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salemboy Joined: 20 May 2008 Posts: 1754 Location: NanoWrimo, baby! I'm gonna write until my hands bleed!!!	Posted: Saturday 9 January 2010 05 57 49 am    Post subject: Re: What was the last movie you watched at the cinema? in topic:What was the last movie you watched at the cinema? Just saw Avatar. One of the Best. Movies. Ever. I am definitely going to see it again. And again. And again. Sure, there might parts that are definitely predictable, but I think that made it even grander. I am definitely going to add this to my collection. (Didn't get to see it in 3D, though. Our theater might be cheap, but it still sucks.)
Ms. Elsewhere Joined: 13 January 2008 Posts: 878 Location: In role play game of course!	Posted: Wednesday 4 November 2009 01 07 13 am    Post subject: Re: The Sorting Hat in topic:The Sorting Hat *makes an appearance at the sorting hat thread* "Whyyyyyyyy does everyone always either want to be in Gryffindor or Slytherin? Sounds a bit like me in the beginning until I realised the perfect place for me was in HUFFLEPUFF! Now, who wants to buy my Gryffindor uniform, my 2 Gryffindor scarves, my Gryffindor emblem for my shirt, my Gryffindor socks, my I love Gryffindor Poster, and whatever else Gryfindor I might have so I can go out and buy myself something Hufflepuff!" *moves eyes from the screen to stare at her collection of HP collectables that are far too Gold and red* Grrrrr..............
DucksRMagical Joined: 28 December 2006 Posts: 2495 Location: Going through LeakyCon withdrawal	Posted: Sunday 20 September 2009 09 53 16 am    Post subject: Re: In Moonlight's Shadow in topic:In Moonlight's Shadow Thanks hprocks and Wratha! This is the second to last chapter! Chapter 62: Home The day before the Hogwarts Express left for London was spent packing. Samantha took down all her Quidditch posters, Victoire neatly folded all her clothes and somehow fit them all into her trunk, Monica threw everything haphazardly into her trunk and then snuck off to Hogsmeade with her friends, Teddy scoured the castle for all the stuff he'd lost over the year, and I watched everyone as I packed my own trunk. It was times like these that made me realize how alike Hogwarts and the Australian School of Sorcery were. Though they were thousands of miles apart, the routines were the same. The last day of school was spent the same. As I sat in the common room with Victoire that night, I suddenly realized that I was actually going to miss the place. It was a very shocking realization. I was going to miss the Gryffindor common room, the Room of Requirement, Astronomy classes every Thursday, beating Willinson at Slughorn's potions contests, the rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin. I had adjusted to it and come to enjoy it. Hogwarts was my home now, for a good part of the year, and I was going to miss it. The castle had become my home away from home. “I am going to miss Hogwarts,” I said in awe. “I miss it every summer,” Victoire said, “Hey, do you want to come visit me this summer?” “Yeah, sure,” I grinned, “When?” “Probably in August,” Victoire replied, “I'm going to France to stay with my grandparents for two weeks in July.” “I'll ask my parents,” I said. “And I'll owl you with the exact dates,” Victoire said, “But we've got to owl each other all the time before that.” “Victoire!” Teddy came running into the common room, “Aussie! Might want to get down to the grounds.” “What did you do this time?” Victoire groaned and stood up. Victoire and I followed Teddy and Landon down to the grounds, followed by most of the rest of the people who were in the common room. Everyone was wondering aloud as to what the two boys could have done this time. We heard the fireworks before we saw them. They started going off as we were crossing the Entrance Hall. Everyone broke into a run and we wound up scattered throughout the grounds. The fireworks were the most amazing ones I had ever seen. Big Snitches, broomsticks, and a variety of magical creatures. They all moved and seemed to last forever. They floated and soared around in the sky. They kept going for about a half hour. “Wait for it,” Teddy said, “Not quite over yet.” There was a bang louder than all the rest and I craned my neck to see what it was. As soon as it appeared, there was a lot of shouting and cheering. The final firework featured a huge Gryffindor lion surrounded by red and gold sparks. The lion had a green snake in its mouth. The lion shook the snake around and then the snake burst apart in a flash of green sparks. “That was brilliant, Teddy,” Victoire said. “Courtesy of your uncle,” Teddy grinned, “I set them up a few hours ago and put timers on all of them.” “Back inside, all of you!” Professor Patil shouted as she walked amongst the students, “It's past curfew!” Nobody complained about going back inside. Patil made no move to try and