Bellatrix Lestrange

My Lord, I deeply regret contacting You at so late an hour.

I humbly beg a meeting with You this very night, if only You will allow it.

I have news from Level 13, which I prefer reach Your ears via me alone.

As always, I await Your call.

Hopkirk, please add to Saturday's finalised records:

V5.01-S5 (completed on 10:16, Saturday, December 10)

Changes noted: in lupine form, attending healers saw subject's vitals improve and bleeding slow. Back in human form vitals worsened again, showing no difference from previous variables. However, Pelton's report today verifies tissue changes when compared to earlier subjects. Attach copy to finalised record.

V5.02-S5 expected to execute January 9.

Starling's reports were correct.

V4-S5 execute.

Subject brought in to level 13 this morning. Earl "Hodge Podge" Astley, former alias "Batty Merryman." Resident of Broadwater Farm Estate. Unemployed. (note to B - ill-gotten gains, perhaps? Certainly wouldn't be difficult, given that peculiar abnormality)

Have already verified variable 4. B.C. applied at 18:00 on today's date. H1 and H2 on standby with intensives; will contact me to report anything, however minor, that might suggest recovery.

Braithewaite and I will need preliminary reports on V5 by morning.

A note intended to bring you both up to speed -

Hydra, despite your lack of response, I know that you must have received my owl regarding your journal entry. I shall succinctly repeat what I said yet again: such short, childish missives are nothing more than an attempt to clamour for attention. If you feel you have done something truly worthy of boasting, then by all means tell the world in less pitifully obscure language; otherwise, save your triumphant outbursts for your Father, as such a success is more down to his skill at playing the Knight than it is to your own efforts. (Though I should credit your ravenous sweet tooth as well, I suppose.)

Information not in the owl: Hydra, you are to report to Buckingham after breakfast tomorrow. I have petitioned our Lord and He has graciously allowed you the honour of spending the next week with Harry, seeing as Draco is busy with his parents and Harry's mudblood is in disgrace. Feel I have reasonably presented the case to Him that if Harry is to be in female company, better it not be the unclean sort. My hope is that you will take in the business and bustle of Buckingham and find yourself inspired into servitude for our Protectorate, so that you will at last find your calling and rise to fulfill it. If it happens that you remain uninspired, then at least this can be considered good practice for seeing to Harry's needs.

Rodolphus: Have managed to secure a delivery of three male camp prisoners for the re-creation exercise. None are as pure of blood as one would hope, but all match up quite well in height, weight and age. Exercise will commence on Tuesday, once they've been delivered. I don't need to emphasise how important this re-creation is; as such, please keep all interruptions to zero.