Order Only:Private message to the Juniors

[alt_terry]

I have been thinking that I want to make a public journal entry, as Mum suggested, like Remus did, and I wanted to run the idea past you first so I'm sure I'm seeing all the implications. As far as I know, Hermione and I are the only Muggleborns who have journals. And if we want to make a choice about which one of us should REALLY hack off MLE by making an entry, it might be good for me to draw the fire since Hermione is out there at times hunting for horcruxes. Besides, I played REALLY stupid a lot more than Hermione did, so I think if I posted, it would make a stronger impact, that muggleborns (even the ones that just say 'Yes, master' and 'No, master') have a lot more going on in their thinking than purebloods may suspect.

I've no intention of admitting that I'm an animagus, of course, and I'm wary of saying much about my connection to the Longbottoms. But I think it might really open the eyes of some of the kids at Hogwarts. They KNEW me--the older ones, anyway. But they knew me as boot and I think I hid my true self pretty well. I think it's time to make it clear to them that they were directing all the slurs and kicks and snubs at somebody who was quite a bit like them. It might challenge some of their thinking if I tell that that the Sorting Hat saw me as a real wizard and put me into Ravenclaw--which I could easily do without implicating anyone else, since people knew I was often alone in the Headmistress' office.

What do you think? The thing I worry about the most is whether it might create any trouble for Fred and George, because people know they were fond of me. Would they get into trouble for, I dunno, leading me onto radical ideas or anything? They certainly couldn't be accused of having anything to do with my escape from the git.

It might be that no one will dare to ask me questions, but at least it will get them thinking. Besides, it would be loads of fun to tell Padma Patil and Lana Sandoval-Pennifold that I'm in the same House they are.

Comments

[alt_luna]

Oh! Oh, that last bit--I just fell over giggling at the thought of the look on Padma's face when she reads that.

I think you should do it.

[alt_frank]

(I say, Professor, sounds good to me. And I think you can leave Fred and George well enough out of it if you're worried. You need me to look over any drafts of anything, just say the word.

I wish I could. But I'd be worried about my dad, for one, and I'd have to leave so much out it's difficult to know what I'd put in, hey? Besides which, don't have a journal of my own to write in. Mr L is very generous with his, of course, and you lot know it's me well enough. So I suppose it's about as good as it's going to get.

It was right something, hearing what I wrote about Ollerton read out over the radio, though. Gave me goose pimples.)

[alt_sally_anne]

I would love to see you tell off Patil and Sandoval.

[alt_draco]

The choice is ultimately yours, I think. Things to consider include being added to MLE's current list of at-large fugitives. Being a animagus helps you in that regard, but you'll want to have convincing glamouring skills, as well.

Also, you should brace yourself for a relatively small public reaction from people like Padma and Sandoval. People like them will talk about it in private, no doubt, but in truth I reckon that most adult wizards and witches know damn well that muggleborns can be just as clever as anyone else - or moreso - they just don't care.

Sorry if that sounds discouraging, but in most cases, one doesn't get to be an adult and still hold on to really idiotic prejudices unless they possess a deep lack of critical thinking skills and empathy.

However, people on the tipping point, or younger people, may certainly be influenced.

[alt_pansy]

The Gemmas especially. The ones who've been raised by Muggleborn nannies.

[alt_terry]

Oh, my, I just thought of something else.

Mr Weasley destroyed my Protectorate file before he died. Is that enough to keep them from retaliating by assigning me a new 'owner'? I mean I could find that all my journal entries suddenly have 'and Antonin Dolohov' appearing at the end. Or 'and Barty Crouch.' Or 'and Bellatrix Lestrange.' Or is that only possible if they have my journal first to put a spell on it some way?

I mean, I could simply ignore it if they do declare I have an owner--maybe. I use the Order lock, which they can't read. And the Private Message lock is broken, so I'm not limited to just one other person besides my 'master.' But what if they fix it?

Could there be some way they could magically bind me in a way that could be a problem, if there's no Protectorate file on me and they can't get their hands on my journal?

[alt_harry]

I don't think there's any way to answer that.

You'll have to decide if it's worth taking the risk.

[alt_terry]

All right.

It may be a risk, but it may not. But even so, I won't baulk at it.

The rest of the Order, including the Juniors, have taken risks and ARE taking bigger risks than that. Every day.