No Means to Use the Stove

When a Muggle woman breaks up with a wizard, there's no need for her to remember the magical world anymore, is there? Will Charlie Weasley Obliviate his ex-fiancee?

Does she want to remember him? Would it be easier to forget it all? Anna realizes she might not have a choice. Is it necessary for a Muggle woman to remember the magical world after a breakup with a wizard? Will Charlie Weasley Obliviate his ex-fiancée?

How does Charlie react to Anna's leaving? Was Anna right? Will he really Obliviate her? Maybe he will. After all, what use has a Muggle woman for her memories of the magical world after a break up with a wizard?

She didn’t know why she was so sure he would Obliviate her. It was, after all, an unethical, horrid thing to do. “Risky business,” he had said himself. Altering one’s memory, deliberately violating one’s person and personality, that wasn’t like the Charlie she knew. Especially when he loved her. Or had loved her. Or had at least thought that he loved her.

“Stop beating around the bushes, Charlie,” she said and her voice sounded dull. “We both know you are here to Obliviate me. We Muggles don’t have the right to remember, do we now?”

Charlie felt the pensieve on his palm and remembered what Anna had yelled at him. “Do it, Obliviate me, and then you can heal your own broken heart with your pensieve! Isn’t that what those things are for? To make sure you wizards don’t have to feel anything? That you don’t really have to remember anything?”

Anna tries to cope with her memories being all wrong and weird. A memory charm isn't a weak spell. How does one fight an Obliviate? Do her precautions work?

“Poor bugger,” Ron sighed, “I don’t know if it’s more horrible not to use the pensieve and deal with the memories, or to use it and deal with Hermione.” Did Charlie Weasley use the pensive to deal with the memory of his Obliavated Muggle fiancee?

Anna didn’t know. She didn’t know whether she should have been exhilarated or scared. There was only one thing she did know: never mind how impossible it sounded, Charlie was a wizard and magic did exist. Anna didn’t know. She didn’t know how she should feel, she didn’t know what she should do. Then she remembered someone who did. She went to her computer and opened anew the e-mail letter she had received. She would consult a very reliable source – herself.

“Happen to know about Seamus? Finnigan?” That was a bit of a surprise. Charlie seemed really anxious about this. Dean didn’t remember Seamus and Charlie ever being mates or anything like that. He calculated hurriedly in his head. He didn’t believe Charlie Weasley was after Seamus for anything bad. He wouldn’t hurt Seamus, even if he had behaved a bit out of control a moment ago. And – Dean decided looking at the readhead – Charlie might hurt him, if he didn’t answer pretty soon.

It's time for Sean Finnigan to explain some things to Charlie Weasley. The thruth isn't always very pleasant. Especially if you happen to have Obliviated your Muggle fiancee.

"She was stalking her ex-fiance and pretending to be a secret agent, yes, but at least she could do it in a dignified, adult manner." How do you deal with the emotional distress caused by working through an Obliviate? Anna Richardson has her own methods.

Anna Richardson shouldn't remember anything of the wizarding world. Obliviate does that to you, you know. How come she recognized Ron and Hermione, then? Should they tell Charlie?

Ron followed Hermione out into the garden and they soon spotted Charlie sitting by the pond. Ron was just about to tell her he had been right all along and she shouldn’t have worried so much, when she suddenly let out a terrified shriek and leaped for Charlie. This chapter contains a life-threatening situation.

Anna knows. Charlie knows she knows. How would you react after being Obliviated?

Charlie Weasley has finally gathered enough courage to confront his Muggle ex-fiancee he Obliviated. Hungarian Hornatails are nothing compared to a woman scorned, are they? Except that Charlie didn't expect Anna to be drunk. He didn't expect her to fear him, either. At last, the confrontation!

Why would Anna want to resist Charlie Weasley? Finally, they talk. Obliviating someone isn't such an insignificant thing, especially if the someone is your fiancee...

The Ministry is coming! Will they Obliviate Anna again? How will they cover up for Hermione showing Sheila some magic? Where have Ron and Harry been? Why did Anna answer "No"?

Finally, the sort-of-epilogue I promised. What happens to Charlie and Anna? Maybe it's just too hard to try combining two different cultures...or maybe it isn't.