outdoors

[alt_draco]

I haven't decided if I like camping or not. For one the tent is pretty cramped and I think we have more people in our tent than anyone else for some reason. The tent also smells a little off and isn't very nice, but we've really only been in it at night, so I guess it doesn't matter that much. I rather wish I'd been able to bring one of Father's tents, though. They're really posh, with full kitchens inside and everything.

Teddy definitely seems to know the most about being outdoors, probably since he's from Wales. He shared his insect-repelling potion with me yesterday, since the bugs were really bad and kept biting me more than anyone else, even though I was using the charm they showed us on Tuesday. I counted later and I have over thirty bug bites, ugh!

Seeing the Falcons again was pretty wiz-nift. Auggie Orville remembered me from Harry's birthday last year, and asked what position I play at Hogwarts. I told him I'll probably go for chaser. He has the same broom as I do, ha! He seemed surprised that I'd got mine before he even got his.

I tried to talk with Harry about what happened on his Birthday and how I was sorry I had to miss it, and then I asked him why he never writes in his book anymore, either. I'm not sure he was listening to me very closely, though. He didn't say much about it.




Did anyone else hear anything dodgy last night? We all heard something tromping about in the underbrush. Percy Weasley told us it was probably just an animal that was further away than it sounded, and reminded us that there were likely wards cast around the campsite. Still, we all heard it. Vince was so petrified I think he might've been crying! Whatever it was, it made noise for about twenty minutes between midnight and one, and then it stopped.

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[alt_ron]

Huh. No. I guess I slept right through it. And all I heard before I went to sleep was all that silly hiccupping coming from Brown's tent. Maybe whatever you heard was trying to scare them so they'd be quiet!!!

I'm with you on the tent's smelling manky. I think the problem with ours (besides Seamus's feet) is that Moon brought some kind of nasty-smelling amulet or something. He keeps it under his pillow I think. I don't know what he's afraid of--that he'll catch something or get a taint or something from being in with us.

So are you and Marvolo going swimming this afternoon? My group can't seem to make up their minds.

[alt_draco]

I wasn't going to go swimming but now that it's gotten hot out I suppose I might. I just hope there aren't any kappas in the water.

I don't know if Harry will be swimming or not.

[alt_ron]

Yeah, what's up with you two?

He was down at the water all afternoon and didn't even say hey to you when you came down. I mean, not that I saw. He seems, I don't know, extra quiet this week. Well, maybe that's not it, I mean we had a good time on Wednesday with the creatures and then in the afternoon you should have seen him when he found that jarvie sett. Half a dozen of them popped up, and I'm telling you, they have foul mouths! My Mum's ears would have been blowing steam if I ever talked like that!!! But Harry was hilarious! He kept asking them questions to cheese them off!

But, yeah, the other times I've seen him he's seemed really quiet and kind of depressed. I guess maybe he hasn't had a very nice summer.