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To my fellow classmates,

I say, here we go.

This week shall test our mettle in a number of ways. The measure of our success lies not only in how well we bear up under the trials of our examinations, but how well we are able to set aside all the turmoil of the recent days to focus on the job at hand.

There's not a person among us who is not vastly affected by our losses, the betrayals we have suffered, the ways in which our thoughts about the world as we know it have been challenged.

Let us not dishonour the memory of all who have sacrificed, but rather do our level best, so that we may not disappoint them, or let their sacrifices be in vain.

We are all wizards, and in this, we are all equals. Prove that this week.

Courage, mes amis, et bonchance.

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Do you realise that neither of us have any NEWTs tomorrow?

It's a shame they aren't likely to let us out of the castle for a nice stroll around the grounds. And strolling around the school means telling Enforcers where you're going. But maybe we can find somewhere quiet?

I mean. I feel a little guilty thinking about this when two people have died? But I think that's part of why I really want to have some time with you.

I want to have some time with you, too, but I think it's more to do with the fact that it's been since... Thursday?

I mean, that's way too long for someone my age to go without, y'know. That's something you study in Healer's training, isn't it? I hear it's very healthy to release pent up wotsit regularly, and it's bad for you to have long dry spells in between.

I'm certain I read somewhere that it helps with exam anxiety and puts you in the right frame of mind to be able to do your best. That was in one of those pamphlets from the Ministry, actually, and obviously they've done the studies to know what's best for us.

I'm pretty sure I heard it's good for your occlumency, too. Or maybe it's that if you're being interviewed by a legilimens and don't know how to occlude, that's what you can start thinking about to keep them from seeing any of the stuff you don't want them to see.

I can't wait until we're done with school.

No bloody kidding I can't wait.

Sorry to leave you hanging, but I got pulled away to go sort out a big row between Chadwick, Fellsworthy, Inderwick, Kelpington and McLaggen over things that'd gone missing from their trunks. They were all accusing each other, and Kelpington and McLaggen had the inner compartments of their trunks locked, and I’m the only one around who could unlock them because Finnigan’s buggered off to the library or somewhere.

And naturally it wasn’t that simple, was it? Because, of course, they’d blood-locked them and had to be the ones to do the counter, only would my wand work well for either of them? Of course, not. Seriously. I’ve never been so glad I wasn’t made Prefect.

Anywiz, whatever all they’d lost, it wasn’t hiding in Kelps or McLaggen’s trunks, so now they’re all bent about the enforcers having nicked their things. Not contraband stuff, either.

Sorry. What were we talking about? How much we want this term to be over? Oi.

Oh, yeah. And how much I want to snog you if we can just find a quiet corner tomorrow with no enforcers lurking in it.

I wonder if the Enforcers actually took things or if they just put them back in such a way that they can't find them now? I was in the room when they searched my trunk, so if they'd pocketed anything I'd probably have seen.

Anyway, that sounds like an absolutely delightful way to spend an evening. Figures Finnigan was nowhere to be found.

Are you going to rent a flat with Justin again this summer or are you thinking of just staying with your Mum so you don't have to cook when you're doing Auror training?

Pansy wants me to stay with her and I like staying with her but I don't like living somewhere I can't go outside after 9 in the evening. So I don't know. In the short term, though -- that's where I'm going when we're done here.

I'm going back to the Burrow at first, because, well, I won't know if I've got in to the programme until exam results come out. Or until the Aurors get my results, which I hear can happen before they get set out officially to everyone. Anywiz, the thing is, I won't know what I can afford until I know if I've got accepted.

But supposing I do, then I was planning to ask if you'd want to get a place together. Only, I was going to ask nicely, but I reckon that was dumb, thinking I should wait. Would you want to? It wouldn't have to be in New London if you didn't want. I mean, it's easy enough to Floo to the Ministry from wherever we'd live.

I don't know about Justin, but I think he wants to work out how to live with Hydra, y'know? No idea if they'll really do that. I mean, he and I haven't talked about it--just, that's the idea I've got from some of the things he's said that weren't specifically about her.

Yeah,

I was thinking about going to the library after breakfast--well, I was thinking, actually of going as late breakfast as possible so I could get a little extra sleep in, but y'know--after that I was thinking of going to the library. Anywiz, you could happen to meet me there and then we could see. I mean, I reckon the library will get crowded before too long, so we might have to find another, quieter place to go. But the Enforcers will probably understand that not everyone can fit in the library at once, right?

Given that you're hopefully going to be an Auror yourself I would think you'd have some insight into what Enforcers are likely to understand?

Anyway yeah there will be loads of people in the library given how many people aren't in either Divination or Arithmancy, not to mention History of Magic. (Astronomy's got a few more. But still. It's not like today, with Charms.)

Leaving to revise elsewhere would certainly be a public service! Community-spirited.

See? That's me! Community-spirited. Trained to help with crowd-control.

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