Percy Weasley, Letter, June 1996

[p_weatherby]

Name: Percy I. Weasley
Format: Letter
Date: June 1996, letter undated
Relevance: Percy attempts to persuade his mother to quit  the Order for the good of the family.

Comments

[batbogey_hex]

You should be used to troublemakers and miscreants, Perce. Most of your siblings are, you know.

Or was your head stuck too far up your arse into a cauldron to notice? Bottoms doing alright?

[p_weatherby]

I might be, but I'm not the Minister of Magic, and he does not approve. My feelings and opinions have nothing to do with this. I was telling mother the facts.

[batbogey_hex]

Not that I can speak for Mum, but maybe she'd rather hear from you, instead of just facts.

[p_weatherby]

I doubt it. None of you have been that bothered about me.

[hexed_molly]

Percy, you are not behaving as the son I raised. This blind faith you have in a government that has lied to us, this overweaning abition...the cheap shot about having 'little time' for you - all of this is unworthy of you.

Your father and I will survive, as indeed we did long before you were of age to 'help' us.

I do apologize if our beliefs make it inconvenient for you at your place of employment, but as we have allowed you to live your own life, so much you allow us the same courtesy.

Do keep yourself safe, my son. Remember, we will always be here when you need us. Always.

[p_weatherby]

=Bitterly= Stop with the heroics mother. They don't impress anyone.

It's the Ministry's job to do what it decides is best for the populace. Mass panic would do no-one any good at all. The Ministry have not lied. They have only done what they thought best. They have made mistakes. But everyone has these last few years, Mother.

Why don't you understand, mother? You won't be here. Harry Potter's surrogate family. None of us have very long life expectancies. Ginny and Ron have hand enough brushes with You-Know-Who already!

Nice to meet you, Mrs Weasley ^^

[hexed_molly]

Percy, I love you, as I love all my children. I can only hope that your inability to see beyond your own ambitions will not cause you to come to harm. I refuse to bury my head in the sand for anyone. If I fall, I will fall protecting my family and what I believe in, not as a mouthpiece for a government that assures us that everything is under control when, clearly, it is not.

You are the one who fails to understand, Percy. He will not go away. He will not leave anyone alone. I prefer to go under my own terms than live in a world where I bent down, even through inaction.

[p_weatherby]

You mean, you're surprised that I want to do something with my life, considering father's complete lack of any sort of drive?

You may be unhappy with the Ministry mother, but the fact is you and father, no one who pretends to care, has actually done anything to improve matters. You only complain! I am attempting to do something about it, something that means something, instead of following your example and trying to bring the whole system down.

You see mother, whether you defeat him or not, you are making very little difference. Things will just go back to how they were before, between the wars. And the politics will be exactly the same.

[hexed_gideon]

*arches one eyebrow*
Perce, it's high time we went for a drink, even if it's an imagined one.

[p_weatherby]

A drink?

I really couldn't, even if you weren't... er... I have work, in the morning...

[hexed_gideon]

*sternly*
Perce, don't be silly.

[p_weatherby]

=Nods reluctently= Tea, then?

[emmygreen]

*mildly impressed at his daring, but not very engaged*

A true Gryffindor.

[p_weatherby]

Miss Vance... I hope you don't think me rude, but may I pose a question?

[emmygreen]

Certainly you may ask me a question, Mr Weasley.

[p_weatherby]

Why exactly did you leave The Order, Miss Vance?

[harriedpotter]

Oh dear. How long did it take the Ministry to realize Voldemort was alive? Without that divided front, I doubt Fudge would've realized Voldemort was back until he was at his front door, wand out, saying the last words he'd ever hear.

[p_weatherby]

Be that as it may, there is no need for the front to stay divided now. I'm sure that the Order would be warmly welcomed.

[harriedpotter]

I don't find the MInistry to be trustworthy after all of that.

[p_weatherby]

And we don't find you trustworthy, Harry. You aren't a resistance group, there is no need for you to hide, but your group does. It isn't the most reassuring thing to do in the eyes of the general public.