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Susan Montez Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 65 Location: J.A.S.U.~Captain Montez	Posted: Wednesday 23 July 2008 03 03 16 pm    Post subject: Re: Montez Pub & Brewery ((RP & Help needed)) in topic:Montez Pub & Brewery ((RP & Help needed)) Susan fills out her board and she welcomes her new employees. "[b]Welcome to my Pub/Brewery! Please NO Soliciting other shops! Anyone interested in meeting my husband?[/b]," Susan said, as she waved her wand and made the "Help Wanted" sign disappear. Susan makes RAMEN and Butterbeer as her employees continue to do their duties. A strange tall man with black and red streaked hair entered the PUB. Susan turned as she heard the door jingle open and she saw her husband enter wearing purple and green robes. "[b]Darling! How are you? Would you like to help?[/b]," Susan asked, as she gave Jason Markington a hug and a kiss on the lips.
Wanderful Joined: 12 July 2008 Posts: 171 Location: Hogwarts, watching Paul cast spells around the forum to protect it from bugs.	Posted: Wednesday 23 July 2008 03 19 21 am    Post subject: Re: Super Spell-Books in topic:Super Spell-Books *Tall man with billowing black robes strolls in and casts an empty glance at the shop, and snorts in disgust* *Bows forceably* May I be of assistance *End evil voice*
Q.Araignee Joined: 4 January 2006 Posts: 4385 Location: Sharing Pangalactic Gargleblasters with my Physics teacher and co.	Posted: Tuesday 22 July 2008 07 10 15 am    Post subject: Re: Montez Pub & Brewery ((RP & Help needed)) in topic:Montez Pub & Brewery ((RP & Help needed)) *Finishes the milk, jumps to the floor and goes to sit before the man in brown robes who's just walked back in*
FawkesthePhoenix Joined: 31 December 2006 Posts: 3050 Location: Dancing circles around Voldemort, singing poetry into a hairbrush and dodging curses.	Posted: Saturday 19 July 2008 12 36 12 pm    Post subject: Re: Montez Pub & Brewery ((RP & Help needed)) in topic:Montez Pub & Brewery ((RP & Help needed)) *a girl with long brown hair and blue eyes wearing sky blue robes glides in* *asks in a lofty voice* Might I have a gillywater?
Hermione1981 Joined: 19 July 2008 Posts: 14 Location: USA	Posted: Saturday 19 July 2008 12 05 36 pm    Post subject: The boy who live and the Vampires Slayer comes to Hogwart sc in topic:The boy who live and the Vampires Slayer comes to Hogwart sc [img]http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n281/shannonrosewiley/Harry%20Potter/TheboywholiveandtheVampiresSlaye-1.jpg[/img] Full Title: The boy who live and the Vampires Slayer comes to Hogwart school of witchcraft and wizardry Fan fiction Rating: Mature Ship/s (if applicable): Fred Wesley and Bethany Tonks Summary: It takes place doing Harry, Ron, Hermione and Bethany ( born Aug 31 1978) first year at Hogwart school of witchcraft and wizardry. Bethany befriends Harry, Ron and Hermione, But hang out mostly with the students her own age and she also start to date Fred Wesley. Bethany also has to balance being a normal everyday Hogwart student and a vampire slayer at the sometime. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the Harry Potter books or Movies J. K. Rowling's own them . I did make up Bethany and her deceased mom and dad. Chapter one: The secret and double life Bethany’s has to lead! It is August thirty first, 1991 and Bethany is shopping in Diagon Alley with her aunt Andromeda Tonks and Cousin Nympadora Tonks for her schools supplies. They have just walk out of Gringotts wizarding bank, when she Bethany sees Harry Potter walking by her with Hagrid the gatekeeper at Hogwart school of witchcraft and wizards. She stops walking and stares at Harry and Hagrid. When Harry sees the girl has stop walking and that she is staring at him, he walks over to her and stops in front of her. Hagrid, Andromeda and Nympadora walk over to Harry and Bethany. Harry’s see that she is looking at his lighting blot shape scar on his forehead. She knew that Harry Potter was starting at Hogwart that year, but she hope not to see him yet seeing that she is two years old then him and is just starting there too, but the reason she was hoping not to see him was that she was at his parent’s house the day they were killed. She was playing hide and seek with Lily and James Potter and was hiding in the closet in Harry room when Lord Voldemort show up. She stays hiding because see had already seen Voldemort kill her parents a few days before. As she was hiding in the closet and she saw Lord Voldemort’s kill Lily through the crack in the door. She stops staring at Harry when her cousin tap her on the shoulder. Harry: I am Harry Potter. What is your name and do you know me because you could not stop looking at me? Bethany: My name is Bethany Tonks and yeah I know you when you were a baby and till you went to live with your aunt and uncle at the age of