The Transfiguration Mud and Fire Incident

[alt_mcgonagall]

I am uninterested in further discussing the Mud and Fire Incident. Despite whatever rumours you may have heard, no child has died; no person has been seriously injured. However, it seems wise to announce that Professor Lockhart shall be teaching both his own classes and Professor Amycus Carrow's for the time being.

All the second-year Gryffindors present in the class are hereby assigned to write a twelve-inch parchment about 'Why I Ought Not Damage School Property.'

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ORDER ONLY: The real story

[alt_mcgonagall]

Alice, I am sorry I wasn't able to respond to you last night; I know you must have been frantic, but there was simply too much to see to.

I got it all out of Hermione in the end, and I imagine she'll have her own perspective on the story to share; but as far as I can tell, Amycus Carrow had some kind of plot to have Dean thrown out and Hermione - well, I'd imagine killed, at this point; there would be no mercy for her if she were in deep trouble for magic-working again. But the Slytherin girls of Marvolo's year got wind of it, and somehow arranged to warn Hermione and Dean both, and put spells on them to protect them. This plan appears to have worked well enough, but when Carrow's plot was foiled, he became something of a berserker. Then, to top it all off, the Boot boy had an incidence of uncontrolled magic, which cast the classroom into utter chaos.

I shall, thank God, be able to press more strongly for Carrow's removal from the teaching profession. It is one thing for him to torture Dean Thomas, but the Dark Lord believes that Granger belongs to Marvolo, and he won't be so sanguine about stealing from his son and destroying his son's property.

[alt_lucius]

Thank you, Minerva. I received an owl from Draco this morning, telling me Marvolo's side of the events.

Doubtless this shall be a topic of some discussion at next week's Governors' meeting. I believe you know my views and I trust this ... incident ... will only serve to further our mutual goals.

In addition, as you know, I shall see Our Lord this afternoon and could, if you wish, gauge His temperature on the matter.