Order Only - Private message to Sally Anne Perks and Ron Weasley

[alt_draco]

Hey, Hermione said you two came round earlier today looking for me? I was out at Moddey demonstrating the new brooms. Except for the Selwyn kids, most have never experienced what a real racing broom can do, so those who want to use them are going to need a few lessons first - otherwise, the new brooms will be smashed before they're ever properly broken in.

Oh, and speaking of, did you get your broom back in one piece, Weasley? Thanks for the thought, it was generous of you. Only while I was out replacing the one half-way decent (but basically rubbish) Moddey broom I wrecked, I figured why not get one for myself, right?

Anyway, was there something you wanted to see me about? Oh, and Hermione says she's sorry, and that she would have welcomed you in herself if Mr Snape hadn't had her occupied with some complicated brewing.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Unfortunately the Gryffindors have a large head start or we might eventually overtake them.

[alt_ron]

Not likely.

[alt_draco]

Ha. Gryffindor is home to our newest, and probably most dangerous, council wizard.

Who would have thought?

[alt_ron]

You don't have to live with him. No surprise to those of us who do.

Which is a lovely thing to be reminded of.

Cheers.

[alt_draco]

I meant Finnigan.

Your brother is more "in danger" than "dangerous."

[alt_ron]

I meant Finnigan, too.

Haven't had to live with Percy for a couple of years. Hard to say which one's worse.


And, yeah. If he's in danger... that's his lookout. It's not like he wants help with it if there were even anything we could do, y'know?

[alt_draco]

The one you're related to is worse. It always is.

Funny, but I had to come to a similar conclusion about my Father. Well, I'm sure you saw when I wrote about it in my journal, to the Order. That doesn't mean it was an easy conclusion to arrive at, though.

[alt_ron]

No. I know it wouldn't have been.

I'm sorry you're losing your father, y'know. It's complicated. I'm not sorry what's happened to him, really. I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said I were. But he's your father.

And it's horrible.

Won't go on about it, though, alright?

[alt_draco]

No, I wouldn't expect you to feel any personal regret over that. Just as I imagine you won't expect me to feel any personal regret when you brother meets his inevitably bad end.

And that, too, will be horrible.

So yeah, enough said. I'm with you there.

[alt_ron]

Say. Do you think you want to be there when we bring Daphs over to Grimmauld tomorrow night?

I mean, maybe you do, but it's one thing to know it's going to happen and another to be there when she finds everything out all at once.

Your call, though.

[alt_sally_anne]

I don't know if that's a good idea. I mean it's up to Draco, but Daphne might not really want to -- well, if he does want to be there we should definitely let Daphne know he will be, before we take her to Grimmauld.

I mean the other thing is that we're going to be telling her a load of stuff to remember, like who the Order teachers are and how to get to the safe house and all that. If she sees Draco, none of that's going to stick.

Maybe I'm not giving her enough credit.

[alt_draco]

You know, I'll need to face Daphne, no doubt, but I'm not certain that the night she (most likely) gets sworn into the Order is the best time for a reunion.

And she'll need to be properly introduced to Hermione, and get acquainted with Mr Snape, and... does she even know that Sirius Black is with us? Because if not, that will probably be a shock, too.

So maybe one thing at a time, yeah?

[alt_sally_anne]

She doesn't know about Sirius. I didn't have permission to tell her that so I didn't think I should.

[alt_draco]

It can wait.

I can, that is.

[alt_ron]

I mean, we've got Hermione. And that counts triple.