one. Harry: How do you remember me then, because I do not remember you? Bethany: Because I was three years old then. Harry: So you going to Hogwart for you third year then? Bethany: No, I am just starting Hogwart this year, I had personal issues that keep me from starting two years ago. Harry: So that would make you thirteen year old then right? Bethany: Yeah I turn thirteen today. Hagrid: I hate to break up the reunion but we need to get to Gringotts wizarding bank and get your money Harry. Harry: Ok, Nice to meet you again Bethany. Bethany: Yeah, see you at school. Harry and Hagrid walk towards the bank and Bethany, Andromeda and Nympadora walk down the street and into Quality Quidditch Supplies. Bethany and her aunt heads over to look at the new Nimbus 2000. While Nympadora sees a friend and goes over to talk to her. Bethany looks over at her cousin then back at her aunt who is holding a new Nimbus 2000 in her hands and give it a good look over. Bethany leans towards her aunt and whisper quietly to her. Bethany: I do not know why I can’t take Nympadora old broom to school, see that it not for playing Quidditch, but for slayer related business and beside first years are not even allowed to have brooms. Andromeda: Because Nympadora needs her broom for Auror school that way. Bethany: But she says she does not mind if I used her broom, she will just buy a new one. Andromeda: No, I buying you a new one, you had enough hand me down from your cousin in your life since you come to live with us, for once I am buying you all new items for school. Bethany: But I’m not your daughter and I am ok with hand me downs. Andromeda: You are my niece and you mom and dad did leave me and Ted money to buy you school supplies when you start Hogwart, so let me buy you new items this year. Bethany: All right. Andromeda: I think this Nimbus 200 we do just fine, lets go pay for it. Why Andromeda goes and pays for the broom, Bethany walks over to her cousin. Once her aunt had finish pay for the broom and the sale person had warped it up and put it into a large bag. Bethany, Andromeda and Nympadora left Quality Quidditch Supplies and walks over to Ollivander's to buy Bethany some wands. Both Andromeda and Nympadora take a set in the chair by the door and Bethany walks up to the counter and rings the bell to get Mr. Ollivander attention. Mr. Ollivander walks downstairs and passes Nympadora and Andromeda and heads behind the counter. At the sometime Andromeda stand up and walks up to the counter next to Bethany. Mr. Ollivander: I see that Bethany is finally starting at Hogwart this year and I see you change the look of you hair by add pink highlights since the last time I saw you Bethany, did you dye your hair or are you a Metamorphmagus Like Nympadora? Bethany: Yeah I am starting Hogwart and I want a change from my plain light brown hair. I did not dye my hair I am a Metamorphmagus like my cousin. Mr. Ollivander: I finally get to sale Bethany a wand and on the someday as I sale Harry Potter his first wand. Andromeda: She going to need a couple of wands one for school and a few for her slayer duty. Mr. Ollivander: Oh yes, I remember talking to you about that and yes I did make seven wands with cores that I normally don’t use for her to try out. First lets try wands out for school. First I will have you try out this 12 in. wand that is made from rosewood and a Unicorn Tail for the core. Bethany: Ok Bethany takes the wand from Mr. Ollivander and move the wand up and down but nothing moves. Mr. Ollivander takes the wand back from Bethany and puts the wand away. He picks up another wand box. He then hand her a box with a, 15 1/2 in rosewood wand with a Unicorn Tail as it core. Mr. Ollivander: I know it still has the some core as the last one but I think that is the core that would work for your school wand. Bethany: Ok I will try it. She tries that wand and gets the book on the counter to move a little. Mr. Ollivander shakes his head and takes the wand from Bethany. He puts that wand a way and goes over to the back shelve and grab a black box. He walks over to the counter and hands Bethany the next box, which has a 15 1/2 in rosewood wand with a phoenix father has the core. Bethany picks the wand up and boxes go fly everywhere. Mr. Ollivander: That is not the wand for you. Lets try this 15 1/2 in Willow with a Dragon Heartstring core. Bethany: I hope this wand works? Bethany picks up the wand and the area around her light up in a gold color. Bethany, Andromeda, Nympadora and Mr. Ollivander smile at eachother. Mr. Ollivander box up the wand and put it into a bag and he marks the first wand down in his book. He then grabs the first box out from under the courter that has a 15 1/2 in made from Willow with a Leprechaun hair. Mr. Ollivander: Now I do not think this wand will work for you, because Leprechaun hair cores tend to favor only the Irish but we will see if