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Post by Graciela Garzón on Dec 11, 2005 18:47:40 GMT -5
Headmistress Garzón's Office
Graciela sat behind her desk in her office. She had sent Ginney Weasley an owl to come and have a talk about past occurances at the school and things that had happened when Professor Albus Dumbledore wsa in reign.
As she waited, she read over a few past files that included the opening of something called the Chamber of Secrets, an article written by Rita Skeeter about the famous Harry Potter, the TriWizard Tournament, and a few other things. As she read these, she could not believe that there wsa a half breed giant as a groundskeeper and a professor at one point. She was not prejudiced, oh no, but she thought that it was foolish. And then there had been a centaur in emply as well!
The door opened a moment later, and the headmistress looked up from the past files and smiled. It was Ginny.
*Cue Ginny*
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Post by ginny on Dec 11, 2005 18:54:27 GMT -5
Ginny walked along the corridors to the Headmistress' office. She felt as if a golf ball was lodged in her throat as she reached the office and said the password. She went up the spiral staircase and hesitated before opening the door, her hand hovering above the doorknob. She was unsure of how the office would look since Dumbledore wasn't there anymore.
She finally plucked up the courage and opened the door, stepping into the very room that she thought she would never walk in again. She looked around, seeing that the office that had once been Dumbledore's had changed drastically. She spotted the new Headmistress and smiled. "Hello." She said, walking towards the desk in the middle of the room. She stood by the chair in front of the desk, waiting for the Headmistress' approval of her to sit down. She didn't want to be disrespectful, after all.
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Dec 11, 2005 19:01:51 GMT -5
Graciela smiled at Ginny and stood to her feet once Ginny had approached her desk. She held out her hand to a free chair on the opposite side and said, "Please, sit down." Her Spanish accent was thick, but it was completely understandable and kind. She sat in her own seat, smoothing her robes under her as she lowered her body to sit.
She stacked all of the papers neatly into a pile after arranging them in a chronological order. "As it says here in these files from previous years, when Professor Dumblefore was here, there were a few things that had happened. I have invited you into my office to discuss these things so that I have a good, first-hand account on the background of Hogwarts under previous headpersons so that I know where to lye down strict rules and also where to loosen the rules. Now, as I can see on this paper," She said, pulling a paper from the pile and sliding it over for Ginny to see, "You were found in the Chamber of Secrets by Mister Potter when you were in your first year. Am I right?" She asked, knowing already that she was. "If you don't mind, can you tell me what happened?"
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Post by ginny on Dec 11, 2005 19:29:37 GMT -5
Ginny took a seat and listened to the Headmistress. She heard what the Professor wanted her to tell her and her face turned pale. She hadn't wanted to talk about that ever since it had happened. She had told Ron, Hermione, and Harry to never mention it. It had pained her to see how cruel and foolish she had been back then.
"Well," She said, taking a deep breath. "I had found a diary in my cauldron when I went to Flourish and Blotts, so I thought that my Mum had bought it for me. All throughout the year I wrote to Tom Riddle, whom I hadn't known was Voldemort at the time," She started, sighing in furstration as she realized how foolish and stupid she had been when she was younger. "We wrote back and forth all year and eventually he put a spell or something on me and made me kill chickens and write messages in blood on the wall. I had woken up one morning to find blood and chicken feathers on my front, not knowing how they had gotten there. I would sometimes have mind blanks, not knowing what had happened for hours at a time. After a while, I grew suspicious of the diary and I tried to dispose of the diary by flushing it down one of the toilets." She said, taking another breath as tears started to brim her eyes.
"Eventually, I saw that Harry had it so I ransacked his trunk to get the diary back, not wanting Tom to tell him what I had talked to him about. He then lured me down to the Chamber of Secrets and Harry saved me by defeating the Basilisk, which only Slytherin's heir can control, and making Tom Riddle, who had been a memory preserved in the diary, disappear. He had defeated the Basilisk with a sword and with some help from Fawkes." She said, looking around the room and a sad smile appearing on her face as she saw the sword in the corner of the room. She then looked at the portrait of Dumbledore along the wall with Fawkes on his shoulder and that just made a tear escape her eye. She looked up at Headmistress Garzon, her light brown eyes sparkling with unshed tears.
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Dec 11, 2005 19:49:07 GMT -5
Graciela listened to this quite bizarre story about the Chamber of Secrets. It seemed rather confusing that Tom Riddle might want to get Ginny rather than Harry. Why givethe diary to her though?
"Well..." She said, looking at Ginny, noticing the unshed tears. Graciela now felt bad that she had made Ginny relive the whole ordeal, but if she wanted to be good Headmistress, she wanted to get first hand accounts of things that had happened. It was a bit akward talking to a student about those things, a student that had lived in England all her life, but it seemed necessary.
"Well, that is one of the most...intriguing...stories I have ever heard. Hopefully nothing like that will happen while I am here as Headmistress. I am sorry that you had to relive that, and I truly feel bad about it, but I just want the best for the school. I hope that you can understand that." She said and looked at Ginny and then back at the stack of papers. She felt as if she wanted to shed tears of terror for Ginny as well as tears that showed that there was much emotion to the story. She felt, however, that as the headmistress, she needed to be strong, so she did not show any signs of weakness.
