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So I have a kitten purring on my bed. Hermione and I figured out how to break the kitten plate spell just before dinner.

Hermione found the book in the library. It's an ancient agricultural spell: the idea was, you could preserve animals in stasis so you don't have to feed or slaughter them until you're ready. (So, if you have more baby animals than you can really make use of, put the spell on them until you're ready; if you have a steer ready for slaughter but prefer the taste of fresh meat to meat that's been through a preservation spell, you can put the spell on the cow until you're ready for it.) Hermione says the spell probably passed out of vogue as farming became more organised, and wizards were more likely to buy meat from their muggle neighbors. Preservation spells improved, too, so the taste of ensorcelled food was less nasty.

The kitten seems perfectly all right (although who knows how old it really is. I wonder how long it was in that plate?) Portia has a cat, so we have some cat food for it tonight. But she doesn't want another cat, and although I like the kitten, I can't keep her. My foster mother, Mrs Brown, simply hates cats and would never let one in the house.

Perhaps Operation Kitten Rescue could be part of Operation Mayhem?

Addendum: She will go to Evelyn!

Date: 2013-04-25 12:11 am (UTC)
alt_sally_anne: (my friends make me smile)
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That's brilliant!

How long does it take to get the kitten out of the plate? Is it just a quick spell or is it more involved?

Date: 2013-04-25 01:43 am (UTC)
alt_sally_anne: (I will find a way)
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There are over seventy plates in that office. Maybe if we stole them all while she was elsewhere, and moved them somewhere like the hidden room? I think one person would have trouble carrying more than about four plates, though, and it would be pretty obvious to anyone watching that they were making off with Umbridge's kitten plates so we'd need to look sharp for HJC...

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