After gradually adapting to the chaos at Hogwarts, everyone was surprised to discover that their old House life had changed beyond recognition.
The professors turned a blind eye to the unpleasant things happening in the castle. Even when students openly played Wizard Cards in class, they made no comment, and awarding or deducting points became even more arbitrary.
Ever since the Investigation Action Group appeared at Hogwarts, no one had truly cared about points anymore.
During one Charms class, Professor Flitwick had actually gone over to watch Fred and Lee Jordan play Wizard Cards while chatting with Albert about Charms Innovations, leaving many students utterly dumbfounded.
No one had expected even Professor Flitwick to start slacking off.
Although classes had become rather casual, Professor Flitwick's lessons remained popular. Sometimes, on a whim, he would discuss all sorts of interesting topics with them, such as his travels through various countries in his youth. Once, he had even asked Albert to speak to the class about the International Wizarding Duelling Competition, broadening everyone's horizons in the process.
In fact, after Headmaster Dumbledore had been forced to leave the school, none of Hogwarts's professors took the new Headmistress seriously. They were all quite happy to watch her make a fool of herself.
Whenever even a minor issue arose, the professors would have someone "invite" Dolores Umbridge over to deal with it, as though no one could handle anything without the new Headmistress.
As a result, Umbridge's life as Headmistress suddenly became very busy.
Every day, the roars of Wolfsbane Flying Discs could be heard from several classrooms. Then Umbridge and Filch would have to rush over with large insect nets to help the professors solve the problem.
Since they could not use spells against the Wolfsbane Flying Discs, they had to find another