"Alright, thank you Miss Weasley. It seems that Mister Potter is also quite a hero, from what these papers say. I have heard of the Dark Lord, but he only seems to be a threat here in England because of the population including Mister Harry Potter." She sighed.
There was a silence in the room. The silence was broken by a small cough from one of the pictures hanging on the wall. Graciela looked up at it and then back at the large stack of papers. "Tell me Ginny, in your opinion, was Professor Dumbeldore a good Headmaster? It seems that he was a very good one, but there were too many unusual occusrances here at Hogwarts. But could those have been on the account of the Ministry not presenting Hogwarts with top security until now because of a new minister?" She asked, wondering what Ginny though of everything. "What do you think about the English wizardy community nowdays?"
Graciela wanted to get as much backup and support as she could, and her way of doing this seemed to be a mild bit of questioning. She wanted Ginny to be honest, and she also wanted Ginny to know that she was there for her if anything should ever go wrong. "You can be honest with me. Don't worry, I will not try and harm you or anyone else."
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Post by ginny on Dec 11, 2005 19:55:28 GMT -5
Ginny smiled as she heard the Headmistress asked her if she thought Dumbledore was a good Headmaster. "Yes he was. One of the best Headmaters there ever was." She said, glancing up at the picture of Dumbledore and smiling as she saw that he had smiled back. She then heard the Headmistress' next question and she looked at her.
She was a bit hesitant about saying her views on the Ministry. "Well, to be honest, the Ministry did a horrible job of supporting Dumbledore. They were basically against him and they thought that he was starting an army of students to overthrow the Minister, Cornelius Fudge." She said, rolling her eyes at the absurdity of this statement.
"Well, the English Wizarding Community is pretty good, except for the odd murder cases here and there. Like that old man that died in the Riddle's house, which was the cause of Voldemort or the disappearance of Bertha Jorkins. But, alltogether, I reckont he English Community is pulling itself together nicely." She said with a small smile.
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Dec 11, 2005 20:03:03 GMT -5
Graciela nodded. She then grabbed lifted a silky-looking quill from her desk and scratched a few words on a sheet or parchment. She smiled slightly at the comment about Dumbledore. "Yes, from what I have heard, he was a great man. I actually knew that he had passed soon after it had happened since I was residing in England at the time, but I did not know exactly who he was." She explained. "The Ministrys views on things are rather faulty, and they are pulling together nicely, yes, but they are not doing is quick enough. As far as the murders are concerned, I am trying to get more information on those." She paused and inhaled before speaking again. "I am just getting my sources together. You seem to be a very good one. You might actually make a good headmistress or even ministress yourself one day." She said, giving Ginny a compliment that might be good worth remembering. "I am being honest when I say that." She told Ginny, no signs of being a liar or being dishonest on her face.
"If you should ever find any new complications in your life, any schooling help or boyfriend troubles that you might. have, come to me." She said smiling brigtly, her smile showed a sign of loyalty and integrity. "Do you happen to know of anyone else that might be of assistance in forming a good school atmosphere and might help me to think of ways in which I can be a better headmistress?" She asked, knowing already that Ginny would most likely say "Harry Potter".
((Ugh, I am running out of things to make this a friendly and successful RP topic))
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Post by ginny on Dec 12, 2005 15:25:44 GMT -5
Ginny nodded her head in agreement with what the Headmistress was saying about the Ministry. She then blushed slightly after hearing Headmistress Garzon say that she would make a good Headmistress. "Thanks." She muttered, a grin appearing on her face. She then looked at the Headmistress and nodded her head to show that she knew who could be of assistance to her. "Harry Potter." She said, smiling at the thought of Harry and at what the Headmistress had said about her coming to talk to her if she was having any problems, whether they be boyfriend problems or not. "I doubt I'll have any of those." She said quietly, so that the Headmistress would hear her. But, she knew by the look on her face that she had heard her as clear as crystal.
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Dec 12, 2005 19:29:59 GMT -5
Graciela nodded. "Heh, very well then. Yes, I thought that Mr. Potter might be a good source to speak with. I shall do that as soon as I get the chance." She said and nodded once again about the comment on not having boyfriend troubles. "No, nice girl like you should not have any trouble with boyfriends, unless of course your boyfriend punches the face of another in." she laughed slightly and shook her head. "I should hope that that will not happen." She said and rose from her seat and walked around the desk and stood beside Ginny's seat. "Well, Miss Weasley, I appreciate you coming to talk with me about what has happened in previous years. You may leave if you want, unless there is something that we can talk about futher..."
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Post by ginny on Dec 12, 2005 20:24:45 GMT -5
"Actually, I reckon that's all. Don't worry, I'll be back if I have any more problems." Ginny said, a smile on her face as she looked at the Headmistress. She stood up and glanced at the Headmistress once more before opening the door and walking out of the room, the door creaking as she closed it behind her. Once she was sure she was out of earshot, she started to run from the office and up to the Gryffindor Common Room, where she hoped she would find Harry.
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Post by Graciela Garzón on Dec 12, 2005 20:45:34 GMT -5
*Topic Ended and Locked*
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