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DucksRMagical Joined: 28 December 2006 Posts: 2535 Location: Going through LeakyCon withdrawal	Posted: Wednesday 12 December 2007 06 17 57 pm in topic:Albus Potter and the Secrets Within It was supposed to be bitter sweet, Fawkes. I figured I had to put something sentimental in it. Chapter 14: Secrets Boxing Day was usually a lazy day at the Burrow. Everyone slept late and ate whatever whenever they wanted. Albus awoke around noon, and found that a few of his aunts, uncles, and cousins were getting ready to leave. His Uncle George and Aunt Alicia and their kids were getting ready to leave to visit Alicia's parents. His Uncle Charlie and Aunt Katherine and their kids were also leaving to visit other family. “Bye, guys,” Albus waved as his Uncle Charlie stepped into the fireplace with Eddie. “Bye, Albus,” Charlie waved back, “Have a good time at school.” Albus walked into the kitchen and found Rose sitting at the table reading [i]Hogwarts, A History[/i]. Hugo was also there. “Morning, Rose,” he said as he sat down next to her. “Hi,” she said, not looking up from her book. Albus went to the counter and made some toast. Hugo got up from the table and ran into the living room. When Albus brought his breakfast back to the table, Rose had set her book down. “Good, he left,” Rose whispered, “I want to talk to you about Matt.” “What about him?” “His little 'problem',” Rose said, “Listen, I went snooping around Grandpa's study this morning while everyone was asleep. I want to do some more research about lycanthropy.” “Well, did you find anything?” Albus asked eagerly. “Yeah, I did. I found a few books that have information in them. I took them and hid them in my trunk upstairs. Now that Heather's left to see her other grandparents, I've got my room to myself. We can go read them after we're done eating.” “Sounds good,” Albus whispered back, “And we've got to ask Uncle Bill about it too.” “I know, I've thought of that too. We'll ask tomorrow. There'll be less people. Uncle Bill, Aunt Fleur, Victoire, Gabriella, and Ben aren't leaving until day after tomorrow. Uncle Percy, Aunt Corrine, Georgia, Bradley, Cedric, and the twins are leaving tomorrow. I don't want to be overheard.” “Good thinking,” Albus said as he took a bite out of his toast. At that moment, James, Cedric, Bradley, and Ben came in. “What were you two talking about?” James asked, as he stole a piece of Albus's toast. “Nothing,” Albus said abruptly. James looked at him warily, “Hmm, well, we're going to go play Quidditch. You want to watch?” Rose looked at Albus. “Um, no, me and Rose have, er, homework to do.” James laughed. “There's plenty of time left to do homework. Oh, well, suit yourself.” Jame shoved the last bit of his toast into his mouth and he, Cedric, and Ben went outside. “That was close,” Rose whispered, “We can't let anyone find out. Are you ready?” “Yeah,” Albus said as he got up from the table. Rose got up, too, and Albus followed her to the bedroom she stayed in. They went inside and Rose closed the door quietly. She went over to her trunk, pulled out a few heavy books, and dumped them on her bed. “If anyone bursts in and asks us what we're doing, we say it's homework,” Rose told Albus. She picked up a book and handed it to him. “Here you go. Just look through it and read anything you find about werewolves.” Albus took the book and looked at it. It was entitled [i]Modern Magical Remedies[/i]. He opened it to the index and looked for 'werewolf', but it wasn't there. However, 'wolfsbane' was. There was a whole chapter on it. Albus turned to the chapter and briefly leafed through it. It was long and the print was very small. It was not the kind of reading Albus would normally do, but his curiosity about Matt's condition triumphed over his dislike of tedious reading. Albus and Rose read for close to two hours. In the time it took Albus to read about the Wolfsbane potion, Rose had gone through two of the other books. “Well, what did you find?” Rose asked once Albus had finished his chapter. She looked a bit pale and kind of scared. “Lots, how about you?” Albus told her, “Are you okay?” “Yeah, I guess,” Rose whispered, “It's just, the other books I've read didn't really go over what it's like to transform. These did. Oh, Albus, it sounds horrible! Really dreadful! And painful. I just feel so bad for Matt, if that is what's going on. Apparently, when a werewolf is in wolf form, they must bite other animals or people. They're not in their human mind, they don't know what they're doing! And if there's no other animals or people to bite, they bite themselves. That must be where Matt got all those cuts and bruises from. He's doing it to himself.” Albus stared at her with his mouth open, “That's horrible! There's got to be something someone could do! Healers or someone must know a cure or something.” “There's not. There's no cure for lycanthropy. Just the Wolfsbane potion,” Rose told him. “Oh, yeah,” Albus had momentarily forgotten what he had been reading about, “The Wolfsbane potion does