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[alt_ron]

It would be dead brilliant to be an Auror. I mean, to learn how to go about and not ever have anyone notice you, to be able to creep up on a target and watch them without them knowing you're there. Brilliant.

We've been talking about it since dinner, and the twins have some wizard ideas about disguises! And Bobolis said she'd done a parchment for Acton Professor Acton last year on concealment charms. She's planning to apply for the training programme, Bobolis is. She says not many people get in, and she figures they need more Gryffindors to apply, too, because you really need to not have a nervous personality if you're going to be a good Auror. Or a Hit Wizard. That'd be awesome, too.

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[alt_harry]

Well, I know how to go about and not ever have anyone notice you. But I'm not good at hitting a target after. Purple smoke and all. Maybe I can be half an Auror.

[alt_ron]

Aw, mate. That's what the training's for. You'd make an awesome Auror!! Really.

I mean, you can even talk secret languages. That's gotta be good for secret mission stuff. And you almost had that spell. We just needed somebody's cat or something to try it on. Spiders aren't big enough. Or maybe an owl, but then you'd have to explain to Hedwig after why you'd hexed one of her mates with that purple zinger spell!! Ha! I don't reckon she'd be too happy with you after that. Like that day in the car. Sheesh! I didn't know owls could be so cranky!

[alt_neville]

Wish I'd been there! It sounded dead exciting. (Not to mention it'd be great to see someone actually manage to hex Peeves.)

I think the Auror Department would never take a look at me, given my marks in Transfiguration. Oh, well.

[alt_ron]

You should have seen Peeves, mate! That's the best thing that's happened all year!! The hex was a total zinger: it made him howl like a banshee and spin like a top with purple smoke coming out his ears and his mouth and everywhere. I think even his feet were smoking.

The Bloody Baron came barging in, too, and all that smoke kind of mingled up with him and turned him purple.

Let's just say he didn't seem very happy about that.

Heh.

And, I don't know. Did you want to be an Auror? Doesn't seem like your thing, really, but I dunno. They said some Aurors worked really hard and got special tutors in the summers and stuff and just barely squeaked out their NEWT scores, but made good Aurors anyway once they got in. I think they like it if you show how much you really, really want to do it. More than if you just breeze through, y'know.

[alt_neville]

I dunno what I want to be, this is only our second year! We've got loads of time to make up our minds, don't we?

[alt_ron]

Yeah, loads!

I mean, we haven't even chosen electives yet. I mean, maybe you're going to be a magical creature keeper like Charlie or Professor Brutka. Well, I dunno about dragons, 'cause you've got to like to fly and be pretty fast at it, too, but there are lots of creatures that need tending and jobs like that might be really great!

Or maybe you're going to be really good at Runes or Arithmancy or something. Who knows? Or, y'know, some people are just late bloomers--you still might turn out to be really good at Charms. I dunno. But I bet some day you'll just know what you want to do.

For me, it's kind of between Quidditch and something like being an Auror. I want to do something dead exciting--something that's not just sitting at a desk all day in some basement office, reading memos and letting cobwebs grow all around me.

[alt_pansy]

You'd better not test it on Pyewacket.

Or even Fergus for that matter. Mille'd never let me hear the end of it.

[alt_ron]

Yeah, you'll notice I didn't say Pyewacket. I don't think a kneazle would let anybody hex it, anywiz. Certainly not yours.

And at any rate, it won't be me doing the hexing. It's Marvolo's that's nearly got that spell sorted. He just needs something a little bigger to practice on.

But you can tell Bulstrode I was just having her on about it being her cat. Really.

Heh.

[alt_pansy]

Well, good. Cause if Millie gets mad, she gets mad at everyone. And you don't have to sleep in the same room.

[alt_ron]

True enough.

And I don't have to keep my shoes in the same room where her cat can vom in them if it feels like it.

[alt_harry]

Well can you imagine sending snakes after someone? Freak them right out when they didn't disappear when they tried to Dispell them. Only I don't know if snakes would go. They don't care much about human things. At least mine doesn't.

Anyway Hedwig just doesn't like anything with scales. I think someday she's going to eat a firsties toad. Or, well, toads don't have scales, but they're like scales, you know?

[alt_hydra]

I will be an Auror, too.

From,
Hydra

[alt_ron]

Well that makes sense, doesn't it.

And I reckon you'll be able to do it if you want to.

Are you good at Defence and Charms and Transfiguration, then? I guess you must be.

Good on you, then!

[alt_hydra]

I don't know, we haven't gotten any marks back yet in my classes.
But if I'm not good then I will have to make myself be good.

From,
Hydra