Private message to Pansy and Harry

[alt_draco]

I've been thinking since duelling club, and even though Raz taught that stuff to you, Harry, so you'd feel more prepared if some mad person ever tried to hurt you, he must have shown it to the whole club for a reason, yeah? When he said it was especially effective against someone unpredictable, who can't be reasoned with by any other means--well, I immediately thought of the Carrows. And in his message to me my Father also said that we should be prepared to defend ourselves, against the Carrows, you know. He mentioned shield spells and the like, which are good, but they can only do so much, can't they?

I think we should keep practising combination combatives on our own time. Us three especially, because the Carrows have decided that they hate us, for some reason. I'm sure Sally Anne would want to learn more, too, and almost all the rest of the Slytherins in our year are interested enough in it that they'd want to join in, even if they don't feel personally threatened. I might tell Padma and Finnigan, too, cos they might want to organise something similar within their own houses. I'm not sure whether I should bother with Smith or Macmillan, though. They didn't seem to think anything was amiss on Monday, did they? Who ever thought we'd see the day when Hufflepuff would be the least put-upon house.

Anyway, let me know what you think.

Comments

[alt_harry]

I think so, too. And lets have Sally-Anne and other people in Slytherin for sure. We should probably include Milly.

Smith and Macmillan can go bother a banshee.

[alt_pansy]

Hah! Right!

And I think it's a really, really good idea, Draco. I keep saying that I'm pants at duelling, because it's just easy to shrug and laugh it off, but this is important, and the worst thing I could do would be to not try or to make excuses instead of actually learning something that could keep me safe.

And I also think it could be really good for us to learn how to work together better. We all get along pretty well as it is, but this could make us even closer as a class.

And if we're all going to be in a room with either of those people, I already know that you lot have my back, but this way, we'll actually have an idea of what on earth we could do. Because wanting to defend yourself and being able to are two different things.

[alt_pansy]

And Smith and MacMillan were well idiots the other day, but Bones is okay. She might see some sense in it. And she seems to have a bit of pull with the rest of her class.

[alt_draco]

How about you talk to Bones, if you think she'd be interested? I barely know her. I can't imagine anyone having pull with Smith or Macmillan, though--they really go their own way, those two.

I'm glad you like the idea. This won't just be dead useful, it'll be snitch, too.

[alt_pansy]

Yeah, I meant more with the girls. And Hopkins. Megan Jones isn't half bad with duelling to begin with, either, so I'd bet she'd be for it.

[alt_draco]

Hydra, too, even though she's not in our year. She's already been practising, after all.

[alt_pansy]

Yes! Of course. I think she'd really enjoy teaching us for a change.