Time for some morals...
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At last, Lily really did go to Hogsmead with Ethrin and Adean, they window-shopped and stopped off at the Three Broomsticks for some butterbeer and stared at the strange characters settled in the dark corners of the pub.
They wandered through the streets and stopped outside Honeydukes and gazed at their new display, it showed a dainty girl made entirely out of sugar sitting at a small, chocolate spinning wheel. The girl had been enchanted to spin the wheel and the three friends stared happily at the pretty sight.
Then raven-haired Ethrin started, "You know what this reminds me of?"
"What?' enquired the other two
"It reminds me of my new hobby: Macramé"
"What's that?" asked Lily
"It's the tying of fanciful knots" piped in Adean, she tossed her head, "My mother taught me them ages ago..."
"Can you teach me some new knots?" asked Ethrin eagerly
"Sure!"
"Hey, could you teach me too?" Lily asked, surprising herself
Adean nodded, "Lets buy some string from somewhere and we'll go to a quiet spot and I'll teach both of you"
That's why Lily was found that evening, struggling with a thick string that kept changing colours. Her father and mother sat by the fire, reading. When frequent noises of exasperation, anger and pure frustration kept coming from Lily's corner, her father beckoned her to him. She went.
He held up her piece of string, there were many knots of different sizes scattered throughout it, "Lily, life is like this strand, things sometimes go smoothly, then you come to a knot. Sometimes the knot is small and you can undo it, sometimes, it is big and no matter how much you try, you can't fix it..."
"Then what do you do?"
"Then you go over it and carry on living life..." broke in her mother.
Her father nodded and smiled, "We're so happy that you went over your recent knot, and you carried on living: Love is a difficult thing to undo..."
"and..." continued her mother, "we know you feel as if you've come to another knot, but I don't think this knot is hard to undo..."
"James is a good man," said her father, "and if you undo your knot: a good friend."
Lily felt a lump in her throat, she went to her mother, bent down and kissed her and hugged her father.
Her mother smiled, "What's brought out this unusual affection?"
Lily gulped, "I just realized how much I love you two...and how lost I'd be without you..."
Her father laughed, "We love you too, Lily. We won't always be there...but we'll stay as long as we can..."
Lily smiled sadly, "I know...Goodnight"
"Sleep Tight" called her parents as started up the stairs, she heard laughter as she reached her room and was comforted by the familiarity of it, her parents were the best in the world...
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What's going to happen now? Yesterday, I got a burst of inspiration and I've written the next 3 chapters (in my head) and I'll update soon.
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At last, Lily really did go to Hogsmead with Ethrin and Adean, they window-shopped and stopped off at the Three Broomsticks for some butterbeer and stared at the strange characters settled in the dark corners of the pub.
They wandered through the streets and stopped outside Honeydukes and gazed at their new display, it showed a dainty girl made entirely out of sugar sitting at a small, chocolate spinning wheel. The girl had been enchanted to spin the wheel and the three friends stared happily at the pretty sight.
Then raven-haired Ethrin started, "You know what this reminds me of?"
"What?' enquired the other two
"It reminds me of my new hobby: Macramé"
"What's that?" asked Lily
"It's the tying of fanciful knots" piped in Adean, she tossed her head, "My mother taught me them ages ago..."
"Can you teach me some new knots?" asked Ethrin eagerly
"Sure!"
"Hey, could you teach me too?" Lily asked, surprising herself
Adean nodded, "Lets buy some string from somewhere and we'll go to a quiet spot and I'll teach both of you"
That's why Lily was found that evening, struggling with a thick string that kept changing colours. Her father and mother sat by the fire, reading. When frequent noises of exasperation, anger and pure frustration kept coming from Lily's corner, her father beckoned her to him. She went.
He held up her piece of string, there were many knots of different sizes scattered throughout it, "Lily, life is like this strand, things sometimes go smoothly, then you come to a knot. Sometimes the knot is small and you can undo it, sometimes, it is big and no matter how much you try, you can't fix it..."
"Then what do you do?"
"Then you go over it and carry on living life..." broke in her mother.
Her father nodded and smiled, "We're so happy that you went over your recent knot, and you carried on living: Love is a difficult thing to undo..."
"and..." continued her mother, "we know you feel as if you've come to another knot, but I don't think this knot is hard to undo..."
"James is a good man," said her father, "and if you undo your knot: a good friend."
Lily felt a lump in her throat, she went to her mother, bent down and kissed her and hugged her father.
Her mother smiled, "What's brought out this unusual affection?"
Lily gulped, "I just realized how much I love you two...and how lost I'd be without you..."
Her father laughed, "We love you too, Lily. We won't always be there...but we'll stay as long as we can..."
Lily smiled sadly, "I know...Goodnight"
"Sleep Tight" called her parents as started up the stairs, she heard laughter as she reached her room and was comforted by the familiarity of it, her parents were the best in the world...
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What's going to happen now? Yesterday, I got a burst of inspiration and I've written the next 3 chapters (in my head) and I'll update soon.