Act 3 ~ A 3rd Gen Harry Potter RPG

teddy_moon — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:56:50 GMT

Who: Fenrir and Teddy
Where: Fenrir's hidehout
When: Sunday, January 17th
Rating: TBD

Teddy had the feeling he was going to be in some trouble, and at the end had stayed away longer then he should have. So when he had finally returned he had been caught in the thunder that had started outside, his clothes were slightly soaked as he stepped into the house and he felt relieved as the warmth spread back through his bones. Letting out a small sigh, he took of his jacket and hang it up. He headed for his room first, getting into some dry clothes and drying his hair a little.

"All right then, lets get over with it," Teddy mumbled to himself. Straightening his back he started to search for Fenrir. He would probably be happy to hear about the good news that the transaction had gone as planned, he just hoped that he would ignore the fact that Teddy had been gone much longer then necessary.

curse_scar — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:15:03 GMT

Who: Harry, Hermione and Ron (if he wants to)
Where: Harry's office at the Ministry
When: Backdated 2nd of January
Why: Needing to discuss the werewolf threat

Ever since Harry had gotten the notice of Teddy's death everything had seemed to be rather unimportant for Harry. He hadn't been able to sleep well ever since, let alone eat a lot. The celebration for the new year had been weighed down by Teddy's death, and while Harry had hoped it would be getting easier the pain of loosing Teddy only seemed to be getting worst.

So for Harry the letter was something he actually looked forward to as distraction. It kept him from thinking too much. So this morning he had his coffee, a quick shower and then headed straight for the Ministry. He was dressed completely in black, and his eyes were redrimmed, glaring at everyone who only tried to talk to him on his way to his office, simply not wanting to deal with anyone else right now.

curse_scar — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:35:25 GMT

Who: Harry and whoever of the Potter Family who wants to join
Where: Potter house
When: Late in the evening
Why: Because he can't spend the night hiding in the Ministry

Harry was upset, more than he had been for long time and he hadn't wanted to go home and tell his family the news in that state. He had locked himself up in his office and had felt like taking everything apart, which had resulted and several papers flying over his room which he later then had to sort out again. Neither had helped him to calm down, and at the end he had caved in and had felt the tears running down his cheeks, not managing to hold them back any longer.

Only as he managed to calm down a little again, Harry grabbed his robes and apparated home, hoping that no one else was still awake and that he simply would be able to sneak into bed and try to get some sleep.

curse_scar — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:08:59 GMT

Who: Harry & Whoever wants to join him
Where: Muggle London
When: Tuesday, 29th December during the evening
Why: He needed to get out of the office

Harry couldn't sit at his office anymore, he needed to stretch his legs and some time alone. After telling Ron that they should call it a day and that the man should head home to his family, Harry had gone to change into his muggle clothes and had apparated in a side street of the area where Teddy went to University. With a picture in his pocket, he went from one public place to another, asking people if they had seen Teddy and if yes when the last time it had been.

After some time Harry felt himself growing frustrated when nothing seemed to be going forward, feeling like tearing the hair out of his head. Knowing that he couldn't go home like this, he ended up apparating to his usual pub and went aside, sitting down at the bar and ordering himself a beer. People knew to keep him alone here, especially when he was this moody, and Harry hoped that he would be able to clear his head a little for now.

obedient_dog — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:23:04 GMT

Who: Gabriel and anyone else who wants to join in
What: Preparing for the full moon
When: Late Thursday
Where: Outside the Dark Forest
Progress: In Progress

Just like a month before, Gabriel sat down and starred at his hands in disbelief. The change was coming soon. A full moon was about to happen. He knew what he had to do, but he was having the hardest time doing it. Instead, he sat in his room and tried to mentally prepare himself. He was having a very hard time building up the strength to go into the woods. But he knew it had to be done.

Taking a deep breath, he stood and picked up his wand. With a swish, he vanished into thin air and reappeared on the outskirts of the Dark Forest. He stopped and listened as the forest crackled, growled, and howled. He knew the darkness that lay inside the forest. He wasn't afraid, but he knew what had to be done.

Gabriel looked up at the sun on the horizon, the beautiful gold and red blazing across the sky. He looked up in the opposite direction to find the moon peeking out. He cracked his neck and sat down in the field outside the forest. He watched and waited. It would soon be time.

teddy_moon — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:47:24 GMT

Who: Teddy & Renata
Where: The wolves den
Why: Teddy needs some attention
When: 25th of December

It had been some days now since Teddy had been at the new pack's place, but still he couldn't help but feel slightly out of place. He was missing things that were making him feel completely at home, like that in his room that there were no pictures or anything that would help him regain his memory, and the more time passed by the less did he have the hope that he would ever get his memory back. So instead he tried his hardest to get used to the new situation and get accustomed to it.

Only slowly he managed to befriend the other werewolves, but even now as the morning of the 25th arrived he couldn't get himself to go downstairs and join everyone. So he had waited until he was sure everything had gotten more quiet, he slowly dared out of the room and headed downstairs into the kitchen to get himself something small for a late breakfast.

curse_scar — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:21:23 GMT

Who: Harry & Ginny
When: 23rd of December [backdated]
Where: Potter's home
Why: Passing on the good news

After talking to James, Harry headed back downstairs into the kitchen, stretching his arms over his head and then heading over to kettle to fill it up with some water and make himself a hot tea. While the water was boiling he looked out of the window for a moment, smiling as he saw the snow falling outside. It wasn't every year that it was snowing during Christmas, and it made everything even more special in some kind of way.

Letting out a soft sigh, he put the tea bag into a mug and then filled it with the boiling water. Noticing that he had left the plate of cookies in James's room he headed over to the shelf to search for some more, to make himself a new plate.

curse_scar — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:08:16 GMT

Who: James and Harry
Where: Potter household
When: Wednesday in the late afternoon
Why: He just wants to hug his kid silly XD

After what Harry had heard from Ginny and what he guessed that his son then had to go through a talk with his uncle, Harry couldn't help but feel a little worried for his son. So after giving James some time for himself, Harry arranged a small plate filled with cookies that had been baked freshly the day before and headed up to his son's room. He was sure that his son was going to be too happy to see him right now, but he had to check on him.