find the culprit of the fireworks, which was good for Teddy and Landon. The whole stunt was just a nice way to celebrate the end of the year. ****** The next morning was a chaotic frenzy of last minute packing and shoveling down brekkie before getting into a thestral pulled carriage. I shared a carriage with Victoire, Teddy, and Landon. “You know, I shared one of these with your sister in the beginning of the year,” I told Victoire, “And one of your cousins, and some other girl.” “Wow, what a coincidence,” Victoire laughed. “They were arguing about whether these were really pulled by thestrals or not. Apparently Teddy told them they were, but they weren't sure they believed him,” I said, “I told them that Teddy was right.” “I'm always right,” Teddy said pompously. “No, you're not,” Victoire sighed, “If you were, you'd have better grades.” We found a compartment to ourselves on the train and were only interrupted a few times by various cousins of Victoire. It still amazed me just how many cousins she had. “What do your grandparents do at Christmas?” I asked her after two more of her cousins left. “My grandma knits us all jumpers,” Victoire said and Teddy burst out laughing. “What's so funny?” I asked. “The jumpers. Everyone wears them on Christmas and we all sort of match. She knits one for me, too. Everyone in the family's got a rather large collection of Weasley jumpers,” Teddy grinned. “That must take forever, knitting all those jumpers,” I said. “She spends the whole year on them,” Victoire said. “Wow,” I said. “So, Victoire,” Teddy began, “Prefects get chosen for your year this summer. I'd bet my whole Gringott's vault that it'll be you.” I hadn't even thought about that yet. I agreed with Teddy, though. Victoire would make a good Prefect. “I don't know, Teddy,” Victoire sighed, “I mean, Samantha would make a good Prefect....” “You'd make a better one,” Landon said, “You'd make a better Prefect than me.” “I won't argue with that,” Victoire laughed. “Wait,” I said, “I just have to ask this. Landon, when I first met you, I thought you were one of those blokes who likes rules because you told me I couldn't sleep in the common room. But you obviously don't care much about rules. Why the bloody hell did you tell me I couldn't sleep in the common room?” “It was my first week as a Prefect,” Landon shrugged, “I thought I had to do that. But if you did it now, I wouldn't do anything about it.” “And next year it'll be Victoire who's telling people they can't sleep in the common room,” Teddy said. “I might not be a Prefect,” Victoire groaned. The remainder of the trip was spent talking about what we thought would happen next year. Teddy and Landon both took pleasure in the fact that Victoire and I would be doing our O.W.L.s and they wouldn't, until Victoire reminded them that their N.E.W.T. Level classes would be incredibly hard. Soon, the train pulled into London and everyone scrambled to get their stuff together. I walked through the corridor of the train with Victoire, Teddy, and Landon, and we made our way to the platform. We saw Monica on our way, and she threw us a dirty look. I just turned away and ignored her. One good thing about the year being over was that I wouldn't have to see Monica for months. “I'll owl you soon,” I said to Victoire on the platform. “Me, too,” Victoire agreed and gave me a hug, “I'll miss you.” “Miss you, too,” I replied. “See you next year, Aussie!” Teddy shouted, “Don't move again!” “I won't,” I laughed. “Bye, everyone!” Landon shouted before going to find his parents. I said goodbye to Victoire and Teddy one more time and then found my dad, who was wearing his work robes. “Amy,” Dad said as he hugged me, “I missed you. Ready to go home?” “Yeah,” I replied, “I missed you, too.” ****** Mum, Matt, and Ellie were in the kitchen when we arrived home a little while later. There was a large platter of spaghetti and meatballs on the table and I was immediately taken back to when I got back home after fourth year. It seemed like such a long time ago, even though it had only been a year and a half. “How did your exams go?” Mum asked once we were all sitting down. “Good,” I replied, “I passed everything.” “Glad to hear it,” Mum smiled, “We're so proud of you. I know this past year has been hard, but you've done so well.” “Thanks,” I said, “I have something to tell you, too.” “What?” Dad asked in between bites of spaghetti. “I'm going to become a Healer,” I said quietly, “You know, once I'm done with Hogwarts.” I had decided not to tell them about my plans on discovering a better version of the Wolfsbane Potion, at least not while Matt was in the room. I didn't want to get his hopes up. Mum and Dad were quiet for a few moments and they shared one of those parental silent communication glances. “When did you realize this?” Dad asked. “Beginning of May,” I replied, “Teddy and Landon had career meetings and there were pamphlets in