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[alt_hermione]

I Solemnly Swear that I am Up to No Good

I think Harry's going a bit bonkers. He keeps wanting me to go get books about house-elves of all things. And he told me about I'm not sure why.

Also, I've heard a lot of people saying things, talking about who the "heir" is, and some people say it's the heir of Slytherin, and some people say it's Harry because he's the Lord Protector's heir, and I overheard someone talking and I thought what if Harry is the heir of Slytherin? Only I know he isn't the one doing this stuff, I'm sure of it, I mean, I wasn't with him in the hospital wing or anything but I'd know because he couldn't hide it if it was him.

What do you lot think?

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[alt_ron]

Hang on, are you having me on? Or do you really think it might be Percy? I mean, he can be a real nob a lot of the time and he does want people like Mr Malfoy to notice him and think he's got potential or whatever. But do you think he'd petrify Terry? I dunno. I'd believe in a minute that he'd shout at him and probably get him punished if he thought he'd broken a rule, but-

Do you really think so?

I mean, he really does like to have people think he's important and he loves to tell people off. And the twins figure he was trying to learn how to do Imperius before the camping trip when he got in all that trouble with Mum and Dad. I'm not really sure, 'cause they never said what he'd done, but it makes sense because the Prefects on the trip were supposed to be allowed to use it if they wante needed to. So, I dunno, maybe?

And, sure, I guess it could be Stretton. Things have gone pretty rough for him since that whole potion bit last spring. I mean, he's off the Quidditch team and I heard the Ravenclaws won't even talk to him or let him sit with them in the library. What do you think? You lived with him for a while, right? Could he do it? Is he smart enough? And, y'know, mean enough?

And, yeah, Crabbe's mean enough, but he's totally not smart enough. Goyle, either. Otherwise it could be both of them together. But they'd probably just have pounded Terry not hexed him.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well -- Percy is pretty honourable honestly, he apologised for delaying me last year when I was trying to find a teacher while you lot were down doing whatever it was you were doing with Macnair.

But, he's definitely one of the people who really thinks muggleborns are creatures. When he caught me hexing Padma last year what really made him furious what that I had the gall to hex a pureblood.

I can't think of any reason he'd go out of his way to be cruel to Terry though. Stretton either, really.

[alt_sally_anne]

Hold on here's a thought.

What if the Headmistress was going to give Terry back to Carrow? Or someone like the Lord Protector said she HAD to give him back?

What if Carrow was going to do something awful to the cat? I mean it was Hermione's cat, after all.

Maybe someone petrified them trying to protect them from Carrow?

[alt_ron]

D'you mean like the Headmistress? That she might have petrified Terry?

I heard she used to teach Transfiguration--she taught Dean instead of Carrow before school, right? So I guess she might have done, but I'd think she could just have found someplace in the castle to hide him to be safe. Don't you reckon? And what about Nick?

[alt_neville]

I don't think it could possibly be the Headmistress. Cause, maybe she might have wanted to keep Terry Boot safe, but why would she have petrified Hermione's cat? And all that 'Enemies of the Heir, Beware' business. It's caused all sorts of upset and rumours, and it's even got some of the parents talking, and that's got to be a real headache for her.

[alt_sally_anne]

Yeah I don't think it was the Headmistress because she'd have had a better solution. But I do think it could be someone who was trying to be kind instead of cruel except that doesn't explain Nick, unless he saw something and they were afraid he'd tell.