it works. Bethany nods her head yes and picks up the wand and once again boxes go fly everywhere. Bethany then tries the 15 1/2 wand that is made of willow with the demiguise hair core next but nothing happens. Mr. Ollivander then hand Bethany’s another 15 1/2 in wand that is made of willow with a Hippogriff Talon core to try, when Bethany flick the wand it make Mr. Ollivander hair turn green. He takes the wand form her and hand her another 15 1/2 in wand that is made of Willow with a Runespoor Fang core and the room turn a gold color again. She also buy two more 15 1/2 in wands made from willow one with Chimaera Scale core and one with Ashwinder Ash core (which cast awesome protection charms.) Bethany’s aunt pays for the four wands and Mr. Ollivander hand the bag with the wands in it to Bethany. The three ladies walk out of Ollivander’s and walk down the street and into Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. Madam Malkin looks up from fitting Hermione Granger robe and smile at the ladies when they walk into the store. Madam Malkin: I will be with you in a few minutes Mrs. Tonks. Andromeda: That fine. Three minutes later a girl with long brown hair walks over to Bethany and stop in front her. Bethany smiles at her the girl. Bethany looks at the girl and she smiles back at her. Bethany: Hi my name Bethany Tonks, what is your name? Hermione: My name Hermione Granger, are you getting robes for Hogwart school of witchcraft and wizardry? Bethany: Yeah Hermione: So am I, It is my first year. I am so excite, because I am the first witch in my family. Are you the only witch in your family or is everyone one in your family witches and wizards? Bethany: My Mom pure blood, my dad was muggle born but get chosen to go to Hogwart. My dad brother also went to Hogwart. My aunts are also pure blood. Hermione mom and dad walk up behind her and then the three of them leave the shop. Bethany gets fitted for her robes and cloak and also gets a point hat and protective gloves. When her robes and cloak are ready, they pay for them all the items they are buying. Then Andromeda, Nympadora and Bethany go and gets strawberry ice cream cones from Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlou. Once they have getting they ice cream they walks down Diagon Alley to head to Flourish and Blotts. When the three of them walk into Flourish & Blotts Nympadora head to the section where the textbooks she needs are and Bethany and Andromeda go over to the section where Hogwart first year textbooks are location at. Bethany looks down at the list of books she needs to buy and see the first one on the list is standing book of spell grade one which is by Miranda Gosghawk. She has just grab a book off the shelve when she hear Mrs. Wesley fighting with her youngest son Ron about the fight having to buy used books and not new books. Bethany quietly grabs a copy of a history of magic by Bathilda Bagshot, a beginner’s guide to transfiguration by Emeric Switch, one thousand magical herbal and fungi by Phyllida Spore, magical drafts and potions by Arsenius Jigger, Fantastic beast and where to find them by Newt Scamander and the dark farce guide to self protection by Quentin Trimble. Andromeda goes to pay for the books and Bethany to find her cousin to see if she is ready to go. Bethany finds that her cousin had already pay for her books and she is waiting for her mom and Bethany to finish up in the book store. Bethany and Andromeda leave the book store and head to the Cauldron Shop, they only in the shop for two minutes because the only item Bethany’s need from there is a size two Pewter cauldron. Nympadora goes to the Apothecary and picks her cousin up two set of crystal phials, bass scale. Nympadora then goes to one of the street stall and buy Bethany the telescope she needs for school. Nympadora meets up with her mom and cousin at Eeylops Owl Emporium. When she walks into the store, she sees Bethany is looking at one of the white snow owls. Once Bethany had chosen the white snow owl that she wanting Nympadora, Andromeda and Bethany head to the Leaky Cauldron for some dinner. The three ladies are walking over to a table when Harry and Hagrid walk into the Leaky Cauldron and over to them. As Harry walks over to her Bethany puts her hands into her jean pockets. Harry: Hi Bethany can I ask you something about when you were three years old? Bethany: Yeah Harry: Hagrid says that you were at my parents house the night they dead, did my parents try to fight back against Lord Voldemort? Bethany: Yes. Harry: Hagrid also told me that you mom and dad were kill two nights before by Lord Voldemort is that way you were staying with my parents? Bethany: Yeah Harry! As Bethany is answering, Harry questions her hair change from light brown with pink highlight to a light gray color. Nympadora puts her right arm around her cousin and whispers into her ear that she was doing