work. If a werewolf takes it every night a few nights prior to transformation, they will transform, but will be harmless to themselves and other people. It's really complicated to make, but apparently it makes the transformations loads better.” “But why doesn't Matt take it then?” Rose wondered. “He must take it. Remember one month he came back and he was fine!” Albus said. “Oh, yeah, but most months he comes back sick and bruised,” Rose reminded him. “I wonder why he doesn't take it all the time?” “I dunno. I guess the only way we'd find out is to ask him,” Albus told her. “So you believe me, then? You're convinced he's a werewolf?” Rose asked. “You know, I think so. I guess I'm still not positive, but I'm as convinced as I could be without him actually telling me.” Rose got up from the bed. “I guess we've learned everything we can from these books. I'll sneak them back early tomorrow morning.” She picked up all the books and put them back into her trunk. “I think I'll go see what everyone else is up to,” Albus got up from the floor and opened the door, “You coming?” “Yeah, sure,” Rose followed Albus out the door. The cousins walked down the stairs from Rose's room. The house was very quiet. Most of their cousins were outside playing Quidditch or in their rooms enjoying their presents. Since two of the families had already left, it was quite a bit calmer. As Albus and Rose strode past the kitchen, Albus stopped short. Rose bumped into him. “Ouch!” she screeched as she bumped her head on his back. “Shush!” Albus whispered as he pressed his head to the door of the kitchen, “I heard someone say my name.” Rose leaned her head against the door as well and the two of them tried to listen for a minute or so. “It's no use! They're whispering. I can't hear anything.” “Me neither, but I swear one of them mentioned me!” Albus listened again, “I'm pretty sure it's my mum and dad, and your dad as well.” The front door banged open and James, Cedric, Ben, and Bradley stormed in, dropping their brooms on the floor. “It's bloody freezing out there!” James shouted as he tore off his gloves and scarf. “And someone's locked the kitchen door!” Cedric added, as he pulled off his frozen hat. “Shush!” Albus shouted back. “What?” James asked as he came rushing over, followed by Cedric, Ben, and Bradley. “The kitchen's locked because some of the adults are in there talking about me!” Albus whispered back. “Really?” James looked at him curiously, “What about?” “I dunno!” Albus whispered back, “I can't hear them, they're being real quiet.” James thought for a moment, and then a grin appeared on his face. “Time to break out one of my Christmas presents.” “That's right!” Albus said excitedly, “You got Extendable Ears for Christmas!” “Yep, sure did I'll go get them!” James announced, and then he ran upstairs. He appeared a minute later holding a blue box with a large ear pictured on it. “Here they are.” James tore open the packaging and pulled out seven fleshy tubes. He handed one to everybody and stowed the extra in his pocket. Albus hastily pushed one end of the Extendable Ear into his own ear and sent the other end to the bottom of the door. Albus had used Extendables once before, when his cousin Gabriella had bought some at Hogsmeade and let Albus try them out. That was two years ago, and he hadn't heard anything interesting. Gabriella had bought them in order to listen in on Victoire's conversations with her friend who had stayed for Christmas break. Victoire only talked about how much she liked Teddy, and Albus found that rather boring. This time, however, Albus was sure he'd hear more interesting conversations. “I'm really not sure I should tell them,” Albus heard his dad say. “I know,” his mother responded back, “If someone invading thier minds, it's best they did not know right now.” “I mean, I hadn't really thought about when I was going to tell them,” Harry responded, “I guess I was planning on doing it when they were much older. I worry about what they would do with the information. James especially.” James turned away from the door and looked at Albus. “They're talking about me, too!” “I know, shush!” Albus said as he turned his attention back to the conversation in the kitchen. “I honestly would only trust Rose with the information, Harry,” Ginny told her husband. This time it was Rose's turn to look at Albus. “Me, too! But whatever it is, they trust me.” Rose couldn't help but grin as she turned back to the door. “I don't want her to know, given the current circumstances,” Ron said. “Me neither,” Hermione agreed. “I know, but it seems as if whoever's doing it is focusing on James and Albus,” Harry informed them. “I was always leery about telling them, but especially now...” “Harry, we didn't even tell my brothers,” Ron said, “Why are you worrying about telling the kids?” “Part of me wants them to understand what we think is going on,” Harry went on, “But the other part of me doesn't want them to know.” “I'm siding with that part of you,” Ginny said, “We shouldn't tell them.” “Ever?” Hermione asked tentatively, “I do think