ORDER ONLY: Private Message to Harry and Hermione

[alt_alice]

Harry. I need a favour. Could you meet up with Neville and loan him your invisibility cloak? He and Evelyn will be making their way to the infirmary tonight and need a bit of help to slip away.

Hermione, if you see this first, could you pass it along?

And many thanks for you help yesterday, sweet heart.

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[alt_harry]

Yes ma'am. Is there anything else we can do here to help?

[alt_alice]

They're spending the night here. When they get back, though, I want you to keep an eye on both of them.

I expect there to be some meanness once the news gets out, but Cormac McLaggen must not ever be alone with Evelyn.

Ever.

I want you all to make sure of that.

[alt_harry]

Okay.

We can do that.

[alt_hermione]

OR Neville. McLaggen would hurt him just as much, if he had the chance.

[alt_alice]

yes.

Yes he would. You're right.

Perhaps not in the same way, but no less dangerous.

[alt_hermione]

How's Mr Longbottom?

And Sirius?

May I ask a question? Why was he so upset when he woke up at Moddey Dhoo?

[alt_alice]

Frank is unchanged. Neville and Evelyn are spending the night, which I am very grateful for.

Sirius is doing far better. He'll be making his way to Grimmauld by tomorrow, I'll imagine, and should have enough coordination to start writing again soon.

As far as why he was so upset, Well, Sirius... he can be very stubborn sometimes.

When he first came here from France, he'd just had a nasty brush with Bellatrix. He insisted that it just wasn't safe for him to step inside Moddey, and left it at that.

I think he might've been afraid of somehow ruining things, or getting too tied down, or getting stuck there and never getting out.

I think he ended up staying away after a while because it was habit. Funny enough, he got tied down eventually, though, didn't he? Which I'm very glad for.

[alt_hermione]

I'm glad they're there, too. There was an article in the paper this morning about Saltash and it mentioned that Rodolphus Lestrange had taken a minor injury and loads of people were telling Hydra how sorry they were and how they hoped her father would get better soon. And she was gracious and honestly, I think she is a little worried because he's her father, you know, and it would be difficult for her not to be worried, but I think maybe she felt uncomfortable getting so much sympathy when everyone was also looking daggers at Neville and Evelyn, as if it's their fault. And Justin told us that he talked to them last night and made sure they knew it wasn't Mr Longbottom who killed McLaggen because it happened well after he was unconscious and that helped them, I hope, but it's still hard when everyone looks slantwise.

Would you please tell Sirius...I'm glad he's better. I know Mr Lupin had a hard time getting him to stay asleep. (I think Mr Snape's potion really helped but don't tell Mr Snape that I told you about it.)

[alt_alice]

I shall tell him you said so.

And for someone who claims not to care very much about whether a certain Mr Black were to live or die, Severus certainly did make quite an effort to address his symptoms.

Not that I'd tell either of them that, naturally.

And that was very thoughtful of Justin.