does anyone else feel like they're being STALKED by the ministry??? i've never had so many owls from them!!

uh hi everyone. i'm home, finally.

did anyone see my cat, gandalf, during the battle? he wasn't sent home with the rest of my things. he's grey and he has a white patch of fur under his chin. he's probab-

Was there really a play at Hogwarts over the year?

The WADA program is a bit intriguing, if I have to be honest. Dad is being pretty mum about his involvement, if any, but I'm going to try to rattle him into giving me more information.


[ G6 ]

So what are your thoughts? Going back? Same roommates?

[ MICHAEL CORNER ]

Hey, you.

I don't know how I'm going to not freak out about the NEWTs and yes, logically, I knew we would be taking it. But somehow packing the whole year's worth of DADA (and History for me!) in two months and then taking the NEWTs immediately following that seems to be very, very stressful daunting!!! I already want to draw up timetables for the entire summer, including when to take a "break"!

I think I'll just dive right into reviewing old materials from this year so that there is some semblance of understanding once we're back in that program.

Those that want to study together, feel free to approach me about anything!!!


[ WAYNE HOPKINS ]

Hey Wayne! How are you? I was going to owl you, but didn't want to disturb you, either.

So we can room with whoever we want at summer school? Can the tents be co-ed?

[Draco]

Are you going?

[S6G]

Are you going to the summer school thing?

So if I want to sit for the NEWTs I have to spend another six weeks with you lot? How fantastic.

( 7th years, minus slytherin (except tracey), minus hep ([...] except oliver) )

( celia )

( lavender )

( anthony & sally )

[Ernie]

Thanks

[Megan H7HEP]

How did everyone's testimony go?

It feels strange to be home. Everything feels different and the same, all at the same time. I've been feeling quite uneasy since I've been home, which I'm sure most of us have.

I'm curious, what is everyone's favourite comfort food?

SU LI

Hi. Are you going to the memorial?

Does it have to be at Hogwarts, though?


[ MICHAEL CORNER, HANNAH ABBOTT, MEGAN JONES, SALLY-ANNE PERKS, & ERNIE MACMILLAN ]

Thanks for the visit, you lot. Made me feel much better about turning a year "wiser".

[ DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY ]

I still want that tattoo, just saying.

In your opinion, is there such a thing as too much take-away?

I'm asking for a friend.

Hi, everyone.

I hope you received Professor Headmistress McGonagall's owl about the Memorial Service on the 20th. Just wanted to say it would be great if you could come, but I know it's hard for others.

Er, yeah. So thanks.


[ NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM ]

I think I'm ready to finally know what the hell happened during the year at Hogwarts.

[ DRACO MALFOY ]

Haven't fled yet, have you?

[ RON WEASLEY & HERMIONE GRANGER ]

Do you feel useless? I feel useless.

Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift away from each other.

[DA]

You all got a letter from the Ministry, yeah?

[TRACEY]

"I am something quiet. I can be happiness, sadness or fear. I can show or just be gone, but I'll come back not before long, and someone has them for you."

[RITCHIE]

Hey. You want a brownie?

[R7]

I'm guessing no one has heard from Kevin?

[ ERNIE, SALLY-ANNE, MEGAN, HANNAH ]

Hey.

So it's Susan's birthday on Friday and I've successfully bothered the Powers That Be into okaying her having some visitors for a bit of a celebration. She can't have too many which is why I've kept the circle small, but I thought a cake and some balloons and us hanging out with her for awhile would be nice?

How does around 2 sound for people?

thye said we won ?




[added later]
WARDED TO CELIA.

don't tell anyone please. also keep them away from my room. and tell mum + dad + posie + regina to stop bothering me i don't want to see them either.

Can we skip to the end of the week already?

[Lavender]

I know I told Ernie I can't think of you as alive, and that's still true. Like, if you were alive you would have been there today and yesterday. You wouldn't have missed Seamus' wake for anything. But I guess you don't even know he's dea gone. I'm kind of jealous of that, you know? Not the whole being in a coma and probably never waking up thing, but the not knowing about Shay and Sophie and Joanna and Felix and even yourself. I wish I didn't know about any of you, you all hurt so much. But even though you're not alive, I need you to not die. I can't go to your funeral too, Lav. I know my social life is always busy when we're not at school, but it's not usually a week of funerals. That's what it is right now. Funeral after funeral, today there were two. Seamus and Sophie, the same day. It's only the beginning of the week, and I can't do it anymore. I can't get through this week and then have to go to your funeral too. Please wake up, Lav. I need you.

So is anyone else traumatized and barely sleeping or

What does Batman get in his drinks?

Just ice.

