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Hey guys – I updated parts of this as well. Aubury's class is a lot longer. This definitely one is worth a re-read!
Ok! So am I right in guessing that you guys weren't expecting me to post chapter 17 less than a week from the last update? It took me a while to get some reviews! :) But I did get'em, and that's all that mattered! I loved them all, and that's that! Ok, this is my first try at a Quidditch game – sorry if it's not up to your standards, but I like it. Hope you do! Enjoy it all the same, oui?
Ok – here it is!
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"Wwwwwwwwwelcome everybody to the first Quidditch match of the season! This is Remus Lupin, your commentator for the afternoon. And gracing us with his presence this fine November day – Peter Pettigrew! Hullo Peter, how are you feeling today?"
"I'm doing better than I was a couple of weeks ago. Please, no more get well cards! I am fine, really." Peter said in all modesty.
"Yes, did you hear that Snape? He said he's better! Our dorm cannot withstand any more cards, candy, teddy bears, and lingerie you send!" Everybody started laughing. Well, not all the Slytherins.
"Mr. Lupin, there will be none of that."
"Sorry Minnie. Alright, today: Gryffindor versus Slytherin!" The stands erupted in cheers.
"And here are our teams now!" Peter said, "On Slytherin: Malfoy, Avery, Crabbe, Pronte, Korpelli, Dorge, and the Captain – Flint."
Booing could be heard from the Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and mostly the Gryffindor stands. They seriously drowned out any cheering that may have been coming from the Slytherin stands.
"And here they are! The stars you've all been waiting for – Gryffindor!" The cheering was almost deafening. Remus had to yell into the microphone to get his voice heard. "Black, Black, Gorman, Schmitt, Malter, Wood – and our Captain – Potter!"
All fourteen players were zooming around the stands. Sirius blowing kisses as he went.
They all landed in the centre of the pitch, James Potter and Orilius Flint, Prefect/Captain, shook hands.
"Try not to kill each other." Madam Hooch told them. She opened the box, and let forth the Quaffle.
"And the Quaffle is released! Up go the Bludgers, and oh my! I didn't even see the Snitch whiz out of there!" Remus commented as the snitch disappeared from everyone's view. "Malter gets the Quaffle. Passes to Black, Black swerves, drops to Malter. Malter throws to Schmitt. Schmitt shoots – and it's intercepted!
"Slytherin in possession! Malfoy passes to Avery, Avery to Malfoy, Malfoy to Flint – oo! That must have hurt! Bludger sent by Gorman! You go girl! Kick that Slytherin a –"
"Lupin!"
"Schmitt gets it. Schmitt to Malter, Malter to Schmitt. Schmitt dives and soars back up. Schmitt to Black – Go for it Jen! And she scores! That's my girl!" Jen blew him a kiss. "Score is 10 – 0 to Gryffindor!" Cheers came from three quarters of the crowd. "Malter in possession! Ouch! Bludger sent by Crabbe, but she's back up! Slytherin in possession. Malfoy to Avery. Avery. Flint. Avery. Flint. Malfoy. Flint. They're passing it like it's on fire folks! Flint. Malfoy – he shoots, oh and it's a save by Wood! Good job Tom!"
The game continued for two more hours, bringing everyone onto lunch with only one sighting of the Snitch. The score was now 90 – 50 to Gryffindor.
"My this game is lasting long!" Peter said in the microphone. "Where could that Snitch be?"
"I don't know Peter, but this is the fourth break Captain James Potter has taken."
The Gryffindor team said their 'pump up the team' cheer, threw their hands in the air, and flew back up.
"And they're back up!" Remus began commentating again. "Gorman and Black are taking over the Bludgers, trying their hardest to stop Pronte and Crabbe from touching them! Black passes to Schmitt, Schmitt to Black, Black to Malter! Malter shoots! Oh fakes it! Black scores instead! Amazing strategy Gryffindor! Dorge couldn't save that one if his life depended on it! Score up to 100 – 50 to everyone's favourite Lions!"
"Those slimy Slytherins couldn't see that one coming. They're so –"
"Pettigrew – you are here by privilege."
"Sorry Professor." Remus snatched the microphone from Peter.
