I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Terry, I want you to know we haven't forgotten you. I finally had a chance to get hold of Milli's diary this week and I couldn't read the locked posts from there, even though I COULD read a private message from Milli's mum. But, I wasn't going to write a whole long entry or anything, I just wanted to see if I could read. I had another idea, though, which is that Fred and George EACH got a diary from the Ministry (right?) and they only use one, so perhaps they could send their extra to Terry? Because since Fred and George can both see the locked entries AND Terry can see them, I would think that it would likely show them to Terry (but this would be really easy to test, they could just give it to Ron or Neville and have him see).

We'll still have to work out a way to get you the diary Terry but we will. And if Carrow is letting you read but not write maybe you'll see this.

And you're still a Hogwarts student and you're still a Ravenclaw, like Professor Vector and Linus Moon and my mum and dad (and Padma Patil. Sorry about that. But I share a House with Gregory Goyle so you know it could be worse.)

Anyway I was thinking about Dark Arts and how I'm the only person on the lock who's studying them. So, now that exams are over, I was thinking perhaps I'd write some essays, you know, for the lock. For Terry. Because if there's one person in the world who deserves to have any of the Cardinal Curses used on him, it's Amycus Carrow.

Um, before I do that, though, I think I want to make sure it's all right with everyone else. You won't think less of me, that I'm learning how to do these things. Neville, especially, because I know you don't like the killing curse, ever. (And it's not that you're wrong. I want to write about that, too.)

I sort of got the idea from Goyle -- I mean, from whoever it is that's using Greg Goyle's diary. Although it sounds like he gets some of it wrong, and I probably will, too, so maybe I shouldn't do this as I don't want to forget anything really important like 'wash off the potion that's burning you before you put the burdock poultice on.'

I'm staying on at Hogwarts for extra days because of the YPL testing. I don't know how much spare time I'll have, they haven't really told us much about what we'll be doing. But I should have time this summer, if I don't have time this week.

Comments

[alt_neville]

Well, maybe he could avoid the whole thing if he masters that animagus spell, and he can use it to get away from him.

[alt_sally_anne]

True.

The killing curse is easier than an animagus transformation, though.

Also, there were people who wanted to help him get away before Carrow took him. And Terry went with Carrow because he was afraid for Hermione's safety. If he runs away, Carrow will know he's run away. If he kills Carrow and makes it look like an accident, that might be safer for Hermione.

[alt_lee]

Ugh. No really good options.

Afraid you're right about Carrow. I mean you'd think he wouldn't because he likes having someone to order around and bully. But maybe he figures one mudblood--sorry, Terry, Hermione--is as good as another. And if he kills one, he can just go get another one.

[alt_neville]

Double ugh.

[alt_gredforge]

Yeah.

We've really got to get him our other journal.