- "He is – the world's – biggest – git!"
- — Ron Weasley, tearing up Percy's letter[src]
In 1995, Percy Weasley wrote and sent a letter to his younger brother Ron. The letter was extensively long, and repetitive in several paragraphs. It was delivered by Percy's owl familiar, Hermes, and Ron was at first surprised to receive the letter, considering Percy's defection from the family.
Having heard from Cornelius Fudge that his brother Ron had been made a Gryffindor prefect, Percy wrote to congratulate him, afraid that Ron might have taken the "Fred and George route", deciding to cause trouble at school. He also urged Ron to break off contact with Harry Potter, fearing that, since Harry had been tried by the Wizengamot for using underage magic, and gotten off on a technicality, their friendship would threaten Ron's position as a prefect, and even possibly a future appointment as Head Boy.
Percy also commented that Dumbledore's future at Hogwarts could be coming to an end, with veiled hints at the introduction of the Hogwarts High Inquisitor post.
He then followed with an apology about not getting to see Ron more over the previous summer holiday. Percy claimed it pained him to criticise their mother and father, but he could not live with them while they remained "mixed up" with the Order of the Phoenix, and that when they realised their mistake, he (Percy) would be prepared to accept a full apology.
While Harry treated the letter as a joke, Ron took Percy's writings as a great offence, as he frowned more and more when he read the letter, looking disgusted at the end, and angrily tore it up and threw the pieces into the fire in the Gryffindor common room. Although Harry attempted to make it look like a joke, the letter had greatly hurt his feelings, as he saw how his words about Lord Voldemort returning were being ruthlessly criticised in writings, especially by a former friend.