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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.

What happened in Transfiguration this morning?

Parvati tried to tell me but she was too upset to make a lot of sense. She said something about Professor Carrow ranting at the end of the lesson? And she was pretty sure he was going to Cruciate her?

She doesn't want me to write to Mum and Dad, but I think maybe we ought to do. What if he picks up the next lesson right where he left off?

Why can't it be a Hogsmeade weekend already? This was the worst weekend ever. And I can't believe they'll be back to teaching tomorrow, can you?

McGonagall looked ready to spit nails, didn't she, when she announced it.

At least rehearsal went well. And Page isn't in the play, thank Rama.

If Hooper still wants to come revise with us, he can. I just want to make sure you know that. It's not his fault.

Have you heard? Chang was in Ravenclaw Corner this afternoon on account of Dark Arts lessons being cancelled. He said that Mr Malfoy and Miss Professor Carrow had a DUEL last night! In the corridors!

Tamblyn said he heard that Miss Carrow tried to cast the killing curse on Mr Malfoy! But she missed and he Cruciated her to subdue her. But Dames said that's not what she heard, she heard that it was Mr Malfoy who went to try to kill Miss Carrow, on account of her talking to that Londinarium chap. So then we got Moon to come over, and you know she's dating Ptolemy Baddock, and he was there, but she said that he said that it was just a disagreement between them, and they hadn't had their wands out at all. Only no one really believes that.

In fact, Sandoval said that if Mr Malfoy had wanted to cast the killing curse on Miss Carrow, he wouldn't have missed, but he told Moon that it was ridiculous to say there wasn't any kind of duel, because Baddock and Professor Sinistra were there and were sending students away down the corridor in the other direction. And they wouldn't have done that if it had just been an argument. But he didn't think they were casting anything too bad - you know, just usual duelling club kinds of spells, because he couldn't credit they'd go and try to duel to the death right in school where anyone might come along!

Well. Then Laverty, she said she heard that a long time ago, Miss Carrow was after Mr Malfoy, you know, like how Professor Acton was always trying to corner Professor Raz? And she was really in love with him, but he wouldn't have anything to do with her (and can you blame him, really? I mean, who would ever be attracted to Miss Carrow?) and so she's been sending him little 'presents' for years, and finally he tried to send one back to her brother. So he took bottle of firewhiskey that she'd sent him and sent it to Professor Carrow. He didn't realise it was the same one, so he drank it, but it was poisoned! And that's why he went to the hospital wing on Wednesday. So when Mr Malfoy came here yesterday for the Governors' meeting, she waited somewhere between there and the Slytherin common room and she ambushed him in revenge!!!

I sort of want to ask Malfoy, but I know he'll get well shirty if we pry into his father's personal business. I wonder if Parkinson knows anything about it? I mean, a few people said they heard screaming, but then, her brother's in the hospital wing, so maybe she was really overwrought? Anyway. What are they saying up in Gryffindor? D'you reckon Mr Rosier would know if she was really ever in love with him?

I can't believe it, though. A School Governor - I mean, MR MALFOY, and Miss Professor Carrow duelling in the CORRIDORS! If they weren't both so well deadly, I'd say the Headmistress ought to give them both a detention! Ha-ha!

Please, Professor, I know you said that Professor Carrow would be marking our essays even though he's not back in lessons, but I had a question about variations in temperature when transfiguring liquids.

So I went to his office tonight to ask him and I don't think he's at all well. I'm not sure where Miss Professor Carrow was, and I didn't see his mudblood about, either, but I suppose he's not really assigned to the Professor anymore, is he?

Anyway, Professor Carrow answered the door but he seemed very confused. He kept calling me Miss Pencil. And he seemed to think there were flies in the room, but there weren't. The fire was roaring, though, and he was sweaty but saying it was too cold.

Well, I tried to ask my question and he listened at first but then he started shaking. He reached for his flask, you know, the one he always has with him? And he started to bring it up to drink out of it and then he stopped. It was still shaking in his hand. And then he threw it at me and told me to 'Bugger off'. So, er, I did. But I thought someone ought to know.

