Order only: fifteen years off my life.
May. 2nd, 2010 11:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_mcgonagall Normally, Molly, I would tell you that your son was a troublemaker, but in this case I believe it was the Marvolo boy's fault entirely.
Yesterday afternoon I was quite busy with the MLE and it took several hours for anyone to realise that four of our students were missing: Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson and Harry Marvolo. Of course, I turned the castle upside down looking for them; just at the moment that I began to suspect that they were not on the grounds, they returned, riding in that ridiculous contraption!
It seems that they had somehow got it into their heads that the spiders in the Forbidden Forest had something to do with the Petrifications, so they decided to reconnoiter themselves rather than involving any adults. Of course, they quickly discovered that the spiders are the primary reason why the Forest is Forbidden. I gather that they had quite a scare, and were almost certainly were in very real danger of being eaten - but fortunately, the automobile has taken on a life of its own, I suppose as a result of the intense magical energies of the Forest itself. It seems to have some kind of protective instinct, and it saved them from the spiders.
In any case, I was quite glad that I had chosen to keep the matter silent, for it would have been truly terrible for the Lord Protector to have seen it unfold throughout the evening. As it was, I was able to mitigate the worst of it, make it seem like merely a childish adventure. He is still quite angry, of course, but primarily with young Harry - and I cannot say I regret that!
Of course, I sent the children to bed without their journals. It isn't right for them to brag about such flagrant rule-breaking. They have lost more House points than they could ever hope to earn back; Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have quite the shot this year. But I do see that Marvolo is describing his exploits gleefully - so perhaps they've not learned a thing.
Molly - a Howler would be perfectly appropriate, I think.
Yesterday afternoon I was quite busy with the MLE and it took several hours for anyone to realise that four of our students were missing: Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson and Harry Marvolo. Of course, I turned the castle upside down looking for them; just at the moment that I began to suspect that they were not on the grounds, they returned, riding in that ridiculous contraption!
It seems that they had somehow got it into their heads that the spiders in the Forbidden Forest had something to do with the Petrifications, so they decided to reconnoiter themselves rather than involving any adults. Of course, they quickly discovered that the spiders are the primary reason why the Forest is Forbidden. I gather that they had quite a scare, and were almost certainly were in very real danger of being eaten - but fortunately, the automobile has taken on a life of its own, I suppose as a result of the intense magical energies of the Forest itself. It seems to have some kind of protective instinct, and it saved them from the spiders.
In any case, I was quite glad that I had chosen to keep the matter silent, for it would have been truly terrible for the Lord Protector to have seen it unfold throughout the evening. As it was, I was able to mitigate the worst of it, make it seem like merely a childish adventure. He is still quite angry, of course, but primarily with young Harry - and I cannot say I regret that!
Of course, I sent the children to bed without their journals. It isn't right for them to brag about such flagrant rule-breaking. They have lost more House points than they could ever hope to earn back; Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have quite the shot this year. But I do see that Marvolo is describing his exploits gleefully - so perhaps they've not learned a thing.
Molly - a Howler would be perfectly appropriate, I think.
