Rita Skeeter

Rita Skeeter is a reported for the rag called a newspaper known as the Daily Prophet.

## 1992:

On the evening of August 21st she returns to her apartment from a meeting with the editor of the Daily Prophet, Barnabus Cuffe, whom she had failed to convince that James Potter inherently dislikes her. On the way home she thinks she had seen someone following her, so, she decides to be sure and take some detours on her way home.

The night of September 19th finds her in her apartment at the intersection of Diagon and Knockturn Alley, Rita Skeeter reads a letter received from Daniel Shafiq, a former ministerial candidate, who is just returning to Magical Britain after years abroad. He is asking for a meeting at Summer Isles on the following Sunday evening to discuss potential business — most likely revolving around her information gathering abilities.

She meets with Daniel Shafiq over dinner at Summer Isles in Diagon Alley on the evening of September 27th. They end up agreeing on an arrangement in the form of Rita providing Shafiq with an overview of the political landscape in Magical Britain, and Shafiq offering an interview on the condition that the resulting article would be published when he permits it. During their conversation he reveals that he has been in Eastern Europe since losing the ministerial race some ten years ago and that at the moment he serves as the international ambassador for the Resurgent Republic of Hansa — among his other undisclosed positions in the same country. At the end of their meeting, Shafiq steadies himself when he stands up by placing a hand on Rita's shoulder. In the process he tugs at her hair, most likely removing some strands of her hair.

She is framed for the murder of John Doe, an up-and-coming reporter at the Daily Prophet, on the night of October 2nd, when someone polyjuiced as her murders him, all while Mundungus Fletcher acts as a witness, under the anonymity of an invisibility cloak.

On October 5th she receives a letter from her bastard son — Benedict Cuffe — informing her that the diary used to communicated between themselves has been stolen the previous night. Some days later, on October 7th, while in her Office at the Daily Prophet, Rita Skeeter receives a message from the editor of the paper. It informs her that he had managed to get her an interview the upcoming Sunday night at Summer Isles with a Conservative representative to discuss the Muggle Protection Art. Her mind tells her that its going to be a dull meeting, but her instincts make her believe that the complete opposite is going to happen. Hence, on the evening of October 11th, she arrives at Summer Isles in Diagon Alley to have dinner and discuss with the representative sent by the Conservatives. To her surprise, the representative from the Conservatives is none other then Lucius Malfoy. The two discuss over dinner the Conservatives grievances in relation to the Muggle Protection Act, grievances that have nothing to do with the muggles in themselves, but more with the exaggerated power granted to the enforces of the act. After dinner, Lucius reveals his long term plan, effectively showing Rita how he had successfully framed her for the murder of John Doe. He then confides that he also has the diary that was stolen from Benedict Cuffe, diary that confirms that he is in fact her bastard son conceived with the then married editor of the Daily Prophet, Barnabus Cuffe. Rita is forced to confess about how Benedict came to be and how she ended up poisoning Barnabus' wife in order to hide the affair. In the aftermath, Lucius leave with the understanding that from now on Rita works for him.

## 1993:

She meets with Harry Potter at the Headquarters of the Daily Prophet at the behest of Lucius Malfoy on February 28th. There she proceeds to interview the boy about his so-called childhood. The article ends up published some days later, on the morning of March 7th.