And I still have that question, but maybe if you don't have time to answer it, Professor, someone in Ravenclaw Corner will know.

Well, that's over with, at least.

We're never letting Moon present at History Club again, agreed? Centaurs are one of those topics that ought to be amazing but in Moon's hands it's just.... I thought we came up with History Club to get away from Binns' lectures, not go to more of them outside of lessons!

Anyway, next week we'll do Founders' Night, yeah? That ought to get everyone back even if they left last night thinking they were done.

Do you want to spend some time on Sunday planning out what we're going to say? I could ask Parkinson and MacMillan to meet us in the library if we think it'd be helpful. I can't on Saturday anyway because we're practising for the first Model Wizengamot debate. You should really come, it's pretty interesting.

Can you believe Zabini? He's such a troll. I can't think what Daphs sees in him.

Oh, and I heard Longbum got another detention from Carrow! It's really astonishing that he can even function, isn't it? But I guess if Carrow didn't have Longbum to pick on, he might look elsewhere. He doesn't slag you at all, does he? I mean, aside from if you make a mistake. Does he care that you're the right sort or is he just all about halfbloods all being no good?

This afternoon in Transfiguration we were talking about transfigurations that are considered impossible. I said that we should add "Transfiguring Ron Weasley into a genius" to the list. Professor Carrow gave Ravenclaw five points!

I've told Linus and Belinda and Morag. Su Li will probably notice that it's Parvati but she won't say anything, not to Weasley at any rate.

Parvati told Lav so she'll sit with us tomorrow. And I mentioned it to Malfoy and Smith. Malfoy knows better than to warn Parkinson and Perks, too.

I think we're in good stead to go.

I know you asked Parvati about that enormous owl over by Ravenclaw this morning. Well, I got a letter of apology from Ms Post - the witch who was writing all those things in Madam Pomfrey's journal?

(Sounds like your Mr Rosier and Director Selwyn went at her quite a bit. Oh - but I don't think I'm supposed to say things like that in my journal, as it would be gossip.)

Anyway, she was pretty much falling over herself apologising for implying that you and me talking about Sanji was what led to him getting kidnapped. Then she went on to talk about all the ways her office can help us be better witches and wizards and I think you can guess what that was all about. Actually, I think it's clear she wrote some of the pamphlets. Pity you've given yours back, we could've compared the letter to the leaflets to see if she actually quoted any of them.

I was thinking of going to an undisclosed location at a time later than now, because it's a little tense over in Ravenclaw Corner this week and I'm not much in the mood for silent contemplation. Though I have a lot to catch up on - even though all the professors told me I didn't have to make up the homework from last week, there are still the discussions and such to catch up on. Maybe you'd want to meet me and I can add to Belinda and Linus' notes?

Tell you one thing, I think I'm just as glad that Professor McGonagall will be teaching Transfiguration. Not that Mr Professor Carrow was a bad teacher - because really, in lessons, he was actually quite good - but I dunno how I'd feel seeing him face to face after what he said to me last week.

Oh - and I expect everyone's already talked about that as much as anyone cares to, but do you think it's really true he was behind the attacks, all along? (Oh, that would be gossip again, wouldn't it?) Well, Ms Post said to go on writing whatever we like in our journals, just as Director Selwyn said, so I guess it's all right. Although of course I wouldn't want to upset Miss Professor Carrow, either. It's just hard to believe that was happening at the same time as Parvati and me were going home - we missed nearly all the excitement.

TOTALLY WIZ-NIFT!

Only now Fawcett won't stop going on about how Marvolo sent that snake after Stebbins. (Honestly, he deserved it. I'd have done it too if Stebbins had said that about me!)

Do you think Professor Lockhart's alright? I mean, Professor Carrow really knocked him back with that spell. He still seemed a little disorientated even after they sent everyone out. I tried to help him back to his office but he told us all he was going to walk it off for a while.

Mum and Dad, what happened was that Professor Brutka and Professor Lockhart were going to start us, but then Professor Carrow said he would do it and he pushed his way up on the platform. Professor Lockhart was so gracious, really, and so was Professor Brutka, I guess. He just shrugged and bowed a little and then he sort of stayed around to watch.