the right thing by answers Harry questions. When they finish talking Bethany, Nympadora and Andromeda head home for the night. The Next morning Bethany wakes up at the creak of dawn and quietly finish packing, because she share a bedroom with her cousin and Nympadora is still sleeping. First Bethany packs her school supplies, textbooks and clothing into one truck. She then packs her slayer supplies into a second truck and has to pack all her slayers relate books into a third truck. She has just lock up the third truck when Nympadora rolls over in her bed to face Bethany. Nympadora opens up her eyes and looks at her younger cousin. Bethany: Did I walk you up, Nympadora? Nympadora: Yeah, but it all right and how many times do I have to tell you Bethany call me Tonks, I hate being called Nympadora. Bethany: Ok, I will call you Tonks for now on. Bethany and her cousin then leave their bedroom and head into the Kitchen for breakfast. After breakfast everyone gets ready to take Bethany to the train station and to meet up with the Wesley at the station.
Distortia Joined: 13 January 2008 Posts: 527 Location: Over the sea	Posted: Saturday 19 July 2008 05 49 04 am    Post subject: Re: Montez Pub & Brewery ((RP & Help needed)) in topic:Montez Pub & Brewery ((RP & Help needed)) *Tall man with black hair and brown robes wanders in* good afternoon! I noticed your sign? I'm interested in establishing your brewery. I have great experience in brewing all sorts f beer, and my speciality is butter beer! *Notices the brewing section of the pub* I'm also an excellent cook.. I make a mean beer batter fish and chips! would u like a sample?
DucksRMagical Joined: 28 December 2006 Posts: 2095 Location: Boycotting All Future Warner Brothers Films	Posted: Wednesday 16 July 2008 02 18 25 pm    Post subject: Re: The Unnamed Albus Sequel in topic:Albus Potter and the Tracks They Left Behind Chapter 12: Four Paw Prints Albus was helping himself to some pumpkin juice when the post arrived on Tuesday morning. He looked up and noticed a small brown owl flying towards him. He immediately recognized it as Victoire's owl. "Victoire's sent me something," Albus announced as the owl landed next to his plate. Albus took the letter and gave the owl a piece of toast before it flew off. "Look, it's addressed to all of us," Rose commented as she glanced at the letter. Albus turned the envelope over, wondering what it could be about. Victoire had sent him a couple letters so far this year, most of them sent along with Amy's letters to Matt. These usually arrived a couple days after the full moon, as Amy always wanted to know how Matt was. Since the full moon had been a few weeks ago, Albus was curious as to what Victoire had to tell them. He opened the letter and began to read it. Rose, Matt, John, and Amanda read it over his shoulder. [i]Dear Albus, Matt, Rose, John, and Amanda, How have you been? I hope you're enjoying classes and not making too much trouble. Congratulations on your successes in the dueling tournament, especially you, Rose. I hope there are many great victories to come. Good luck in your first Quidditch match, Albus. We hope to be able to attend, but it depends on work and healer training schedules. Training has been going well. We've been attending classes in the morning and training at St. Mungo's in the afternoon, like always. Teddy has been very busy with Auror training as well. By now you're probably wondering why we're writing to you now, as it's not our usual time to write. We're not sure if you read the[/i] Prophet [i]regularly, which is why we're telling you this in a letter. Quinton Willinson was spotted yesterday-[/i] Albus immediately stopped reading the letter and glanced at his friends. As Albus fell back into his school routine, he had almost forgotten about Washburn and the Willinsons. He felt his fear come back as soon as he read that Willinson had been spotted. Albus returned his eyes to the letter without saying anything. [i]He was spotted in a Muggle village in Southern England, quite far from Hogwarts. The Aurors are already on his tail and are tracking him this very minute. Teddy heard about it while he was at training, and we decided to give you a heads up. Uncle Harry will probably tell you as well. Don't worry about it too much. He can't get into Hogwarts and Uncle Harry has it under control. Good luck with Quidditch, dueling, and classes, and we hope to see you soon. Love, Victoire, Teddy, and Amy[/i] "I'd nearly forgotten about Willinson," John said darkly after they'd finished reading the letter. "Me, too," Albus agreed. "It explains why Professor Potter isn't here," Matt commented. Albus looked up at the staff table and noticed that his father was missing. "Guess so." "Don't worry," Rose said, "I mean, it's kind of good that someone spotted him. Before they had no leads, and now they sort of know where he is." "I suppose," Albus