Dear Mrs Dursley Chapter 5, a harry potter fanfic

30 August, 1995

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you, as one of Hogwarts beloved parents, of the Ministry of Magic's work involving your child's school. Educational Decree No. 22 has passed today, allowing the Minister for Magic to appoint a professor at Hogwarts in the case of the Headmaster being unable to fill a position.

The Ministry looks forward to grand educational reform, in particular a standardization of the Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts curriculum. As we all know, this position has been remained unheld by any teacher for more than the period of one school year since the appointment of Headmaster Albus Dumbledore.

We at the Ministry eagerly seek out the day when all Hogwarts students can be assured of a top-notch education as befits such a fine institution as Hogwarts. Should you have any comments, questions, concerns or especially suggestions, please feel free to owl or Floo call the Ministry of Magic. If you are without access to an owl or a Floo connection, please call or send a letter by Muggle post to the following telephone number and address:

(020) 796 2442

Theodosia Urquart
29 Wellington Street
London WC2E 7DL
United Kingdom

Wishing you a very happy school year,

Theodosia Urquart
Head of the Department Magical Education
Charms Mistress
Healer, Specialty Mind Magics

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2 September, 1995

Dear Mrs Dursley,

I'm terribly sorry to interrupt you so early in the school year, but I simply must write to inform you of a nasty little incident involving your ward, Mr Harry Potter, today at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

You see, Mrs Dursley, in my class today Mr Potter was quite troublesome, interrupting our reading time and trying to pick a fight with me. He caused the other students to get quite excited, and I was forced to send him to his Head of House for the disruption.

Mr Potter became quite angry when disagreed with, and declared that You-Know-Who had returned, I think as a way to excuse his behavior. This was entirely unacceptable, as I do not tolerate lying in my classroom, and Mr Potter was issued a detention with me, beginning tomorrow evening, and continuing until I believe the message to have sunk in, if you will. One must not tell lies, after all.

I ask that you write Mr Potter, impressing upon him the dreadful seriousness of his accusations. I'm sure Mr Potter is a good boy, and with the proper care, that can begin to show. I dearly wish to put all of this attention-seeking and silliness behind us. Please, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to owl me.

Yours Very Sincerely,

Madam Delores Umbridge
Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts

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6 September,

Dear Mrs Dursley,

I do hope you have been having a lovely week! I am merely writing to tell you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter, has finished his detentions. I do ever so very much hope this won't be necessary in the future. Should young Mr Potter have any future behavioral issues, I shall write again, though I'm sure that if you write to him explaining the situation, that won't be necessary, will it?

Yours Very Sincerely,

Madam Delores Umbridge
Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts

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8 September, 1995

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you, as one of Hogwarts beloved parents, of the Ministry of Magic's work involving your child's school. Educational Decree No. 23 has passed today, appointing our beloved Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, Madam Delores Umbridge, to the post of Hogwarts High Inquisitor.

As High Inquisitor, Madam Umbridge is tasked with inspecting the current Hogwarts staff and curricula, ensuring the highest quality of education possible for our darling students, and to ensure the enforcement of any and all Educational Decrees set forth by the Ministry. We wish to ensure that by the school year's end, Hogwarts will once more deserve its reputation of the premier magical school of Europe.

Madam Umbridge has quite the task before her, with Hogwarts' failure in recent years to keep order and provide a safe learning environment, but rest assured, with the support of Hogwarts parents and student body, nothing can prevent Hogwarts from being the school it is meant to be.

(020) 796 2442

Theodosia Urquart
29 Wellington Street
London WC2E 7DL
United Kingdom

Wishing you a very happy school year,

Theodosia Urquart
Head of the Department Magical Education
Charms Mistress
Healer, Specialty Mind Magics

...

9 September, 1995

Dear Mrs Dursley,

I'm terribly sorry to interrupt you again this school year, but I simply must write to inform you of a rather terrible little incident involving your ward, Mr Harry Potter, today at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

You see, Mrs Dursley, it seems that Mr Potter has not heeded the lesson from his last detentions. Today in my class he once more disrupted our reading time, and when reprimanded began saying the most awful things. He insisted, Mrs Dursley, that his first year Defense professor was He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

I tried very hard to reason with him, but Mr Potter became quite agitated, and I was forced to issue him another detention. I find I am beginning to worry after his mental health, with this strange attachment to his lies. Even more confusing is their inability to match up. First he has said You-Know-Who had just returned, and now that he never died?

