Professor Trelawney's prophecy was like a Depth Charge, throwing Hogwarts into a complete uproar.
Most students were astonished that the Old Swindler had actually predicted she would be dismissed by the toad. Many believed it was one of Professor Trelawney's tricks. Anyone who had attended Divination class knew perfectly well that Professor Trelawney was a fraud; perhaps she intended to use this to frighten Umbridge and keep herself from actually being dismissed.
What exactly was going on? Did Professor Trelawney truly know how to make prophecies?
No one knew, but people were very interested in the results of Professor Trelawney's Divination for Umbridge.
In Professor Trelawney's first prophecy, Umbridge would drive Dumbledore away and become Hogwarts' new headmistress.
That prophecy was hardly good news for the school's staff and students.
Anyone willing to put a little thought into it could guess that Umbridge's motives for coming to Hogwarts were far from pure.
Who would give up being Deputy Minister of Magic to come teach at Hogwarts, especially as the most dangerous kind of Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor? Was she tired of having an easy life? In the second prophecy, Umbridge would get herself into serious trouble in the Forbidden Forest and be taught a harsh lesson by a group of long-legged creatures.
That one was rather baffling, but the third prophecy—that Umbridge would ultimately be driven out of Hogwarts—was not particularly surprising. Defence Against the Dark Arts Professors usually found it difficult to remain at Hogwarts for more than a year.
The most astonishing was the fourth prophecy: Umbridge would die in Azkaban? It looked no different from Professor Trelawney deliberately trying to anger Umbridge.
Yet Professor Trelawney claimed that was the result of her Divination.
Driven by curiosity, the students sought help from Albert, the "prophecy expert,"