Private Message to Hermione Granger

[alt_harry]

Is everything going okay?

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[alt_hermione]

I'm fine.

[alt_harry]

All right.

Is it

I mean, I know we talked about how you'd rather be here than Buckingham. But it's okay?

[alt_hermione]

Well I don't have to have your father looking over my shoulder.

It isn't like Hogwarts, but it's all right.

[alt_harry]

Well, yeah.

I'd rather

Could you not call him that any more? I mean, if you need to to other people, that's okay.

But he isn't.

[alt_hermione]

It isn't easy to say one thing to one person and another to another, you know. But okay.

That's the thing about it not being like Hogwarts. At Hogwarts people are used to me and here they are too, except everyone is trying to be so good that it's not the same. At least at Buckingham it's all people who have always acted the same way towards me. Not like this.

[alt_harry]

Yeah.

I know how you mean about everyone trying to be good. Umbridge is always looking at everyone and taking notes.

Is anyone giving you trouble?

That Stint person hasn't been talking to you, has he? If he does, you can tell him I told you to not talk to him.

[alt_hermione]

I've dodged him, you know, but Umbridge is worse, she comes around and bothers me about whether I'm folding your socks right. Folding your socks right!!!! It's STUPID. And she's punished other people, but not me yet, I think she's trying to decide if she has to ask you to punish me or not.

[alt_harry]

Socks?

That's really stupid.

I'd say you can tell her that's how you learned in Buckingham, so to take it up with them, but she might think you're talking back or something. She's awful.

Pansy's calling her Hembridge. I don't think anyone likes her at all.

And if she does try to, tell me.

[alt_hermione]

Okay.

What are you doing today?

I'm supposed to be helping the house-elves cook but they won't let me.

[alt_harry]

I think it's drilling.

Or maybe more drilling.

Or maybe we'll get to work on that song about how great the Lord Protector is.

While drilling.

[alt_hermione]

Ha ha.

How does the song go? I suppose it's a new one.

[alt_harry]

We say tow row row row row a lot.

And how lucky we are, and a bit about a jewelled scepter.

Oh, hang on, there's this bit where it says

And if we should fail and fall, we do so full aware

What does that even mean? Well, I know what it means, but it's stupid.