TBAY: Missing Theory

[Veronica]

No: HPFGUIDX 45175

Veronica stumbles into the street from a dark, narrow passage way, 
muttering to herself, "It wasn't there? Why wasn't it there?"

Catching the robe of the first person to walk by, she demands 
madly, "Why wasn't it there?" The young woman eyes her warily, then 
pulls away from the clutching grip, and hurries away.

Veronica crumbles into a heap against the side of the nearest 
building, and watches sadly as people pass, not even seeing her.

"Can I be of assistance?" asked a warm voice suddenly. "You look 
lost." 

Veronica looked up into a pair of warm, smiling brown eyes, and 
allowed their owner, a kindly-looking old man with a small, grey owl 
on his shoulder, to help her to her feet.

"I searched everywhere," she answered. "First I checked every vessle 
in Theory Bay, but it wasn't there. So then I searched Inish Alley--
thinking surely I would find it there, but it wasn't?"

"What wasn't there?" asked the man patiently.

"The THEORY!" she answered. "Elkin's THEORY! It's a wonderful theory--
have you heard it? Arthur Weasley was a victim of the Imperius curse 
years ago--it explains so much!"

"Yes, I have heard that theory," answered the old man, with a knowing 
nod of his head. "Do you mean it was not to be found in the Alley?"

"No," Veronica answsered sadly. "I went looking for it, hoping to 
help take up the banner, but it was not there anywhere."

"Perhaps you should contact Elkins, and see why this theory was not 
in the Alley," he suggested. "You may use Apus, if you wish, and you 
might also see why there is no vessel in the Bay for those who 
subscribe to this wonderful theory."

So Veronica took up a quill and parchment offered by the kind old 
man, and wrote the following message:

"Elkins,
I have searched the both Theory Bay and Inish Alley in search of a 
banner I might follow to show my support of the idea that Arthur 
Weasley was so horrendously controlled by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named 
and his henchmen through the unforgivable use of the Imperius Curse. 
Alas, I can find no such banner to wave or follow without conceding 
to the idea of missing children. Why is there no Acronym for this 
beautifully subtle theory?

No DARE DEVILS - Dear Arthur Ruthlessly Enslaved by Death Eater 
Villains to Instigate Lamentable Situations, or LAW CAMERA - Lovable 
Arthur Weasley Controlled And Manipulated by Evil Riddle Anagram?

Will there one day be such a vessel sailing proudly through the bay?

Veronica"

She tied the note around the small owl's leg, and turned to thank her 
helpful new friend, but he was gone, and she was left to continue her 
search.