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I went home to Malfoy Manor on Friday.

Mother looked ravishing, despite the fact that she took a slight spill off her broomstick when we were flying in the afternoon. She nearly twisted her ankle. She's quite all right. Unfortunately, her elf died in the evening. Mother's quite upset about it as she was fond of her. It does happen. It was all rather alarming.

As no doubt everyone knows, yesterday was the final Quidditch match between Slytherin and Gryffindor. I suppose five hours made it a long match, but really, it wasn't that long, so I don't see what people are complaining about. If no one had realised, a list of all the Quidditch fouls was making its way around the castle last week. I myself suspect a Gryffindor got hold of it. Slytherin, naturally, didn't partake in examining it. Clearly some people got ideas from it, which is precisely why no one's allowed to see it in the first place.

The match started off oddly, as Gryffindor scored three times in a row. At one point we both scored at the same time, which is always quite an ordeal as someone always tries to contest it. Professor Sinistra was serving as referee, since everyone seems to agree that she hates everyone equally. I don't imagine that's precisely true, though, as there's absolutely no reason at all that Gryffindor should have received three penalties within the first hour of the match. It is most unfortunate that Professor Sinistra was crushed between Gross and Kirke so early on. She did manage to right her broom, but someone evidently turned her into a skunk. How odd.

In any case, shortly after Professor Sinistra was taken out of the game, I spotted the Snitch. Who knew using a Summoning Charm on the Snitch was a foul? Certainly not me. I don't see why it should be. After all, I would have caught it anyway. I just made it go a bit faster. The Chasers were all using Expelliarmus on each other by that point anyway, so it's not as though I was the first to bring his wand out. Madam Hooch, however, evidently felt that was inappropriate and came to take Professor Sinistra's place. Again, I don't know who stupefied her, but her crash to the ground was quite distracting.

I accidentally said Avis while I was flying near Potter. It was purely a coincidence, as of course I wasn't thinking about the fact that I was holding my wand at all. I can't imagine why he seemed so bothered by the birds, as they were, as I said, accidental, and besides, they dove right into the ground. Now that I think about it, that's rather strange. Since when are birds suicidal? Oh, well. At some point someone set the tail of Landgreen's broom on fire, and for the rest of the match he flew about with ashes flaking everywhere. What a poor captain. It got into everyone's eyes. I don't see why he didn't just take himself out of the match.

Haydt was quite clever in using the Full Body Bind on the Gryffindor Chasers. Since everyone was using their wands, the fact that Slytherin was being clever about it ought to count for something. Nonetheless, it was quite appalling that Herder stupefied her. In fact, I suspect he was the one who stupefied Hooch, too. He was being quite vicious. He put a Hurling Hex on Pritchard's broom, I know he did. He was right beside him, so don't try to deny it, Gryffindor. Bysmal says he put a Conjunctivitis Curse on her, too. Herder ought to receive enough detentions for all of us.

Bysmal did manage to pull off an excellent Hawkshead Attacking Formation with Clarence and Pritchard despite the Conjunctivitis Curse, which is all due to me, I don't mind saying. If I hadn't had them practising in the dark last week, she wouldn't have got used to doing that without being able to see.

After Herder stupefied Haydt, Gryffindor, of course, simply hovered in our scoring area and put the Quaffle in over and over. Naturally, we weren't deterred by this, and when Millicent inadvertently put an Impediment Jinx on Potter, the Gryffindor Keeper decided to take himself out of the game as well. He jumped onto Millicent's broomstick, and I'm not surprised that she reversed his knees in the confusion. It was self defence. She also broke her clavicle when they went crashing inevitably to the ground, and Weasley's lucky she wasn't killed.

I'm certain I don't need to mention this, but I do like to be informative. The match finally ended when I CAUGHT THE SNITCH. Potter was flying stupidly at the other end of the pitch, and it practically flew right into my hand. I imagine the Snitch always knows who the more deserving Seeker is. Not only did Slytherin win the match, as I knew we would, I caught the Snitch twice and Potter didn't even get it once.

So, of course, the professors have decided we ought to have a rematch. Who cares if people were playing 'dirty'? That's how Quidditch is played. Is no one familiar with the game? It's not a clean game, you imbeciles. Stop whinging. If Gryffindor had won, everyone would say a rematch was entirely unfair. This is exactly like my first year. We won the House Cup, so Dumbledore had to create imaginary reasons to give the Gryffindors precisely enough points at the last minute to ensure they beat us by a few meagre points. Oh, yes, let's give Longbottom some points for standing up to his friends. I've stood up to Millicent a thousand times, but it's not exactly the sort of thing one awards house points for. Unless, of course, you're awarding them to a Gryffindor. I did quite well at organising my Quidditch team, as everyone can see, so I ought to receive some house points for that.

There wouldn't be a rematch if not for the fact that Slytherin won, that much is obvious. They also waited over twelve hours to tell us, making certain the house had already celebrated. This is absolutely unfair. If they really thought the game was being played too dirtily, why didn't they stop it before I caught the Snitch? I'll tell you why: they were hoping Potter would catch it instead. If he had, then there wouldn't have been a word about anyone playing 'unfairly'.

I haven't even got to the best part. When I'd left the pitch, Granger popped out of nowhere and PUNCHED ME IN THE NOSE. What a disgusting little girl. I hope I got blood on her robes. I had to go to the infirmary along with Millicent, and MY NOSE WAS BROKEN. AGAIN. I've half a mind to make Granger pay for the emotional damage. This is an outrage. If Granger isn't punished, My Father will certainly want to have a word with the headmaster. It seems Thomas paid her to do it, actually, so I suppose Granger's well on her way to becoming a prostitute. Will she do anything you pay her to do? How cheap.

petitemillicent @ 2004-05-02 06:26 pm UTC

Apparently it is only unfair if we cheat.

If Gryffindor cheats it is fair.

M. B.

potterstinks @ 2004-05-02 06:31 pm UTC

Of course! After all, they only cheated because they were playing against Slytherin. I suppose that's their way of admitting that the only way they can even manage against us is to cheat.