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.

Comments

[alt_hermione]

But if the Strettons were harvesting something illegal like that, why did they tell Sally-Anne to patrol?

I mean, I'm glad you're both all right but.... Well.

[alt_sally_anne]

You make it sound like the Enforcers were after the Diviner's Mint.

Though they were, once they realised what it was the robbers were after.

(I told them I was really, really tired and they said I could go to bed. I don't think Mr or Mrs Stretton are going to be going to bed for a while, though.)

[alt_pansy]

Good.

Private message to Ron

[alt_sally_anne]

Was your mum cross? She didn't fall apart when she saw you with an Enforcer, did she?

[alt_sally_anne]

OH did you notice someone else wrote on the galleon?

Do you think we should send another message for the galleon people like Daphne and Michael, so they won't worry? What should we say happened?