Here is the next chapter. For future reference Tom Senior is Tom Riddle and Tom Junior is Harry Potter. Please read and review thanks, love Angel x
Rita Skeeter was having a very strange day indeed. She'd been anonymously sent a cheque for one thousand galleons which would only be cashable once she'd signed the contract which came with it. People didn't just earn one thousand galleons in a day. What was the catch? What would she be expected to do? She nervously turned the contract over and read it her eyebrows rising in surprise. So all she would need to do was publish a fake article which was already written for her under her name. She quickly read the said article in confusion but signed the contract none the less. The article was indeed a very strange one but maybe it was supposed to send a message she wasn't aware of to someone she didn't know. She'd been eyeing up a new Alleycat handbag that she'd now be able to afford without saving for it. Things were certainly looking up for Rita. Tom had allowed Dumbledore to think he'd succeeded at wiping his memory his memories and forcing his hand. In fact he'd acted almost as though the spell had been too powerful and he didn't even know who he was anymore which was all the now horrified Dumbledore saw before fleeing. Obviously you couldn't attack Lord Addlemore like that in his own house which the old goat would have known had he bothered to read up on the pureblood customs he was so interested in supporting.
The next morning in the great hall people were reading the paper and everyone looked confused. Who was Lord Addlemore and why hadn't they heard of him before? Even Dumbledore looked stunned. Tom watched him in glee as he unfolded his paper and started reading the article everyone was talking about. His expression would be priceless no doubt bloody fool. The only reason he'd not tortured the man was because the spells he'd used were silly and not inherently dark at all. His Addlemore ring had protected him effortlessly as it was meant to of course.
Addlemore Addled!
Lord Miles Addlemore of the most Ancient and Noble house of Addlemore was yesterday accosted by someone unknown in his home who may or may not have stolen some valuable artefacts from him or damaged part of his house. Said assailant is described as being highly toxic, evil and demanding. He or she has been compared to a toddler when they attacked Lord Addlemore who sought attention at Saint Mungos yesterday when it was apparent something was indeed very wrong with him after he became highly confused about where he even was.
A Saint Mungos employee who wishes to remain anonymous confirmed that Lord Addlemore had been attacked in a most childish and careless way. It was confirmed that although not much information on his condition could be supplied it was highly likely his thoughts had been wiped by said assailant who did whatever they did in such a hurry that they can't have had any idea how they affected him. My dear readers I must ask you what kind of man wipes the memory of a pureblood lord? One can only assume it was a man as a woman would have been much more careful in her treatment of him. Had a woman been the attacker he'd have been much worse off financially as an example. Most women will not target a man physically as he may be more powerful than her and they would not risk Azkaban for attacking a pureblood lord. Let's face it women are just smarter in that regard.
It was reported to me that when he arrived at the hospital Lord Addlemore was spouting all kinds of nonsense as a result of his brain injury. He claimed he was attacked by a member of The Order of the Phoenix a vigilante group set up to target Lord Voldemort or he who must not be named if you will. I personally find that fear of the name will only increase fear of the thing itself. In my search for information on Lord Voldemort which might make me more comfortable with calling him by that name I discovered something profound. I'll get into that later. As for this Order of the Phoenix group I think we can all agree Lord Addlemore really was addled pardon the pun. I know it's not funny but I couldn't resist the joke. He is resting up for now at home and will be checking over his things to see what if anything is missing.
I reached out to him for a comment and all he could tell me so far is that he found several old chests containing family fine bone china to be missing. He is very upset that someone would take such precious family heirlooms from him. One does have to wonder what kind of vain person steals a chest of familial heirlooms when they should know that committing such a crime would land them in Azkaban Prison immediately. It would be akin to keeping rare and dangerous potions ingredients without declaring that they were in your families' possession for example. Or like keeping a dangerous animal and not telling anyone about it for another example.
While on a trip to Gringotts to sort out my affairs I overheard something which cannot be forgotten in a hurry. Someone who I haven't heard of because of her being a muggleborn was discussing some inheritance tests she'd done with a teller. She asked him to go through the results with her and because she was not smart enough to think to ask him to do this in a private office he did so there in the presence of many people. As I was waiting in the queue you can see I would be easily distracted. When I heard what he said next I was stunned into silence. Whatever her name was she was descended from a squib of a pureblood family essentially making her a half blood and not a muggleborn. My dear readers this is where things get crazy as he told her this actually happens with every muggleborn they ever test at the bank and they don't tell anyone because no one ever asks. Right now I am asking and I am asking why no one has ever asked.
We often think foolishly that akin to a leech or some such succubus creature muggleborns steal their magic from purebloods. This sounds radical because it is. Most purebloods do think like this and the fact that they don't wish to communicate this fact doesn't negate their thoughts. They are not obliged to explain their feelings to anyone although this now proves those thoughts cannot be true. My next question is why are we not more careful in how we deal with our squibs? Why are we not finding manual jobs they could do which don't require much magic? Every squib has magic in them they just don't contain enough magic to actually wield a wand. They could easily get jobs brewing potions, selling books and or cleaning etc. We need to really think about how we are dealing with our squibs. I would ask everyone to look for any squibs in their familial line and find out if they've had any magical children. I'll be doing so in my own family and shall report what if anything I find out in a later article. I would encourage all muggleborns to get a test of inheritance at the bank and to finally tell us all in a way they themselves choose what it says about them.
I will be happy to write any articles for muggleborn people for a reasonable price should they wish me to do so. I am not saying they have to do this merely supplying it as an option. Now I said earlier on I would discuss what I found out about Lord Voldemort because I am indeed very confused. When we think of Lord Voldemort we not only think of how evil he was but also that he always told anyone who would listen to him that he was the heir of Slytherin. It was something he wanted everyone to know. I decided to do research of my own because I wanted to know the truth. I went to the bank and as we know they will do anything for a price. I asked them if they knew who the heir of Slytherin was and the response I got was that of course they did. They found my request odd and were more than happy to tell me his name. His name was Tom Marvolo Riddle and not Voldemort. He was a half-blood wizard from the forties who went missing and has yet to be found. I find that Lord Voldemort was a liar and I feel we should all know that. We all know he was a pureblood and not a half-blood called Tom Marvolo Riddle. Lord Voldemort is gone now because of the marvellous Tom Potter who was just a baby when he defeated the megalomaniac. Just like Mr Potter himself we can have no idea how he managed such a feat but we do thank him none the less.
We wish Lord Addlemore a swift recovery and have been asked to request the assistance of the public in locating his families chests which he say contain an ornate dragon, a huge m design and come gold foiling on the outside. If anyone spots these trunks please let us know about them at once and we will inform him as soon as we have any information. He says he doesn't like the design of the chests because an overzealous ancestor who thought he was the best designed them but did say the contents are what truly matters. He's offering a reward for the safe return of said items. As Lord Addlemore is an introvert of an extreme nature he does say it would make sense not many people would know about him. He will visit the Wizengamot himself later on to take his familial seat however for now he will have a proxy he chooses deal with that seat for him. More information on proxies located on page six. Author: Rita Skeeter Daily Profit.