Daddy Dearest - (No Update, Edit)
folder
Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Snape/Hermione
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
115
Views:
18,852
Reviews:
181
Recommended:
2
Currently Reading:
2
Category:
Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Snape/Hermione
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
115
Views:
18,852
Reviews:
181
Recommended:
2
Currently Reading:
2
Disclaimer:
I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Rita Skeeter Speaks
Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to JKR. All situations are mine. No $$$ is being made from this fanfic.
*******************************
Chapter 84 ~ Rita Skeeter Speaks
Earlier that evening, Rita Skeeter walked into the main office the Daily Prophet, her editorial in hand, wanting to speak to the paper's editor, Barnabas Cuffe, before submitting the piece to the Quibbler for publication. Luna Lovegood had already agreed to publish the piece sight unseen. Luna was a pureblood, but didn't take any truck with the DKV at all. She believed it would move the wizarding world back into the Dark Ages.
The Prophet had been slowly kowtowing to the DKV line for a number of years now, because the editor did not want the drop in circulation that would result in reporting fair and balanced news. The Prophet was a business after all, and most concerned with its own survival. Rita was hoping Barnabas still had a backbone.
Rita had a feeling that things were about to undergo a radical change in the wizarding world because of Hermione's very visible trial. The reporter had put her heart and soul into this article and was surprised at how strong her feelings were about what was happening in the wizarding world. Her article or editorial was not so much a news story, than a true call to arms. She wanted to give the Prophet opportunity to publish the piece before the Quibbler. Rita had a sense of loyalty to the paper and wanted to see it back to the state it was before the DKV came into power.
Now she sat in Barnabas' office, and watched the editor's expression closely as he read her piece. His eyebrows rose and fell as his brown eyes shifted from left to right. Here is how the article read.
******************************
The Plight of Hermione Granger…the Plight of Us All
A Personal Editorial by Rita Skeeter
In a recent, exclusive interview I had the opportunity to sit down with Hermione Jane Granger, the former Assistant Spells Department Head of the Ministry for the past eight years who is currently on trial at the Ministry and facing possible incarceration in Azkaban for destroying her office in reaction to an unfair dismissal from her post. Instead of giving the interview verbatim, I have decided to share the thoughts the interview brought to the fore in my mind…thoughts I think we all should consider.
As I looked into the witch's harried eyes, I could see pain there, pain that could only be caused by mistreatment. Hermione Granger is a very talented muggle-born witch who graduated Hogwarts with the highest marks the school had seen in fifty years. She is friends with the illustrious Harry Potter and had several adventures with him during her time at the school, many of them involving the DKV's leader, Tom Riddle also known as Lord Voldemort. Miss Granger was also a contemporary of Council member, Lord Draco Malfoy and divulged that throughout her years at Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy treated her cruelly and maliciously, constantly referring to her using the derogatory term of "mudblood" at every turn.
Now that same wizard is a leading member of the Council, who holds great influence over the policies they make. The question I ask is this, did Lord Malfoy's dislike of this witch years ago fuel the unfairness she suffered at the Council's hands over recent years? Miss Granger expressed to me her love of the wizarding world and how excited she was to discover she had the gift of magic and would be trained in its usage at Hogwarts.She also told me how hard she worked to fit in and excel in her studies. Upon graduation, she entered university and became a Spell Mistress of quality. But Miss Granger was not perfect and subject to the emotions and frailties of many of us, and found herself pregnant at the tender age of twenty. Instead of aborting the child, thus showing her deep love of life, she had him…a son and raised him up in the wizarding tradition on her own as a single mother. He now attends Hogwarts and is as exemplary as she was.
Hermione Granger entered the Ministry at the age of twenty-two, a low level Spells Mistress. She showed so much skill, potential and grasp of the procedural process, she was promoted through the ranks, serving in every department and learning every operation before finally being promoted to Assistant Spells Department Head, and was the backbone of Agnes Tuttleberry for a number of years. When Mrs. Tuttleberry retired, Miss Granger was next in line for the position of department head. Instead, due to a Council decision, spearheaded by her nemesis, Draco Malfoy, she was passed over and her job given to another, less qualified pureblood much to the shock of the entire department. But did Miss Granger let the unfairness of the Council shake her dedication to provide the public with the best service she could? No, she didn't. Most would have just quit the job, but Miss Granger had integrity, and trained the new head of her department thoroughly, actually acting as the department head herself for several months until he caught on. It is said that Mr. Ichabod Creely is still not operating at top efficiency, and relied heavily on Miss Granger's input in office operations, which she provided.
She was the true strength behind the Ministry's Spells Department.