replied. He hadn't thought of that. But what about the other two? Were they with Quinton or had they parted ways? Albus just hoped his dad and the other Aurors managed to capture him. "Could I see the [i]Prophet[/i]?" Rose asked one of the older students who was sitting across from her. The girl nodded and handed her the paper. "Let's find the article." Rose scanned the front page and found a short article on the left side of the page. She read it aloud. "[i]'Eighteen-year-old Quinton Willinson was seen near the Muggle town, Hythe, in Southern England early yesterday morning. A wizard who prefers not to be named in this article saw him and immediately informed the Ministry. Willinson has been wanted by the Auror department since his attack on Head Auror and Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter, last Spring. Five underage Hogwarts students were also attacked. Willinson, along with his father, Jaret Willinson, and the former Charms professor, Jameson Washburn, attacked Potter and the five students on the grounds. Potter declined comment for this article. The Head Auror has informed the wizarding public that all three men are dangerous and not to attempt to fight them. If any of them are seen, people are requested to inform the Ministry immediately. Ministry Aurors responded to the sighting and are currently investigating.'[/i]" "Wow," Rose said once she'd finished reading the article, "I hope they catch him soon." "Me, too," Albus agreed, "I'm glad he's so far away, though." "But they're going to come back," Rose sighed, "To find the, you-know-whats." "Well, hopefully Professor Potter will catch them before they get the chance," Matt replied, "Anyway, I hope Amy and Victoire come to the Quidditch match. I haven't seen Amy in ages." Albus looked over and saw that Matt was looking a bit sad. Albus knew he and Amy were very close, but hadn't really thought about how different it must be for Matt this year. Albus didn't think Matt had ever gone this long without seeing her. "They'll probably come," Albus assured him, "And if they can't, they'll visit when they can." "Yeah," Matt gave a half-hearted smile. "We'd better get to Charms," Rose announced. The five second years got up from the table and made their way out of the Great Hall. Albus noticed that Kaden was sitting next to James, talking animatedly about something. James didn't appear too happy about this and had the look of someone pretending to listen, but not really listening. Albus almost felt bad about James having to deal with Kaden, but not bad enough to make up with his cousin. Professor Cedonia spent the first half of class teaching the charm for tying shoes, and during the second half, the class practiced. Unlike last year, Albus thoroughly enjoyed practical lessons in Charms this year. Professor Cedonia did not mind them talking with each other as they practiced, and although she watched their progress, she didn't hover like Washburn had done. "Excuse me, Professor?" Rose announced shortly after she succeeded in charming her shoes to tie themselves. "Rose, don't," Albus whispered. He knew she was about to ask if they were going to have any tests. "Yes, Rose?" Cedonia walked over to her desk and immediately spotted her perfectly tied shoes. "Oh, wonderful job!" "Thank you, Professor," Rose replied. "But I was just wondering, are we going to have any exams in this class?" Everyone in the entire room stopped what they were doing and looked over at Rose. Most of them looked horrified, but a few appeared to also be wondering if they would have any exams. Since they had Charms with the Ravenclaws, this didn't really surprise Albus. "Ah, yes," Cedonia smiled, "I was wondering if anyone would ask. I, unlike the other teachers at this school, do not believe in testing students in the conventional way. I prefer to assign essays that are done outside of class, where you are free to use your books, to assess your knowledge of theory. As far as practical exams go, I prefer to assess your progress in class. If I have any belief that you are not mastering the task at hand, I will give you extra help until you can master it. However, in accordance with Hogwarts tradition, there will be a practical exam at the end of the semester. The theory exam will be an essay that you can complete using your book, in class." "Oh," Rose said. She looked a bit stunned. "All right." "If you'd like an exam, I will create one for you, but no one else will have to take it unless they want to," Cedonia announced. "No, that's all right," Rose replied. "Excellent. I assure you, Rose, that you will have a perfect understanding of second year Charms by the time the year is up, and you will be in excellent shape to move on to third year." Rose nodded and Cedonia walked back to the front of the room. Albus turned to John and grinned. "Yes, no exams!" he said. "Brilliant," John agreed, "I really