3 September, 1994
Dear Mrs Dursley,
Happy September! First of all, I want to assure you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter, is in perfect health. I checked him over yesterday afternoon, after classes ended. I wanted to see how he and the other two students involved were faring after the events of last year.
Second, I feel I must apologise for nattering after you for Mr Potter's immunization records! He and Miss Granger (mostly Miss Granger, the poor boy was so very flustered over the matter) explained to me that your family have a philisophical objection to vaccinating your children.
In keeping with school policy, however, I am sending along material discussing the benefits thereof, along with a Muggleborn medical packet. It mostly just explains the various vaccines and booster potions needed for magical children, and discusses the benefits of Muggle shots as well. I realize some Muggle families worry it may harm their children, but I assure you, that is not the case!
Best wishes,
Poppy Pomfrey
Medi-Witch at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Healer, Specialty Bone Magics
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31 October, 1994
Dear Mrs Dursley,
Sincerest congratulations are in order! Your ward, Mr Harry Potter, has been selected by the Goblet of Fire to be the fourth champion in the Tri-Wizard Tournament! Despite the unusual cicumstances surrounding his placement as second Hogwarts champion, we look forward to cheering him on as he competes for eternal glory this coming school year.
Wishing you a Happy Halloween,
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts
Order of Merlin, First Class
Grand Sorcerer
Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot
Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards
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13 November, 1994
Dear Mrs Dursley,
This letter is to inform you of an incident on Hogwarts campus today involving your ward, Mr Harry Potter.
While waiting with his classmates in the corridor for Potions class to start, Mr Potter reportedly became involved in a verbal argument with another student before hexing a bystander. Points were taken and Mr Potter has been issued a detention with the school's Potions Master.
Sincerely,
Minerva M McGonagall
Head of Gryffindor House
Deputy Headmistress
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13 November, 1994
Dear Mrs Dursley,
I am writing to inform you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter, has participated in the Weighing of the Wands for the Tri-Wizard Tournament! We wish to assure you that it has gone well, and Mr Potter is cleared to participate as a representative of Hogwarts School.
Regards,
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts
Order of Merlin, First Class
Grand Sorcerer
Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot
Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards
...
24 November, 1994
Dear Mrs Dursley,
Congratulations! Your ward, Mr Harry Potter has tied for first place with Durmstrang's champion in the Tri-Wizard Tournament's First Task at forty points! The judges and crowd were quite thrilled to see him fly past his dragon; it was very much the thrilling spectacle.
Regards,
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts
Order of Merlin, First Class
Grand Sorcerer
Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot
Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards
...
10 December, 1994
Dear Mrs Dursley,
This letter is to inform you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter, has signed on to stay at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft of Wizardry over the Christmas Holidays. Should you wish to change this, please owl the school or Floo the Headmaster's office.
Also of note is the Tri-Wizard Yule Ball, which shall be taking place this Winter Solstice. Should Mr Potte not yet have dress robes, I would ask that you ensure he gets them before the dance. As one of Hogwarts' champions, he will open the ball.
Happy Holidays,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Head of Gryffindor House
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24 February, 1995
Dear Mrs Dursley,
Many congratulations on your ward, Mr Harry Potter's performance in the second task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament! The judges commend him on his moral fiber; while the first to arrive at hte mervillage, he returned to the docks last, owing to his determination to see all four champion's hostages to safety. His performance was truly remarkable, and he is now tied for first place with fellow Hogwarts champion Cedric Diggory at eighty-five points.
Regards,
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts
Order of Merlin, First Class
Grand Sorcerer
Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot
Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards
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24 June, 1995
Dear Mrs Dursley,
Highest admiration for your ward, Mr Harry Potter's performance in the third task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament. He has won the Tri-Wizard Tournament. I am most certain you are very proud of him.
Wishing You Well,
Cornelius Fudge
Minister for Magic
Tri-Wizard Tournament Judge
Order of Merlin, Second Class
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24 June, 1995
Dear Mrs Dursley,
Your ward, Mr Harry Potter, has done our world a great service. He was kidnapped at the end of the third task, and forced to participate in a ritual bringing Voldemort back to life. However, showing stupendous courage, Mr Potter escaped, bringing with him the body of his fellow Hogwarts Champion, Cedric Diggory.
