I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

That is NOT GREGORY.

There is no way. Gregory wouldn't know what half those words meant, let alone how to spell them.

I hope he doesn't get in horrible trouble. Not that I especially like him, but -- do you suppose he dropped his journal as he was getting off the train?

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[alt_ron]

But where are people supposed to go to practise wandless magic? I mean, I could go out with the goats or down by the river and get away with it until Mum shouts at me for not doing something else she wants. But do they just let people in the camps go off by themselves? I mean.

Wouldn't they figure they'd get up to mischief? Like trying to figure out to do magic without wands?

I guess. I just think wouldn't they all be using it already if it was something they could really learn just by trying wand spells without wands?

[alt_pansy]

They can't watch them all the time, though.

[alt_ron]

Yeah.

D'you think it works? Wandless magic? I mean not just wild magic like little kids have, but really doing proper spells?

D'you think you could learn to do it if you'd never been taught Charms at all? With a wand, I mean.

I've sort of been trying, but I can't make it work at all. Yet. But it would snitch if we could get the hang of it. It'd be great in duelling club--if someone captured your wand, you could still fight.

[alt_pansy]

Well, I mean, we could do it when we were babies, right? I levitated a silver rattle when I was one, and the person said that babies and young kids were particularly good at it.

Maybe we'd be better at it because we've only had our wands for three years?

[alt_sally_anne]

I wonder if I can still tell bees not to sting me? It's been ages since I hunted down a beehive. The Strettons have hives but they're in boxes in rows on one of the estates, not wild in the woods. I don't know if that would matter or not.