I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good

[alt_ron]

Yeah, totally. I Solemnly Swear I Am Up to No Good.

So is it okay to use a contraction there? I'm up to no good? Or does it have to be spelled out? And does it have to be capitalised like that?

Okay, so I'm supposed to tell something on myself that would get me in trouble if anybody found out, right? Well, yeah, I've got something. In Carrow's class that day, when he'd put the Imperius curse on Dean and Hermione, and he was planning to get them sent away? After he blew up in flames, a bunch of people started shooting water out of their wands like they were trying to put it out, only they were really just trying to keep Carrow from realising who'd done what and to keep him off balance so he wouldn't start hexing people.

I didn't cast a water spell. I cast a spell that made some kind of burning oily stuff spray all over Carrow, and it made the flames flare up and go scary hot. I don't think it was even a proper spell, exactly; I think I just wanted to see Carrow burn for what he'd done, and my wand just did what I was thinking. You know what my wand's like now: that's the only time all year my wand's done anything I wanted it to.

And I totally meant to hurt him. I did.

So there. If I do something stupid to get us all in trouble, you can turn me in for trying to murder a teacher.

Comments

[alt_terry]

Wow, you ARE a Gryffindor, even more than I knew! I've been with Master for years, and I don't know of anyone who's ever tried to hurt him. I think it's because everyone's so scared of him, even the most important people, that nobody would ever dare!

And thank you. I mean, I'm so glad you didn't end up hurting him, cause you would have ended up in such a world of trouble. But you and the rest of the Gryffindors saved Hermione and Dean. I'll always be ever so grateful for that.

[alt_neville]

Well, I won't turn you in, that's for sure. But don't think it's quite right to say you were trying to do it. The thing is, it all happened so fast, there was no time to think. It all turned out a lot better than we had any right to hope it would. And it got Terry away from him, which is probably the best thing of all.

[alt_hermione]

Ron!!

I'm so glad you're here!!! I had hoped you would be!! Fred and George are ever so nice, but they aren't our age, and sometimes they're just not around very much, and anyway, I don't know them as well. But here you are!!

I wish you had burned Carrow right up. I'm not afraid to say it either. Wanting to kill someone isn't always bad. You don't know the things he's done to Terry, because he hides them, and Terry hides them - Terry's very good at hiding them. But he deserves to burn up for the things he does. So I'm glad you sprayed him with oil!!