Well, Professor Carrow and Professor Lockhart showed us duelling stance, only I guess Professor Carrow wanted to show us that in a real duel, you don't wait for the, um, niceties because if you wait you might just get killed. So he cast a disarming spell and it was really powerful. It was actually dead cool ~~even if it was Professor Carrow~~ and Professor Lockhart went tumbling. But he was okay. I mean, he got up really quickly. He was still a little dazed, though.

And then they had us all pair off, but after a few minutes it was utter chaos. It was kind of funny, actually. I mean, all that practising we've been doing with our manuals and it didn't really make a difference to anyone, much. Well, maybe Malfoy was doing really well. I couldn't see, because Belinda and I paired off and I know, I'm supposed to be working with Parvati but she was all the way across the duelling platform, so I really couldn't you see, and anyway Belinda and I traded off pretty well, but she bumped into Weasley and he's got that broken wand, and it went off. And it sort of made everything go really white for a minute. I'm not sure what spell that was, I'll have to look it up.

But then when I could see again, half the kids had their hair singed off or they were covered in boils and some were sopping wet, but Professor Carrow called everyone to order and Professor Lockhart said perhaps they'd better have one team demonstrate. So Professor Lockhart called up Marvolo and Malfoy. And that's when Stebbins said that it was no surprise they got picked, and then he said something really rude that I won't repeat, but it made all the boys nearby snigger and Professor Carrow sort of looked at them and they stopped really quickly, but then he said, 'On second thought, Lockhart, let's see what they do against a real opponent,' and he called up Moran, you know, the Head Boy, and he whispered something in his ear. Then he told Malfoy and Marvolo to prepare and WHOOSH! Moran made a great snake come out of his wand just like that!

Well, everyone tried to take a step back, except we couldn't because the people behind us didn't see it so they didn't realise we needed to move back, and we all sort of got jostled, and Stebbins stumbled forward because he's really clumsy on top of everything else, and he fell against the platform. And the snake went straight for him!!

Professor Carrow told everyone not to move, that he'd get rid of the snake, and then the most amazing thing happened! Marvolo started talking to the snake!! In snake talk, I mean!! ~~Parcel~~ Parseltongue. Like the Lord Protector and everything!

And the snake went. after. Stebbins!!! It was completely terrifying! Belinda and I moved away as fast as we could, but it was really hard with no room to go anywhere.

Professor Brutka made the snake disappear then, but goodness, it was exciting!

Fawcett's even more worried now, of course, but that's just mad. I mean, unless she goes and says something daft to Marvolo, what is there to worry about?

Let me know today if you're coming to History Club tomorrow. Belinda and Morag want to have cake for Corner's birthday, so we need to know how much to get from the house-elves. I don't know if he'll be able to eat, though, with all the magic charms he's got on his wrists it's hard for him to lift his fork!

Mum wrote this morning. She says that she and Dad might bring me and Parvati to the St Mungo's benefit, if our marks are good this term!

Well, I know mine will be, but Parvati, we'd better look over your essay for Charms together before you hand it in. And your Transfiguration work, too, now that Professor Carrow's back in the classroom. Professor Lockhart was ever so nice, but I do think some people might be a little rusty after a couple weeks of not doing much in the way of practical spellwork.

Did anyone else see that flying lessons were cancelled this week? For the firsties, I mean. There was a notice up on the board in our Common Room. I wonder if Madam Hooch is ill? That'd be too bad.

So many people are feeling poorly this term, it seems like. Brocklehurst has been in the hospital wing for a couple of days, which is just as well because nobody could sleep easy with her sicking up overnight and moaning and all. And I heard Thompson tell Electra Bobolis that Rubens has been sniffling for days and Lovegood woke them all up a few times last week, sleepwalking. I suppose that's not really the same as being ill; it's much odder.

MacMillan, you know what we talked about at History Club? Well....

You heard about ~~Carrow's~~ ~~Professor McG~~ Carrow's mudblood? And Malfoy's post, about the hospital wing?

Come and find me in the Corner this afternoon and we can go somewhere to talk.

