I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

The heck?

What is up with that bludger?!!! It was doing that earlier, too.

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[alt_ron]

I mean, look at the twins... you can see they're just as confused as anybody. They totally don't know what to do to stop it!

I mean, look at Fred trying to fly it down and beat toward the ground!!!

Gah!!! Whoa, that was close! Good thing Harry can fly!!!

[alt_neville]

I've never seen a bludger act that way, ever.

[alt_ron]

I know!! It's totally mad.

And then it kind of stops for a while, but

OH NO!! It's after him again!!!!

[alt_ron]

Arggghhhh!

That was REALLY close!

Oooh, look out!!!

[alt_terry]

Someone's hexed that thing for sure, but who? No way Fred or George did it!

[alt_ron]

Yeah, there's no way. I mean, they've practically stopped playing except to try to block that one bludger whenever they can.

I can't believe Madam Hooch won't call a timeout and bag that thing!!

[alt_ron]

Maybe she'd have to end the game, but still.

Oooh, ackkk!

[alt_neville]

Wow. That looks like that really hurt.

[alt_ron]

Well. At least he caught it. I mean I'm not glad the other team catch the snitch, but

He did catch it, didn't he?

[alt_terry]

Well, I guess that ended things. Is he all right? Hermione'll be upset if he's hurt really bad.

[alt_ron]

Did you hear it when that thing hit him?!! I mean. Urgh.

[alt_terry]

(The Headmistress looks pretty hacked off.)

[alt_ron]

I can't see anything. Not with all that mud.

And now everyone's crushing in around him.

[alt_ron]

She does, doesn't she.

[alt_neville]

Oh, no. What's Professor Lockhart doing? I don't think he can help.

[alt_neville]

I think he did catch it. Guess that means that Slytherin wins.

[alt_ron]

Doesn't look good. I mean, look at everybody down there--I think something bad just happened.

[alt_terry]

Looks like they're taking him off to the Hospital Wing. Whatever's wrong with him, I'm sure Madam Pomfrey can fix it.

[alt_ron]

D'you think you can find out if he's okay? I mean, you can get into the hospital wing and ask, but I bet they won't let any of us near there.

[alt_terry]

I'll ask the Headmistress if I can go. I'm sure she'll say yes; she'll want to know that he's okay, too.

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good

[alt_ron]

What do you think's going to happen?

D'you think they'll expel the twins? Or arrest them?

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[alt_neville]

Of course not. Don't worry, Ron. They'll be okay.

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[alt_ron]

How can you be sure?

I mean, do you really think the Headmistress can keep the MLE from arresting them if they decide they were trying to kill Harry?

Look what happened after the train.

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[alt_ron]

And what if Harry thinks Fred and George were trying to get him? Nobody will believe them then. I don't mean he'd do it on purpose, but you saw what it was doing, and if I was Harry, I don't know what I'd think except I'd be pretty sure whoever hexed that thing wasn't playing around.

This is really not good, Nev.

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[alt_neville]

Yeah, but who would think that George and Fred are trying to kill the Lord Protector's son over Quidditch? And no one knows of any other reason for them to be hacked off at him enough to do something mad like that. It doesn't make any sense, Ron.

Except that someone's obviously got it in for him. Who could it be? And how could they get at the bludgers? I mean, they're kept in Madam Hooch's office, right? Or could someone have hexed the bludger long-distance?

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[alt_ron]

Oh, come on. Nobody thought I'd kidnapped Harry, did they? But they still took my dad in for questioning and smashed up our house, didn't they?

The only difference

So who was it before? Someone who hates the Lord Protector, I'd think. And, y'know, that could be anybody. Well, what I mean is, you wouldn't know who it was unless they got themselves caught, because it's not like anyone goes around carrying signs outside the Ministry saying 'Down with the Protector!' is it?

Last year, it turned out Macnair tried to hurt Harry, I guess 'cause he was mad at his Father. Harry's, I mean.

