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Extended Family

Chapter 90 – Camping 3 Campily

Takes place before Chapter 144 of Family

"Oof! Dally, what on earth do you have in here?"

Katie opened the top of Dahlia's backpack. "Dally, what's this?" She held up a small drum.

"Anti-bear drum. You beat on it to keep the bears away."

Katie blinked a few times. "Who gave you this?"

"Auntie Dora."

"Of course she did," Katie sighed. "Did she say there'd be a lot of bears in the woods?"

"Well there won't be if we beat the drum," Dahlia said.

"What's this?!" Katie pulled out a miniature gong.

"If the drum doesn't work."

"Did Auntie Dora give you this too?!"

"No, Granddog Sirius did."

"Of course he did," Katie sighed even more heavily. "Do you think there's going to be a lot of bears where we're going camping?"

Dahlia shrugged eloquently. "I dunno."

"Did you think Mummy and Daddy wouldn't protect you if we somehow happen to run into a bear?"

"No! But you can't be too prepared, that's what Auntie Dora and Granddog say."

"I guess not. Dahlia. Really?" She pulled out the large jar of honey out of her backpack. "Why would you have honey if you have two anti-bear instruments?!"

"Bear detergent. To distract the bears."

"Deterrent. Detergent is what we wash things with sometimes. Harry!"

Harry came walking into the sitting room. "Yeah? What's wrong?"

"Your godfather and your… god-whatever-Tonks-counts-as."

Harry grinned. "Sister-from-an-unrelated-mister I think is what she decided on the last time. That or lickling."

"Oh I don't know how I feel about lickling," Katie laughed.

Harry chuckled. "What did they do?"

"They apparently told Dally that there'll be bears where we'll be camping and gave her anti-bear instruments! And bear detergent!"

"Why would we be washing bears?"

"To distract them!" Dahlia insisted.

"I suppose washing a bear would distract it," Harry conceded. He smiled when Katie poked him. "But we're going back to Firefalls. Dora knows that there aren't any bears there. Unless they brought in bears for some kind of Auror training which sounds really bad."

"What else did they give you?" Katie asked Dahlia.

Dahlia dug into her pack. "This is to keep wolves away."

"Cologne?" Katie asked, looking at the bottle.

"Granddog said Uncle Remus doesn't like it," Dahlia explained. "So that'll keep wolves away somehow."

Harry and Katie snorted deeply.

"This is for dragons."

"Barbecue sauce?" Harry asked, perplexed.

"I should throw it at something that looks tasty," Dahlia said with complete sincerity.

Katie sighed again. "And what are the pickles for?"

"I like pickles," Dahlia said matter-of-factly.

"I'll pack this with the food," Harry smiled, taking the pickle jar. "And I'll pack the dragon bait and the bear detergent/deterrent too."

"I'll help you repack what you'll actually need," Katie said. "Wait. Idea. Can you call for Kreacher please Harry?"

With a loud pop, Kreacher appeared. "You called Mistress Katie?"

"Hi Kreacher!" Dahlia shouted and hugged the House Elf happily.

"Greetings Star Flower!" Kreacher said happily and hugged her back.

"Would you do me a favor please?" Katie asked.

Kreacher narrowed his eyes at her. "Mistress Katie should be telling, not be asking for favor."

"Blame him," Katie smiled, pointing at Harry.

"Kreacher would never," Kreacher croaked, scandalized. "Master Harry is odd but is good wizard."

"Thanks," Harry grinned.

"So Sirius has been winding Dahlia up. Would you please take his anti-bear gong and follow him around Grimmauld and bang on it? To keep him safe from bears of course."

Kreacher's smile was from ear to ear. "Kreacher would be honored to protect Bad Master with his anti-bear gong. Thank you for this task, Mistress Katie." He eagerly took the gong and after hugging Dahlia once more, bowed to Katie and Harry and disapparated.

"But what are we supposed to use now?" Dahlia complained.

"I have anti-bear charms I'll cast," Harry said. He winked at Katie. "I love you."

She smiled prettily. "I know and I love you too."

Later that night, Harry's mirror began barking angrily and he looked at it with a smile. "Wow, he held out longer than I thought." When he answered, a discordant gonging could be heard and he winced. He started laughing when a harried Amelia appeared within and she held up a piece of parchment.

"Sure, come over," Harry said, after reading the parchment. He had to repeat himself a few times, speaking slowly and emphatically, before he deactivated the mirror. A few moments later the Floo fire roared and the gonging was even louder. The sound cut off and Amelia came walking out of the side room, tapping herself with her wand.

"I had to deafen myself," she said, a trifle too loudly. "Kreacher's been banging on the gong for ages now and he's been chasing Sirius around Grimmauld. What's going on?!"

"He told Dahlia that it was an anti-bear gong and that she should beat it to keep the bears away when we go camping this weekend," Katie snorted. "So I asked Kreacher to return the favor."

"Of course he did," Amelia sighed. "You surprise me, however, never thought that'd be your revenge."

"What can I say, I learned from the twins," Katie smiled.

"Clearly," Amelia said dryly. "Did you by chance tell Kreacher when to stop?"

"Not really. That was a while ago. I thought he'd have stopped by now." She giggled at Harry and Amelia's looks. "Then again, with those two, maybe not."

"We're about to have dinner," Harry said. "Would you like to stay for it? Then you can return after with food and to tell Kreacher to stop with Katie's command."

"That does sound tempting," Amelia said slowly. She smiled when Dahlia climbed into her lap. "Oh no, I've been trapped. I suppose I have to stay now."