"On with the game… where'd we go? Malfoy in possession. Passes to Avery, Avery swerves and it's back to Malfoy. Malfoy to Flint. Scores. Woo. 100 – 60, Gryffindor still." A hush went over the crowd. "And Potter has spotted the Snitch! Slytherin Seeker, Korpelli, is close behind. C'mon James… Make it a Gryffindor win…"
"Lupin…"
"Professor! Cheer for you house! Go James! Wait, what the hell was that? Foul! That's a foul!" Chorus' of 'Foul' could be heard from around the stadium. "Foul you dirty, filthy, stinking…" Remus went on, McGonagall not interrupting once. In fact, she joined in. "And a foul had been awarded to Gryffindor. In all my years of commentating, never, and I mean never has someone sunk to low." Korpelli had gripped James by the back of the neck, nearly choking him, in attempt to sway him from catching the Snitch, and fall off his broom.
Because of that selfish, stupid, mean, absolute – terrorizing move, the game lasted another hour and a half. Thus, bringing it's total to four hours in length. The score after this time lapse was 160 – 90, to Gryffindor still.
"Well, now that we've missed lunch, and are edging towards dinner… I say we just Bludger Slytherin in the heads… and mosey on down for food." Remus' voice was flat, and now people were barely able to pay attention, as the players got tired. James called another time out. "And one more time out for Gryffindors. Slytherin will take one as well. How about someone goes and gets me a snack?"
People could see food flying from where dorms must be, and soaring over to their respective owners in the stands. Different types of Honeydukes chocolates, and other such sweets flew mindlessly above the crowds as people jumped and grabbed for them. "Accio apples." Remus said into the microphone, wand pointed to where the kitchens were in the castle. A large amount of apples (possibly all of them from the kitchen, seeing as he never specified the amount aloud or in his head…) made their way to Remus. He used the Banishing charm, the opposite one to the Summoning charm, accio, and sent the apples throughout the crowd, leaving some for the teachers, himself, and Peter. "You all owe me a favour now." He said biting into an apple. "Oh - and they're off." He still sounded somewhat bored.
"Malfoy passes to – Prongs! Prongs dear God look over here!" The snitch whizzed right by Remus' face, and started to make it's way to Gryffindor's goals.
"Lupin! Never aid a team!" Said McGonagall sternly. But Korpelli saw it a bit later.
James saw it, and went after it. Unfortunately, Korpelli was closer. James' head start from Remus made them neck and neck chasing the Snitch around posts and players. Red and Green blurs were all the throngs of people saw as they chased the Snitch. James and Korpelli's robes billowed out behind them, flapping in the wind.
"Not even the Chasers are doing anything! Beaters! Keep beating those bloody Bludgers!" Remus yelled, as they nearly hit some of the Chasers, and flew towards the stands. "Get it James! Get it! Yes! Yes!" James was upside down avoiding a stray Bludger, but it smacked Korpelli right in the side. "And Potter has caught the Snitch! Yea! We won! Gryffindor 310, Slytherin 90!"
People went tearing from the stands in a mad rush to the field to thank James for ending their torture (not everyone got an apple), then quickly made their way to the castle for dinner in large masses.
Before they were all gone however, Remus decided to give them his little goodbye. "Well folks, this is Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew signing off until next match. Ravenclaw versus Hufflepuff."
Down on the pitch…
"Great job team! All those points will help us in our bout for the Cup!" James said, as the rest of the team walked off to the showers. "I'm eating before I shower. I don't care what people think."
"Bout time you caught it Prongs!" Sirius said, clapping James on the back. "I'm one for food first as well. Jen? Mel?" The girls nodded their eagerness.
Lily ran at James, and jumped on his chest, hugging him. "We won! We won!" She screamed. "And I'm going to pass out from starvation." She got off of him. "Someone" she looked at Remus "didn't send any apples my way."
"Can't show favouritism, Lil." Remus said, hugging a happy, yet exhausted Jen."
"Food. I need food." She murmured into his shoulder. "Carry me."
They all trudged up to the castle, Jen on Remus' back, and Sirius jumping on Ara's every now and then, attempting to be piggybacked as well.
She finally gave in and conjured a stretcher for him. She floated him back to the Great Hall, with everyone else walking behind them, smiles on their faces.
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"Good day class. Today we will be learning about the Unforgivable Curses. As my friend Alastor would say: 'Constant vigilance!'" Prof. Aubury yelled. Many people in the class jumped off their seats, a few falling off, ex. Peter. "Who knows what one of the three Unforgivable Curses are? Remember: Using any of these three on any other human can earn you a life sentence in Azkaban. Don't nobody want to end up in Azkaban."