"James..." he asked softly as he knocked on the door. "Can I come in? I've got something to eat to," he added, waiting for James to let him in, and not just wanting to storm in.

obedient_dog — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:26:51 GMT

Who: Gabriel, Adam, and Noah
What: Bringing the heads of the traitors back to Noah
When: Wednesday
Where: Noah's club
Rating: PG-13
Status: Incomplete

Gabriel and Adam walked briskly into Noah's office with the biggest smiles on their faces. Without saying a word to Noah sitting behind his desk, Adam put a newspaper down on the desk and Gabriel plopped a sack soaked in red blood on the newspapers. He looked down at him, "Courtesy of loyal wolves." He said smiling.

Pulling down the sack, he exposed the faces of the two traitors they had been sent to kill. A look of horror and death looking back at Noah, they were pale white, their eyes rolled back in their skulls. Gabriel took a step back and crossed his arms, "So, not bad for an old wolf huh?"

cantchaserkatie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:56:11 GMT

Who: Katie and Seamus
What: Trying to explain to the other one how they feel
When: Thursday Night (Dec 17th)
Where: Mungo's
Status: Incomplete (started in AIM)

Katie was laying in the one bed in Mungo's though really she didn't understand why she had to still be here. Her leg was fine and she just wanted to go home. She was worried about Seamus and only hoped he was okay, her mind worried about Hugo for Ron's sake as well. She sighed and yelled for a nurse, though no one seem to be around.

As Seamus walked into the ward he heard Katie call out. At least she was awake, that's always a good thing, he thought as he walked down the ward to where she was lying in a bed. His nose was still slightly swollen, but the pain (that had instantly hit him the moment the adrenalin of the fight wore off) had subsided. When he reached the end of her bed he gave her a big grin, "So what's wrong with you then? Because you look perfectly fine to me," he teased, although performing a quick check that she had all her fingers, toes and limbs.

"I am fine, just a broken leg. Which is fixed now." She sighed and smiled seeing him standing there. "You're nose looks terrible thought sweetie." She didn't like seeing him in pain and really that's what it looked like.

"Gee thanks, babe," he grinned and walked around to give her a kiss.

"It's the truth, I am just being honest." she smiled and kissed him back. "How are you though?" She asked wanting to make sure he was really okay.

"Ah, you know me, I'm a big strong man. I'm fine," he said as he sat down on the chair beside her bed. "How are you, really? And how was the rest of your group?"

"I am doing good, really. Oliver gotten attack after protecting Percy. It was crazy, we were attack so quickly." She looked at Seamus, "I was so worried about you." She sighed shaking her head.

Seamus was concerned to hear that one of them were attacked. But was glad it wasn't Katie. "You needn't have worried. I'm a big grown up. And apart from being a terrible cook, I am pretty good at looking after myself." He was still reluctant to admit that he had been worried about her, but his face let him down and showed what he was unable to say.

Katie smiled and shook her head, "I know all that, but I still worry, you mean a lot to me now Seamus and I don't want to lose you." She admit and wanted to tell him more, but didn't know how to say it. "What's wrong?" She seen that he was worried about her.

"Nothing, I'm just glad you're alright now," he smiled and lent forward to kiss her again.

When he kissed her and she looked into his eyes, "Seamus, I was scared I was going to lose you. I want to tell you something.." She sighed and felt herself getting ready to cry.

teddy_moon — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:56:40 GMT

Who: Fenrir and Teddy
Where: Fenrir's den
Why: Teddy couldn't sit at home and wait anymore
When: Thursday early afternoon
Rating: PG

Teddy didn't know if this was still a good idea, and he wondered for a moment if he should go and talk to Harry and tell him everything. However Teddy also knew that if he did that now he would get Hugo into more trouble, and he didn't want to risk that. If this went well then Ron and Hermione would have Hugo back with them, and it would have been worth of what Teddy was going to do. So after making sure that his flat was locked properly, he stepped outside and walked down into a small alley before disapparating to the address he had been given.

He frowned for a moment as he found himself standing in front of an old farm house, but guessed he couldn't be that wrong as two people quickly approached him and were smelling rather of werewolves. Standing up tall and ignoring all the nervous thoughts he had been harboring the last few hours, he told them why he was here and that Fenrir had asked him to come. It didn't take long before he was lead closer to the farm house, his hand resting for a moment on his wand in his pocket, before relaxing a little. If he'd react in the right moment, he could always disappear as soon as Hugo was save, he'd just have to continue telling himself that.

Still it felt weird for Teddy as he entered the house, not being used to smelling and seeing so many werewolves at the same, and he couldn't help but feel a little intimidated. He was stopped in front of a door, and one of the wolves knocked, waiting silently for being allowed to enter.

obedient_dog — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:47:45 GMT

Who: Gabriel, Adam, and maybe Noah if he wants to jump in
What: Hunting the traitors down
When: Tuesday morning
Where: Noah's club
Rating: R (violent)
Status: Incomplete

Gabriel woke early before sunrise and pounded on Adam's door until he came to it, looking at him with a tired look, but he was already dressed and set to go. Gabriel grinned and nodded. They moved into his apartment and sat down for a moment. Gabriel explained their mission, that they would be looking for Alex and Scott. He had the intelligence that they would be traveling together and in the wizarding world. He knew the approximate location, but he knew it would take them in an area that was well known for being thick with werewolves. He wasn't too pleased about that.

He pulled out his pistol with the silver bullets, checked the ammo, then cracked his neck. "You ready kid?"

Adam nodded and they soon apparated into the middle of no where. As they disapperated, they looked around in an area dense with trees. A low fog hung over the ground, making tracking near to impossible, but the scent was alive and strong.

Gabriel took in the scent with a deep long breath and growled, exposing his fangs. He turned to find Adam doing the same, looking a little confused, but then grinning and looking up at Gabriel, "I...I can smell them...it's strong!......I like it!!" He said a flare in his eyes coming forth. "I want to hunt them!"