they should be trusted with that information at some point.” “I agree, Hermione,” Harry told her, “But not now. I guess I'd just been waiting for the opportunity to present itself, haven't really thought about when I'd tell them. I suppose the best thing to do would be to wait until they're out of school, they'll be more mature and there'll be less of a chance of it leaking out.” “That sounds reasonable, Harry,” Ginny agreed, “Someday, we'll tell them about the Hallows. But right now I think we need to talk about what's been going on with-” “James, Bradley, Cedric, Benedict, Rose, and Albus, what on earth are you doing?!” a livid voice caused Albus to drop his Extendable Ear and he was not able to hear what his mum had been about to say. Molly Weasley ran over to the five cousins, a look of rage on her face. “Have you been listening in on that conversation? Obviously you have! You have no right! Your parents wanted to be alone! And give me those!” Albus, James, and their cousins did not even think about not listening to their grandmother and handed over their Ears at once. “And the other one?” She eyed James's pocket. Albus glanced at it and noticed the little bit of flesh sticking out of it. James sulkily pulled it out and handed it to her. “I'll be having a word with your Uncle George! He's lucky he's not here right now. He shouldn't be giving you those for Christmas, honestly, the nerve of him...” Molly stormed over to her desk and grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill and started writing while she mumbled to herself. Albus knew she was going to send a Howler to her son. The commotion outside the kitchen caused Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione to cease their conversation and come out to see what the commotion was about. Once Albus heard the door start to open, he made a mad dash for the stairs, and the thundering behind him told him his brother and cousins did the same. Albus didn't stop running until he made it to Rose's room, and once James and their cousins were inside, he slammed the door shut. “What was that all about?” Albus asked as he sat down on one of the beds. “I dunno,” James responded, “They obviously know something we don't and they don't want to tell us about it. But what did they mean by they didn't want me to know about it especially?” James stomped back and forth across the floor, obviously mad that his parents wouldn't trust him with something. “Well, that's not the only reason they're keeping it from us!” Rose argued, “They said they trust me, but still won't tell me.” “Must be something really secretive because only your parents know about it,” Ben reasoned. “I suppose Bradley, Cedric, and I won't ever find out.” “Yeah, you will!” James insisted as he threw himself onto a bed, “Once I find out, I'll tell you!” “James!” Rose shouted, “That must be why they won't tell you right now! They don't want anybody to know. If it's something so secretive that they won't even tell any of our uncles, then they must not want a whole lot of people to know.” “But what would my parents, Aunt Hermione, and Uncle Ron know that none of the other aunts and uncles know about?” Albus asked Rose. “I dunno,” Rose answered. The five of them sat in silence for a few minutes, trying to think of what this could be. “You don't think...” James started, “...that maybe it has something to do with the war?” Albus looked at him, “But Dad said he told us all about the war.” “It makes sense, Albus,” Rose told him, “What else besides the war do my parents and your parents have, but none of our aunts and uncles do?” “But my parents were involved in the war!” Cedric insisted. “I know they were,” James said as he got up from the bed again and started pacing, “But my dad and Rose's parents were a lot more involved. They destroyed most of the horcruxes and they were off by themselves for almost a year doing it.” “True,” Cedric agreed. “Whatever it is, they're keeping something from us,” James told everyone as he pounded his fist on the night stand, “And I don't like it. Especially since Dad said he told us everything.” “Anyone catch what they were talking about?” Bradley asked. “Yeah,” Albus responded, “Hallows. Whatever they are.” “Never heard of them,” James said. “Me neither,” Cedric said. Bradley and Ben shook their heads. Albus looked expectantly at Rose. Whenever someone else didn't know about something, Rose always knew. “I've never heard anything about them either, Albus, I'm sorry,” Rose sighed, “But once we're back in school, we can look in the library.” “I guess,” Albus said, looking down at his feet. He did not like the idea of his parents keeping something from him. It made him feel betrayed. Harry had always told Albus that he told him everything about the war. But if these Hallows had anything to do with the war, like James suspected they did, then Harry and Ginny were keeping something from them. What were the Hallows? And why were his parents so intent about not letting him know about them? Why did they think he wasn't trustworthy enough to know about them?
