ORDER ONLY: Private Message to Hermione Granger and Harry Marvolo

[alt_frank]

hey kid.

I wasn't sure if this would work because of the way they've got the private messages set up for you, but I figured it'd be with a try, yeah? so if you can read this, that means it works, and you could send private messages to us if you wanted. and sending you an owl can be tricky besides.

but any road, I just wanted to check in with you because it seems like you've had a bit of a rough week. I know you like to keep to yourself about things sometimes, so you dont have to say anything if you don't want to, and you've already heard from enough people about the letter so you're probably well sick about it by now. but I'm not asking about the letter, I'm asking about you. are you doing okay?

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[alt_frank]

...and I didn't mean for this to draw so much attention from everybody. sorry about that kiddo.

[alt_hermione]

I'm all right. Headmistress McGonagall took away my journal for awhile because she said I was in disgrace and I needed to think about what I chose to tell people and didn't. I was angry at first but I think she was right about it. Harry is happy I told him even though he got in trouble too a little bit, which is good I suppose.

[alt_frank]

well good to hear.

and good to know this thing works, yeah?

harry's mum and dad would have liked for him to have a picture of them. it's a good thing there weren't any sort of spells on it, like there was with the letter, but I can see how you'd want him to have it.

mr lee and me were talking the other day -- he just joined us from the camps -- and he was telling me how he wasn't used to having so many choices about what he could do with his day, and how he was so used to watching every little thing he said and did, and keeping what he thought to himself, that all that freedom was a bit overwhelming.

I'd imagine that you don't have a whole lot of chances to choose whether you want to do something or not right now. so it makes sense to me that you'd want a bit of choice now and then when you can get it.

[alt_hermione]

Well I'm glad you understand because Headmistress McGonagall certainly doesn't. But she is right I suppose. I just don't see why Snape would lie to me about this really. There would be easier ways.

[alt_frank]

there would, yeah,

but you've got to admit it's a clever way to get Harry's attention. certainly got ours too, although he probably didn't count on that.

besides, slytherins can be damned hard to sort out when it comes to what they really want -- like the saying goes, they're like onions: layer upon layer, and if you cut them, you're the one that ends up crying.