I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_draco]

Extraction and Diversion - all staff are headed to Bum's office. Clear out and return to common rooms as discreetly as possible.

Comments

[alt_draco]

What happens if we break the plate?

[alt_justin]

Draco,

I say, wouldn't that be the same as murdering her?

-Justin

[alt_draco]

Plates get dropped all the time.

[alt_terry]

And there are all those stone floors at Hogwarts.

[alt_justin]

True. But seeing as we've been discussing ways to accomplish our goals without furthering the Lord Protector's agenda, perhaps we'd better not drop this one, what?

-Justin

[alt_draco]

Better keep it somewhere safe, then.

Buried in a pile of Dragon dung seems a good option.

[alt_sally_anne]

It would be safe in a nice sack at the bottom of the lake, I bet.

[alt_sally_anne]

Or we could give it as a gift. I can think of someone who'd truly appreciate it and keep it very, very safe for ever and always.

Professor Dolohov.

[alt_pansy]

He would keep it safe.

I say we wait to see what Harry wants to do with it, but it's a thought.

[alt_draco]

I just thought of something.

Bumbridge is a toad in a plate and Raz still hasn't been cleared.

[alt_pansy]

We'll figure it out. I'm sure of it.

Now that she's gone we'll have more time to talk to Cassie and sort out what happened properly.

[alt_sally_anne]

Did she find anything out that she really shouldn't know? Umbridge, I mean.

[alt_draco]

Hermione's wand.

[alt_sally_anne]

Mmm.

She'd better stay in the plate, then.

[alt_susan]

Do we need to make a decision about it tonight?

[alt_neville]

True. The option is there, but better not to take it.

Leaves other options open.

[alt_neville]

The Gryffindors have all made it back safely.

Is Diggory....will he be all right?

[alt_draco]

Professor Dolohov took him somewhere is as much as I know.

Better him than Harry.

[alt_evelyn]

because of the prophecy, you mean?

[alt_draco]

In part.

But also because we need him.

[alt_evelyn]

Yes.

We do.

[alt_neville]

Yeah, but probably best not to say that around Fred and George. They're pretty good friends with Diggory.

Better if we had ALL come through the night unscathed. Blimey, I hope Diggory will be all right.

[alt_susan]

Me too.

[alt_draco]

I'm not going to withhold my thoughts just because someone might not like them, Longbottom. I've done that for far too long.

I'd prefer that Diggory come through it all right, too. Fact remains that if it came down to it, though, I'd rather him than Harry.

Who knows when any one of us might be put in a position where we have to choose between two unpleasant outcomes.

[alt_ron]

Yeah. That's true. I mean about having to be able to make those sorts of decisions.

And if Diggory really did jump in front of that curse, then he made the same choice you'd have made.

[alt_draco]

Correct.

[alt_neville]

For all I know, they might agree with you about the fate of that plate.

But I just thought I'd drop a friendly caution, as they ARE the ones who turned her into a toad.

Private message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_draco]

No one saw your wand, did they?

Re: Private message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_hermione]

Well. She saw it but that's not going to be a problem now, I guess.

(Only don't break the plate. I don't think it's a good idea.)

And he might have seen it. The man. I think...I think that might have been Sarah's brother. Fawcett's brother.

Where's Harry? Is he all right?

Re: Private message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_draco]

I won't break the plate, I don't even have the plate. I just wanted to see what the others would say.

Raz took Harry to his quarters, but I'm sure he'll be back soon. Fairly certain he's all right. Physically, that is. Who's to know if he'll work himself into a froth over this or not.

Wait - if you're not with him, where does that leave you?

Re: Private message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_hermione]

I've been in Mr Milland's office.

I'm staying here tonight, he doesn't want me in the Slytherin dormitories tonight.

And I have the plate in my bracelet.

Re: Private message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_draco]

Well, that's nice of him. To look out for you like that. How very Fatherly.

Re: Private message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_hermione]

He's not at all like a father!

Ugh, I think I might have to move the plate. I keep getting the oddest feeling like my skin is crawling, every time I think about it being on my wrist.

It's like seeing a beetle and then the rest of the day feeling like a beetle's crawling over your skin.

Re: Private message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_draco]

Bit old to be your Father, anyway.

Take the plate off your bracelet and send it to me through the box. It's not really the sort of thing you ought to be caught with on your person - not that anyone's the wiser or would go looking for it.

And no, I won't break it.

You reckon she's conscious and aware, in there, though?