gobstones tonight if you want

[alt_hydra]

Something dreadful happened on Monday.
Tully's leg was hurt.
I found him huddling behind my trunk, and his left back leg was bloody and twisted.
I took him to Professor Brutka before dinner and he fixed it, thankfully (and without removing any of the bones on accident, too).
He said that maybe the charm that protected Tully from the cats in Slytherin had wore off, so he put it on Tully again.
Tully was just so frightened when I found him and that frightened me, too.
But now he seems alright, almost as if nothing happened at all.
Maybe rabbits don't remember for very long, which could be useful sometimes and not at all at other times.
A girl from Ravenclaw wrote in her journal about how her Mummy died doing a charms experiment.
It made me afraid of doing my charms homework for a little while but then I realised I was being silly.
Still, it scares me a little to think of how Daddy works with dark, cursed objects all the time.
He's never had one of them hurt him, but what if one did?
Dark, cursed objects can do worse things to you than killing you.
I told Draco about it and he said I worry too much, and that I should play more games like imploding snap and gobstones.
So does anyone want to play gobstones in the common room tonight?
Let me know if you do.
Mummy's owl this morning wrote about how we're going to have a special guest staying with us over the holidays.
I wonder who the special guest will be?

Comments

[alt_pansy]

I'm sorry Tully was hurt. I hope it wasn't Pyewacket, although I'm pretty sure he's far too smart to do something like that. I'm glad Professor Brutka fixed him up though.

I might be free for gobstones if no-one else takes you up on it.

[alt_harry]

I'll play gobstones Hydra.

[alt_pansy]

Well, I don't mind adding a third! See you there, Harry.

[alt_hydra]

Oh, you really will?
Thank you so much, both of you.

From,
Hydra

[alt_rodolphus]

Hallo there, Duckie. What are you up to, worrying about your old Dad and his mouldering toys? I've been on the bad end of one before, you know, but you were too young to remember. But I learnt from my mistakes, see, and now I scarcely make them at all.

Course, it's easier this time of year. Today I was actually sent a Christmas ornament that's suspected of having infested a lovely Cheshire home with nargles. Next, I'm sure to receive a pudding that curses one with unpleasant experiences on the loo.

[alt_hydra]

Daddy, you must be having a laugh, a pudding wouldn't be a dark object!
But I'm glad that you learnt how to not make mistakes.
What happened to you before, when you did?

From,
Hydra

[alt_rodolphus]

You must have never tasted Nanella's pudding before, then.

And nothing happened to me that is suitable for your young Duckie ears. What matters is that I'm in one piece now, eh?

And ho now, you haven't sent us a Christmas list yet, have you? What do you want, then? A big, fast shiny broomstick like Draco's and Harry's?

[alt_hydra]

Nanella makes pudding?
A broomstick might be nice, but I can't bring it to school until next year.
Perhaps I should ask for games, since Draco feels I should play more of them.
Will you be working a terrible lot over the holidays, Daddy?

From,
Hydra

[alt_rodolphus]

No, your Mother convinced her to give it up.

Games can be had, certainly. We'll try to pop in Harrod's at the weekend and see what's all the rage. Or what's totally "wizard," as you kids say.

'Fraid I will be working a bit, Duckie. But you know I'll always make time to spend with you.

[alt_hydra]

They say nift or wiz-nift more now than they say wizard.
No, I think it's good that you are working.
Maybe I can watch you work, if it's not too dangerous.
I am not afraid of nargles.
Do nargles even exist?

From,
Hydra

[alt_rodolphus]

Perhaps you can watch a bit, from a safe distance. It'll depend on what I'm working on.

And no, I've never seen a nargle, but some people are convinced they exist, the dotty souls.

[alt_luna]

If it helps, I don't think the sorts of charms my mum was experimenting with are anything like the charms they're teaching us at school.

I'm sorry your rabbit got hurt, and I'm glad that Professor Brutka was able to help.

[alt_padma]

I guess that's one thing about the robe pet rabbits, they never get their legs all chewed up. But then they're not soft like a real rabbit, so I'm glad Professor Brutka could fix him back up for you.

I bet you could ask Loony Lovegood there all about the nargles. If you want to have the other one pulled, that is.

Anyway, I'm sure your dad's really good at what he does, and very careful.