Oh, and Belinda and Morag, you ought to come too. I know you were sitting with Perks yesterday, so you might have seen or heard something different to the rest of us.

Well, we had our first meeting on Wednesday, but only about half the people who signed up came. I think it's because everyone's been feeling so under the weather. I was going to remind people yesterday but then there was all that fire and mud business. I'm just as happy the Headmistress has told everyone to shut up about it, anyway--I mean, it's awful for Thomas, but imagine how much worse it was for Marvolo to have someone trying to destroy his mudblood like that? I mean, setting her on fire? Her hair's a bit like the tip of a torch, but really, it's not like it would improve by being on fire!

Anyway, we did meet, before all the excitement yesterday, and for those of us who were there I think it was really rather nice. The books Mr Rosier sent are wizard! Finnigan, thank him again, will you? I wanted to owl but I wasn't sure I ought to bother him.

And Finnigan is really, really nift at making it all sound much more interesting and relevant.

So we're going to keep meeting. It's still open to anyone in our year and first-years too if you want to get ahead.

We're meeting Wednesdays in the third classroom on the Charms corridor, fifteen minutes after dinner.

And did you see? Professor Lockhart is taking over Transfiguration?! Is there anything Professor Lockhart can't do? Now we'll have him three times a week!

Today we started our first proper week. Mondays are going to be long again this year. Double Defence, our very first Muggle Studies lesson, and Astronomy lecture.

Miss Professor Carrow is really very...interesting. Though Muggle Studies is not as exciting as Defence. Or Astronomy. Or Potions. I guess it's like History of Magic--it's sort of the kind of thing that should be straightforward, but really it's not. I think it's because Muggles just aren't very sensible creatures.

One thing's for certain: if I keep going to Ravenclaw Corner, there's no way I won't stay top of the year. This afternoon Johns went over the calculations with me from Professor Sinistra's lecture, so I'm all ready for tonight!

Is utterly NIFT.

Sandoval, thanks again ever so much for letting me come. And thank your brother for showing me that Charms text. It's going to be dead useful.

I can't believe Frobisher tried to join in! After what happened last term?! I thought Capper was going to slap him or something, and for a minute I worried Madam Pince was going to come over. But thank goodness he went away after that.

Oh, I hope you don't mind my asking, but is there any chance I might borrow that book you and Troy were using for your NEWT-level essay? Only we're learning about Swelling Draughts this year in Potions and I thought I'd take a look at the Shrinking and Engorgement theory as well, you know, get a jump on things.

I hope Bobolis doesn't think I'm some sort of thick dolt. I just didn't expect him to ask me so many questions ... about Haruman, I mean. I didn't know they knew each other! I suppose you all must have been firsties when Haruman was in his seventh year. I promised Bobolis - Leander, I mean, he said I could call him by his first name - I promised him I'd Owl Haruman and tell him to get back in touch.

Oh, Perks, that does sound interesting about Muggle Studies. We haven't had our lesson with Professor Carrow yet. Professor Alecto Carrow, I mean. We've had one Transfiguration lesson already.

And remember, Parvati and I have robe pets, if anyone wants them! I know they're sort of expensive - I mean, two sickles is a lot of pocket money for some people - but they really do last longer if you play with them regularly.

Current Location: Common Room

I just dont know.

Potions used to be one of my favourite classes but now it's all going wrong. people think I'm being mean to Hopkins, but Saturday he came to work on Friday's lesson. He made the potion and I told him what to do and he still couldn't make it without getting lumps in, and it was the wrong colour, even though I watched him and he fumbled a few times but he put it all in in the right order.

So maybe there is more to potions than just following the recipe, but I dunno what, it's always worked for me. But if I'm still to be stuck with Hopkins I don't know how my marks can keep up. I'm writing to Dad because even if he cant do anything to fix it, he ought to at least know why my place in the class is sliping.

Then Transfiguration today--Professor Carrow was in a horrible mood. The mudblood wasnt around, so maybe thats why Professor Carrow was so peaky. We've got loads of work for him though, before next class - all because Brocklehurst snivelled that she couldnt finish her homework because someone had hexed her hands so they had boils all weekend.