DucksRMagical Joined: 28 December 2006 Posts: 2535 Location: Going through LeakyCon withdrawal	Posted: Thursday 6 December 2007 07 10 54 pm in topic:Albus Potter and the Secrets Within Thanks, Riley. I'll be posting all future chapters, here, in this thread. I'm not going to send them to anyone, sorry. Chapter 13: Christmas A little while later, the Potter family appeared in the yard behind the Burrow. They walked up to the back door and Harry opened it. He walked inside, followed by his family, and saw the usual chaos. The entire Weasley family was standing inside. It was a sea of flaming red hair. Most of the children had inherited the Weasley red hair. The few exceptions were Albus, who looked just like Harry, and Victoire and Gabrielle, who had their mother's silvery blonde hair. “Mum, make him give it back!” six-year-old Lindy shouted as her brother held her doll in the air. “Cedric! Give her back her doll!” Corrine Weasley yelled at her son. He reluctantly handed Lindy her doll and ran from the room. The Burrow was cramed with people. There didn't seem to be room for anyone else. Teddy Lupin was currently entertaining the younger Weasley children by changing his ears and hair color. The older kids were eating various sweets and talking about all sorts of things. Many of the adults were drinking eggnog and getting louder and louder by the minute. Ron was the first to notice the Potters. “Oi! Harry's here!” he shouted and ran towards the door, “Hi Harry! Great to see you, mate!” “Hey, Ron!” “Harry, Ginny!” Molly Weasley came bustling into the kitchen, “Come in, come in! Are you hungry? Want any stew?” “Sure,” Harry told her and he sat down at the table next to Ginny. Molly went over to the stove and got five bowls of stew. “This is great, Mum, thanks,” Ginny told Molly. Albus and James were already digging into their stew. Lily ate a few bites and then ran off to find her cousins, apparently not tired at all anymore. “Well, everyone's here,” Molly told them, “They're all in the living room. I don't know if we'll ever get the kids to bed.” “It's Christmas Eve, don't even bother,” Harry laughed. Albus finished his stew and got up from the table. He went into the living room with James and found Rose, along with his cousins Bradley, Cedric, Ben, and Mark sitting together on the floor. Cedric and Ben were second years, and Bradley and Mark were third years. “What's new?” Albus asked. “Oh, not much,” Ben told him, “Uncle George and Uncle Charlie are pretty drunk. Grammy is trying to get the younger kids in bed. All the aunts are talking about all kinds of stuff. My dad, Uncle Percy, Uncle Ron, and Grandpa are all drinking eggnog and eating cookies over there,” he pointed to a few chairs grouped together around a small table. “And let's see, Teddy and Victoire were snogging earlier. It was pretty gross. Who wants to see their sister snogging someone? Grammy made them stop. Now Teddy's changing his hair color all the time for the entertainment of the little kids, which is making it hard for Grammy to get them to go to bed.” James and Albus laughed. “Should be an interesting break,” James said, “What have you guys been up to?” “Oh, not much, just talking about Quidditch,” Cedric said, “Oh, and Rose is trying to get some studying done.” “Rose! We're on holiday!” James looked shocked, “Now's not the time to study!” “Well, you'll be scrambling to get your work done on the last day, like always. Maybe you should study tonight, too.” “You'll never get anything done with all this racket,” Cedric told her. “What's up with you, James and Albus?” “Oh, not much. Lily's been complaining a lot. She got really mad when I threw a snow ball at her while we were walking into Godric's Hollow,” James told them. “Yeah, she's been kind of a pain, and we've only been on break for a day!” Albus said as he snatched a cookie from a nearby platter. “I'm sure going to enjoy this time off, though. I haven't gone a week without detention in ages.” “Me too!” James agreed, “I need a break from Washburn, he's crazy.” “Definitely,” Bradley agreed, “You've missed so much Quidditch practice because of him.” “He hates me, I tell you. Hates Albus, too.” “Remember that dung bomb in first year, James?” Cedric asked. “Yeah, how could I forget that? That's when he started hating me,” James reminisced. “Didn't learn many charms that year due to the amount of times I used nosebleed nougats.” “I'm hoping I get new Snackboxes for Christmas this year,” Cedric told them, “I'm running out. Can't wait till next year and I can go buy them at Hogsmeade.” “Defnitely. Hogwarts won't know what hit it when we're able to buy prank stuff all the time,” James laughed. “Going to Hogsmeade's great,” Mark chimed in, “I've bought so many sweets at Honeydukes this year.” “Not to mention everything else there. Like the Three Broomsticks. What a great place. And the Shrieking Shack. You know it's shrieking again this year,” Bradley added. Albus and Rose glanced at each other nervously. “Yeah, I've heard it. But I wonder why? It hasn't shrieked since Teddy's dad was at Hogwarts,” James wondered aloud. “You don't think-” Cedric started to say, but was cut off by Molly. “If you're not in Hogwarts yet, it's time for bed!” she shouted, “It's nearly midnight, way past your bedtimes. Go on! Lily, Hugo, Angie, Samantha, Lindy, and Eddie! Bed!” “But Grammy!” Lily whined, “I don't wanna! I'm not a little kid!” “No buts, Lily, bed, now!” Lily pouted and then stomped up the stairs to the room she shared with Angie, Samantha, and Lily. “I see what you mean about Lily,” Cedric told James and Albus. “Yup, she's been doing it all evening. Dad actually carried her at Godric's Hollow. And she fell asleep on his shoulder. 