Breakout

[alt_padma]

Did everyone see the article in the Sunday Prophet this morning? About the escaped mudbloods?

I knew something had to be wrong before this, because Fawcett was simply horrible to everyone last night. We came up to the dorms and she was carrying on something fierce. Belinda asked her what was the matter and she snapped at all of us not to come near her, least of all Belinda. She seemed to think that since Belinda's uncle works in Purity Control, he was to blame for whatever was bothering her. She wouldn't stop crying and we finally had to go and get Goshal to take her to Professor Vector.

It was really awful. She called us all sorts of names! I wonder if she's going to have to be Obliviated or be asked to leave the school - or taken to the camps herself for a blood-traitor.

Lav, d'you suppose Bones ever screamed and carried on after her grandmother was killed for helping mudbloods? I don't know how you share a dorm with her, Jones, really.

Anyway, now it's obvious what happened, but last night it was really quite puzzling.

Comments

[alt_draco]

All mudbloods do is cause trouble for wizards. I think we should forget trying to make them into servants and just be rid of them.

[alt_padma]

Well, I wouldnt mind, but what about all the magic theyve stolen? Wont it go to waste if we just killed them all?

[alt_draco]

I don't know, but I'm tired of hearing about them and listening to adults complain and really, they're all useless except maybe Dennis, and that's likely only because he was raised in the Lord's home and lived with house elves.

[alt_padma]

Who's complaining?

That's sort of what your dad said about the mudbloods, wasn't it, about them being impossible to control unless their raised right.

But maybe you dont want to talk about your dad right now, either?

[alt_draco]

Maybe not complaining, more always talking about what should be done with them. It's just really, really boring by now. It's not as if they can all grow up in the Lord Protector's palace with his elves, and you never know if someone with a mudblood servant might secretly want to help it.

[alt_padma]

Want to meet me in the Charms corridor? It's not too far from something I want to show you.

[alt_draco]

Well all right, but I hope it's something good.

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[alt_molly]

Really, what an utterly heartless girl.

[alt_megan]

You weren't supposed to tell everyone

Padma?

I don't Can we Susan's really

Do you really think Fawcett will be taken to the camps?

I really want to ask you something. Maybe before revising tonight. Or can we meet after lunch?

[alt_padma]

Sorry, but Monday's are really busy, Jones. Maybe tomorrow?

[alt_megan]

It's tomorrow now. I looked for you at lunch. But I couldn't get your attention. And Did you change where you meet for revising? Daphne la I have something I want to tell you!

[alt_padma]

Sorry, I didnt see this earlier.

Professor Acton caught me writing in the journal yesterday and I have to write an extra twelve inches for her by Thursday's lesson. I'm not revising with everyone this week so I can finish.

[alt_megan]

Oh, you didn't? I thought

But I really want to talk to you. Or someone. Why is ev Are you angry at me?

[alt_seamus]

The mudblood in the Prophet was Fawcetts mum?

[alt_padma]

Yeah, looks like. That's what Professor Vector told us yesterday, anyway. She came in on Sunday to tell us that even though Fawcett's mum was a traitor, she was still her mum and she's bound to feel guilty and sad that her mum had to die like that. So we oughtnt make Fawcett feel worse about it as its not her fault she was born to a blood-traitor and she's doing her best to be a good subject to the Lord Protector.

But if she's such a good subject why would she be so upset? I mean its not as if she were raised in the camps like a filthy mudblood, its just that the person who gave birth to her died. I mean, if you were adopted and you never knew your real parents and you found out later, years later, they died, well, really, how sad could you be?

I think Fawcett's being very soppy, but Profesor Vector said to leave her be, which is what we do anyway, so its nothing to me. Only we have to sleep with her snuffling into her pillow and its really annoying.

[alt_seamus]

I never met my muggle father thank merlin and I dont know if hes alive or not. But if it was in all the papers that he died Id be upset. Its humiliating enough having muggle blood without it being in the Prophet.

[alt_padma]

Well, a little upset, yeah, that I can see. I mean, your right, no one would want it all over the paper like that.

But this wasnt that kind of

[alt_padma]

Sorry. Professor Acton caught me earlier.

I was saying, it wasn't that kind of upset. It was, well, more like she went a little mad. She called us names and said how we were worse than beasts, and we didnt have any feelings or des decens decency. Professor Vector said she was just histarical and she'd feel better in a day or two.

But it's been two days and shes still crying nearly every night. Its very disterbing when we're trying to sleep.

[alt_susan]

I don't know what you think you know about my grandmother Patil. She died before I was even born and no body was helping mudbloods.

[alt_padma]

Oh, go ahead and deny it, then, Bones. That's not what Jones seemed to think.

But then I s'pose you'd have to deny it, wouldn't you?

[alt_susan]

Megan wouldn't What did she say? How do I know your not just making something up because you think its funny?

[alt_padma]

Right, because I spend sooo much time making things up to say about you.

Go on, then. Who was it, really, your aunt?

[alt_susan]

You don't know what your talking about! It was my great--

[alt_padma]

HA! So you admit that someone in your family was helping them?

Which means you were lying before. Admit it.

[alt_susan]

I wasnt lying! It didn't have anything to do with mudbloods, it was all Dumbledore and he probably had her under the Imperius curse anyhow!

I don't know why I'm even talking about this with you--go read about it in the Prophet archives if your so interested in my family.