Private Message to Seamus

[alt_padma]

Seamus!

Were you summoned to Court this afternoon? I was! It must mean that they've made their recommendations for the Council, mustn't it? Do you think everyone's been summoned or just the top few?

I've been getting ready all day. I imagine it's less of a bother for you, being a boy and all, and besides I'm sure you've been to Court loads of times but I haven't been and I just want to present myself really well, you know?

But I'm also really nervous. I mean, just being summoned doesn't necessarily mean anything, does it? It could easily be all the challengers and they're going to thank us for our dedication and ask us to stay and watch whomever gets chosen take the Mark. Or it could be the top five, maybe, and then Our Lord will make His choice out of everyone who's got this far.

So I don't want to get too hopeful about it.

It's really exciting, though. Oh, please tell me you were also invited! I'll be ever so relieved if we're both going.

Oh, but you might be getting ready, too, I guess, so if I don't hear from you I'll just hope to see you there! (And if you weren't...well, it's not fair if you weren't but I'll tell you all about it later.)

Comments

[alt_seamus]

Yes! I was summoned too.

Mr Rosier -- well, he's not saying what he thinks but I can tell he thinks it means, well, it means SOMETHING. More than just, 'everyone's invited to be thanked for their dedication.'

[alt_padma]

Oh, excellent!

Hm. I wonder who else was asked to come, then. Lestrange, almost certainly. I'm a bit afraid to ask Lares, in case he wasn't. I don't want him to get annoyed, you know? We could ask Smith, he wouldn't be the least offended if he's not invited and he probably won't even notice that it means we were and he wasn't.

What about Weasel or Porkinson? (Ugh, do you suppose if they're named to the Council we'll have to stop calling them that?)

[alt_seamus]

Well, name-calling's childish, maybe we'll have to stop. Doesn't mean everyone on the Council likes everyone else, though. I never got the impression either of the Carrows got on with anyone but each other.

Let's ask Smith. We COULD also ask Weasel or Porkinson -- either we'll find out they're coming (worse luck) or, if they're not, we'll be able to lord it over them a bit, you know? We could each ask one.

[alt_padma]

Smith's clueless. Which shouldn't be terribly surprising.

Has Weasel answered?

[alt_seamus]

Yeah, he's been summoned, too.

[alt_seamus]

So that's that.

I'm glad we don't have to call the Weasel a brother in Our Lord's service. Wonder if Percy's as much of a stuffed shirt now as he was when he was Head Boy?

[alt_padma]

More, sounds like.

Lakshmi, it hurt, though. Do you think anyone will make a meal out of the fact that I twitched?

And French-Finkley's already sucking up, I notice. I guess that's something we'll be getting used to.

I could get used to it, mind.

[alt_seamus]

Well they'd probably make even more of a meal out of the fact that I couldn't keep my eyes from tearing up. It did hurt. It STILL

Longbottom, too. Nothing from Weasley yet. Imagine what a disappointment it must have been, being summoned and then passed over. Especially when his brother was getting Marked!