'Course now she doesn't want to go to bed, figures,” James said. “So, what does everyone think the chances of England making it to the World Cup next year?” Albus asked quickly, before everyone could return to the topic of the Shrieking Shack. “Ugh!” Rose sighed, “Back to Quidditch again.” She pulled out her copy of the Standard Book of Spells, Grade One and continued reading. The subject of Quiddtich carried the boys the rest of the night and Albus was very relieved that no one mentioned the Shrieking Shack again. After a while, Molly decided it was time for everyone else to go to bed, too. James, Bradley, Cedric, Mark, Ben, and Albus were all sharing Ron's old bedroom on the top floor. They trudged up the stairs while continuing their Quidditch conversation. When they reached the room, they found three sets of bunk beds crammed into the room, just as they were every other Christmas. It was a bit cramped, but they all had enough room. Albus climbed into the bottom of the bunk he shared with James and fell into a restful sleep. ****** “Albus! Wake up! It's Christmas!” a shrill voice screamed as Albus opened his eyes. He sat up and bumped his head on the bed above him. “Ouch!” Albus rubbed his aching head. He had forgotten he was at the Burrow. “What is it?” “It's Christmas, Albus!” Lily screeched. “What time is it? Is anyone else up?” “It's six in the morning!” Lily said excitedly. “I'm the first one up. Look, you've got presents!” Lily pointed at the pile near the foot of Albus's bed. “Excellent! Looks like a good load this year,” Albus smiled. “Have you opened yours?” “Not yet. I think I will now, though!” Lily grinned and ran from the room. Albus heard stirring from the bed above him. “You up, James?” “Yeah, I am now. She's always the first one up on Christmas,” James yawned. “I know, she's even up before the twins, Angie, and Eddie,” Albus laughed. “Well, mine as well get started on the presents!” Albus crawled to the end of his bed and examined his presents. He picked up a large, soft package and knew what it was before even opening it. He tore off the wrapping and unfolded a scarlet sweater with a Gryffindor lion on it. Albus knew he'd be getting one of these this year. His grandmother always knitted everyone a sweater every year, but for each kid's first year at Hogwarts, they got a Gryffindor sweater. Albus pulled his over his head and smiled. “What sweater did you get this year, James?” “Scarlet with a gold Snitch,” James told Albus, “You get the Gryffindor one?” “Yup.” Albus reached for his next present. It was from his Uncle George and Aunt Alicia. He opened it up and found a Skiving Snackbox. He grinned. He never had much use for these sweets before, but now that he was at Hogwarts, they would definitely come in handy. “What'd you get from Uncle George?” “Extendable Ears,” James responded. The next present was in the shape of a book. Albus knew it was from his Aunt Hermione before he even looked at the tag. When he unwrapped it, he found it was [i]Hogwarts, A History[/i]. Albus laughed. James had gotten the same book last year. “Did you get [i]Hogwarts, A History[/i]?” James asked. “Yeah, how'd you know?” Albus sniggered. The next package was from his Uncle Ron, a box of Honeydukes sweets. Albus reached into his pile of presents and found the one from his parents. It was a long rectanglular box. Albus opened it and found a dragon skin wand cover. It was scarlet and embossed with gold lions. Albus stared at it in awe. He had seen one of these in Diagon Alley when he was there buying his school supplies. He had wanted it, but his dad had said no. It came with a small bottle of wand polish. “What'd you get from Mum and Dad?” “Haven't opened theirs yet,” James said, “Lemme find it.” Albus heard rustling from the bed above and ripping paper. Then silence. “Wow! This is awesome! They got me a wand cover!” “Me too!” Albus exclaimed, “What's yours have on it?” “Snitches! It's like my sweater, scarlet with gold Snitches.” “Mine's scarlet with gold lions.” “Pretty impressive,” James said. “Yeah,” Albus agreed. Albus continued opening his presents until there were none left. He got a lot of sweets and Weasley's Wizard Wheezes products. He also got a few books, including [i]Quidditch in the Twentieth Century[/i]. But his favorite present was his wand cover, he kept staring at it. When Bradley, Cedric, Mark, and Ben woke up, they opened their own presents. By the time the boys had all finished opening their presents, everyone else in the house was up. When they went downstairs they found Molly cooking breakfast. All the other adults were sitting around the table talking and having coffee and tea. The younger kids were running around playing with their presents. The older kids were all clustered around one of the armchairs in the living room. The boys went over to investigate. “What's going on over here?” James asked, while squeezing in between Stanley and Fred. “Georgia's gotten a new broom!” Fred exclaimed. “Newest model, a Firebolt 3000.” “Oh, wow!” James exclaimed, “Can I touch it?” “Sure,” Georgia was sitting in the armchiar, with