A bunch of hands went into the air. "Yes, Mr. Potter."
James cleared his throat. "Cruciatus. It inflicts horrendous pain, and does not end until the inflictor decides the inflicted has had enough, or is forced to end it. Leaving it on for long periods of time may cause the inflicted to go unstable, and in bad cases, insane."
"Very good Mr. Potter. Ten points
to Gryffindor. Others? Ms. Fawcett?"
A black haired Hufflepuff answered. "Imperius. The ability to control the
actions and thoughts of the inflicted." She said, slightly mocking
James' usage of words. He usually answered in a prankster attitude, but he was
acting all smart. "Can be broken by free will, and strength of the inner mind.
It is described as being a feeling of utter and complete bliss within the inflicted's
head, with the inflictors' voice echoing inside of it." She finished,
smiling at James, who stuck out his tongue at her.
"Very good Ms. Fawcett. Ten points to Hufflepuff. And the last one?" Aubury asked, glancing about the room.
"Avada Kedavra." Sirius said when no one else raised his or her hand. "Death. Absolute and complete death. No way to stop it, and no way to reverse its effects."
The class went silent. Some people in the class had had their lives affected by that certain Unforgivable.
Aubury cleared her throat. "Correct Mr. Black. Nice and blunt. Ten points to Gryffindor. Muggles have heard the term, but after being passed down so often they have changed it's spelling oh so slightly. Have any of you seen paintings or read stories where a tall wizard stands glowering over an orb with a staff in his hand, thunder and lightening crashing above the tower he is in? And the witches in their pointed hats, black rags, warts and pale green skin shroud over a bubbling cauldron?" People nodded their heads.
Lily put up her hand. "Shakespeare had that in Macbeth. 'Boil boil, toil and trouble;/ Fire burn and cauldron bubble.'" Lily said.
"Correct. And what is the most common phrase or spell the myth wizards and witches use?" Aubury asked. No one said anything. Lily put up her hand again. "Yes, Ms. Evans?"
"Hocus Pocus?" she tried,
"Close – that one is also commonly used. It sounds very similar to Avada Kedavra." She waited. "Abra Kadabra, anyone?" Realization dawned on most people's faces. She walked over to her desk. "Open all your books to page 284. Right, the Imperious Curse was the first to be discovered back in…"
The class went on taking notes about dates, founders, and how they came about them. Twenty minutes before the class was over, the Ancient Runes teacher came in.
"Ah, Rah-Sün, what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" Aubury asked, standing beside Lily, helping her with her work.
"I have an update." She raised her eyebrows.
"A what?"
"Up. Date." Rah-Sün nodded toward the door.
"Really?" Aubury said, unable to hide her excitement. "Class, I'll be right back, keep up the great work and please keep up your angelic little attitudes." She walked out into the hall.
"Right." Lily said. "I wonder what's been updated?"
"Let's hope Peter over hears something on his way back from the loo." Sirius said, grinning from ear to ear.
Out in the hall…
"What have you discovered?" Aubury asked after she shut the door.
"You know that 'Dark Lord' who has been causing trouble and such? I think it may be about him." Rah-Sün said, getting straight to the point. "I've translated some of the scripts, and they talk about fire and light. I'm not sure why… how would fire and light win over a Dark Lord?" She paused, looking at Aubury for answers.
"I'm not sure… Maybe Red for fire, and Gold for light… A Gryffindor? You know how people were all those thousands of years ago. They won't understand everything they see. They could see a Muggle car and say it's a hard, shiny metal beast, that people parade about in, lining up as ritual for hours on end. We would see it as 'rush hour'." She smiled a bit.
"This isn't laughing matter." She looked sternly at the younger witch. Sure, younger by no more than 6 or so years… "But how would they have known about the House colours? Wouldn't they have rather mentioned a lion overcoming a serpent, perhaps? But, I… I can't figure this out, and it's my field of expertise!" Rah-Sün vented, raking her tan skinned hands through her black hair, near black eyes flashing.
"We'll get back to the fire and light one. What other clues does it give?" Aubury asked, keeping a calm and collective voice.
"I haven't finished it yet – but I just needed to know if there is any type of fire magic, or what not that can protect people from dark magic? That would help my in my interpretations, as it would open some new doors for me."
