David’s Reviews > Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix > Status Update

Dumbledore has laid it all out for Harry, about the prophecy and what it means, how V or Harry will have to kill the other, how the prophecy might have referred to Neville. And D has explained how it is his fault that Sirius has been killed.

The climactic battle with the death waters and Voldemort at the ministry is over. Sirius is dead, V has fled, Fudge is fit to be tied, Dumbledore has essentially taken charge and has sent Harry back to Hogwarts.

Harry's sure Sirius is being tortured by the dark lord because of a dream during finals but Hermione convinces him to try to contact Sirius before leaving for London. Umbridge catches them. Hermione makes up a story about there being a weapon and leads Umbridge into the forest, where the centaurs capture her. They would've taken HP & HG, too, but Grawp interfered. Then Ron et al show up, & they'll fly on thestrals.

Harry and Hermione got to meet Hagrid's half-bro while Ron was playing Quidditch. The meet-up didn't go great, but when they get back it seems Ron has played well and Gryffindor has won.

Fred & George have split the scene, among other things happening in recent pages. Harry saw Snape's bad memory of James P torturing him, prompting HP to risk contacting Sirius to ask about it. Seems his dad was an idiot at 15, like many seem to be (according to Sirius and Remus).

Many things in motion. At the last, Dobby warned Harry that Umbridge had learned of DA and was coming to catch them. Harry got tripped up by Malfoy, and Umbridge escorted him to D's office, where D took the blame but refused to leave quietly. After disabling/stunning his attackers, he explained some and then disappeared with Fawkes. Fudge et al left in a huff to try to find Dumbledore.

It's xmas. Harry may be convinced now that he's not a danger to his friends and the order. While visiting Arthur at the hospital they run into Lockhart while going for some tea, and then happen to find Neville with his grandma visiting his parents. The story of their being tortured into madness by Bellatrix comes out, which Harry already knew but had promised Dumbledore to keep quiet.

Xmas break is coming up, DA has one last meeting and Cho hangs back afterward to catch Harry under the mistletoe. Harry has a nightmare that he's sure was real, where Mr. Weasley got bitten, and others are able to find and save him because they found out so quickly. H and the W kids overhear the adults talking about the possibility that H might be linked to Voldemort's snake, a worrisome thought.

Hagrid has returned! Def worse for wear, with swollen eye and cuts everywhere. This after Harry and the Weasley twins have been suspended from Quidditch for life by Umbridge for laying into Malfoy.

The DA (Dumbledore's Army) is getting organized in spite of the prohibition of clubs, which is also putting a brake on Quidditch resuming.