A Fairy Tale Interlude II
"HEY! OY! YOU!"
Andie stopped running and Sirius stopped chasing. They looked back and saw that somebody was trying to catch up. As that somebody came closer and closer, the two could make out her appearance. She was a pretty short redhead, whose red hair was a bit brighter than Lily's auburn hair. Unlike most adolescents at Hogwarts, however, she was not wearing her house robes. In fact, she wasn't wearing any type of robes. Don't worry, she was not running around nude--just adorning Muggle clothing. The strange redhead was wearing a simple sweatshirt that read "Skyline High" and plain black jeans. She stopped in front of the two and flashed a smile before she started breathing heavily and grasping her side.
"Whew, that was a long run," she said.
"Er...do we know you?" Andie asked, glancing back and forth between the girl and Sirius. He shrugged.
"Nah, you guys probably don't," the girl replied.
"Oh. Well, er, excuse us then." She and Sirius started to take off back to the castle when the girl yelled out, "Wait! Wait, wait, give me a sec."
The girl took a few deep breath before straightening up. "My name is...well, you don't really need to know my name, I guess, and I don't really want to share it anyway."
Sirius blinked. "Well, that was helpful."
"No, no, wait. Er, let's just say that you guys might know me as...'the Author'." Sirius gasped.
"No!"
"Yes!" the Author said, grinning.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"N--"
"Don't even start, Sirius," Andie snapped. She looked at the Author. "So you're 'the Author'...what do you need us for?"
"Well, I have an announcement of sort to, well, announce, and since it's against this site's--"
"--Against what?" asked ," the Author said. "Er...it's this website where I publish your story. My story."
"What's a website?"
The Author sighed. "Forget it. Anyway, since , shut up, Sirius--doesnot allow me to post "Author's Notes" I've decided to turn my note into part of the story."
"Oh," said Andie. "Er...okay."
"Yeah," the Author said. "Okay, so anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm sorry I haven't finished the ending to your story yet, but I've just been so busy with school." She pointed to the front of her sweatshirt. "And, to add to that, I've got major writer's block--I just can't bring myself to write the ending!"
"Oh, I know what you mean," Sirius nodded knowingly.
"Yeah, so guess what I've decided to do to try and rid my writer's block?"
"Er..." Andie frowned.
"Watch 'Full House' reruns?" Sirius guessed.
"I actually do that, but no. I've decided...drum roll, please?
"Er..." Andie repeated.
"Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun," Sirius said helpfully.
"I've decided to MST the A Fairy Tale series!" the Author announced, beaming.
"Er..." Guess who said that.
"Yay!" Sirius cheered.
"Sirius, do you even know what she's talking about?"
"Nope."
Andie sighed.
"MST...it stands for "Mystery Science Theater 3000, which was a TV show--and don't interrupt, Sirius--with characters watching a horrible film and adding commentary throughout. When authors around the web talk about MST, they usually mean a fan fiction where the characters comment on a bad fic."
"Er...I'm just going to pretend like I know what you're talking about," Sirius said blankly. Andie nodded.
The Author glared. "It doesn't matter that you guys don't understand, because the message is for the readers. Anyway, the problem is this site does not allow MSTs. So, I've been posting my MSTs at my website. So, if any of the readers are interested in reading about the Marauders making fun of...well, the Marauders, visit my website. I can't post a link in this chapter for some reason, so go to my author profile. It's there.
"So, now that I've gotten my message across, I'm done. Gotta go back and keep writing now." The Author waved and started to turn, but Sirius stopped her.
"Wait," he said.
The Author frowned. "What?"
"Can I get your autograph?"