Chapter 28 Order of the Phoenix Snape's Worst Memory. Umbridge takes control of the school, and Harry sees one of Snape's worst memories. It involves Harry's father being cruel.
Umbridge takes control immediately, and creates an Inquisitorial Squad including Malfoy that can deduct house points. Suddenly Slytherin has tons of points while other houses have few. Fred and George admit that they no longer wish to stay at Hogwarts and will cause trouble on their way out.
Umbridge calls for Harry and tries to get him to drink something, then questions him about Dumbledore. He doesn't drink any and denies all knowledge. An explosion happens, and giant fireworks fill the school. The teachers are vastly amused by Umbridge's inability to handle them and call meekly for her help any time one gets near.
Harry dreams about the room with candles and crosses into a room with clicking. Now he enters a room with spun-glass spheres but wakes up.
The next day Cho tries to apologize for Marietta telling on the group, that she made a "mistake" and Harry is furious. Cho gets upset and stalks off. Harry goes down to his lesson with Snape but Snape is called off, leaving behind the Pensive. Harry checksit out.
It's of Snape when he was Harry's age. James, Sirius and Lupin are hanging out together with Wormtail. James keeps showing off and modelling for the girls, and then looks over and calls Snape "Snivellus". James then starts harassing Snape, who had done nothing - he freezes him, puts bubbles in his mouth, and hangs him upside down so his underwear shows. Snape is of course humiliated and furious.
Lily (Harry's mother) comes along at this point and is furious with James. She dislikes James greatly (the two don't date until 2 years later). Snape calls her a mudblood and James jumps on him again, but Lily tells James to get over his fat head and stalks off.
Snape walks in at this point and brings Harry back to the present. Snape throws Harry out and tells him never to return. Harry leaves and is sickened to realize that Snape really was an innocent victim, and that his father really was quite a jerk.
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