Fred and George,
Firstly, please be aware that my auror 'shadows' are still with me. They go through my mail before I get it. That's because Dumbledore tried to slip me an auto-portkey in a letter and, if it wasn't for Dobby grabbing it first, I'd have been portkeyed right out of Hermione's home.
Yes, I'm staying with Hermione at the moment. But, I'm sure you guys had figured that out ages ago.
The aurors have requested of me to ensure you two are made aware that a prank, even a harmless one, can be seen as assault when it's directed towards a Lord of a Noble and Most Ancient House. You also need to be made aware that sending a wizarding prank into a muggle home can be seen as a breach of the Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, Code 13. It, too, can lead to you getting into serious trouble with the DMLE.
So, guys; knock it off, in future - please. I don't want to see your trying to pull a prank on me being the reason you both find yourselves serving a bit of time in Azkaban.
Warning delivered. No more needs be said.
Next bit of news for you. Hermione and I are now betrothed through a Betrothal Agreement. That's something I'm surprised the Daily Prophet hasn't picked up on yet. The reasons are quite a few and not something I or Hermione are discussing with anyone outside of the immediate families. I can tell you one of them is not because Hermione is pregnant, or anything. (In case you were wondering.)
The second point of note is that Sirius Black, Lord of Black, is also now her magical guardian.
The advantages, you should know, is so that Hermione is now protected. If anyone tries anything to interfere with the Betrothal Agreement, such as loyalty or - dare I say - love potions, both the Noble and Most Ancient Houses of Black and Potter, along with both alliances, will be brought to bear on anyone who tries. NO exceptions!
So, please don't try to aim one of your pranks in her direction, either. Sirius has already sworn he will be very protective of his magical ward; and the Potter-Longbottom Alliance will be the same. Anyone trying to even look with disdain on her or the Agreement will very quickly be wishing they could find a hole under a secrecy charm somewhere and hide.
As for what happened two days ago. For the three days leading up to the Wizengamot meeting I was working on two projects.
The first was getting Frank and Alice Longbottom cured of their afflictions that had them in Saint Mungo's for the past thirteen years. Yes, you read that right, curing Frank and Alice Longbottom. Both are now healthy and hale and back to their best. During the initial part of the meeting of the Wizengamot, Lord Frank Longbottom took back control of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Longbottom from his mother, Dowager Lady Augusta Longbottom. We both then took our Seats.
This means the Potter-Longbottom Alliance will soon, once again, be a force to be reckoned with, within wizarding Britain. Very soon the Potter-Longbottom and Black Alliances will be working together to sort things out.
The other thing that happened occurred just before the start of the General Meeting of the Wizengamot and is why your mother was probably worried. That was the trial of Sirius for a Breach of the Statute for the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts.
I and Ted Tonks, law-wizard, were the defence team for Sirius. I was actually quite ropeable with the Ministry attempting to do that, because of the following muggle artefacts that are also blatant breaches of the Statute and nothing's ever been done about them. Hell, three of them were where the Ministry itself was responsible for the breaches.
The Hogwarts Express - stolen muggle artefact. Stolen during the height of the second world war (War with Grindelwald) from the rightful muggle owners - by the Ministry!
The Knight Bus - stolen muggle artefact. Stolen from the rightful muggle owners in 1939 at the beginning of the second world war from the rightful muggle owners - by Ernest Prang under direction from, you guessed it, the Ministry!
The current building housing St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries - purchased muggle artefact. Purchased from the muggle company Purge and Dowse Ltd in 1962 - under direction from the Board of Directors of the Saint Mungo's Hospital Fund.
A K6 Model telephone kiosk & the Automatic Electric payphone model 233G within - stolen muggle artefacts. Stolen from the muggle Government-owned British Telecom sometime shortly after 1955 - by the Ministry!
Those are the four I was going to present as evidence in Sirius's trial. However, there's a lot more than that I wouldn't have presented but made the Wizengamot aware of many of them.
Acting Madam Minister of Magic and Director of the DMLE, Madam Director Amelia Bones wears a monocle that is of muggle construction, thereby meeting the definition of a muggle artefact, and has been enchanted. This would have breached the Statute.
Ex-Chief Warlock and Ex-Headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore wears spectacles of muggle construction and he has enchanted them. This, too, would have breached the Statute.
Current Headmistress of Hogwarts, Lady Griselda Marchbanks, makes use of a muggle constructed cane, which has been enchanted. This, also, would have breached the Statute.
The enchanted entranceway between the muggle side of Kings Cross Station and Platform 9¾ is also such.
So, too, is the hiding of the Leaky Cauldron behind Notice-Me-Not and anti-muggle wards.
The memorial to my parents in Godric's Hollow is actually an enchanted muggle war memorial. That one was enchanted under the direct orders of the Wizengamot.
And that's just some of the stuff I figured out in a single day! Later, I also remembered about the Ministerial cars that picked us up from the Leaky to take us to the station at the beginning of my third year - your fifth - but didn't remember for the trial. Those, too, are illegal under the Statute (though I do believe they were probably purchased, rather than stolen).
Because of that I proved that the Statute, in what was its current form, was both unworkable and utterly unenforceable. So, the Wizengamot had no choice but to strip it from the books until it can be rewritten into something that actually makes sense. I would not have been satisfied with anything else and would have forced Madam Bones's Head Auror, Rufus Scrimgeour, to arrest the lot of those who were involved; including his own boss.
However, because I knew this would have negatively impacted upon certain Ministry employees - How's your father these days, boys? - I ensured Madam Bones will be redeveloping the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office and the Statute into something that actually properly works. I'm not positive but, if I've read the play right, your father is about to get a 'promotion' out of it.
Anyways, that's all the news I've got for you I can pass along. I hope this alleviates your worry over why your mother is worried. I do not believe she needs be.
Oh, and my betrothed, Hermione, says, 'Hi!'
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