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alt_frankthe entire castle disappeared.
right in front of us.
he must have done a fidelius, damn him. him and his sister.
I'm so sorry, hermione. we couldn't get in. it just wasn't there any more.
it's not enough, it's not ever going to be near enough, but could you tell him I'm sorry?
and that I'm not going to stop trying to sort out how to get him out of there.
okay?
as for the rest of it, after the castle disappeared, things got pretty chaotic. well, even more chaotic than they were already. apparently carrow hadn't told anyone what he was going to do, so people started panicking when the castle up and vanished. we met up with tonks, and were dodging into side streets so that we wouldn't get spotted by the groups of guards running around. then a few people must have thought we were guards who were taking tonks in cause they started beating us with sticks. which bloody hurt. there were eight of them, guess they thought they'd take advantage of the alarms and the distractions and the fact it was dark out to try and help one of their own.
tonks convinced them that we were on their side by dropping her disguise, showing that she had a wand, and saying "grim truth" a lot. then they got the idea that all this alarm business was because of us, and we were trying to get to carrow to kill him. which wasn't entirely true, but they stopped hitting us with those sticks at least. then we figured that if they were so gung ho, we'd see if we could get them out of the camps and to sherwood right then and there, because chances were no-one would notice for a day or two that they'd left. three with families turned us down, but five took us up on it, and we frogmarched them through town, got to a low wall, floated them over, ran for a bit so we could get away from any anti-apparation wards, then apparated the lot to Sherwood. stayed just long enough to make sure Davidson knew who'd sent them. they'll have be cleared by him, of course, but he's got a few more good men and women that he didn't have before.
still.
damn.
right in front of us.
he must have done a fidelius, damn him. him and his sister.
I'm so sorry, hermione. we couldn't get in. it just wasn't there any more.
it's not enough, it's not ever going to be near enough, but could you tell him I'm sorry?
and that I'm not going to stop trying to sort out how to get him out of there.
okay?
as for the rest of it, after the castle disappeared, things got pretty chaotic. well, even more chaotic than they were already. apparently carrow hadn't told anyone what he was going to do, so people started panicking when the castle up and vanished. we met up with tonks, and were dodging into side streets so that we wouldn't get spotted by the groups of guards running around. then a few people must have thought we were guards who were taking tonks in cause they started beating us with sticks. which bloody hurt. there were eight of them, guess they thought they'd take advantage of the alarms and the distractions and the fact it was dark out to try and help one of their own.
tonks convinced them that we were on their side by dropping her disguise, showing that she had a wand, and saying "grim truth" a lot. then they got the idea that all this alarm business was because of us, and we were trying to get to carrow to kill him. which wasn't entirely true, but they stopped hitting us with those sticks at least. then we figured that if they were so gung ho, we'd see if we could get them out of the camps and to sherwood right then and there, because chances were no-one would notice for a day or two that they'd left. three with families turned us down, but five took us up on it, and we frogmarched them through town, got to a low wall, floated them over, ran for a bit so we could get away from any anti-apparation wards, then apparated the lot to Sherwood. stayed just long enough to make sure Davidson knew who'd sent them. they'll have be cleared by him, of course, but he's got a few more good men and women that he didn't have before.
still.
damn.
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Date: 2011-08-03 12:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-03 12:12 am (UTC)Remus, I hope you and Frank weren't too badly hurt.
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Date: 2011-08-03 12:23 am (UTC)lost count of the number of times we've failed him.
damn it all to hell and back again.
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Date: 2011-08-03 12:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-03 12:21 am (UTC)How awful.
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Date: 2011-08-03 12:35 am (UTC)I got Ms Ollivander calmed down (Merlin, Frank) and asked her how she came to be with us. It was quite a tale.
First off, Poppy, you should know that she confirmed that Prometheus Ollivander (New London's current proprietor) is her cousin - also the nephew of the Mr Ollivander we all knew - and a Death Eater. (How Dogstar knew that I don't know but they must have other sources of information.) She wound up in the camps because she refused to deny her muggleborn husband - and her obliging cousin turned her in, made sure that she'd get a rough treatment.
