I Solemnly Swear that I am Up to No Good -- Cruciatus.

[alt_hermione]

I just wanted to say, that I feel sorry for Cassandra, but I hate seeing people talk about it like it's something special. It isn't something special. It isn't special to her to be made to wait and know she's to be punished and it isn't special for her to be punished either.

I don't even mean that us Mudbloods get punished like that all the time; what I mean is even people like Hydra -- of course I bet Daphne Greengrass has never felt Cruciatus in her whole life but there are other purebloods in the world, and I think it's worse the higher up you get, except Harry because everyone's so protective of him.

But I just mean, this morning everyone was muttering at breakfast about how unfair it was, and maybe it is in comparison to how it could be, but it isn't unfair according to the way things are, because the way things are it's normal and I don't know why people won't admit that. It happens all the time, just not normally to Cassandra Calderwood or in front of the whole school!!

Comments

[alt_sally_anne]

I think you're right about Daphne.

But I think me, Pansy, and Milli have all been cruciated at some point (Milli just had the LOOK when people were talking about it.) and over on the boy's side, Draco and Teddy have for sure. Greg, I think his father cruciated him as punishment for losing his diary. Vince had the look too, although I don't know when he'd have got it. Blaise, I couldn't decide, he had his Utterly Stone Faced look on -- maybe, maybe not.

Honestly it would probably be a more effective horrifying threat if they used it less. It's utterly awful when they do it to you but you also know after, it doesn't go on forever (unless they want to drive you mad, I suppose). I think I was more frightened of it before it happened to me. Not that it's not frightening, it makes me sick thinking about it. It made me sick watching Carrow do it to Cassie.

I think watching them do it to someone I cared about would be the worst.

[alt_pansy]

I remember Sandoval doing it to you.

I would rather be back with Mrs Black for Christmas than see it happen to you again.