Connie expressed her plan over the next few days. Voldemort and the other Death Eaters were unsure as it was very risky but in the end, the prospect of another loyal follower was enough to persuade Voldemort to break into the Ministry and Hogwarts to remove any trace of the old Connie Beauchamp.
The Death Eaters were already filtering into the Ministry. Disguised as a typical Ministry worker anyone could get in, so two weeks after she sneaked out of the Great Hall, Connie Beauchamp stood in a dark London alleyway ready to go into the Ministry.
The warm July day had faded into a clear, cool night and as Connie readied her disguise, she shivered slightly. Her disguise was little more than Polyjuice Potion so that Connie looked like an everyday London Muggle. Connie could only hope, the almost empty Ministry did not question this newcomer.
Connie left the alleyway and turned into a quiet London street. She had already decided she was going to use the visitors' entrance to the Ministry and headed towards the red phone box which concealed the entrance. She stepped quickly inside and spun the number - 62442 - into the phone.
Upon being asked her name, Connie paused. She was disguised and so did not want to reveal her true identity obviously but neither was she a wanted person in society. Connie decided on a fake - Isabel Jacob. She had no idea where it came from, although she later thought Isabel was one of the Ravenclaw third years.
She collected her badge and pinned it on as the box began to glide gently down towards the Atrium.
As she had hoped, the Atrium was silent apart from the night watch who shuffled across and disappeared down a flight of stairs. Connie crossed to the lifts and pressed the button to take her to Level 4, where she found the Department for Magical Education.
Papers were stacked to the ceiling. Quills ran over the top most papers and then the paper flew elegantly down to join a very small pile. Of course! This was Hogwarts exam papers being slowly marked all day and all night!
She crossed to the nearest pile. This was O.W.L Arithmancy and Connie glanced quickly at the most recently marked paper. James Carnaby, whoever he was, had achieved an "Acceptable". She carried on down the table, occasionally looking at results. However Connie found no N.E.W.T results so moved to the next table.
At N.E.W.T Charms, she found by pure coincidence that her own paper was the most recently marked. With pride, she noted her "Outstanding" grade. She summoned all her papers quickly. All but one had been marked as all the papers had been stacked alphabetically and B had been and gone in marking. Connie put her Transfiguration paper under a pen and was most pleased when that too came back "Oustanding" meaning she had all "Oustanding" at N.E.W.T. Connie gazed proudly for a second longer before setting fire to her papers. She watched the ashes swirl quietly to the ground before backing out the room, an angry determination on her face.
The next day Connie Apparated from the cave and went to Hogwarts to edit the school records. She walked up from Hogsmeade, meeting no one. The castle was deserted but Connie broke the library window with ease to get inside. She found the school records from her year and flipped to her name.
Connie felt so proud as she read across. She had done well at Hogwarts, straight "Oustanding"s at O.W.L and N.E.W.T, prefect, head girl, winner of several academic prizes and of course pure-blood. Connie had a sudden urge to score out the whole line but instead wrote "RFSR" and slammed the book shut. Removed From School Records. Not entirely true but she certainly didn't want anyone tracing her, so Connie's last task was to take all the history books she could think of, which mentioned her family and removed any mention of her family's name.
She'd missed some, she was sure but that couldn't be helped. The books she had edited now made no sense but again there was nothing she could do. Connie hurriedly put everything back and after mending the broken window, ran back down to Hogsmeade to Disapparate.
She couldn't quite believe what she'd just done. All the hard work she had put in over her years at Hogwarts was worth nothing. Her proud parents, who she had left for Voldemort would be so disappointed. It was with a great weight on her mind that Connie drifted off to sleep that night, and her dreams were littered with flashes of her friends, her family and of those books and exam papers.
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