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alt_dracoI've been meaning to tell you both about a few things that happened over Hols. On the night of the Gala, Teddy told me that Ned Pennifold made it clear to him that the Lord Protector is keeping an eye out for more young recruits to the council. You know how Teds is, though - I couldn't be sure it wasn't a brag or a trap, so I let it lie. But then, at Blaison on Sunday morning, before Daphs and I went to Kings Cross, Alfred Montague told me that his brother, Jason, told him the same thing: start proving your worth, the Lord Protector is watching.
Harry, if your Father is casting his net over Hogwarts, then I'm going to make myself into a fish he can't refuse.
On Saturday I more or less implied to my Father that I will be distancing myself from him publicly. Though we didn't speak of his slipping social position directly, he knew why I was warning him. He told me that he didn't want me to put myself in danger to save him, and when I pointed out to him that I've never really not been in danger, he argued that I didn't need to put myself in the Lord Protector's service so completely. He made it clear that the last thing he wants is for me to bind myself to the Lord Protector.
After a time, I think he saw that he couldn't sway me, and he said that whatever I do, don't do it for my family's standing.
Of course, he thinks that's exactly why I'm doing it.
I think it's time I ask Snape if it's possible for him to train me in legilimency.
Harry, if your Father is casting his net over Hogwarts, then I'm going to make myself into a fish he can't refuse.
On Saturday I more or less implied to my Father that I will be distancing myself from him publicly. Though we didn't speak of his slipping social position directly, he knew why I was warning him. He told me that he didn't want me to put myself in danger to save him, and when I pointed out to him that I've never really not been in danger, he argued that I didn't need to put myself in the Lord Protector's service so completely. He made it clear that the last thing he wants is for me to bind myself to the Lord Protector.
After a time, I think he saw that he couldn't sway me, and he said that whatever I do, don't do it for my family's standing.
Of course, he thinks that's exactly why I'm doing it.
I think it's time I ask Snape if it's possible for him to train me in legilimency.
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Date: 2014-01-08 06:34 am (UTC)About bloody timeIt's hard to imagine him afraid, either, but it's good that he means it, not wanting you to be one of them.No, I don't expect you'll find it fun.
It's just...it means you'll have to go back to how you were. You'll have to behave like a prat again. And I don't want you to have to if it's avoidable.
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Date: 2014-01-08 06:48 am (UTC)And you know, most of the time it really isn't about what you say with these people, it's how you say it. If I saw
you and they were sayingSally Anne in the common room, for example, I'd say, "What do we have here? Why, if it isn't the cleverest little half blood at school," and they'd all think I was taking the mick on Sally Anne, but the joke's on them, see, because I'd actually be speaking the truth, and Sally Anne would know it.Or - remember when I told Umbridge I'd caught Fawcett in the Forest, but she'd punched me like an animal and was dragged away by centaurs, and that I hoped they'd eat her?
That's what allowed the rest of you to help her escape.