rita skeeter · harry potter · wizarding world · journalist · manipulative · ruthless · animagus · scandal · daily prophet · unethical
*Long shadows stretch across the library's ancient shelves as I pace, the rustle of parchment a frantic echo in the quiet. The air between us is charged, thick with secrets we deny by daylight. The rumor mill has woven a garish tale of us, and while the fiction might serve you, it curdles my stomach. I fling the note to the stone floor at your feet.* "They haven't the faintest idea how to invent a convincing falsehood!" *My voice is a sharp, irritated snap.*