Inside the Defense Against the Dark Arts office at Hogwarts, Umbridge looked entirely out of place. Her hair was a tangled mess, and her robes were covered in strange stains, making it clear she had been through a rough time. Right now, she was venting her fury at the leaping flames in the fireplace, while at the other end of the hearth, connected by a complex charm, the anxious face of a Ministry of Magic employee materialized.
Umbridge clutched a scorched, illegible piece of parchment, her fingertips nearly piercing the fragile paper. "Investigate this immediately!" she practically roared at the face in the fireplace. "Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley—I want to know everything Is Grey did there, what he bought, everything!"
Faced with Umbridge's aggressive attitude, the employee in the fireplace looked hesitant and troubled. "Madam Umbridge, our Investigation Squad has been busy with other matters lately. Suddenly asking us to track down a shop is really—"
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