I believe this may be indicative of a deeper psychological problem, no doubt exacerbated by Mr Dumbledore's paranoia. I truly do worry after the influence the man seems to exert over Mr Potter. It is quite unusual.

Please, I ask that you write Mr Potter, impressing upon him the extreme seriousness of his accusations, and their patent untruth. II know that Mr Potter has it in him to be a good boy, and am convinced that we only need to nurture that side of him for it to shine brightly once more.

My hope is that with the proper encouragement, all of this nonsense may be put behind us for a brighter and better tomorrow. Please, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to owl me.

Yours Very Sincerely,

Madam Delores Umbridge
Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts

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13 September,

Dear Mrs Dursley,

I do hope your week has been lovely! I believe that your correspondence with your ward, Mr Harry Potter, has helped him greatly, as that, combined with his punishment for poor behavior, seems to have caused quite the turn around in his deportment!

It is my pleasure to write to you that Mr Potter, has finished his detentions, and is much improved for it. I do trust this won't be necessary in the future. Should young Mr Potter have any further behavioral issues, I shall write again, though I'm sure that if you write to him explaining the situation, that won't be necessary, shall it?

Yours Very Sincerely,

Madam Delores Umbridge
Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts

...

7 October, 1995

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you, as one of Hogwarts beloved parents, of the Ministry of Magic's work involving your child's school. Hogwarts High Inquisitor, Madam Delores Umbridge, has today disbanded all student organizations, owing to their disruptive and mischief-causing nature.

All clubs, teams, and organizations will have the opportunity to present their case to Madam Umbridge, who will then decide which shall remain disbanded and which are conducive to a positive learning environment, and thus of merit to continue. The time of Hogwarts clubs eating at parents' hard-earned galleons is an end, with a brighter, more positive future ahead. This, we assure you, is only the beginning of great reform.

We at the Ministry are eagerly seeking out the day when all Hogwarts students can be assured of a top-notch education as befits such a fine institution as Hogwarts. Should you have any comments, questions, concerns or especially suggestions, please feel free to owl or Floo call the Ministry of Magic. If you are without access to an owl or a Floo connection, please call or send a letter by Muggle post to the following telephone number and address:

(020) 796 2442

Theodosia Urquart
29 Wellington Street
London WC2E 7DL
United Kingdom

Wishing you a very happy school year,

Theodosia Urquart
Head of the Department Magical Education
Charms Mistress
Healer, Specialty Mind Magics

...

2 November, 1995

Dear Mrs Durlsey, this letter is one I must admit I am dismayed to send. Everything had been going so well! You see, there was an incident on the Quidditch Pitch today, involving your ward, Mr Harry Potter, and two other members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

After Gryffindor's win, Mr Potter and the team's Beaters took it upon themselves to attack the rival team's seeker in a Muggle brawl, and Mr Potter broke his nose. Such conduct is frightening in a child, Mrs Dursley, and the three boys were immediately pulled from the scene, and the rival Seeker, son of a former Hogwarts Governor, had to be sent to the Hospital Wing.

I am terribly sorry to inform you that Mr Potter has lost his place on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, and I am forced to place a lifelong ban on all three students. Their brooms have been confiscated, and shall be returned when Mr Potter goes home. I ask that you prevent him from bringing it back onto the premises.

My Deepest Regrets,

Madam Delores Umbridge
Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts

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10 December, 1995

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.

Happy Holidays,

Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Head of Gryffindor House

...

18 December, 1995

Dear Mrs Dursley,

Your ward, Mr Harry Potter, has been removed from the school campus this evening with select other students for their safety. He shall not return to the school for the holidays when term ends this Friday. I ask that you not send Mr Potter any form of correspondence while he is at this safe house, for the post will most certainly be watched, and any owls followed. I shall relay similar instructions to Mr Potter, rest assured.

Regards, and Happy Holidays,

Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts
Order of Merlin, First Class
Grand Sorcerer
Cheif Warlock of the Wizengamot
Supreme Mugwump of the Internation Confereration of Wizards

...

11 January, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter, will be commencing Occlumency lessons this coming term, to protect his mind from invasion by Lord Voldemort. Rest assured, Mr Potter will come to no harm during these lessons.