Gabriel chuckled, "Good boy. Lead the way."

Adam was thrilled that had been given the chance to lead the hunt and started off in a dead sprint, sniffing the air. He darted through trees, over bushes, and rocks until he stopped on top of a rock and slowly crouched down to his haunches. He sniffed the air and looked down into a deep gully. There was a small camp fire with three large werewolves. They were tearing apart the kill of a fresh deer and laughing about something. They were distracted and in the middle of feeding, not aware that they had been discovered.

Gabriel put a hand on Adam's shoulder, "Good boy! Now, you go down and to the left behind them. I'll go down to the right. I'll take the two largest, you take the smaller one. Be careful, that's Alex, he's a good fighter."

"It doesn't matter...I want to taste his blood." Adam said snarling slightly.

Gabriel grinned, "Good. Go now, be silent and wait for my signal."

"What will your signal be?" Adam asked looking up at him.

"Oh you'll know." Gabriel said pulling out his pistol. A .357 mag had a huge kick, but it was powerful and accurate as hell. He was hoping he would have gotten to use the damned thing soon and he was happy that he would be getting to use it in a moment.

Silently running down the side, he sat behind a pile of rocks and aimed, breathing deeply and holding his breath. He squeezed the trigger and let the .357 ring out a shot. It sailed into the first wolf and dropped him immediately. Headshot.

The other big one, Scott, jumped up and began to run at Gabriel in a dead sprint, quicker than he had anticipated. Gabriel put a bullet in his hip and shoulder, dropping him immediately and laughing as he howled out in pain. "Don't go anywhere now." He said grinning and standing up to see Adam jumping on Alex. His fangs had come out and bitten deep into his throat, tearing it free. Blood flew in all directions and covered Adam as he began to tear into his chest.

Alex desperately tried to push him off, but it was too late. He was starting to lose consciousness as Gabriel looked down at him. "Too bad old boy. Killed by a pup. What a shame." He said smiling. Gabriel aimed his pistol at Alex's head and squeezed the trigger, a shot rang out and his skull split in half.

Gabriel looked down at Adam and laughed out loud, "Now THAT'S what it means to be a wolf!" He said slapping his shoulder.

Adam looked up at him, his eyes red and in the middle of a blood lust, "I want more..." He said blood covering his body.

"Good. Cause we have one left. But we need to question him first." Gabriel said.

They moved back to Scott, who was trying desperately to crawl away. Gabriel stepped on the wound in his hip and he let out a cry of pain. "GOD DAMN IT GET OFF ME!!!"

"Adam hold him down!" Gabriel said and Adam quickly pulled his arms down to the ground. Gabriel kneeled on his gut and pulled out the truth serum. "You will take this and you will tell me who else is involved in the your treachery." Gabriel said.

Scott spit at Gabriel but Gabriel only smiled. Forcing his head down, he pried open his mouth and empty the vile into his mouth. "What is your name?" He asked.

"Scott...Germaine." He said gritting his teeth. Good it was working.

"What was your mission?" Gabriel continued.

"To avenge the death of my former alpha." Scott continued.

"Who was leading this treachery?" Gabriel asked grabbing his throat.

"I don't know..." Scott said still gritting his teeth.

"BULLSHIT!! WHO!?!" Gabriel slapped Scott across the face and looked down at him.

"I never saw his face! He always wore a mask! But it looked skull! He was a wolf! That's all I know!" Scott said cringing in pain.

"How many?" Gabriel asked now growling.

"Five. But I don't know them either. They were all wolves." Scott said.

Gabriel growled even deeper and bared his teeth. Five? What the fuck was going on? He looked up at Adam and nodded getting off the almost dead wolf. He turned to think as he heard Adam bite into Scott, taking out a large chunk of his throat. He put the gun back in it's holster and scratched his chin. Turning he looked down at Adam who was now looking up at Gabriel, "Take the heads." He said, "We need to talk to Noah. This problem just got much worse than I expected..."

teddy_moon — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:55:00 GMT

Greyback,

I presume you have been holding one of my family members. I am asking for permission to come your den and ask for a means of exchange.

I'll be waiting for a reply.

Theodore Lupin

obedient_dog — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:30:45 GMT

Who: Gabriel, Adam, Noah and half the pack
What: The traitor in the pack pays up
When: Monday night
Where: Noah's club
Rating: R
Status: Incomplete

Gabriel walked into the club, his pistol that Noah gave him under his jacket, and went into the back. Adam followed Gabriel, as was becoming a regular thing recently. He needed to see this. There was Gregor, sitting on a crate and smoking a cigarette. He was joking with a couple of the other members of the club about some joke he had told. When he walked in, the smiles slowly faded from their faces. They all knew Gabriel to be a hard ass.

Gabriel pointed to Gregor, "Come with me."

Gregor looked up at Gabriel and smiled as he put out his cigarette, "No problem boss. What's up?"

"Just follow me." They walked through the crowd to Noah's office. There were two very large guards in front of the door that stepped apart to let them inside. When they went in, Noah was behind his desk with two other large men standing on either side of him. There was a chair infront of the desk that looked...replaceable, but not too replaceable to be obvious.

Gregor stepped in, obviously sweating now, and put his hands in his pockets, "What's up boss?" He asked Noah and Gabriel shut the door behind him and stood in front of it, waiting for Noah to speak.

obedient_dog — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:10:00 GMT

Who: Gabriel and Adam
What: Gabriel explains the wizarding world to Adam
When: Monday afternoon
Where: London, Diagon Alley, and eventually Hogsmeade
Status: Incomplete (anyone want to join in?!)

Gabriel walked through the streets of London, disgusted at the smells of all the muggles walking about. Here and there, he would catch the scent of wizard or witch, knowing they were about, but he could never tell who was who. He didn't really care that much either. He was just trying to clear his head.

Behind him, about fives steps, was Adam, the new recruit in the pack. He was following behind Gabriel, his head down and following obediently. Adam was a good kid, strong willed, smart, and loyal. He was taking the change very well. It would be another couple weeks until the next full moon and he knew Adam would probably struggle with it again.