Not satisfied with holding Miss Granger back, Draco Malfoy then began a campaign to remove her from her position outright, not based on her performance, but based on his hatred of her. Using the growing power of the DKV and their anti-muggle-born line, Draco persuaded the Ministry to make a number of in-house changes that favored purebloods over muggle-borns simply on basis of birth and not accomplishment. This then enabled him to have Miss Granger removed.
My dear friends, bloodline does not guarantee ability. In our public offices we deserve the very best wizards and witches. Mr. Ichabod Creely's continuous poor showing shows that placing a pureblood in a position of authority does not guarantee quality work. In addition, the Ministry's growing acceptance of the DKV line has caused repercussions in the wizarding community as a whole. Even today, several public shops refuse or give purposely poor service to muggle-borns and aren't taken to task for it, the Ministry turning a blind eye or being exceedingly slow to act with little or no punishment. In every case, a DKV Preferred Merchant sticker is prominently placed in the front window in clear view.
One of the wizarding world's proudest claims was our society was more accepting and tolerant of difference than the muggle world. But the growing trend toward muggle-born discrimination is setting us back centuries and we can no longer truthfully say we are any better than those muggles who exercise this same detestable practice. We are losing our identities, becoming something ugly and restricted, people. Something to be ashamed of. The DKV claims muggle-borns are destroying our traditions? I say no. NO. It is the DKV curtailing our traditions of acceptance, destroying our background of tolerance, making us weak in spirit and in love. Hermione Granger is a victim of this growing trend of magical "Jim Crow" laws. But my friends, we are all victims. Every time a muggle-born loses a home, a position or is denied service because of the accident of their birth, our traditions die a little more. It is time for the people of the wizarding world to stand up for the real traditions our society is based on. If we sit back and allow the blatant mistreatment of the Hermione Grangers of our world, we might as well remove the veil that separates us from the muggle world and become part of it. Because we will have lost the very essence of who we are.
I for one support Hermione Granger, because supporting this targeted witch is supporting the wizarding world I've always loved. The tolerant, freethinking, evolving society that it was meant to be. My friends, all people deserve respect, consideration, and the right to live a productive life and reap the fruits of their labors. All this was taken from Hermione Granger for no other reason than hate, a hate that is slowly being worked into our system of government without the people's consent. We cannot in good conscience allow such things to continue.
In the words of the muggle Edmund Burke, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
I know there are still good men and women in the wizarding world, who do not agree with the line of hatred permeating our society. Hermione Granger's trial is a call to arms. If you support a free society, my friends…make yourselves known. Stand up for what you know to be right. Save our wizarding society from losing its true traditions and sinking into the bowels of organized hatred. We owe it to ourselves and our children to protect them from the poison snaking through the body of our society, tainting all the bloodlines, pureblood and otherwise. Stand up and be counted, people…stand up and be heard. That is our right and our duty as a free wizarding community. And no one, not even the Lord Malfoys of this world, can pass a reform on that.
Rita Skeeter
Freelance Reporter
****************************
Barnabas looked up at the witch, his expression somber.
"This is quite an editorial, Rita," he said, looking down at the parchment. "Very powerful and moving. You say the Quibbler is willing to publish it?"
Rita nodded.
"Yes sir. But I thought I would run it by you first, just to see if you wanted first dibs on it," the witch replied.
Barnabas looked at her thoughtfully.
"You know Rita, the DKV isn't going to be pleased about this article. It could mean trouble for you," the editor said.
Rita scowled.
"I don't give a dragon's ass about the damn DKV. I am a reporter and have a right to express myself freely. Someone has to say something, Mr. Cuffe. You see what's happening to our world. It's horrible. This is the first opportunity anyone has had to take the beliefs of the DKV to task. It's worth being targeted…but if I am threatened, I'll be sure to let the public know before I disappear," she said evenly, "and believe me, it won't be easy to take me. Someone's ass will fry."
Rita's eyes glittered behind her glasses. The witch did have quite a nasty streak, and she was no slouch with hexes either.
Barnabas sighed and removed his glasses.
"I'll publish it," he stated flatly. "I'm tired of the DKV too. I was worried about circulation, but I believe that this article and more like it will up our circulation as well as do a service to society. Thank you for bringing this editorial to me, Rita. Go to the front desk to receive your payment. It will be in the morning edition, front page."
"Thank you, Mr. Cuffe," Rita said, elated.
She rose to leave.
"Rita," Barnabas said to her.
"Yes, Mr. Cuffe," the reporter responded, adjusting her glasses.
"You are a very brave witch. I never would have dreamed you would become the conscience of the wizarding world," he said quietly.
Rita nodded.
"Yes, Mr. Cuffe. I'm just full of surprises," she replied with a smirk, then sauntered out of his office.
Rita was ecstatic as she headed for the front desk. She had single-handedly brought the Prophet on board in the fight against the DKV with one article. She began to feel hopeful. That good just might win over evil this time.
