Chapter Eight: Tactics And Blunders

Chapter Eight: Tactics and Blunders

“Either you didn’t see them, or you’ve got a death wish. Anyway, the Aurors are looking into it already, what’re we going to do that they can’t?”

“For one,” said Hermione, from behind her newspaper, “they’ve finished the investigation.” Looking almost as severe as Professor McGonagall on a bad day, she folded up the newspaper and handed it to Ron.

Harry leaned forward, peering over his shoulder.

INFERI SIGHTING AT HOGSMEADE PROVEN TO BE A HOAX

Several Hogwarts students claimed to have encountered Inferi at a junk shop at Hogsmeade 31st of October; an Auror investigation proved this sighting to be a bad Halloween prank. Several charmed skeletons were found at the back of the shop, Stitches and Draughts, matching the eyewitness descriptions. With tensions high and the threat of the Dementors in very recent memory, the Auror Task Force explained, it is an easy, but unfortunate mistake. Graciously, the Minister herself—

“See!” said Ron, flushing with excitement. “I knew it!”

Anthony snatched the newspaper out of Ron’s hands, upsetting a tureen of cream of mushroom soup. His face grew redder and redder as he scanned the article, eyes narrowing.

Hermione exchanged a worried look at Harry.

It did seem a little… convenient, thought Harry, as he slowly watched the Prophet crumple around Anthony’s grip.

“You seriously believe this rubbish over me?” asked Anthony, in that same, icy tone. “Come on, we all know the Prophet isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.”

“Can’t disagree with that,” Ron muttered.

“Hermione?” asked Harry, hoping Anthony would listen to her if not to them.

Hermione, who still looked grim, nodded, and Harry thought he could almost see the gears whirring in her brain.

“Well, we know the Prophet isn’t trustworthy, so even if the Aurors did find something, they could hide it. But why would they want to do that?”

Now, Anthony looked subdued. “I don’t know,” he said, scratching the wooden table with a fingernail. The prefect badge pinned to his robes glinted in the dim light, and Harry noticed that the skin under his eyes was swollen and purple. “I have a hunch.”

Sirius broods. Mafalda sticks her neck out. Ruby and Anthony won't stop talking about the Inferi. Harry gets himself into trouble. Read from the beginning at FFN|AO3!

There had been a previous occasion when Harry, expecting to be caned by Professor McGonagall, had instead been appointed by her to the Gryffindor Quidditch team. He sank into a chair opposite her and helped himself to a Ginger Newt, feeling just as confused and wrong-footed as he had done on that occasion. / Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix

Lily Evans is good!Tom Riddle, argue with the wall.

Harry Potter characters as tweets cause why not:

No but the Hunger Games really said "what do you hate more- the atrocities or the people who commit them against you? Because like it or not there IS a difference. If you hate the people who commit acts of pure evil more than you hate the acts themselves, what will stop you from becoming just like your enemies in your pursuit of justice? What will keep you from commiting those very same acts against THEM when the opportunity arises? And what then? The cycle of pain and suffering will never stop. Round and round it'll go. Nothing will ever change. But. BUT. If you hate the atrocities. If you hate the vile, senseless acts MORE than you hate the people who did them to you. If you are able to see that evil is evil regardless of who does it... The cycle ends with you. No, you may never get justice. But you will never be responsible for making others, even your enemies, suffer the same crimes you have. The atrocities will never be committed by you, never by your hand. And that's the way you change the world. It's the ONLY way" and that's why I am sure it will never stop being one of the most relevant works of fiction ever created

I think people should not make Content and should instead just make things they like.