Order Only: Private message to Alice, Remus, Sirius, Hermione, and my Aurors

[alt_rachel]

Right. Just got some info from my source on exactly how Bellatrix pulled off that stunt with Nesbitt. She used Rigel. There have been rumours circulating for years in old MLE about Rigel Lestrange and how he could instinctively cast the Imperius curse, or some such. (Allegedly because Bellatrix drank unicorn blood while pregnant -- Hermione, would it do that?)

Apparently Nesbitt had a meeting with Bellatrix and Rigel right before he went on WWN. This isn't Imperius, though -- Nesbitt truly believes he saw Sirius and Draco kill his family. What this suggests is that Rigel can modify people's memories, in detail. Bellatrix tells Rigel this is a game, and keeps him content and happy when she's not using him for his powers.

Hydra, how old is he now? What can you tell us about his abilities? Draco, did you ever meet him?

I think we may need to try to get him away from Bellatrix. That's not going to be easy, nor figuring out what to do with him, after. (We could send him to Saltash, I suppose. Though ideally it would be nice if he grew up a decent human being, and robbing him of his natural abilities, even temporarily, might or might not be a productive step in that direction.)

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[alt_hydra]

He'll be six at the end of July.

He's my brother so I should be able to answer these questions, but Mummy often kept him apart from other people, for obvious reasons. I can tell you that when he was younger the extent of his ability seemed to be that he made everyone inclined to keep him happy, whatever that might entail. His nanny, Mrs Baylock, more or less gave up her entire family in order to devote her life and time to him.

It didn't effect me except for the one time I tried to legilimise him. And after that I spent hours playing with him, and it felt like the most crucial, important thing in the world that we keep playing and keep having fun. Because that's what he wanted.

I think Mummy must be safe from him so long as she doesn't legilimise him, but I don't think anyone else is immune. Even if they can resist Imperius.

I've never known him to be able to modify people's memories, but if he really wanted someone to believe something, he could get them to do so, perhaps. Just like I believed that playing with him was absolutely necessary, that one time he influenced me.

[alt_rachel]

Shame there's no way to persuade her to legilimise him. That would be quite a few problems solved, if Bellatrix set aside affairs of state to play with her five-year-old son for the next few years.

[alt_rachel]

Anyway, do you know where he lives, most of the time? When he's not paying social calls with Bellatrix, that is.

How good is his nanny with a wand?

[alt_hydra]

It used to be Saint James Palace but I don't know if she's brought him over to live at Buckingham full time or not.

Mrs Baylock was Harry's nanny, so she's no slouch.

[alt_rachel]

If it's St James, would you be able to get in? (And back out.)

[alt_hydra]

Not anymore.

Mummy will have prepared for the possibility of me trying to get in there, I'm sure.

Unless she thinks I'd never dare come back, which I suppose could be the case but it seems a bit too much to hope for.

[alt_rachel]

I think we need to figure out a way to get our hands on Rigel. See if you can come up with one.

[alt_hydra]

All right.

[alt_hermione]

They ate the meat, first year. I think only Voldemort drank its blood but the others all had unicorn meat. And almost everyone was violently ill, too, afterward. I don't think it's ever occurred to anyone what might happen if a pregnant woman ingests unicorn flesh. It sounds to me like he inherited some of her skill in Legilimency only it was altered somehow by the unicorn's magical properties. So instead of reading others' thoughts, whatever he thinks or wants is what they want, too.

Anyway, yes, it's possible.

If Hydra wasn't affected, then the thing to do is have the people taking care of him Occlude, or perhaps be Animagi, so he can't affect them, the way he couldn't affect Hydra. Then he can have all the tantrums he wants and it won't matter.

[alt_hydra]

I'm not certain animagi are immune.

She used him to convince the werewolves to work with her, after all. Which isn't exactly the same but it may not bode well.

[alt_rachel]

No, it doesn't.

Well, we'll use Saltash if we have to. I'm not wasting you on babysitting, even for your little brother.

Private message to Alice

[alt_rachel]

I need to talk to you privately, in person, sometime today or tomorrow.

Re: Private message to Alice

[alt_alice]

We'll be back from John's funeral in an hour or so.

Private message to Ron

[alt_rachel]

They also realised Sirius isn't the only animagus.

Be careful.