Became good friends with the Boy Who Lived

Professor Firenze's classroom was on the first floor, classroom number 11. When he opened the door, the scene in front of him surprised Aris.

With the extremely exquisite traceless extension spell, this classroom completely simulates the scene in the forest: huge space, soft moss, numerous trees, various stones... It is not inferior to the DA cabin.

The students who arrived earlier, either sitting under a tree or on rocks, all looked a little nervous. Professor Firenze stood in the middle of a small treeless space.

Seeing Harry walk into the classroom, Professor Firenze walked over and said, "Harry Potter!" Professor Firenze extended a hand to Harry.

Harry shook hands with Professor Firenze and said awkwardly, "Nice to meet you!"

"Me too," Professor Firenze nodded and said, "Our meeting was destined!"

Professor Firenze's blue eyes were fixed on Harry, but his angular face was set in a poker expression.

Aeris noticed that there was a clear horseshoe-shaped bruise on Professor Firenze's chest, which was obviously left by one of his compatriots.

After no students entered the classroom, Professor Firenze did not call the roll, and did not seem to care if anyone was absent.

"Professor Dumbledore is very considerate of me," said Professor Firenze. "He has simulated an environment suitable for my living habits in this classroom. My courses are more suitable to be taken in the forest, the Forbidden Forest. It used to be my home, but now I can't go back..."

Aeris raised his hand, and Professor Firenze looked over. Aeris said, "In your tribe, is working for humans considered a betrayal of the tribe and your fellow countrymen?"

"Your observation is very sharp, Aeris Grindelwald," said Professor Firenze. "Centaurs are not servants or pets of humans. My compatriots believe that my behavior is that I have been raised by humans."

Aeris frowned, because Aeris had never introduced himself to Professor Firenze, who seemed to have his own way of knowing everyone's name.

Just as Aries guessed, with Aries taking the lead, the students chattered and asked the new professor many questions. Professor Firenze patiently answered them one by one and called out everyone's name without error.

"No wonder he didn't have to call the roll..." Ron muttered.

This was a very peculiar divination class. It seemed that Professor Firenze's priority was not to impart his knowledge to the students, but to clearly tell the students that there was no such thing as foolproof, not even the knowledge he had just taught.

"Why is he even more weird than Trilawney?" Ron couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

When the class was over, Professor Firenze said, "Harry Potter, please stay for a moment."

Aeris and Ron hesitated and wanted to go out. Professor Firenze continued, "You two can stay, but please close the door."

Ron closed the door and Harry looked at Professor Firenze curiously. "Is Hagrid your friend, Harry Potter?" Professor Firenze asked.

"Yes!" Harry replied.

"Tell Hagrid a warning for me that his efforts are useless and he'd better give up," said Professor Firenze.

"Is Hagrid doing anything dangerous?" Harry asked anxiously.

"He tried to teach his giant brother...what it means to be...friendly and respectful to his brothers..." Aeris said dryly, "Remember the injuries on Hagrid's body when we were having the Care of Magical Creatures class? They were all left by his giant brother...Grawp..."

"As his friend, didn't you try to persuade him?" Professor Firenze asked.

"Who says we didn't try to persuade him?" Ron said weakly, "But Hagrid...is not a man who listens to advice..."

"We will convey it to you, Professor Firenze!" said Aeris.

"Thank you! Well...see you in the next class..." said Professor Firenze.

The companions found an opportunity to have a long talk with Hagrid, telling him Professor Firenze's reminder and the good advice of several people. But it was not easy, as Umbridge monitored every move of everyone in the school, especially Aeris and Harry.

"You don't understand," Hagrid said gruffly, "You don't understand the situation. My efforts are going to work... This is my family business. Don't worry about me. Go back, guys..."

Defense team gathering...

"Summon the Spirits~" Neville shouted with a distorted face, waving the wand in his hand.

Large pieces of black flocs flew up from the floor, gathering and twisting to form a black lion that was roaring at Aes.

"Summon the Spirits..." Aeris waved his magic wand and a black tiger was summoned. It roared loudly at the lion summoned by Neville. Some timid team members were almost scared to the point of falling to the ground.

The lion and the tiger circled and confronted each other for a while, and then fought fiercely. The classmates watched the fight nervously. Fred and George opened the handicap and bet on whose evil spirit would win.

