I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_hydra]

Oh, oh I don't know what to do! Daddy came out of nowhere and he took Justin and he was so angry

I'm in so so much trouble

I have to

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[alt_luna]

You were with Justin? What were the two of you doing? Your entry was cut off--are you free to write? Do you think Justin's in any kind of danger?

Is there any way we can help?

Does the Order need to know?

[alt_sally_anne]

Hydra, what's going on?

Should we tell the Order?

[alt_draco]

If her Father surprised the two of them and he's angry enough at Justin to "take him" somewhere - well, I don't think he found them feeding the ducks.

Hydra would have written to say more by now if she could.

[alt_terry]

I think we should. I don't like that she cut off in mid-entry like that.

I'll talk to Mr and Mrs Longbottom. I hope Hydra won't be angry with me, but given what little we know, I don't think we have any choice.

Private message to Draco

[alt_sally_anne]

Do you think they were hav snogging?

What do you think Mr Lestrange is going to do to Justin?

Re: Private message to Draco

[alt_draco]

I hope that's what it was, because the alternative is that he caught them talking about the Order or somesuch.

We might have to start calling him Justina.

[alt_ron]

Yeah. That doesn't look good.

What do you think he's likely to do to Justin, then?

Private message to Ron

[alt_sally_anne]

Draco said we might have to start calling him 'Justina.' I'm not sure if he was joking or not.

[alt_hermione]

HOW do you think he found them?

I mean, I wonder where they were? They can't have been daft enough to carry on where they'd be found. Can they have been?

Which means, maybe Mr Lestrange has a way to spy on Hydra? Do you think that means he might have heard things from Tea Appreciation too?

[alt_sally_anne]

You don't think he'll use his ring. I mean if all Mr Lestrange cares about is that he and Hydra were, you know.

He won't need to.

[alt_sally_anne]

If Mr Lestrange knew anything about the rest of us we would ALL be in an MLE dungeon right now (or dead).

And we're not. So he doesn't.

Re: Private message to Draco

[alt_sally_anne]

Well he can't have done, because if Justin were being interrogated by MLE he'd have used his ring and we'd know.

Unless they worked it out and got it away from him before he could

I mean, he can't have caught them talking about the Order, I suppose he very well might have castrated Justin by now. Do you think Madam Pomfrey can fix that? I suppose it Mr Lestrange wanted to be sure she couldn't, he'd know how to manage it.

Re: Private message to Ron

[alt_ron]

Oi!

That's not something you joke about.

Mind you, it's Malfoy. I just didn't realise he disliked Justin that much. Does he? No telling with him, is there?

[alt_draco]

I don't know, as I've got no sisters, and as a male have been heartily encouraged since age fifteen to pursue sexual release in ways that are "befitting my station."

Which leads me to believe there's a bit of a double standard for females, especially ones from wealthy, pureblooded families. And Uncle Rodolphus' attitude toward Hydra has always been...well, it's a bit funny, isn't it?

My guess is that he'll curse him so that he's a eunich, or something.

[alt_ron]

What if Hydra's mum's there? She might be interested in more than whether they were shagging.

Re: Private message to Ron

[alt_sally_anne]

I don't think he does dislike him. I do think he thinks Justin was playing with fire to get involved with Hydra at all, given who her parents are, though.

Private Message to Sally-Anne

[alt_hermione]

No, but Justin might well be. In a dungeon, I mean.

Have you ever read any of the records about duels of honour? I did a little research back when--back when Letchley was bothering us.

Pureblood families have traditions going back centuries, you know, where wizards 'defiled' their daughters. Duels are only the half of it.

I just don't understand how anyone could be so stupid. Especially Justin and Hydra--I mean, he's really normally so stolid and she's just so careful. I don't understand it.

[alt_ron]

Seriously?

That's just...


Can St Mungo's reverse that?

Re: Private message to Draco

[alt_draco]

I've no idea. Perhaps some version of that spell that was put on Moebius Ollivander...

Thing is, Hydra's Father does love her, so if she's pleading Justin's case he might actually listen. Maybe.