Regards,

Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts
Order of Merlin, First Class
Grand Sorcerer
Cheif Warlock of the Wizengamot
Supreme Mugwump of the Internation Confereration of Wizards

...

15 January, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you, as one of Hogwarts beloved parents, of the Ministry of Magic's work involving your child's school. Educational Decree No. 26 has been passed this morning, instructing Hogwarts to discuss only subjects pertaining to their class with students.

It is our hope that measures such as this shall lead to a strict, focused learning environment, driving all Hogwarts students to do their utmost to succeed. Heads of House may continue to counsel those students in their care, of course, but we ask that the parents take a more active role in this, so as to more fully separate students' lives from those of their teachers.

(020) 796 2442

Theodosia Urquart
29 Wellington Street
London WC2E 7DL
United Kingdom

Wishing you a very happy school year,

Theodosia Urquart
Head of the Department Magical Education
Charms Mistress
Healer, Specialty Mind Magics

...

17 January, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you, as one of Hogwarts beloved parents, of the Ministry of Magic's work involving your child's school. Hogwarts High Inquisitor, Madam Delores Umbridge, has today begun the overseeing of all Divination and Care of Magical Creatures classes.

These courses, whose teachers have been put on probation, are of the utmost importance to your child's education, and the Ministry and Madam Umbridge are dedicated to ensuring they are of the highest caliber possible. All Hogwarts students deserve the best education that can be had, and they shall have it, in these and all other courses.

(020) 796 2442

Theodosia Urquart
29 Wellington Street
London WC2E 7DL
United Kingdom

Wishing you a very happy school year,

Theodosia Urquart
Head of the Department Magical Education
Charms Mistress
Healer, Specialty Mind Magics

...

23 March, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you, as one of Hogwarts beloved parents, of the Ministry of Magic's work involving your child's school. Educational Decree No. 27 has been passed by order of Hogwarts' High Inquisitor, Madam Delores Umbridge.

From this time forward, the conspiracy theorist tabloid, The Quibbler, is banned from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The possession of this periodical is henceforth an expulsion-worthy offense.

Hogwarts shall no longer tolerate unseemly reading. Our beloved children must be protected, cared for, and sheltered from worldly terrors. This is the time in their lives wherein they should be dedicated to their own betterment, their education. It is not a point at which conspiracy to commit unseemly acts and calls to action should be considered.

We at the Ministry are firmly stepping forward to ensure that all Hogwarts students can be assured of a top-notch education as befits such a fine institution as Hogwarts. Should you have any comments, questions, concerns or especially suggestions, please feel free to owl or Floo call the Ministry of Magic. If you are without access to an owl or a Floo connection, please call or send a letter by Muggle post to the following telephone number and address:

(020) 796 2442

Theodosia Urquart
29 Wellington Street
London WC2E 7DL
United Kingdom

Wishing you a very happy school year,

Theodosia Urquart
Head of the Department Magical Education
Charms Mistress
Healer, Specialty Mind Magics

...

14 April, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter, has had his Occlumency lessons canceled until further notice.

Wishing you the best,

Minerva M McGonagall
Head of Gryffindor House
Deputy Headmistress

...

16 April, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you, as one of Hogwarts beloved parents, of the Ministry of Magic's work involving your child's school. With the arrest of Headmaster Albus Dumbledore for conspiracy to commit treason, the Ministry has passed Educational Decree No. 27, instituting Hogwarts High Inquisitor, Madam Delores Umbridge, as Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

(020) 796 2442

Theodosia Urquart
29 Wellington Street
London WC2E 7DL
United Kingdom

Wishing you a very happy school year,

Theodosia Urquart
Head of the Department Magical Education
Charms Mistress
Healer, Specialty Mind Magics

...

4 May, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

Worry not, this letter is not about any further misconduct on the part of your ward, Mr Harry Potter! Indeed, Mr Potter attended his fifth-year career counseling session this afternoon with his Head of House and I. While Mr Potter is an adequate student, I would ask that you try and encourage him to be a tad more realistic.

Unfortunately, with his poor scores in Defense Against the Dark Arts and his criminal record, Mr Potter's fancy of joining the Ministry's Auror Corps is quite silly. I'm sure Mr Potter could succeed in other matters, but perhaps you ought to enlighten him as to the reality of the situation?

This is, of course, up to you, but at the moment, I feel Mr Potter can only be setting himself up for a tragic disappointment, and his Head of House's encouragement of this silliness cannot be helping matters.

