OMG I UPDATED! O.o Wow, this doesn't happen often. It's summer yet again, and I have a little spare time on my hands to give you a little something. I'll try to update the notes for you soon, as well. Oh, and a random note for all of you's who would care: Carolina and Edmonton are heading off in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. (I remember when my Lightning was in the finals in '04... tear. I wrote about that in the crossover…). For the record, I'm a temporary Carolina fan. So, uh, GO CANES. Oh yeah, and have fun with the update, eh?


Remus:

Let me start off by saying there is a right way to mix Melting Potions and a wrong way. I am quite aware of the correct way to do it, however, I got a firsthand glimpse of the wrong way yesterday in Potions, as Peter was kind enough to demonstrate it for me. He meant well, I know he did, really I know he did; he apologized a thousand times (no exaggeration). He received a zero for the assignment though, and I may have had more sympathy for him if he hadn't spilt it all over my books. I will repeat that.

ALL OVER MY BOOKS.

Including every homework assignment for that night, all the work I did in advance, my textbooks… Gone, lying in a puddle on the dungeon floor. Melting Potions are supposed to melt specific things, the things you target to be melted, within a reasonable recovery point; meaning, there's an antidote or counter spell that will return them to their original state. Guess what? Whatever Peter did to his potion, it not only caused irrevocable damage to my school work, it kept eating through everything my damaged books touched, like the table, the floor, my shoes… I lost a very nice pair of sneakers to Peter's mistake, and nearly lost my feet along with them. Can anybody say 'Remedial Potions'?

Ah yes, earlier this morning James won the second Quidditch game of the season for us. He caught the snitch after a very close race between him and the Hufflepuff seeker, Fredrik Nidom. He tried to start something with Nidom beforehand, but, being twice his size, Fredrik scared him away. The score was sixty-sixty when James caught the snitch. That means we're now leading in points. It also means that James had another excuse to throw a party and ask Lily out. Wonder what she said? How about 'no.' As if that particular development would surprise anyone…

Peter:

I cannot believe Professor Slughorn gave me a zero for my Melting Potion. It is TOTALLY unfair. Almost nobody got it right, except Remus and James (who was copying off of Remus anyway), and yet most people got at least some acceptable score. But me! I get a zero! Yet my potion was possibly the most effective of all of them! It melted all of Remus' school supplies, so obviously it WORKED! Teachers just don't get it, do they?

But that was on Friday. It's Saturday afternoon now, and Gryffindor won the Quidditch game this morning against Hufflepuff. It was so awesome! Okay, so I was actually in detention at the time, you know, restoring the dungeon floor, but I heard about the game. Apparently James and the Hufflepuff seeker got in this huge fist fight, then the beaters from both teams joined in and bludgers were everywhere – one even broke the Hufflepuff keeper's jaw. Then the chasers forgot about the quaffle and dogpiled the seekers. And then James fought his way bravely out of the fray, chasing the snitch 300 feet into the air, then catching it after this huge steep dive that he just barely pulled out of in time not to hit the ground. James is such an amazing player…

I did get to go to the party afterwards, though. It was great – food and butterbeer and candy and girls… Which reminds me; James told me he asked Lily Evans out again. I said, "That's great, did she accept?" and he was like, "Mind your own business!" and stormed off. He keeps telling me she'll come around. Eventually. Poor bloke. He'd be lucky if she let him crush her stinkbeetles in Potions.

James:

That Lily Evans… I swear she's crazy for me. All those girls play hard to get, though, but it's only because she's dying to date me. Those girl magazines, Witch Weekly, and all that – they tell them to do that. Tell them that acting unattainable really draws in the guys they want. Lily doesn't have to do it, but if she enjoys it, it's just as well. I'll just wait until the day she realizes what she's missing… Anyways, I asked her out again at the party celebrating my single-handed victory in the Quidditch match against Hufflepuff. Everyone was there, except Peter, whom I had to describe the match to later on, with the help of Daniel Creevy (this first year who I swear is in love with me – platonically). He was amazed. Rightfully so. It was stunning, really, after the fight and all – I do feel sorry for the injuries that Hufflepuff seeker sustained, but that's Quidditch. And me catching the snitch after that incredible dive… I would have infallibly broken my neck had I not lightning quick reflexes.

The reason Peter was not at the game, by the way, was because he was in detention with Slughorn after he spilled that Melting Potion we had to do all over Remus' stuff on Friday. I totally got a perfect score on that assignment, though. I showed Remus how to do it, too. I mean, he knew, mostly, but he kinda copied off of me. I would be offended, but what can I say? I'm a helpful guy. Oh yeah, I visited Sirius in the hospital wing. He's still there after that nasty jump off of the North Tower. I maintain his stupidity wasn't my fault… But he should be out soon. Finally.

Sirius:

Freedom! I get my freedom tomorrow! Pawson keeps trying to keep me in the Hospital Wing, what with all the injuries I sustained jumping into the lake from the Divination room. Not the smartest of all possible moves, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. I still feel sore all over, but I have a feeling the pain will subside when I give James a nice solid whack upside the head. That tends to make me feel better when I'm not 100 percent.

Speaking of James, he came in this afternoon to tell me about the Quidditch match. I could hear it, but the pitch is out of sight from the window here in the Infirmary, and alas, I didn't know what happened. Apparently James sealed up the victory for Gryffindor by catching the snitch during a tie game. He told me he sucker punched Nidom from Hufflepuff in order to get at the snitch, which I hardly believe. The kid is a giant. But I would be quite impressed and happy if he was telling the truth. Nidom and I don't get along very well… Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that he caught me that once snogging his girlfriend Tessa in Hogsmeade. Heh. Good times, good times…


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