Adam was having a hard time coming to terms with being a wolf. The change was never pleasant, but it was necessary. He was starting to become a valued member of the pack though. Already he had realized his strength as Gabriel bouted with him the day before. He had lifted Gabriel up over his head and tossed him a good fifteen feet. Gabriel was impressed, but what the boy didn't realize is that he had let him do that to bolster his resolve for being a wolf. No matter.

They made their way through the streets until they came to a stone wall that was indented in an alleyway. It was hidden enough that people wouldn't see what was about to happen as Gabriel pulled out his wand and tapped on a couple different bricks. They shifted and moved into a doorway as they opened up into Diagon Alley. Adam sat their, open mouthed and awe struck at what had just happened and Gabriel chuckled, "Come on kid. I need a drink and you need to see this world for yourself."

They walked for a long time, Gabriel explaining different things about the world of magic that was so cleverly hidden from the wold of the muggles. They had been walking for a long time and eventually they found their way to Hogsmeade when Adam finally piped up, "What is a muggle anyways?" Adam asked confused at the term.

"Well technically you are." Gabriel said pushing open the door to The Hog's Head. They moved to the bar, ordered a few drinks, and sat down at a table. "A muggle is a person who can't use magic. But since you're a werewolf, that makes you...well that makes you different."

"But you're a wizard?" Adam asked drinking his ale.

"Yes. I can do just as much magic as any wizard or witch you see here. Maybe even more, if you pick a specific subject." Gabriel leaned back and watched the crowd infront of him. The smell of wizards and witches was almost worse than muggles...almost.

"So...are we not liked in the wizarding world?" Adam asked looking down at his ale.

Gabriel sighed, "Not really. We aren't trusted anyways. There are a few that are 'accepted', but otherwise if I were to call out that I was a wolf here and now, we'd probably get kicked out. So don't go around promoting that you have a tail kid." Gabriel said leaning his head against the wall behind them.

teddy_moon — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:28:31 GMT

Who: Teddy and Renata
Where: Teddy's place I guess
When: Sunday afternoon
Why: Teddy's upset
Rating: PG

After a while Teddy couldn't hold it out any longer in his flat, got dressed and stepped outside. The fresh air didn't help either however, and there was nowhere where he felt like going to get himself drunk. It had no use, it wouldn't bring Hugo back, he would have to keep his calm and hope that next week he would manage to find some of the wolves who he knew that settled around London to see if they knew anything. After walking for about a hour, and feeling finally frozen through he started to head back towards his flat.

It had started to snow, and by the time he was standing outside in front of the house where his flat was a thin layer of snow was covering his hair. "Should have brought my gloves," he muttered as he fiddled with the keys, cursing as he let them fall and crouching down to pick them up. Right now all he wanted was to get inside as fast as possible and warm himself up again, and hope that a cold wouldn't be the result of being out in the weather like this.

blondie_claw — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:47:46 GMT

Who: Crystal and Maddi
What:Crystal and Maddi run into each other
Where: Ravenclaw Common Room
When: Sunday late morning
Rating: PG-13
Status: In progress

Crystal was laying in her bed Sunday morning thinking about the other day with Marcus, god was he hot and very temping, but she wished she didn't hurt Maddi even more. She wanted to forget about hurting Maddi and work on a friendship, but Marcus was always around when ever she was trying to feel better. She sat up in her bed and looked over at the empty dorm, so she got dressed in a cute pair of jeans with a cuter top and headed downstairs. She walked down the steps and then walked over to sit down in her favorite chair, which was luckily opened. She cuddled up and had a book she wanted to read.

obedient_dog — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:20:32 GMT

Who: Gabriel and Noah
What: Gabriel's talk with Noah
When: Sunday Evening
Where: Noah's office
Status: Incomplete

It had been a day or two since Renata had showed up at the club and he got a vib from Noah that it hadn't pleased Noah. This upset Gabriel of course and he made his way up to the office to talk to him. He also wanted to talk to him about local events in the wizarding world. He had heard of the capturing of a young wizard and was wondering if they had had anything to do with it. He doubted it, but he had to be sure. It sounded like it was done by a wolf and if it had been, it would mean hell to pay for ALL wolves, no matter the pack that was to blame.

He walked passed the guard on duty and passed Adam, the new pack mate. After talking to him for a bit about things, he sent him on his way and knocked on Noah's door. He opened it slightly and put one foot inside, "Noah, you got a minute?"

rose_k_weasley — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:35:55 GMT

(Written and sent in the middle of the night from the Hospital Wing, with Al's help)

I know you all know what happened and I know that none of you will be happy doing nothing like my Dad said. I'm getting out of this hospital wing today and then I'm going to do everything I can to find my brother. I know you all love him too and I could use all the help I can get, so I'm calling a Weasley/Potter meeting, today at 11am in the Astronomy Tower. Bring a scarf 'cause it's freezing up there. Hugo's my brother and your cousin and he's a Weasley and we're not going to sit around waiting for the grown ups to figure something out. We've got to do something!

See you all there,
Rose.

curse_scar — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:12:01 GMT

Who: Harry & Ron
Where: At Hogwarts
When: During the early morning before the Order meeting
Rating: PG
Status: Incomplete

Harry had hardly slept during the night, his mind always going over and over again on how Fenrir could have breached the wards. When he had finally gotten some sleep, images of the war filtrated his dreams making him wake up covered in sweat and worried that maybe something had happened to one of his own children. When the sun started to shine into his room he gave up on getting any kind of sleep, and went to take a hot shower. Once he had managed to make himself somewhat presentable again, he left the room, walking through the quiet halls, smiling weakly as he remembered his first days here.

Shaking his head, Harry started to head for the hospital wing. He wanted to check on Ron and Hermione and make sure that they were alright. They didn't deserve to be hurt like this, and he was going to try everything possible to help them get Hugo back again.

