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_ron]

Terry, mate. I'm, wow.

Yeah. I'm really sorry about what happened today. That's awful.

Why didn't it work? The portkey, I mean? Why didn't it take you? Was it some spell Carrow'd already put on you?

I mean, I guess we could try to find out how to make portkeys and maybe you could make yourself another. Only, I suppose that's really advanced magic, innit?

[alt_terry]

I think it was just sheer rotten dumb luck. I simply lost my hold on it at the last second.

See, it was really small, probably because it was meant to be used by just one person, and they wanted me to be able to hide it safely until I needed it. But anyway, I've never used one of those things before. Do they always give you that sort of jerking sensation when they're activated? Anyway, that's what happened. It jerked itself right out of my hand. And then it was too late.

Dunno if there was any spell on me that the git did that means I can't use one. Sally-Anne, do you know of any spell like that? Could be. I mean, I don't know what all the binding spells he's put on me are supposed to do.

Don't think it'd do any good if I could figure out how to make a portkey now. Because I think that's another spell that he did with the gorgon. One that means that portkeys won't work at all anymore here.

[alt_ron]

Well, that reeks.

Totally bloody reeks.

[alt_gredforge]

We're feeling a great deal of ire here towards Amycus Carrow. It's really gotten personal.

We think it's time we started doing some serious hex and charm research. Because we are NOT giving up on getting you out of this mess, Professor.

[alt_gredforge]

You holding out okay then?

[alt_terry]

Yeah.

No.

Just numb, I guess. Mostly.

(I'd almost started to believe it. That I'd be free tonight.

But I guess it was just too much to hope for such a thing.)

I wish so much