I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_hydra]

Is anyone going to Smith's proposed water fight?

I'm not; it wouldn't be worth trying to lie around Mummy for. She doesn't ask many questions when I say I'm going to see Remy, but she would certainly ask about Smith. Especially now. Earlier this week she pointed out that I've been very neglectful of Harry and that I haven't tried hard to see him at all since CCF ended. I pointed out that he was on holiday but she acted as if that wasn't much of an excuse. So, to make her happy I told her that Harry had been confiding in me more that he used to. That's at least a little bit true, and she didn't press for details, either, so that's good.

I suppose this is where I say that when we're at school this year, I'll have to be careful about who I associate with from the lock. Of course, no one would say a thing if I spent time with Sally Anne and Pansy...also, Luna is in my year, so that makes some sense as well. And Justin and I are always careful, or try to be.

Right now I'm certainly not planning to purposefully ignore or be unkind to anyone, but if I seem a little aloof and distant, it's only because I don't want anyone to be hurt because of my parents. Because of my Mother, I mean.

I always have to be careful. She might go for months and months with scarcely a comment to me, and then, out of nowhere, unleash her disdain for something I didn't even realise she was aware of, or even cared about. And it's not because she's a legilimens. It's because she notices everything. She stores it away and saves it, and then, when she's ready, she uses it against you. I don't ever want her to be able to every use this against me, because I need it.

So, that's all. Have fun at the water fight (if you're going).

Comments

[alt_ron]

Why? Have you heard someone say they're cancelling the OWL for Dark Arts? Because the teacher's changing, maybe. Only, they didn't cancel the Creatures OWL when Brutka took it over or when G-P took it from him. Or the Transfig exam when Brutka took over from Carrow.

You're lucky you never had to take anything from either of them. The Carrows, I mean.

[alt_justin]

Wait, do you mean to say it's--oh, but of course it was an elective, what, but surely there hasn't been an official Ordinary Wizarding Level for it all this time?

I say, that's dashed inconvenient.

I do beg pardon, old chap, I can't say what I was thinking. Of course, there's already an O.W.L. in them.

-Justin

[alt_ron]

No worries. I wish you'd been right!

So which electives are you taking? I've got Creatures and Runes. I'm leaving off Divination, though. I mean I took it because it's meant to be soft, but I've got to drop something. And when the twins got Dolohov's list for their year, it's got a Runes text on it, so I might as well stick with that. And no way I'm dropping Creatures!

[alt_justin]

I had already signed on for Arithmancy, Runes and Creatures before we learned about Dark Arts as well. I shall have to see how the year goes but I'm well concerned it's going to be rather too much, what?

-Justin