I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Hermione, what you said about Harry, does he REALLY act like he think muggleborns aren't any less than purebloods or is it just that he isn't completely beastly to you the way some people are?

Do you think he's afraid of his father? I think Hydra's afraid of her mother. Everyone thinks Harry is special and protected but maybe he isn't, really, as much as everyone assumes. He said once that his father had always said that if Harry ever did something really terrible he'd give Draco to Carrow. Now if his father wanted to punish him but not quite that much he's got all kinds of friends to choose from, including you lots of people at school.

Well anyway.

I hope they don't do anything dreadful to Dennis. Even though I don't much like him.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Sure, you guessed it, she's half goblin and her dad got eaten by a dragon.

[alt_neville]

Hold on. She's a half...

That's it. She's a half-blood. Isn't she? That's her secret? You said it yourself: she hates half-bloods, so how'd she feel if she found out she is one? Or if she's trying to keep it secret from everyone else? I suppose it all came out because of the epidemic, maybe?

Blimey. I almost feel sorry for her. I mean, I wouldn't tell anyone, cause it's not my secret to tell. (Ron, you'd better not tell anybody, either. Anyway, if I'm right, it's under the lock now, so you can't.) I don't care what anybody's blood status is, but she really does. It just must be killing her, right?

[alt_sally_anne]

You're cleverer than your professors give you credit for, Neville.

A few weeks ago all the halfbloods got a letter from the Ministry a few weeks ago with all the new rules about floo and so on.

Milli got it. No one else noticed but I always notice that sort of thing. The teachers don't know because Carrow and Acton aren't separating her.

I think she's always suspected but didn't know for sure until now because she's been ten times as horrid since she got that letter.

[alt_sally_anne]

And it's driven me a little mad. I mean I knew about a LOT of the halfbloods who were keeping it a secret just because I notice all the little things like who never seems to get mail and who talks about their dad all the time but never their mum and things like that. Anyway I NEVER tell, at least I never have.

But Michael Corner was just quiet about it, he didn't say anything horrid about halfbloods the way Milli does.

I don't think it's right to act like it's something dreadful and if I went and told everyone it would be saying that it was something dreadful. But Milli ALREADY acts like it's something dreadful.

Maybe 'mad' isn't quite right but it makes me CROSS.

[alt_ron]

Hold on a bloody second, mate.

What's all this about me telling people's secrets? What are you saying exactly?

Don't tell Ron anything. He's too stupid to keep his mouth shut?

[alt_neville]

Not saying you're stupid at all, Ron. I know you're not. I'm thinking more about the famous Weasley temper, yeah? Like what you might say fast without thinking first if Bulstrode started in on Terry or Hermione in front of you. That's all.

Blimey, I want to be able to tell you things. That's why we've got this lock, ain't it? We just all have to be careful about what we say outside of it. And that means all of us.

[alt_ron]

 
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