Chapter 4: The Job

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I've been looking for a job for a while now. Professor Dumbledore interviewed me for a position last week. I asked for Defense Against the Dark Arts, but I'll be fine with anything. I just need a job that will make this person happy.
The mail slot creaks open and a series of envelopes fly through. I pick them up off the dusty stone floor. It's all muggle mail. Nothing that could be of use to me.
I sit back down in my favorite armchair. It's soft velvet never fails to soothe me.
I hear a screech outside and walk to the window. I pull back the white lace curtains and smile. A dark grey owl is perched on my windowsill with a cream-colored envelope in its beak.
I look up the street and when I see that no one is coming, I open the window and bring the owl inside. It flies around for a bit and then sits on the fireplace, the envelope dropping from its beak.
I open it and start reading:
ᎠᎬᎪᎡ ᎷᎡ. ᏚNᎪᏢᎬ,
ᏔᎬ ᎪᎡᎬ ᏢᏞᎬᎪᏚᎬᎠ ᎢᎾ ᏆNFᎾᎡᎷ YᎾᏌ ᎢᎻᎪᎢ YᎾᏌ ᎻᎪᏙᎬ ᏴᎬᎬN ᎪᏟᏟᎬᏢᎢᎬᎠ ᎢᎾ FᏆᏞᏞ ᎢᎻᎬ ᏢᎾᏚᏆᎢᏆᎾN ᎾF ᏢᎾᎢᏆᎾNᏚ ᎷᎪᏚᎢᎬᎡ.
ᎢᎬᎡᎷ ᏚᎢᎪᎡᎢᏚ ᏚᎬᏢᎢᎬᎷᏴᎬᎡ 1ᏚᎢ, ᏴᏌᎢ ᏢᎡᎾFᎬᏚᏚᎾᎡᏚ ᎪᎡᎬ ᎬXᏢᎬᏟᎢᎬᎠ ᎢᎾ ᎪᎡᎡᏆᏙᎬ ᎪᎢ ᏞᎬᎪᏚᎢ 1 ᏔᎬᎬK ᏴᎬFᎾᎡᎬ ᏚᎢᏌᎠᎬNᎢᏚ ᎪᎡᎡᏆᏙᎬ.
ᏚᏆNᏟᎬᎡᎬᏞY,
ᎪᏞᏴᏌᏚ ᏢᎬᎡᏟᏆᏙᎪᏞ ᏔᏌᏞFᎡᏆᏟ ᏴᎡᏆᎪN ᎠᏌᎷᏴᏞᎬᎠᎾᎡᎬ
ᎻᎬᎪᎠᎷᎪᏚᎢᎬᎡ ᎪᎢ ᎻᎾᏩᏔᎪᎡᎢᏚ ᏚᏟᎻᎾᎾᏞ ᎾF ᏔᏆᎢᏟᎻᏟᎡᎪFᎢ ᎪNᎠ ᏔᏆᏃᎪᎡᎠᎡY
I smile at the letter. It may not be the position I wanted, but it should be enough to please the mysterious figure for now.

*Author's Note*
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