The Dungeons

RONALD WEASLEY! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! THREATENING MINERVA MCGONAGALL WHEN SHE'S JUST BARELY GOTTEN BACK UP ON HER FEET!! IF THE HOGWARTS STAFF, THE MINISTRY, THE ORDER, SIRIUS BLACK AND YOUR OWN PARENTS ACCEPT THAT SHE DIDN'T DIE THAT DAY, THEN THAT HAD BETTER BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU! I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY WHEN A BASTION OF OUR WORLD DID NOT FEEL SAFE AROUND MY SON. WE ARE NO LONGER AT WAR, AND YOU WILL GET YOUR HEAD INTO THE PRESENT DAY AND MARCH DOWN TO HOGWARTS AND APOLOGISE TO HER, DO YOU HEAR ME??

Minerva,

How lovely to hear from you! There's no need to apologise at all; we didn't expect that you would be up for entertaining visitors for a while yet. Arthur and I would love to catch up with you sometime this week, if you'd like. Name your date.

As for Ron, I've told him in no uncertain terms that he owes you an apology, at the very least. I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know when he does come by. He played a pivotal role in bringing the war to a close, but your concerns are far from the first that we've had regarding him since the fighting ended. He had promised to speak to someone, though obviously something more is needed. Of all my children, he's the most difficult to approach, and obviously I can't scoop him up and take him to Mungo's as I would have when he was a child. Any advice you have on how this might be handled would be greatly appreciated. If he's threatening you, something is seriously amiss.

Do let us know which evening you'd like me and Arthur to come by. It will be so good to see you again!

Molly

By Rita Skeeter

Marcellus Dolohov, Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts and acclaimed double agent during the war against You-Knew-Who, appears to have disappeared! No one has seen or heard from Dolohov since Valentine's day, which, if you'll forgive this humble reporter for injecting her opinion, is a very odd time to disappear, particularly for a man rumored to be recently engaged.

Dolohov's friends and relatives are silent on the subject, though the students in his classes at Hogwarts confirm that they've been under the supervision of the librarians for the past week. "I wish he'd come back," says Branwen Mostyn, a seventh year Gryffindor in Dolohov's NEWT class. "I have several formatting questions for my term project and obviously he should answer them since he'll be grading the papers."

The piece runs on the inner pages of the Prophet's front section, underneath a collection of opinion pieces on Victor Krum's return to Quidditch.