I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

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Sally Anne, Pansy, Nev.

(Good thing I don't have to use private messages to talk to you lot since there's three of you. I heard Jones got well cheesed at Bones--heh, that rhymes!--'cause Bones sent her a PM she couldn't read 'cause she was third on the list. I bet that happens all the time, people forgetting you can't have more than two.)

Anywiz. Last night some of us were messing about and came up with a game you play with switching spells that turned out to be a real laugh! You need to get a bunch of stuff together--like we had Bundy's bunny slippers and Towler's omnioculars and my wrist sheath and a load of other things--nobbly rubber balls and some ribbons and a bell and just a load of stuff--and then you take one thing and swap something on it with something on one of the others, and then you pass it to the next person and they have to swap something on it with something from one of their things and then you pass it on. It gets really mad!

It's a bit complicated putting it all right at the end, of course. I think Towler's omnioculars have still got bunny ears.

Anywiz, I was thinking you might want to play. (It'd be great with jam!!!!)

And Nev, you should totally try it. You were hiding out last night so we wouldn't ask, weren't you?

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[alt_pansy]

Was it found in her rooms?

That means it might've been a girl.

I'm sorry, Nev. That sounds dead awful.

[alt_neville]

Not in her room, no. Sort of tucked behind the corner of one of the hanging tapestries, in the archway just inside the portrait hole, so you wouldn't see him unless you were looking for him. Which she was, because he'd been missing for three days. And then you didn't see the writing unless you moved the body. She found him late at night when no one else was around. I don't think she told anyone except for me. I'm trying to get her to agree to tell one of the prefects, because I think they should know.

So...did a Gryffindor take him outside and let someone outside the House do it, and then put him back inside? Or did a Gryffindor do it? Either way, it looks like a Gryffindor must've been involved somehow.

Which rules out either of the Professor Carrows, I suppose. Well, unless they had a Gryffindor help. Maybe one of the older students in the Dark Arts class.

[alt_sally_anne]

I hate the thought that someone in your house would have done that to her.

If she doesn't want to talk to a prefect or Madam Hootch do you think you could persuade her to talk to Professor Brutka? He's kind, and he might be able to work out who did it. Or if she wants another pet he might be able to charm it in a way that would keep it safe. He put a charm on Sebastian to make it so the cats wouldn't notice he was there and chase him. I don't know if there's a way to keep a pet safe from people.

[alt_neville]

Me, too.

I don't think she's going to want another pet for awhile. But if she does, talking to Professor Brutka is a good idea. Thanks.