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Maddy woke up early. Today was the day to catch the train to Holyhead, and then the ferry to Ireland. Planning on returning to London, she only packed up her knapsack with what she would need and a few things to do when everything was closed. One thing that came along was Capiendum et Transformandum.

The train ride was uneventful. Maddy had the chance to wander around Holyhead for a little while before she had to catch the ferry. She ended up spending time by the water, climbing over rocks and taking the difficult way around the island. Actually arriving on the ferry was a little disappointing. Taking a seat by a window that looked out into water, Maddy decided to take a look at Capiendum et Transformandum and possibly look into translating it. A bit of a task because she had nothing to reference to.

Opening the book, she noticed someone had scribbled in tiny, neat handwriting something in Latin. *Interesting. The previous owner couldn't have given this up too long ago. I wonder what this says…Latine scire?* She stared at that, leaning her forehead on her hand, and repeated it a few times, not realising that she had said it aloud. *Latine is obviously Latin. Scire, 4th declension imperative. To...to, um, errr. Guess I don't remember as much as I thought. There's more handwriting on this next page, in Latin again....but I can actually understand it!

~Having trouble reading? If you need help for class work, translate it yourself! If you're reading for pleasure, there's a translation spell written in this book. Find it and read it aloud while pointing your wand at your forehead. Have fun!~

*Huh. Whoever wrote this had far too much time on his hands. Translation spell and wands…hah! ....Still…if those words were a translation spell, it might possibly explain why I can understand this stuff written in Latin…but I didn't have a wand, in fact I don't have a wand! And I seriously doubt the possibility of me having wandless magic.

At this realisation the ferry arrived at Dun Laoghaire and Maddy didn't really have time to dwell on the book, but instead needed to worry about catching the correct train to Dublin and then finding the hostel she had made a reservation at.

*There is no way I have any sort of magic. I'm lost in Dublin, no one seems willing to give me directions, or has no clue where the place is that I'm looking for, and everyplace that would sell a map is closed. *Sigh*

After about a half hour of wandering, Maddy finally found the Ashfield House, the hostel that she was planning on staying at that night. After arriving, and finding an empty bed, and getting dinner the thoughts about the book vanished completely.

*I'm not liking Dublin. And I'm not entirely sure how I feel about sharing a room with 14 other people. I certainly don't want to set my alarm for an early time and disturb other people. I'll just have to trust myself to get up early. Cork tomorrow and a visit to Blarney Castle...*

In fact thoughts about Severus, the book, or the strange sight that she saw at Henley went completely out of her mind. Getting hopelessly lost in Cork pushed those thoughts further out of her mind.

Limerick gave Maddy time to relax and mull over past events. She arrived earlier than planned, and the place reminded her of home city, she relaxed, enjoyed herself and went out to explore a bit. After exploring King Jon's castle, she sat down by the River Shannon to look through Capiendum et Transformandum.

Before actually opening the book, she took the time to take in her surroundings. It was a chilly day, and she was out by the water, so she didn't give a second thought to a group of people that wandered by and seemingly disappeared, and who appeared to be wearing capes. She was wearing a fleece cape herself and was grateful for it's warmth.

Deciding that nothing out of the ordinary was happening, she opened the book and started reading. The moment she opened the book and began to read, she remembered the previous events. Looking up from the first few words of the first actual page ~Transfiguration and Charms, these two fields...~ and staring straight out over the water. *I can read this without effort. Can I really do magic? And this book, I was drawn to it, and it is Transfiguration and Charms….like the subjects they teach at Hogwarts. Could Hogwarts be a real place?*

She returned to reading, discovering that after that first introductory chapter, it went on to actually teach various methods of transfiguration, suggesting various exercises, some of which she remembered reading about in the Harry Potter books.

Looking up and noticing that it was getting dark, she wistfully closed the book and made to leave. She wished that it was indeed a possibility to transfigure something, but knew that even so, she didn't have such abilities. Wandering back to her room, she cheered up slightly when she remembered that she would be meeting up with Severus in London when she returned the next day.

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So I promise that we'll see more of a relation to the Harry Potter world soon. I can't guarantee when the next update will be, if soon or no t, but I am still writing this thing...