Chapter 52: Potterwatch pt. 1
March 5th
Fred and George were meeting Lee at a café in muggle London to discuss something Lee had defined as 'classified'.
"What do you think it is?" George curiously asked Fred as he tied the laces on his shoes.
"Don't know. Must be something about Moldy since we're meeting up in muggle London, you reckon?"
"Guess you're right."
"So, guys. What I really wanted to discuss with you has something to do with the Order!" Lee made a gesture to the twins that suggested them to move closer.
"Sounds interesting!" George said while rubbing his palms together.
"I hope it's something illegal!" Fred looked more excited than he had in months.
"My old man came up with an idea for something I like to call 'Potterwatch'! It's a radioprogram where three ANONYMOUS men," Lee pointed to himself and the twins, "speak up to defend and support Potter! We're going to use aliases and speak out to every witch and wizard who has not yet given up! Hermione is a smart girl so I bet she packed a radio and that they listen to it every night to hear what's going on 'in the real world'. If we could somehow make them tune in to our station, that will, by the way, be using a different frequency every night, we could send the trio messages and news that aren't being controlled by the corrupted ministry. That way neither Potter nor the average witch or wizard will lose faith! Sounds good?"
"Good? Lee, that sounds bloody brilliant! Why didn't anyone come up with this before?"
"Cool, " Lee smiled, "So you're both in?"
"YES!" the twins said in unison.
March 8th - Fred
"Hello and welcome to our first broadcast ever! This is River speaking and I'm here with Rascal and Rodent," Lee said three nights later. Him, Fred and George where on air and they were very excited despite the fact that they didn't know if anybody even listened to them. They had spend the last three days gathering information and material for their first live radio broadcast and they were now ready to defend Harry!
"Yes, this is Rascal speaking, and you, dear listener, are just so lucky to have tuned in on Potterwatch – the only radio station not being controlled by a freakishly white man without a nose! We prefer to refer to him as 'Chief Death Eater' since a taboo has been put on his name," George said enthusiastic.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! If you're Rascal then I'm stuck with…Rodent? I don't want to be Rodent!" Fred said and crossed his arms.
"Fine, if you're going to be a baby about it. Who do you want to be?"
"I'm Rapier – like the sword!"
"You're an idiot," George said.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your childish discussion boys but we have news to report! We're here to kill some of the rumours considering the nasty chief death eater. Ro…uhm I mean Rapier, enlighten us, please."
"Thank you River! You-Know-Who's strategy of hiding in the shadows has created a nice climate of panic! Mind you, if all alleged sightings of him are genuine, there must be nineteen You-Know-Whos running around! So people, try and calm down. Things are bad enough without inventing stuff! For instance, this new rumour I just heard yesterday was that he can kill you with a mere glance! That's a Basilisk, listeners!"
"One simple test; if it has legs it's probably not a basilisk and it's safe to look. Although, if it really is You-Know-Who it will probably still be the last thing you'll ever do," George joined in.
"We've also heard rumours that he's been sighted abroad," Lee said.
"Well, River, who wouldn't want a nice little holiday after all that hard work?" George concluded.
"Maybe he's in the country and maybe he's abroad. The fact remains that he can be faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo!" Fred added jokingly.
"And what about Harry Potter. Do you think he's still alive?"
"I have no doubt that he is!" George said without hesitation, "if he had been killed by the Death Eaters would want us to know: they'd tell everyone!"
"And if Harry's listening to us right now what would you say to him?"
"I'd tell him to keep it up, whatever he's doing! He has more supporters than he knows."
"And how about you Rapier? What would you say?"
"I'd tell him to take care and let him know that he has the support of thousands of witches and wizards all over the world," Fred stopped himself from sending Hermione a message. It was too risky and he might even blow their cover.
"Well, thanks for the update Rascal and Rodent!"
"Rapier!"
"Sure… Tune in again for more stories, tales, updates, and advice. The next password will be 'MadEye'. In the meantime – Stay safe!"
J.K Rowling's "Potterwatch" was just way too brilliant to exclude!
