Chapter 3 – Questions Answered
28 January 2038
Sadie,
All right already. That's enough. I forgive you. Not that I haven't enjoyed the every half-hour cookie delivery, but Mr. Perkins is starting to freak out. He seems to think that the cookie crumbs are going to get lifted by an updraft and become ground into the pages of the 18th century wedding registry. Don't ask. It's a long story.
I'm sorry about my letter as well. I was getting perturbed by the imperious tone. You have seriously got to learn to breathe while you are working. You get too caught up, Sade. We worry about you. I'm betting you crashed in the middle of writing at some point in the last two days. You probably haven't eaten anything but tea for a while either. I would send you some cookies, but I'm going to eat them all. They're my reward for scrambling round like a servant girl getting your research done for you. Speaking of which, while you are handing out apologies, I suggest you talk to Drake. In person would be preferable. Something about being referred to as whiny, and he does need to talk to you.
Read Luna's DA list, Sadie. It's important.
Adrienne
28 January 2038
Adrienne,
I am pleased that my cunning plan to return to your good graces has worked. I really am sorry about the imperious tone. I will make sure it does not happen again. I will owl Drake when I get a minute, I promise. I just cannot go in person right now. Otherwise, I would have been groveling with the plate of cookies directly in front of your desk. I am waiting for an owl from Luna, and I have to be ready to write a draft for it as soon as it gets here. I am kind of pushing the first of February deadline here. As for the DA list, I cannot find it in the pile. I will look for it later. Whatever it is can wait until I finish that next chapter.
Sadie
28 January 2038
Sadie,
Maybe it would be better if you met your deadline first. You just aren't allowed to get mad at me when you do read it because I didn't tell you. Because I did tell you, you just didn't listen to me, okay?
Adrienne
28 January 2038
Drake,
I am really sorry about the tone in that last letter. Things are just so hectic right now, but I know that that is not any excuse for the way I have been acting. You know how I get when I am busy, but that is not any excuse either. I will make a valiant effort to be better. Please forgive me?
Sadie
28 January 2038
Adrienne,
You are being weirder than normal. I promise I will read the DA list in its apparently fascinating entirety after I am caught up on my deadline.
Sadie
28 January 2038
Sade,
So, do you want the information I found or are you immersed in writing?
Adrienne
28 January 2038
Adrienne,
I am still waiting for Luna to get back to me. I cannot imagine what is taking her so long. She has always been quite prompt in her replies before. Of course I want whatever you found.
Sadie
28 January 2038
Sadie,
Where shall we start? Let's go with the Prewett boys, shall we? Molly Weasely nee Prewett was the oldest of three children. Her younger brothers were Fabian and Gideon Prewett. I found an engagement announcement for Gideon Prewett and a Jane Fredericks from February of 1980. That means that the bloke with Elise Lovegood nee Fenwick must be Fabian Prewett. Aren't my eliminative reasoning skills brilliant?
Jane Fredericks isn't in the birth registry, so she's either muggle born or foreign. My money would be on muggle born since not very many persons immigrated here during that time (too much "civil unrest" is actually how the papers described it at the time, not what I would have chosen for a descriptive term for Voldemort's original entrance to society, but no one asked me). I found her twice in other vital statistic records. She is listed as a witness to the marriage of Lily Evans and James Potter, and, get this, she is also listed as Harry Potter's godmother. Please hold your applause for my amazing skills until the end because . . .
But, wait, there's more. This is also where the story takes a sad turn. The Prewett/Fredericks' engagement announcement says that they were to be married in June of 1980, but they never made it to the wedding. Gideon and Fabian Prewett were killed together in a Death Eater attack in April of that year. There was still a June wedding, however, Elise Fenwick and Xenophilius Lovegood got married that June. Jane Fredericks became Harry Potter's godmother in August. She was also killed under "suspicious" circumstances. That means it was probably Death Eaters who got in a hurry and neglected to cast a dark mark. That took place in September.
It was no wonder that Elise didn't seem too keen on flipping through her old picture albums. I wouldn't want to have to relive that kind of trauma. I still can't help you with what she was working on when she died. There are just too many Death Eater attacks in the indexes to try to go through them all without a name for reference.
Adrienne
29 January 2038
Adrienne,
You are amazing, and I am applauding. Can you hear? That was a treasure trove of information. I have absolutely no idea what to do with any of it, but it is good to know. Oh, wait. I do know one thing to do with one piece of that information.
Sadie
29 January 2038
Sadie,
You're forgiven.
Drake
29 January 2038
Constance,
Thank you again for your attention to my work. I am, naturally, very busy working on my assignments. I did want you to know that I did take the time to look into one of your suggestions. Luna Lovegood was born in April of 1981. The Prewett boys died in April of 1980. It is, therefore, not possible for Luna to be a Prewett child. I just thought I would let you know.
Sadie
That should keep her out of my hair for a bit Sadie was thinking as she sent off the owl. When she heard the tapping at her window, she thought that it had come back. Was one treat not enough anymore? Luckily, it was a different owl entirely. Sadie took the parchment eagerly and wasted no time in breaking the seal. What had taken Luna so long this time?