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Chimpanzee

Today we have both Colin's funeral and Mrs. Malfoy's funeral.

Two in one day could be tricky...except for the fact that yesterday, we were with Draco when he met his only sane aunt. (Who knew Narcissa and Andromeda were sisters? We sure didn't.)

Anyway, Andy told us some interesting things about her sister: she liked fireworks and always wanted to be an opera singer. I don't think she would have appreciated a good prank, so we'll just go with something classy that'll make people smile.


The World's Smartest Idiot

Terrier

It was our third funeral in three days, and if it weren't for Fred and George's pranks, Mione and I would have dreaded going to another one. But the million Percys at Percy's funeral and the wolf pups at Remus' made them both...well, a celebration of their lives.

A lot of people were at Colin's funeral--his parents, Teri's family, some of his Muggle friends, and the DA. Everyone in the DA went because everyone liked Colin, and everyone who knew him agreed that he would have appreciated the prank Fred and George set up for him.

Near the casket was a display of things that reminded people of Colin--his wand, pictures of him, a picture of his pet Chihuahua, a camera, and a rubber chicken. He always liked rubber chickens, Teri said. So I guess it was fitting that Fred and George played with it from a distance throughout the entire ceremony.

They started small--pushing the chicken onto the floor, making it stand up then lay down again, stuff like that. Then they got bolder--making it fly close to the floor so the minister couldn't see it, dropping it in someone's lap, slowly moving it up onto the stage. (They moved it up step by step because the minister was getting suspicious, wondering why everyone kept giggling. That, and he'd spoken at Percy's and Remus and Tonks' funerals, too, and wasn't looking forward to another prank.)

Once the chicken was onstage behind the minister, the real fun began. First, they made it walk. Of course, everyone laughed, and the minister glanced behind him to see what was so funny.

Just the rubber chicken, lying there as innocent as can be.

Then, they made it dance. Again he turned around, and again it was just the chicken.

Finally, they made it fly up and smack the minister upside the head.

He turned around, caught the chicken in the act, and screamed "AHA!!" Everyone was laughing so hard he couldn't finish his speech.


The Invisible Man

Falcon

Mum's funeral was today. It probably would've been awful if I hadn't met my only sane aunt yesterday. (I had no idea I had another aunt, or that she was sane. I thought my entire family was crazy.) So Aunt Andy and I sort of stuck together.

It was a pretty small crowd--I'm still not sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. It seemed like more because of the Aurors that escorted Dad in, but they just stood at the back.

When we got there, it was quiet. But halfway through the minister's speech, opera music started playing--quietly at first, but then it got louder and louder. I thought the voice sounded familiar, so I looked at Aunt Andy and saw she was smiling.

"Who is this?" I whispered.

"It's Cissy," she said. "She always wanted to be an opera singer."

I just closed my eyes and listened. She had a beautiful voice, and if I just listened, it was almost like she was there with us, singing at her own funeral.

Once the minister was done speaking, fireworks went off, spelling her name in a dozen different colors. All I could think was, she would've liked this.

Afterward, I thought about talking to Dad again. Thought about it, but didn't. I figured he'd either ignore me or just say the same thing he did right after Mum died. (I didn't get much of an opportunity to talk to him anyway; the Aurors led him out just a few minutes after the ceremony ended.)

So I talked to Aunt Andy.

It was really nice talking to her, partly because she's the only sane aunt I have, and partly because Mum was her sister. She told me about Mum, and I told her about why I'd turned against YKW. By the time 6:00 rolled around, we were still talking, and I ended up being late meeting the others for dinner.


If Draco seems a tad OOC, it's because he's in shock.