private message to Ernie and Sue

[alt_megan]

That message from that Severus Snape person makes it sound like all the Council members are Hogwarts students and the Lord Protector is Madam Umbridge.

Sorry. Only I have had nightmares about her again and that is probably why she is on my mind.

I shouldn't say this to anyone. But you two are safe for me to say it to.

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[alt_megan]

And now I am in trouble with Professor Donnelly because I was making "those infuriating mouse-like squeaking noises, Jones!" I suppose that he is right and I am lucky he did not actually transfigure me into a mouse.

But thinking of the Lord Protector in pink is

Oh dear.

They are right that this Snape person is upsetting people. Only maybe not quite the way they think.

I am not a bad person for thinking that. Am I? The pink, I mean. Because I needed a laugh this morning. Even if it was at something unsuitable.

[alt_ernie]

Now you've got me thinking about it.

Long as we're the only ones you tell, and it was something you couldn't help thinking anyways. You're not a bad person ever, Megs.

[alt_megan]

Best. Boyfriend. Ever.

[alt_ernie]

And you're still dreaming about Her Pinkness?

That's no good.

Why d'you think it's come up again?

[alt_megan]

I don't know. I tried to ask Lavender about it because she is brill in Divination but she must have been too busy to answer. Probably swatting leftover flying poetry or something. I'll try again. Because these dreams are upsetting tedious.

As long as she does not tell me it's an anxiety dream about NEWTs. Which is what last week's Healer told me when I went to get something to help me sleep without awful dreams. (The Healer also told me I hadn't any excuse to have bad dreams because it is not like I was out doing things for Our Lord like some of my Councilwitch classmates, who had a legitimate reason to ask for such things. So I am not likely to go back there. Although on the other hand it's a different Healer now.)

[alt_ernie]

Perks is pretty decent at that sort of thing.

I mean, of course you remember. From before. But it's different now, anyways. It's not like she'd get in the same kind of trouble, I mean.

She might help. If you asked.

[alt_megan]

That is a good idea. I will ask her.

[alt_ernie]

So I suppose he's working with that Mr Lupin, then. The old groundskeeper fellow.

And Sirius Black, too, I'd reckon.

And maybe he used to with

you know. Professor Sprout. And Longbottom, too.

Sort of hard to picture, Professor Sprout falling in with that lot, innit?

[alt_megan]

It is very hard to picture.

And Professor Siz, too.

Professor Donnelly says mean things about her, sort of sideways, whenever someone misses a question, about how what could he expect given our previous instructor. Only it sounds more like personal nastiness towards her. I don't know. But I rather liked Professor Siz because she was fair to me. And she was married to a Councilwizard, so I keep wondering how she could have

But then, even Councilwizards have attacked the Lord Protector. As Snape pointed out. So I don't know what to think.

(I would say I wish we had a Hufflepuff in charge of things, but then I remember how that turned out the last time.)

How many traitors do you suppose there really are? Because it seems like there are more and more coming out of the woodwork.

[alt_ernie]

I honestly don't know, Megs.

It seems like a right mess, though.

[alt_megan]

It does. And other things are a right mess too. I understand why you feel you cannot go to Headmaster Dolohov about Finch-Frenchly but something should be done or he will think he can just do anything he wants because he is the Headmaster's pet. And it is not right.

There must be something that can be done.

[alt_ernie]

Yeah. Well.

He already thinks that much, clearly.

And I think Zach can only get away with punching him the once.

So.

[alt_susan]

I'm sorry you're having nightmares. And I'm glad you felt safe telling us about that, and the other thing too. And yeah...you're not wrong, about those two being two of a kind.

[alt_megan]

I don't even know what to think any more. Except that they are not telling us everything we need to know. Because I think things are worse than people are saying.

[alt_susan]

I'm pretty sure they are. I wish