Private Message to Seamus Finnigan and Lavender Brown

[alt_padma]

What did Longbottom do?

Or - I can't believe I'm even saying this - did he even have to do anything? Professor Carrow has been so difficult lately.

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[alt_seamus]

Well, if he weren't such an utter pillock at Transfiguration --

Hang on, I think I see a prefect. I'll give you the full story in a bit. Or Lav can, if she sees this.

[alt_seamus]

Eh. She had to get to class or an appointment or who knows. Why is it there's always a prefect around when you want some privacy but as soon as you need a little help you can't find them anywhere?

Here's what happened in class. Professor Carrow divided us up into 'teams,' girls against boys, and said it was a race. Which of course is already unfair as there are three girls and four boys, of COURSE the girls are going to finish first.

But then he said if we couldn't all finish -- we were supposed to be dissolving a brick, I should have said. We each had one. He said if we couldn't all finish by the end of class he'd give us a 'special incentive' to get it right next time, only naturally he didn't say what he meant. Oh and none of us could really help Longbottom, only give him advice, and if possible he gets even WORSE at Transfiguration when he's under any pressure at all.

So of course Longbottom didn't finish. And Carrow's 'incentive' was that he put a transfiguration on our shoes to dissolve them, but not all at once, I left gooey puddles of melted shoe all the way up to Gryffindor Tower. Where I did NOT find Percy or anyone else who might be able to help me put it right. I put on my spare shoes and left the ones he hexed in a bucket, but they may be a complete loss.

I don't see why I should be punished because Longbuttocks couldn't transfigure paper to ash with a flaming torch, but that's Carrow for you.

[alt_padma]

Wait...lemme see if I understand this.

Did you each have a brick you had to dissolve, or did each team have a brick? Because if you were all working together then seems like you could've.... Or well, anyway, if the girls each had their own bricks then why would it matter if....

Well, anyway, where are you now? Because I could see if maybe Tamblyn or Bobolis could look at them for you. (I wouldn't necessarily fancy owing Weasley a favour, if you know what I mean.)

[alt_seamus]

We each had our own brick but everyone on your team had to get it to dissolve on their own. If we were supposed to be working together than obviously Dean and I could have taken care of it unless Longbottom were TRYING to get in our way.

I just got out of Dark Arts. I didn't find anyone before I had to go, the shoes are probably soup in the bucket by now. I left it up in my dormitory. I could go get it if you think Tamblyn or Bobolis could help.

[alt_padma]

Well, we just had our Transfiguration lesson with Hufflepuff, and he set us the same test, but we all managed it, thank goodness.

I'm just on my way to Dark Arts, myself.

Tell you what. Go and get the bucket after lessons and bring it to rehearsal. We can ask Bobolis or Sandoval or Tamblyn there.

[alt_seamus]

It's worth a try, I guess.

I'm glad none of you lot are out shoes.

[alt_lavender]

It really was unfair on you lot--Bundy freezes up a bit in Transfig sometimes, but she isn't a patch on Longbottom.

And he has been extra difficult recently; every time I pass him in a corridor he sort of leers at me. Ugh!