Key

~Parseltongue~
"Book"
'Thoughts'
Muses when in VTTM
"Spoken"
Emphasis and Latin
{Letters}

Chapter 2: Lead-In and The First Book Arrives

The Mirror Room (TMR) [ :) ]

"Now then," - Lin - "Our dear fashion-senseless High Inquisitor has been looking for a reason to expel our favorite snake..."

"Lin!" - Bee

"Sorry, lion with snake-like tendencies and a saving-people problem," - Lin - "Now as everyone knows the people of Magical, what is it Britain?, are all sheep."

"SHEEP!" - Seth, Zai, and Ana chorused.

"And while we know how the story ends," - Lin - "We don't like it. So we tweaked the timeline a bit, made sure a couple of no-plot characters survived VWI to have kids (the OC's who will not be changing the overall storyline up till book 5), and are going to release a proverbial wolf among the sheep."

"SHEEP!" - Seth, Zai, and Ana chorused, again.

"Thus why we are dropping the first of seven books onto Madame Umbridge's desk," - Bee

"Along with a letter, completely misleading her into thinking she has a way to expel our dear Lion-Snake Harry, so here we go!" - Lin

View Through The Mirror (VTTM)

Professor Umbridge is sitting at her desk, plotting different ways to get that lying little brat, Harry Potter, expelled. When suddenly, a flash of light blinds her ("Only temporarily," - Bee "Pity" - Forta). When the light fades, she finds a book that wasn't there before ("Obviously," - Storm) sitting on her desk with a letter atop it addressed to her.

"Now what could this be," - she said in that obviously fake, nauseating sugar-sweet voice, and opened the letter.

{Dear Madame Umbridge,}

{Myself and a few friends of mine have heard of your plight. Having to deal with that horrid compulsive liar, Harry James Potter. Through Ancient Magyks we have uncovered this book, and are in the process of recovering several more.}

{This book is about Mr Potter's First Year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Know that these books hold only the Truth, everything they detail has happened exactly as is written.}

{Also know that due to the Ancient Magyks used to retrive it, it unfortunetly can only be read in the presence of Mr Potter himself.}

{Since you probably want to get the truth out to as many people as possible may we suggest reading the book in the Great Hall with all the students present? Of course you will also need to invite Minister Fudge to share in the joy of Mr Potter's defeat, and Madame Bones to cart him off to Azakaban.}

{Best of Wishes,}

{Renee Soyumi}

"Well, well, what luck," - M. U.* mused as she looked the book over.

It was a plain leather affair with a [1] on the binding in gold leaf and a latin phrase on the front cover, [Veritatis in Voce]^.

"Very nice," - BloodLily

"Thank you" - Violet - "I chose the phrase, Ana translated it, and Seth got us the leather cover Zai then spliced onto the book."

"Yes, this will do nicely," - M. U. - "Tomorrow morning marks the beginning of the end for Harry Potter."

TMR

All muses are watching the Mirror.

"Oh it's the beginning of the end alright," - BL - "Of your reign of terror and horrible rules that make no sense!"

"Are you sure I can't just eat her?" - Forta

"She'll just give you indigestion and food poising, Corculum^," - Garath

Bee walks in with a plate of assorted cupcakes, - "Snack anyone?"

"Snack, then bed," - Lin - "We all need to be up bright and early to catch the beginning of the show."

Author's Notes!

*I was half asleep and lazy. I was going to use "D. J. U." but that made me think "Disk Jockey University" and that sounds like a really cool place. So I didn't use it. Went with M. U. instead.

^Veritatis in Voce is Latin and I used Google Translate. It means, I think, Truth in Words.

^Corculum is Latin and I used Google Translate again, it is my best friend. It means Dear Heart. This and 'Flamma', again Latin, are what Garath calls Forta.

^Flamma. I don't use it this chapter, but I will be using it. It is Latin and means flame, blaze, fire, heat, passion, and love. Garath mainly uses it for the Love meaning, and since Garath and Forta are dragons, I thought it was an appropriate pet name.

In the summary I use "I. D. E. A." this is short for "Idiotic, Demented, Erroneous, Asylum-bound". And yes, I know what it all means, it's not supposed to flow because it's a rating system. I feel this story falls under the 'A' catagory. What do you think?

Who can guess how/where I got the name for the letter's sign off! Virtual cookies, a shot at Um-Bitch, and a cameo in the story to the first ten people that figure it out! You must give me the name you want in the story, your House, and either Where in the book you comment and What you Say, or What you do.

eg. I want to say "Blah" in chapter "Blah" after "Blah" has been read.

OR

eg. I want to curse "Blah person" with "Blah spell" after "Blah" has happened.

I hope to have little tidbits like this in every chapter, so you might even become a recurring character. In case you do, give me a vague description of yourself, kay?

Let the Games Begin!