parcel pick-up

[prime-veridian.livejournal.com]

Well, that was a nice trip to Hogsmeade. It's refreshing to be able to get out of school for once and see what it's like out there, but sadly it's not going too well in Hogsmeade either. It was very quiet and subdued when we went after class to pick up Professor Slughorn's parcels, doesn't seem like the people in Hogsmeade are gathering much anymore. Fred and George even treated Alison and me to some butterbeers at The Three Broomsticks, but it was a lot emptier there than I remember. Maybe that's just to be expected, because we usually only go there on school trips when it's crowded to capacity, but it really was different, and I don't think it was the lack of Hogwarts students that accounted for it.

Hopefully by now the Order will know that the Minister of Magic is under the Imperius Curse by some Death Eater named Yaxley. From the list that got passed onto me, it seems that several of the higher ups in the Ministry are either Death Eater sympathizers themselves or under the curse as well, which really worries me about how deep You-Know-Who's corruption runs.

At any rate, I hope we use up those potions ingredients fast, because there's always information the Order could use, and well...you can tell that Alison really misses Fred and George, and they miss her a lot too.

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[prime-veridian.livejournal.com]

The clever part of You-Know-Who's plan is that all the ordinary folk are now too terrified of him, and what the Ministry will do to them, to join or even dare show their support for the Order. And without Dumbledore...does the Order even have someone taking charge right now?

I'll ask Draco what they're doing with the Muggle-borns. It's a sad day when I wouldn't be surprised to find some of them missing, permanently.

I do hope that if something happened to Fred, or George, or both of them, that at least Mrs. Weasley would think of you! I think she is rather fond or you, even if she tries to deny that you're dating both of her twins.

Stupid boys, always getting themselves into trouble. First Potter, now Draco, and of course there's your boys, because things out there are just getting worse and worse as the days wear on. I really miss those days when all we had to worry about were exams.

[beater-serpens.livejournal.com]

That's a big part of his power right now, yeah. If everyone's too frightened to organize any resistance... well, there's not much resistance. Thank God there are any people in the Order at all, I guess. I'm not sure if anyone is really in charge... I feel like Mr. Weasley and Lupin always seemed to know what was going on, but I'm not sure if they really have a leader.

If he knows, be sure to tell the rest of us. Maybe there's something we can do to help - whatever's happening to them, it's not right.

I guess I can always hope. I think she does like me all right, but I know she tends to get a little... frantic when it comes to making sure her family is safe. At least she'd tell Ginny, and I'm sure Ginny would tell me.

Seriously - I'd like to think that they can take care of themselves, but... circumstances are rather extenuating.