ETERNAL

Harry woke up feeling bad. Today he had to offer his spare free time for an extra defense lesson. Over all, the defense teacher would definatly bother him with questions he didn't want to answer. The Gryffindor had no idea what the professor was thinking after his uneasy conversation at the Owlery. "What if he told the Headmaster? What if Harry get detention for his rude speech?"

At least there was one thing that made his day worth living. When he went to the great hall for breakfast a blackish owl awaited him with a letter. Harry detached the letter from the owl as quickly as he could, while trying to see if Ron, Hermione, or someone else was looking at him. Another owl came in with his newspaper which he detached and curled up without looking at it. As fast as he could he worked himself through a plate filled with food, to flee from the great hall to read his letter just before his first class started,

Hello GoldFeather,

I saw your litle advertisement in the Prophet, and thought, well, I could probably be the one your looking for. I am, - as I say myself more open minded than most people, and cencureship doesn't keep me away from researching such subjects. I can come up with several reasons why you might want to write anonymously, however, I will not list them all because I'd agree with it. Some things may turn out bad when your name is stated under it, I think you know what i mean.

Also, you must know that I will never try to uncover your identity towards any third party. and that I am not intended to find out with whom i'm writing. However, I might be able to find out your identity purely based on the things you write to me, and you may find out mine too the same way, and others may findout too if they find our correspondence. I then would suggest we keep our conversation as secretive as possible.

Hopefully you write me back to at least let me know wheater you will or will not owl with me.

-Eternal

He read once he'd entered the Owlery. "Interesting" Harry thought. "Very discrete, very aware of his surroundings, he sounds very Slytherin too.." He murmled while searching for his quill and a piece of parchment. "Probably there is enough time before Transfiguration class starts. He bend down to his parchment and wrote:

Greetings Eternal,

I have concluded that you might be exactly the Owlpal I'm lookin' for. However, I need to comfirm this by owling with you. In this world, like it is these days, one does not always get a good view on who to trust and who not to trust. I hope you'll understand that. You wrote that some things may turn out bad when your name is stated under it. I fuly agree with that statement. You never know if your words are save or being used against you, thus I will do what is in my power to protect and keep secret our written conversation.

Before I have to end this short letter, I want to ask you one simple question. "What are your views on the ministry of magic and its current employers?"

Please owl me back soon and give me an honoet answer.

Regards,

GoldFeather.

After he wrote his letter and attaching it to an owl which he told to deliver the message to Eternal, he quickly snatched his bag and hurried towarts the Transfiguration classrom.

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"Come in Mr. Potter" said the defense professor from behind the door of his classroom. "I thought I was clear that I dammit do not want to be called by my surname" Harry sneared while he bumped open the dore and marched into the defense clasroom. "I do have a first name too in case you didn't notice".

"Mr Potter, do you rather prefer detention?" professor Rizen asked without showing any disconfort. "Now you do it again!" Harry roared. "Is it really nesecerly to hurt me while you know how to avoid it?" He sneared. "I thought I was clear enough, And no, I don't see why I should get any detention for telling the truth!". He apatted. "And anyway," Harry continued, "A few days ago you asked me what was on my mind. and now when I tell you, you are talking about giving me detention".

Professor Rizen just let him while he was thinkin how to act. Should he give the boy detention? Should he inform the Headmaster? Should he begin his lesson as nothing had happened? Should he try to reasonable talk with his student? He just didn't know what to do.

"And anyway," continued Harry, "I offered my spare time to get extra defense lessens, not to discuss on me or whats on my mind, and surely not to get an unfair detention" He looked at the professor and nearly hissed out of anger, "there are dozens of ways I can think of to use my time better. If this is all where I had to come for, I'd suggest I leave by now". After he hissed out this words he grabbed his bag, marched to the door and slammed the dore behind his back, hard.

At the moment he fled from the defense classroom he decided he'd go to the Owlery to relax and be alone. Frustrated and bad tempered he marched his way to his destination to sit there alone with his own thoughts far from anyone else, hoping the professor would not have followed him.

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Harry was so emotional tired that he seemed to have felt asleep while sitting in his corner in the Owlery. Ho awakened with a shock when something hit him hard to his back. He looked over his sholder to see what was going on.

A blackish owl with an attached letter had undertaken several attempts to wake the boy. "Sorry it took me so long" Harry spoke to the owl while detaching the letter. "Tell Eternal that i'm sorry" he said calmly petting the black creature before letting it go. When the owl set of to fly back at his owner harry openened the letter and started to read.

GoldFeather,

I surely understand your statements and understand that discussing certain topics might not be without danger. Therefore I will spell all of our conversations so they wont get in the hands of a wrong person.

You asked me on my views regarding to the Ministry of Magic and its employers. I have a certain idea on why you asked this question, and for the sake of learning eachoter to trust I take the risk of higlighting my views for you.

Basicly I think that the Ministry is more busy protecting and obliviating the muggles than working for the benifit of the Wizarding Society. I daresay that our current minister would be more dissapointed when a muggle died due to the act of a wizard, then when another wizard died due to the act of a wizard.

However, my views are far more complex then the one above stated sentence. I could write for hours on the subject, but I will save your time by not doing.

Anyway, I'm curious, what are your views exactly?

Waiting for your next owl,

-Eternal.