"You, yes, you, Mr. Crevie. What is that thing you're wearing on your chest?"
Freshly discharged from the Hospital Wing, Dolores Umbridge stopped a young wizard with a fake smile plastered across her face. She was looking for some unlucky victim on whom to vent the fury she had bottled up over the past few months.
It couldn't be helped. The moment Umbridge left the Hospital Wing, her mindset nearly collapsed. Everywhere she looked, students along the corridor wore silver badges representing their respective Houses. According to the valuable intelligence supplied by the Slytherin students, anyone wearing a House badge was a member of the Anti-Toad Alliance. There was even evidence that touching the badge could transform it into the shape of a toad.
That group calling themselves the Anti-Toad Alliance had run rampant through the school during her hospitalization, and Dennis Creevey, a Muggle-born wizard, became Umbridge's target for making an example of someone.
She couldn't expel every student, so she had to crush their arrogance. Picking an easy target was undoubtedly the best choice.
"Ah, do you mean this badge? It's the most popular House badge in school lately." Dennis Creevey was a little nervous, but he still introduced the badge on his chest to Umbridge. "The design on it symbolizes the respective Houses."
"Someone told me it was the symbol of some organization." Umbridge wore an unbearably fake smile, making Dennis Creevey shrink back in fear, like a fat fly being watched by a toad.
"I know," Dennis Creevey said seriously, nodding.
"You know?" Umbridge's smile became even brighter.
"Yes, Professor. It's the symbol of the different Houses at Hogwarts." The moment Crevie finished speaking, Umbridge's smile froze. Yet the young wizard seemed not to notice the change in her expression and continued, "In fact, over eighty