"I don't think so, but I'll look into it. Alas, right now I have a class to teach, and the Marauders all alone."
"Good point. Thank you for your help." Rah-Sün said smiling. "I will talk to you some time on the weekend or whenever we have free time, and show you and Albus what I've come up with."
"Sounds great. I'll see you at dinner." Prof. Rah-Sün left. No sooner did Aubury turn and start to open the door than did Peter come out from the shadows, back in his human form. "Ah, Mr. Pettigrew. Get lost on your way back from the loo?" She teased him.
"Isn't it always the case?" He asked her, not looking into her eyes. He walked by her, and went into the classroom where his friends were awaiting anything good. Did he ever have a story to tell them…
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"Snow! Snow means winter! Winter means Christmas! Christmas means presents!" Sirius yelled this little chant of his to anyone who'd pass him, be he or she of his year/house or not. "So what'd you get me James?" he asked as he plopped himself down on a couch in the Common Room, beside James.
"Sirius, Christmas is a month away. I haven't gotten you anything yet." James answered, not looking up from his Advanced Transfiguration homework.
"That, Mister, is an outrage!" Sirius yelled, standing up and marching over to the dorm stairs.
"Curious Sirius…" James said as Sirius took the first step up the stairs. "What have you gotten me?"
Sirius stopped walking and gave James the 'are you kidding' look. "Honestly James. Christmas is a month away. No one gets presents this early." He went up the stairs. "Crazy fool… honestly."
The others in the Common Room laughed.
"A bit of a hypocrite, isn't he?" Jen said. "I wonder why it's snowing? It's not even December yet."
"Who cares! Snow's great! Especially the huge flakes we're getting now! Pity it'll all be gone by tomorrow, though. Snow this early never lasts." Ara said sadly. "Where's Mel?"
"Off with Gus somewhere, I believe. Wonder if she'll eat with us tonight?" Jen said.
"Of course I will…" Came Mel's voice from the Portrait Hole. "Just because I'm going out with Gus" she nodded to the shy brown haired boy who was holding her hand, "doesn't mean I'll leave you guys." She told them as her and Gus walked over to the couches, and sat down. Gus was just a couple inches shorter than Sirius, who was edging towards 6 feet, and had hazel eyes.
"Sorry about that Mel. You've just not been around a lot lately." Jen said, smiling apologetically. "Or Peter for that matter. Where is that boy?"
"Well I just wanted to get to know Gus' friends more. He'll eat with us too sometimes." Mel answered, ignoring the Peter comment.
"Maybe we can all sit together? It's not like any of my friends dislike any of you guys." Gus said nicely. Mel beamed at him.
"Perfectly fine with me!" Jen said happily, everyone else nodded. "And Sirius agrees as well. He's upstairs hypocritically sulking right now." She waved her hand passively as if this was a normal thing. "I'm sure he'll think it's groovy." They laughed. Not just because she was making fun of Sirius, but also because it was most likely true.
Sirius came running down the stairs. "Alright. I forgive you James. I've seen the error of your ways, and figured that you mustn't have gotten me a present yet because you know I'd find it, or you'd die of anticipation to tell me what it is. I forgive you." They all just stared at him. "Oh, hey Gus!"
"Hey Sirius."
"Sirius, Gus and his friends are going to sit with us at meals from now on." Mel said smiling like it really was Christmas.
"Oh wow! That's groovy Mel!" They all burst out laughing. Sirius stood there confused, then proceeding to make it look like he meant to make them laugh. 'Oh yea… I'm good.'
"So anyway," James said, "Hogsmeade weekend coming up. A couple of weekends from now, one week before Christmas."
"And you all better behave yourselves." Ara said staring at the guys. "No handing out trick gifts to innocent shoppers. Poor folks. Accepting things from you guys…"
"Hey, it's not my fault they're stupid enough to take stuff from the Marauders. Where's Peter?" Sirius said.
"Gone somewhere. I think that attack a while back still affects him. Poor bloke. He just needs time to himself." James said. "Who knows, maybe he has some sort of hobby now. Or maybe he's made another friend. Or maybe he has a girlfriend." Silence.
"Or maybe," Remus started after a moments silence, "he's feeling horrible. They may have owled his Grandfather about his attack. No doubt he'll see Peter as weaker than before."
"I never thought about that, Moony." James said.
