I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good: Safety Planning

[alt_sally_anne]

Right, then.

I was thinking about trying to get everyone together in the secret room to talk about this but between quidditch and the revue and everything else, trying to work out a time when everyone can be there is just ridiculous. And this probably shouldn't wait until March.

We need to talk about ways to get away, if we have to. Hermione had a portkey, but apparently all portkeys now go to an MLE dungeon. If you go there by accident they'll (probably) let you go but if you're trying to get away from them it won't do.

Things Hermione suggested when we talked about it last night:

* We can go to Madam Pomfrey, Professor Sprout, or Headmistress McGonagall if we need help (can I just note that the Headmistress is rather difficult to get to? unless someone knows the password to her office, and that's only good as long as she doesn't change it). Mr Milland is 'sort of a friend,' I don't know if that means 'go to him as a last resort' or 'he's friendly but not terribly helpful' or what.

* Maybe we could turn part of Pansy's house in London into a safehouse? I'm not sure what would be involved but there's an attic that her mum NEVER goes into and she'd never notice if she stopped being able to get into it. If we could cast the Fidelius Charm -- but you know, the Fidelius Charm is really, really hard. I don't know if we could cast it or not. And it takes a long time, I think, it's not like casting 'lumos' or something. There's also the whole matter of getting there without a portkey. (Though we could floo to Pansy's house and then run up to the attic as fast as we could.)

* Hermione also thought maybe she could work out how to adjust the calculations to make a portkey that works. I don't know the first thing about making portkeys, actually! ... but if Hermione does, that's brilliant.

* And, she suggested we all make bolt bags like we made for Terry. Fred and George are making everyone beads for container bracelets, like the ones Terry and Hermione have. I have one already and I'm thinking about things to add to it. I can't remember what all was in Terry's bag, but everyone could at least nick a blanket and put that in, and some food with preservation charms, and some water. A spare set of robes, but better if they're not Hogwarts school robes (because those are awfully distinctive and they'll attract attention if it's, you know, term time.)

Other ideas? Someone should talk to Fred and George (and Lee) -- that was a good reason to try to meet in the secret room, but I just didn't want to risk wait.

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Private message to Sally-Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_neville]

Maybe you see now why I was all right with the idea of poison rings--yes, Sally-Anne, Ron talked to me about it. We've had this hanging over our heads for years now, and we've had to think about that, the fear that we could betray someone we really cared about. Except that in our case, it was our parents.

When I face a boggart, it shows my fear that I'll betray them somehow. I suspected it, and we actually tested it last summer, and...yeah. There was no way I could let that get out publicly.

That's why I skipped the boggart lesson third year. And that's why I crashed my broom at the CCF trials, because I knew there would be another boggart as part of the test.

This is also why we've been studying Occlumency.

Re: Private message to Sally-Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_sally_anne]

Ah.

I can understand why you didn't want anyone to see that boggart. Although

So they gave you a portkey and found someone to teach you occlumency to keep you and Evelyn safe?

Re: Private message to Sally-Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_neville]

Yeah.

We have no idea where the portkey was going to take us. Somewhere safe; that was all we knew.

Re: Private message to Sally-Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_ron]

You're lucky, really.

Your parents looked out for you-

Re: Private message to Sally-Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_neville]

Well, yours did, too. Didn't they? I mean, after all what was that stuff your dad told you about the patronuses about? They were planning for your evacuation, too.

Re: Private message to Sally-Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_neville]

Maybe the difference was that your parents weren't know to be traitors, but mine were. I dunno.

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[alt_ron]

What was the patronus going to say? 'Run!' It's not like I can Apparate.

Re: Private message to Sally-Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_neville]

Well, I don't know what they would have instructed you to do, but obviously they thought about it, if he explained you should watch for a patronus. Maybe they would be telling you who was going to be apparating to YOU, to whisk you away. I dunno.

And after all, isn't knowing about your safety and whereabouts what your Mum keeps that clock in your living room for?

Re: Private message to Sally-Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_sally_anne]

No one can apparate into OR out of Hogwarts.

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[alt_ron]

Yeah. She has the clock. It means that whenever it says something nerve-wracking, she paces up and down and drops her tea cup.

I dunno what they'd do, but it sure seems that a Portkey would be a better way out of Hogwarts than someone Apparating to Hogsmeade and running up here to find us, cause then we'd have to run back out before we could get away. I figure we'd be six kinds of dead before that worked.

Or, y'know. Already in MLE's interrogation rooms.

Re: Private message to Sally-Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_ron]

That's why I think the rings are a good idea.