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Chapter 11: The Backup
"I thought Harry Potter was Dumbledore's golden boy, but I guess I was wrong all along," Dudley whispered to Susan Bones. He was trying to shift her perspective on Harry. Over the past four years, many people had gossiped about Harry being favored by Dumbledore.
They said that no matter what Harry did, even if it was something outrageous, he would be forgiven. While there was some truth to that, Harry was really just a pawn, manipulated by Dumbledore. Everything Dumbledore did was to prepare Harry for his inevitable confrontation with Voldemort.
Earlier today, Dumbledore had visited. After looking into Harry's eyes for a brief moment, he left without saying much. To Harry, it felt like Dumbledore was deliberately ignoring him, but Dudley knew the real reason. Dumbledore was afraid that if Voldemort gained control of Harry's body, he might spy on them.
'It looks like Dumbledore's mind manipulation is real, truly fitting for a master manipulator,' Dudley thought to himself.
"Isn't that your cousin? Why do you act like you're against him? And by the way, what's with the sudden shift to being an extrovert?" asked Susan Bones, clearly confused by Dudley's transformation.
"I had to change. My cousin went through something terrible. Remember, he watched Cedric Diggory die right in front of him," Dudley explained.
Susan was taken aback for a moment before saying, "I like your new personality."
"I like my new self too," Dudley grinned at her.
Suddenly, Harry's angry voice echoed through the house.
"So, you guys just left me on my own? I almost died fighting the Dementors, and you two were just watching from a distance!" Harry's voice was rising, but Dudley didn't want him to cause a scene in his house. My house, my rules, Dudley thought.
Smack! Dudley hit Harry on the head, leaving him stunned.
"Oy, can't you talk without shouting? Why do you say you were alone? We fought that Dementor together! Grow up, Harry—you're 15, not 14!" Dudley scolded him like a strict asian parent.
Everyone was shocked after that tense moment, none of them expected Dudley to actually hit Harry.
"Erghh... but I'm still 14, and there's two weeks until my birthday," Harry mumbled.
In the ministry...
Amelia stormed in with her Aurors, heading straight for Dolores Umbridge. Her top priority was, of course, apprehending the culprit behind today's incident.
"Madam Umbridge, you are under arrest," Amelia ordered, and the Aurors moved swiftly to detain Umbridge.
Amelia then secured all records of Umbridge's visits to the prison, which served as concrete proof that after her last visit, two Dementors were sent to target Harry Potter.
But that wasn't all. The Aurors uncovered even more shocking evidence.
"Madam, we found a blood quill, and not only that, there are documents targeting Muggle-born wizards. We also found evidence of human trafficking transactions," one of the Aurors reported to Madam Bones, surprised by the extent of Umbridge's misdeeds.
"It looks like this matter will take a while," Amelia said, then sent a Patronus to summon her house-elf, Mipsy, to take Susan home.
"Gather everything related to what Madam Umbridge has done. Don't leave a single piece of evidence behind," ordered Madam Bones.
While chaos in there, other wizards and witches finally got to know that Dolores Umbridge were in a trouble. Not everyone like her, only some people who had sick obsession would align with her.
Other people such as Nymphadora Tonks really hated this witches.
Later that night, inside a briefcase:
"I have a few pictures that captured what happened earlier. Remember, you must release this information in the Daily Prophet," Dudley instructed Rita Skeeter.
A few weeks ago, Dudley visited Hermione Granger, and the reason, of course, was to trap Rita Skeeter, who had been sneaking around in her beetle form.
He recalled that at the end of fourth year, Hermione had captured Rita and trapped her in an unbreakable glass jar. For Hermione, that might have been enough punishment for a few months, but Dudley, coming from the 21st century, knew the best way was to use her is against the government.
Rita was someone who always caused problems for Cornelius Fudge, but for a small fry like Dolores Umbridge, this deal was worth it.
Hermione, of course, was shocked. Although she had known Dudley for a long time as Harry Potter's cousin they were seldomly talked to each other, it was because of Dudley's introverted and silent nature, she never had a chance to talk with him.
After hearing Dudley's plan to use Rita Skeeter to write against ministry of magic in the Daily Prophet, Hermione agreed to pass Rita Skeeter to him.
He then forced Rita to take an Unbreakable Vow, not to leak the secret and to write the articles based on his order. At first she didn't want to join but after some compromise and benefit, Rita Skeeter finally agreed to listen to him.
If she didn't agree Dudley will send her to Madam Bones and put her in Azkaban for a 3 years.
The next morning, all of magical Britain was shocked with a news of Dolores Umbridge.
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