I solemnly swear that I am up to no good

[alt_terry]

am here

have been sick the last couple days

they're back to ignoring me

i feel tied

the sickness feels worse if i get too far away from him. which i hate. but at least i don't feel like there's a chance i could die anymore

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[alt_lee]

Terry, thank goodness. We've been real worried.

Can you tell us, what the sickness has been like? Fred and George have been doing research, and they've wondered, do you know anything about what the blood spells were for?

Is it safe to send Pig, do you think?

[alt_terry]

nausea. weakness. chills. like i said, it gets worse the farther away i get from him. spewed a lot, especially the first day. had a bad nose bleed last night, too.

they mixed my blood with a potion. drew a knife across my forearms till they bled, and poured half the mixture over the wounds. felt like being burned with cold fire through my body. they said a bunch of stuff as they did that. something about binding, and some other stuff but i didn't catch much. the rest of the blood and potion they burned up in a silver crucible.

[alt_terry]

don't send Pig yet

[alt_terry]

oh, and they broke the phial afterward. wasn't able to save it.

[alt_lee]

Nuts.

OKay, when we can send Pig, we'll send a few things with him. A bezoar, for one. Just in case.

[alt_terry]

really? well, don't think they've poisoned me, but maybe it's a good idea.

[alt_justin]

Oh, Terry,

I say, I'm so relieved to see you're able to write. What rotten luck they had to toy with you. They're simply frightful.

And worse luck they decided to reinforce that spell. I say, do you think that he could feel the tie to you getting less intense? If that's the case then, perhaps we might plan ahead for the next time. When did he put the spell on the first time?

If that's what it was, of course, and not sheer maliciousness and bullying. I mean to say, it was obviously that as well, what, but if there were any method to his madness, if you follow me.

At any rate, I'm not going to let anything get in the way of putting that bag where you can find it tomorrow. I don't suppose you could find an excuse to be on the wall at about half-past ten o'clock? I think that's when I'm most likely to be able to walk away from the others for a short time. I don't have an itinerary, what, but I've noticed that there's usually about fifteen minutes after tea when no one minds if one takes a constitutional. If you can, then you'll be able to see me on the ground below. I shall wave, just in case.

Lee's quite right; we were all very worried.

-Justin

[alt_lee]

And if we send you a phial, can you send back a bit of your blood?

[alt_terry]

blood? fred and george want my blood?!

[alt_lee]

Uh, it's not like that.

[alt_terry]

why?

[alt_terry]

no

damn the no!

[alt_lee]

Terry...Terry, easy. This is Fred and George we're talking about, okay?

I'm sorry, I'm doing this all wrong. They just want to test it. To find out what they can. To counter whatever Carrow did. Okay?

[alt_lee]

Terry?

[alt_terry]

dudley's still alive

sally-anne was right.

[alt_neville]

She was right?

About what, Terry?

[alt_terry]

about compassion

[alt_justin]

Well, that took a little bit of hunting, what?

He couldn't have made you try to cast the Cruciatus, Terry, surely?

-Justin

[alt_sally_anne]

No, he couldn't have. He might have made him hurt Dudley some other way, though.

Terry, I can't remember what I said about compassion. But if Amycus Carrow made you hurt someone else, it's not your fault. It's his.

[alt_terry]

shouldn't have said it

please don't strip me in front of everyone

[alt_terry]

boot's a stupid mudblood

stupid stupid

mustn't say anymore

dont talk to boot

[alt_terry]

have to go

[alt_sally_anne]

TERRY.

You are the best and brightest wizard in Ravenclaw.

You're going to get away from the evil git. You're going to be free. You'll find some of us and we'll help you.

[alt_terry]

think i can make it to the wall

will try to watch

thanks for doing this
for boot

[alt_pansy]

We did it for you, Terry.

All of us did.

It's not enough, but maybe it'll help you remember that you've got people friends who care about you.