Folly, Part Eight

[terri_testing]

Chapter Summary:  Miss Ingold escorts our heroes to the local park, where Severus pushes Neville, and Abby pushes Severus.

“The first thing a principle does is kill somebody.”  Dorothy Sayers, Gaudy Night

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[oryx_leucoryx]

BTW what is Severus' old friend, Lucius Malfoy up to this summer? He should be plotting his way into the Hogwarts Board of Governors around this time, shouldn't he? We don't know from canon when he became governor, I'm just guessing. It should take him a few years to be considered acceptable, but he should make it a few years before his son starts school. So I'm wondering if he would be contacting Severus about inside information from Slytherin House, or concerns with Severus' policies. After all, Severus has been Head of House for 4 years now (assuming Horace retired completely in 1981, fewer years if the two overlapped) with no House Cup wins yet.

Burke and Slattery of Unlikely Allies will be 1st years. In Hufflepuff, Tonks is a second year. In Gryffindor, according to my timeline Bill is in third, Charlie in first (or fourth and second respectively, if you follow the Lexicon). There may be some Weasley cousins around, all boys of course. No idea if all Gryffindors.

I wonder if there are any distant relatives of the Longbottoms around? Frank's father had a sister. We don't know if she married, but if she did her grandchildren might be at school, completely unaware that their supposedly dead second cousin survived. Similarly any relatives from Alice's side of the family. I doubt there were any first cousins.

Teachers and other staff - the core subjects (except for DADA, of course) are being taught by the same teachers we meet in PS. Kettleburn is teaching Care of Magical Creatures. You might want to show Quirrell's original personality as Muggle Studies teacher (if we accept that interview tidbit).

Board of Governors

[jana_ch]

Regarding Lucius being on the Board of Governors: It's likely that Lucius's father was on the Board before him, since it's such an important and respectable thing for a wizard to do. As far as we know Abraxas is still in good health, but he may be ready to step down specifically so Lucius can take his place in advance of Draco attending school.

Or, just to be radical, maybe it's Lucius's mother who was on the Board before him and whose place he will take. Isn't the wizarding world supposed to be all egalitarian and stuff? (The sound you hear is me snorting with sarcastic laughter.)