Who: Pansy Parkinson & Rodolphus Lestrange
What: A request
Where: Pansy's cottage
When: Late night, Wednesday, 26th Marc, 2005
Rating: PG
Status: Closed; Complete
The Granger child had turned out to be obnoxious, as Rodolphus had expected. He gave her the option to elect a more adult and dignified way of going about things, but she had refused. Her reasons, of course, were nothing new. She disapproved of him for being a Death Eater. He disapproved of her being an outspoken, ignorant mudblood who was stepping all over wizarding culture but that hardly disabled him from having a polite conversation with her. Unsurprisingly, Granger's manners did not extend so far. She continued to defiantly raise her chin and go on about the Longbottoms, those insipid Aurors from half a lifetime ago. The poor girl had no idea there were other ways to drive a person out of their mental capabilities. She was learning, but once she truly understood the point she'd be lost already anyhow.
Her defiance was annoying, but it was at least expected. What he needed was to know who may be defiant that he is not prepared for. It was difficult information to come by, particularly if one desired accuracy. Simply hiring someone to gather the information would be ineffective. No, what he needed was someone who wanted the England he did. He needed someone who would join when he reformed the country. If one was invested in the cause they'd have a reason to gather accurate information to the best of their ability. The problem was the same that was ever present in his endeavours. Everyone who could be trusted was in Azkaban, had fallen from social grace, or was outside of Britain with him. A new ally from the Czech Republic who had joined Rodolphus years ago had been sniffing about Britain on his orders for the past week and had turned up intriguing news. One of their own, or at least she once was believed to be, had secured quite a useful position.
( It was exactly because of Pansy Parkinson's unique position within the Ministry of Magic that brought Rodolphus to North Yorkshire. )
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