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I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good: Sarah and Post-mortem
Sarah has arrived here and settled in, and she's doing well, even if she's a little shy. There's one thing that's made her awful happy, and that's that she has a relative here she didn't even know was alive. So they're getting acquainted. She remembered me, although she was real startled to see me, and to realise that I'm not really like the way she knew me back in Hogwarts--crawling boot, I mean.
Luna, I think there's one thing you might do that would mean a lot to her. She came in Sally-Anne's robes, you know, which are Slytherin instead of Ravenclaw. Do you have a spare Ravenclaw badge you could send via Pig? I think, well, that she may be homesick for Hogwarts for a bit. It's a pretty big shock for her. I think it could be nice if she had at least something with the emblem of her House. I don't think you dare get any of her private possessions from her room to forward here; people would wonder why they were missing. But a badge at least would be good. If it's not safe to send it now, sending it after the summer holidays start would be fine.
The Order wants you all to know how happy they are with you, with the entire Sophie's Army, really, and how impressed they are that you pulled things off so well. Oh, yeah, you may like the way one of them put it: 'the level of planning and coordination that went into this entire set of actions from the attempted potion delivery to Sophie's extraction is quite sophisticated.' So yeah, you did great, as far as they're concerned.
They did have one thing to ask: they want to do what they call a 'post-mortem' with you, maybe if there's some time at least some of us can all get together this summer. (I guess that's an Auror thing? The person who mentioned it is an ex-Auror.) What he means by that I guess is that you sit down and figure out exactly what happened, how you made your decisions, and you evaluate them. What worked really well? What was a mistake? They think it's useful to go over stuff that way, because you can learn from it--and they want to learn from us, which is really quite cool--and you can maybe see things you might do differently next time.
Of course, you can't get together until summer, like they say. But it might be a good idea to at least write some stuff down and think it through now, while it's all still fresh in your minds. Anyway, it's a thought.
Luna, I think there's one thing you might do that would mean a lot to her. She came in Sally-Anne's robes, you know, which are Slytherin instead of Ravenclaw. Do you have a spare Ravenclaw badge you could send via Pig? I think, well, that she may be homesick for Hogwarts for a bit. It's a pretty big shock for her. I think it could be nice if she had at least something with the emblem of her House. I don't think you dare get any of her private possessions from her room to forward here; people would wonder why they were missing. But a badge at least would be good. If it's not safe to send it now, sending it after the summer holidays start would be fine.
The Order wants you all to know how happy they are with you, with the entire Sophie's Army, really, and how impressed they are that you pulled things off so well. Oh, yeah, you may like the way one of them put it: 'the level of planning and coordination that went into this entire set of actions from the attempted potion delivery to Sophie's extraction is quite sophisticated.' So yeah, you did great, as far as they're concerned.
They did have one thing to ask: they want to do what they call a 'post-mortem' with you, maybe if there's some time at least some of us can all get together this summer. (I guess that's an Auror thing? The person who mentioned it is an ex-Auror.) What he means by that I guess is that you sit down and figure out exactly what happened, how you made your decisions, and you evaluate them. What worked really well? What was a mistake? They think it's useful to go over stuff that way, because you can learn from it--and they want to learn from us, which is really quite cool--and you can maybe see things you might do differently next time.
Of course, you can't get together until summer, like they say. But it might be a good idea to at least write some stuff down and think it through now, while it's all still fresh in your minds. Anyway, it's a thought.
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Anyway about Sarah's badge. I actually still have her robes -- I left some of the fabric in the forest so it looked like it had been caught on branches and ripped but I didn't leave the badge behind. The (remains of) the robes are in the Hidden Room and I could cut out the badge.
The trouble is using Pig. ALL our post is being searched, coming and going. I'm not sure what she's doing to get the owls to stop off and let her search them but it's been very effective and we can't risk her finding something like this. If Professor Sprout could hand it through the floo to someone like Tonks or Mr Lupin we could give it to her and let her pass it along.
While we're at it maybe you could send me back my own robes. I don't have very many that fit and are in good shape. I was actually going to make Mrs Stretton take me shopping over hols and obviously I was busy and THAT never happened, so.
Oh and about a Ravenclaw thing you know another possibility would be to have Madam Pomfrey order a banner. There are shops that sell anything you could ever ask for with your House crest, you know, in New London. I could dress in Slytherin pyjamas and I could get Slytherin cot sheets for my hypothetical future baby and I could get Slytherin rugs for every room in my house and so on and so forth. They have banners with House crests and Madam Pomfrey could get a Ravenclaw one without anyone thinking it was strange because that was her House, you know. And then send it on to Sarah, since she's not at the school.
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Although I suppose we could arrange for someone to pick it up during a Hogsmeade weekend, or you could leave it in the Shrieking Shack, and they could pick it up there.
Sure, I'll make sure you get your own robes back. They can probably package it up so that it looks like a delivery from Madam Malkin's.
That's a really good idea, to have Madam Pomfrey order a banner. I'll send that suggestion on.
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And tell her I'd be happy to be a pen friend with her. If it'd be allowed, and once we have a secure way to do it.
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Something else to remember for next time: have the person grab their journal. If possible.
I suppose we wouldn't have delayed while someone ran up to Ravenclaw to fetch it, and 'accio' might have attracted the wrong sort of attention. She never used it much, it was probably in her trunk anyway.