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I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Oct. 28th, 2009 01:38 pmSo, Fred and George Weasley say that to use this lock, we have to first post a secret about something we don't want most other people to know, so we won't be tempted to be a sneak and spill anything that's under the lock to anyone else. That makes sense, I guess.
I do have a secret, a real one. Maybe even a kind of dangerous one. So I've already done a lot of thinking about what it's like to keep secrets, maybe even from your best friends or your family. The thing is, it's not entirely a secret, but nobody knows about it at Hogwarts. Well, maybe some of the teachers do, but they haven't said a word about it, like maybe because they want to give me a chance, in spite of it.
All right, it's like this. My parents, they're what's known as 'blood traitors.' I mean, they're legally classified that way, there are wanted posters on them and everything. That's why it's my Gran who's been raising Evelyn and me since we were really little. My mum and dad used to be aurors, but I don't know where they are or what they're doing at all now. I don't know very much about them, but the little I do know makes me think that they're decent folks, who want to do the right thing. Whenever I hear stuff about blood traitors, it's all about how blood traitors want to destroy things for everybody and hurt as many people as possible because they hate the country so much. But I really don't think my mum and dad are like that. Not at all. I mean, they were aurors, right? To become an auror, you have to be the best of the best, and you get all sorts of tests and stuff to make sure you're the right sort of person. Not the kind who wants the job just cause you like to go around hexing or hurting people. Good citizens, that sort of thing. What's that word--ethical? Yeah. Ethical. So I wonder how come the government wants to catch them and punish them so much? And I want to talk about all the stuff I'm thinking about without getting in trouble for putting my questions in the journals, stuff like whether what that Grim Truth bloke says is real or not. So I'm really glad I'll have this lock, because it'll let me do that.
That's all, I guess. Except that I'll keep the secrets of the people here, and I hope you'll keep mine.
I do have a secret, a real one. Maybe even a kind of dangerous one. So I've already done a lot of thinking about what it's like to keep secrets, maybe even from your best friends or your family. The thing is, it's not entirely a secret, but nobody knows about it at Hogwarts. Well, maybe some of the teachers do, but they haven't said a word about it, like maybe because they want to give me a chance, in spite of it.
All right, it's like this. My parents, they're what's known as 'blood traitors.' I mean, they're legally classified that way, there are wanted posters on them and everything. That's why it's my Gran who's been raising Evelyn and me since we were really little. My mum and dad used to be aurors, but I don't know where they are or what they're doing at all now. I don't know very much about them, but the little I do know makes me think that they're decent folks, who want to do the right thing. Whenever I hear stuff about blood traitors, it's all about how blood traitors want to destroy things for everybody and hurt as many people as possible because they hate the country so much. But I really don't think my mum and dad are like that. Not at all. I mean, they were aurors, right? To become an auror, you have to be the best of the best, and you get all sorts of tests and stuff to make sure you're the right sort of person. Not the kind who wants the job just cause you like to go around hexing or hurting people. Good citizens, that sort of thing. What's that word--ethical? Yeah. Ethical. So I wonder how come the government wants to catch them and punish them so much? And I want to talk about all the stuff I'm thinking about without getting in trouble for putting my questions in the journals, stuff like whether what that Grim Truth bloke says is real or not. So I'm really glad I'll have this lock, because it'll let me do that.
That's all, I guess. Except that I'll keep the secrets of the people here, and I hope you'll keep mine.