Last Night

[alt_ernie]

So I asked Moe Darst this morning and he said that Lana Sandoval Miss Sandoval the Head Girl punished a firstie for being a sneak in their study group and trying to listen in on things that are too complicated and are dangerous for a firstie to know about, but I don't think that can be right because it wasn't a firstie, was it. It was Sally-Anne Perks, and she's not a firstie, she's in our year.

I think Moe must have just got it wrong, because he probably can't tell that Sally-Anne's a second year not a firstie, even though it's obvious because we're so much bigger than the firsties! But Moe says we all look like tiny little ants to him anyway, so I suppose he just got it wrong.

Still, it seems a bit harsh. I mean, I though the Prefects all voted on it and agreed that the Head Boy and Head Girl could only use it as a really serious punishment for really serious things, not for being in a classroom at the wrong time or for annoying the Head Girl. I know she's the older kids are really serious about their work and everything, but that's not fair, it's taking advantage of being Head Girl to it seems a bit unfair.

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[alt_sally_anne]

You can ask me what happened Ernie if you want to know. I mean I even know details like my proper year and why I was there.

I was just there to get my notes that I forgot on Monday. Professor Carrow thought I was eavesdropping though and so did Lana Sandoval. I don't know why I'd eavesdrop on people revising for NEWTs, my homework is already enough to keep me busy, but apparently it is really forbidden to eavesdrop on the NEWTs group so I got punished because it looked like that's what I was doing, at least to the people whose opinion counts.

[alt_ernie]

I know your year too, I didn't mean that I didn't know that, I just meant that it was more likely Moe got your year wrong and was talking about you than that there was ALSO a firstie who got in trouble last night in the exact same way.

I only asked him because he was there in the Common Room this morning and you weren't, obviously, and I thought you might not actually want to talk about it anymore because it's not really very nice to talk about it when something horrid happens, but if you do want to talk about it that's just fine.

It still doesn't sound fair to me. You shouldn't be punished for stuff you didn't even do, especially when there's a teacher there - teachers outrank prefects, so if someone breaks a rule and gets punished, it should be the teacher who decides what the punishment is, not the prefect although when the teacher is Professor Mr Carrow it might not have mattered. And also, even if eavesdropping is something to be punished for, it's not something that's serious and bad enough to be punished with the worst punishment possible. You might have got lines or detention, but not that. That's something that the Aurors use on really evil bad people, not something kids ought to be using on other kids just because they got a fright when someone was in a classroom unexpectedly.

I think you ought to tell the Headmistress or Professor Slughorn or someone, because it's just not fair. But I know you probably won't want to and I understand why.

[alt_sally_anne]

You're such a Hufflepuff Macmillan with your 'that's just not fair.'

I'm sure the Headmistress knows, I don't think there's anyone in the school who DOESN'T know, and I don't expect she's fussed about it. If she were soft she wouldn't be in charge of the school would she?

I'm certainly not going to go whinge to her or Professor Slughorn.

[alt_sally_anne]

And Mr Professor Carrow used crucio on one of your classmates last year didn't he? For being cheeky.

[alt_draco]

Lots of things are unfair, Macmillan, and we just have to live with it and carry on like before because no one can really be fussed about it, not really.

[alt_ernie]

That's what teachers are for though, isn't it? They're supposed to be fussed about us. That's their job.

[alt_draco]

If it's their job then they'll probably only do something about it if they think they're going to get sacked over it.

[alt_pansy]

I agree. It was unfair. And it should only be used for serious punishment, for serious things.

And she did it twice in a row. Honestly.

[alt_ernie]

I suppose Malfoy's right though. There's nothing we can do about it, is there.

[alt_pansy]

I think it may not be something that we can do just us, but I know that I'm writing mum and telling her about it. And I've explained what I know about it to Lucius too. Adults do tend to know the best way to go about really changing things and fixing them if they need changing or fixing, at least Lucius does, that is.

And did you read what Auror Lestrange wrote? It's like she didn't particularly care why Sandoval cursed Sally-Anne, but that Sandoval had the guts to do it in the first place. But I think the why part is very important, and that if you get in trouble, you should get reasonable punishment for it. And I know my mum wouldn't want me crucioed if I'd only done what Sally-Anne did.

[alt_ernie]

I don't think my mum and dad could do anything about it, but I will go and see Professor Sprout and see what she says.

I don't want to get on the wrong side of Auror Lestrange at all, so It's sort of fair enough, I suppose, that Auror Lestrange is looking at the Head Girl and thinking about her future potential as an Auror, not fussing herself about stuff that happens at school to us kids, because her job is to be an Auror not to be a teacher. She didn't say that it was good that the Head Girl did crucio on Sally-Anne, just that it was good that she could use the curse at all, which I suppose it is if you need it for important Auror work.

I think the why bit is more for the teachers to worry about, and that's what I'll ask Professor Sprout about.

[alt_pansy]

Yeah, I guess that does make some sense, with what you said about Auror Lestrange. But it does make sense to talk to someone that can do some good if you've got questions about it, and I think talking to Professor Sprout is a great idea.

[alt_susan]

It seems the sort of thing that could happen to any one of us, just completely by accident. I mean, I misplace my notes all the time.