Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 24, 2007 4:02:20 GMT -5
Drew looked at her a little puzzled, actually remembering that he had fought it. It hadn't been a big fight, but he thought he had, at the very least, protested being called out. Maybe he was remembering wrong.
"I thought you'd be safe," he said again, feeling like that was the most important part. It had been out of loyalty to Raynor that had made him finally go without argument, but that hadn't been the only reason. "I thought it was the best way to get Hannah to go. I thought she was calling me out because of last summer and I went because I didn't want Shaw to think there was a break in ranks. Hiro said there was a reason I was being called out, and I finally figured I could do more good outside than in, whether Raynor liked it or not."
"I thought you'd be safe." That, above all else, was the most important part to him. He wouldn't have left if she had thought for an instant that she'd be in danger.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 24, 2007 23:59:51 GMT -5
Again, he repeated himself, stating how she was thought to have been safe. Felicity knew this, knew Drew wouldn't have left unless she was otherwise. But a break in ranks? As though the man would think Drew ever outranked Raynor as a student? He was a student, not an Auror, wasn't even in technical training as of yet, there had never been a break in ranks. And Hannah would've gone just fine. Yes, she was a brave little blue bird, but she was also bright enough to know not to fight a decision of the sort.
True, he could do more good outside of where they were being kept, but he still hadn't fought Raynor. He didn't do more than make a whisper on the wind about it. Afraid of breaking ranks? Did he really think he could ever outrank Raynor in current state of things?
Giving no response, as she felt there wasn't much to respond to other than ending in yet another fight, Felicity pulled her knees closer and held on tighter. He hadn't answered her question, not well enough anyway.
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 25, 2007 2:11:06 GMT -5
She didn't say anything and pulled her knees up, doing a nice impression of a ball. He knew it meant that he had screwed up somehow and he wasn't sure what he had said... or maybe not said.
"What?" he asked softly, hoping to prompt her into telling him, praying that it wasn't going to start another circular conversation, fearing that it was just going to get worse if he pressed it.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 25, 2007 23:23:41 GMT -5
"You didn't answer my question," she answered. A little bit, maybe, but not enough. He hadn't fought it, she remembered clearly, he'd stood and said something, and that was it. Breaking ranks? Drew wasn't more than a student still, in no way did he outrank Raynor, even Felicity recognized that. There could be no way that horrible man would think he did either.
"And how do you think he would've ever thought you fighting would break ranks? Drew, you're a student still. You're not an Auror yet, yes, I know you're practicing whatever you can, but you're still just a student. Raynor is an ex-Auror, she was the Deputy Headmistress, how do you think that man would think you fighting it would've broken ranks?" She really didn't understand.
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 25, 2007 23:36:52 GMT -5
Drew was sudenly realizing that asking for detailed explainations about something that happened under a stressful time wasn't the best idea. While a million thoughts and feeling had run through his brain at that time, it had really only been a few seconds, no more than a minute between the time his name was called and the time he reached for Hannah's hand. How could he explain his thought process? Why had he expected her... or Celina... to explain to him?
"Shaw was already having problems with his people," Drew said, thinking of the loose cannon that wanted to duel Brady as a prime example. "I didn't want him to think Raynor had the same difficulties with her people." And yes, he was her people. Once he had gotten to the Headmistress's office, he knew she had picked him for a specific purpose.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 25, 2007 23:58:37 GMT -5
Problems with his people? The only person Felicity had noticed out of line was that one man that had challenged Brady, then again, the man kind of brought it upon himself. During the situation, Raynor did not have people. She had students, chose school leaders to leave rather than those who probably should've, played favourites, and hadn't done any bit of good herself.
"Drew, you are a student. You didn't hardly even question it when she tacked you on. You probably hadn't even stopped to think that she chose three Ravenclaws to leave. One from each House, but three from her own. Do you really think that didn't stir problems?" They were students, not her people. If anything, it only showed that man who she preferred protecting more. Her own House.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 26, 2007 0:17:12 GMT -5
"I don't get what you're saying," he said, not really caring for what he thought she was saying. It sounded like she was saying Raynor played favorites and while the woman very well may have, Drew saw it more as picking people she knew and trusted to do the job she had set out. Of course, it made sense that the bulk of them came from Ravenclaw.