Yours Most Sincerely,

Madam Delores Umbridge
Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic
Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

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4 May, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

This letter is to inform you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter, underwent his fifth year career counseling with myself and the Hogwarts Headmistress this afternoon. Mr Potter is a gifted Defense student, and quite adept in his other classes, as well. This, combined with his firm desire to succeed as an Auror, shall serve him well in the future.

I wish to tell you that should Mr Potter require any tutoring or evince a desire to better train himself to become an Auror, I ask only that you contact me with a time at which to meet him for such training. Should it take me to my dying breath, I will see Mr Potter succeed.

Sincerely,

Madam Minerva M McGonagall
Head of Gryffindor House
Deputy Headmistress
Transfiguration Mistress
Order of Merlin, First Class

...

19 June, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

I write to congratulate you on your ward, Mr Harry Potter's, performance in his fight against the Dark Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters at the Ministry of Magic this evening. He has, with a select group of his fellow students, revealed the resurrection of the Dark forces, and fought off Voldemort on his own merit. One could not be prouder of such a child.

The Ministry of Magic is now aware of Voldemort and his army, and I am quite certain that steps will once more be taken to protect us from them.

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

...

19 June, 1996

Dear Mrs Dursley,

How strange it is not to have written you this year. However, I must once more, to inform you that your ward, Mr Harry Potter, is staying overnight in my hospital wing with the other five students involved in the events at the Ministry.

While not as injured as some of his fellows, Mr Potter is by no means unscathed. He has suffered a sprained wrist, minor dissolution of facial muscles beneath the skin due to a Dark curse, exposure to the Torture Curse, and possession by a Dark wizard. Beyond his, his godfather has died in front of him this evening.

Mrs Dursley, I am not entirely sure how to put this delicately, so I shall be frank. Your ward has been in my hospital wing with grievous injuries every year since he has attended Hogwarts. He is sometimes accompanied by other students, but most years he is not. It is not normal for a child to disregard his own safety as he does, to be so completely unable to seek out an adult.

I must recommend a Mind Healer, because it is obvious to me that whatever Muggle doctor he has seen has done nothing for him. If anything, I believe the traumas he has suffered these past years have only exacerbated the weak points of his mental state.

Mr Potter is a wonderful child, a caring, compassionate, clever boy. He doesn't deserve to be put through everything that he has been, and he needs help to work through it all. I can't get through to him, much as I may try to.

You are his aunt, Mrs Dursley, You have been the sole mother figure in his life since he was a year old. You have infinitely greater influence over him than I do, teenage seclusion aside, and I beg you, please, to use that, Help Mr Potter. I've seen too many children get hurt in my life to let another one slip through the cracks.

I wish you the best,

Poppy Pomfrey
Medi-Witch at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Healer, Specialty Bone Magics

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Well... Petunia must have a really weird view of this year. Also? I'm kind of cheering for Poppy in my head right now. And McGonagall, after the career meeting. She even pulled rank, with all of her titles. Kinda ticked at Dumbledore, though...

Also, quick note for future reference, this is how everyone's writing is formatted:

Albus Dumbledore. Minerva McGonagall. The Hogwarts Board of Governors. Poppy Pomfrey. Filius Flitwick/Not-Minerva Hogwarts Teachers. Cornelius Fudge. Delores Umbridge. Theodosia Urquart/Ministry Letters.

Funny, Umbridge's letters are the most obnoxiously formatted. Interesting how that works out, isn't it? Totally accidental, I assure you. Fingers uncrossed.

Final Author babbling; yes, I did take a bit of liberty with Harry's injuries from the Battle at the Department of Mysteries. The sprained writs is from when the Death Eater grabbed him in the Hall of Prophecies; the facial muscles thing is from Dolohov's curse, which was only *mostly* blocked in the books, so I ran with it; the Torture Curse is from when Bellatrix was cackling about needing to mean it (which she does); the possession is... obvious, I hope.

At any rate, I'm sure everyone is remembering to EatYourRikkios! So that's good, at least.

7:40 PM, 8 November, 2013 CE (Go me! It's more than an hour before tomorrow! YES! *does the happy dance* 7:48 by the time the Notes are finished, though... *shrugs*)

Edited 9:22 PM, 8 November, 2013. Shout out to ForTheLoveOfBooksAndCupcakes, who pointed out my misspelling!