thought Rose was going to convince her to test us." "Well, I suppose she kind of is testing us," Matt explained, "Just in a different way. I've never had a teacher like her before." "Me, neither," John said. Albus nodded. All of his teachers in primary school had been like the ones at Hogwarts, with conventional exams and homework. "I went to a Muggle school and all of the teachers gave us exams. Rose went to the same one." "Same here," John replied, "Normal Muggle school." "Not me," Matt announced, "I was home-schooled. You can probably guess why. Amy went to Muggle school, though." "All the teachers were like Cedonia at my school," Amanda turned around to talk to the boys. "We didn't have exams or grades or anything like that. It was fun. I really liked going to school. Except when I made strange stuff happen. People thought I was weird. Turns out I was, but in a good way," she laughed. "I suppose this will work," Rose sighed, "She is assessing us, just in a different way. At least she's nice. Everyone seems to like her." "We don't really have any mean teachers this year," Albus commented. "I hadn't really thought about that," John said, "But you're right." "Who knows about next year, though," Matt replied, "We'll start new subjects and who knows what those teachers will be like." "Hagrid teaches Care of Magical Creatures and he's great," Albus told them. "What kind of magical creatures?" John grinned at Matt. "Don't even go there," Matt grinned back. "Amy says the Arithmancy teacher is nice." "Trelawney's kind of strange, but nice enough," Albus commented. "She teaches Divination." "No way am I taking that," Matt announced, "I don't want to know what my future holds." "Ancient runes sounds really interesting," Rose said, "And Georgia told me the teacher is strict, but not mean." "Well, good," Albus replied, "But we've got months before we have to decide what new subjects we'll take." "I wish I could take them all," Rose sighed. "You could," Albus laughed, "But I don't think it would turn out well." Albus and Rose shared a laugh that the others didn't really understand. Albus saw their confused faces and decided to tell them about Hermione's third year schedule sometime soon. ****** Harry was back at Hogwarts in time for Albus's DADA class on Thursday. Harry called Albus up to his desk after class. Albus had been anxiously waiting the whole class to see if Harry managed to catch Quinton Willinson. Albus had a feeling he hadn't because there wasn't any mention of it in the Prophet that morning. "Hi, Al," Harry gave Albus a hug once all the other students left. "I'm guessing you know why I left?" "Yeah," Albus replied, "Victoire sent us a letter and I read it in the [i]Prophet[/i], too." "Good," Harry sighed, "I'm glad Victoire told you before you read it in the [i]Prophet[/i]. I had to leave very abruptly and was afraid you wouldn't know what happened." "Well, did you catch him?" Albus asked. The suspense was killing him and he didn't want to wait any longer. Harry sighed again and put his hand around his son's shoulder. "I'm sorry, Al. He got away. We got some more leads, though. Talked to a few Muggles and a wizard who were around when Quinton showed up. I still haven't heard anything about Quinton's father or Washburn. But we're still searching and it's only a matter of time." Albus's face fell and he became more worried as he realized that not much progress had been made. He had been so sure that his dad would get Quinton this time. But he hadn't. Washburn and both Willinsons were still out there. How long would it be until they went back to Hogwarts? "What if they come back here?" he asked quietly. "I'm not going to deny it. They probably will come back here. But there is a large amount of protection around the school. Last year, it was easy for them to be on the grounds since Washburn was a professor and Quinton was a student here. They don't have that going for them now. And I don't think any of them could step foot in Hogsmeade without someone alerting me or the Ministry." Albus thought about this for a moment and felt a bit better. "All right. Are you leaving again?" "Not unless one of them is seen," Harry explained, "The other Aurors have it under control." "Good," Albus smiled. He felt a lot better knowing his dad was at the school. "Well, we'd better head to the Great Hall," Harry gave Albus another hug. "Yeah," Albus agreed, "If we don't hurry, John will eat all the food." Harry laughed and the two of them left the room together. ****** Albus wandered sleepily into the common room the next week completely tired out from Quidditch Practice. The first match, against Slytherin, was on Saturday and Georgia was having them practice every evening. It had been a drizzly evening and Albus's robes were soaked. He went up to his dormitory to put away his broom and change. Once he was done, he grabbed his books and went back