Hey, this is just a little update on everything…
Nicole : Hey! Thanks for all the awesome reviews :D I always love reading them. Chappie 4 is finally in the beta's hands. Totally Sara's fault it took so long ;D It's worth it though. Anyways! Thanks again, and spread the OFAB love 3
Sara: Me being me, I have been lazy, therefore I have just sent chapter four off to the betas. Thank you for responding to my cry for beta help. We now have 6 betas ^-^ But, still there are some parts which are pretty much outline form. I've been bad…I've also been dealing with stuff (school…emotional shit grrr) Which is another reason why it's taken so long. All the scenes that are written out, I love. Especially the Quidditch Scene.
Chapter four will be entitled "Seduction" …hmmm! Wonder what that's all about? :D There is more dialogue, more humorous little tidbits everywhere. I even laugh at some of the things that go on. Seamus, as I predicted, has a big role in this chapter, also Goyle and his infatuation with food arises in multiple scenes. Good times there. Oh, and with one scene semi written out, and other things I need to rewrite (somehow…I turned a 300 word paragraph type thing into 1,011 so me rewriting the other areas could make it a lot longer) Chapter four is over 10,500. I told you it was going to be a rather…large chapter ;)
Also…If you leave your e-mail address, I will email you right when I post up any chapters for OFAB.
We're getting to work on the web page for this story, slowly I might add. A lot more will be explained there (what the Latin words mean, where exactly we figured everything out and what everything means), everything will be much more fancier. And! You get visuals. Also, if you ever get inspired to do any fan art about OFAB, then send it in and it will be posted up on there with credit to you. Not a bad deal huh? ^-^
Questions: As I figured, there were some questions that were brought up…I'll try and answer all the ones I can. Others, I will flat out not answer as it gives away too much of the plot. We pride ourselves in our original ideas, and plus it's just all the more fun as everything unfolds in front of you without knowing. You should also know that whatever little information we put in here, is in the story for a reason. We despise scenes and events that happen for no reason and have no effect on the plot, so there is none of that going on in OFAB, just so you know. But now onto your questions.
Sailor Grape: What the hell was that potion?!? I hope that was only a one-time occurrence because they had just taken it, or are they randomly going to start seeing colors and practically fainting everywhere they go? Oh, and it was only Harry's potion that got messed up, right? I want to know what the Ashwinder eggs did to his potion
so the scar on Harry's hand starts to hurt when Draco is in some kind of trouble (mentally or physically)? What would happen if both of his scars started to hurt at the same time?
That potion was a little concoction of mine (Sara) that I thought of. Each ingredient that I named was in there for a specific reason, except for the dragon heart…I just wanted that in there. Just in case anyone was wondering, I'll tell you what each ingredient did.
Jobberknoll feathers – It is used in the Veritaserum potion.Bicorn horn powder – The bicorn is a beast that eats the flesh of humans. This is why the potion tastes so nasty…heh heh
Ashwinder eggs – An ingredient in some potion. If you can find what potion this is in, it's a bonus! Write a review telling me what potion you think it is apart of and, if you're right, I'll send you a scene ^-^
Yes, it was a one-time occurrence with the colors because it was just a side effect for taking the potion, as it was altered. Nope, both Draco and Harry's were affected. Well I had it so the scar on Harry's forehead was hurting. I feel that it would be pretty susceptible to pain. I mean, don't you think it would hurt if someone just barged into your head and was insanely pissed off? My point exactly…
Michael Serpent: How does the mistake in brewing the potion really affect Harry and Draco? How did it change the intended effect? And what's with the Torn Lover?
To tell you the truth, when we first were writing this story, there were tons of things not involved and the Ashwinder eggs had played a larger part. I mean, they still do something, but not to the extent as it was meant before. I think what I said above about the eggs, is more than sufficient information ^-^…Ah! My Torn Lover…Can't tell you how proud I am of that plant. Thought it up at school too :D It's more of a symbol really of Draco and Harry's love. Rawr ;) just pay attention to what I say about the plant and how it reacts to everything…I guess it foreshadows stuff…what a nifty thing right? Hehe
Xikum: Seems to me, What Snape said was worse
than what Malfoy said!
Shouldn't there be some repurcussions for that? Even is his excuse is that he's
a double agent for DD agains Voldie, still, that was too harsh on Harry! OR at
least excuses made to him?
Yea, well if Harry attacks Snape, then he's going to be expelled or something horribly horrible! The only excuse I give Snape for doing that is that he's Snape. I swear! Look in the books. Nutcase I'm telling you. There's one part where he's all whispering in Harry's ear about all these creepy things. That part scared me and when I finished reading it, I was all *blinks*"ok…that did not just happen."
Xikum: What change did the ashwinder eggs maeke to the potion? Why did that flower change for Harry? Is the flower foreshadowing a betrayal between Harry & Draco, or does it-since it got healthy-actually foreshadow fidelity rather than betrayal? With the pain in the scar on his head, was that somewhat of Voldie, or really just the shock between Draco & Harry? And, why is Snape so nasty to Harry, given whatever it is that both Dumbledor & Snape know about the two boys? And-What IS that secret, anyway??
I kind of already explained Ashwinder eggs enough…Well the flower changed for Harry for one reason. I'm not telling though. You'll find out in some chapters ahead. The Torn Lover, I consider that to be a symbol of Draco and Harry's relationship. Yea…I'm guessing it was a shock between the two. Again, Snape is Snape. Greasy haired old man *shudders* The secret? You want to know the secret? Ha! I'm not telling you for some chapters. And what's even worse…I'm going to just barely hint at it until then. It'll unfold soon enough, you'll see.
Bonuses –
Genki: You're absolutely right on the "Battle!" and I have already sent you one of the scenes ^-^ glad you liked it.
Jun: You pretty much got the colors figured out, but I couldn't give you your prize as you didn't leave your e-mail…Next time, if you want your prize (A scene from the next chapter) leave me your email or someway I can get in touch with you so I can actually send it to you!
But, there's a few differences that I'd like to point out. How I viewed the whole colors is that it deals more with their magical auras. I believe that everything has some magical essence (note the table glowing first) And…each color represents aspects of each person
White – pure, innocent
Red – passionate, fiery, quick temper
Purple – royalty
Also, the intensity of how much they glow. How I have it, the older the magical lineage (more pure blooded) they are fainter. I think the family passes on the magical energy from generation to generation. So each person uses a certain amount of the overall magical energy. It somewhat reminds me of incest believe it or not. The more someone breeds inside the family, the more deformed they are as they have the same genes being used. This is why Ron, being a pureblood has a faint red glow and Hermione, a mudblood, is just so incredibly bright. She is the first to tap into her family's magical energy.
I will use this joint magical energy idea later on, so this is not a one-time occurrence…also, when Harry and Draco see each other, they both have red surrounding both of them because of the potion taking effect on them.
Ok! Hope this was a big enough update on how everything is going. We're now getting started on Chapter five to keep ourselves busy until the betas return with their editing. Sorry for the long wait. It is all my fault!!! But it will still be a couple more weeks, I think, before it is posted. :( so sorry.
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Take care!