[ private ]

• I didn't really feel like saying no was an option
• they promised us internships with the Ministry of Magic, St. Mungo's, and The Daily Prophet
• I was worried about the effect Dumbledore's Army was having on the school, encouraging students to break rules, vandalize, and increase anti-Slythetin sentiments (i.e. why did they give all of the houses a care package but Slytherin?)
• I was really worried about what would happen without the prefect system so I wanted to help restore order
• I was very worried about my grades and needed the extra tutoring sessions that were only given to HEP members
• I have low blood sugar and wouldn't have been able to do well with the food that was only being supplied to HEP members
• Hugh was regularly threatening me saying that if I didn't do my job I'd make it look like he was the bad guy so I felt like I had to
• I don't remember hexing Meredith anything that happened at the battle after seeing my father lost his leg/I was in a blind rage

If I'm promised anonymity/confidentiality:

• I was following the lead of older students (Draco, Vincent) who chained up second years in our common room and hexed and cursed others in the hallways
• the Carrows were close associates with my father and I felt family pressure to follow their lead
• Thorfinn made me hex Jack and Charlotte

WARDED TO SUSAN.

Are you okay??? Did something happen with your heart? They wouldn't let me see you.

WARDED TO HEP.

What is going to happen to us?

If anyone needs a place to stay because of whatever circumstances, my gran has four extra guest rooms that are open. We'd be happy to help in whatever way we can--shelter or otherwise. No questions asked, no expectations, no strings.

Can I say something?

I'm not fine. I'm not FUCKING fine. I'm not alright. I'm not okay. I'm not content or celebratory or anything like that, and NONE OF YOU ARE EITHER. Can we all just STOP FUCKING LYING about being fine and accept that the last year was 6000 liters of unmitigated BULLSHIT and that we're all at least some degree of miserable? All of us. Every last one of us. NOBODY IS FINE.

We have LOST FRIENDS. We have LOST FAMILY. We are HURT and SUFFERING, and we are NOT FINE. And I don't know WHY WE'RE PRETENDING WE'RE FINE WHEN WE AREN'T

Home sweet Ernie's home.

[ LISA TURPIN ]

Do you think we should be offering food to people? Like — that's something we can do, right? And maybe have people help us, if needed?

I watched Titanic again and I really think if Rose had moved just a bit, Jack could have made it, too.

WARDED TO ISAAC MONTAGUE.

Isaac? Are you awake?

WARDED TO VINCENT CRABBE.

You fucking idiot. I actually had some kind of hope for you, you know? I thought maybe your whole bully bullshit was just some means of proving what a Big Man you were to Malfoy and his lot. But apparently not. No, apparently, you decided you liked them and the way they thought and everything they stood for so much that you wanted to die for it.

Well, fuck you. Fuck you and your stupid pastries and your gifts that you always pretended were anonymous and were obviously from you. And fuck you for making me wonder if you weren't completely awful so that now when I have to read your name on the list of people who passed, I am sorry that I can't go to your stupid funeral. Not that I would want to be anywhere near any of your stupid friends.

But I can't help feeling that you could have had better, if you'd given yourself the chance. And I'm sorry that I couldn't convince you otherwise.

Goodbye.

WARDED TO MICHAEL CORNER.

Hi.

WARDED TO S6G.

If anyone runs into Matthew Avery, please let him know I'm planning on making his life utterly miserable.

WARDED TO ASHTON, SAM, STERLING, DAISY, ISAAC.

Hey.

WARDED TO LIZZIE.

Lizzie, tell me something happy.

I NEED FUCKING MONEY TO BUY FUCKING FOOD YOU MONSTERS LIKE I DON'T ALREADY HAVE A DEAD FATHER I AM SUPPOSED TO BURY AT SIXTEEN HAHAHAHA


If you call winning a war forcing the children of those involved to be prevented from withdrawing enough funds to buy necessities such as food, I hope to Rowena that you sleep well at night with your good conscience.

[ R6 minus Freya and Shawna ]

My dad got home today. It's so nice to have him back.but weird too? How are you guys doing? Are people out of the hospital yet?

[...] Who's going to Felix's f thing on Thursday?

I can't believe it has only been one week.

[ GREGORY, BLAISE, THEODORE, MILLICENT, LILIANA, DAPHNE, MATTHEW, ALEXANDER, DAVID, GRACE, FREYA, SHAWNA, STEPHEN ]

Vincent's service was a joke and he deserves better. I'm throwing him a wake Monday night from 7pm in the dower house of the estate. [Apparition co-ordinates]

There will be food and wine, if you want anything else to drink bring it yourself.

[ GREGORY AND MILLICENT ]

What were Vincent's favourite foods?

[ LILIANA ]

Hi. I'm sorry I haven't been in touch.

[posted Saturday, May 6, late afternoon]
HANNAH

I'm home at my Gran's now. I'm sorry I didn't let you know when they released me, but I had some things I needed to do alone and I felt like you'd understand that. [...] I stopped to see my parents. It was the first time I'd been there by myself, actually. Minors aren't allowed in without supervision, so I've always been with Gran and it was [...] different being able to go without her.

Tomorrow morning, I'm eating pie and ice cream for breakfast and getting chips for dinner. Do you want to come with me?

HARRY

I'm back at my Gran's now. "Almost entirely recovered," they said.

DA

Everyone that was in the Room of Requirement-- did your things get recovered from the castle? I'm just wondering if they were there to be sent to us or if they were confiscated before [...] everything.

