I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

I'm going to get Seamus Bloody Finnigan if it's the last bleedin' thing I ever do.

I mean it.

He'd best not sleep in this dormitory again without casting every protection spell he knows.

Comments

[alt_sally_anne]

Is this about what happened at breakfast?

I couldn't really see what was going on over at the Gryffindor table. What did he do?

[alt_neville]

Ron got a package. From his mum.

Seamus saw and, um, he made fun of what was in the package. That's all.

[alt_gredforge]

Frankly, we don't blame Seamus a bit.

[alt_neville]

Look, you're not helping, okay? He's really hacked off.

I have to live with the two of them.

[alt_neville]

Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with Ron--

oh, just

Ron. We'll figure something out. All right?

[alt_sally_anne]

What was it?

[alt_neville]

Dress robes. For the Yule Ball.

[alt_gredforge]

Yeah, and the styling was rather...unusual.

[alt_neville]

Well, instead of laughing at him, how about helping him? You two know lots of charms, don't you?

[alt_gredforge]

Maybe we will. But we plan to get lots of amusement out of him first.

[alt_ron]

You wouldn't be laughing if the ones she sent you looked like this!

Honestly. Why'd she bother sending them?

[alt_ron]

Oi!

[alt_neville]

Well, don't make it easy for him by giving out how much it bothers you.

Maybe...maybe something can be done about them. I could ask Evelyn. She knows some clothing charms. Or maybe your sister might know some?

[alt_pansy]

If it's dress robes for the ball,

I could

Sally Anne and me can fix them up.

[alt_neville]

Ron, why don't you have them take a look at them?

just don't laugh at them

Private Message to Neville Longbottom

[alt_pansy]

How bad are they?

I know his mum and dad don't have a lot of money.

I was going to just suggest that I buy him some new ones, but do you think he'd take offence? I mean, at least we can make the old ones look better than they were.

Re: Private Message to Neville Longbottom

[alt_neville]

They're awful. Maybe they can be remade by someone brilliant at charms, but I dunno.

The thing is, they're second hand, and not in very good shape. Cuffs are frayed that sort of thing. So I dunno if much can be done with them.

Fred and George got some robes in packages, but they said they were handmedowns from their brothers, Bill and Charlie. Guess Mrs Weasley had to get something new for Ron.

Well, used.

They look like they were very stylish maybe forty years ago.

Re: Private Message to Neville Longbottom

[alt_pansy]

Well. I'll hold off sorting out what we can do until we get our hands on them.

But we ought to get them now instead of later, even if he isn't thinking of going now, just in case he changes his mind. Could you twist his arm and get him to pass them off to us?

Also. Do you think he'd get touchy if I bought him a new pair?

Maybe just a new shirt and tie?

Re: Private Message to Neville Longbottom

[alt_neville]

I don't know if I can. He stuffed the robes into his trunk and locked it. Guess he didn't want Seamus to get a hold of them and mock him again. I think he's just hoping the whole thing will go away and everyone will forget about it. Or that they'll call off the Yule Ball entirely.

I'll give him a day to cool down and then ask.

[alt_ron]

Doesn't matter.

It's not like I'm going to go to the Ball, anywiz.

Only Seamus Bleedin Finningan had to go make a meal of Mum's sending me a frilly old witch's nightrobe as if I'd ever wear anything like that.

I'm going to hex him so hard it'll take Madam Pomfrey a month to heal him.

[alt_ron]

Don't be daft, Nev. He levitated them over the table and shouted about my mum's taste. Let's guess if it looked like it bothered me!

[alt_neville]

Look, I know all about people making fun because of my parents. All right?

[alt_pansy]

Seamus is just being a berk. He's the one without taste. I'm sorry, Ron. That's not on.

[alt_ron]

Thanks, Fisheye.

So what's the best payback hex you can think of? I was thinking either the boiling bunions jinx or the elasto-lips one, 'cause doesn't that make your lips get huger and huger until they're so gigantic they drag on the floor?

[alt_pansy]

Well, if it's about taste, how about making his robes clash horribly with polka dots and stripes and awful colours like bright yellow and orange?

[alt_ron]

It's not his robes I want to turn yellow.