| Owl Post to Hermione Granger |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|02:29 pm] |
From: Marietta Edgecombe, Chelsea, London
To: Hermione Granger, Hogwarts Castle, Scotland
Hermione
It's time we met and talked about the future. I'm ready to be out of here.
M. |
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| Owl Post: Multiple |
[Aug. 7th, 2008|06:34 pm] |
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| Owl to Adrian Pucey |
[Jul. 27th, 2008|05:24 pm] |
An immense Arctic owl beat a furious tattoo with wings, beak, and talons against Adrian Pucey's window in the small hours of the night, long before the Sunday church bells would ring to summon the faithful to prayer.
It carried a tiny bottle that rattled faintly, and a hastily-scrawled but very carefully-warded note.
( The note... ) |
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| Owlpost: Michael Corner |
[Jul. 16th, 2008|10:47 am] |
To: Michael Corner, Godric's Hollow
From: Marcus Belby, Fitzrovia
[in a hurried and shaky hand]
Mike,
If you have some time I have a request for assistance that I hope you can provide. It's a very personal matter, so I would like to discus it here at the lab when you get a chance.
Marcus |
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| Owlpost: Ginny Weasley |
[Jul. 11th, 2008|11:38 am] |
To: Ginny Weasley, Hogwarts
From: Marcus Belby, Fitzrovia, London
Ginny,
I hope you are feeling better. My condolences once again.
I've spoken to Adrian and he's willing to give your tiara a try. We would need to take a night (or more) for the full test, and I told him you were planning to spend some time over here during the summer anyway so...what do you say? Adrian needs a few days to prepare things at home for the kids. Let me know if you're still up for it (and any other research we discussed).
Marcus |
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| Owl to Ginny Weasley |
[Jul. 10th, 2008|08:44 am] |
Ginny, love --
Want to get together soon? It's been mad here at the DMLE as you might guess, or I'd have owled sooner and -- anyway, I'm so sorry. And I got your message and I started to write some sort of reply here, but I think it'd be better if we talked in person, yeah? For all kinds of reasons.
Give me a shout and let me know.
-Tonks |
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| Owl Post |
[Jul. 10th, 2008|06:24 am] |
To: Neville Longbottom
From: Michael Corner
[Enclosed is an article for the Quibbler, already set for the printer. There are also three wizarding photographs. The first is of a gathering of the proto-Death Eaters from their days at Hogwarts. It includes Tom Riddle in the center, with his followers arrayed around him. The second is of Lord Voldemort, a photograph from his first reign of terror. The third is a "Morphic" - that takes a closeup of the face of Tom Riddle from the first picture and morphs it into the face of HWMNBN in the second. Lastly, there is a genealogical study of Tom Riddle Senior going back seven generations.]
His Name Is Mud
by Michael Corner
So who was He-Who-Must-Not-Be Named? If one were to scour the Great Book at Hogwarts (which I have), there is no entry for Voldemort, Lord. That name was a creation, an attempt to reinvent himself and rewrite history. But history and facts cannot be changed. Though the so-called Dark Lord did his level best to erase that history, the truth is that Lord Voldemort was born with the name Tom Marvolo Riddle.
[The words TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE rearrange into I AM LORD VOLDEMORT and back again.]
So who was Tom Riddle? Where did he come from? And why did Tom work so very hard to erase that history?
Tom Riddle's mother was Merope Gaunt. The Gaunts were once a powerful and respected family, famous for being direct descendants of Salazar Slytherin. However, by the time poor Merope came into the world, the Gaunts had fallen on hard times and were practically penniless.
Tom Riddle Senior, on the other hand, comes from a very wealthy family - a Muggle family. The Riddles were a wealthy family who lived near the Gaunts, and their son Tom was considered to be one of the most handsome men in the county. Soon after Merope's graduation from Hogwarts, she and Tom married and left for parts unknown. But a short time later, Tom Riddle returned to his family, and would not speak of his marriage. Some believe that Riddle was the subject of a love potion, but that is supposition, and not fact. The fact is that months after Tom Riddle Senior returned to his family, Merope Gaunt gave birth to Tom Marvolo Riddle, and died from complications of childbirth.
Now, some would tell you that Lord Voldemort's blood, like all of his Death Eaters, was pure, because so many wizarding families place such stock in blood purity. But the fact is, if you go back seven generations the Riddle family is 100% Muggle. (And the author would go farther back, but the Muggle records were not as complete as many Wizarding records go.)
So why did Voldemort place such high value on blood purity when he himself was a half-blood? Now we leave the safe arena of fact and enter the area of supposition. Facts tell us that Tom Riddle was half-blood, and facts confirm that he sorted into Slytherin, a house that places such value on blood purity. Perhaps he reinvented himself as the hero of the pure bloods because the pure bloods were the ones with power and money - both of which the penniless orphan craved. Perhaps he cynically understood that if he wanted power in the wizarding world, he needed to make himself like those with power. Or perhaps he was simply ashamed. Nobody of his generation speaks of Tom Riddle's time at Hogwarts. But one can only assume how children of privilege would initially treat a child who came from nothing. They would have called him a "Mudblood."
