another great chapter i loved harry's punishment of tonks very nice touch there.Dumbles just keeps digging himself in deeper doesn't he you would think with all the rumors flying around the borad of governors or the dmle would launch and investigation.Hope to read more soon cliffhangers are so cruel
Author's response
I figured that since killing her would be ooc for Harry and Hermione (though probably not for Daphne...) and I didn't want to take her magic, for reasons to be shown later, forcing her to use a name she hates would just be sweet revenge.
I suspect that Dumbles has never been as smart as his press releases would lead one to believe. Perhaps his only true genius is in self promotion and compulsion. A slightly smarter slightly more competent Lockhart if you will.
The board will continue to be as clueless as in Canon, appearing only when forced to.