As quietly as possible he entered the ward, not wanting to wake anyone in case someone was sleeping.

chaserhufflucy — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:43:01 GMT

Who: Lucy Weasley and Brandon Selwyn
What: Trying to understand each other
Where: Dungeon and then the Room of Requirements
When: Backdated to Saturday Evening after she talks with James
Status:Complete

Lucy was upset after talking to James, she didn't want to head back to the Hufflepuff common room yet, she just wanted to run away. She was getting more confused about how she felt, crushing on Chris and wanting to know if she was crushing on Madi or if it was a phase. Adding Brandon on top of it all and then finding to ask Adin about that terrible day for him about what happened, there was so much going on in her head, she knew it was only time her father came to see her about the Mavens or even the fight with Molly. She never fought with her sister, but she was so lost lately, now losing Hugo to some monster, she didn't realize where she was until she wiped away some tears and seeing that she was down in the dungeons.

Brandon was whistling a tune to himself as he rounded a corner. It had been a good day so far and he had high hopes for the rest of it. The song he was writing was almost finished and he was more than a little proud of it. He had sent a draft to his sister and she had loved it too. He almost didn’t see Lucy at first but a wide grin caught him when she did fall into his gaze. Like flicking a switch he went into sensitive pussy mode. "Lucy, I'm so glad to see you!"

Lucy looked up and seen Brandon a head of her, something inside was thrilled to see Brandon, though she was still so unsure why. She walked up to him and pushed away the rest of her tears, "Is everything okay?" She asked trying so hard to get herself together which was sadly failing at this moment. She took a deep breath and then released it.

Brandon's smile slipped with dramatic flair. "Never mind what is going on with me what is wrong with you? You have been crying? What happened to you? Did someone hurt you?"

Brandon's face was a mask of feigned anger. "Is there anything I can do?"

Pushing away her tears, "No, I'm fine. It's just I'm upset about m little cousin Hugo. I'm fine really. No one has hurt me." She smiled and looked up into his eyes. "Well, between fighting without my sister and worried about if my father heard about the latest Mavens. I'm fine. I want to know if you're okay." She tried to smile for him.

"Yeah I heard about the rumors, I was horrified to hear it. Is there anything I can do at all?" Brandon had read the last Maven's post too. He fancied his chances with Lucy after reading it. With a kind look he opened out his arms in a friendly way. " I have a hug right here if it helps, it's free for this one time only special offer." Merlin, he felt sick talking like that.

Without thinking, she wrapped her arms around him, "I wish it was me that was taken. Hugo is so small and helpless." She rest her head on his chest, she couldn't help herself open to him no matter what other thoughts in her head were telling her. "I just want everything to be simple again. I hate feeling like I'm losing myself." She closed her eyes.

"Things are never simple, the only thing that you can do is find someone to help you shoulder the burden, and on that count I should point out that I have wide shoulders should you need them. I'm sure your brother will be fine, the ministry will handle it well. If you feel like you are losing it all just hold on to me to keep yourself in place"
He squeezed her tight and kissed her on her forehead.

She felt a little better since running into Brandon, "Thank you, though Hugo is just my little cousin, but I feel like he is my brother." She smiled and looked up at him after he kissed her forehead. "Now, tell me what is wrong." She smiled sweetly.

How the hell were you supposed to tell with these Weasleys, there was way to many of them. "Well compared to your problems they don't amount to nothing. It's my dad, he wrote me a letter to say that he has arranged for me to go meet the daughter of some friend of his. In short that means he is thinking about arranging a marriage, he did it for my eldest sister too. He is very archaic in his beliefs."

Brandon squeezed her a little closer, " I know how his mind works, he says its just a date but he will pressure me all the time. I hate feeling I’m having my life lived for me."

Lucy couldn't imagine her father doing anything like that to her, she felt so bad for him, pushing her feeling aside she wrapped her arms around him tighter, "That's not fair that your father would do that to his own children. I mean you should be able to love and marry who ever you want. Not be pushed into it." She glanced up looking into his eyes, how could she hate him, even though part of her because of Adin told her to. She bit her lip and sighed, "I wish there was something I could do for you."

Brandon thought he was doing well with this sensitive shit. He needed to use it now and then but it made him feel like a damn pussy. "He is all about the purity of blood and that non-sense. I will fight him on this but it is going to be tough." Smiling at her he brushed away a few strands of her hair, in the moments silence he leaned in to kiss her.. with a grimace he stopped short.

" I'm sorry, I had no right to assume, it’s just you are so beautiful I got caught up."

Feeling his lips on hers, she couldn't remember why she was upset, god was this even more confusing. "No, it's fine. I thought is was very sweet." She smiled and pulled away for a moment looking into his eyes, "Brandon, can I ask you something? Well, more talk to you about something." She bit her bottom lip looking up at him.

"Yeah sure go ahead", she hadn't gotten angry at him. This was actually going to be easy. Smoothing his features he took her hands in his. " Ask your questions"

"I talked to Adin, I didn't like what he told me. He told me about that night that you and Marcus beat him up before, but I told him I wanted to know anything he didn't tell me." She paused trying to get her thoughts together. "He told you that you did most of the beating, now I need to know your side of this. Adi is my best friend and I don't see why he would lie to me."

Fuck you Adin you homosexual piece of shit, keep your mouth shut or I will shut it for good. That was what he was thinking, he said something different. " Okay that is fair, but can we not talk about this here? Can we go to the room of requirement? We can actually sit in privacy and talk properly."

Lucy nodded her and walked with Brandon, "I am so sorry. I don't want you mad at me." She said as she walked with him and then finding the spot that the room was at. "Before I go in with you, you aren't going to do anything to hurt me, right?" She asked looking at Brandon.

Brandon took a few steps away from her. " I can't believe you would ask me that. Seriously I am not a fucking monster." Cursing loudly he kicked over a nearby chair. " Do you think I would hit any girl? Do you think I would do anything to you? The fact that you would ask me that makes me think you see me the same way everyone else does."
Turning his face away from here he brought his hands up to cover his eyes. Inside he was snickering but he looked like he was crying. Let her stew in some guilt for a while.

