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Author's Note: Hello all! Guess what? I'm going to be uploading two chapters today. Why? Because I'll be on vacation next week and won't be able to update as usual. So hopefully you'll enjoy this update and let me know your thoughts on these articles in the Daily Prophet.

Prisoner 79934: Ginevra Weasley

By: Rae

- A Harry Potter Story -

"Heir of Slytherin's Brothers Head Back to Hogwarts" - From the Daily Prophet on September 1, 1993

Reporting by Nina Bly

Today marks the first day of school since the incidents of last year's Chamber of Secrets opening, and it has many parents concerned as they reluctantly send their children back to the beloved halls they once haunted. And those fears are not without merit as the brothers of Ginevra Weasley, otherwise known as the Heir of Slytherin, are among the students returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

This reporter took a moment to visit with the Weasley brothers who will be returning to the school along with their parents in anticipation of the coming school year. The Weasley family, as our readers will recall, includes parents Arthur and Molly and their seven children, the youngest of which is Ginevra. Their older six children are all boys, and there is some speculation that perhaps the loving couple should have stopped instead of trying for a daughter.

While two of the Weasley brothers have already graduated, the remaining four will return to Hogwarts and Gryffindor Tower again this year, and mouths are already wagging. Among those are twins George and Fred, youngest son Ronald, and newest Head Boy Percy.

Percy's achievements will, of course, mirror those of his older brothers, Bill and Charlie. Bill also held the title of Head Boy and was responsible for breaking several hearts as this reporter well remembers.

Meanwhile the younger Weasley boys have less than stellar reputations at Hogwarts. George and Fred are twins who are responsible for a large number of destructive pranks if caretaker Argus Filch is to be believed.

When I caught up to Mr. Filch, he invited me into his office to go over just a handful of the complaints he has filed over the years regarding the twins, known pranksters and general ne'er-do-wells with the grades to match.

"I've told Albus and told Albus he needs to do something about those two," Filch said in an interview. "He just smiles every time, but was he smiling when the youngest one got caught? Nosiree. Must take after them twins, she does. But don't worry, I'll get them good, and then they'll have to expel them."

After going over just a dozen of Mr. Filch's reports, this reporter is more than convinced and wishes him well in his mission. The Weasley twins reported "pranks" include many grievances against their peers in Slytherin House, including noted incidents of clothing disappearing from people while in classes and potions disasters that left the recipients of said pranks doused in burning liquids and disfigured.

When I asked Mr. Filch about the youngest brother, Ronald, his face drew up in a venomous pucker. He proceeded to tell me how Ronald's antics with the Boy Who Lived, Harry Potter himself, have also caused him no end of trouble.

"They're never caught," he told me, "but I know. I know. They're the ones who are out at all hours, and they've tormented Mrs. Norris from their first year. When I catch them, I'll see that they're expelled, mark my words."

Unlike the twins, Ronald does not have an entire cabinet devoted to his misdeeds on Hogwarts grounds, however, this reporter did learn that both Ronald and Harry Potter were almost expelled at the beginning of their second year in an event not widely publicized till now!

In an interview with Potions Master Severus Snape, I learned that the Boy Who Lived and his faithful sidekick were caught stealing an illegal flying car and flying it-in full view of Muggles!-to Hogwarts for the opening feast last year. They were intercepted by Professor Snape who lobbied the Headmaster to expel them, but Headmaster Dumbledore, rather unfortunately, put the decision in the hands of their head of house, Professor Minerva McGonagal, who refused.

"Had they been in my house, they would have been gone in an instant," Snape said. "They caused enough trouble last year for an entire lifetime as it is, and they were even caught stealing potions ingredients."

When I asked about the stealing, the professor became rather red in the face as he admitted he hadn't been able to catch them in the act but was certain they were involved in the loss of certain ingredients he'd inventoried before their disappearance.

This reporter can only hope the students of Hogwarts aren't visited by another flying car and pair of underage wizards attempting to get some attention this year. Incidentally when I asked whose car the illegal car belonged to, no one could give me any solid answers. However, an anonymous source claims the car was the property of none other than Arthur Weasley, and with a family example like this, it's little wonder the Weasley children have come into so much trouble.

Regardless, this reporter wishes much luck to all the other students returning for another year at Hogwarts, and perhaps our readers would do well to encourage their children to give a wide berth to the Weasley boys returning to the school.

And for those who wonder how the case against Ginevra Weasley, the Heir of Slytherin is proceeding, please check out our article on page 12.

"Weasleys Win Lottery, Waste Money on Daughter's Case" - From The Daily Prophet on September 1, 1993

Reporting by Nina Bly

The annual summer lottery has concluded at the Ministry of Magic this year, and the grand prize winner is none other than Arthur Weasley, best known for being father to the Heir of Slytherin, Ginevra Weasley, imprisoned in Azkaban. Weasley is employed in the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts office and has entered every lottery since his first year as a Ministry of Magic employee.

The grand prize this year was 500 Galleons, and the Weasley family showed up en masse to receive their winnings. When interviewed by this reporter regarding his newfound wealth, Arthur's wife, Molly said they would be saving it to use in the case against their daughter.

As our readers already know, Weasley daughter Ginevra has been imprisoned in Azkaban since June for her part in the opening of the Chamber of Secrets. (For more on that, see page 22.) Even though we know she is getting her just punishment for her crimes, readers have asked if she will be expelled from Hogwarts after having her wand destroyed. Unfortunately the answer is: we don't know.

With his new prize money, Arthur Weasley has vowed to employ the services of Gavin Putterglen to help him in lobbying for his daughter's freedom and to prevent the Wizengamot's decision to push through the expulsion. Headmaster Albus Dumbledore has also worked to prevent the expulsion, citing ancient school bylaws that prevent those outside of the Headmaster from expelling students. In a new hearing, however, the Wizengamot has been working to lay the groundwork for an amendment to the bylaws that would give power to the Wizengamot and the Minister of Magic to expel students.

When asked about this, Arthur Weasley flushed an angry red and said, "My Ginny did nothing wrong, and they shouldn't be able to expel her! We're going to do everything we can to free her from Azkaban and get her back into school."

Since hiring Mr. Putterglen, the aging attorney has submitted several injunctions to stall the proceedings and an affidavit to reopen the case against Ginevra Weasley, citing several pieces of evidence he claims were never brought into the original case.

"It's all a bunch of smoke and mirrors," Lucius Malfoy, a member of the Board of Governors for Hogwarts, told me. "Putterglen is perhaps letting his new employment go to his head as he submits every possible stopgap measure he can. Unfortunately we have not yet instituted regular checks for our more aging attorneys to determine their mental acuity and fitness for the job."

While many will watch with fear and trembling and high hopes of Putterglen's injunctions coming to naught, this reporter wonders why the Weasleys are spending so much money on helping their criminal daughter when they could spend it on their other children, most of whom are seen regularly in hand-me-down robes and carrying secondhand books.

Or better yet, they might take a vacation to visit their eldest son Bill in Egypt where he works as a cursebreaker for Gringotts Bank. After a year like theirs, a vacation might be a good use of the money they received, but instead, this reporter thinks they're wasting their windfall on an attorney whose wits are failing him.

We at the Prophet and our readers will all be waiting with bated breath to hear the results of the efforts at overturning the Wizengamot's decision in the Heir of Slytherin case. With any luck, there will be no changes.