Home!

[alt_ron]

It's great to be home. The food's so much better than at school. It's been so long since I've had real food--the kind Mum makes--I forgot what really good food tastes like! Awesome.

And tomorrow, we're going to Diagon Alley to buy a wand to replace the one that got broken on the way to school. I was sorta nervous about whether I'd still be in trouble for that, but Mum and Dad were totally wiz about it, and so tomorrow we're going to Ollivander's.

I hope you all made it home okay. I mean, I guess nothing was going to happen to any of us, what with all those Aurors on the train and at the station, but we all had to get from there to home, so I hope you all got there and nobody met any of the escaped prisoners or anything.

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I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Neville. Was everything okay when you got home? I mean with your gran and your sister and all. Did they actually have anything to do with that big thing at the Muggle camp?

And Hermione. It looked like you and Harry had a load of Aurors going with you from the train. Where did they take you? Are you at Buckingham? or Windsor? or somewhere else? Everyone was wondering whether all this stuff with the prisoners escaping meant that they'd take Harry somewhere secret. -- And I guess if they did, maybe you can't say, but if you can, it'd be great to know.

Hey, Perks. I hope they're nicer to you this summer than before. Or, anywiz, I hope Stretton's decent to you. And Gemma. Was there any trouble with Muggles on the farm? I hope not.

So, anyway.

It's odd being home. But good in most ways.

So, yeah. Write sometimes and say how you are, huh?

Order Only

[alt_sirius]

What's this about Aurors on the train, Arthur? And escaped prisoners - that must be what Malfoy was doing on Friday, yes? And Crouch and the others?

How many? Anyone we ought to help - is there a list of the fugitives?

(I'm meeting Aleks in a couple of hours, by the way, so I'm getting ready to appear in public. In honour of you lot, I've gone ginger for the occasion - well, sort of. The box says it won't be as bright as all that because my hair started so dark. But it ought to change it somewhat, I hope. I'd like to avoid using magic to change my appearance if necessary, but better that than walking around looking like my wanted posters.)

Re: Order Only

[alt_alice]

We haven't heard anything from Kingsley or the Weasleys yet -- the Weasleys have a full house, so it's not surprising.

If anyone's escaped, though... well, we should check and see if any of ours are out there, oughtn't we? I'll send a quick letter to Kingsley and Molly, see if they've released the names just yet.

And this goes without saying, but be careful.

[alt_padma]

It's probably because it took your parents all year to save up enough for you to get a new wand, Weasley.

[alt_pansy]

Oi! Play nice, Patil!

It is very un-stupe to make fun of other people's financial situations, you know.

[alt_padma]

Who says I'm making fun, Parkinson? I'm only saying that they probably had to save up. Wands aren't exactly like quills or a pocket handkerchief, they're expensive. And anyway, there's a permit you have to get, too, remember? So maybe that took a while to come through.

[alt_pansy]

Yeah. Whatever. You didn't actually believe that muck Skeeter was tossing around, do you? Because that whole story stank.

[alt_padma]

Well, of course not all of it. But some parts were true enough, even if some of the details were wrong.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_neville]

Yeah, everyone was fine. Seems that Gran and Evelyn HAD gone to the camp, but they weren't allowed in. I asked her if we would be going back in a couple weeks, and she said she didn't know yet.

A new wand! That's brilliant! I hope your new one suits you. It'll be your own new one, so I bet it'll work tonnes better for you, yeah?

[alt_pansy]

Oh, my face certainly is wan, with tears constantly threatening to spill down one of my thin trembling cheeks. I'll give you that much.

[alt_ron]

Don't be stupid, Patil. We couldn't have gone sooner because school wasn't out. And this is the first I've been home since September. When did you think we would have gone?

[alt_ron]

Yeah, that's what we like about you. How you're always about to cry all the time.

Not that we'd mind if you did, but it was just mad what that article said.

[alt_padma]

Of course. And they didn't tell you about it sooner because they wanted it to be a surprise, right? Even though if they'd told you, oh, I dunno, at Christmas or even your birthday, then you'd have been able to stop moaning and whinging about not having a proper wand - or at least, you'd have said, 'At least I've only got to get through for the time being and in summer I'll get a new one.'

So really it was all planned, all along.

[alt_pansy]

Totally.

Hang on... I just have to wipe my pain-filled tears away.

There. Better.