Lucy stepped back and looked at him, she took a deep breath trying to figure out something to say, she closed her eyes and looked at Brandon. Walking towards him and took his hands, "I don't think that of you. I am just confused because of what Adin told me about you." She looked into his eyes. "I am so sorry Brandon, I don't know what to believe. You are so sweet to me and then again look at the way to treat Adin." She bit her lip, I want to trust you so badly, let's go inside." She opened the door to the room of requirements pulling him with all her might to sit down with her. She turned to look at him and she had a nervous face, "Please tell me everything that happened."

Brandon pretended to put up a struggle as he allowed himself to be lead into the room. Once he was sitting he wiped an invisible tear from his eye. " There is nothing I could say to make the horrible things I did to Adin ok. There were a lot of factors but my own horrible anger is the worst thing."
A short searching through his pockets produced a box of cigarettes, he lit one and drew deep on it.
" You need to know that I have had an angry upbringing, my dad beats the living shit out of me every time I step out of line. My mum drinks all fucking day too. My Sisters are the only real family I have. I have had to become tough and very fast."

This was such horseshit but it came in a natural register.
" I fell in with the rough crowd when I got in the school, I became the bully to fit in. I hide the fact that all I want to do is play piano and write music. Marcus and I used to be friends but when I grew out of the bully boy shit he didn't and he wouldn't let me off either. He twisted and pushed me to become the person I don't want to be."

He managed to squeeze out a single fake tear. " So I cruise along, slowly allowing the real me to vanish. The day me and Adin had the run in was a bad one. I found out that morning that my Dad had taken to hitting my sister, she wrote me a letter asking for my help. There is nothing I can do, all that would happen is he would beat me up to. I was carrying that rage with me when Adin ran into us."

This story was perfect.. he tapped some ash onto the floor.

"I don't know what Adin told you but he knocked into me.. it may have been a accident but I got angry. He gave me some serious attitude back so the fight kicked off. It would have ended sooner but he started yelling at me, and throwing swings at me. It was all too much... I just saw my dad, drunk and beating me up no matter what I did. So I attacked him with years of built up rage. Its only sad Adin paid the price."

Lucy sat there listening to his story, she never would have known this about him and she would make sure she did not miss anything about it, she would nod her head at the right moments and then she gasped as he talked about his father being violent with him, she covered her mouth and was sad for him. She had a prefect life, a mom that loved her and a father that was there, but not so much when she was younger. She had a loving family behind her and listening to him, how could anyone really hate him if they knew what she knew now. She touched his cheek and then took his hand in hers, "I am so sorry, if anyone else knew this Brandon, they wouldn't treat you like they do. You are truly a good guy and everything you told me, I wish I could help you. You deserve a father that loves you and won't beat you up for the stupidest thing." She meant this, she felt so bad for him. She finally took a deep breath and wrapped her arms around him, "Sorry." She said as she gave him a small squeeze.

If Brandon had much of a conscience he might have felt bad about spinning this story, but he didn't so he didn't. His shoulders trembled like he was on the verge of tears and he pulled Lucy closer and buried his face in her hair.
"Please don't tell anyone about this, I don’t tell anyone"

She felt him hold her, she couldn't believe she hated him once, though something deep down told her not to trust him now. She couldn't think of any reason not to trust him though. She whispered softly and sweetly, "I wouldn't tell a soul about this Brandon." She pulled back a little, running her right hand over his cheek and then giving him a sweet smile.

Brandon took her hand and kissed it, his ability to fake crying was a surprise to him but he was sure that it would come in handy. Some of his crocodile tears ran onto her hand.
"You have no idea what it is like to have told someone, to not carry it by myself anymore. It was getting to be a burden I couldn't carry anymore."

Lucy smiled sweetly as he kissed her hand, she nodded her head, "I hate to think how long you have had to carry this burden." She looked into his eyes, she touched his cheek again, "I'm here for you Brandon, I promise. Anything you need. Though I just wish I wasn't so confused about things." She told him before saying anything else.

Brandon kissed her hand again and closed his eyes as she touched his face. " What are you confused about?"

"I fought with Molly the other and now thinking about it, I don't even know why. I have a crush on Chris and I might have a crush on Madi, but maybe it's only because I feel so alone and invisible. Trying to figure things out before I go on holiday with my dad." she paused. "Oh and my dad, god I am waiting to hear from him. I know he is going to go off the deep end." She shook her head and seat back on the couch.

"Well let me see if I can help you out there, if you are crushing on people to feel noticed then you need not waste your time. I notice you, I see you.. I like you a lot. If you are looking for someone I am standing right here. As for your dad? Well at the end of the day your dad loves you and chances are he wont beat you with a belt so it could be worse."
He offered a small mirthless chuckle at that.

Lucy bit her bottom lip and then smiled as he chuckled, she took a deep breath, "Oh I want to believe you, I'm just so confused." She looked down at her feet and then hand her hand though her hair, "Parts of me want to believe every word that you are telling me. That you do care about me." She paused, "Then there is another part that is telling me to run the other way." She glance over at him.

"Then believe this." With one finger he tilted her face up and kissed her with a passion. It was soft and tender but with a firmness that seemed to radiate intent. While he kissed her his fingers locked with hers.

Oh god Luce what did you get yourself into, she thought as he kissed with such passion. Her mind running through a shit load of different things, then letting herself enjoy his touch. She felt him lock his fingers with her, then something inside told her to trust him, to believe, though another part of her told her not to. She broke the kiss and looked at Brandon, "God.." She shook her head jumping off the couch, then looking at him.

Brandon slumped back into the sofa.. " Still cant trust me? I cant say I blame you.. Maybe one day you might."

"I can't do this Brandon, to go behind Adi back and be snuggling with you." She started to pace as she would glance at him time to time. "It wouldn't be fair to him, he would tell me that you are using me." She looked at him as she said this.

"Would he now? Well the only important question there is do you think I am using you?"

"I don't know what to think," she stopped walking and looked at him sitting there. "A part of me wants to believe you and then there is that part that thinks you are using me." She covered her face.