to the common room to do his homework. When he got there, he couldn't find his friends anywhere. Albus sighed. Where could they be? They weren't in the dormitory, Albus had just been up there. Albus squeezed his way through the crowded common room until he found Bilius and Ethan studying at a nearby table. "Have you seen John and Matt anywhere?" Albus asked. "Oh, hi Albus," Ethan looked up from his book. "How's practice going? We're going to beat Slytherin, right?" "'Course we are," Albus gave a tired grin, "They're pathetic." "Excellent," Bilius replied, "I think John and Matt left an hour or so ago. I'm not sure where." "Yeah," Ethan agreed, "Rose and Amanda were with them. Matt didn't look so good. Maybe they went to the hospital wing." Oh, yeah! Albus had completely forgotten that the full moon was the next night. They must have gone to the Room of Requirement. Albus had also momentarily forgotten about the Room due to the fact that Kaden was always hanging around them, and they did not want him to know about the Room. "Thanks," Albus replied, "I think I know where they are now." Albus waved to Bilius and Ethan and left the room. Albus walked down the corridor as fast as he could without actually running. He slowed down as he reached the portrait of Barnabas the Barmy, as there was a prefect roaming nearby. Albus loitered until the prefect turned a corner and then he started pacing in front of the wall. Three paces later, the door appeared and Albus walked in. "There you are!" Albus announced after he shut the door. "I thought you'd be in the common room." Rose, John, and Amanda were all furiously scribbling on pieces of parchment and they looked up as Albus came in. Matt was sleeping on a nearby chair and didn't notice Albus. "We were," Rose said, "But it was awfully loud in there. Plus, now that Kaden has left us alone we thought we'd start coming in here again." "Sounds good," Albus agreed. He grabbed a chair and sat down next to John. "What are you lot working on?" "Transfiguration," John groaned, "Eight inch essay due tomorrow. I've got four inches so far." "History of Magic," Amanda said, "Also due tomorrow." "I finished those a while ago," Rose commented, "Now I'm doing Herbology." "I still have the History of Magic stuff to do," Albus said as he pulled out his history book. "How long has he been asleep?" Albus pointed to Matt. "Since we got here," John answered. "Probably just as well since before that he was just rambling about how Malfoy's going to explore the Whomping Willow tomorrow night." "Why would Malfoy do it at night?" Albus asked, "He'll get in more trouble if he's out past curfew." "That's what we told him," Rose explained without looking up from her book. "I think he gets kind of delirious and doesn't think straight at this time of the month." "You're probably right," Albus agreed, "But can you blame him?" "No, not really," Rose sighed. Albus started to leaf through his History of Magic book, but he couldn't concentrate. It wasn't past curfew now; what if Malfoy was exploring the tree right now? Albus closed his book and started rifling through his bag. He pulled out the Marauder's Map and set it down on the table. "What are you doing?" Amanda asked. "Looking for Malfoy," Albus replied. Everyone looked up from their work and watched Albus. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," Albus pointed his wand at the map. Albus searched the map for a few moments before his eyes rested on Malfoy's dot. He breathed a sigh of relief as he saw that Malfoy's dot was currently residing in the Slytherin common room. "He's in his common room." "Oh, good," Rose smiled. "I really don't think he's going to investigate that tree." "Why's that?" John asked skeptically. "He'll get in big trouble if he gets caught," Rose reminded him. "So? That probably wouldn't stop me," John laughed. Albus was relieved that Malfoy wasn't currently trying to get into the Whomping Willow, but he did agree with John that Malfoy would eventually try. The thing was, what were the chances of it happening while Albus was looking at the map? Not very high. And what would Albus do if he did see Malfoy near the tree? Albus had no idea. He sighed as he whispered, "Mischief managed." Albus watched as all the ink disappeared from the map. He still didn't want to do his homework, but he had to. He started to put the map back in his bag, but the sight of a small mark on one of the corners made him stop. Albus slowly lifted the map back out of his bag and stared at the corner. He had never seen any marks on the map after he wiped it clean before. But this mark was so small it could have easily been missed. He peered at the tiny marking until he noticed what it was. It was four paw prints. A wolf, dog, stag, and rat print. It obviously meant the Marauders. Albus knew he had seen it somewhere before, but where? He continued to stare at the paw