Dumbledore is headmaster. A few days ago I would have been considerably happier about it, but it can't be worse than what went before. I hope. We're very short-handed for patrol tonight, I very much hope that no one tries to take advantage of it. Far too many of the students are being unbelievably stupid about the drills and buddy system, and far ( Read more... )

Hogsmeade will be rather different today from last Saturday! Today will be all stomping on Wood's toes (both of the Woods actually, Caro too) trying to get them to act their age, have a quiet party and not be potentially responsible for deaths and injuries to any number of students. We've all been saying "there's a war on" for years now, and of ( Read more... )

( Things certainly have changed since yesterday )

Claire Jeannot was found dead in the lake this morning. I can't say I knew her really-but I do feel I ought to be sadder than I am. What I am is overwhelmed. Every prefect's personal agenda must have come into play this morning. Dolores Umbridge would like to use it to do goodness knows what to the rulebook. Administer Veritaserum to all the ( Read more... )

In just a couple of hours Mother and Mal and I have to Floo down to Kings Cross, only to come up to Scotland again on the train. Very silly; Mal and I could fly to Hogwarts from here. Usually I would also say that flying would be considerably more fun than the train, but I can't fly for a few days (they keep extending the estimate of the healing ( Read more... )