(byline: Michael Corner is currently in Godric's Hollow)
PS: Nev, I didn't have time to write this up, but here is a list of nine muggleborn wizards who went on to do great things, from Quidditch stars to dragon tamers. Hermione would make it a nice, even ten. [List enclosed] |
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| Owl post |
[Jul. 4th, 2008|06:29 pm] |
To: Marcus Belby
From: Sally Fawcett
Marcus, love, I desperately need your advice on something I've been hatching. Lunch soon? My treat!
Love & kisses,
Sally |
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| Owl Post: Adrian |
[Jul. 1st, 2008|10:28 pm] |
To: Adrian Pucey, Pucey House, Bath
From: Marcus Belby, Fitzrovia, London
Adrian,
If you have any time I would like to show you a piece that I started working on last month for a mutual friend. I am looking for advice within your area of expertise.
Marcus
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| Owl Post: Angelina |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|08:04 pm] |
To: Angelina Johnson, Manchester, England
From: Molly Weasley, The Burrow
Thank You
(Enclosed is a copy of the front page of the Sports Section of the Prophet from last Saturday, including a photo of a grim-faced Angelina holding aloft her broom below an article on the Arrows' League championship. The article goes into great detail about the spontaneous tribute to their fallen teammate, Ronald Weasley.) |
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| Owl to Marcus Belby |
[Jun. 15th, 2008|09:28 pm] |
To: Marcus Belby, Fitzrovia, London
From: Hermione Granger, Hogwarts
( I need your help. ) |
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| Owlpost: Minerva McGonagall |
[May. 26th, 2008|04:04 pm] |
To: Minerva McGonagall, Hogwarts School
From: Molly Weasley, The Burrow
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| Owlpost: Gabrielle Delacour |
[May. 21st, 2008|09:13 pm] |
From: Marcus Belby, Fitzrovia, London
To: Gabrielle Delacour, French Embassy to the Ministry of Magic, London
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| Owl Post |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|12:14 pm] |
To: Dolores Umbridge, Ministry of Magic, London
From: Neville Longbottom, Office of the Quibbler, Ottery St. Catchpole
Dear Minister Umbridge,
It has come to the notice of the Quibbler that Bellatrix Lestrange has not been put to trial. As you know, Our Readers have followed the pursuit of Bellatrix in the years following her prior escape, and they are waiting with bated breath to discover what, exactly, the Ministry plans to do now that you have her in custody once more.
And so I ask you please, enlighten Our Readers.
In thanks.
Neville Longbottom
Editor, The Quibbler |
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| Owl Post, Gabrielle Delacour |
[Apr. 20th, 2008|02:49 pm] |
To: Gabrielle Delacour, French Ministry, London
From: Ginny Weasley, Hogwarts
Dear Gabrielle --
Adrian has informed me that you and he have spoken. I have no real excuses for my behaviour, except to say that it was an unpremeditated act of pent-up frustration and stupidity, and I am very, very sorry if it hurt you. That was never my intention, though I know that what I did may look quite unforgivably awful from your perspective.
If you would like to talk about any of this, I am quite willing; I will answer your questions as clearly and honestly as I am able. Or if you'd rather not -- in fact if you'd rather have nothing to do with me at all -- I will certainly understand. In fact, you needn't even respond to this if you'd rather not. But I hope you will at least accept this apology for any pain I may have caused you.
Sincerely and contritely,
Ginny |
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| An owl for Ginny |
[Apr. 20th, 2008|07:59 am] |
To: Ginny Weasley, Hogwarts
From: Hermione Granger, Longbottom Cottage, Ottery St. Catchpole
Ginny, sister,
I couldn't stop thinking about what you said about sleepwalking, so...
Do you still have the key I gave you, the one that lets you summon me when I'm away from Hogwarts? Pass this ribbon through the bow of the key and tie its ends; any knot that completes the circle will do. Now you may hang the key on the doorknob inside your room whenever you care to. If that knob opens the door without the ribbon being taken off it first, I will know and come running (or Apparating and then running, as the case may be). I was careful; it won't sound the alarm if the door is opened from outside.
I hope this helps you feel a little more secure.
Love,
Mi
(The owl carries a rolled-up ribbon in a demure ivory colour along with the note.) |
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| Owl Post: Lydia Orfanos |
[Apr. 17th, 2008|11:50 pm] |
To: Lydia Orfanos, London
From: Narcissa Malfoy, Malfoy Manor
Mme Orfanos --
I am a sometime collector of magical antiquities, and am interested in acquiring a few particular pieces not readily accessible in England. A mutual acquaintance, speaking highly of both your skill and your discretion, referred me to you as an expert in the area.
Would you be available for a consultation on this matter? I should be happy to receive you at Malfoy Manor, or to arrange a meeting at a mutually agreeable time and place in London.
Regards,
Narcissa Malfoy |
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