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Harry and Neville landed in Halliwell Manor once again. Their bags and trunks had already been delivered and divested of by the elves. They were in utter shock. They'd never been more proud of themselves and so surprised at what the world would hold for them now after this. None of them had ever thought of teaching as it was not something they ever wanted to do. Letting out a shriek Harry told Neville to stand still as he grabbed a mason jar form the kitchen cabinet attaching it to Neville's back as a beetle flew into it. He sealed the jar and smirked. "Well Larson I know for a fact this here is not indeed a beetle but someone in their animagus form. Do you see what I see?" he asked Neville who looked at the beetle and agreed. "Yes you are being truthful I can tell. I have no idea who it is but as a Larson I know the spell to reverse it. Stand back please. Lolly! Please place anti apparition or floo wards on this house. Mutaverit Aspectum!" he called out at the mason jar exploded with a woman now in the place of the beetle.
"Calm down ma'am and stop shouting we're going to sit down and have some tea and a chat with you so we can figure out what you want. Dobby we'd like some tea please!" he said slipping some veritas serum into his hands with a note to give it to their guest in her tea. Dobby returned with three cups of tea and a biscuit for everyone. As they all drank their tea they noticed her eyes becoming glazed as an affect of the potion. Harry began the now recorded interrogation of their guest.
"What is your name please?"
"I am Rita Marian Skeeter!"
"What do you do for a living?"
"I am the best reporter for The Daily Prophet!"
"Does anyone know you are an animagus and are you registered?"
"My boss Artie Wilkinson knows I'm an animagus but no I'm not registered at the ministry as then I wouldn't be as brilliant at getting all of the juicy stories that have been the highlights or my entire career!"
"Who asked you to come to and see us and why have you come here?"
"Well actually no one asked me to come here but someone called Mr Wesley J Arthurson asked me to do an expose on someone of extreme importance and I assumed it was Harry James B Potter. Also I came here to talk to Harry James B Potter so I could write an expose on him myself anyway and find out all about him. I mean I want to know why you killed Voldermort and what made you decide to do so? Also in what way was Ronald Billius Weasley influential on your choices? I mean he told me and I quote: Harry and I are best friends forever and we do absolutely everything together. I told him it was time to kill Voldermort and so he did it. He's the coolest!"
"I can see that he would say something like this. I do however have an expose for you to write if you wish to do so. It is on Dumbledore!"
"I can't write on Dumbledore the leader of the light side, defeater of Grindlewald and protector of everyone good. It would be almost sac-religious to do that."
"What if I told you he knew that Quirinous Quirell was Voldermort in disguise? Or that he knew he had a firm supporter of Voldermort in his school teaching who nearly killed Harry James B Potter?"
"Well in that continue. Do you mind if I use my quick quotes quill?"
"No you are not to use that quill but you must write from the heart. Confundus!" he called out changing his appearance to that of a tall blonde man with long blonde hair, muscles and brown eyes. She couldn't even remember what she had been doing there which was the success he was looking for.
"Who are you and what am I doing here? I don't remember coming here" she asked him highly confused.
"I am Lord Wendell Rochester and I have agreed to this interview today on Dumbledore and the exposing of him and everything he does. I am surprised you have forgotten our arrangement. Ask me your questions and I will gladly answer them. You know the questions you were going to ask me about his teaching staff and their involvement with Voldermort and of course his own involvement with his students lives and so on."
"Right ok. I think I remember now. So tell me which of his staff are still associated with Voldermort then?"
"Well Professor Severus Snape is associated with Voldermort or at least he was when Voldermort was alive. Professor Silvanus Kettleburn is most definitely associated with Voldermort much more so then Professor Snape ever was. The late Professor Quirinous Quirell was deeply associated with Voldermort so much so that he was inhabited by him. Well I say late because obviously Lord Harry James B Potter and Lord Neville Frances H Longbottom took him down permanently killing Voldermort in an act of bravery unlike any others. Word is that they've even received an Order of Merlin first class."
"Well that does sound interesting. So tell me do either of these young men have special ladies in their lives or do they kill Voldermort on the side as a side job haha?"
"Well I don't know about that so I guess you'd have to ask them that but I'd say they probably don't as they're still so young you know. And that attempt at a joke so close to the destruction of Voldermort is totally uncalled for and in serious distaste. I hope all of your other interviews miss unregistered animagus are not so colourful. Yes I too do my research before agreeing to meet up with anyone. You're a fascinating women Miss Skeeter. You may continue!"
"Oh please that was nothing and no offence was meant by it. We all know Dumbledore orchestrated the whole thing but what I want to know is how he did it?"
"Well I heard at the Ministry today out of Minister Fudges mouth himself that actually Lord Potter and Lord Longbottom orchestrated the whole thing themselves. He mentioned nothing about Dumbledore. Although speaking of Dumbledore did you know that he had spells on Harry Potters home and area of residence meaning that he could never leave them without him getting a notification about it? Also word has it that he was continuously dipping into the personal funds of Harry Potter and using the money to pay the Weasley family and indeed his own pocket?"
"I had no idea about that how fascinating. Do you know why he did that to Harry's home and area?"
