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Percy Weasley (weasley_percy) wrote in wishedowls,
@ 2010-01-07 19:04:00

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!owl, penelope clearwater, percy weasley

An owl to Penny

Penny,

I am sorry, again and again, with every dawning day. I don't know what I can say, short of quitting, that would appease you.

~~Is that what you would have me do? I'm tempted, for more reasons than you know......~~

Percy Weasley

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Heavily Charmed Response

_penny
2010-01-07 01:29 pm UTC (link)

The roses tumbled to the desk as Penny leaned forward to unravel the parchment from the owls leg. She wasn't sure who it was from, and for a brief moment she wondered if it could be from...

No. As she spotted the writing, she recognised Percys handwriting and mentally steeled herself for what was in it. It took her by surprise and she sat composing the return owl for nearly an hour ; discarded versions littered around her.

Percy,

Oh Percy. You have to understand how it felt - and still feels for me - to know that you're in that place. I'm worried about you, and about yes, part of me is petrified that hanging around those people will influence your way of thinking.

You know what I am and who my parents are ; you've sat round tables and eaten dinner with them when I brought you home to meet them. Try and understand how hard this is for me to understand, that the boy I loved and wanted parental approval on is now on a commitee that think my mother is a thief and my father is no more than a toy to be tortured and killed.

I will never be ashamed of where I come from, and I wonder as you sit around that desk, what would your parents think? Do you know what happens to those who are accused of stealing magic ?

I don't want you to quit ~~you made your choice of the Ministry a loing time ago~~ but part of me has to know if you're doing this through choice to further your own career or if - even in one tiny iota - its possible that you're doing this to help others. Others not involved in the ministry.

We'll always have our friendship Percy, and our shared history but - if you start to think like them, to agree with their views - please tell me now ~~so that its a clean break. This inch by inch heartache is killing me~~ .

Your friend,

Penny.

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Re: Heavily Charmed Response

weasley_percy
2010-01-07 09:56 pm UTC (link)

Penny,

While your concern is greatly received, it is unfounded. I am made of steel in many ways, Penny; my constitution is such that I am not easily swayed, especially when it comes to my beliefs about the Ministry. Between you and I, you should fear greatly for your family, Penny. Every other member on that blasted committee is deaf to any type of logical or evidence, and I fear, should one of your parent be presented, they would be found guilty, regardless of my protests or opposition.

What would you have me do? No one seems to be making any effort to hinder their decision, or ebb the flow of people that keep getting sentenced. I have done everything I can think of, sort of hexing that battle axes's mouth shut!

~~Wait! What?! You loved me?! YOU LOVED ME?! Where the hell was I?!! How did I not know this?!~~

My father thinks I am being used, and wasting my time ~~and maybe...just maybe he was right. Hell, what a revelation to have...~~ Penny, don't talk about our friendship as if it is a past thing. Don't...please don't. Your words mean more to me than you can ever know ~~You loved me and I just tossed you aside? Plunging ahead with glee towards my job?! What kind of bloody fucking idiot was I? What kind of idiot am I? I loved you too. I love you even now.~~

Yours,
Percy

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Heavily Charmed Response

_penny
2010-01-07 10:43 pm UTC (link)

Percy,

You're made of steel? And what do you think will happen when they realise that you're not falling in line with their ideals?

My family - I hope to Merlin they never find them. Even if I have to do without them for the rest of my life, they'll never put them in Azkaban. ~~I swear it~~.

Percy Ignatious Weasley, you are one of the smartest men I know. You can come up with something! Misfile reports ; no one knows the filing system in the Ministry like you, spill ink on things - anything you can do to save even one family is something to be proud of.

Logically speaking - and I know you don't want to hear this - its a coup for them to have a Weasley working for them and promoting their own ideals. Add to the fact you've aligned yourself with the MoM and directly against your brother and Harry Potter...

I'm sorry for using past tense, I just need to get my head in order. Because of our friendship, I am telling you when you're acting like a pillock. That was one of those times. I hope I never have to tell you again.

Penny.

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weasley_percy
2010-01-08 03:29 am UTC (link)

Penny,

I only ment to imply that I am resilient to their will, that I have made up my mind about blood loyalty and the not and that you should not trouble yourself to worry that I may alter. And yes, the notion that my candid feelings may become public knowledge is a bit daunting.

What do you think I have been doing?! I do everything and more, mixing up locations for hearings, altering and rescheduling meetings. I have been more underhanded than you can imagine, sloughing off the ultimate blame to their own inept Death Eaters whenever possible. I have been cautious at my errors, and been apologetic when identified; it is only my association with the Ministry that has shielded me from any action. And Penny, I do realize that is a short lived affiliation ~~I am certain he is involved, and has been turned to the enemy's cause but I shall not tell you that, for your safety~~.

I..I am not sure that I am such a feather in their cap, so to speak. I have not put myself against Ron! I...I know I did falter in my attempts to assist him at first; they were misguided actions that I quickly realized would have been to his peril. And I am happy to say that he did not listen to my none too sagest advice, the smart lad.

I thank you for your candid affection and care. Please, write me soon. I fear that your words are the very spark to light my otherwise dreary days.

Yours,
Percy.

P.S.

You do realize that when I spoke of you being full, I was in fact, joking? I worry that you are still wounded by my insensitive words.

Perc

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Re: Heavily Charmed Response

_penny
2010-01-08 07:10 pm UTC (link)

Percy,

You have to be careful about how you bandy around your political affilations Percy! I can't lose my friends to this madness.

I know you claim not to have put yourself against them, but its how it can come across and most people don't know you well enough to find out.

I'll write every week, I promise.

- Penny

P.S: Percy, there are some things you should never say to a woman. That is one of them. I am in fact - at this current moment - compiling a list of things you should and should not say. Amongst them are the gems 'Does my bum look big in this' and 'Should you be eating pudding?'.

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