her new broom resting on her lap. Everyone was admiring it. “This is so cool,” Heather gazed at the broom, “Wait till the Slytherins see we have one of these on our team.” “Yeah!” Fred agreed, “Supposed to be the fastest broom yet. Just came out last week.” “Can I fly it later?” James asked. “Yeah, sure, but I want to try it out first,” Georgia laughed, “We'll go out after breakfast.” “Do you know if anyone else has one at Hogwarts yet?” Bradley asked. “No, I don't think anyone else has one!” Georgia said. “Wow, wait till everyone finds out it's my sister who got the first Firebolt 3000,” Bradley sighed, “But I do wish I got one.” “Well, I was riding a Nimbus 2000. You've got a regular Firebolt.” “I know, but I hope I get one for my birthday.” “Breakfast is ready!” Molly called into the room. Everyone scrambled into the kitchen and got plates of food. There wasn't enough room at the table for everyone to eat at. The kids all went back into the living room to eat. Albus sat down next to Lily, who was playing with her new toys and eating at the same time. “What'd you get, Lily?” Albus asked his sister. “New My Little Hippogriffs,” she told him, gesturing to her toys. “And a stuffed owl, which I named Hedwig. Some candy, a few fake wands, a sweater, some socks, a couple books, and a Gryffindor hat and scarf.” “That's good,” Albus responded, as he started eating his eggs. Rose came and sat down next to Albus. “Hi, Rose. You get good presents?” “Yeah, I got a lot of books!” she told him. “I got a few books. But the best thing is my new wand cover,” Albus grinned, “It's upstairs, I'll show it to you later.” “Wow, that's neat.” “Did you see Georgia's new broom?” Albus asked, “Its only been out a week. She's probably one of the first to get one.” “Yeah, I saw it. It's pretty impressive. You going to try it out?" “Definitely. It's got to be great to fly. Maybe I'll be able to get a broom next summer. I'm trying out for Chaser next year,” Albus told her. “I'm sure you'll get it,” Rose told him as she ate her toast. “I dunno. I mean, there's only 1 chaser postion opening up next year. Samantha'll be leaving. Plus Ryan will be too, but he's a beater, and I don't think I'd make a good beater. I bet Georgia'll be made Captain.” “Probably. She's the next oldest. And she's a good leader,” Rose agreed. “Plus she's got the best broomstick ever!” Albus said. “True,” Rose said, “But just because you've got a good broom, doesn't mean you're a good captain.” “Yeah, but Georgia's a great player. Her new broom will only make her better. Slytherin won't stand a chance. I think we're playing them shortly after we go back in January,” Albus told Rose. “You gonna try out the broom?” “Probably not. I'm not very good and I wouldn't want to break it.” “I doubt you'd crash it. You're an ok flyer,” Albus told her. “But I'm definitely trying it.” “Let's go play Quidditch!” Georgia stood up and held her broom over her head. Everyone who had been eating breakfast dropped their plates and either stormed up to the bedrooms to get their own brooms or ran out into the field that was used for Quidditch practice. Albus, since he did not own his own broomstick, went directly outside. Georgia had already ran out the door and was standing in the middle of the field, with a huge grin on her face. “Ready, Albus?” she asked. “Definitely! I can't wait!” he told her, and he looked over to the back door of the house. James, and everyone else who had their own broom had come out and were running over to the field. “Can I try it after you?” Teddy shouted from behind everyone else. “Sure!” Georgia shouted back. “Then me!” James waved his arms around. “And me!” Fred screamed. “Me!” Heather pushed her way in front of Fred, trying to block him. “Shut it!” Georgia shouted over the noise, “Everyone will get a turn! But right now, I'm flying it!” Georgia mounted her broom and kicked off from the ground. The speed was amazing. She could make turns at top speed and brake seconds before she would have crashed into the ground. “Wow!” James screamed excitedly. “That's brilliant!” Everyone started talking at once and Albus was not able to make out anything. Georgia flew around the field for fifteen minutes before landing beside her siblings and cousins. She dismounted and handed the broom to Teddy. “Thanks!” Teddy grinned and changed his hair to red. He flew into the air did a series of spins and turns. He flew for about ten minutes and landed next to Georgia. “Wow, I wish I'd had that when I was Seeker, we never would have lost a match!” “We barely lost a match anyway,” Georgia laughed. She took the broom and handed it to James. For the next two hours, everyone took a turn on the broom. Even Rose got into the spirit of things and flew around for a few minutes. After everyone had had a turn, Georgia decided to organize a Quidditch match. “Ok, I'll be captain of my team and Teddy can captain the other team,” Georgia decided. The two captains took turns picking their team and eventually their were two teams of six players each. As there weren't enough players for full teams, six players for each had to work. Georgia's team consisted of James, Bradley, Cedric, Stanley, and Gabriella. Teddy's team consisted of Heather, Fred, Victoire, Ben, and Mark. Since Albus did not have a broom, he couldn't play. He and Rose watched from the sidelines, while the younger kids played in the snow nearby. “That was