I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Well

I hope the Order is planning on giving me some Potions tutoring in addition to the Apparation lessons.

The Headmistress caught me giving Stephen Capper his tea (which is just TISANE, mind you, not anything I'm not supposed to have, though I was trying to get him to think it was a sleeping potion -- so much for THAT) and now she's forbidden me to make potions EVEN IN POTIONS CLASS.

I assume I'm still allowed to make them WHILE I'M TAKING MY OWL EXAM but I didn't ask because I didn't want to give her any ideas.

AND she told Capper that his brother died in the camps, after they snapped his wand and sent him there (because he wasn't nervous enough! I mean I HAVE BEEN MAKING HIM THESE TEAS BECAUSE HE CAN'T SLEEP FOR WORRYING ABOUT THAT HAPPENING TO HIM) and I'm hoping that really means the Order got him out, since they faked my mum's death maybe they also faked Thomas Capper's?

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[alt_neville]

Blimey. That's just--

All right. First of all, you are going to pass your O.W.L.s. And so is Capper. We'll make sure of it.

I'm willing to take whatever potions ingredients that're needed for whatever potions we work on in class, every time. If all of us nick just a little, we can keep you supplied. And you can brew, in the hidden room. I'm sure Fred and George or Lee would help you. Lee especially. He's really good at potions. Wait...

All right, I just spoke to him, here in the Gryffindor Common Room. He said yeah, he'll do whatever he can to help you.

We'll figure this out. She is not going to beat you on this!

[alt_luna]

I'm willing to pass on any teas that Stephen might need. If we pass it in the hidden room, then the Headmistress won't know, and I can give it to him in Ravenclaw Tower.

Oh, poor Stephen. I can go see if he needs some company.

[alt_harry]

That's

I can't

Okay.

I'm going to talk to Corner and see if there's something we can work out together to help Capper before we all leave for hols. Love Luna, or really anyone, do you know if Capper's been able to get a tutor for hols? Or after?

I really wish Madame P was still here.

And if you can't brew in class, you can't brew with a tutor, can you? Even if me or Pans got you one.

That's bollocks.

Private Message to Sally-Anne

[alt_pansy]

It could've been worse.

Imagine if she'd caught you with a real sleeping potion.

I hate her so very much.

[alt_terry]

If you come to the review sessions being held at the Burrow, I promise you'll have a tutor for potions, at least for the Easter holidays. A very good one. It's all arranged.

[alt_ron]

You okay today? Sorry I wasn't around la

She didn't hex you to keep you being able to brew Potions, did she? I can't think what kind of hex would do that.

Except Imperius.

She didn't, did she?

And she didn't give you another badge, did she? Were you wearing the one you have?

Only, I wonder if she has some sort of snooping spell on them. I mean, you said she came out of nowhere, and-

Yeah.

Maybe we could make a dummy badge that would look like the one she gave you but wouldn't have any spell she put on.

Don't say it. Paranoid. That's me. But really, she's a nightmare.

[alt_justin]

Hullo, Sally-Anne,

Wayne, Bobby, John and I were up half the night, talking about Madam Umbridge and her latest crashing insensitivity.

I say, it's beyond intolerable. I keep wondering if I might be able to say something to Mr Rosier or Mr Pontner at the Ministry, to somehow turn this into a public relations debacle, what? But then, it can't possibly be a worse issue for them than it already is, and yet no one's done anything about it.

It's well frightful, no matter what. We've just got to make sure she doesn't succeed in bringing us low--in body, spirit or anything else that matters.

-Justin