Mr. and Mrs. J Graas

[Professor Amaryllis Hardy]

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Graas,

Your grandson, Kris Graas, has recently been found in the Forest adjoining the Hogwarts grounds. This is a restricted area, and it is against the school rules to enter the Forest. As the rule is in place only for the safety of pupils, flaunting it is taken very seriously. The incident has been recorded on Kris' permanent school record and resulted in detention and deduction of house points.

This has been a recurring situation since your grandson arrived at Hogwarts. There is a lot of danger in the Forest, which is the reason why the rule exists. By entering it, your grandson puts not only himself in jeopardy, but also his fellow school students, mainly by incurring worry and inducing them to do the same, and his teachers, who are responsible for seeing he does not come to harm. On this occasion, Kris was also found with a companion, a 14 year old Gryffindor girl. The fact that the two of them were found together is serious, as it suggests that one or the other had drawn their fellow school student into danger.

I would appreciate it if you would talk to your grandson about the issue of the Forest, and advise him as to the dangers that lurk there and his responsibility as a citizen not to draw others into danger.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Amaryllis Hardy

Professor Amaryllis Hardy, MSc Dunelm, PHD Yeats

[kris]

Meredith was sitting in her office in the Ministry of Magic waiting for the ambassador of Russia to reach the Ministry. Meredith was the Head of Department when it came to diplomacy and dealing with other magical ministries and countries from all around the world. Receiving a tired owl behind her window wasn’t really what Meredith had expected.
Giving the exhausted bird to her secretary, Meredith opened the letter and started reading, feeling a small smirk appearing on her face as she read the note. Kris really did seem to take after her, as Meredith had been a reckless Slytherin once with more arrogance than the skinny little girl she had been could really afford. Picking up a lavishing quill and a parchment with Marediths and Juliens monograms on it, Meredith set to write a reply.


Dear professor Hardy,

I hope my letter finds you at best health.
First I would like to point out that Kris isn’t really my grand-son. Me and my husband are just only his legal guardians, even though he is close enough to pose as one.

I have heard of this incident already from my grand-daughter. Kris received his punishment and you can rest assured he’ll do whatever you assigned him as punishment correctly and dutifully. This is not he first time he is discovered in the Forbidden Forest and most certainly will not be the last either no matter what you, Headmaster Dumbeldore, his Head of house or me and Julien will do. A Gryffindor girl? That comes as a news. Kris should no better not to tempt others to rule-breaking with him. I will talk to Kris rather seriously none the less.

I am perfectly aware that the Forest near the castle is dangerous but Kris seems able to handle himself. A fact I’m very grateful for.
Kris has a strong back and good hands, if I may say so. Spark his interest, put him to work at something that requires physical exercise and preferably is connected to animals and you have solved your problem about him sneaking out as well as got some work done.
As I recall from my school-days at the castle, there were always animals – unicorns, hippogriffs, diricawls, knarls, crupps, mokes, jarveys and countless of other magical creatures – who needed to be tended. Caring for them for a couple of weeks cured me from sneaking into the Forest and might do the same for Kris.. Isn’t there any possibility for Kris to be put to work? It would most certainly do him good.

With best wishes
Meredith Graas


Meredith hesitated for a moment – she had a lot of titles belonging to her, but right now she was in the role of a parent and those wouldn’t be necessary. Besides to anyone knowing the rather charismatic and smart woman, didn’t need to hear the titles.

Meredith stepped up to her own personal owl and stroke it’s elegant head fondly.
“Take the letters to professor Hardy,” Meredith told the proud bird.
Hearing a knock on her window, Meredith pulled an official mask on her face and with greeting words rising to her lips stepped to greet the ambassador who had just entered her office.