Today in Transfiguration I was sure Professor Carrow was going to say something horrible when I said that relative size was one of Gamp's Exceptions, when obviously it's not.

But when I changed my answer he just gave me five points. Not that I'm complaining, but I've no idea why he would do that. (Maybe it's because I decided to play the AK game?)

Linus and I went down to the kitchens last night, while we were waiting to go to Astronomy, and we hexed all the house-elve's ears. They didn't mind, and they even offered us some biscuits to take back to the Common Room with us.

So I reckon we're pretty well practised on the hex, anyway.

And I'm so excited to find out what our Potions marks are! I'm sure I did ever so well.

I think I might want to be a Potioneer. Even if Mum would rather I take on her business. Maybe Sanji will do that - he quite likes the colours and im ~~embroy~~ embroidering on the fabrics.

Only Astronomy and Potions left. Two of my best subjects!

The Defence exam was so much fun! It was more like one of the quizzes in the Prophet than an exam. (Although maybe Professor Carrow's was more like the Prophet crossword.) I've never taken an exam when I was so certain about every answer.

And now only Astronomy and Potions. I'm not sure I'll be perfect, but I'm sure I'll be alright on both. I have a little revising, though, so Morag and I are asking for some snacks (I mean, if the Slytherins can get food, so can we!).

I can't decide whether it's better to memorise the movements of the constellations or to just focus on the maths. Morag's more worried about the ingredients lists.

One was easy and one hard, so maybe that balances?

Herbology, of course - that was fairly simple. I almost forgot the difference between Devil's Snare and Flitterbloom, but at the last second I remembered how to tell them apart (aside from being squeezed to death, that is!).

Then there was Transfiguration. Loads of people were really worried about this one. And it really was nearly as difficult as I expected. But it was far more ... er, random. Not that I'm complaining! I mean, Professor Carrow does tell us that one never knows what life is going to throw at us. So I guess we should of been prepared for anything. I think the extra practice really payed off, though, because I know I did really well on the spellwork. ~~Maybe not as well as Sally-Anne, but~~ My textures were fine and my kitten's nose was perfect, I thought. (The multiple choice, though! I remembered most of it. I don't think he told our class about the fire crab and the scorpion, but I knew that story already. Though of all things, I wasn't sure what that question about his servant's essay was doing on there! I just said 'I didn't read that because a mudblood wrote it.' I hope that was alright to say.)

Oh! And I got an owl from Mum. All about the St Mungo's benefit party at the Malfoy's and there's a picture of Mum and Dad. They look smashing. I recognise the entrance hall from the picture in the Prophet. It's ever so grand!

Mum says Dad did fairly well at the roulette but then spent it again at the auction. He got a custom set of robes for Mum, to be designed by Madam Malkin, that he says is for her birthday, and which she says is just ridiculous. There were sooo many people there! I've been collecting the articles from the papers. You can just see my Mum in one of the photos.

But it sounded like they had a marvellous time. Lav, did your mum write about it? D'you and Parvati want to meet later after dinner and see the letter? We can revise for Defence if you want. I've got Professor Lockhart's library--at least that's an exam where we know all the answers and where to find the questions!

Even though it means we have to stay up so late.

Well, partly I love it because we get to stay up so late, but then I'm ever so tired next morning and I'm late for breakfast.

Linus says he'd rather play that ak thing but now hes all of a mind to practis chess alot and see if it makes him play the other one better. He called it an umpiracle test.

I'm not sure what that is but I think it means he'll see if chess improoves his life like Malfoy's dad's book says it will.

So I hope we're still doing the chess turney, yeah? Becuse we here in Ravenclaw are getting ready for it.

Everyone's still talking about Parkinson and her mum. I think that's one thing about these jornals that's not so good. I mean, if something happened to our mum and dad, or our brothers, I wouldn't want it all over school, I'd want it privat.

I think Professor Carrow's right and it's alot of bother about something really boring. ~~I don't understand the other stuff he said tho~~

But anyway, Astronomy is wizard. We saw Mars and loads of constillations. Professor Sinistra sais its always been good vewing from Hogwarts, but now its even better becuse theres no Muggle lite ~~pil~~ polusion.