the common room. I saw the Healer one and it just sort of hit me. Then I talked to Madam Pomfrey and she tried to tell me that I didn't have to make up my mind now, but I have. All the career tests she gave me said I'm suited to be a Healer, and it's what I want to do.” “I agree with the tests,” Dad smiled, “I think Healing would be an excellent field to get into.” “I think you would make a great Healer,” Mum agreed, “What field are you interested in.” I glanced at Matt and then replied, “Erm, creature-induced injuries. And...research.” “Ah,” Dad smiled knowingly, “It will be a good day for those fields when you become certified.” “I wouldn't want to be a Healer,” Matt announced, “I hate hospitals. But I think you'd be a good Healer.” “Thanks,” I smiled. ****** It was strange how you settled back into life at home so easily after life at school. During the last few days of any given year, I would always think about how weird it would be to go back home and be around my family all the time. But when the time came to go back home, it wasn't that strange. That year was not much different. I settled back into my usual routine of brewing potions, reading, and wandering around the bush. Every few days I would go shopping with Mum in Diagon Alley, usually depending on whether she was going to Gringotts or not. I still hated that place. There were noticeable differences, though. For one, nobody was that stressed out. It was almost like we were living that carefree life [i]Aussie Magik]/i] had said we once had in that article. Dad came home happy from work and rarely had to stay late. Mum wasn't tense and she didn't yell at me every ten minutes. Matt wasn't scared all the time. And I didn't spend all my time by myself. My parents and I rarely fought anymore. That was the most noticeable difference. Two weeks after I went home, Mum and I hadn't had more than a small argument over whether my bedroom was clean enough for her liking. That was pretty amazing on our part. Matt and I seemed to spend most of our time together. The only thing I did without him was brew potions. It didn't really bother me, either. As much as I had liked exploring the bush by myself, having Matt there made it fun as well. There was so much that he didn't know about the bush, mostly due to Mum's overprotectiveness, and it was fun to teach him about the plants. “What's Hogwarts like?” Matt asked as we tramped through the bush a few weeks after I returned home. “Do you mean the actual castle? Or the students? Or the classes?” I grinned back at him. “Everything,” he shrugged, “What about Gryffindor Tower?” “The common room is round. The dormitories are, too. Everything's scarlet and gold. It's cozy, but kind of cramped,” I explained, “But, you might not be in Gryffindor.” “I will to!” he shouted as he ran to catch up with me. “Yeah, you probably will,” I stopped to wait for him, “But there's always a chance you won't.” “What else?” Matt asked, “What's the rest of the castle like?” “It's big. So big you'll get lost a lot during your first week. But there's some really cool rooms. Like the kitchens,” I told him as we fell into step beside each other, “Victoire showed them to me. There's more house elves than I've ever seen in my life-” “More than Jacqueline's got?” Matt asked in awe. “Way more,” I replied, “They're happier, though. Kendrick treats them well. Anyway, you can get whatever you want to eat there. The house elves will give you anything.” “Anything?” Matt's eyes opened wide, “An entire chocolate cake?” “Yep,” I grinned. “What else?” Matt pressed. “Well, there's this room...” I paused. I had been toying with the idea of telling Matt about the Room of Requirement ever since I found it. I finally decided just to do it, since it would be useful for him to know about it. “And generations of Hogwarts students, the ones who know about the room that is, probably wouldn't want me to tell you about it since it's pretty much a secret unless you discover it yourself....” “Can't you tell me?” he begged, putting on that face he uses to get my parents to give him whatever he wants. “I am,” I sighed, “But only because I think you'll need it while you're at Hogwarts. And you can't tell anyone about it.” “I won't,” he said quickly, “But what is it?” “It's a room that will give you whatever you want,” I said. Matt stopped dead in his tracks and stared at me. “What?” I laughed. Even for magic, a room that could give you whatever you wanted was kind of remarkable. “It's across from this portrait of a bloke teaching trolls to dance ballet on the seventh floor. Right down the corridor from the Gryffindor common room. Very convenient, really. You pace in front of it three times, thinking about what you need, and a door appears. When you open it, the room is exactly how you imagined it.” “That is brilliant!” Matt grinned, “It'll really give you anything?” “Pretty much. I mean, it won't give you