Gideon Aiden Prewett

I cannot believe it's July already. The year is flying by rapidly.

[Moody]
I was assigned to interrogate Diggle. You probably already knew that. Anyway, he gave up some interesting information. Apparently a sizeable portion of the group became dissatisfied after Bagnold's murder and had to be convinced to remain in the unit. Not to mention, Diggle initially seemed to think that BOMB was going to be a peaceful force for change. The name in and of itself should have been enough to suggest the opposite. So either the bloke was lying to me or perhaps he's been out in the fields long enough for the sun to muddle his brain.
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[Frank]
How's that dehydration treating you, mate?
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[Longbottoms]
You ready for that kid yet?
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For those of you who hated doing homework at Hogwarts, I might advise against joining the Ministry. Thankfully I was not one of them.

[Xavier]
Dedalus Diggle provided a great deal of information last night including but not limited to names of potential members. From his statements and the initial reports of these people's locations, I can only conclude that there is a sizeable cell located in Kent. After examining his names against our existing database, very few of them check out. He listed people like Pinkstone and that bloke who killed the Minister although that seems to be common practice for these people.

It almost makes me wonder if perhaps he leads a group in Kent with whom none of our past arrests were familiar. That might explain why few of these names are known to us. I plan to run a trace on these names to obtain their addresses or general locations. You will have a list on your desk by the close of operating hours today.
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[Oliver/Sturgis/Audrey]
My interrogation of Dedalus Diggle last night proved quite entertaining. He provided several names when I asked him to give up his comrades.

Don't be surprised if there's a major raid early next week.
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[Mary]
I am sorry for coming in so late last night. I had a highly sensitive meeting run over. Between a massive report that is due tonight and Brandon's wedding tomorrow, I have a feeling the next two days may be rather chaotic. However, I am off this weekend.
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I trust that the latest round of arrests shall lead to a quicker resolution of this crisis.

[Private]
Work has been so bloody busy of late, a fact which has been compounded by the fact that the DMLE has been booking all these Muggleborn terrorists this week. Not to mention, the weather has turned warm at last so the fans have been running in the office causing non-weighted papers to hit the floor. I suppose some scientist has done a study somewhere that would conclude that the change of seasons, especially that of spring to summer, has an adverse effect on the productivity of an office environment.

My sleep of course has been irregular due to the fact that Aiden will be turning two months in about a week. I suppose that is normal for life with an infant. However, such a reality does not make it any easier to deal with especially when I am operating on less sleep than usual in addition to more work. What can I do though?
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[Alastor/Alice/Frank/Sturgis]
Let me preface this by stating that I know that being proactive can be dangerous. get people killed However, is not acting in a reactive manner almost worse than that? If the Order sets the terms more frequently by which things happen in this war, how could anyone argue that simply reacting to the Death Eaters' next move could be better? Especially when normally all Death Eater moves are done to further the cause not to mention almost always result in killing people.

Speaking of which, colour me confused by this latest Death Eater move. We know two things for certain: (a) the Ministry's prisoner control is as weak as a bloody sieve (sorry folks, it clearly needs refinement) and (b) the Ministry has a bloody task force to collect the Muggleborn terrorists. My question for you lot is why would the Death Eaters not have been willing to tip off the Ministry and have Selwyn's force collect Lily themselves.

Unless their end goal was not to lock her up but to determine the larger BOMB network. Which would seem to suggest that the Death Eaters do not trust the Ministry or its methods. Because clearly if DMLE interrogation is done correctly, one can easily learn what is needed. All these prisoners that the Task Force holds now should be able to provide such information.

I think there must be an ulterior motive here on the part of the Death Eaters.
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[Frank]
Doesn't this tend to lend more credence to the idea that the Ministry is not led by Death Eaters? If they cannot trust each other, it seems as though they would be easier to infiltrate. Although I suppose it could go either way. It's amazing though what people will say once you get a few drinks in their system.
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War is a nightmare.

[Jack & Dori]
Dori, you died because I was too much of a coward to call him out over the journals myself. Besides we knew you could push his buttons better than I could. Jack, you were just in the wrong place at the right time. I am so sorry. Neither of you deserved to die. I feel like this is all my fault even if Fab and Doc were as much in agreement as I was.
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[Private]
I just can't go home. I can't face Mary right now. I wonder if I could stop by Frank's and stay the night. Now I gotta see how good I am at lying. If the rest ever found out, they'd never forgive us. Ever.
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[Frank]
If you haven't already heard, Jack and Dori died last night. I was there and I got hurt. If it were at all possible, I need somewhere to crash. Maybe a couch or hell the floor? I'm not picky at all. I hate to ask for so much.
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[Mary]
I'm sorry. We couldn't save them.
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[Mary]
I love you.

He's so cute that I'm at a loss for words. We created him together. So I noticed this thing about when he wrinkles his nose. Aiden kind of looks like you. To think, he's never actually seen you do it before. Must be genetics.

I believe this kid will be a heartbreaker for all those girls he meets. Hopefully Ron can keep him in line.

[Friends/Family]
Aiden Fabian Prewett finally arrived yesterday evening [7 Apr] at 10:30 pm. Mare was in labour off and on for over a day. Bloody long time if you ask me. Thank Merlin that's over for her sake. However, we've only just begun on our journey with him so please give us some grace. We'll do the best we can to juggle everything in our lives but I'm not leaving this kid anywhere for a long time coming.

Pictures will follow, I promise, but I need sleep first.

I trust that all of you had a brilliant New Year. Just think a few more months and we will all be watching Quidditch again. Now all we have to do is deal with this rain-snow mix that has perpetuated in these parts of late. What I would not give for a warm rain right now. We could actually see flowers and the like rather than this bleak landscape of no leaves on the trees and few birds in the air. To think that by the time Quidditch starts this year, we will have a child. Oh Godric, this is the wrong political climate in which to bring up a child.

[Private to Self]
Well that went well, I suppose. The seven-month healer’s appointment for Mary went off without a hitch. I feel nervous. 12 weeks from now, our child shall be here. Then I shall be in a period of transition. Not only will I still be busy at the Ministry but I will also be waking most nights to feed the child or change its diaper or anything that might come down the pike. Am I ready for this? I am only 21 years old. Mary and I love each other very much and marrying as quickly as we did makes sense to me in my heart but my head is trying to get me to slow down now. The truth is I cannot. To think that we have only known each other for two years this August is insane. Two years in and we are married and have a child on the way. Merlin help us. This is the worst time to bring a kid into the world. Love will not be hard for us to muster but if it makes me weak or causes me to miss a step in a fire-fight, this shall all be for naught. I would give my life up for them. But Godric knows I hope I don’t have to. I wish my father were here. He could help me with this.

[Mary]
I am so thankful your appointment showed everything to be on schedule. Do you need anything at all? Can you believe that we have 12 weeks until our child arrives?