Brandon got to his feet, there was no point in over playing his hand here. " Well in that case there is nothing I can say or do to change your mind." He shrugged as if that notion hurt his feelings and upset him. With a sigh he went over to the piano that had manifested in the corner of the room and sat down. Without looking at her he began to play. It was a soft sad tune but it was played with an experts hand. " If you want to go then I wont stop you."

Lucy walked over to Brandon and sat down next to him, "I don't want to leave." She listen to him play and didn't want to leave him, she felt so much better when she was around him. She closed her eyes as he played, feeling the mood of the music, "Why so sad?" She asked opening her eyes to look at him.

For a while he didn't answer her and just continued playing, he was fantastic at the piano and in a way he was glad he didn't have to hide it anymore. " I am sad because that I have a reputation I am not going shift any time soon. What is the point of even trying to better myself? If people just think I am a certain person is there any point in not being that guy?"

He changed the song to a different tune and started humming along to it, throwing in the odd word.

Lucy listen to him and shook her head, "Well, you know what.." She looked at him and took a breath. "I'm a reason to change. I know you can be a better person, forget all those other people. I know you can be a better person." She touched the top of his hand.

He smiled slightly at her words but kept playing even with her hand over his. " It makes me so happy to hear that, I want to be a better person and you make me want to be a better person. I just don’t know what to do about the fact that you don't trust me. If there was something I could do you should tell me."

Right time to go nuclear. Brandon had learned a wealth of muggle songs over the years.. most were pretty good. His voice came out clear and pitch perfect, 8 years of voice training would do that.
"What have I got to do to make you love me
What have I got to do to make you care
What do I do when lightning strikes me
And I wake to find that you're not there
What do I do to make you want me
What have I got to do to be heard
What do I say when it's all over
And sorry seems to be the hardest word
It's sad, so sad
It's a sad, sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad, so sad
Why can't we talk it over
Oh it seems to me
That sorry seems to be the hardest word"

Luce made that aw face, god was he amazing when she was alone with him. She took a deep breath and slowly removed her hand from on top of his and she sighed, "Give me time to work through everything. Can you give me that?" She smiled watching him play and then hearing his voice. God, was he amazing in every way.

He considered her words before answering.. " Sure I can give you all the time you need. However can I ask you for something too?"

She took a deep breath before answering, then letting the breath out slowly, "Sure, it would only be fair." She smiled sweetly.

"Don't worry it's nothing big. Just from now on when you see me in the halls or with the Slytherins and I am acting like a dick and basically being guilty by association, please know that I am trying and that it's not me. If you could just give me the occasional smile to keep my morale up. You have no idea how inspiring your smile is to me.

Lucy turned away from him and smiled, "Oh please, my smile isn't that wonderful." She glanced at him before facing him again fully.

When she faced him again he traced the shape of her smile with his finger. " If only you knew the beauty contained in your smile, felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. That means happy is he who can discover the causes of things... to earn one of your smiles will be the cause for my change."

Oh god, she thought as he touch her lips, she bit the right side of her bottom lip. "That was so beautiful." She looked into his eyes, she took a deep breath, "I promise you then I will give you a smile when I see you past me in the halls." She touched his hand.

"Then I will always will have something to look forward to" replied Brandon. In a fluid motion he turned his hand and took her hand in his.. " You are so beautiful.."
He gazed at her like she was the source of all goodness in the world. Slowly he brought his face closer to hers. He wasn’t going to kiss her again unless she started it.

She thought to herself, get a hold of yourself Luce. She looked into his eyes as he moved close to her again, giving him a smile, "Thank you. You are very handsome." She admit because it was the truth. She thought he was very handsome, but this was so going to the top of her confusion pile. She let her cheek touch his and then kissed his cheek.

That would do for today. He grinned as she kissed his cheek and he placed a kiss on her forehead in return before getting to his feet. "Right well I have to go back out into that world I pretend to live in, so lets do this again soon. It really is the most enjoyable few hours I have spent in a long time"

Lucy watched him and sighed as she knew it was getting late, she got to her feet and nodded her head. "I agree. I should head to my common room, before it gets any later." She took his hand one more time, "Thank you." She smiled and slowly dropped his hand, she waved him good as she walked out of the door and then everything hit her again. She needed to get some sleep, because right now her mind was everywhere.

Brandon gave her hand a squeeze before she left and then smiled and watched her go. Once she was gone his face dropped back into its normal apathetic cast. He had to go and find Marcus, he was going to laugh his ass off.

rose_k_weasley — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:38:06 GMT

Who: Rose Weasley and Al Potter
What: Rose is in the hospital wing and Al goes to make sure she's ok and cheer her up.
When: Saturday Afternoon, after Hugo is taken.
Where: Hospital Wing
Status: Complete

Rose sat on her bed in the hospital wing, wondering if a person could ever run out of tears to cry. Was there a limited supply, or did they just keep coming and coming from some place deep inside of you? She felt like she was coming to the end of her reserve, but then she'd surprise herself and wake up with fresh tears on her face. Madam Pomfrey had insisted that she stay in the Hospital Wing until her arm was fully better, and while Rose wasn't totally sure, she suspected it was more so her Dad would know she was somewhere safe than because she actually needed to be there. Still, she was slightly glad, there had been a big crowd downstairs and she knew people would have heard by now, and the last thing she wanted was to explain to dozens of people what had happened, how she had let her little brother get taken. And there went the tears again.

Al had seen the crowd gathered around the school doors from where he was standing talking to Rosalind, but he didn't think much of it, until later, when he was back in the castle and he overheard two fourth years talking about it and heard his cousin's name mentioned. After getting the vague details from them, he raced upstairs to the Gryffindor common room entrance, and waited impatiently for someone to come out. He got a dirty look, which he ignored, and asked them if Rose was in there. He was told she was still in the Hospital Wing and he raced there instead, slowing down just outside the door, knowing how particular Madam Pomfrey was and knowing he would be less likely to be allowed to stay if he entered noisily and abruptly. That in mind, he knocked on the door quietly and opened it half way, peeking his head around to make sure it was ok to enter. He got a nod from Madam Pomfrey and he let himself in, going straight to the bed Rose was in. She looked up as he walked over and bit her lip hard to stop the tears that seemed to want to fall at a moments notice.