In the end, the tiger summoned by Aeris was more powerful and tore the lion summoned by Neville into pieces.

Neville suddenly collapsed to the ground, his round face covered with cold sweat. Aeris quickly cancelled the summons of the evil spirit and summoned a patronus instead, which slowly circled around Neville.

"Very good, Neville!" Aeris encouraged, "I dare say that the evil spirits you summoned can fight against adult dragons..."

With a crisp "crack", Dobby appeared in the Room of Requirement. He looked around anxiously and rushed over when he saw Harry.

"Harry Potter!" Dobby said in a shrill voice, "Dobby is here to tell you the news... but Dobby has been warned... not to tell anyone..."

"Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Dobby!" said Aeris. "You are a free house-elf now. No wizard can command you."

"But Dobby's instinct...does not allow...Dobby...to do...betray...the wizard's...orders..." Dobby said with a painful look on his face, still thinking about punishing himself.

"Stop... Dobby..." Harry shouted quickly.

The team members all stopped practicing and looked curiously at Dobby who came to report the news.

Aris stood beside Harry, staring at Dobby's eyes, which were not much smaller than tennis balls. After a while, Aris said:

"Go back to the kitchen, Mr. Dobby. If Umbridge comes looking for you, avoid her. Avoid her at all costs. Please don't punish yourself..."

Dobby looked at Harry, who nodded quickly, "Do as you say, Dobby!"

With a crackle, Dobby disappeared.

"What happened? Aris?" Harry asked quickly, and everyone looked at Aris curiously.

"Umbridge knows that we are having an illegal gathering here, there is a snitch!" Aeris said, "Everyone gather here... quickly..."

More than thirty people gathered around Aris, all with nervous, fearful and uneasy expressions on their faces. Aris raised his wand above his head and cast a large-scale Disillusionment Spell. Everyone watched curiously as their bodies disappeared bit by bit.

"The Disillusionment Charm doesn't make you truly invisible. It just blends in with the surroundings. Everyone, try to hide in invisibility. I'll open the door in a minute and you should all flee. Don't go back to the common room directly. Go to the library, the washroom, an empty classroom... In short, any space where you can hide. Get ready... run..." Aries said as he opened the door of the Room of Requirement. After the door was opened, all the students fled out so quickly that Aries didn't even notice which direction his companions were running in.

Aeris turned into a shadow, walking slowly in the corridor. If he heard any sound of struggle, he would approach quickly to help his classmates escape Umbridge's pursuit.

Umbridge organized a hunting team, which was almost composed of Slytherin students, as well as Aurors from the Ministry of Magic, especially a wizard with short gray hair, who almost caught the team members several times.

"They used a very sophisticated Disillusionment Charm, Deputy Minister!" the gray-haired wizard shouted at Umbridge, who was hiding nervously in a shadow and looking around viciously at Harry.

Umbridge's eyes looked towards a place that was opposite to the shadow where Harry was hiding, but Umbridge's wand suddenly pointed at Harry.

Harry's Disillusionment Charm was lifted just like that. Harry seemed to realize something and was about to escape, but was blocked in the corner by several people. Archer merged into Harry's shadow and used the Petrification Charm to freeze the people around him. "Run... Harry..." Archer's voice sounded in Harry's ears, and Harry quickly ran.

But Umbridge was determined to catch Harry. Arrow cast the Disillusionment Charm for Harry again and again, but was broken by Umbridge again and again. Facing the pursuit and blockade of dozens of people, Harry escaped quite embarrassingly, and Arrow's assistance was also very strenuous.

Finally, Umbridge cast the Cruciatus Curse on Harry, and Harry fell to the ground in pain.

"Why are you running? Potter!" said Umbridge viciously.

"If you didn't chase me, would I be able to run away?" Harry said with a distorted face, "You actually used the Cruciatus Curse on me?"

"Since you ran away, it means you have something to hide!" Umbridge avoided the question and grabbed Harry, "Where is your accomplice? Someone must have helped you just now. Forget it, it's not important. Come with me to the headmaster's office!"

In the principal's office, several members of the defense team were caught here, and to Aris' surprise, Fred and George were among them.

Fred and George had a look of high spirits at this moment. What puzzled Aries was that these two funny guys had already learned the Disillusionment Charm!

Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge was jumping up and down excitedly like a fat clown in a circus, while Professor Dumbledore sat in a high-back chair behind his desk with a nonchalant look on his face.

"Connery, it doesn't seem very wise to mobilize half of the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic just to catch a few students who gathered in my school to study magic. If you have this free time, you might as well worry more about the Death Eaters who escaped from prison not long ago..." Professor Dumbledore said helplessly.

"Shut up, Dumbledore!" Fudge said sternly, "I don't need you to teach me what to do."

Umbridge pulled over a Ravenclaw girl who was also a member of the defense team. Her face was now covered in a rash that formed a single word: Snitcher.

"The child reported that this illegal organization will meet tonight," Umbridge said coquettishly, "She said they are studying the Dark Arts..."

In Harry's shadow, Aerys used magic to imitate Harry's voice: "This is a serious slander. What evidence do you have? Professor Dumbledore, if you look closely, you will find that Umbridge used truth serum on Marietta, and she just used the Cruciatus Curse on me. This is enough to make her spend the rest of her life in Azkaban!"

Harry gave his own shadow an indescribable glare, then puffed out his chest and glared at Umbridge.

Professor Dumbledore's blue eyes became sharp, and before Professor Dumbledore could question her, Umbridge quickly took out the list of members of the defense team and handed it to her boss Fudge.

"Mr. Potter is very good at lying, and Headmaster Dumbledore favors this student of his," Umbridge said tactfully. "Today we are discussing the results, not the process..."

"Yes... yes... yes..." Fudge looked at the list and said excitedly, "The process is not very important. Look at what they named themselves? Dumbledore's Army?"

Professor Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha..." Professor Dumbledore said, "Did you finally find out? Connery? Do you need a written testimony? Or is my oral statement sufficient?"

"W…what…" Fudge was a little confused.

"It's Dumbledore's Army... my army," Professor Dumbledore said with a smile, "not Potter's Army, or Grindelwald's Army..."

Fudge took a step back, holding his chest, and almost fell into the fireplace. "You...you...you are training your own army? You are plotting a rebellion...I..."

"Don't say that, Connery," Professor Dumbledore said gently, "I just think that when Voldemort returns, I will be more suitable to be the Minister of Magic!"

"No... Professor..." Harry shouted, "That's not true... It's not..."

"Shut up, Potter!" Fudge roared, "You have no right to speak here..."

"Dalishi, arrest this old guy!" Umbridge said angrily.

The unusually aggressive grey-haired wizard took a step forward when hunting down the team members.

Professor Dumbledore said indifferently: "There is a small problem. You may think that I will...how do I say it...surrender without a fight? But I will not surrender without a fight at all. To be honest, I don't want to go to Azkaban at all. Of course, I can escape from prison, but that is too troublesome. I don't want to waste my precious time on escaping from prison!"

"Have you had enough of that..." Umbridge roared, "Do it..."

Before anyone from the Ministry of Magic raised their wands, a silver light began to shine. Aris quickly waved his wand and made his classmates lie on the floor. It was the first time that Aris saw Professor Dumbledore take action. He couldn't see Professor Dumbledore's movements clearly, but at that moment, Aris felt an oppressive feeling like a mountain.

In an instant, everyone in the Ministry of Magic was knocked unconscious. Professor Dumbledore stepped forward quickly and helped Harry and others up. The moment Harry looked at Professor Dumbledore, his expression distorted.

"Aeris, I know you are here," said Professor Dumbledore. "It is very important that Harry master Occlumency as soon as possible..."

"I'll do my best, Professor!" Aris' voice came from Harry's shadow.

Professor Dumbledore looked at his students again and waved to Fawkes. Fawkes flew over and landed on Professor Dumbledore's shoulder. At that moment, Professor Dumbledore and his phoenix turned into a wisp of spark and disappeared completely.

Aeris' voice came from Harry's shadow: "Harry, and everyone else, hurry up and pretend to faint, otherwise it will be very troublesome when old Fudge wakes up..."

Several students quickly chose a more comfortable position and pretended to faint.

An unknown amount of time had passed. Aeris felt like he had fallen asleep before he heard Fudge's angry roar. The portraits of all the previous headmasters booed, and the portrait of Phineas Nigellus Black even mocked, "Minister, you may hate Dumbledore, but you can't deny that he is a genius..."