food because of some Transfiguration laws that I forgot what they were called, but it's always been able to give me what I want,” I shrugged. “What did you turn it into?” Matt asked as we began walking again. “My room from Australia,” I replied, “And a few other random rooms.” “It really looked like your room from Australia?” Matt looked skeptical. “Down to the pair of dirty Australian School of Sorcery robes on the floor,” I nodded. “I can't wait to try that out,” Matt said, “But why did you want me to know about it?” “I think it would be a good place for you to go if you're really tired before full moons. If you don't want to go to the hospital wing, that is,” I said quietly, “You can ask the Room not to make itself available to others if you want privacy. If you sleep in your dormitory before full moons, your roommates are going to get suspicious.” “Oh,” Matt said, and we walked silently for a few minutes. “Amy?” he asked. “Yeah?” “Do you think anyone is going to find out?” he said in barely more than a whisper. I sighed and sat down on a nearby rock. Matt sat down next to me. I said nothing as I thought back to when Teddy told me about the Marauders. How they had guessed that his dad was a werewolf and then became illegal animagi. “Do you remember how Kendrick said there was a werewolf who went to Hogwarts decades ago?” I asked. Matt nodded. “And you know my friend, Teddy?” Matt nodded agin. “Well,” I continued, “That werewolf was Teddy's dad.” Matt's mouth fell open. “Really?” I nodded. “Yes, and Teddy told me about him. He had three really good friends,” I left out the part about Peter Pettigrew betraying James and Lily Potter, “They found out that Teddy's dad was a werewolf, but they didn't care.” I also left out the illegal animagus part. “So,” I said, “There's a chance that if you make friends who are that smart, they might find out. But, if you make friends like Teddy's dad's friends, they're not going to tell anyone and they're not going to abandon you.” “But,” Matt said quietly, “But I don't want anyone to find out.” “That's where the Room of Requirement is going to come in,” I told him, “And I'll still be at Hogwarts during your first year. We'll make it work.” Matt nodded, but didn't say anything. I could see that the idea of people possibly finding out about his lycanthropy scared the hell out of him and half of me regretted telling him about Teddy's dad. I thought it would have just reassured him, but it obviously hadn't. Telling him that nobody would find out would have been giving him false hope, though. My parents thought it was going to work, but they didn't know much about life in Gryffindor Tower. Everyone had at least three roommates, more often four or five. Matt was going to have at least 60 full moons at school during his Hogwarts career. That was 60 full moons where he got sick, which would be witnessed by the same four people every month. They were bound to get suspicious and do some research eventually. I would if I were in their position. Unless they were complete dunderheads, but what were the chances that all four would be idiots? Mum and Dad could believe what they wanted, but I had a feeling someone was going to find out eventually. I had no plans of telling my parents about my suspicions, though. It might scare them enough to homeschool Matt and not let him go to Hogwarts at all, which would be horrible. If there was anything my brother needed, it was to go to Hogwarts. He needed to be around people his age and not have Mum hovering over him every minute of the day. It wasn't like it didn't scare me, though. The idea of people finding out about Matt's lycanthropy did worry me. After all, when people had found out in Australia, we had to leave the country. If anyone like Monica found out, it could have really bad repercussions. I glanced at my watch. “We should get back,” I said, “Mum'll start worrying soon.” Matt nodded and we got up. The walk back through the bush was quiet. So quiet that we could hear our feet crunching sticks, the birds flying over head, and the cows mooing once we emerged from the bush. Half of them were lying down, which Uncle Jack said meant it was going to rain. There weren't many clouds in the sky, though. “Look, I didn't mean to scare you with the story about Teddy's dad,” I said as we walked through out backyard. “I know,” Matt said, “I just don't want anyone to find out, whether they're friends or not.” “I never said they would. I just said there was a chance,” I said, “Plus, Teddy's dad didn't have an older sister to protect him. If anyone starts anything with you, whether they know about the lycanthropy or not, I'll knock them out. Muggle style of course, since I'm rubbish at dueling.” “I don't think Mum and Dad would be happy with that, since you'd get detention,” Matt said, but smiled anyway. “There are some things that are worth detention,” I said as I put my arm around him.
