Dominique/Lorcan
Thanks for continuing to read. I feel like Hogwarts is missing a school newspaper and since after Hogwarts Domi becomes a journalist I thought it would be great to have her start one, with the help from Lorcan.
Domi couldn't believe Rita Skeeter was still alive and allowed to write. She was sitting in the great hall reaching an article on her family, well article isn't the right word, and bullshit is closer. She felt someone sit next her and turned to find first year Hufflepuff Lorcan Scamander.
"Hello Domi, anything good in the paper?" Lorcan asked whilst helping himself to some to toast, not realising how wrong that question was.
"Well apparently my Uncle Harry and Aunt Hermione are involved in a very illicit affair, Aunt Ginny and Uncle Ron are understandably devastated. Molly's school Quidditch career is ending early, second year must be too much for her and Uncle George is broke and closing down the joke shops." Domi said, her tone full of anger.
"Well that's not good." Lorcan replied in a tone that reminded Domi of her Aunt Luna. "Rita Skeeter at it again? My mum always said that woman was full of nargles."
"It's all blatant lies. Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny are brother and sister, that's practically incest. Molly's twelve years old and already a better seeker than Victor Krum. And Uncle George's joke shops have never been more successful. I have no idea where she gets this shit, and people lap it up, they actually believe it." Domi closes the paper and tosses it to the side. "If only there was a paper out there with a writer that knew what they were talking about."
"Then why don't you?" Lorcan asked whilst taking some more toast.
"Why don't I what?" Domi asked holding her head in her hands. As much as she loved Lorcan sometimes it was too early for his particular brand of weirdness.
"Why don't you start a school newspaper? You know the truth about your family. You could interview people and I'm sure a lot of the students would read a school newspaper. I certainly would." Lorcan suggested.
Domi's head snapped up. Why hadn't anyone ever started a school newspaper? That's something that should have happened years ago. That was a genius idea.
"Lorcan you absolute genius, that's exactly what Hogwarts needs. What a great idea." The fourth year was excited. "But I'm not sure I'm qualified to run a newspaper."
"Why not?" Lorcan asked Domi, shrugging. "You're intelligent, you have good opinions, the ability to be objective and you're good with people. Why wouldn't you be qualified to run a newspaper?"
"I am?" Domi asked, doubting most of that was true.
"You are." Lorcan replied. "And you don't have to do it alone. You could advertise for help, certainly Lucy, Lysander and possibly Albus would help out. They're all very smart too."
Later that day Domi took Lorcan to see McGonagall with her and asked if together they could start a school newspaper. A paper that every student could read, and participate in if they wanted. A paper that would tell nothing but the truth but wouldn't be too invasive in anybody's private life.
"You want me to be a part of it." Lorcan sounded astounded.
"No, I don't just want you to be a part of it. I want you to help me run it, it was your idea Lorcan. We can be co-editors." Domi explained.
McGonagall thought a school newspaper was a brilliant idea, and so on that day The Hogwarts Insider was born.
Thanks for reading, I'm currently reading the Cursed Child so don't spoil anything. I'm not sure whether I'll incorporate elements of it into the story so we'll see.
