I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Ugh.

Acton made a total meal of it during our lesson today, going through all the Apparent Characteristics of the Curse I was under ('Or was it the journal itself?')--she wrote it all up on the blackboard. Blerg! I was so hacked off I could have curled those long, pointy nails of hers just by thinking about it, but I didn't.

Really, I didn't do anything. I just sat there. And I even answered her questions when she was horrible and made me answer. Mostly because she was trying to make out it might have been a spell that I cast that went wrong because of my wand, and I didn't want to prove she's right that I'm sometimes doing stuff I don't really try to do (when I get frustrated, y'know or angry, like that time in Carrow's lesson).

But everyone knows I didn't curse my journal yesterday. For one thing, I only do stuff accidentally that I kind of want to see happen (like roast Carrow alive). It's never stuff I don't wish would happen. Like me having to chat up the Malfoys and Mrs Lestrange!

Er. Except when stuff rebounds, I guess.

And she's totally right. Mrs Lestrange, I mean. I have to get Padma back for this. Right away!

I've been thinking all afternoon, but I can't decide. What do you think I should do? What's the best way to really wipe that smug sneer off her ugly face?

I could make her nose look like a pig's. I think I could do that one and make it stick. But, I don't know. I don't think I could do it without anyone knowing.

Comments

[alt_sally_anne]

I don't think Seamus is a good enough wizard. Isn't he the one who blew up the feather when he was trying to learn the hover charm?

Someone else could've hexed you at breakfast, don't you think? You didn't start in until after breakfast.

[alt_ron]

Well, but maybe no one wrote anything until after breakfast. I mean. When did you write yours? And there was that witch in Tunbridge Wells or wherever, who went on and on about my mum and her jam when I talked to her. That was during breakfast, wasn't it?

[alt_sally_anne]

That might've been breakfast. I wrote my thing in the night, but you wouldn't have seen it till you got up.

[alt_ron]

Well, all right then. Maybe you're right it didn't start until I was at breakfast or I'd have had to write to you before that.

So wait. Does that mean Finnigan didn't curse me? Cause if he didn't, then who did?

[alt_sally_anne]

Well even if it did happen while you were sleeping, it also could've been Lavender or Parvati. They're in your house, they could come into your dorm while you were sleeping. Unless Gryffindor House keeps the girls out of the boys' dorm as well as the boys out of the girls'.

If it was at breakfast it could've been anyone, I mean Padma has loads of friends and some of them are very clever especially at hexing and curses. Draco, for instance, but I doubt it was him because he wasn't around laughing at you yesterday. I don't know what he's up to, he's been kind of distracted lately.

[alt_ron]

D'you think you could ask Stretton if he heard who did it? I mean, he might have done, right?

Yeah, you're right about Malfoy, but I don't think he was anywhere near me. And nor was Marvolo, though he could totally do it. He knows loads of Dark Arts already, I think.

You don't think it was him, do you? I mean, honestly, if I thought it was, I'd

I don't know

[alt_sally_anne]

It wasn't Harry. First of all, he's been as distracted as Draco. Second, if he were going to curse you he wouldn't do something that would make you run around pestering people like Bellatrix Lestrange. He'd think that was a bad idea but also his own life sometimes gets harder when the important adults are in a bad mood, you know?

Besides, he could care less that Padma got her hair hexed off. I think he thought it was funny.

[alt_ron]

Maybe.

But, really? Who knows what he thinks.

[alt_hermione]

I do!! It wasn't Harry, honestly.

[alt_ron]

There you go, making excuses for him again. What was it you said the Headmistress calls that? Whatever. You shouldn't do it.

[alt_hermione]

You're just angry with him, Ron!!!! If you calmed down you'd see.

[alt_ron]

Of course, I'm angry with him, Hermione.

What would I see? That he's not my friend, and I was an eejit to think he was?

[alt_sally_anne]

And I could ask Stretton but he might not know. Padma isn't exactly one of his confidantes. I mean if you want to know who has a stash of Bertie Botts he's your man but 'who hexed me,' I'm not sure.

You could ask Katrina Bundy if she saw who did it.

[alt_ron]

This really stinks, y'know?

[alt_sally_anne]

Finnigan bloody well knew about it, though.

I'd tell you not to turn your back but that's a bit impractical when you share a dorm.

[alt_ron]

Yeah, it's him who'd better not turn his back on me.

I promise it won't take much for me to hex his pants on fire.