Professor Trelawney's prophecy was like a depth charge, throwing Hogwarts into complete uproar.
Most students were astonished that the old fraud had predicted she would be expelled by the toad. Many believed it was one of Professor Trelawney's tricks. Anyone who had attended Divination knew perfectly well that Professor Trelawney was a fraud. Perhaps she meant to use this to frighten Dolores Umbridge so she would not actually be expelled.
What exactly was going on?
Did Professor Trelawney actually know how to make prophecies?
No one knew, but people were very interested in Professor Trelawney's predictions for Dolores Umbridge.
In Professor Trelawney's first prophecy, Umbridge would drive out Dumbledore and become Hogwarts' new Headmistress.
That prophecy was hardly good news for the staff and students.
Anyone willing to think about it for a moment could guess that Umbridge's motives for taking a post at Hogwarts were far from pure.
Who would give up being the Ministry of Magic's Senior Undersecretary to come teach at Hogwarts, especially as the most dangerous Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor? Was she tired of having such a good life?
In the second prophecy, Umbridge would get herself into serious trouble in the Forbidden Forest and be severely taught a lesson by a group of long-legged creatures.
That one was somewhat baffling, but the third prophecy—that Umbridge would ultimately be driven out of Hogwarts School—was not especially surprising. Defense Against the Dark Arts Professors usually found it difficult to remain at Hogwarts for more than a year.
What shocked people most was the fourth prophecy: Umbridge would die in Azkaban?
No matter how one looked at it, it seemed as though Professor Trelawney was deliberately trying to anger Umbridge.
Yet Professor Trelawney insisted that was what her divination had revealed.
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