alt_justin | Entries tagged with ypl

Hullo, all,

Easter holidays are almost here! I'd been looking forward to a relaxing fortnight, what, but it seems I shall have to change my plans.

Mrs Weasley, thank you very much for your offer to host extra revising at your home. I say, it's dashed generous of you and we shall certainly be a more jolly group if we're all revising together. I had just been about to write to Mr and Mrs Jugson about whether there might be any provision for tutoring and now that doesn't seem it shall be necessary.

Mrs MacMillan, thank you as well, for the offer to come and visit Ernie. I'm sure we shall have a splendid time. I say, it shall be a marvellous break from all the revising we'll be doing for O.W.L.s.

I've one more thank you to issue: Professor Dolohov, many thanks for the additional sessions last week and this. It's reassuring to think that we'll be better prepared than many of us feared might be the case.

I've also heard a rumour there might be a Tea Appreciation meeting over the holidays. If so, I hope I shall hear a confirmation before too long, what! (That is, Mr and Mrs Ponds, if you'd be willing to host it again.) Though I daresay there's little time for it, as the agenda has been developing.

Still, two weeks when one can have a tiny bit of a lie in--and no mandatory exercise sessions three times a week--seems like the lap of luxury. Although it must be said that those exercises are bally well paying off, for some of us more than others. I think we all look much more fit as a whole than we did at the start of term. It's rather remarkable how a sensible regimen of diet and exercise can change one's look--and one's outlook as well, what!

-Justin

Hello, all,

I say, I do think we might turn today's activity to advantage.

Madam Umbridge has announced that nearly everyone Sirius mentioned shall start in the halfblood fort, as prisoners, right? I think we ought to make certain that as soon as we're able, we should offer to team up so they don't have to wait longer than necessary.

If everyone who has a Galleon works together, then we may at least make the end of the think more jolly, what?

-Justin

Hullo, everyone,

Well, Zach's certainly made himself scarce since our Dark Arts lesson. I say, I'm well glad for his sake that we've got Professor Dolohov at the end of the day, so he didn't have to see anyone else afterward, what?

By the way, has anyone else noticed that Madam Umbridge was scratching her ankles all during our exercise period this afternoon?

Ron, good thinking Saturday, activating the Galleon. I think we had a jolly time, and it made Saturday's exercises much more interesting than today's, what? Shame one can't hold a Galleon meeting prior to every YPL activity.

Pansy, I was...pleased to see Malfoy there, as well. It's well time we all got to know each other in more hospitable surroundings.

-Justin

I say, jolly well done, all three of you. The side are lucky to have you.

Also to the other new players, in Hufflepuff and all other Houses. I'm quite looking forward to the matches this year. Ron, I said this afternoon but again: Heartiest congratulations, old man.

Oh, Patil, as I said this afternoon, I'd be happy to take any Monday or Thursday, as needed.

So far, the year's going quite well, what? I say, there's loads of homework but that's not unexpected. I suppose the real challenge is balancing all of that with all the other activities. I'm not sure how some take on CCF, YPL, Quidditch, and being a Prefect all at once but they seem to manage it.

At any rate, now that we've settled into the routine of the week, it's not so bad. Creatures is a perfectly pleasant way to end the school week and the other lessons promise to be very engaging.

-Justin Finch-Fletchley

Harry,

I say, thanks very much for thinking to ask me and Patil to bring others last night. I hope we alleviated some concerns for the Gryffindors, what? I know some of us are still none too comfortable learning Professor Dolohov's subject but at least one can agree that the fellow does seem a reasonable enough chap.

As I said, my primary concern is that he does seem to expect rather a lot from us all, when we've other work to be doing for our other professors, as well. It's jolly well and good to love one's topic, what, but perhaps Mr Capper's unfortunate outcome can show us all the dangers of loving it to the exclusion of everything else!

Have any of the others given you any sense of whether it was helpful? Mind you, I think we bally well might need more protection from Madam Umbridge's particular brand of enthusiasm than from Professor Dolohov's, if you follow me. I say, she is aware that we're teenagers, what, and not still in our nursery room skirts? I quite wonder whether she realises that the YPL is good and all, but part of why we all liked Professor Siz so much was she treated us like we had half a brain among us. Did you see her message? I say, do you suppose she really wants to hear our opinions? Somehow I doubt anything other than wholesale agreement would meet with her approval, but of course one would never suggest a former Minister for Magic to be anything other than professional in the performance of her duties, what?