"No I don't but I can surmise that he probably wanted to control him and got annoyed that he might not be able to do so and so he put these restrictions in place. They were unnecessary though as I'm sure Harry wouldn't have done anything Dumbledore didn't want him to. Although considering it is Dumbledore we're talking about only god knows what he did or indeed didn't want him to know or do. Rumour has it you know that Harry knew nothing of the magical world until he was eight years old over what Dumbledore did to him. I mean there's no way to tell if it was real or not but if it was can you imagine how depressing that would be?"
"Well I can imagine how frightening it would be to enter a world you have never heard of before where people know you everywhere you go but you have no clue who they are or indeed how they know you. Yes I can see how frightening that would be. I wonder if he'd ever consent to an interview with me? I mean he is the best person our world right now over the whole killing Voldermort thing. I'd say the girls will be throwing themselves at him. I mean my unidentified source did say that he and Neville were a lot more mature then most eleven year olds. However my source also said he thinks that they had two lordships including Potter and Longbottom so that could explain their mature minds."
"Please explain what you mean about their mature minds? How does having a Lordship affect the mentality of someone?"
"Well Lord Rochester I would prefer that you don't insult my intelligence by asking me this but of course everyone knows when young people get a Lordship their brain automatically matures to that of a twenty one year old. Maybe you didn't know that as you inherited your Lordship at age seventeen like most people but yes when someone who isn't seventeen yet gets a Lordship they are instantly given the mentality of a twenty one year old so as to enable them to cope with the responsibility of their new title upon them. So tell me what you can about Ronald Billius Weasley and his relationship with Harry James Potter?"
"Well one does hear things in the grapevine and word is that Dumbledore was so desperate to control Harry that he paid Ronald Weasley large sums of money from Harry's own account behind his back so the youngster would befriend him becoming his best friend. Word has it that his whole family and Dumbledore himself was profiting from Harry's own money. I think that to steal from a child is disgusting. I would never do it myself but then again I have enough money for myself that I don't need to do it. I'm not as poor as the Weasley's that I need to be stealing from youths. Speaking of Ronald Billius Weasley word is his parents were extremely disgusted as he didn't get into Gryffindor like the rest of his family. Did you know he is in Hufflepuff House with Harry Potter?"
"Now I know that's a lie as Harry Potter was if course in Gryffindor like his parents were. He'd never bring such shame to the wizarding world as a whole and indeed his parents memories by being in another house! It's preposterous to think otherwise!" she snapped angrily as Harry jumped slightly from her angry tone.
"Well considering he himself told me this I know it's true. He said to me that he was proud to be in Hufflepuff as he doesn't do what everyone would expect of him because they do. He told me that his parents clearly thought they were above everyone else and too good for help as they didn't accept any help and now they are gone. He said actions speak louder then words and because of his parents arrogance and self righteous behaviour they are now gone. He said their deaths spoke volumes and he wouldn't wish to be associated with silly people like that who trusted Peter Pettigrew with their lives as their blind faith in him got them killed. Yes I discovered today that Bartimus Crouch had been so devastated that his own son was a death eater that he ordered Sirius Black to be arrested for their murder and the murder of the muggles without a trial so no one would notice or remember his son was a death eater. It all came out today. Sirius Black is a free man and thank goodness for that. I mean I don't know about you but I feel safer knowing that Bartimus Crouch was fired so he can no longer make innocent lives a living hell. Be careful who you believe or put your faith in. Any more questions?"
"Yes you mentioned Silvanus Kettleburn. He's an old acquaintance of mine. You said he was a follower of the dark lord how do you know that?"
"Well I herd him in The Hogs Head one evening having a fight with someone. He said Harry Potter didn't deserve to live while his precious master was reduced to death. It was rather ridiculous. He even lifted up his shirt sleeve and initially I saw no dark mark but using some complex magic he removed the disguise so it was on full display to back up his claims. He said he'd even get Harry expelled as soon as he came to school if he could. He then went on to say that Dumbledore would always have his back against Harry no matter what, whatever that's meant to mean I don't know."
"Right Well Lord Rochester this has been insightful to say the least and I will be thoroughly researching Kettleburn, Dumbledore and Weasley before I release this article!" she said happily.
Waving his hand Neville Froze her and searched through her mind for anything pertaining to either of the three people she'd just mentioned. He removed her memories and placed them in various vials before leaving the room where she unfroze and left with the help of Dobby who didn't introduce himself. Once she had left she didn't of course remember where "Lord Rochester" lived. Once Dobby returned Harry called him in. "Dobby you listened in in our interview while hidden as I asked you to do. Was what she said about our Lordships making us have the mentality of twenty one year olds right? I mean I've noticed myself we don't act like most eleven year olds and we do always more mature and or serious thoughts then most people that even go to school with us!" he said seriously as Dobby watched him in awe.
"Yes Harry what she said is right. This is why you do things and even often act like you are twenty one not eleven. You two are very mature for your age and it shows. I am delighted she gave you the interview and because of you truth serum she told the truth the whole way through although your confundus did work as she had no idea she was really talking to Harry Potter. She has now just assumed she arranged to meet a "Lord Rochester" and had simply forgotten about it. I left her in Diagon Alley and she has assumed she made her own way to your home naturally" he replied proudly. Harry was amazed at all he'd learned so far and would need to view her memories but for now he needed a nap. Going up to his room he climbed into bed the weight of the whole day having taken it's toll on him as he drifted off to sleep instantly.
