"I'm so pleased you've agreed to an interview Hadrian. May I call you Hadrian? Such a lovely name." Rita all but purred as she, Harry and Tomoe settled in her office. The office was slightly small and tucked into a corner of the Daily Prophet building. She had a medium sized cherry wood desk covered in reams of parchment, half empty ink bottles and various quills. She had a rather large plush chair behind it in plum velvet. Quite opposite of the somewhat rickety wooden chairs she had in front of the desk. The walls of the office were covered in filing cabinets, all neatly shut and locked. The final touch in the office was a large sumptuous oriental rug covering nearly the entire floor.
Tomoe frowned as he looked at the state of the chairs. There was no way he was allowing Hadrian to sit there. Harry had noticed it as well since he'd made no move to sit. Rita looked at the both of them expectantly as she opened a drawer at her desk and pulled out fresh parchment. Tomoe gave a nearly silent sigh before he waved his hand and both chairs merged together and formed a sturdy wooden bench with a soft cushion on the seat and one also pillowing the back of said bench. Rita who had been in the process of waving her wand to clear the mess on her desk had gone stock still. That man had used wandless magic was the only thought running through her head as she watched him help Harry into his seat before seating himself and turning his piercing stare on to her.
"I don't mind at all Miss Skeeter." Hadrian stated with a polite smile. His words startled Rita out of her shocked state and she shook herself slight as she finished the incantation and all of the papers on her desk sorted themselves neatly before flying over to various filing drawers and began filling themselves while her quills and ink bottles straightened themselves out. Rita laid out her new parchment and then pulled out an acid green quill and the sucked on the tip for a moment before balancing it on the parchment.
"Lovely. Thank you so much Hadrian. You don't mind if I use a quick-quotes quill do you? Lovely." A Quick-Quotes Quill is a magical quill that writes automatically as the subject speaks. However, the quill does not record verbatim what the subject says. Instead, it takes a subject's words and creates sensational and inaccurate tales that bear little resemblance to actual events. It is capable of writing on its own when dictated to, although what is written is often highly embellished. Tomoe frowned again as the woman hadn't even given them the option of saying no. He would give her the benefit of the doubt however as he knew that particular writing instrument was also capable of taking accurate notes as well.
"This is Rita Skeeter, Attractive blonde, forty three, interviewing Hadrian Potter for the Daily Prophet..." She began happily as the quill flew across the page. Tomoe was pleased to note that the quill was making accurate notations. He refused to allow anything to slander Hadrian's name if he could prevent it and he usually could. That didn't mean he trusted this woman however. She reeked of lies and deceit hung about her in a heavy shroud. This was a woman to be wary of. She knew secrets and could make or break someone. He's never heard of her before of course but he had seen and encountered many people in his long life and he could tell who was dangerous and who was not.
"Now Harry tell me... How were you taken from your family as a child? Your parents have never revealed any details? The public has been curious for many years now." Rita asked eagerly, her quick-quotes quill was also nearly quivering in delight as well. It was an odd sight.
"Taken?" Hadrian stated who appeared quite shocked. "I wasn't taken from my family. My family abandoned me. They didn't want me because my younger twin was the one who supposedly destroyed the dark lord Voldemort." Rita's malicious glee was so great at that point in time that she didn't even flinch from the use of You-Know-Who's name. She leaned forward across her desk excitedly with a nearly maniacal gleam in her eyes.
"Abandoned?! James and Lily Potter abandoned their own Heir?!" She asked loudly before realization lite her eyes. "Supposed Destroyer of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named? Are you saying Evan Potter is not the Boy-Who-Lived?" Her voice had reached a new pitch in her excited state and she looked ready to nearly jump down Hadrian's throat to get the story from him faster. Tomoe who had been silent until this point made his presence know.
"Madame... If you are not able to control yourself then I will end this interview now." Tomoe stated calmly and watched as horror covered her face for a split second before her expression smoothed out and she sat back comfortably in her chair and gave him what he assumed was supposed to be a charming smile.
"Of course. I apologize for my eagerness but this is revolutionary news you understand. Would you please answer my questions Hadrian?" Rita said with an oily tone to her voice. She leaned forward a tad in her chair so that her quill and parchment were well in her sight before looking eagerly and expectantly at Hadrian once more.
"Of course Miss Skeeter. I have what muggles call an Eidetic memory. An Eidetic memory is a clinical term that Doctors use when someone has near perfect recall of one or more of their senses. I can read a book once and then recite it verbatim with no outside help whatsoever. I can recall every moment I've ever lived and some from even before that technically as I even remember being in the womb. I believe the reason my recall is so perfect is because my magic enhances it because I have the same perfect recall with all of my senses as. Am I making sense? Sometimes people get a little lost." Hadrian explained with a slightly concerned look on his face as he observed the slightly glazed look in Rita's eyes.