Re: Private Message to Sally-Anne

[alt_sally_anne]

Fifty years ago maybe but no one does that NOW.

Do they?

Re: Private message to Draco

[alt_sally_anne]

Did they make Ollivander impotent or was it worse than that?

I put a hex on Letchley that made his hands go limp any time he'd try to wank. I left his willy alone, though. (I didn't want to have anything to do with his willy, that was rather the problem, if you catch my meaning.)

[alt_draco]

He's a specialist in dark artefacts - I'm sure he could find dozens of ways to spy on her if he wanted. Could be something that sets off a notification spell that goes off if things get too cosy and intimate.

I don't think he caught them talking about the Order. If he had, he would still be waiting around to see if he could hear more, not snatching up Justin and Hydra.

Re: Private message to Draco

[alt_draco]

Oh, no, his cock and balls were hexed off and kept in a jar whenever he was in school. Nice image, that.

I don't ever remember what he did - was creeping on girls, or something?

Re: Private message to Draco

[alt_sally_anne]

He assaulted HERMIONE, Draco.

I can't believe you forgot

He got what he did because he was interfering with Harry's property, of course, not because anyone cared about how Hermione felt about it.

Re: Private Message to Sally-Anne

[alt_hermione]

I don't know if anyone does anymore but it's not as if the Wizengamot have changed the laws or customs. So legally, Mr Lestrange has the right to do almost anything he likes.

Re: Private message to Draco

[alt_draco]

I - you're right, of course. I can't believe I forgot, either.

I don't think I thought about it much, at the time. I mean, I didn't comprehend what that actually meant. I think I imagined him trying to hold her hand and kiss her cheek as if she were his girlfriend, and I was mostly perplexed as to why a Slytherin would want to hold hands with a mudblood because surely his family would be appalled.

But obviously that wasn't it if his bits were kept in a jar.

[alt_hermione]

I think if she's involved, things would have been resolved already.

Or maybe they are; did you see that Mr Lestrange just wrote to Professors Lestrange and Dolohov?

[alt_neville]

That's a very good point, Malfoy. So less dangerous for the rest of us, but still maybe plenty dangerous for Justin. Depending on what sort of not-feeding-the-ducks they were doing. And how angry her father is.

Private message to Hydra Lestrange

[alt_luna]

We're all quite worried.

Please write to us as soon as you can.

[alt_luna]

Can anyone think of any way we could trace the two of them? Figure out their whereabouts?

Although I can't imagine what we could do. Especially if we don't know what the situation is.

[alt_luna]

Hydra clearly thought he was a lot more angry than she wanted.

Private Message to Malfoy

[alt_ron]

Will he hurt Hydra, do you think?

Private Message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_ron]

I don't see that we can really do much to help. Unless Malfoy or Harry go visit the Lestranges to see if they could get in the way of whatever's happening.

I mean, if it's just about F-F shagging Hydra, they've kind of got to take what's coming to them, I reckon. Only that could be pretty dire, so maybe Harry could help if he tried calling on Hydra. Do you think he would?

Re: Private Message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_hermione]

I was wondering if maybe Ms Tonks could write to Hydra to make sure she's coming to Tea Appreciation, though of course that doesn't guarantee an answer. But at least it might remind her parents that people would notice if she suddenly disappeared forever.

The thing about Harry calling is that Auror Lestrange would never tell him he can't come 'round but that's only because she wants him to take an interest in Hydra. So that wouldn't really help Justin.

And honestly, Ron, would you be willing to 'take what's coming to you' if Daphne's parents had decided to come after you for shagging her?

[alt_hermione]

Maybe. If they have their bracelets?

Sally-Anne, would that work? Or Ron, could you ask Fred and George?

There's blood in the spellwork for that, right? So we could maybe find out if they're...if they're alive, and maybe approximately where they are.

I'm still not sure what we can do about it, though. The only thing I can think of is to casually write to Hydra or Justin, outside of the lock, about something completely different, just to remind Mr Lestrange that people will miss them if they disappear.

