A Hop Skip And A Jump Away

Mail call

In the mail there was a letter from Luna, one from Gringotts, one with the symbol of the Wizengamot (which had Harry scowling), and two from Hogwarts. Harry thought there was one from the Daily Prophet but several of the envelops disappeared up Voldemort's sleeve making the smaller wizard suspect that they might have something to do with the Death Eaters. His curiosity piqued the young Master of Death debated whether to insist on seeing them and consequentially become more a part of actually running the Death Eaters, stealing them to read, or suppressing his curiosity enough to ignore them. Finally deciding he hadn't been in enough personal mischief lately he decided to filch them later and turned back to his own serving of food and mail.

"Leave them alone," Severus said pointedly, not even bothering to look up from his mail and see the innocent expression Harry had instantly adopted. "If he wants you to see them or they are pertinent then he'll tell us about them. It could just as easily be someone begging not to be killed as someone like Bellatrix trying to seduce her way into his bed... again."

"They won't manage it," Voldemort said with a rumbling chuckle of amusement as he watched Harry go through a gamut of expressions including disgust at their tactics, jealousy and determination. It seemed that their little imp was almost as possessive as they themselves were. "Incidentally they aren't particularly important but I was planning on going over one or two of them with you both later. They just aren't likely to be fit for perusal during a meal."

"Then maybe we should hold off until we're done eating? That way we can open our mail together," Harry suggested with a sweet false innocence that had both of his lunch companions sniggering.

"You should know by now that the innocent expression doesn't work on us," Severus drawled, only for Harry to give a small huff of irritation before turning back to his food and mail.

Following Harry's suggestion no one had actually opened their mail at the table, finishing up they all moved to the sitting room and used the small coffee table as a desk. Harry only got his hand smacked twice by the other two when he couldn't keep his fingers to his own mail, amusing the other two with his stubborn curiosity as they mentally filed the fact away to watch for later. After all being forewarned meant that they actually had a chance to hide any presents they got him or keep him out of something they weren't ready to share yet, even if it meant needing to use the Fidelius charm to do it.

Harry hummed happily as he went through his mail, occasionally playfully trying to grab the official Ministry and Gringotts letters that both of his partners had received before returning to his own pile. Opening one from Tonks he was surprised to find that she was not only worried about him but interested in possibly switching sides or at least swearing allegiance to Harry. He snorted in laughter at some of the strange wording that Mad Eye had made her use to inquire if he could talk about switching sides as well. Amazingly it seemed there were some actual advantages to being considered the top in your field but absolutely crazy and unendingly paranoid.

The next letter was far more interesting in scope as well as content since apparently he didn't need to confirm what had happened after the third task. Apparently Luna had been entirely serious about becoming his minion and being their designated seer. As such she had remained at the school and started trying to recruit people on their behalf. From the list that she had added to her letter Harry concluded that she had been surprisingly successful in her self imposed mission. It really did make him wonder what the hell Dumbledore was thinking when it came to isolating him so much the last time around. Voldemort's snort of amused disgust drew both their attentions and Harry's gaze latched on to the fact that the letter in his hand was from the Ministry of Magic, making him doubly curious as to its contents.

"Listen to this, we are summoned before the Wizengamot to explain ourselves. If we are found to be truthful as to the threat implied in our warning we are being directed to work with Dumbledore on solving the problem," Voldemort paraphrased as he threw down the letter in deep disgust. "Oh and lets not forget that Dumbledore will be heading the team as well as taking custody of Harry."