Private Message to Draco Malfoy

[alt_padma]

Er...Draco...is Hydra okay? I mean, she's not possessed again or anything, is she?

Only, I don't think anyone thinks she's a failure as a subject, really, do they?

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[alt_draco]

I don't think so. She never did anything like that when she was possessed, remember?

If I had to guess I'd say she's probably gotten herself into trouble with her Mother, though who can say why, really.

[alt_padma]

Well, I meant by something or someone else, this time. Not the same thing as last year.

But if you think it's her mum, I guess that sort of makes sense. Though only up to a point. Hydra wouldn't dream of doing anything to disgrace the Protectorate, so I don't really know why she'd have to say that she's such a disappointment.

Maybe if she took a more active part in something, it would help prove that she's really a good subject? Ooh, what if she had a part in the play? Or started doing Future Interrogators? I'll talk to Karoline Moon, maybe there's something she can write especially for Hydra.

[alt_draco]

Aunt Bellatrix has a pretty strict idea of what it means to be a good subject, so her expectations are higher than most people's. Because of that Hydra gets punished for things that other people probably wouldn't be punished for. I don't much know what Hydra might've done to get in trouble this time, though.

Hydra will do pretty much anything she's asked to do. I'm not sure it really means that she wants to do it, but she'll do it anyway. One time when we were younger we all went flying together and she looked over at me and said "I think heights are just so scary!" I could only gawp at her and say "so why do you fly, you silly nit?" You know what she said? "But you asked me to come with you."

Strange, isn't it? I'm pretty sure she genuinely likes to fly, now, but she definitely didn't start out that way.

I could talk to her and see if there's anything going on in the castle that she wants to be a part of, though.

[alt_padma]

Well, I know that your aunt was pretty hard on Sandoval a while ago, but that was to push her to be better, so I guess it's sort of the same with Hydra, must be.

But I don't want her to think she's got to hide herself away with - you know, with people who are perhaps not really the kind of people your aunt would want her to hang about with, you know? Of course, I wouldn't want to press her to do something she doesn't really want to do. But if she just does whatever she's asked to do, then how can you tell if it's what she wants or not?

So yeah, perhaps you'd better talk to her first and see if you can find out. Only let me know and we can make sure it happens.

[alt_draco]

I think it's definitely kind of like what happened with Sandoval.

It can be hard to tell if Hydra really likes something or truly wants to do something, but it's just something you sense after a while. She seems to light up more about certain things, which is why I figured I'd mention different activities to her and see what she seems to respond to the most.

And yeah, I'll let you know what comes of it.