Peter, at that moment, ran in through the Portrait Hole, smile on his face, out of breath, with a letter clutched in his hand. "She's free! She's out! Ha! Oh Merlin she's free!" He yelled jumping over things as he ran to get to them. Not an easy task for him.
"Who's free Peter?"
"My mum! She's out of the hospital! Craziness cured! No more anti-depression potion drinking for her! She's back home now! I'm going home for Christmas this year. No more Christmas by myself!"
"That's great Peter." Lily said, seeing the joy in his eyes.
"How?" Sirius asked.
All their faces faltered a little. How did she get better all of the sudden? After 8 years of being in St. Mungo's, now she's good to go?
"I – I… don't know…" Peter said, avoiding their eyes and looking at the official St. Mungo's release letter. "I never thought of that. I was just too happy…" His smile picked up once more. "I'm going to write to her!" He darted up the stairs.
"That's amazing, after so long. I think he'll be alright." Jen said, smiling at Remus. She looked at Sirius. "You don't believe him?"
"Oh I believe him. But you can't cure what she had. She went into an insane/potion chugging (A/N: like pill popping) fiasco, and was admitted into St. Mungo's after his father died. Eight years later, with no news of getting better, she just comes out? A miracle – that's the only explanation. It just seems off to me. That's all. I'm happy for him." He put on the best smile he could. Something wasn't right about that.
"Well, it's about time things started looking up for Peter. Poor guy always gets the short straw. With the times that are coming up, as Aubury calls them, the 'dark years', we need all the miracles life throws at us." Remus said, resting his chin on top of Jens' head.
"Not to make anyone miserable… Did you guys hear about the Corselle's?" Gus asked them. Mel closed her eyes and took his hand. She had heard about them already from him. The others shook their heads. "Entire family – gone. Huge pure-blood family wiped out in a week. There's not one left in all of Europe. Who knows if there's anymore anywhere else in the world." He told all of them.
"Their daughter Amélie?" Lily asked. Gus nodded his head. "She was Head Girl in our second year. How did we not know of this?" Lily asked, horrified.
"Ministry. Don't want everyone to panic. Bullocks in my opinion. My dad works there, and disagrees with them." Gus answered, squeezing Mel's hand.
"That's disgusting. I don't even know if my dad knows of this. He's an Auror, so he should right?" James asked.
"If only they could trust him not to spill it to any of the public. They obviously think less of my dad than he would have liked. Now he's trying to find a way for everyone to know what's upon us, without it being traced directly back to him. He has his family to think about." Gus told James, looking disappointed. "I say just do it. We'll get by… People need to know."
"Have him contact my dad. They could work it out together. He won't pass this up! People have rights to know what goes on in our world. They have a right to decide on what to do, and how to counter it. If people can move to say their lives, I say bloody let them move!" James said, getting wound up. Lily put her hand on his shoulder, gently pushing him down because he was slowly rising.
"Calm down James. Helping is good; getting worked up about it isn't good. It causes us to work irrationally. Both of you owl your dads, and let them deal with it." It worked. They visibly calmed down and got back to talking about anything but Voldemort, and death.
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"Alright Booganumba Weal. What's our plan?" Jen asked the girls on the spare they shared Tuesday before lunch.
"Oh God Jen – when you said that to me Halloween morning, I almost failed you. I had no idea what you were talking about! It was so early, and we were in hysterics…" Ara said, shaking her head.
"I know – I saw! That's why I gave you that look. Damn good thing it worked. Now – what should the prank be?"
Mel looked puzzled. "Booga – what?"
"The prank name Jen made up." Lily said.
"Huh?"
"To get back at the guys for the bats, rats and spiders!" Jen yelled.
"Right! Gotcha – I'm on the ball." Mel said, cottoning on. "So what should we do? Something horrible obviously."
"Obviously." Jen said, shaking her head slowly, smiling nonetheless. "They're expecting something bad, and embarrassing probably. And they think it will use charms, therefore, we'll try to use potions or something."
"Hey! I have the best idea! They were warned about this one long ago, and I know of a couple charms that can aid us…" All the girls gathered around Lily as she revised them of the prank they made up four months before.
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Yea! Quidditch game, Peter's mum is miraculously better (hmmm…?), and the prank to come a while off!