Maybe this was the beginning of the end of the DKV.
She certainly hoped so.
***********************************
A/N: So we finally get to see Rita's write-up. It should reach quite a few people. Please review.
*******************************
Chapter 84 ~ Rita Skeeter Speaks
Earlier that evening, Rita Skeeter walked into the main office the Daily Prophet, her editorial in hand, wanting to speak to the paper's editor, Barnabas Cuffe, before submitting the piece to the Quibbler for publication. Luna Lovegood had already agreed to publish the piece sight unseen. Luna was a pureblood, but didn't take any truck with the DKV at all. She believed it would move the wizarding world back into the Dark Ages.
The Prophet had been slowly kowtowing to the DKV line for a number of years now, because the editor did not want the drop in circulation that would result in reporting fair and balanced news. The Prophet was a business after all, and most concerned with its own survival. Rita was hoping Barnabas still had a backbone.
Rita had a feeling that things were about to undergo a radical change in the wizarding world because of Hermione's very visible trial. The reporter had put her heart and soul into this article and was surprised at how strong her feelings were about what was happening in the wizarding world. Her article or editorial was not so much a news story, than a true call to arms. She wanted to give the Prophet opportunity to publish the piece before the Quibbler. Rita had a sense of loyalty to the paper and wanted to see it back to the state it was before the DKV came into power.
Now she sat in Barnabas' office, and watched the editor's expression closely as he read her piece. His eyebrows rose and fell as his brown eyes shifted from left to right. Here is how the article read.
******************************
The Plight of Hermione Granger…the Plight of Us All
A Personal Editorial by Rita Skeeter
In a recent, exclusive interview I had the opportunity to sit down with Hermione Jane Granger, the former Assistant Spells Department Head of the Ministry for the past eight years who is currently on trial at the Ministry and facing possible incarceration in Azkaban for destroying her office in reaction to an unfair dismissal from her post. Instead of giving the interview verbatim, I have decided to share the thoughts the interview brought to the fore in my mind…thoughts I think we all should consider.
As I looked into the witch's harried eyes, I could see pain there, pain that could only be caused by mistreatment. Hermione Granger is a very talented muggle-born witch who graduated Hogwarts with the highest marks the school had seen in fifty years. She is friends with the illustrious Harry Potter and had several adventures with him during her time at the school, many of them involving the DKV's leader, Tom Riddle also known as Lord Voldemort. Miss Granger was also a contemporary of Council member, Lord Draco Malfoy and divulged that throughout her years at Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy treated her cruelly and maliciously, constantly referring to her using the derogatory term of "mudblood" at every turn.
Now that same wizard is a leading member of the Council, who holds great influence over the policies they make. The question I ask is this, did Lord Malfoy's dislike of this witch years ago fuel the unfairness she suffered at the Council's hands over recent years? Miss Granger expressed to me her love of the wizarding world and how excited she was to discover she had the gift of magic and would be trained in its usage at Hogwarts.She also told me how hard she worked to fit in and excel in her studies. Upon graduation, she entered university and became a Spell Mistress of quality. But Miss Granger was not perfect and subject to the emotions and frailties of many of us, and found herself pregnant at the tender age of twenty. Instead of aborting the child, thus showing her deep love of life, she had him…a son and raised him up in the wizarding tradition on her own as a single mother. He now attends Hogwarts and is as exemplary as she was.
Hermione Granger entered the Ministry at the age of twenty-two, a low level Spells Mistress. She showed so much skill, potential and grasp of the procedural process, she was promoted through the ranks, serving in every department and learning every operation before finally being promoted to Assistant Spells Department Head, and was the backbone of Agnes Tuttleberry for a number of years. When Mrs. Tuttleberry retired, Miss Granger was next in line for the position of department head. Instead, due to a Council decision, spearheaded by her nemesis, Draco Malfoy, she was passed over and her job given to another, less qualified pureblood much to the shock of the entire department. But did Miss Granger let the unfairness of the Council shake her dedication to provide the public with the best service she could? No, she didn't. Most would have just quit the job, but Miss Granger had integrity, and trained the new head of her department thoroughly, actually acting as the department head herself for several months until he caught on. It is said that Mr. Ichabod Creely is still not operating at top efficiency, and relied heavily on Miss Granger's input in office operations, which she provided.
She was the true strength behind the Ministry's Spells Department.
Not satisfied with holding Miss Granger back, Draco Malfoy then began a campaign to remove her from her position outright, not based on her performance, but based on his hatred of her. Using the growing power of the DKV and their anti-muggle-born line, Draco persuaded the Ministry to make a number of in-house changes that favored purebloods over muggle-borns simply on basis of birth and not accomplishment. This then enabled him to have Miss Granger removed.