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[alt_ron]

So who is it this time?

I mean, do we know what they did to Macnair? Did they put him in jail? Or what about that Quirrell bloke who kept turning up here last year and ended up helping Macnair try to kill Harry? What happened to him? Could it be him again?

Or maybe it's Carrow and he's mad about having his servant taken away, because the Protector could probably have stopped that happening if he'd wanted. Or maybe he's really trying to hurt Harry because Hermione didn't do what he wanted when he was trying to get her to take Dean's wand.

You know, it might really be Carrow. D'you think?

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[alt_ron]

Or maybe it's Professor Brutka. What do we really know about him?

Or, or! Dawlish!! He's an Auror, innit? And he doesn't seem really happy about having to work here, now. I mean he almost gave me and Harry a really nasty detention one time just for getting mud in the corridors--and he would have, too, if it hadn't been for Nick getting Peeves to distract him at just the right time. I heard he got sacked from his job by that Bellatrix Lestrange, so I bet he might be hacked off at the Protector, too. And he'd be able to hex a bludger from the stands, I bet, without anyone knowing he'd done it.

Though, I bet Carrow could do that, too. He totally could. Would, too.

So, yeah, really, I'm thinking Carrow.

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[alt_neville]

Oh, wow. It could be Carrow, you're right. Because think about it...he's hacked off at Marvolo for talking to his father and getting him into trouble. And he hates Fred and George because they stick up for Terry. What could be better from his point of view than to hurt Harry Marvolo and then fix it so Fred and George get the blame?

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[alt_ron]

Yeah. That's what I mean. It makes total sense, doesn't it?

I wish the Headmistress would say something.

But I suppose she's up with the Malfoys and Harry and all in the Hospital Wing.

D'you think his Father'll come here?

I mean, if Harry's got really hurt, He'd probably come, yeah?

And then--

I dunno, Nev.

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[alt_sally_anne]

What they said about beater bats was right on. I mean hexing a bludger takes all the fun out of it, they didn't even have to do anything to it and it flew straight at Harry.

Besides I saw them trying to hit it away from him as the game went on. If they'd meant for him to get hurt they'd have sat back and laughed.

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[alt_sally_anne]

I think you're right on about Carrow. And he's a teacher, if he wanted to get into the bludgers he probably could. Fred and George couldn't, nor any other students.

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[alt_sally_anne]

I can't think of any way to prove it was Carrow. But I don't think the Headmistress will believe it was the twins. If it matters

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[alt_ron]

I hope that everyone who needs to sees it like you do.

That's all.

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[alt_ron]

Yeah.

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[alt_terry]

You're right, Neville. That's exactly the sort of way he'd like to do it. He'd think that would be the very best sort of revenge.

Blimey, even if the Headmistress doesn't believe it--and I hope she won't--Fred and George had better seriously watch their step around Master.

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[alt_terry]

Yeah, like that Mrs Lestrange. If there's anyone who could get into a hex-me-hex-you duel with Master and probably win, it's her.

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[alt_ron]

Yeah, well, she's also a person my family really doesn't need to have targeting them.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Did you see in Mr Malfoy's diary entry? He said that Madam Hooch said it had been hexed but there's no way a student could have done it. Here: 'I did meet with Madam Hooch before we departed and she confirmed that it had been tampered with, but she is of the opinion that the spell linking it to Harry was beyond the ability of a student.'

So they can't blame the twins, Ron, they haven't even taken their OWLs yet so if it's something too hard for a student -- I mean no offense to you Fred and George because you're awfully clever and you've done some things I wouldn't think a student could do, like this way of writing in the journals. But you haven't done most of them in class so I don't expect anyone will think you could have hexed the bludger.

Anyway then they go on to talk about whether MLE needs to come to Hogwarts to keep Harry safe and that would be dreadful for all sorts of reasons but it sounds like they're not going to blame Fred and George.