Now, I've read lots of stories that have the Potter's family die, and they're the most prosperous Wizarding family, not one drop of muggle in them. They own almost anything, and then are all killed in one big massacre or something. That's all fine and dandy, but then I think to myself. 'Couldn't there be other ones that got wiped out because they were a threat? Or because of some unknown reason?' So I felt it best to have the 'Corselle's' die… Right. Anywho – that's my little explanation!
Tell me if you have any idea what the girls are going to do to the guys! Keep in mind it won't come up for a couple of chapters, but guess anyways! It's all planned out up here *taps head with index finger* and will only be here *taps computer* in a few weeks!
So onto my thank you's!!
I Have No Life: Thank you very much! I think this chapter was a big step in the plot. I think. I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well! Thanks!
loonyloopylisa: I wish I could get snow days! I miss them so much – but I don't go to school anymore! Nooo!!! And we're sure to have at least 2 or 3 this year! Lol – my teachers learned to stop asking me questions. They realized that if I know the answer and decide to share my unending knowledge with the class, I'll put up my hand. ;) Thanks for the review! Always love them! And yes to your other review! I have a plan for you! ;)
Blue eyes: Thank you very much! I had no idea that this story would do so well, or that up to chapter 18 it'd only be near the end of November, 3 months into it! I figured that when I reached this length – I'd be near the end of 6th year – but it's for the best I guess! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
SlytherinQueen87: Thanks! I love putting in my own little adventures into this! ;) But no, I wouldn't say evil. I'd just say that so far, he just doesn't understanding the magnitude of what he's getting himself into is. He just knows that there's something in it for him (as Sirius says in PoA) and that this 'Lord' is powerful. But yes… enough with my character development stuff! And what theme song are you talking about? Thanks so much – I always love hearing from you!
Kay Jones: :) Mallory, eh? I can do that! ;) And with the female DADA teacher – I hear in Order of Phoenix it'll be a girl! I bet you its Figg! But hey – that's just my guess! ;) Thanks for your review! Hope you liked this chapter!
Katrina: I see signing in is becoming a common occurrence for you now. I did update quickly last time, didn't I? Many people didn't notice for a while! I'll do that sometimes, especially with school being done now! Yay! I love it when people read my bio! Do I sound full of myself? :P I hope you liked the Quidditch 'scene' so to say. Everyone's gotta love Remus. I know I do. Is it said? Being in love with a fictional character? Oh it is isn't it… damn. I should get that checked.
Nicole: Kirbee's story? At the official Harry Potter website? Cool! I was wondering if people were actually clicking on my link! No, in Canada… I don't know what jumper means. Nothing probably. But yea, in England, it's a sweater. Don't worry! I'll be going until the end of Seventh Year, not sure if I'll go after Hogwarts. I guess we'll see, eh? Thanks so much for the review!
Zoe Lefebvre: Thanks! Yea, I read yours – although you should know… I did review and all! ;) Thanks! I liked my creepy lady as well. :):) Hope you liked this one too, Zoe! Don't know where I'm going with the miscellaneous dead families and stuff… but yea! Anywho! Thanks again!
SMAC: Thank you so much!! Sirius and Ara aren't really together in any way shape or form… that was my original plan, if you read back to one of my previous chapters… But I don't want the whole 'my friends like your friends' thing. Too cliché. So instead – I'm going for harmless flirting, and buddy buddy time. Like a best guy friend thing I guess. They have eachother after the others go out… so yea. Enough about them! Thank you so very, very much, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter and will review again! ;) Thanks!
Woo! That's it for Chapter 17! And I'd like to thank justalittlebitsarcastic for reviewing other chapters! When you make it this far – thanks so much! I really do love them!
Ok – so the next chapter – don't know when that'll be up – probably soon! So keep checking for it! See you guys later, and as always – Tell me what you think in a review! They brighten my day, and I enjoy responding to them! Really – I sometimes enjoy writing back to you guys than I do writing this!
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Sometimes not, but that's beside the point! ;););)
Love you all!!
PS. I'm turning 18 next Thursday!! I can go (if I was the drinking type) drinking in Quebec anytime I want. Whatever. And LOTR comes out the day before my birthday, and it came out on my birthday last year! Talk about luck, eh? *And* it's a full moon on my 18th birthday! So many cool things for me! I love it!
Anywho… please review, and tell me a bit about yourself, and the specialty of your birthday! As you can tell – I'm hopped up on diet coke right now… damn aspartame.
