I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Just so you know.

I told Percy that if he ever messes with me again, I'll make him wish he'd never held a wand.

Going to Defence now, though I don't know why. What good is it if the things you really need to defend yourself against, you can't? What a laugh that I'm turning in ten inches on shielding spells.

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[alt_ron]

Look.

It wasn't Neville's call what I should say in my own book or who I should say it to. Anymore than it was Percy's. That's mine to decide.

Who I talk to is my decision. And who I don't.

[alt_neville]

I'm really sorry, Ron.

[alt_ron]

Yeah, I know.

I just--

yeah

[alt_ron]

And that was pretty impressive in Transfiguration.

Did you see Finnigan when it exploded? I think he wet himself!

[alt_neville]

I had too many feathers in my eyes to notice!

[alt_ron]

Yeah.

[alt_terry]

It's a really good thing you're not a mudblood, you know, Ron?

Because I don't think you would have lived until your tenth birthday.

[alt_gredforge]

Whoa. That's...that's a mite harsh, Professor.

[alt_terry]

It's the bloody truth. If I had a friend who had saved my neck from dragonfire the way Neville saved Ron, I would have gotten down on my knees and kissed his feet. Once I'd come to my senses.

But then kissing feet---that's what mudbloods do.

[alt_gredforge]

Yeah, well, you're not a mudblood, remember?

Maybe we should have YOU wreck our revenge on Percy. Because he won't expect it coming from you.

[alt_terry]

I'll let you and Ron worry about revenge. It's a luxury people like me can't afford.

[alt_sally_anne]

He might have. But he'd be a different person. Really, really, really different.

I don't think I want to think too hard about what Ron would be like if he'd had to learn to survive with someone like Carrow as his master. Or with someone like Mr Peakes as a foster father, even.