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It wasn't brown after all.

Mrs Lestrange, did we do something wrong or was it some sort of mudblood trick? It was red just like all the other blood I've seen.

I suppose it makes sense. Even an animal's blood is red.

But I really thought it would be brown.

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Crikey, what did you do?

I didn't do anything! She did it to herself.

What, Hermione? Wait a minute, you and Marvolo and Malfoy were talking about--you got Hermione to hurt herself?

Why?

To--to see what color her blood is???

That's absolutely sick!

Why? It didn't look like it hurt her. I bet they don't even have feelings.

Well, it was only a little bit. Just a drop. And we paid her, anyway.

You were in on this?

Are you bloody mental???

What's mental about it? I wanted to know too, I hadn't ever seen a mudblood bleed. And Auntie Bella did say that it was brown.

Guess you really did end up in the right house after all.

Took the words right out of my mouth, Neville.

That's seriously sick, Marvolo. Beyond twisted.

Really? I'd prick my finger for a couple of chocs, I don't know what's sick about that. And I'm not even a Mudblood.

And what you do to your own finger is your business, but going after her?

What, you'd come after me if your twisted Auntie told you that redheads bleed purple?!

No, I'd ask you nicely and try to bribe you with chocolate to let me see, obviously.

You need to rethink a few things, I reckon.

Are you sure it was red? Maybe it was a trick of the light if it wasn't a trick of her's.

Well... we didn't get too close because we didn't want to get it on us. But we were close enough to see it was definitely red.

It shouldn't have been, should it?

I don't know, but it was definitely red.

If it's not a trick, that's disappointing.

Well could it be wandless magic? I don't think they can do that. I don't think it can be a trick.

I was thinking something more like, I don't know. Dye or paint. Tricks don't have to be magic.

Yeah, but she cut herself right in front of us, and she didn't have any time to prepare. I don't think she knew we were going to ask.

I don't know, maybe it's just a story...

I think it should have been.

If the world made sense, it would be.

I suppose the world doesn't always make sense.

Well, isn't it an analogy, or whatever the word is? Mudbloods don't actually have mud for blood, they just have blood that's like mud. I wasn't that surprised.

I don't know that I'm surprised, really. I think I'm disappointed?

Too bad I suppose.

Metaphor, not analogy. And of course their blood is red. There's an entire office in the Department of Purity Control that investigates people's ancestry. They'd hardly need that if you could identify mudbloods just by cutting them to see what color their blood is.

If it's not true then why are there all those stories about it? And why did Mrs Lestrange tell me it was brown?

What color is your blood?

There are stories about it because they're mudbloods, and mud is brown. Obviously. I would imagine Mrs Lestrange told you it was brown because it's fun to tell stories like that to gullible first years to see how long you can keep them going.

My blood is green. No, wait, this week it's blue. Last week it was green.

Small one, I do not think it wise for you to presume to know why it is I do the things I do.

I'm sorry, Mrs Lestrange. I won't do it again.

I don't know, now I'm wondering if we're not seeing it right. But there's never been anything wrong with my eyes before so I don't know why there should be now.

Maybe we have to do it ourselves and it doesn't work if they do it?

There's no way I'm getting close enough to do it myself. All this time spent thinking about mudblood blood is beginning to make me feel ill. My mind was meant for contemplation of higher things, I'm certain.

I've always wondered if toads can fly...

About as well as Gryffindors, no doubt.

You must see with more than your eyes. Your eyes may see red, but know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is brown. Mud, soot, dirt.

So... if I want to believe it's brown, it will be?

Don't believe. Know.

I want to know.

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