I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_harry]

Sally-Anne, you okay? Hydra? Justin?

I've been thinking.

And I just wanted to say

Mrs Longbottom and Mr Lupin were right.

I made a bad call. We should've tried harder to get someone at the party to listen, or written them to tell them what was going on. We got lucky, but like Mrs Longbottom said, luck isn't a good substitute for competence. We were lucky that Professor Dolohov removed those curses, and that they stopped when they did. We were lucky that they weren't trying to kill us, just keep us pinned down. And if Arista hadn't had the Felix, it's hard to tell, but it probably would've been a lot worse. And next time around we won't have that.

This is my responsibility. This is my fault, and I'm sorry.

I guess we ought to do a post thing. At least that's what I've been thinking about all morning.

We got Arista and Hector, and we all got out of there alive. Which are all good things. And trying to help Arista and Hector was the right thing to do. The way we did it could've been better.

We didn't know Professor Dolohov and Mr Crouch would come down there like they did. But I think we overestimated how prepared we were for that kind of fight if we were going to run into other people. We're good. The best in our class. Just not good enough yet. And I think that's what got us. Why we thought we could do it on our own. But the reason we succeeded wasn't because of anything we were doing, we succeeded because they decided to stop.

Splitting up was a bad idea. I think. Maybe fighting in a larger group we could've done more, but then they might've got more serious about trying to kill us instead of picking us off one by one. I'm not sure. The Department of Mysteries was confusing with the doors and things, and I think that threw us more than it should've too.

No matter what, though, we need to work harder. Lots. This isn't OWLs, or Umbridge. We've got to be better prepared next time.

Even though they were pretty angry about everything, I think they're still planning on letting us in. The Order I mean. For the people who want it. They would've said if they were reconsidering. But we're going to have to work harder with that too. To show them that we can be depended on. And that we can learn from our mistakes, and sort out when we need to ask someone else for help. And not try to do everything. We've done a lot of good things. And I think everyone on this is really brave, and brilliant, and I'm glad none of you died. And Cedric and Katie and Linus did a good job too.

Anyways. Maybe we could meet and talk about it?

And about the other thing too. The ceremony.

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[alt_sally_anne]

And maybe that's really what the Prophecy means, that you told us about when you joined the Lock. It's not that you've got some special powers that will let you kill the Lord Protector (even though Director Selwyn failed). Because really, that's crazy, you know? Maybe what it means is that you'll be the one who's there, in the right moment. You'll have the means. Somehow.

Probably first it might be good to figure out how to keep him from coming back again, though.

[alt_harry]

Maybe.

I'll have to think on that some more.

I mean, I'm not going to just trust that it'll happen if I sit back and wait for it, you know?

But yeah, like Evs said. If it can be done, it can be undone.

[alt_harry]

Like how we were all wrong for last night but turned out being the only thing that could've done it in just that way.

Maybe.

I wonder if Mrs Longbottom will buy that we didn't write them because of the Felix?

It's worth a try.

[alt_sally_anne]

Oh, Harry! ACT LIKE A SLYTHERIN. Tell her we're really, really sorry and we're just so grateful we were lucky and no one died and next time, of course, we'll tell them.

Because we will, probably. Right? I mean we TRIED this time, after all.