I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Pans, we're all right. Sally Anne, too, I mean. Only, she's still got MLE there at the Strettons, so she probably won't be able to write for a while.

She's not going to be in trouble, though.

The Strettons are a whole other story. It's not going to go well for them, I don't think. At all.

They were growing some secret crops in the middle of their fields. From what the enforcers said, I think it's something that you need to brew Veritaserum or potions like that. Truth serums, y'know. They called it Diviner's Mint, and I guess those plants are worth a load of galleons.

That's what they were after, anywiz. They had special kit--silk sacks and special gloves and silver blades to harvest the stuff. Guess you have to cut it on the night after new moon. Or maybe they just picked tonight because it's going to be so dark. I'm not sure. Pans, do you know?

Anywiz. We're fine.


Though it was kind of dicey for a while there.

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[alt_ron]

Yeah. I expect they thought you'd be willing to tattle on the Strettons.

Did you?

[alt_sally_anne]

Well it's not as if they'd taken me on a tour of all the shady bits of their estate?

Mostly they wanted to know if there were spots they'd never taken me, spots where I was forbidden to go, things like that. And, well. There are some spots I've never been, and I didn't mind telling, especially as I really do not want to get in trouble (especially for something THIS STUPID).

I did try to put in a good word for Jeremy, it's not fair him getting in trouble with his parents. I doubt he knew either, but with that potions scheme from his OWL year, it doesn't look good.

[alt_pansy]

Who were they going to sell it to, I wonder?

[alt_sally_anne]

That's a good question. I'm not actually sure what you use it for. I imagine Madam Pomfrey knows, or Mr Snape.

[alt_sally_anne]

I guess Ron knew. If I'd read more closely I'd have seen it.

I'm going to blame my highly stressful evening for the fact that I didn't exactly read the message I was replying to.

Yeah, Veritaserum! I wonder who wants that? I'm sure MLE has their own sources.

[alt_ron]

I hadn't thought about what might happen to Jeremy. Were they questioning him, too?

[alt_sally_anne]

Yeah, they were.

[alt_ron]

Have they taken them away? Can you tell? Can you still hear them at all?

[alt_sally_anne]

Everyone's still here. All the Enforcers are still here and they're still questioning people. I haven't heard Jeremy come up. I haven't heard anyone leave.

They've actually got one of them at the top of the stairs, to make sure no one goes down there (at least without permission, I mean if I went over and said I just realised I'd left my teddy in the parlour it's possible he'd let me get it. But I'm not inclined to test it out.)