close last night, about the Shrieking Shack, I mean,” Albus whispered to Rose. “I know,” she whispered back, “Everyone's suspicious about it. I hear people whispereing about it sometimes in the Great Hall.” “That means Matt's hearing it, too,” Albus groaned, “It's got to be horrible for him.” “Does this mean you definitely believe he's a werewolf, then?” Rose asked. “I'm not totally convinced, but it does seem that way. I don't think I'll be fully convinced until I hear him say so himself.” “I suppose you're right, but I'm pretty sure of it,” Rose told him. “How'd you find out, anyway? How do you know so much about werewolves?” Albus asked. “I've read about them, of course. Once I found out that Teddy's dad was a werewolf last year, I read all about them in Mum and Dad's old school books,” Rose said. “Oh, yeah, that makes sense. You sure do read a lot.” “I know,” Rose agreed, as she pulled her copy of [i]Hogwarts, A History[/i], out of her jacket. “You got that for Christmas, too?” Albus questioned. “Yup, it's quite interesting. I'm already on chapter three.” “I haven't even started reading it yet.” Rose laughed and opened up her book. Albus looked out towards the field and watched the rest of the Quidditch match. It was a pretty good match. Quite different than Hogwarts matches, though. There was no referee, so a few arguments errupted. After an hour or so, Teddy caught the Snitch and his team won. Albus and his cousins trooped back into the house, snowy, wet, and cold. It was almost time for Christmas supper, and Molly was cooking in the kitchen, with help from Ginny and Fleur. Albus ran up to the top bedroom and got out his new Quidditch book and read it until supper was ready. Christmas supper was always an interesting event at the Burrow. The kitchen table was not big enough to seat everyone, so usually the younger children sat there, while the oldest kids and the adults found seats in the living room. There was always a lot of food, too. The food was kept in the kitchen and people got up to get some when they wanted it. As Albus was walking into the kitchen, he distinctly saw James sneaking around the living room doing something with one of the arm chairs. Sure enough, after Albus sat down at the table and started eating his food, he heard a scream from the living room. He jumped up from his chair and followed his cousins into the room. “What was that?!” Harry shouted, looking down at the chair he had been sitting in. Molly came into the room and pushed past Albus. “James Sirius Potter! What did you do?” James looked sheepishly at her, “How did you know it was me? You didn't see it happen.” “I raised your Uncle George! I know a guilty look when I see one,” Molly screamed at him, “What did you do?” “Shocking Seat,” James explained, “It's a little thing you hide on a chair and gives a mild electric shock to the person who sits in it.” Harry started laughing, “And I suppose it's from your shop, George?” “Yup, newest product. Just came out a few weeks ago. I got James a few for Christmas. Thought he'd like them,” George told him. “I'd say he does like them,” Harry grinned, “Just don't use them on any teachers.” “Too late. I just did,” James laughed. Everyone else started laughing as well, except Molly, who went back into the kitchen. The rest of supper went by with only a few minor pranks. Someone snuck a Ton Tongue Toffee into Albus's pudding and his tongue grew two feet before Harry found out and fixed it for him. A few glasses exploded and a few bowls of soup crashed to the ground, mostly because Stanley had just turned seventeen and wanted to use magic to bring things to the table for people. Eventually, everyone had enough to eat and they migrated into the living room. The adults had all had quite a bit of eggnog and firewhiskey and were not paying a whole lot of attention to the kids. This enabled Teddy and Victoire to sneak off into the kitchen, to be alone. Albus and Rose decided to play Wizard's Chess. Lily and Hugo sat down to watch. It didn't take Rose too long to beat Albus. Rose was very good at chess and she was much better than Albus. After that, the four of them played a few rounds of Exploding Snap, most of which Albus won. Eventually, Molly decided it was time for everyone to go to bed. Albus climbed slowly up the stairs and got into his bunk. He was very tired. It had been a great Christmas. With his stomach full and his heart happy, Albus fell into a deep sleep.
GodrictheGriffon Joined: 27 December 2006 Posts: 3955 Location: Beside the veil, waiting for Sirius.... And Midnight! I wonder how long your location can be?....	Posted: Wednesday 22 August 2007 09 27 50 am in topic:After the Battle [Suspended] Alan made his way back up to the school. [i]What a mess.[/i] He thought. He pulled out his wand and repaired anything that he could on his way up to his dormitory. [i]I need to sleep.[/i] "Mafalid", he said to a gargoyle, looking extremeley drunk and missing half his left eye and nose. "Yup."said the gargoyle,"The password sure is "Gozoydaling". No where did I put my caandle-hat? You know the one, Marta. The one with my name on it. You know my name is Yvonne. Isn't it lass?"he asked Alan. "Errrr....Of course it is. now if you could just let me through."Alan asked. "Yvonne" hobbled away. Probably to look for Marta and his hat."Thanks."Muttered Alan at his retreating, swaying back. He had no idea how to fix him/her.