She told me that she'd always hidden how much of wandlore she'd picked up from her uncle. (Apparently he was a fine craftsman but something of a chauvinist when it came to passing on the profession.) So when she got assigned to Lincoln, and saw a unicorn tapestry, she tried sneaking back there one night to pull out the threads in the tail, on the theory that they're frequently real unicorn tail hairs.
Have I mentioned our Terry is uncommonly quiet? He snuck up on her same as he did me, back at Hogwarts.
But he figured right away that she was secretly trying to make a wand. Only he didn't realise that she isn't actually trained at it. I, er, think she may have exaggerated her skills to him, just a little bit.
Well, Terry must have decided that it was worth trying the Portkey if they could both escape. That's why it took him a whole day, by the way, so he could find her again when they wouldn't be noticed. But at the moment they grabbed onto it, he lost his hold.
And here we are.
By that point, Davidson's men had arrived and I left her in the hands of Paul Roth, who has been most obliging, while I conferred with Kingsley and we decided Moddey Dhoo would be the best possible place for her.
That's about when Dora, Remus and Frank showed back up, with their five fugitives, making an even half-dozen for the day's efforts. But no Terry.
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Date: 2011-08-03 12:46 am (UTC)Remus and Dora went back to New London. I'm staying the night here. Can't face Apparating and I left all my ginger back at Laszlo's.
Hermione, Frank's already said it but - I'm so sorry. I know what Terry was trying to do. I even admire him for it. But please, see if you can find out if he's all right. And tell him we'll find a way. Somehow.
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Date: 2011-08-03 12:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-03 12:59 am (UTC)Paul says she kept asking him if you were always that mad or if someone had hit you with an aggression hex.
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Date: 2011-08-03 01:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-03 01:05 am (UTC)And that you always look like you're about to fall over.
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Date: 2011-08-03 01:06 am (UTC)Did I?
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Date: 2011-08-03 01:08 am (UTC)Course, she seemed to think that was endearing. So I told her that you also regularly let yourself get thrashed by girls.
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Date: 2011-08-03 01:13 am (UTC)Almost.
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Date: 2011-08-03 01:14 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Moony
Date: 2011-08-03 01:16 am (UTC)She went to get Bea from Stella, and I went to open up for the evening crowd. They were worried our run-in with the inspection had shut us down.
I could use a beer or ten myself. What a day.
Private Message to Frank and Alice
Date: 2011-08-03 12:49 am (UTC)Couldn't pay me all the gold in Gringott's to stick my nose into that tonight!
Re: Private Message to Frank and Alice
Date: 2011-08-03 12:53 am (UTC)lucky we didn't get our heads bashed in right then and there.
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Date: 2011-08-03 12:58 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Frank and Alice
Date: 2011-08-03 01:06 am (UTC)Not a good way, mind you. He's hopelessly inept except when he's trying so hard to be gallant that he comes across as Medieval.
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Date: 2011-08-03 01:17 am (UTC)Well good on you for taking the opportunity to snatch a few others, anyway.
But not our main quarry.
Damn.
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Date: 2011-08-03 01:19 am (UTC)Your mum's rather upset since hearing the news, but of course we can't let on to the others.
It'd be useful if you could come by, to be a bit of a distraction.
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Date: 2011-08-03 01:20 am (UTC)Order Only Private Message to Hermione Granger and Harry Marvolo
Date: 2011-08-03 01:52 am (UTC)We did try, but we also buggered it all up. Everything we tried went pear shaped, start to finish.
If you find out anything that might help us get to him, Hermione, tell us.
Or tell me. If it's something that takes slipping in somewhere, tell me. Or tell Alice. These blokes go bludgering around and-
They mean well. It's just how they do things, though. Hex first, look at the target second. Apparate off someplace, decide on a plan not at all.
Oh, I know. There wasn't time, and I was as bad. Tonight. But for some things, you want a witch. Really. And this might be one of those. Just, well. Think about it, yeah?
Re: Order Only Private Message to Hermione Granger and Harry Marvolo
Date: 2011-08-03 03:50 pm (UTC)Maybe you're right.
Professor McGonagall wasn't ever able to do much though, and she's a witch.
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Date: 2011-08-03 03:51 pm (UTC)I need to apologise too.
I can't believe nobody thought to tell him about the Portkey jerking, that's what happened, it jerked out of his hand because it was so small and he wanted to bring the wandmaker with him so she could help all of you.