"What're you doing here?" she asked him, saying the first thing that came to her head.

"What d'you think, Rosie?" he said in reply, sitting on the end of her bed. "Are you ok? What happened to you?" Though her arm was almost completely healed and her hands and face had been washed by Madam Pomfrey, she still had tear stains on her face and small leaves in her hair.

"You didn't hear?" Rose replied, loathe to have to explain everything that happened but knowing that she would for Al, if he asked.

"Only that you came in with you Dad and your arm was messed up. Some kids were saying something about another attack. Did you get attacked?" Al looked at her, worry in his eyes and more than a little confusion. James and Frank had been much worse when they were attacked, so he wasn't sure why Rose was still here and why she looked so upset. "Is everything ok?"

"I.." she started, then swallowed hard. "Oh Merlin, Al, it was Grayback. You know that werewolf, the one in all the stories? He was here, at Hogwarts and me and Hugo, we were playing out in the snow and Grayback showed up and I didn't know it was him, I should have known but I didn't and he took Hugo and I couldn't do anything to stop it."

She was crying again, looking down at her hands, which were entwining themselves in the blanket on the bed. She felt useless sitting here and she was so afraid that everyone was going to hate her as much as she hated herself right now for letting Grayback take Hugo.

Al's eyes opened wide, almost unable to believe what he was hearing, except that the proof was right here in front of him. "Hugo's gone? Oh Merlin, Rosie," he said, shaking his head. He put his hand on his cousins knee. "Your Dad'll get him back though," he said reassuringly. "And mine, you know there's not much they can't do, even if they're old now." He tried to give a small grin to comfort her, but it was a bit weak. He loved Hugo like a brother and couldn't imagine what he was going through just now. He tried not to think about it, but his mind kept coming back to it.

"You staying here for a bit?" he asked his cousin. "Can I stay with you?"

"You don't hate me?" Rose asked, her head lifting in surprise. She thought once everyone knew what happened, they'd blame her. She was older, she should have done something, she should have saved Hugo and been taken herself.

"Why would I hate you?" Al asked, his surprised tone and look mirroring hers.

"'Cause...'cause I let Hugo get taken. 'Cause I should have done something." she wailed miserably.

"Don't be an idiot! Grayback could have killed you! You're lucky to be here and it's totally not your fault he did anything. He's horrible but our Dads' have beat him before and they can do it again and they'll get Hugo back. Hey, I wouldn't like to be Grayback when your Mum finds him." Al said, trying to get a little smile out of Rose and almost succeeding. "Honestly, Rosie, it's not your fault, so stop talking like it is, ok?"

Rose took a deep breath, trying to believe what Al was telling her. "Alright," she replied. "You can stay with me, if you promise me something."

"What?"

"Don't call me Rosie."

chaserhufflucy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:25:47 GMT

Who: Brandon and Lucy
What: Running into each other
Where: The courtyard
When: Saturday mid-afternoon
Why: Lucy is upset about her talk with Molly, so she is still steaming about that and happens to bump into Brandon.

Lucy was still upset Saturday about everything that happened between her and her sister, she had to get out of the Hufflepuff Common Room, because looking at Eli was going to push her over. She put on a pair blue jeans, a v-cut shirt, then her robes over top of them. She thought about everything over the last few days, talking to Maddi, everything with Chris and her fight with her sister. She wanted to see Adin, but knew he was probably doing something for a class, so she headed outside and to the courtyard. She wanted to figure out if she wanted to be with girls or guys, maybe this all had to deal with the fact that she felt invisible and that everyone seems to not notice her. Well, everyone but Adin and maybe Chris. She sighed as she hit the fresh air and walked to the courtyard looking around to see if anyone was around. She closed her eyes, then taking a deep breath, she sat down on a bench and leaned back on the wall that was there. She wanted to figure everything out and hoped that the fresh air would help with that.

rose_k_weasley — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:17:37 GMT

Who: Rose and Hugo Weasley and eventually, Fenrir Greyback.
What: Some brother/sister bonding time
Where: The grounds in the snow
When: Saturday, early afternoon.
Why: Because Rose actually likes her little brother and feels bad he didn't get to see their Dad.

Rose pulled on her robes, wrapping her scarf tightly around her neck and grabbing her hat in her hand. She had her gloves in one pocket, her wand in the other and her warm boots on her feet. She was ready for the snow. She had told Hugo to meet her by the double doors, so she made her way through the common room and past the various rooms, portraits and staircases that lead to the Entrance Hall. She saw him standing by the doors before she reached him, his red hair standing out shockingly against his black robes and blue scarf and she smiled to herself. She hadn't seen him much since he started here, and she made a mental note to check in with him more often. Although there were a few years between them, and although they fought as much as the average brother and sister, they were quite close. Having their cousins around a lot growing up meant that she and Hugo often teamed up against them in arguments and friendly games, which meant they got close as a result.

"Hey Hugs," she said, after making sure there was no one around to hear her. She knew he hated the nickname, but it was hard to drop after so many years. Maybe she'd try and think of another one for him that was more grown up. "You ready to lose a snowball fight?"

chaserhufflucy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:54:04 GMT

Who: Lucy Weasley and Molly Weasley
What: Sisters talking
When: Friday afternoon after classes
Where: An abandoned corridore
Rating: PG for language?
Status: Incomplete

Lucy was walking out of her last class for the day, she was hoping that Molly was still up for meeting her, she walked up to the fourth floor. Happy to see that no one was around and she relaxed against the wall, she relaxed taking a deep breath and wish that this would okay to talk to Molly about. "Get a hold of yourself Luce." She told herself and closed her eyes, trying to get her nerves together. Having her eyes closed made her think about Chris and then Adin, but then even this one cute girl from her last class, she opened her eyes and sighed a little.