Listen, a few of us, including Sally-Anne and some others, were thinking of starting a Dark Arts revising group. If you'd like to join us, I'm sure you'd be welcome. I can't speak for the others, of course, but I daresay no one would be fussed if you cared to bring Miss Granger along as well. In case you needed her for anything, of course.

I'd have written to you earlier but I ran out of time at lunch and we've only just sat down in History of Magic, so it's the first chance I had since last night.

Hello,

Have you received your timetable for the summer yet? I haven't but I was thinking about when we might arrange to see each other. Would your parents suspect anything if you spent more time than usual with Remy? Or if he invited you or something?

I did get an owl, by the way. She's a long-eared owl, because she reminded me a bit of Tevis. Her name's Teagan.

Oh, and the Jugsons have a muggleborn servant, did you know? Her name's Maggie. She's more Mrs Jugson's ladies' maid, I suppose. There's a cook but she's a half-blood. I'm to meet my tutors tomorrow. Alfie wanted to know if he and Remy were going to the tutor as well (Remy told him to shut it, why should he want to waste his summer revising, what!) but no, Mr Jugson said the tutor's just to make sure I'm well set for O.W.L.s next year.

But I do hope we may spend some time together soon. You remember that thing I said I wasn't at liberty to tell you? Well, I am now.

I've got to go for a while. Mr and Mrs Jugson want me to go with them to a garden party hosted by the Pages.

Soon?

-Justin

Dear Friends,

I'm glad everyone's hols are off to good starts, what? Malfoy, I'm sorry I missed your birthday party; it sounds like Pansy did a wonderful job planning and all the guests had a marvellous time. I say, Pansy, it was kind to invite me even knowing that I'd be here.

The testing is well exhausting but quite interesting.

After yesterday's flying and all the rushing about, I'm rather happy we had more mental exercises today. (It's been so long since I've been broom-back! I always expect it to behave like a horse and it's jolly well surprising when it just shoots straight up!) It's bally well fascinating the sorts of questions. I imagine that having the examiners looming over one's shoulder is part of the plan, what? It's a clever way to determine how one responds to an unnerving sort of pressure.

Did anyone else have trouble not laughing during the taste-testing bit? Of course it wasn't as simple as swallowing random Bertie Botts', was it? I say, Ron, Sally-Anne, did your lot go through that last year or do they change the sorts of tests they give?

Only, I'm sure everyone's quite anxious to find out who's made the final group for the rising-fourths.

As for me, I'm looking forward to going to stay with the Jugsons. Remy's already an acquaintance but it's been fortunate we've had this week to get to know one another a bit better.

-Justin

What ho, all,

How did the first day of exams go? I've finished two of the essays Professor Froissart set for us but I've still four more to complete. Don't suppose it matters much but I expect the professors here might want them to determine where I've need of additional tutoring.

I heard from Mr Rosier that they'll arrange for the paperwork to move my mother to Kenya. (I remembered that she's got a friend there, sort of an unrelated aunt of mine, if you follow me. They went to school together. If she goes there at least she'll be able to look someone up, what. I'm sending her an owl to explain everything and tell her why and all that. She'll understand.) And I'd asked Inglebee in Ravenclaw to have his father look over the other information, including the Gringott's paperwork, as he's a solicitor. And he wrote back today as well, saying it's all quite sound. So. I guess that means I'm staying.

I haven't worked out when to tell the others, particularly JP. Perhaps the Headmistress will take care of that. Or if nothing else, it'll become obvious when they leave and I don't, what?

But I suppose I bally well ought to tell Jean-Pierre and soon. It'll be a wrench for him, rather. I say, Luna, this means we'll be trying for the CCF together, in the same cohort. Which is good, as I'm not entirely certain I shall have much of a summer, otherwise!

Hullo, friends,

I say, it was well fun to go out for the short while we were able this morning, what? There's certainly a hint of spring in the air. But also a hint of rain, what?

Too bad that we were a bit rushed over the cake and such. It made a pleasant luncheon, though.

I hope you all had a productive meeting of your YPL business, too. I say, was there a decision taken about what to paint? (Luna, I should think this project just the sort of thing you'd enjoy, from what you've told me.)

Thanks for inviting me, Pansy. It was grand.

Happy birthday again, Ron.

-Justin