Ms. Elsewhere Joined: 13 January 2008 Posts: 878 Location: In role play game of course!	Posted: Monday 10 August 2009 11 48 47 pm    Post subject: Re: RPG: The Six Wizards in topic:RPG: The Six Wizards Ouki grabbed a towel and dried her hair. The black hair dye stained it a bit, but Ouki shrugged. That's what we're paying for, she thought. She walked over to the wall and pulled down a robe, which she wrapped herself in. Her waist length hair draped over her shoulders and down her back. She took the hair dryer from the wall and started blow drying her hair. It didn't take her long; her hair was long but it was fine. She took some hair product she had bought to tame how fine and whispy it was, and made it sleek and straight. Then she took off her robe and started to dress. She pulled a multicoloured dress off the back of the door; it was a spring dress, something from the new season collection. She giggled because it was just so sweet. The colours were bright and cheerful, something she never had the chance to wear. She usually wore jeans and shirts, but tonight, she was going to be girly. She pulled the dress over her head and it fell beautifully over her curves, just like in the shops. She didn't need much make up, so she simply powdered her cheeks and put on some lipgloss - her eyes were pale but she had naturally dark features that outlined them beautifully. She slipped on her shoes and walked out into the hotel room. Damien was playing with his camera. He looked up and stared for a long moment. Ouki felt herself blushing. "Do you like it?" she turned on the spot. Damien brought his camera up and snapped a photo.
Wratha Joined: 3 August 2009 Posts: 70 Location: New Zealand	Posted: Sunday 9 August 2009 12 14 07 am    Post subject: Re: Introductions and FAQ's in topic:Introductions and FAQ's [quote]I update every Sunday, if that helps. Well, every Sunday EST, that is. So I imagine I update on Mondays occasionally for you [/quote] Yay another reason to love Mondays! Ms Elsewhere your HP collection leaves mine for dead, I have all the books (of course) but only half a dozen bits and pieces of other stuff. I really want to decorate a room in a similar fashion to the Gryffindor common room, though doubt I'll be able to get very close wallpaper, though will get a "lady and the unicorn" print instead. I just love the warm feel of the room.
Ms. Elsewhere Joined: 13 January 2008 Posts: 878 Location: In role play game of course!	Posted: Wednesday 5 August 2009 03 27 14 am    Post subject: Re: Introductions and FAQ's in topic:Introductions and FAQ's oh WOW. i would love to see your collection of HP things! Do you know how to send a photo link? I was thinking the same thing, taking a pic of all my stuff and sharing. If I had more money... it would all go on either teacher resources or HP things. I've only just recently set up my HP stuff on my book shelf... but only on one shelf! I could fill a whole book shelf I'm sure. Hmmm... I'm gonna try to send the image. [img]http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa245/Distortiafirst/Harrypottercollection.jpg[/img] hope it works. If so, I'm gonna start posted a whole lot more.. perhaps in another thread though.. hmmm
Q.Araignee Joined: 4 January 2006 Posts: 4983 Location: Daydreaming about my now fiancé *squee*	Posted: Sunday 2 August 2009 09 13 42 am    Post subject: Re: RPG: The Six Wizards in topic:RPG: The Six Wizards It sounded as if Damien and Inu had had more than a little scrap, especially if the police thought it may have been a threat to her own life if she had been the one involved. With a sigh she pushed herself to her feet. “I’ll take care of it, Inu. Just keep yourself out of sight while I’m talking- don’t want the muggles thinking you’re threatening me into anything.” Before she could move any further, however, they heard an explosion outside- the heat and the aftershock rolling through the house knocking her to her knees. There wasn’t any time to think as she was dragged from the room by Inu, a furious look in his eyes. He had grabbed a bag which looked to be filled with a motley collection of clothes and bottles, and pulled her towards her own room. Again, as much stuff as was necessary and within reach was gathered before they moved on- now heading out of the house. Finding her voice, Neko managed to say as she stumbled forward “What the hell is happening Inu, what are we doing?!” There seemed to be no answer forthcoming, so she allowed herself to be pulled along through the house and outside, the pain in her stomach building at the sudden strain- enough to make her feel faint as her fever raged.