Exams

[alt_padma]

I know I'm ready for exams, but I can't sleep anyway.

I'm actually looking forward to most of them, though. I know that sounds swotty but its true.

Well, since I'm up I might as well revise a little while longer.

By the way, did anyone else see someone out near the Forest earlier tonight? I was looking out the window but by the time I called Morag over, whoever it was was gone.

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[alt_ron]

Hey, Patil.

What was it you thought you saw about by the Forest last night? I saw something this evening when I went out for a walk after dinner. It was really creepy, I mean it looked like a man, but he was walking really odd like a zombie or an inferius, like there was something wrong with its legs and arms so it moved all jerky and awkward.

It was sort of in the tall weeds beyond the greenhouses but not all the way to the Forest. Is that what you saw?

[alt_padma]

I'm not sure. I mean, he wasn't really moving much. Though I guess he was sort of shuffling.

And yeah, it was definitely near the Greenhouses. Kinda close to Professor Macnair's storage. You'd think after all the times Professor Macnair told everyone to keep away no one would go near it.

[alt_ron]

Can you see anything out there now? Are you in your common room? The windows here don't look out that way, but I wonder if it's out there again.

I thought it had something odd about its hands. Now that I think about it, I think it might have had long fingernails or claws or something. Is that what you thought?

[alt_padma]

Well, I'm not there now, and before it was getting dark and it was hard to see. I think our common room might be higher up than yours, if you saw his hands.

But I think it may have had only stumps for legs and not feet.

Morag says to stop making it sound so frightful or she'll get nightmares.

[alt_ron]

No, I saw it last night when I was out walking. But I was over by the lake, so it was kind of a ways away. Which was good because whatever it was is pretty scary. I mean, I thought about it for a while after lights out, too.

Hey, wasn’t the moon full or almost full last night? Cause the thing I saw was sorta snarling and it seemed like it had really nasty, glinty teeth. Dyou think it was another werewolf? Here to visit Mr Lupin, or—

[alt_seamus]

Yeah nasty glinty teeth and eyes that shot fire wasnt that right? And enormous horns growing out of its head. Six of them.

And it was ten feet high!

[alt_padma]

Stop taking the mickey, Seamus!! I know I saw something and Ron says he did too.

[alt_seamus]

I believe you saw something but I dont think Ron saw anything. Hes just messing with you.

[alt_padma]

Well I did see something and it did look sort of like Ron said - at first, though, not after you to started in on it - and it was kinda creepy.

I wonder if any of the professors saw it.

Hey, d'you reckon Percy Weasley might try to check it out and then he'd get et?

[alt_ron]

Heh.

That's the cleverest thing you've said all year, Patil!

[alt_seamus]

Or wait was it flames shooting out of the horns and six eyes? I cant remember now.

[alt_padma]

Oh, shush.

[alt_ron]

Heh!

[alt_ron]

Or maybe Mr Lupin’s in trouble with the werewolves.

[alt_ron]

Or maybe it heard from him about the school and thought it could come and find a kid to eat before the year’s over!

[alt_seamus]

Well it didnt eat us.

Maybe your posessed though! How would you even know?

[alt_ron]

I could be possessed, couldn't I? And not even know it. I mean, you wouldn't do, would you? Know it if you were possessed, I mean.

[alt_seamus]

I reckon you wouldnt but Ive never been posessed so Im not sure.

[alt_ron]

Oi, there!! What're you implying about me, mate?

[alt_seamus]

I wasnt implying anything before.

I bet Percy wishes he could posess the twins and make them behave properly.

[alt_seamus]

Thats how it works right? Theyd have to do whatever he wanted. They let the Head Boy and girl use crucio but no ones suggested letting prefects use imperius yet.

[alt_ron]

Well, Percy hasn't used it on me yet. Bet he'd try if they'd let him, though.

I thought he was going to take my journal earlier. Made me read through my History of Magic notes while he watched. Lucky I didn't take that many pages of notes!

[alt_percy]

Bet he'd try if they'd let him, though.

I think not.

I thought he was going to take my journal earlier.

I should have done so, if only to spare the rest of us of this nonsense. Really, Ronald, I don't think you've written a single thing in your journal this year that's worth reading.

[alt_ron]

Don't know who asked you to read it, then.

What're you going to do, give me detention again? Take points?

Go bother somebody else, Percy. You're worse now you're done with exams than you were when you were all swotty and shouting at everybody.

[alt_ron]

I bet they like to eat children better than anything.

[alt_seamus]

RED HAIRED CHILDREN.

And Irish ones.

Also twins. Watch out Padma!

[alt_padma]

Yes, I'm quite sure a werewolf can get into the castle and eat us all. Opening the doors with its opposable claws and all that.

Pillock. You're not fooling anyone.

[alt_padma]

Besides, I did see something and it was really creepy.

And even though you and Ron are taking the mickey, he says he saw it too.

[alt_ron]

And nosy Prefects.

I hope.

[alt_padma]

Oh, stop it. When Morag has nightmares she can wake up the whole of Ravenclaw.

Anyway, you might tell Seamus he's not having anyone on with that six foot stuff, either.

But you did see something, didn't you?

[alt_ron]

Um, yeah.

But it was kinda a long way off.

And it was falling dark. Well dusky, anyway.

And I was kinda creeped out by it, so I didn't wait around looking at it. I just kinda hurried up to catch up with Seamus and get inside.

But. I think it was coming towards the castle. It was like it was looking up here really hard, y'know, like it wanted to get inside.

And, no. I don't know how I know that. I just thought it, okay. I mean, it just looked that way to me.

[alt_seamus]

Wait you really did see something?

Well alright then. I thought you were having me on too.

[alt_ron]

I did, actually. See something. But I don't really know what it was. Maybe nothing.

But it was pretty fun to have Patil on about it! And MacDougal. I mean, who gets too scared to sleep?!

[alt_percy]

Particularly extremely foolish children who entertain themselves by telling ridiculous stories.

Really, Ronald.