I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

So I was talking to Lee and the twins and Towler came up and told us he'd just been talking to McLaggen about what he'd done to wind up with that giant gash above his eye, and McLaggen told him he'd been duelling Inglebee and Inglebee'd got his mouth sealed shut. Only then Inglebee'd gone and not let anyone do a reversing curse on him and hadn't got it right himself. Towler reckons he couldn't do it without speaking it, y'know? And, anyhow, McLaggen says it's all gone pear-shaped and the teachers have found out, and it's all going to come out anywiz, so he told Towler some of it. There are loads of Prefects that've been involved. And Towler says McLaggen reckons some of them are going to get it stripped, but he says it was all worth it because they taught themselves some major magic while they were about it.

Whatever. It's McLaggen. And he's already using it to try to pull. Tried it on with Katie at supper, from the looks of it. She laughed at him, but I'm not sure which kind of laughing it was. I mean, I hope she was laughing at him, but sometimes it's hard to tell about girls. She didn't tell him to get bludgered.

Anywiz.

I know none of you lot were involved, but what about the other people who've just got coins? I mean, if the teachers are coming down hard on this one secret group, it would be really bad if one of them had a coin, y'know?

Pans. Malfoy's not, is he? I mean, Nott is, I heard. And maybe Zabini?

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[alt_justin]

Hullo, Ron,

Zacharias Smith, Linus Moon, Terrence Higgs, Montague, Warrington, Pucey, Crabbe, Goyle, Heph Bobolis, Vaisey and Begy were all involved, as well, but Zabini and Malfoy weren't there the one time I came upon them. And Zabini doesn't have a coin, does he? (I hope not, what?) Neither has Nott, I'm sure.

I think there were some others, though. After all, not everyone might have been there that once. Who are the two Slytherin girls who go everywhere together? One of them sees Vaisey, I think.

But you're quite right, old man, we ought to make sure we know who might have been given a coin at this point.

-Justin

[alt_hermione]

You've been to one of their meetings? Oh, that's right, you said Linus Moon tricked you into going.

Draco's not involved, nor is Harry. Nott and Zabini don't have coins, Harry wouldn't have done that.

I think the coin-holders currently are:

Me
Pansy
Sally-Anne
Hydra
Harry
Draco
Susan
Justin
Neville
Evelyn
Ron
Luna
Fred
George
Lee
Katrina Bundy (If you've given it to her, Ron)
Ken Towler (again, if you gave one)
Michael Corner (If you've given him one, Sally-Anne)

I think that's all. There were others people suggested but I don't think they've been handed out yet.

And the two Slytherins you're thinking of are Lizzie Stevens and Sam Montgomery. They don't have coins, either.

[alt_sally_anne]

I haven't given Michael a coin yet. I don't know exactly what I'd tell him about it.

I mean, I have one for him. I guess I'm just not sure what I'll say when I give it to him.

[alt_neville]

I know Fred and George were planning on sending Terry a coin, too. He can't come to meetings, of course, but just so he can keep an eye on the messages. It's also a good way to get word to him quickly of anything going on if there's any emergency. (And maybe he can drop a Ravenclaw remark once in a while, George said--unsigned, of course.)

[alt_justin]

Oh, I say, Ron, I do beg your pardon. I see, you didn't mean to suggest that Nott or Zabini had coins, just that if they're involved in the duelling ring, Malfoy might have been as well.

Quite sound, that.

-Justin

[alt_ron]

Yeah, no worries.

No one's mad enough to invite Nott into this group. I hope. Or Zabini, either.

[alt_neville]

They were dueling? With Dark curses, you mean, even after what Professor Dolohov said??

They must be mental.

[alt_evelyn]

It's McLaggen, Nev.

I can't say I'm surprised.

[alt_neville]

I suppose so.

If anyone deserves whatever wrath Professors Dolohov and Rabastan are gonna dole out, it's him.

[alt_luna]

I saw Linus Moon when he came back to the Common Room after talking to Professor Dolohov.

Linus looked about as white-faced and sick as if he had been wrestling with a Racklesaur. He threw Padma Patil an utterly tragic look. Then he put a shaking hand over his face and went up the stairs to bed without speaking to anyone.

[alt_justin]

Hullo, Luna,

Yes, I feel quite sorry for Zach, as well. He wasn't in the Common Room when I got in but Bobolis and Begy were in our dormitory with him, up until about ten minutes ago, looking daggers at anyone who entered, what?

I'm quite sure a Racklesaur could make mincemeat of him, at present.

-Justin