Q.Araignee Joined: 4 January 2006 Posts: 5000 Location: Daydreaming about my now fiancé *squee*	Posted: Wednesday 20 June 2007 02 57 18 pm in topic:Lunartiotterrangereasley's Wizards Comic Shop *Appears with a 'pop' next to Godric* Okay, I'll go see the Welcome Witch- Godric, can you just make sure Katie's body doesn't get trampled on by the angry woman who's hat you knocked off? *Hurries away*
GodrictheGriffon Joined: 27 December 2006 Posts: 3955 Location: Beside the veil, waiting for Sirius.... And Midnight! I wonder how long your location can be?....	Posted: Tuesday 19 June 2007 10 25 59 am in topic:Lunartiotterrangereasley's Wizards Comic Shop *Lands in St. Mungo's on top a n old witch who has a turkey for a hat which is knocked to the ground*.
FawkesthePhoenix Joined: 31 December 2006 Posts: 3534 Location: No idea, all I know is that there are a LOT of felt-tipped pens...	Posted: Monday 30 April 2007 02 08 59 pm in topic:RPG: Dark Times [Suspended] "Yeah." Celistine replied, making sure her hat was lopsided. "Let's go find my mom. And again, don't touch anything, especially the ceiling."
Scellanis Joined: 11 September 2002 Posts: 6457 Location: Pretending to be a sea slug with 'go faster' stripes...	Posted: Saturday 28 April 2007 07 21 26 am in topic:A Solution to why Pettigrew was in Gryffindor I'm thinking its probably more along the lines of what Harry did, Peter probably latched on to James and/or Sirius or someone similiar during the train journey or waiting to be sorrted and so by the time he reached the hat he could have been thinking he wanted to go to Gryffindor so much the hat may have listened him....or he could have been scared of someone and been thinking not Slytherin like Harry did.
DucksRMagical Joined: 28 December 2006 Posts: 2535 Location: Going through LeakyCon withdrawal	Posted: Sunday 8 April 2007 05 22 32 pm in topic:500 Things we will do before the release of Deathly Hallows Phoenix in the Ashes"][quote="FawkesthePhoenix wrote: 36 convice my sibs that [i]I[/i] should be the one to read the 7th book 1st, bcs i've never gotten to woth any of the others.[/quote] Gosh, I'd never do it like that. Just one of you have it for a while, read a couple of chapters, and give it to the next person... read a few chapters, pass it on etc. That way the last person won't have to wait for ages... and it's fun because you get to discuss it whilst you're reading it. It becomes an event. We alternate by days. Fawkes means that she wants it the first day. One person gets it for a day, gives it to the next person for the next day, and so on. Then we start over after 4 days. We'll draw names from a hat to see what order we'll go in.
FawkesthePhoenix Joined: 31 December 2006 Posts: 3534 Location: No idea, all I know is that there are a LOT of felt-tipped pens...	Posted: Saturday 17 March 2007 05 27 52 pm in topic:RPG: Dark Times [Suspended] "Probaly not, seeing as i'm two years older than her, but I bet I could alter them with magic so they'd fit you." said Celistine, "But I'm wearing my sparkly turquoise robes with watching heels, hat, cloak, purse, earings, and gloves, so you can't wear those."
DucksRMagical Joined: 28 December 2006 Posts: 2535 Location: Going through LeakyCon withdrawal	Posted: Tuesday 20 February 2007 07 36 11 pm in topic:madame malkin's robes for all occasions (fitters needed) I would like sky blue robes with ducks on them and a matching hat, please.
Phoenix in the Ashes Joined: 23 January 2005 Posts: 5320 Location: Wandering around the RPG Area	Posted: Wednesday 14 February 2007 07 55 15 pm in topic:Hogwarts '06/7 After dinner (and dessert) Dinas found hat there wasn't really anything for him to do. He decided to have a stroll around the dungeons.
Fantasy girl Joined: 8 August 2005 Posts: 863 Location: Bellin college of witchcraft and nursing	Posted: Tuesday 6 February 2007 03 17 16 pm in topic:madame malkin's robes for all occasions (fitters needed) yes i'll take the check, and its 32 more knuts for the socks. the glass slippers etc. will cost a flat 48 galleons the purple boots wil be 19 galleons blue robes and hat is 20 galleons turqouise robes is 20 galleons NOW BEGONE!