"You'll have to ask her about why she picked those particular people though," he said quietly, lowering his head and biting his lip. Her accusations stung, not because they were against Raynor, but because they implied he was the woman's lapdog, jumping at her every command, and damned what anyone else thought.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 26, 2007 0:38:24 GMT -5
"She chose three students from Ravenclaw Drew. Do you really not think that caused a few problems for some people?" she asked, exasperated about the conversation all ready. This was why she hadn't said anything about it before, because she knew he either wouldn't care for what she had to say, or he wouldn't listen and prefer to see it his own way. No, not everyone noticed, but a few had, and she was one of them.
And as for asking the woman herself, that was something Felicity was not willing to do. She'd talked to the woman enough through the interview, she didn't need to talk to her anymore than she had. Besides, why should she have to ask about something she already knew the truth of? And no, she hadn't been implying anything, other than he could've argued it.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 26, 2007 0:48:55 GMT -5
"You had a problem with it," he rephrased weakly, knowing that she had just by how much she was harping on it. He had heard similar insinuations of favoritism from other people, some of whom he actually called his friends, but none as blunt and hurtful as she was at that moment. He really had never thought she would have thought such things. Maybe it was a blessing that she had broken up with him. Better to find out what she really thought of him now than later.
This was getting to much and he wasn't sure he could take much more. Despite his assertation that he wouldn't leave, he was thinking maybe it would be better if he did. For the time being, he wrapped his arms around his knees and burried his head in his arms, wishing she'd just be done with it and leave him alone if she really hated him that much.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 26, 2007 1:05:12 GMT -5
And he hit homeplate. Felicity couldn't lie to him, wouldn't lie to him. Yes, she had a problem with Raynor playing at favourites. Agree, Hannah was a good choice, but Gail? When Felicity had met her, she seemed awfully tough, what reasoning was behind sending her out? And Drew? Felicity had a problem with that just in general, no matter what House he could've been in, she would've had a problem with that.
"Yes," she mumbled quietly. "I think Raynor played at favourites that day. Hannah was the only one that should've been made to go Drew. I know the rest of you helped out, but to choose three from her House when there were other students that were scared out of their lives and were forced to stay and watch not only three school leaders leave, but three Ravenclaws?"
No, this wasn't a good conversation, she knew it from the beginning, but he wanted her to talk to him, right? Well, she was talking now.
"And even then, she could've chosen even Jeremy over Gail. He wasn't looking too good through it himself." He was going to hate her after this for sure. The air was all ready tensing more than it had been only minutes before, and it was just getting worse.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 26, 2007 1:14:23 GMT -5
"No... not Jeremy..." Drew mumbled, feeling more miserable by the second. when the names had first been called, he had been slightly upset Hannah had been called, knowing how tough she was when there were so many other kids worse off that could have gone. But once they got out and their mission revealed, he knew Jeremy was safer in the Great Hall... just as he thought Felicity would have been.
"So that's what this is all about then?" he asked, tugging at his hair. "You're blaming me for going." He always knew he held some of the blame for what happened, but he hadn't really believed Felicity to think so.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 26, 2007 1:21:05 GMT -5
"No."
There had not been once that Felicity blamed Drew. No, she didn't understand why he didn't fight Raynor calling him, but she didn't blame him for going, or for not fighting it. The only person she blamed for his leaving was Raynor. The woman was the reason Drew had to go, she called him and he went. Even if he had fought it, she probably would've made him go anyway, so really there wasn't much point in trying to fight. Maybe that was why he hadn't fought it, she didn't know.
"Drew, I don't blame you for leaving, I never have." How in the world he jumped to that conclusion, she wasn't sure. The lioness thought she'd been clear that she blamed the new Headmistress, not him. Maybe it was just their wires being crossed, again. It happened more often than she cared for.