"Oh I'm sorry dear. I understand what your saying but I was just very surprised. Do you mean to say that you remember the night that You-Know-Who attacked your family?" Rita asked smoothly. Despite the look in her eyes she was able to maintain her cool. She knew that Tomoe was not fooling around with his threat to cut her interview short. There was no way she was going to allow that to happen!
"I do. Do you want me to start with that as opposed to my parents abandonment of me?" Harry questioned. He received a pretty energized nod from her which was slightly disturbing with her rigid curls not moving an inch. "It was a fairly normal night as far as everything goes. Mother wasn't taking us out trick or treating as she'd planned because we were in hiding from Voldemort. We had just been put to bed when there came a huge crash from downstairs. I heard what sounded like a fight when the door burst open and Mother was standing there. She slammed the door behind her and cast several spells on it before she came over to the crib that Evan and I were in and stood in front of us protectively. It wasn't long before the door was opened again with much more violence. He's cast a blasting hex I believe but I'm not 100% sure. A hooded figure entered the room and demanded my Mother stand aside. She refused and he called her a silly girl before casting a spell on her that was a violet purple color. Evan was crying at this point because of the noise but I wasn't. I was simply staring into a gruesome face. He had pale white skin, a skeletally thin body, and dark scarlet eyes with cat-like slits for pupils. He had a chalk-white face that resembled a skull, snake-like slits for nostrils, and long, thin hands with unnaturally long fingers like spider's legs. He was truly horrifying and he seemed to be irritated by Evan's crying as he pointed his wand at him. I didn't like that because he was my baby brother . I'm not sure what I did but it was instinctual. I didn't want him to hurt Evan the way he'd just hurt Mother. I just wanted him to go away before a bright white light started glowing under my skin. He turned to me with shock in his inhuman eyes before he moved his wand from Evan to myself and the light exploded from me and he was sent flying back onto the opposite wall but he was burning with white fire and screaming. It was only for an instant though before he was completely consumed and all that was left was a scorch mark in the shape of his body on the wall. I was so tired after that that I fell asleep immediately and I only woke up again when Albus Dumbledore was running scans on me with his wand." Hadrian finished with a small sigh and a small cough as his throat was quite dry after speaking for so long.
Rita had been smiling the entire time he was speaking and her smile had only grown the more Harry spoke. Her quill was flying across the paper madly to make sure no detail was missed. Rita and Tomoe were both keeping a sharp eye on the parchment but Tomoe had nothing to worry about. This story was too important to trump it up with anything other than truth. Anything less than that would see Rita lynched by the community. Rita and Tomoe both notice the dry cough right away.
"Oh I'm so sorry! Please allow me to offer you tea and lunch." Rita said hurriedly. There was no way she wasn't getting the rest of this story! She watched nervously as Hadrian turned immediately to Tomoe silently waiting for his decision. She only hoped that he would be fine with her offer of lunch.
"That is acceptable. I will order it however as Hadrian is somewhat picky. Do you have any preference Miss Skeeter?" Tomoe asked after only a few moments thought. He knew Hadrian wouldn't want to leave now, the vicious kami that he was, because this was a very quick and easy way for him to get the revenge he desires by using this woman and paper to spread his story across the country efficiently.
He watched coolly as the woman nodding eagerly with a greedy glint in her eyes as she named the Rosa Lee Teabag as her usual lunch place and she recommended their soup and sandwiches with their signature rose tea. Tomoe knew that it was a higher end tea shop and that she likely couldn't typically afford it except for special occasions. Instead of pointing this out he simply inclined his head and disappeared to the tea shop before he reappeared in a few moments with his hands full of food containers and bags. Rita looked very startled as she blinked several times before smiling and clearing her desk once more.
Tomoe set the containers down and waived his hand causing several white plates and bowls, along with teacups, to appear and the food began serving itself onto the tableware. For all of them he had ordered a roast beef sandwich on thick cut wheat bread with a side of rich baked potato soup and fragrant rose tea. For dessert there were small chocolate cakes with fresh strawberries and cream.
"I suggest we leave the rest of the tale until after lunch. Is that alright with you Miss Skeeter?" Tomoe asked simply without even glancing at her as he passed Hadrian his tea before deftly using a knife to slice the sandwiches into halves for easy consumption. Rita didn't need to be told twice as she nodded before happily digging into her food.