Last night's dramatic endeavour

[alt_horace]

Well well, I must add my congratulations to all those involved in yesterday's charming play. You all did splendidly, especially in dealing so ably with the unexpected challenges that are bound to affect one in the course of a live theatre performance!

It was a shame, of course, that Miss Derwent's passions got the better of her on the night, which is something I shall be discussing with her further today. But it did allow us to enjoy Miss Perks' turn as Professor Carrow, which was a treat I'm sure you'll agree, especially from one thrust unto the breach with so little time to prepare.

Miss Perks, if you'd be so kind to pop by my office at some point today?

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[alt_sally_anne]

Yes, sir. I'll be there shortly.

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[alt_pansy]

Oh, and later today I thought we'd go for a walk out by the Great Lake. Say four?

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[alt_sally_anne]

Sounds fun!

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[alt_pansy]

Well?

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[alt_ron]

Yeah. What did he say?

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[alt_sally_anne]

Oh, it was very nice. He wanted to tell me what a good job I did, and he said I had great potential for a bright future. He said I'd have to work harder than most to reach my full potential -- because of my 'unfortunate circumstances,' which I thought was rather a hilarious way of saying 'because you're a halfblood in fostering' -- but that he was sure I'd go far.

And he wanted to know what my own plans were, for later on, because he might know people he could introduce me to. Only, I don't really know what my plans are. I know what I'm good at but I've always tried to focus on being realistic and thinking about where I could find work, and that's mostly been things like, 'well, the Strettons like hiring halfbloods as managers because they don't worry as much about them running off to find better jobs elsewhere' or 'someone would probably hire me as a governess, I have good marks plus I'm good with little kids.' He was thinking about better jobs than that but I don't know much about that sort of job. Anyway he said it was alright I didn't know but I should give it some thought because as we get older there will be opportunities and he knows people who could open doors for me.

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[alt_pansy]

Ooooh. We'll talk all about it.

I think he's right. There's no reason why you shouldn't aim higher. You're one of the best students in our class, and you're awfully clever, and I think it shouldn't matter at all who your parents are. You're Sally-Anne, and you are wonderful.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Well, you know, Miss Tonks Mrs Ponds was one of the top students in her year. She got NEWTs in practically everything, Os or Es in all of them, and the only job she could find after Hogwarts was collecting dustbins at the Ministry.

And then she went to work for Mr Ponds and that turned out alright for her. But still.

But, she was from a particularly notorious family. I'm sure that didn't help her. (Plus ordinarily having Mrs Malfoy and Mrs Lestrange as aunts would help someone get ahead but in her case I think it made things worse.)

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[alt_pansy]

True. But you've got much better connections in Slytherin than she had in her House. And you're right, your parents are a lot less well-known, so they aren't looking to make an example of you or anything.