Rita Skeeter's smile flickered a little, but she fixed it again in no time.She opened the crocodile leather bag, took out her shorthand, and said, "Would you like to tell me what you know about Hagrid, Harry? The humanity behind the flesh? Your inexplicable friendship, and the reasons behind it .Do you see him as a father?"

Hermione stood up abruptly, clutching the glass of butterbeer tightly, "You nasty woman," she said through gritted teeth, "you don't care about anything, as long as you can get the story, no matter who you are , isn't it? Even Ludo Bagman--"

"Sit down, you silly little girl, and don't talk nonsense about things you don't understand," said Rita Skeeter coldly, her eyes turning hard as they fell on Hermione. "I know things about Ludo Bagman that will make your hairs stand on end . . . let alone—" she said, eyeing Hermione's tousled hair.

"Let's go..." said Hermione.Harry and Ron stood up immediately, and Harry gave Rita Skeeter a hard look.

Fanny looked at Ann and asked Ann for her opinion.An reluctantly pushed away the half-drinked juice and stood up.

They left, and many people looked at them.When he got to the door, Ann glanced back.Rita Skeeter took out her shorthand and swished it across a piece of parchment on the desk.

"She's coming after you, Hermione," Ron said in a low voice of concern as they hurried down the street.

"Let her try it!" said Hermione nonchalantly, but trembling with anger, "I'll give her a taste of it! I'm a silly little girl? Well, I'll make her pay. First for Ha Lee, and then for Hagrid..."

"You don't want to mess with Rita Skeeter," said Ron nervously, "I'm serious, Hermione, she's going to find out something about you—"

"My parents don't read the Daily Prophet. She won't scare me into hiding!" said Hermione, "and Hagrid won't be hiding anymore either! He shouldn't be bothered by that Chaos! Go away!"

After Hermione finished speaking, she suddenly ran away.

Ron and Harry looked at each other, then ran away with Hermione.

"Shall we go and see?" Fanny asked Ann, but her tone was full of eagerness.

Ann glanced at the three people who had already run away, sighed, pulled the cap of the robe tightly, wrapped the scarf tightly, and followed.

Passing through the gates guarded by winged boars on both sides of the road, and running across the field, the group came to Hagrid's hut.

The shades of the hut were drawn tightly, but Fang could be heard screeching as they approached.

"Hagrid!" cried Hermione, banging on his door, "Hagrid, that's enough! We know you're in there! Nobody cares that your mother's a giant, Hagrid! That nasty woman, Skeeter, You can't let her get her way! Hagrid, come out, you're not—"

The door opened.Hermione had just said "You should have—" before slamming her mouth shut when she realized that it wasn't Hagrid who was face to face with her, but Albus Dumbledore.

"Good afternoon," he said cheerfully, looking down at them with a smile.

"We - er - we want to see Hagrid," said Hermione quietly.

"Ah, I guessed it already," said Dumbledore, with a humorous twinkle in his eye, "why don't you come in?"

"Oh... um... well," said Hermione, looking back at Harry and Ron, then seeing Ann and Fanny still running, and entering the cabin.

"Uh...Professor Dumbledore, good afternoon!" When Ann ran to the door, she saw who was at the door.Fanny was also shocked for a moment, and then greeted politely.

"Good afternoon," said Dumbledore with a smile, sideways letting Ann and Fanny into the room, and closing the door behind him.

Hagrid sat at the table with two large teacups in front of him.He looked very embarrassed.His face was blotchy, his eyes were red and swollen, and his hair looked like a tangle of wires.

"Hello, Hagrid," said Harry.

Hagrid looked up.

"Okay." He said in a very hoarse voice.

"Have some more tea." Dumbledore said, took out his wand, fiddled with it lightly, and immediately a rotating tea tray and a plate of cake appeared in the air.Dumbledore magically dropped the tea tray on the table, and everyone sat down.After a moment of silence, Dumbledore said, "Hagrid, did you hear what Miss Granger yelled?"

Hermione's face was slightly red, Dumbledore smiled at her, and continued: "From the way they wanted to break in just now, it seems that Hermione, Harry and Ron are still willing to make you a friend, oh, yes , and Ann and Fanny."

Dumbledore smiled kindly at Ann and Fanny.

"Of course we'd still like to make friends with you!" said Harry, looking at Hagrid. "Don't you think that Skeeter's cow—sorry, Professor," he said quickly, turning his eyes to Dumbledore.

"I was temporarily deaf and did not hear what you were saying, Harry," said Dumbledore.He twiddled his thumbs and stared at the ceiling.

"Um - well," said Harry awkwardly, "I mean - Hagrid, how do you think we care what that - woman - writes?"

Two round tears trickled from Hagrid's dark eyes and slowly seeped into his tangled beard.

"Hagrid, this just proves what I just said." Dumbledore said, still looking at the ceiling intently, "I showed you countless letters from parents who themselves went to school here, and they are very grateful to you. Impressed. They told me very firmly that if I fired you, they would never let it go--"

"Not everyone," said Hagrid hoarsely, "not everyone wants me to stay."

"Honestly, Hagrid, if you're going to wait for the support of the whole world, you're going to be in this cabin for a long time," said Dumbledore, looking sternly from behind half-moon lenses. Come on, "Since I've been headmaster of this school, at least one owl has come in a week criticizing the way I run the school. What do you think I should do? Shut myself in my study and refuse to talk to anyone ?”

"But—you're not a half-giant!" said Hagrid hoarsely.

"Hagrid, look what kind of relatives I have!" Harry said angrily. "Look at the Dursleys!"

"Excellent point of view!" said Professor Dumbledore. "My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for bewitching a goat. Did you get up? No, not at all! He held his head up high, and went about his own way! Of course, I'm not sure he can read, so maybe he's not very brave..."

"Come back to your lessons, Hagrid," said Hermione softly. "Please come back, we really miss you."

Hagrid fought back a sob.Many more tears rolled down his cheeks and seeped into his shaggy beard.

Dumbledore stood up. "Look, there are people supporting you in both the classes you teach, and I don't see anything incompetent about you, so I don't accept your resignation, Hagrid, I hope you'll be back next Monday Class." He said, "You come to the auditorium at 08:30 to have breakfast with me. No excuses are allowed. Good afternoon to all of you."

Dumbledore walked towards the door, stopped only to bend over and scratch Fang's ear, and left the cabin.When the door closed behind him, Hagrid buried his face in his hands as big as the lid of a dustbin and wept bitterly.Hermione kept patting his arm, and at last Hagrid looked up, his eyes were red, and said, "What a man, Dumbledore...a man..."

At dusk, several people came out of Hagrid's hut.

"I can't see that Hagrid still has such a past..." Fanny sighed, "He is quite nice, but the words he said later are a bit incoherent. Who is she when he said that she has a big frame? Huh? Is there anyone else who is a half-giant like him?"

Ron and Harry glanced at each other quickly, and turned their heads at the same time.

"I guess he meant Madame Maxime..." Ann said.

"Really?" Fanny asked in surprise, while Harry and Ron exclaimed, "How do you know?"

Ann glanced at Harry and Ron who looked surprised, and said indifferently, "Guess, Hagrid and Madame Maxime got very close before the ball. Why would a person who is usually not sociable take the initiative to find someone?" Talk? It is probably a good explanation that there is something in common between the two that no one else has..."

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