prints, wracking his brain to try and remember why it seemed so familiar. "Albus," Rose was watching him. "What are you doing?" Albus looked up at the sound of her voice, "Oh, there's something on the map. I never noticed it before. It's a wolf, dog, stag, and rat foot print. Here, look." Rose, John, and Amanda all leaned in to look at the mark. Rose furrowed her brow and tilted her head as she looked at it. "Why did the Marauders have this thing stay on the map? All the other ink disappears. Now it's just a random piece of parchment with these paw prints on it." Suddenly, Albus remembered where he'd seen the paw prints before. The piece of parchment that fell out of the photo album in the attic of Grimmauld Place! Albus had completely forgotten about that during the course of the school year. The symbols were exactly the same. They must mean something, Albus thought. He jumped up from his seat. "I've seen it before! Remember when we were exploring the attic at my house, John?" John nodded his head. "Yeah..." "And the photo album we found in that box?" Albus continued, "And the piece of parchment that fell out of it?" Realization dawned on John's face. "Oh! I'd forgotten about that! Do you still have it?" "Yup!" Albus shouted excitedly, "In my trunk. I'll go get it!" Albus ran out of the room, leaving a very excited John and a thoroughly confused Rose and Amanda.
Q.Araignee Joined: 4 January 2006 Posts: 4385 Location: Sharing Pangalactic Gargleblasters with my Physics teacher and co.	Posted: Tuesday 15 July 2008 02 55 51 pm    Post subject: Re: RPG: Law of the Serpent in topic:RPG: Law of the Serpent She obviously was having no look in removing the offending smudge, so Rowena gave up with a sigh of exasperation. She straightened her robes and took a bite of the now cold teacake. As she picked up her tea and turned to leave, Rowena saw that Professor Demont had come in at some point. He was looking over at her, and she smiled a bit sheepishly. "How was your first lesson of the year, Marc?"
DucksRMagical Joined: 28 December 2006 Posts: 2095 Location: Boycotting All Future Warner Brothers Films	Posted: Sunday 6 July 2008 09 18 59 pm    Post subject: Re: The Next Generation in topic:The Next Generation Galena quickly ran down the stairs leading to the Hufflepuff common room. She was immediately reminded of all the times she snuck back down in the dead of night when she was a student. She pushed all her memories aside as she strode down the corridor. No time for reminiscing now. Galena stopped in front of the portrait guarding the Hufflepuff common room. "Amarillo Sunset," she said, and the portrait immediately moved aside. The room was deserted. It was also incredibly neat and tidy, which meant that the House elves had already been there. The fire had long since died out and not a sound could be heard. She imagined all the kids asleep in their beds, unknowing of anything that was going on in the castle. She sighed and pulled out her wand. She pointed it at her own throat and whispered, "Sonorus." Galena walked over to the door leading to the boys' dormitory. She opened it and shouted, "Attention Hufflepuffs! Please come into the common room for a very important House meeting! Everyone must be there! Quickly please!" Once she heard the audible groans and complaints of the students, she opened the door to the girls' dormitories and shouted the same thing. She muttered the counter charm for the Sonorus charm and waited for the students to assemble. A few minutes later, the entire Hufflepuff house was congregated in the common room. Most of them looked annoyed and vaguely curious. A few of the first and second years looked scared. They were all clad in pajamas and looked exhausted. Galena took a deep breath and began. This seemed harder than telling the other teachers, she thought. "I know none of you are happy about being woken up at this hour. But I have to inform you that there is a battle going on right now in this very castle." Galena went on to explain that the headmaster had been killed and that someone was trying to bring back Voldemort. She explained that she was going to ward the common room and dormitories and that anyone who was of age could fight if they wanted to. Every single seventh year and one sixth year who had just turned seventeen immediately ran to their dormitories to put on robes. They appeared minutes later, wands at the ready. Galena assured the younger students that they would be safe, and pushed open the portrait hole. The older students left and Galena followed. She muttered a few charms and wards that would protect the occupants of Hufflepuff. Galena instructed the older students to make their way to the Entrance Hall and wait for her there. First, she had to ward the other common rooms. Off to Slytherin, she sighed. Even as Headmistress, Galena really didn't feel comfortable entering that particular common room.