A dull time

[alt_draco]

I didn't really expect to miss France but in the weeks since we've been back it's been a complete bore. Father is off doing important political business and Mother has been with Auntie Bella a lot in case the baby comes, which it hasn't yet, even though it was supposed to have come on Sunday.

Mostly, though I don't know where Harry's been keeping himself. He only responded to one of my Owls while I was in France, and he never seems to write in his book anymore, either. Father says that the Lord just has a lot of plans for Harry right now and to be patient, and then he took me to Buckingham so I could see him, and the whole time I was there I just sat alone in a drawing room with Dennis, Harry never came round and neither did Granger. I thought I heard his voice in one of the corridors, but when I went out to look all I could see was a big group of adults talking about the muggle camps.

The reason it matters is because Harry's birthday is in a few days and I haven't heard yet what we'll be doing to celebrate. Last year we played quidditch with the Magpies, and then later at the Magpies-Falcons match they let Harry release the snitch. It was dead wiz-nift. Maybe we can do something with more people this time, though, like a party at Buckingham. What do you think, Harry? I hope you'll read this. I got your present in France but I've been waiting to give it to you. Seamus came over to the manor yesterday and I showed it to him and he was mad impressed and had never seen anything like it, of course. We had a pretty good time, though, wish you could have been there.

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[alt_draco]

Father says the Irish breed a lot because of the Papist influence.

Wait, are you a Papist? And if so does my Unc, I mean, your guardian, know?

[alt_seamus]

Yes I'm a Catholic and of course Mr Rosier knows. He says that religious prejudice between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland was one of the ways that muggles and blood traitors kept true wizards from working together.

All my cousins are purebloods so I'd say the Papist influence turned out to be a good thing wouldn't you? There are way more muggles running around loose over there. If my relatives hadn't had so many babies the wizards in Ireland would be in real trouble.

But even here in England its supposed to be a good thing for purebloods to have cartloads of babies!

[alt_draco]

I wasn't saying anything bad about Catholics, you know. I don't care so much what religion people are.

And I know breeding is supposed to be good these days, but it still doesn't mean I want a brother or sister.

[alt_seamus]

Well you know Papist is usually a way of saying Catholics worship this muggle bloke who lives in Italy. The pope. No one in my family EVER worshiped any muggle! No ones all that religious really but we're still Catholic.

The pope thought people should have lots of babies. Muggles or wizards it didn't matter. He said people shouldn't use magic to not have babies, spells or potions or anything. And I mean thats what my grandmother says too for WIZARDS but for muggles you want to use some magic to keep them from breeding like rabbits. There are more than enough muggles already.

Anyway have you thought about telling your mum you dont want her to have another? She might not know.

Do you want to have a lot of babies when you grow up? Or one or none?

[alt_draco]

I don't think much about how it will be when I grow up, except for the times when I think about how wizard it would be to play quidditch professionally.