"A good evening to you, too, Miss Emerson", said Orion Yaxley and sat down in front of her, "so I take you're still writing? I just hope for you it's not as unfounded and simplistic as your first published work."

The associate Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Prophet wasn't in this remote little village by accident. He was currently working on a series about the ten most influential people in the British wizarding society and his first subject, retreated politician and grey eminence of the ministry Rupert 0'Millian, had retired to his home country after the war.

He had granted Mr. Yaxley one of his rare interviews, or rather, it had been agreed he would, but he hadn't opened the door for him at the assigned time. But of course journalists don't give in that easily. If the politician wanted to play stubborn, he would learn that reporters can be even more stubborn if they sense a good story. And this interview would definitely earn him his post as Editor-in-Chief in a few years time when his current boss will retire.

That's why Orion had stayed in the village of Ardfert and had unsuccessfully waited for hours. Finally, he had been too cold to wait outside the portal of the vast manor house of 0'Millian and had decided to take a drink in the local pub – the only one in this godforsaken area. He had been annoyed and bored. He would have to report back to London that he'd stay here longer than he had expected - but had decided to worry about this after he had warmed up a little bit.

Then he had recognized Linda Emerson. His former schoolmate and first Editor-in-Chief of the Schools Newspaper back in Hogwarts was sitting in a corner of the pub. He didn't know if he still resented her for beating him in that, even though it had finally been him who had gotten the job at the Prophet.

But he knew he had more than one score to settle with her and as he had nothing else to do but wait, he had walked straight up to her table. He hadn't been able to suppress a smirk when she had started babbling about… whatever it was. "Still out if it as usual", he had thought before addressing her.