alt_poppy | Another year in the bin.

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And what a year! I trust we will not soon again be tested as we were this past year with the Scourge. In fact, it seems the year to come will bring the silver lining of that dark cloud: the Prophet and these journals have been full of birth announcements in numbers we haven't seen for many a year! I see today alone that congratulations are due to the Hodgsons in Dent, the Peeles of Lyme Regis, and the Herrings of Pocklington. Best wishes to all of you.

Such a hopeful way to ring in the new; such a beacon for spring!

I suppose I needn't say it, but spring cannot come soon enough for me. It's been a dreary and dreadfully cold season here, following on from one of the most blustery, wet autumns I can remember.

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alt_sirius

Happy new year, Poppy.

Any of those new births muggleborns, do you know?

From:

alt_poppy

No, these three were all born to wizarding families. Three at one go. If it kept up like this all year, we'd have to reopen one of the old wings of the castle that haven't been in use for ages. Eleven years on, mind you.

Of course, it won't, but we have been seeing a real uptick in magical births. I shouldn't be surprised if we see more in the camps as well. After such a severe lull due to the epidemic.

How are you, my friend? And where?

From:

alt_sirius

I'll be back in the area soon.

Have to admit, I couldn't quite turn down Terrie's invitation to the New Year's Day special match: Puddlemere v Tutshill.

(Did you know I had a set of Tornadoes bedsheets when I was about eight?)

Oh, and don't worry; I'm not wasting Polyjuice. Terrie has a rather ingenious set of omnioculars with a matching pair of remote goggles. So I can keep out of sight, camped nearby (using Frank's excellent tent) and see what she's seeing.

It's not really as satisfying as going to a match, of course ... but it at least feels like doing something normal.

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alt_poppy

Bless.

Of course, you want to do normal things. It must be very difficult to have to hide all the time.

That sounds like a very useful set of omnioculars, indeed. I should think there might be other uses for such a set. If the right person were to give it some thought!

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alt_sirius

Why Madam Pomfrey! You sly little witch.

Keep that up and between you and Minerva I may lose all my illusions about the temperance of Hogwarts matrons.

From:

alt_poppy

I haven't the faintest idea what you thought I meant, Sirius Black. Perhaps your mind is not best suited to considering the useful applications, after all.

I had in mind surveillance of buildings with part of a team outside and one person taking the riskiest part on the inside. Or spying on meetings or events when only one person can reasonably hide close enough in for a proper view of things without being detected.

That sort of thing.

Sly, indeed!

Honestly.

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alt_terry

boot wishes Madam Pomfrey a Happy New Year.

From:

alt_poppy

Ah, Mr Boot!

Thank you, I'm sure.

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alt_sally_anne

I predict that before the night is out, Carrow will be along to snarl something threatening at you for daring to wish anyone at all a Happy Anything.

He follows you around the journals like some sort of hungry animal looking for dinner. I wish he'd fall in the lake and get eaten by the Giant Squid. Or wander too close to the Dementors and get eaten by one of them, though they'd probably throw up what passes for his soul, it's too nasty even for a Dementor.