I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

I found a rat. Well Pansy did really, I suppose; Pyewacket brought it up to the dorm. Milli and Daphne weren't here, they were down in the common room, but Pansy hasn't wanted to be down there much.

He seemed really pleased with himself. Pyewacket, I mean. The rat's dazed but otherwise seems alright. It's a magical rat, not a common rat, I can tell because I made it a spot to sleep in my bed and it settled right down, it didn't try to run away like a regular rat would.

It must be someone else's pet. I'll try to figure out who to return it to in the morning, I guess. It's nice to pretend it's mine though, for now. Maybe the Strettons would let me have a rat, it really wouldn't be extra trouble for them, and Finnigan has an owl so I think halfbloods in fostering MUST be allowed to have pets if their foster parents give permission.

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[alt_ron]

Have you named him yet?

[alt_sally_anne]

No, because I was trying not to get too attached in case they found him and took him back to Sandoval.

Once you name an animal it's yours and it would be MUCH worse if Sandoval had MY rat.

Do you have any ideas for names, though?

[alt_ron]

If I had a rat, I'd call it something like Marlowe the Magnificent.

Well, that was the name of the rat in a book we had when I was small.

Does he look like a Marlowe?

Or d'you it might be an Esther? or a Hildegard?

[alt_sally_anne]

Hmm. Definitely a Marlowe and not an Esther. You know, rats have really big

Marlowe's not a bad name. I was thinking Gerard but he looks more like a Marlowe.

[alt_neville]

Well, I do hope you get to keep him. Any rat that escapes from Professor Carrow's clutches deserves the best possible chance.

I am trying to think of names of famous people who have escaped, say from prison. There's Sebastian the Stalwart, you know. From the comic book, The Alchemical Adventures? The one who wriggled out of the prison sewers. The story's mad, but it's fun. Don't know if you ever read that one.

[alt_sally_anne]

I've hardly seen any comics, actually, so I don't know that one. But escaped prisoners are a good idea and Sebastian's not a bad name.

[alt_ron]

Oh, that's a really wizard comic. And Sebastian would be a great name for your rat.