Muggleborns Need-Not Apply

By Inari Takahashi

Disclaimer:I don't own either the Harry Potter Universe, or the world of Mr. Mulliner.They belong to their prospective creators.I don't even have their genius.What I do own is a nice collection of their books.I only write this for enjoyment and to honor the geniuses that created them.

The bar-parlor of the Angler's Rest was lit warmly by the firelight that gleamed off the brasses. The regulars had their drinks, courtesy of Miss Postlethwaite, and talk revolved around a copy of the Daily Prophet that a Mulled Mead had been reading.

"It said in yesterday's Prophet that the Muggleborns are complaining that they can't get positions in the Ministry," the Mulled Mead commented, turning a page. "Now today, it seems that they have a hard time getting their Masteries."

A Fire whisky-Strait-Up scoffed. "All they have to do is get enough owls on their Newts. The next thing we'll probably be hearing about the Muggleborns," he saw the good woman behind the bar polishing a glass with a stern look in her eye and changed mud blood to the less offensive term. "Is that Hogwarts offers a substandard education."

Mr. Mulliner took a drink from his tumbler of Hot Scotch and Lemon. "With all the up-and-coming Potions Masters coming out of Hogwarts, we can argue otherwise," he said, putting in his two-knuts-worth. "My own nephew Ignatius Mulliner is a good example of the quality of graduates coming from there. A Ravenclaw from a long line of Ravenclaws, he has already created a number of potions used by the Pureblooded Witches."

"I didn't know you had a nephew who was a Ravenclaw," The Fire whisky-Strait-Up commented.

"Haven't I told you about him?" asked Mr. Mulliner. "He's the youngest son of my brother Wilfred, also a Potions Master. Not only is he one of the youngest Potions Masters to achieve his Mastery, but he also courted a witch, trying to get approval from her Pureblood Father."

"Tough egg?" asked the Mulled Mead, getting a refill from Miss Postlethwaite.

"The toughest. The problem with Lord Malfoy is that he thought Ignatius was a muggleborn. Didn't I tell you that the Witch was none other than Melanie Malfoy, the only daughter of Lord Abraxas Malfoy?"