Everyone still at St. Mungo's-- I've been released and am mobile now. Does anyone need anything that I can get for them?

I know everyone is grieving the people that they've lost, I am too. And I know the following story might be hard for people to read, so if you'd rather not read a story about the deaths of one of the people that died during the battle, please skip the rest of the post.

When Seamus Finnigan died, he was fighting a Death Eater called Augustus Rookwood. Rookwood was a veteran of the first war against You-Know-Who, and spent the years after that war in Azkaban. He was released by YKW in the break out, and Rookwood went on to be one of the Death Eaters placed in the Ministry to further their agenda. You may recognise his name from all of the Department of Mysteries bullshit about Muggleborns.

Rookwood also died in the battle, because even as he was dying, Seamus refused to go out without taking one of the assholes with him.

Vale, Seamus. You're already missed.

( Private to Slytherin Sixth Year Girls )

( Private to Shawna Capper )

( Private to Stephen Cornfoot )

( Private to Demelza Robins )

( Private to Self )

Sorry.

[Private to Greg's Friends aka most HEP members & Slytherins]

Wanted to officially say I'm fine for now and just check in. Does anyone care Vince is dead. My dad was captured. Vince is gone. So life is kind of shit. Gertie is fine and thanks to those who stayed with her when the students were escorted out. I should have

hello yes I just want to tell my friends that I'm okay oh wait it's writing already full stop yes hello this is me comma Terry and my mind is fine I have forgotten some things around the battle but they tell me that this is normal for trauma full stop no please put an actual full stop Grandpa do you have another one no please erase that ERASE no Mum I am not asking them for medicinal marijuana erase that ERASE oh will you bloody do as you are told

WARDED TO HANNAH AND ERNIE.

Suse—

Susan just told me that she killed Eloise.

Hello, everyone.

You've probably seen me around on these journals, so I thought I would just write a post here, anyway.

We have all had a rough time in these past few days. I can't say it will get any easier going forward — I don't think there is ever really a winning side to a war, especially when both sides have suffered so much loss. Good people risked their lives during the final battle and I will be forever haunted by the fact. I know I cannot apologise enough for the death of your loved ones or the injuries sustained by anyone, but I do have to try. I'm sorry for the innocent deaths throughout the course of this war and I'm sorry for the countless number of injuries people have had to endure.

I don't know what the future holds anymore, but I fully intend to do whatever it takes to build our community up once again. And if you're so inclined, I encourage you to do the same.

But first, mourn and grieve for your loved ones. You deserve it as much as they do.

Cheers.


[ DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY ]

Thank you, all of you. Words can't express my gratitude, but I want to make sure that it's known, too.

[TRACEY]

lavender is joanna is i just outed m i'm what do you call an educated tube?

Parvati & Ernie

DA

Dumbledore's Army and proud.


[ OOC: This post is before Geoffrey's post! ]

[GRYFFINDOR + H7 + R7]

[...] Joanna [...] her body was found. Her mum owled me.

I [...] don't know more than that, but she's [...] gone.

[H6 H6 BOYS ROB & LOGAN LINDSEY]

She wasn't in Azkaban.

Wayne Hopkins is okay! I've just received an owl from his parents. He'll be staying at the hospital for another week, and they hope he'll be well enough for visitors soon.

WILLA'S OKAY. AND SHE SAYS JUSTIN AND MADISON AND DEREK ARE TOO.

[ H7 MINUS ELOISE AND OLIVER [...] MINUS OLIVER ]

I heard from Justin - he's been released and is at Mungo's. I'm going to try to visit him in the next few days, if anyone wants to come or has a message to pass on.

I'm home, got released today. If anyone still in the hospital needs anything let me know, I'm apparently already getting a novel with a shirtless man with long hair and a kilt on the cover for Sally, so since I'm definitely ordering that by owl post instead of going to a store and having to buy it in person if you have any other owl post orders just let me know.

I'm getting really worried about Wayne - no one's heard anything? Should we reach out to his parents? I don't understand why they won't just tell us who's still missing or confirmed dead or any other information they have.

[Ravenclaws]

Hello all. This is Patsy Boot, Terry's mother. My parents and I are currently at St. Mungo's with our boy, and his father will be arriving from France shortly.

While Terry's condition has not deteriorated further and his healers believe that he will live, he has yet to regain consciousness. [...] He has also sustained a great degree of nerve damage from dark magic, and his healers cannot at this point rule out some of the damage being cognitive. I personally am hoping for the best, while preparing myself for the worst.

We will do our best to keep you informed of any new information as we acquire it. Please also pass on the contents of his ward to his friends outside of Ravenclaw. We hope that our brave boy will soon be back with us gardening with his grandparents and keeping his bird watching journal up to date once more.

ooc: this entry and demelza's subsequent comments (spoilers in those) are rather blotchy/tearstained

I can't stOp brewing potiOns

We just received an owl from Mr and Mrs Midgen.

Eloise, she—



They found her body.

Eloise Midgen why haven't you checked in.