Chocolate Frog Card: (Silver): Yaxley: Challenge: Your story must focus on the time that Voldemort had control of the Ministry.
January Event: Mary Macdonald/Reginald Cattermole (Hard Pairing)
"I received an owl this morning," Mary commented quietly as the two sat down and had dinner. Their kids were with their grandparents so it was just the two of them.
"Who was it from?" Reginald replied curiously. He looked at her when she didn't answer and tensed at the look on her face. "Is it bad?"
"It's bad," she confirmed, nodding her head and wiping a few tears away discreetly. "I have a hearing tomorrow, with the Muggle-Born Registration Commission. I've been accused of stealing my magic and my wand from a Pureblood witch or wizard."
Reginald gaped at his wife, his dinner left on the table forgotten. "That's preposterous!" he exclaimed. "How outrageous! Are they really so narrow-minded?"
"Sweetie, calm down. It'll be fine!"
"No, honey," he argued. "It won't! Umbridge and Yaxley are leading all of these trials and so many Muggle-borns are being sent to Azkaban for crimes that they can't even commit!"
"You knew about this?" she whispered, surprised that he hadn't told her.
"Only this morning," he admitted. "I'd hoped that you weren't on their list, despite your status. I was being too optimistic."
"Maybe we'll be lucky," she teased, trying to lighten the moment. "Maybe Harry Potter will burst into my trial and take the heat off me."