I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good: I'm all right for now

[alt_terry]

This may turn out messy. I'm writing it in the dark. They've shoved me into a closet and locked it. The git and the gorgon wants to be alone for se now, without me looking on, I guess.

So, yeah. I tried to get away, with somebody else. But it didn't work. I'd been given a portkey, and it took her, whisked her away. But it left me behind.

Blimey, I hope she's all right. Hermione...do you know, did she get there, wherever-it-was safely? They won't be furious at her, if I'm not there to explain, will they? They're not going to hurt her?

Anyway, there was a sort of magical klaxon as soon as the portkey activated. And he came running. He was furious. He knew someone had ported out. So I had to cobble a story together on the fly, but I guess I convinced him. He wrote to his sister--you probably saw that. When she got here, they did a bunch of spells, as soon as she arrived. I dunno what they were trying to do. But I felt something like a huge silent WHUMP! like all the air on the world suddenly rushed into my lungs and rushed out again. And they did some more spells on me. Made me feel a bit dizzy and sick. Binding spells, I think they were.

Bugger. I'm not going to be able to get away from here now at all. Am I?

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[alt_terry]

When she got here, I heard what he told her, that they needed to do something called--I think he said something like the 'fedius charm'?

But the other spells they did on me, they were blood binding spells. More blood binding spells. He took blood from me and put a few drops on a parchment. Then he wrote some words over the blood stains with a steel quill. Didn't see what the words were.

Then he shredded the parchment into tiny bits and mixed it in a flask with the contents of a potion phial she brought with her.

And then he drank it the whole mess down, damn him.

I hope it makes him sick to his stomach.

[alt_sally_anne]

Alright.

I will see what I can find out about the binding spell, but probably not until I get back to school.

[alt_pansy]

It's the fidelius charm, I'll bet.

You make someone your secret keeper, and then you or whatever else you want to stay hidden stays that way no matter what, unless the secret keeper tells the person directly where it is. They could be standing right next to you and never know it.

I read about it in a book. There was this wizarding sailor, Magister Wigbold, and he made his true love his secret keeper to the location of his gold, only she betrayed him and told where it was to one of his enemies.

It's wicked hard to do, though. Really complicated. I don't think the blood stuff had anything to do with that bit, though, because it's not blood magic. At least it wasn't in the book I read.

[alt_sally_anne]

So what does that mean for Terry? Because he doesn't want to stay hidden. If he escaped from where he is, would the Twins not be able to see him even if he were standing right in front of them?

[alt_pansy]

I'm not sure. I mean, from what it sounds like, it was to hide the castle. And as long as people are in the castle, they're hid too. But if he left the castle, I'm pretty sure we could see him.

I'll see what I can find in the library about it.

[alt_sally_anne]

That makes sense, then.

The fidelius charm was to make sure no one can see the castle.
The binding spell with the blood was to keep Terry in the castle.

Probably.

[alt_gredforge]

Those bastards.

[alt_terry]

Bugger.

That means the people who gave me the portkey won't be able to find me anymore.

[alt_terry]

Oh, no. Does it mean I won't be able to get owls anymore either?

[alt_pansy]

We can try it out and see.