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_sally_anne]

Well, they told me to patrol because SOMEONE had to and they didn't want to do it? Anyway from up high you can't tell. Even on the ground you need to be looking sharp to see there's Diviner's Mint planted in that field because it's mixed in with something more ordinary.

If Neville had ever come for a visit, and had gone flying, and hadn't been put off by the smell (it's right by the Tannery), HE might have noticed. I'm passable at Herbology but it helps a lot that in Herbology class they show you ONE plant to identify. You don't have to notice that there's something mixed in with the tomato plants that's not just weeds.