I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good Private Message to Harry Potter

[alt_ron]

Say, mate.

I've been thinking more about what we'd do if we got people together for revising. I know you had ideas about that. Anywiz, we could start it up this week if we wanted. I mean, since we don't have any giant deadlines this week, it might be a good time.

We should know what we want to do, though, before we decide who to ask.

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[alt_ron]

I know there other people we could talk to about this and probably should, but before that I wanted to see what you're thinking about it.

[alt_harry]

Yeah, sure.

I'm good at Defence stuff, and maybe other people could take over heading up different topics depending on what they're good at? I think people would probably think revising was useful, so they'd come for that.

And there's other stuff I was thinking about. Like what Mrs Longbottom and Sirius were talking about. But it's hard, because Umbridge isn't around any more. She sort of made it easier to come up with stuff to do, you know?

So I thought we could check in about the 5th years in each house to see if people were doing okay. Especially the halfbloods. I'm going to get tutors and stuff, but I think it's important that we all help too. Because one of the things Umbridge said was that halfbloods were expendable. And that's not right.

Which was why I thought we could also show everybody the notes we got from Umbridge's office. About how she was going to try and make the halfbloods fail, and that they were going to be used for something awful. Because they wouldn't be missed. And she even talks about who would be the least likely to be noticed, too.

I think even though she isn't around any more, it might make them care more. About how unfair it is. Especially if they think it might still be a problem. I mean, the people on the galleon are okay, which is why they're on the galleon, but this might really make it so they'll want to help other people, not just their friends.

[alt_ron]

Well, as for subjects and all, I don't imagine we have to worry too much about planning anything. If we invite people to come and someone's got a question about something, I'm sure there'll be one of us who can answer.

But, um. If we're thinking about inviting loads of people, then we wouldn't want to do it in the secret room, right? We'd just say it was a special revising thing that some of us sixth years are putting together and anyone can come. And you could especially get halfbloods and other people who are maybe having trouble with some of their OWL subjects, and we could just be helpful.

But I think what F-F was thinking about was going back to using the secret room and inviting people we think we can trust and want to get closer with. Or, anyway, he was wanting to have somewhere we could revise without having Patil and Finnicky bothering him to work with them.

And that seems different. I mean, I'd like to keep the secret of that room secret, so if we ever do need somewhere safe to go, we'll have that.

[alt_harry]

Oh, okay. So you're thinking we'd have a general revision group for anyone who wants, and make sure OWL students know to come, and have a smaller group for the secret room like Daphs and Katrina Bundy and Corner and stuff. And yeah, I wasn't thinking we were going to invite just anybody to the secret room.

I thought we could tell the galleon people about Strangeweale. Not just anybody. People we could trust a bit. People we already know were angry at Umbridge and wanted to do something about it, you know?

[alt_ron]

Er. That's what I thought you were saying. About doing something with 5th years who need help, like all the halfbloods.

And, yeah, that'd probably have to be separate if we want a place where the galleon people can talk and maybe do some extra defence drills.

And I guess, well. I'm wondering if it's time to give a few more people galleons now. People we weren't sure about before. I don't know. But I'd really like my sister to hear what you found out about Umbridge and Strangeweale... and see what she thinks when she hears it. Because if something happened where we really needed the galleons now, I'd want her to have one. Only, it's risky to trust people with them that we didn't before, y'know? And Ginny's one of those people.

[alt_harry]

Yeah, I can see why you'd want to.

And you'd know if she could handle it or not.

She'd want to bring Honoria in too, probably. And maybe other people have been thinking about people they want to give a galleon to.

I think it's always a risk, you know? So we might have to sort out what we'd do if things went wrong, like how we'd handle it, but that shouldn't mean we never ask anyone else to come on.

[alt_harry]

And, I mean, we haven't done anything too bad yet.

The things we did with Umbridge was stuff that was sort of expected, yeah? I mean, some of the earlier messages people were writing about blood might really get us in trouble, but I don't know if new people would be able to read the old stuff.

[alt_ron]

I don't think anyone can see back beyond the most recent couple. It's not like in our journals where everything's always still there if you ask them to show you.

So, yeah. And anywiz, with the galleons, who knows who said what, right? I mean sometimes I can't tell at all. Othertimes, yeah, it's dead obvious who said something.

[alt_harry]

Yeah, it is sort of anonymous. Which means if someone said something that could be seen as traitorous or something, you couldn't point a finger to anyone specific. Which means it'd bring down the whole group.

And if we choose them right, they wouldn't want to get that many people in trouble.

[alt_ron]

That's a good point.

I reckon we ought to talk to the rest of them now and see what everyone else thinks about getting the galleon group together again. We can ask them about adding new people, too. And about what we do if something does go wrong. (Besides panic and use our rings, I mean.)

[alt_harry]

We could send them to the infirmary and have Madame P knock 'em out. Or Pans could scramble their brains, like she did with Mrs Professor Carrow.

[alt_harry]

I was thinking about what we'd all get up to after school. And I was thinking that if the galleon people knew they had someone they could talk to about really bad stuff, that if they came across something like that at their jobs or something, they might talk about it to us. Even if they weren't part of the Order, that might be really useful, you know?

And if they know they can come to us and tell us things and they know we won't get them in trouble, maybe they'll think we can do something about it. Like what we did with Umbridge. And Sarah. Even if they don't want to know how. Like they could just think I can do stuff because I've got all these connections and things. Maybe.

[alt_ron]

Also a very good point.

Yeah, when we leave school, everything will be different.

[alt_harry]

Yeah. And I think this sort of thing is easier to start while we're all still in school.

[alt_ron]

Well, so then we should do it.

Do you want to write the others on the Order lock tomorrow? I don't know if it matters that Mum and the rest see what we're up to. Maybe they'll leave us alone to talk about it ourselves if we say we're just wanting to have a conversation where Hermione and F-F can see it.

It's bloody inconvenient, people aging out of this one.

[alt_harry]

Yeah, it really is.

Sure. Tomorrow sounds good.

[alt_harry]

You okay with talking about Ginny where your mum and Bill and Charlie can read about it?

I'll say it's Institute business, and for Order people to stay out, but I don't want to bring up Ginny unless you think it's okay.

[alt_ron]

Ugh. You're right. I don't really want to talk about new people where they can see it. Especially not Ginny. We can put that topic off until we meet, yeah?