Because of the turmoil in Britain's Wizarding World in 1982, they had not attended the Quidditch World Cup. They would not miss the 1986 one. At a party held by the Ministry of Magic, Minister for Magic Millicent Bagnold, who had once declared, "I assert our inalienable right to party," reaffirmed the matter. It seemed that everything had returned to how it was meant to be.
Pomona noticed Damocles Belby in the photograph. He was chatting and laughing with Slughorn.
Although the Wolfsbane Potion could not stop Werewolves from transforming, it could at least turn them into listless wolves and let them safely get through those few days. Belby had thus received an Order of Merlin and was qualified to attend the party.
"Head of House!" Grubbly-Plank shouted from outside. "Let's go!"
"Just a moment," Pomona said, putting down the Daily Prophet and leaving the greenhouse office.
The gamekeeper Ogg had retired. A farewell party was being held in Hogsmeade today, and it also meant that Hagrid had "officially" become Hogwarts's gamekeeper.
Apollon Pringle, the former caretaker who kept Crups, had been dismissed, even though corporal punishment of students had not been as explicitly forbidden back then as it was now.
The Cruciatus Curse did not cause immediate death like Avada Kedavra, which meant many people had experienced the agony of being tortured by it.
Many parents did not want their children to suffer what they themselves had suffered. The postwar education bill prohibited corporal punishment, and Pringle, who had committed "countless crimes," was dismissed. When he left, he did not even take the Crup he had raised with him.
Pringle had trained that dog into something thoroughly unpleasant. Hagrid, who had been lacking a dog to help him, had planned to keep it, but it barked wildly whenever it