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[alt_luna]

To the one who now calls himself Harry Potter:

You belong to me, and always have. This has always been your purpose. This has always been your destiny. Accept it - embrace it.

Come to me and you need never know pain or fear again. Come to me willingly, and you can end this pointless conflict now and forever. Come to me before midnight in two days' time, and no one else need die because of your cowardice. Submit to my will, and understand. It's time, Harry.

Your schoolmates' lives depend on you obeying my command.

The Prefects just broke up a scuffle between Darshana Patil--she's Padma's cousin--and Lakshmi Desai, Professor Desai's niece. Darshana attacked Lakshmi, because she said Professor Desai was going to help kill the seventh years, including her cousin. But then someone sniped to Darshana that it was more likely that her cousin--Padma--would be killing us all.

It's odd to see a fight between witches who are only used to duelling with wands. It's as if they wanted to have a go at each other but couldn't quite figure out how. In the end, it was a lot of hair-pulling and screeching, until Stratus Cuthbert and Belisarius Burbage pulled them apart.

Linus Moon looked quite pained when it was over and fretted that things must be getting rather desperate if the power of poetry was not enough to pour the oil of balm on troubled waters.

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[alt_pansy]

He is the stupidest smart person I know.

[alt_luna]

It's not as if he's stupid, exactly. He just sees the world in quite a different way than most people do.

We talked a great deal about Daphne today, the two of us. He is still quite upset about it, and he keeps bringing it up because he cannot understand how Mr Crouch could do such a thing in defiance of all the laws of chivalry.

Which is something, really. If even Linus is seeing something wrong with the Protectorate, then you know people must be questioning it everywhere.

[alt_pansy]

Right.

I've got my song finished, and I want everyone down here to know it. Or at least most everyone. The Pure Victory people and Galleon members for sure.

Who knows? Might be good distraction later.

So Sue, I was thinking we could start a good old-fashioned sing-along. Just non-offensive songs that everyone knows. Once it gets going, we can use it as cover to go round and teach people the new one.

I've told the Headmaster about it, and he thinks it won't cause too much trouble if we're careful.

Is it silly? I suppose it very well might be, but I'm bored and nervous and I want to do something. So.

You in?

[alt_luna]

Yes, of course.

We could teach it first as a humming melody at first. Until late at night. And sing it very quietly so the Enforcers don't really notice until everyone knows it.

And then stand up and sing it from the heart when we need the most courage.

[alt_justin]

Ladies,

Excellent. Sometime tomorrow evening we'll need to retrieve everyone's wands. Could Ron or Hydra or I signal you to start when we're ready to slip away and accomplish that?

-Justin

[alt_luna]

That's a good idea. THAT could certainly be a good distraction.

[alt_pansy]

I wish you weren't stuck up in the Ravenclaw tower, Luna.

I'm sure you'd make for one hell of a distraction.

I've taught enough people that it'll spread down here. Maybe someone'll get the chance to teach it to you soon. Here's hoping.

[alt_luna]

I wish I weren't here, either.

I only hope