Chapter 9 Order of the Phoenix: The Woes of Mrs. Weasley. Harry runs from the hearing room to a happy Mr. Weasley. They get to the main corridor of Mysteries and run into Cornelius Fudge who is talking to Lucius Malfoy. The two walk off together. In thanks for his release, Harry empties his entire purse into the fountain.
They get back to the house and everyone is thrilled. Harry's scar burns suddenly while they are talking. Sirius isn't happy, though, and Ron and Hermoine point out that Sirius had sort of hoped Harry would stay there with him. Harry gets grumpy, and Hermoine points out it's not that she doesn't *like* Sirius, but that Sirius just wants a "playmate" and sort of treats Harry like his father, James.
After cleaning for a while, they get their book list for the new year. There are only 2 books - a book of spells, grade 5, and a Defensive Magical Theory.
Letters arrive, and it turns out that Ron and Hermoine were both made Prefects. One boy and girl from each house in Grade 5 are made Prefects. Everyone is shocked that Ron, and not Harry, was made the Prefect. Ron is upset that they all think he doesn't deserve it. Ron's mother is thrilled and agrees to buy him a new broom.
Harry is very sulky but finally realizes that he shoudln't ruin this for Ron, when Ron finally got a reward for his hard work. But it is only later when Luppin points out that James wasn't a prefect either that Harry feels relatively happy.
Moody takes this opportunity to show Harry a picture of the original Order of the Phoenix, with the original happy members, most who were killed. This includes Harry's family.
Going upstairs, he finds Mrs. Weasley in tears, over Ron's dead body. In shock, he soon realizes that Mrs. Weasley is dealing with a boggart that is tormenting her. Luppin comes up and helps out - but Mrs. Weasley says that she dreams of these horrors all the time, that with them being in the Order, it is likely that many of them will die.
Harry realizes now that things like "who got the badge" are pretty meaningless, when many of them are risking their lives and family to fight Voldemort.
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