alt_justin: (Tres amusant!)
Justin Finch-Fletchley ([personal profile] alt_justin) wrote2014-08-16 11:28 am

Order Only: Private Message to Sally-Anne and Hydra

Hullo,

Marks arrived here with the morning post. Have you got yours yet? Hydra, were your O.W.L.s what you expected?

Sally-Anne, I don't know if he did in yours as well, but Headmaster Dolohov included a well brief note in my letter, congratulating us on coming in first in the class. We've tied, it seems. Well done, you!

I say, I hope that Moon being Head Boy means that Professor Dolohov has appointed Daphne and not Patil as Head Girl. I, er, may have mentioned to him once or twice how happy I was last year to do Patil's and Finnigan's work for them, allowing them to focus on becoming Councilmembers. (Don't tell Daphne, though, what! If she is Head Girl, I don't wish her to think she wasn't chosen solely on her own merits--and for that matter, I've no way to know that I influenced him at all. And if she's not Head Girl.... Well, then my efforts made no difference, what.)

-Justin
alt_hydra: (at dusk her spot)

Re: Order Only: Private Message to Hydra

[personal profile] alt_hydra 2014-08-17 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Hello, you. I've been in the same boat.

Training has been the same, which is to say grueling. Auror Crouch isn't one to offer praise, but he will note improvements when they become fact, and then note the ways in which that improvement could be a potential disadvantage.

He is the most observant and attentive person I have ever met, and yet he somehow manages to filter through all that he observes and single out what matters most. It's a skill that's almost like legilimency. He says that it's good my legilimency didn't manifest until I was older, otherwise I would be too dependent on it, and it would be hard to teach me how to be observant in other ways. At first I wondered if that was an insult to Mummy, but then he guessed that I might be thinking that, and quickly commented that Mummy trained until she learned to use her gift to her advantage while dueling, but not lean on it exclusively. And I've got to learn to do the same, but it isn't easy. It almost makes me dizzy, sometimes. I'm not sure if I'll ever be the sort of witch who can demolish someone in a duel, but I might be able to exhaust someone to death by anticipating their every move, if I keep on at this.

I wouldn't say I'm holding my own. More like I'm just holding on. Which is what he wants. He says endurance is what I've got to focus on - both mental and physical. It's strange to be thankful to Mummy for having already prepared me in that regard.

I could ask Auror Crouch what he thought of you, but he might find it strange. Perhaps I can bring it up in some other context.

I'm not sure what he has planned for me in this next week, but I can let you know when I do.

It would be nice to be together before school starts.
alt_sally_anne: (6_That is excellent news then.)

[personal profile] alt_sally_anne 2014-08-17 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I got a note, too. I showed it to Pansy.

Pretty fantastic. And Daphne DID get Head Girl, so good work cutting down Padma. Did you give him dirt on Macmillan, too? I can't for the life of me figure out why he'd have picked Moon.
alt_sally_anne: (6_Measuring)

[personal profile] alt_sally_anne 2014-08-17 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, and well done to you, too.

I wonder where Draco would've been in the standings, if things hadn't....well, and you know, Hermione would leave us all in the dust, if she were allowed to be a student at the school.
alt_hydra: (in years and)

[personal profile] alt_hydra 2014-08-17 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure Draco is wondering the same thing.

Oh, and Justin, I forgot to answer your question:

I passed my OWL exams with all "O"s, which I ought to be over the moon about, but of course I know that I wouldn't have pulled off such a feat if I hadn't used my legilimency.