Wanting to move up to him and put her arms around him, she couldn't. Either he'd push her away, or he'd pull away himself. Felicity knew she wouldn't be able to handle either one. Her heart was already in pieces from earlier, she didn't want it worse. "You can't protect me all the time, I know this. I didn't blame you for leaving..."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 26, 2007 1:48:34 GMT -5
"Stop talking..." he said suddenly, looking up at her in the hopes that she wouldn't take his request in the wrong way. There was too much going on in his brain to come up with a nicer way of saying it at the moment. "Please..."
She hated him for leaving, he was sure of this, but at the same time, it didn't feel right. Her face held no anger and neither did her voice. She kept insisting that she didn't blame him, and while he knew she wouldn't lie to him, it still didn't make any sense. She needed him to understand something and he had to try and figure out what it was.
"Don't go... just... let me think... please..." he said, hoping that sounded a little better than the previous demand. She seemed to understand that he had left out of some sense of duty, but she was also upset that Raynor had called so many Ravenclaws and he hadn't protested.
"Three of us were pure-bloods," he told her, starting to think something was missing in the story and if they could figure it out, they'd work it out. "Three pure-bloods that each had a major run-in with the Deva in the previous months. I thought that's why she called me out at first... because she thought I was going to lose it.... that I was a liability. I got mad, but I didn't want to give Shaw the satisfaction of seeing someone argue Raynor's authority, so I didn't fight. I wanted to make sure he knew she had more authority than he did."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 26, 2007 2:07:57 GMT -5
Immediately biting her lip, she didn't like what he'd said, or how he'd said it. Who was he to tell her to not talk? Casting her eyes downward, she started to push herself into a standing position. It didn't matter who he was, he had no right to say that to her. Friends, enemies, boyfriend and girlfriend, whatever it was they were, he had no right to say that. But when he spoke again, she stopped moving, caught halfway between standing and sitting as she had been. Fine, she'd stay, but she was still moving.
Getting up, she walked to the wall, and pressed her back against it as much as she could, wishing she could just melt away into it. Crossing her arms, she waited.
Felicity hadn't known who was what, nor did she care to. It didn't make a difference to her, they were all witches and wizards, weren't they? Why should it matter? That man hadn't made any speeches about purebloods or muggle borns, so why did it matter who was what? And how exactly did he know someone else had been in trouble? Keagan, Charlie, Gail, Lianna, Hannah, and Drew. Drew was the only one she knew of, it wasn't something people went around spreading. Though, there was a rumour something had been off about Charlie earlier that term, though Felicity hadn't known her then and couldn't draw her own conclusions of it.
"Drew, I know you did and there were rumours about Charlie." It was a simple statement, asking about whatever else he wanted to give information on. Who else out of those six had been threatened? But besides that, with Charlie's personality, she was likely to be able to handle whatever was thrown at her. Drew could as well.
What he said about authority only made her want to roll her eyes, but she refrained. They were students, they were trained to not argue with authority, especially in a crisis. Shaw's men (or women) were all adults wizards and witches. Yes, they probably would pay for anything that went wrong because of them, but they also had the so called right, to argue. The woman had more authority because they thought she would save them. She hadn't.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 26, 2007 2:25:14 GMT -5
"I thought she was trying to get rid of the ones who she thought would pose the biggest problem," he continued, still trying to think as he spoke. He didn't think of her comment as asking for clarification. First of all, it didn't really matter in his opinion who it was, and second, it had been all over the Prophet so he assumed she knew.
"The Deva are all about forwarding wizarding rights," he said calmly. He didn't like how she had moved so far away, but at least she hadn't left. "It sounds all nice and sweet, but it actually boils down to pure-blood supremacy. If anyone was in danger, it would have been Muggleborns, not three pure-blooded kids."
"But that's not why Raynor picked us," he continued, thinking she had to know the story, but still not positive she did. "It wasn't because of our house, or our blood-status, or even the fact that she thought we were the most likely to break into hysterics. She had a job for us to do and she picked people she thought could handle it. I know there were others she might have picked... but she picked us to do this job."
Was he getting closer? He hoped so. If not, he'd keep telling her what happened in as much detail as he could and hopefully that would help a little. If it didn't, then he didn't know what else would.
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