Re: Private Message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_ron]

That's a good idea about Ms Tonks. I could write her, I guess. I thought maybe we'd have heard something from the Longbottoms by now to the rest of the Order, but maybe they're all off somewhere and Terry hasn't found them.

Well, it would help Justin if Harry distracted them from torturing him. Or questioning him. Or whatever they're doing to him.

And, yes. I mean, I wouldn't have had any choice about taking it. If they had done. I mean, it wouldn't've been nice, but there wouldn't really be anything to do about it if they'd come shout at me or hexed me or got me arrested or whatever. I didn't think they would do, though. Not Daph's parents. And, anywiz, we weren't ever really serious. And we're only friends now. It's just... I did what I did and if they were cross about it, I'd've been in for whatever they tried to do.

[alt_hermione]

Have you told them?

I think we should tell Sirius and Tonks, too. Maybe she can write to specifically invite Hydra to Tea. So they'll know someone's watching out for her.

Only I don't think Sirius will be very happy to find out that they got caught shagging.

[alt_sally_anne]

There is blood in the spellwork, yeah, it's part of the runework I did for both the notice-me-not and the anti-loss.

But there's also blood in their veins (in rather larger quantities). If I had Hydra's bracelet, or Justin's, I might be able to use it to find them, but I'd also have to be fairly close. (Which is a good thing for Sirius Black or he'd never have managed to stay a fugitive as long as he has -- you know there was probably hair he left behind in his house from when he was a child, and Bellatrix Lestrange could stroll in there for tea any time back when Mrs Black was alive.)

[alt_sally_anne]

Writing them outside the lock is good. Can you find Harry? It might be best to have him do it. Can anyone think of a pretext for him to PM Justin?

[alt_ron]

Well, they haven't used their rings, right? We'd know if they did.

That doesn't tell us they're alive, but it tells us they haven't killed themselves.

I'm going to write Ms Tonks. And ask her to write Hydra.

Re: Private message to Draco

[alt_sally_anne]

No. That wasn't it.

Re: Private Message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_hermione]

That may be so but Daphne's parents aren't the type who'd hex your privates off, or worse.

Re: Private Message to Hermione (and Harry)

[alt_ron]

Yeah. That's sort of the point.

I don't think I'd've tried to date Hydra. Myself.

[alt_ron]

Okay. So I told her. Tonks. Did you see what she wrote? I guess some of us should answer her, yeah?

I just wrote to her, though. I didn't think about including Sirius. It just seemed... I don't know. And now she wants to know if it's alright to tell the whole Order or just some of them, and I don't know. I mean, not all of them could really do much to help. My Mum, for instance. And if she didn't have to hear about it, that'd be better, really. If you know what I mean.

But I said Tonks should maybe tell Sirius and Mr Lupin, because if anyone can think what we could do to help, they'll think of it, yeah?

[alt_hermione]

I think that's probably good. If Terry tells the Longbottoms and Ms Tonks tells Sirius and Mr Lupin, they'll keep it relatively quiet.

Unless there's a reason to tell everyone--I mean, unless it becomes clear that we have to tell.

[alt_pansy]

Oh. I see.

Here's hoping he doesn't.

[alt_hermione]

Harry's on holiday with the Malfoys. But Draco has his journal, so Harry should be able to see his, too.

I wish we could get any sort of answers about what's going on.

[alt_ron]

Say.

Maybe one of you Slytherins could get in touch with Remy and ask- I don't know- ask if Justin maybe left his journal at home and is off somewhere without because you were wanting to ask him something, but he's not answering. I guess you'd have to actually write him a PM first if you did that. Or just, y'know, Floo call the Jugsons and ask if he's there. Because if he is, at least we'd know he'd got home, yeah? And if he's not, then... well, we might find out if the Jugsons are worried about it or if they seem to have heard from him or something.

Just. Maybe we'd find out something.

[alt_terry]

I've spoken with Mr and Mrs Longbottom. So they know...well, as much as we know, I guess.

I wish one of them would write back. Or that they were carrying their galleons.