[HPforGrownups] TBAY: The REAL Rita

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No: HPFGUIDX 38820

Dicentra:
> But... but... Avery's the Fourth Man!  How can he also be Rita 
> Skeeter?  Dicentra racks her brains.  Let's see...  Do we ever see 
> them together?  No. Harry sees her at Bagman's trial, but there's no 
> mention of her at the Fourth Man's trial.  And she certainly wasn't 
> in Voldemort's Circle.  And Sirius says Avery's been at large ever 
> since he wrangled his way out of Azkaban.
> 
> Dicentra ponders the irony of this.  As a man, he's a SYCOPHANT, and 
> as a woman he's Tough as a FEATHERBOA.  She looks to the Dixie cup 
> for another answer, but the cup's fire has gone out.  She stands and 
> grabs Stoned!Harry by the arm (in a not-so-surprisingly wimpy grip) 
> and leads him toward the dock where the Big Bang is moored.

Eloise, alerted by strange flickers of light on the beach below the castle, 
rushes down to investigate.

'Hey,you two, what's up?'

Stoned!Harry is looking slightly bemused, but Dicentra shows Eloise several 
rather scruffy, singed pieces of paper which apprear to be evidence that Rita 
Skeeter and Avery are one and the same.

'Wow! Fourth Man meets Rita Skeeter Is Ever So Evil! What a day this has 
been! You know, Dicey, this makes even more sense than perhaps even you 
realise.' 

Dicentra looks curious. Stoned!Harry, who appears to have no curiosity about 
the subject at all, has gone back to twirling his wand, making ever more 
elaborate light patterns against the darkening sky.

'Who is Rita's ally at Hogwarts? Draco Malfoy. Why does she turn on Hagrid? 
Because of the Malfoys. There, a clear DE connection already. But there's 
more.'

Dicentra looks frankly incredulous at the idea that there could actually be 
more concrete, canon proof of her theory and that it isn't just the effects 
of whatever Cindy may or may not have put in her drink.

'Just *how* did Avery wriggle out of Azkaban? He didn't...he *flew* out as a 
little, no, sorry a 'large, fat' beetle ('thickset', that was Fourth Man, 
wasn't it?). It worked for Sirius, it works for Fourth Man. Now, the really 
worrying thing is just how much of that conversation in the hospital wing she 
heard. You'd better be watching Sirius' back, Dicey. (You know whose back 
I'll be watching ;-) )'

Dicentra and Eloise, satisfied with their new insights, call to Stoned!Harry, 
who has wandered off into the middle of the Bay, where a large shoal of fish 
has miraculously appeared in response to the light show he is putting on. 

'Hey, bring a few of those with you, won't you?'

And thus, bearing gifts, they board the Big Bang, eager to share the news 
with the rest of the crew, and wondering if Stoned!Harry is able to rustle up 
any chips to go with the fish.

Eloise

Glossary:
Chips: Anglo-Saxon for French Fries.


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