I implore you to keep Mr Potter close at hand this summer. It is of the utmost importance, with Voldemort returned to a body, that your ward remain safe. The wards surrounding your home enable this for both Mr Potter and your family. I trust that you shall do your utmost to keep him safe. He is too important to lose.
Regards,
Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts
Order of Merlin, First Class
Grand Sorcerer
Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot
Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards
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24 June, 1995
Dear Mrs Dursley,
This seems to happen every year, yet I never am quite sure how to write it. I realize this must be nerve-wracking for you, not having attended Hogwarts yourself, but I assure you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter remains well.
I am writing to let you know that Mr Potter is staying overnight in the hospital wing. That dreadful tournament left him with a sprained ankle that I'm certain he will wish had broken by the time he's done with it. Beyond that, I need to keep him under observation in case of any ill effects caused by the Dark ritual he was forced to participate in, and wish to do a mental health check.
Normally I would ask your permission to involve a Mind Healer to perform such a check, however the Headmaster has informed me that you prefer the attentions of Muggle psychologists. If you should change your mind, however, I am more than happy to send you a list of reccommended Mind Healers. I will however be performing a perfunctory examination, and will send the results upon Mr Potter's release from my care.
Please have Mr Potter visit with someone – be they a Healer, doctor, therapist or preist – and impress upon him that none of this was his fault. I saw far too many situations similar to his during the Blood and Grindelwald Wars, and would not wish them on anyone, let alone a child such as he.
Support him, please. At times like this we need our families to lean on most.
Wishing you the best,
Poppy Pomfrey
Medi-Witch at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Healer, Specialty Bone Magics
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26 June, 1995
Dear Mrs Dursley,
I'm writing to inform you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter, has been released from the hospital wing. His ankle may be tender for a little less than a week after being healed; sprains are quite tricky, and the magic needs more time to settle than a simple broken bone.
Mr Potter shows no ill side-effects from the ritual, unusual in these situations, but I supose we must count our blessings. He has had a spike in Dark magic the past few days, however.
While Mr Potter's curse scar has always emitted faint traces of Dark magic, owing to the nature of its formation, there was a considerable spike in it and the laceration from the ritual. It has settled, however, in the past twelve hours, and I have asked Mr Potter to return each afternoon until he returns home that I may examine it.
Physically speaking, Mr Potter is in relatvely good health, better than I had at first suspected he would be. I do worry about his mental state presently, however. His night terrors seem to have returned, and he sleeps fitfully. He is withdrawn when awake, and seems to latch onto his friends desperately.
To my knowledge he hasn't spoken of the events surrounding the third task since the Headmaster forced an account out of him the night thereof. Again, I implore you to find Mr Potter a Mind Healer; this is a case that I am dubious of entrusing to a Muggle psychologist. Too much would have to be edited, which wouldn't help Mr Potter's healing process whatsoever.
The results of his examination are enclosed.
Wishing you the best,
Poppy Pomfrey
Medi-Witch at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Healer, Specialty Bone Magics
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Shout out to Kendra Dhyanna, who pointed out a few things I missed! Thank you, you are awesome.
As to the comments about Poppy being persistent and a bit naive... She is. Persistent, anyway. The naivete, in my personal head-canon, is more a case of unconscious denial and trust. Harry is the Boy Who Lived; to her mind, there's no way that he of all people could be in a neglectful situation at home. And besides that, Dumbledore placed him with family, Lily's family. Lily was, as Remus put it, 'an uncommonly kind woman,' so how could her sister be any less than the same? Especially when her boss is insisting that everything is fine.
Sucks, but there it is. And Harry falls through the cracks.
At any rate, in response the suggestions and questions about Petunia's reaction to the letters: that will be written after the school letters, as a separate chapter(s). I may end up writing a separate fic inspired by Petunia's reactions, but that will probably en up being divergent from canon, while this fic is strictly in-canon. No changes, unfortunately. Just a different perspective on the events of the books.
Well, remember to EatYourRikkios! And Hello to you, Finland!
7 November 2013 11:02 PM (I really am leaving these late, huh?)
Edited 8 November 2013