My dear friends, bloodline does not guarantee ability. In our public offices we deserve the very best wizards and witches. Mr. Ichabod Creely's continuous poor showing shows that placing a pureblood in a position of authority does not guarantee quality work. In addition, the Ministry's growing acceptance of the DKV line has caused repercussions in the wizarding community as a whole. Even today, several public shops refuse or give purposely poor service to muggle-borns and aren't taken to task for it, the Ministry turning a blind eye or being exceedingly slow to act with little or no punishment. In every case, a DKV Preferred Merchant sticker is prominently placed in the front window in clear view.
One of the wizarding world's proudest claims was our society was more accepting and tolerant of difference than the muggle world. But the growing trend toward muggle-born discrimination is setting us back centuries and we can no longer truthfully say we are any better than those muggles who exercise this same detestable practice. We are losing our identities, becoming something ugly and restricted, people. Something to be ashamed of. The DKV claims muggle-borns are destroying our traditions? I say no. NO. It is the DKV curtailing our traditions of acceptance, destroying our background of tolerance, making us weak in spirit and in love. Hermione Granger is a victim of this growing trend of magical "Jim Crow" laws. But my friends, we are all victims. Every time a muggle-born loses a home, a position or is denied service because of the accident of their birth, our traditions die a little more. It is time for the people of the wizarding world to stand up for the real traditions our society is based on. If we sit back and allow the blatant mistreatment of the Hermione Grangers of our world, we might as well remove the veil that separates us from the muggle world and become part of it. Because we will have lost the very essence of who we are.
I for one support Hermione Granger, because supporting this targeted witch is supporting the wizarding world I've always loved. The tolerant, freethinking, evolving society that it was meant to be. My friends, all people deserve respect, consideration, and the right to live a productive life and reap the fruits of their labors. All this was taken from Hermione Granger for no other reason than hate, a hate that is slowly being worked into our system of government without the people's consent. We cannot in good conscience allow such things to continue.
In the words of the muggle Edmund Burke, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
I know there are still good men and women in the wizarding world, who do not agree with the line of hatred permeating our society. Hermione Granger's trial is a call to arms. If you support a free society, my friends…make yourselves known. Stand up for what you know to be right. Save our wizarding society from losing its true traditions and sinking into the bowels of organized hatred. We owe it to ourselves and our children to protect them from the poison snaking through the body of our society, tainting all the bloodlines, pureblood and otherwise. Stand up and be counted, people…stand up and be heard. That is our right and our duty as a free wizarding community. And no one, not even the Lord Malfoys of this world, can pass a reform on that.
Rita Skeeter
Freelance Reporter
****************************
Barnabas looked up at the witch, his expression somber.
"This is quite an editorial, Rita," he said, looking down at the parchment. "Very powerful and moving. You say the Quibbler is willing to publish it?"
Rita nodded.
"Yes sir. But I thought I would run it by you first, just to see if you wanted first dibs on it," the witch replied.
Barnabas looked at her thoughtfully.
"You know Rita, the DKV isn't going to be pleased about this article. It could mean trouble for you," the editor said.
Rita scowled.
"I don't give a dragon's ass about the damn DKV. I am a reporter and have a right to express myself freely. Someone has to say something, Mr. Cuffe. You see what's happening to our world. It's horrible. This is the first opportunity anyone has had to take the beliefs of the DKV to task. It's worth being targeted…but if I am threatened, I'll be sure to let the public know before I disappear," she said evenly, "and believe me, it won't be easy to take me. Someone's ass will fry."
Rita's eyes glittered behind her glasses. The witch did have quite a nasty streak, and she was no slouch with hexes either.
Barnabas sighed and removed his glasses.
"I'll publish it," he stated flatly. "I'm tired of the DKV too. I was worried about circulation, but I believe that this article and more like it will up our circulation as well as do a service to society. Thank you for bringing this editorial to me, Rita. Go to the front desk to receive your payment. It will be in the morning edition, front page."
"Thank you, Mr. Cuffe," Rita said, elated.
She rose to leave.
"Rita," Barnabas said to her.
"Yes, Mr. Cuffe," the reporter responded, adjusting her glasses.
"You are a very brave witch. I never would have dreamed you would become the conscience of the wizarding world," he said quietly.
Rita nodded.
"Yes, Mr. Cuffe. I'm just full of surprises," she replied with a smirk, then sauntered out of his office.
Rita was ecstatic as she headed for the front desk. She had single-handedly brought the Prophet on board in the fight against the DKV with one article. She began to feel hopeful. That good just might win over evil this time.
Maybe this was the beginning of the end of the DKV.
She certainly hoped so.
***********************************
A/N: So we finally get to see Rita's write-up. It should reach quite a few people. Please review.