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[alt_lana]

I'm fine. Not that whoever did this cares.

I would appreciate it, however, if you'd return my earrings. They aren't worth much, but they have sentimental value. If they come back by tomorrow morning I'll leave the matter there. If they don't, trust me, I will find out which of you is the coward who hexed me and took them. I may not remember much, but I do remember--

Never mind. The thing you should remember is this:

You will regret it.

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[alt_padma]

Well, MacMillan and Smith and Dunstan and I went looking round where you said you were before you blacked out, but we didn't find anything.

Well, not anything useful. There was a big cobweb under the stairs, but nothing else.

And I was thinking - you blacked out. And before, when Weasley was having those episodes, she was blacking out. It couldn't be the same thing causing it, could it?

[alt_lana]

I'm all but certain we were hexed. Madam Pomfrey agreed. Said it was very likely, at any rate. And I'm almost sure--

Well, I'll tell you sometime, privately.

I've no idea what ailed the Weasley girl. A weak constitution, perhaps. She's probably not had the healthiest childhood, all those mouths to feed. Poor thing.