alt_draco | Longbottom:

You're on notice. I saw your little act at the train station, and so did Blaise, Teddy, and Bode.

You offend him and you offend me, got that? You've done a bang-up job hiding your true colours until now, but I saw them come out today when you thought no one but your mates were around. I bet you all had a good laugh together later, didn't you? Laughing not just at a Professor, but at a Hero of the Protectorate, no less. Milli was right, you really are a blood traitor.

Better do a better job of watching your step, if you know what I mean.

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Current Location: hogwarts express

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From:

alt_padma

What'd Longbottom do this time?

(And is your uncle still asleep?)

From:

alt_draco

Yeah, he is.

Longbottom was taking the mickey out of him...my Uncle, I mean. Professor Lestrange.

From:

alt_padma

What? How?

Why? I mean, he's thick enough to take the piss out of a Professor, but...he's also so thick he might not have even known he was doing it, right?

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alt_draco

Just because someone looks and acts thick doesn't mean they are.

Especially when their parents are criminals who've managed to convince everyone that they're dead until only recently.

As for what he did, well, he was imitating him. How he...you know, walks.

From:

alt_padma

But that's...well, that's just not on.

You think he's been pretending to be an idiot all this time? I suppose that would explain a lot.

And he did write back to Sirius Black a couple times. With real questions, I mean, not just to tell him to bugger off like a sensible person would have done.

Still, that's foul. I reckon he'd have to be a blood-traitor to mock a hero like that.

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alt_daphne

The fact that he did it where you could see means that he's exceptionally thick, though. Not just exceptionally, but alarmingly! I can only presume that Professor Lestrange was probably nearby when it happened?

From:

alt_draco

There's no doubt in my mind anymore that he's a blood-traitor.

And if he's mocking someone like my Uncle, then you know he's got to be mocking all of us.

From:

alt_draco

He was helping Harry with his things at the time, so he didn't really notice, no. Though I suppose he'll read about it later, when he wakes up.

From:

alt_daphne

I certainly hope that he doesn't think that the rest of Hogwarts will give him such a callous welcome. Perhaps we can do something special for him later?

I know! A re-enactment of the day he saved the Lord Protector's life, all those years ago. Were I blond I would cast myself in the role of your Mother, but as it is I'm quite content to play your Aunt. Hydra would work well for your Mother, though, were we to dress her up a bit.

Who would you like to be cast as, Draco?

From:

alt_draco

Thanks, Daphne, but I don't really fancy being in a play right now. I don't think my Uncle would fancy us doing a play all about his experiences, either.

From:

alt_daphne

I suppose that's understandable. I will definitely stop by his table tonight to welcome him to Hogwarts, though.

From:

alt_zacharias

Is that really true, Longbottom was taking the mickey because Professor Lestrange has a limp?

Odd sort of thing to do.

From:

alt_draco

Are you calling me a liar, Smith? I don't typically care what Longbottom is up to enough to lie about it, do I?

From:

alt_neville

Huh?

What are you talking about, Malfoy?

I wasn't taking the mickey out of anybody!

From:

alt_draco

Oh, I just knew you were going to show up and feign innocence. I've got you figured out now, Longbottom.

From:

alt_zacharias

Steady on, Malfoy. No one's calling you a liar. But we didn't see it, did we? I'm just asking. And wondering why Longbottom would take a notion to do something like that.

Does he have anything against Professor Lestrange? I mean, a reason not to like him. We've not even met him yet, most of us.

From:

alt_neville

You're saying I was imitating his limp? But I wasn't! I wouldn't do anything like that.

I didn't even see the Professor. He was there at the station?

From:

alt_neville

I have absolutely no idea what he's talking about.

Blimey, what a way to start out the new school year.

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alt_draco

Oh just give up, would you. "I don't know! I'm thick and harmless!"

Pathetic.

OF COURSE HE WAS AT THE BLOODY STATION. HE'S HARRY'S BODYGUARD. SEE WHAT I MEAN?? NO ONE IN THE ENTIRE PROTECTORATE IS THIS THICK.

From:

alt_draco

There's a reason, but it's not my place to say what it is.

