Arch of Wand: I got out of explaining AGAIN, HA! Lol :D I win!
CS: Oh, I'll get dear ickle Remmikins fluffy all right. Just maybe not in this fic… *cackles*
bethany wood: I'm glad I've caught your interest! I don't particularly like girl-falls-into-story stories either. Pity that's what I like to write. I have a couple of songfics as well, if you'd like to check them out.
Openly Insane: I love your name!
"blahblah": Lol. All your MWAHAs remind me of a Mwaha fight that I had with someone a long time ago….
Autumn Darkness: They're not thtupid, you're thtupid. Lol.
esteledhel: Aw, thank you! I always stress over characters…. Another Traveler chapter's coming, but I swear it's trying to kill me!
DistinctVagueness: *claps* More people like my characters!
Empress Guinevere Sparrow: Is this the very top secret laboratory that no one will ever find but everyone already knows is there? (Kuzco: She's got this "secret lab"…) Oh, and I'm sorry to say (not really, but that's not the point) that there is no discussion. I'm Slytherin, so I'm very good at getting out of things.
Naomi Maxwell: Lol. Welcome, enjoy! And about Sirius… yes, but it takes forever, and it's very complicated.
"FireLizard": LOL. I loved your fading effect! "Slowly...fadeing...ah...can't spel...no!" Hope you keeping liking the story….
"Moonlight on the Water": I'm glad you like it! What friend is this that recommended it? I'd like to thank them!
Muse-Calliope: Lol. Don't you wish he actually existed? *sighs and pounces on her Sirius doll*
Lily of the Shadow: Know what? I fall off stuff (AKA bikes, fences, etc.) like that all the time… this is why I know what happens. *wink*
galadrielhermione10067: Ack… Traveler… yes… erm… it's coming? No, really, it is! I just finished school, so I am able to find large amounts of time for the computer now. Yey! *claps*
Snowfire the Kitsune: Hi! *waves* Welcome to my world, and… well, keep reading! Lol. :D
Thanks to Beta!Hathor !!
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December 29, 1976Dear Journal,
Geez. I haven't written in a journal since I was ten. Good thing I'm starting now; missing Lisa's maiming fall down the stairs is nothing compared to this.
You'll never guess what happened. Scratch that. You don't know who I am or where I was or when I was to begin with, so I'm sure you won't find it terribly extraordinary that I am now in the time of the Marauders.
I've been here for four days now. On my first day I managed to act cool in front of Sirius Black, fall down stairs, make other people fall down stairs, explain my situation to Dumbledore, get invited to stay at Hogwarts, and punch James Potter in the nose (that's healing nicely now… it's barely purple at all). I'd have the say that the hardest of those was being cool with Sirius. I've never been the greatest at talking to guys, let alone immensely handsome ones. You'd think that telling Dumbledore everything would be harder, but no! Even though I had to talk at the rate of a snail so I didn't drop anything about James or Lily or Sirius or Peter or Harry or Snape or… anyone else…
Anyways. Dumbledore fixed it so that even though I'm a Muggle (crap… no special Mary Sue Powers), I get to stay at Hogwarts and study theory and history and potions and stuff like that. This is SO COOL! I'm going to HOGWARTS! OH MY GOSH! hyperventilates
Everyone's been really anxious to hang out with me. The Marauders ask me so many questions though, that it's not really fun to be around them. Lily Evans coughPottercough is really nice and very polite about respecting my privacy. Good thing that she likes having Muggle roots… she has plenty of pens around. Quills don't agree with me. I had ink stains on my hands before I even picked up the quill. Lily lent me all the pens she had. She said her mother can owl her more. I know she's really curious about me (as they all are). I'm now one of three Gryffindor (that Sorting Hat is possessed, by the way, in my opinion) girls in sixth year (Dumbledore seemed to know it'd be embarrassing to go to school with eleven-year-olds, so there we are).
It sounds funny to say that… sixth year. No more eleventh grade. Honestly, I like the sound of "sixth year" better. I can't wait till school starts up again… or for the first time, I guess. Dear old Dumbledore (all those Marauders hanging about it rubbing off on me; that's what they call him – that or Albus… sort of impertinent, but that's the Marauders for you) said that, if I like, he will arrange for me to sit in on classes that require a wand (Transfiguration, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts). I won't be able to do any of the foolish wand-waving or silly incantations, but he suggested that I at least learn the theory of that section of magic. If nothing else, I'll know how to do all sorts of magic; I just won't be able to. Dumbledore's really accommodating about this. I've spent hours in his office every day, talking over what's to be done and how I'm liking Hogwarts and such. Odd that he didn't just stick me in some Muggle orphanage….
If I stay here for fifteen years or so, maybe I'll get to meet Ha(scribble)
I don't think I'll talk about that anymore. Sirius has this nasty habit of following me around and getting in on whatever I'm doing. It's sweet, but he's everywhere! I won't be here that long anyways.
Ugh! Sirius, if you're reading this page, then QUIT IT! Geez! For being so cute, he sure is a butthead. I told you not to read this anymore, you idiot! snorts No, if the Common Room were empty, my tune would be just the same. In fact, it'd be louder and not on paper. Sirius, I'm not gonna explain the word "butthead" to you because all people are meant to know about that word is the general meaning and I have a feeling that you've got that. Shut up!
All righty, so I'm getting back to my journal only three hours after that last bit. Sirius decided that I just had to go on a walk with him and the Marauders. And then he forgot me. Stupid boys… at least Remus remembered I was there and acted like it. Sirius invited me and then ignored me. I'm beginning to understand why Snape doesn't like them. Sirius and James are almost unbearably arrogant. Like cats with a sense of humor. Remus is a suspicious character…obviously. Peter… I think that Snape finds him weak. I'd prefer to ignore him, but I've already had too much entertainment out of him. I hate that he's funny. It's like your parents making you eat broccoli because they say it's good for you, but you end up liking the broccoli. That defeats the purpose and makes your parents think they know everything. This may be how scientists gain power. Must investigate.
The Marauders are now back and are acting out a "conversation" that they had with Snape on the way back from their walk. (Luckily, I got bored and left. Remus may have noticed.) I believe it was Shakespeare via Collin Mochrie who said, "All the world is a stage and you are CRAP!" It's not their acting skills. I'd vote for them if I were part of the Academy, but their material needs work. I wonder if Hogwarts has something normal like drama class. James should sign up. He's very melodramatic where Lily is involved. Yesterday he spent two hours draped backwards over the arm of the couch, bemoaning his misfortunes when Lily wouldn't sit next to him at lunch.
It feels weird to wear robes. They're like unflattering dresses. This start of the school term after Christmas may be entertaining. I'm wearing a set around today to get used to them. Maybe I'll fit in better that way. I hear news travels fast around here. Lily wrote to the other Gryffindor sixth year girl, Alice (future Mrs. Longbottom?), and mentioned me. Lily suspects that between Alice and Severus Snape (who will tell all the Slytherins he is in contact with, of course), the entire school will know about me before they get back from holiday. Lovely.
Sirius has decided that he is bored and insists that everyone must accompany him to dinner, even though it is forty-five minutes away. Must make a mental note to observe this boy and see what makes him tick….
Maybe it's the Force.
Wrong movie.
Remus looks sicker every day. I pretend not to notice.
- Casey
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