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_neville]

Oh, no, I just saw that, Professor Carrow asking Malfoy to give Dennis to him. Poor little bloke. I'll bet Professor Carrow's getting twitchy, what with Terry being taken away from him and then petrified, cause he hasn't had anyone to torture for far too long now.

Harry Marvolo really doesn't seem like a bad sort. I mean, if there aren't a lot of other people around. I keep thinking about how he was sorted into Gryffindor. By all rights, he should have been one of our dormmates.

[alt_hermione]

I don't know. I mean, he isn't really beastly to anyone, not even Dennis, no matter what he said - he doesn't like hurting people, not like some people, so he doesn't do it if he can help it. But I don't know if he thinks that all mudbloods are people or if it's just me. Or maybe if it's just mudbloods he knows. Because sometimes he says awful things about mudbloods, but he's never been awful personally. I can't decide if that's worse or better than people who are just mean about it all the time. It's like if a person was always saying, 'oh, I hate Slytherins, but I like you.' Do you really think they can actually be your friend?? Only, isn't it better for them to like you than to hate you?? I don't know.

I'm quite certain Harry's afraid of his father sometimes, but not always. I mean sometimes he forgets that his father can be beastly. Because, almost, he doesn't think of being beastly, so he doesn't think other people would either, not just for fun or because someone did something they didn't like. But then something happens to remind him, you see?

If I were Hydra I'd be afraid of her mother, I mean, I am afraid of her, and I'm not even Hydra!