Daily Prophet Special Edition
From Barnabas Cuffe
Editor-in-Chief
Potter to Patil:
Stop Printing Lies
Here at the Daily Prophet, I have always given my Special Correspondents, such as Miss Parvati Patil free reign to print stories that the are of special interest to the public. All background, and fact checking falls solely on their shoulders.
When Miss Patil came to me after the tragic death of our beloved Rita in the Final Battle, she spun a tale of integrity, open mindedness, and of a close relationship with the Golden Trio. After receiving the following letters, I can now see that she was as honest in her interview as she was in the article we printed in this morning's Prophet.
Harry J. Potter
Order of Merlin, First Class
Auror Department
Ministry of Magic
London
21 Sep 1998
Barnabas Cuffe
Editor-In-Chief
Daily Prophet
Diagon Alley
London
Barnabas,
This letter is in reference to the article, "Granger Betrays Potter" printed in the Daily Prophet this morning. I am highly disappointed that this article was allowed to be printed. Not only is it full of untruths about one of our country's greatest war heroes, Hermione Granger, it also calls into question one of our newest Ministry programs- one that I personally worked hard to have instated.
It is clear from the tone of her article, Miss Patil is calling into question the Ministry's efforts as to the effectiveness of the new Rehabilitation Program. This program was meticulously designed by a highly qualified committee, consisting of myself, Minister Shacklebolt, Headmistress McGonagall, and Andromeda Tonks. If you and your team are not aware, we ran a series of articles in the Quibbler that detailed our qualifications, mission statement, objectives, timeline, and projected results. Let me provide you with a summary, our goal was to design a program from a pure-blood point of view that would teach children of blood purists about Muggles and Muggle-borns and highlight the similarities between all of us as humans. The program began with classes this summer and is continuing during the school year, twice weekly, and being taught by Mrs. Tonks. Being raised in an aristocratic blood purist home, she is able to relate to the students in a way others would struggle. Headmistress McGonagall has already seen a 75% decrease in detentions and loss of house points due to blood status bullying versus the last five years (excluding the '97- '98 year where this was not tracked). These numbers prove the program is working and therefore should not be jested about or demeaned by Miss Patil.
Lastly, on the subject of Hermione Granger's character, she is a fierce friend that has stood by my side since I was eleven years old, and helped me face and defeat Voldemort everytime. Instead of focusing on all of the sacrifices Hermione made over the years to ensure I was able to face Voldemort at the Final Battle, Miss Patil decided to try to paint her as a scarlet woman who's only focus was men. Because she was my friend Hermione faced a Cerberus, unknown poisons, Devil's Snare, a dragon, and the Forbidden Forest- in our first year alone.
Like myself, Hermione fought and watched many of her friends die, in a war against blood prejudice. So when she went back to Hogwarts and was asked to live with three ex-Death Eaters, she showed them that she was willing to live the life she had fought for. She listened to what they had to say and together they decided to move past the differences they had before and start fresh.
They are a great example of what we should all be doing. Giving people the chance to change and making our world a better place to live. And instead of promoting the progress we have made- the progress we fought for- Miss Patil and the Prophet are trying to profit from her private life. I expect a full retraction on this matter and if any additional libelous claims are made against Miss Granger, you will be contacted by my Barrister.
Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated,
Harry J. Potter
Andromeda B. Tonks
Rehabilitation Specialist
Blood Prejudice Rehabilitation Committee
Ministry of Magic
London
21 Sep 1998
Barnabas Cuffe
Editor-In-Chief
Daily Prophet
Diagon Alley
London
Mr. Cuffe,
Let me state that I am disgusted by Miss Patil's article that was published yesterday. How dare you allow an article to be printed that suggests Hermione Granger and my late son-in-law were ever engaged in such a scandalous affair. Miss Granger has always been an O student, while working diligently during the war.
Remus Lupin not only sacrificed his younger years as a member of the Order of the Phoenix during the first war, he also gave up most of his thirties fighting against the Dark in the second war until making the ultimate sacrifice, along with his wife, my daughter, in the Final Battle.
In addition, if any research had been done before the article had gone to print, you would have known the Rehabilitation program is not 'apparently sway[ing] followers… to convert their radical blood purity ideology.' We, the committee, and the students are working hard to overcome the conditioning of hatred that is instilled towards Muggles and Muggle-borns since birth. Every student has been making great strides in their rehabilitation, and the numbers prove this.
I am looking forward to reading your full retraction to the article in the next printed copy of the Daily Prophet so legal action does not need to be taken.
A.B. Tonks
When I reached out to Miss Granger on the article, she said she will not make it a habit to comment on stories about her personal life. Confirming that her and Mr. Malfoy are indeed friends.
Although she would not comment further on her personal life, she did have more to say on the Ministry's Rehabilitation Program."I think it is a tremendous program. I have had many discussions with Headmistress McGonagall, Professor Tonks, and students in the program and they all agree the changes put in place by the committee have been instrumental in helping them overcome the social conditioning of their upbringing. They feel, and I agree, that is was very magnanimous of Minister Shacklebolt to give them the opportunity to change instead of sending them to Azkaban."
The Daily Prophet issues a personal apology to anyone offended by the article by Miss Patil printed in this morning's paper. Please be assured that Miss Patil employment has been terminated effective immediately.
A/N:
I wasn't planning on writing any reaction from Harry to the Prophet, but you asked for it so here it is. I am still editing the next chapter so hopefully this holds you over until it is done.
I apologize for any formatting issues... Ao3 is fine, but FFn is having issues.
Let me know what you think!
