ORDER ONLY: Terry & Harry

[alt_hermione]

First of all as you probably know Terry is in the infirmary again. Last night he was all black and blue and he couldn't walk. He said that he got hexed. I don't know about what hex would do that but he said it knocked him off his feet and slammed him into the wall, and that it didn't seem like Professor Carrow meant to hurt him as badly as he did. Which I don't believe for a second, Terry is such a marter, and he won't ever let anyone pity him, but he ought to!! So I'm going to go see him. And Madam Pince said I could, because I have been such a diligent worker this week-end.

We dusted almost all the books in the Restricted Section, and took them out and cleaned them all off. Some of them wanted to bite me but I wouldn't let them!

In other things that happened, Harry Marvolo came in and wanted to look at the old annuals on Saturday afternoon. I was taking a break and Madam Pince was at her tea so I showed him them, and he wanted to look at the one for 1977, and when he did he was paying an awfully lot of attention to the Gryffindor section. After he left I went in and looked at it and there's a boy in there who looks just like him, which I suppose I knew, because of everything that Sirius has been saying. But he's the Lord Protector's son and I didn't really believe it, I suppose.

He was nice. I mean, he was really very nice and he talked to me more than he had ever talked to me about anything. I think he wanted to know what Muggles were like because he asked me about them. I told him that they were just like we were except that they don't have magic and they don't live in nice places. Usually I think that he wouldn't let me say "we," because he isn't like me because I'm a Mudblood. But he didn't say anything about it. I wasn't sure if he was happy or sad because of the things that he read in the annual because he looked like he was half about to cry and half about to start laughing the entire time, but anyway I am going to go visit Terry now.

Comments

[alt_sirius]

I saw that post of your Terry's, and my palms itched - if I could've got my hands 'round Carrow....

But well done, child, on showing Harry the annuals. Perhaps that means he got my latest owl and meant to check the photos against the pictures of James and Lily from them. In which case, he might have been bluffing about having seen them before, Minerva. It's quite confusing.

Wonder why your Terry'd be upset about Moony Lupin being in the hospital wing with him? I mean, up and about, I understand - there's loads of people who are afraid of werewolves - but on the day after the full moon he's usually half-dead with exhaustion and couldn't hurt anyone even if he wanted to do.

Not that I can imagine he'd want to harm Terry, anyway.

[alt_kingsley]

I've heard many parents threaten their children with being bitten if they don't behave. And I wouldn't put that past Carrow.

[alt_sirius]

Nor would I, Kingsley, but Moony can't very well bite anyone when he's unconscious.

[alt_molly]

Hmm. Well, I must say, if that's what Carrow did (and I certainly wouldn't put it past him either) then the boy's reaction makes sense. I forgot, last night was the full moon, wasn't it, so that's why Lupin was in the infirmary. But the boy might not have realised that was the reason Lupin was there. I mean, think about it: if Carrow injured Terry Boot, all the while telling him it was because he was being bad, and then he woke up in the hospital wing and Lupin was right there beside him in the next bed . . . well, the poor boy might have thought Carrow sent him to make good his threat.

No wonder he panicked so badly then.

[alt_hermione]

Oh poor Terry! I suppose I've never tried to show him what a nice man Mr Lupin is - only ever tried to get him to just be friendly - and he must have been so scared, not knowing. I wonder whether he thought I was awfully stupid to be friends with a werewolf? Well I know what I need to do to help him now anyway!