I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good - I'm all right

[alt_hermione]

But, you know, sometimes you see things that you can't ever unsee, and you have to make very hard decisions, and I don't know if I made the right one, and I wish

Well there was this other muggle-born who I've been helping, I mean he is awfully stupid, not more than usual but he just is like a cow, he does anything they tell him to. He was at Buckingham and he's not much older than us, I mean maybe he is but he's very small. He's almost like Dennis only not so active, he just is like a zombie, but he was in the servant area with me, and then the bomb went off, and he fell on top of me.

I don't know whether he meant to or not, because he's like a zombie, like I said, and now that I think about it he probably didn't, he probably would rather I was on top of him.

But he was on top and he got hurt very badly, and I just had my arm broken, and then I could have gotten away, but they couldn't do anything, and he was dying, and I told him I wouldn't go anywhere, and I said I was going to stay right there, and he couldn't talk, and then this low little man from Buckingham who's a wizard and who's in charge of the Muggleborns, I think he's a half-blood and I think he likes that he's on top of someone at least, but he came over and he just killed him and said it was like putting a dog down.

And then he took me back to Harry and it was too late for me to escape, I mean I know some other people did, but I couldn't, I had lost my chance.

So that's what happened and that's why I couldn't say anything.

Comments

[alt_terry]

I just opened my journal now for the first time since before the Cup began. The git was demanding last night.

Oh Merlin, Hermione. I'm so sorry. It sounds like it was terrible. But I'm so very glad you weren't hurt worse.

[alt_terry]

(I wonder if you and me are ever going to get away. Seems like we keep getting our chances snatched away from us.)

[alt_hermione]

I don't know, I feel as though if I just didn't care about anyone, it would be terribly easy to get away -- even though it probably wouldn't be it feels like that -- but of course I do, and I know you do, and it just isn't possible, I mean, I feel like leaving anybody would be like betraying them and I just can't, at least not like that, like it was yesterday.

[alt_sally_anne]

I'm so glad you're alright.