I wrote this so that Longbottom knows that I'm on to him. You either believe me or you don't, and I really don't care enough to convince you. All that matters is that i know what I saw and other people know, too.

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alt_zacharias

Well, it's just that if he did something like that, I reckon he's not just thick. Or a blood-traitor. I reckon he's got to be a nutter as well.

Oh, hang on a moment! It's to do with his dad being wanted, isn't it? You don't have to say if it's classified or anything. But that's what it is, I bet.

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alt_neville

Well, I didn't do it. I didn't.

I remember now, I tripped over my trouser cuff right before I got on the train. And Ron and the rest were laughing at me, not anyone else. Surely even you can believe I'm a lot more likely to stumble over my own feet than try to make fun of somebody else. Much less a Hogwarts Professor, who is, as you say, a Hero of the Protectorate.

And I'm not a blood traitor. I don't have any parents, remember? Just my Gran. She's been my legal guardian for over ten years, and I've never known any other.

From:

alt_harry

Right, whatever you say Longbottom.

I didn't think you were mean like that. But blood will out I guess.

From:

alt_neville

Oh, no. Not him, too!

From:

alt_percy

The Prefects certainly need to know if any student behaves disrespectfully toward any Professor.

Thanks for bringing this incident to our attention.

From:

alt_neville

I DIDN'T DO WHAT HE'S SAYING I DID.

From:

alt_gredforge

Good one, Perce. Way to start out the new school year as a Big Head Boy Arse.

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alt_pansy

There's no reasoning with Draco right now.

I do think you ought to say that you're very sorry and didn't mean it to Harry, even if he doesn't buy it right now. Just so the other people reading can see it.

I'll see what I can do later, if I can do anything. Merlin knows why Draco's all touchy -- he seemed pretty okay about it back when the story just came out. Harry seems like he's awful close to Professor LeStrange, maybe that's why, if he thought you were making fun?

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alt_pansy

And don't say anything more about being a blood traitor. Because even if you're saying you're NOT one, people will keep making connections between you and that.

And that would be bad.

The sooner people stop talking about it altogether the better, and if you try and deny it any more than you already have, it'll just drag on.

I'm sorry, though, Longbottom. And I know you didn't mean it.

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alt_pansy

If you can pull it off, making a public apology to Professor LeStrange before anyone asks you to might be good too.

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alt_neville

I'm so very sorry, but it's all a misunderstanding, honest. I didn't see Professor Lestrange, and I never would have tried to insult him in any way.

From:

alt_neville

Good idea, and I've done it. Thanks.

From:

alt_percy

Yes, well, someone in your position needs to be exhibit exemplary behaviour at all times, Longbottom. Your professors--and particularly one with such a record of distinguished service to the Protectorate as Professor Lestrange--will not tolerate any cheeky attitude on your part.

From:

alt_gredforge

Humungous Big Head Boy attitude is far, far worse.

Chin up, Neville. Don't let the tossers get you down.

From:

alt_millicent

not if youre a blood traitor. it isnt.

From:

alt_gredforge

But keep your wand handy.

Just in case.

From:

alt_harry

You regret it now. But it just isnt on. Really Neville.

From:

alt_hermione

I bet you anything it's because Lucius Malfoy told Harry he had to be more of a prat.

I mean he didn't SAY that. But he MEANT it. I'm pretty certain.

From:

alt_pansy

~~Harry's just too thick to pick up on~~

~~Of course he wouldn't ever say~~

~~How would you even begin to know~~

I'd bet having your own personal bodyguard can give you a bit of a stuffed head too. Is that why he was being so weird with Ron?

From:

alt_hermione

Probably.

He didn't exactly tell me, you know. But he came back and said something about setting a better example, and he's been out of sorts. Anyway, I don't think he has a stuffed head, I think he just doesn't know what he's supposed to do really, and nobody can really tell him.

From:

alt_pansy

Draco is one thing, but Harry's the son of our Lord, and even if he just hints at that sort of thing could really mean bad things for Neville. Unless that's his idea of setting a better example and it's what he intended to do all along, which isn't his style at all. At least it didn't used to be his style.

Well, if anything, people will be more scared of him now than they used to be, so if that's his goal, he's accomplished it.

He might listen to you.