"Sirius deserves it," Katie grinned.

"You have no idea," Amelia sighed.

-0-

A loud snap heralded their appearance at Firefalls. They stumbled a bit as they landed, swaying from the trip and impact of landing. After sorting themselves out, they stood and stretched and looked around the clearing.

"Ahh it's good to be back," Oliver said happily.

"It's so pretty!" Hadley said.

"We haven't camped here in some time." Alicia smiled down at her daughter. "The last time was before you were born. We took a break from camping when you three were babies."

"Were we bad at camping?" Hailey asked.

"Not at all," Angelina said. "But camping with babies is a bit unfair for everyone so we waited for you lot to get a bit bigger. Now we can all enjoy it together."

"If it wasn't for these, I'd wait even longer to be honest," Alicia said, holding a flat stone etched with runes in her hand. "I'm glad you thought of it and got it working baby bird."

"Joint effort with Hermione, Daphne, and Luna," Harry said, smiling at his friends. "As long as the girls keep theirs, which won't be hard," he remarked and they looked at the bracelets around each little girls' wrist, "we'll be able to find them if need be."

"And we all have one," Luna said, holding hers up.

Alicia smiled and hugged the women and Harry. "Thank you. It's a big load off my mind."

Angelina sighed as she saw George and Fred running down the path followed by the trio of girls. "Are they keyed to those two children as well?"

"Yours is," Hermione smiled.

"Hey! Why am I responsible for both of them?!" Angelina cried as the other adults laughed. "I'm only married to one of them!"

"Ours are too," Harry smiled, pointing at himself and Katie. "We're honorary Weasleys apparently."

Harry, Katie, Angelina, Alicia, Oliver, Hermione, Daphne, Tracy, and Luna followed Fred, George, Dahlia, Hailey, and Hadley down the path. After some planning and organizing, they came together to Firefalls for a weekend camping trip like they did in the past. The others who came before were unable to make this one but they would see how the girls liked the experience and may do another excursion later on in the year.

"What are they doing?" Alicia asked when they reached the campsite. She watched as the twins and the trio ran out the outskirts of the clearing banging on a small drum.

"Driving the bears away apparently," Katie sighed.

"There're bears here?" Angelina asked, eyes wide.

"No there aren't," Harry said firmly. "Amelia confirmed that the other night. But Sirius and Dora gave Dahlia some anti-bear things and wound her up a bit before the trip."

"That sounds about right," Hermione huffed.

"They also gave her honey as bear detergent and barbecue sauce as dragon distraction," Harry snorted.

"Honey is a terrible detergent," Luna said. "I've tried. It's far too sticky."

"Deterrent," Katie said, shoving a laughing Harry. "Same as the barbecue sauce."

"Is it bad barbecue sauce? Is that why it would deter or distract a dragon?" Tracy asked.

"She was told to throw it at something tasty and run," Katie said, shaking her head.

"That's…okay," Daphne said, also shaking her head. "That might work?"

"I got my revenge though," Katie said smugly. She soon had the rest laughing hysterically when she told them the story while they started setting the tents up and Harry set up his field kitchen. Oliver pitched the tent for his wife and daughter and Angelina and Hermione set up the tent that would house the four Weasleys. Everyone else was staying in Harry and Katie's tent though Luna and Katie set up a very small tent beside the Potter one.

"The girls have their own tent?" Tracy asked.

"Well, they asked and we decided they can have a small one to try," Katie said. "It's not expanded inside but it's covered in protections."

"I can practically feel them," Daphne said, holding her hand beside the tent fabric.

"I might've gone a bit overboard," Harry said sheepishly.

"I still don't think they'll use it for sleeping in," Katie snorted. "We're going to wake up with them invading our bed, I'm calling it right now."

"Is the campsite free of bears?" Angelina asked when the three little girls came running back to them.

"Yeah," Hailey said with the self-satisfaction that only a small child could have. "We bear-proofed it."

"Our heroes," Luna smiled.

"What do we do now?" Hadley asked.

"Now we camp! You can walk around and see the sights, kick back and relax, play in the woods, why all sorts of things," Oliver said enthusiastically.

The girls looked at each other. "But we can do that at home," Hadley said.

"That's why Lyla and Tonks don't camp," Katie giggled.

"You could," Oliver admitted. "But here in nature, it's different. You know that super pretty picture you like? That's the falls at sunset. We can't see the real thing at home."

"Oh that makes sense," Hadley said thoughtfully.

"Come with me girls," Luna said. "I want to paint the top of the falls and you can help me carry my things and help me paint." They followed her willingly and Hermione, Daphne, and Tracy trailed behind them.

"It feels good to camp with you lot again," Fred smiled. "I went with Charlie and Bill a couple times and with others and it wasn't quite the same."

"This does feel right," George agreed. "Even with the sprogs and others, as long as we're here, it feels good."

"I'll admit, I've missed it," Alicia smiled. She rolled her eyes as the twins and Oliver gasped dramatically. "Yes yes, I can be sentimental. Who would have guessed?"

"You're such a softie," Fred teased and ducked when she threw a pinecone at him.

"Still no scary stories," Angelina said sternly. "I've had my fill. And if you try to scare Hailey, you get to deal with the aftermath." She turned to the others. "These two idiots thought it was a good idea to tell a spooky story to Hailey accompanied with a prank."

"Oh no, what did you do?" Katie said, frowning.

"George told her the story of the Cursed Hand of Glory and Fred charmed his hand to look like one. He then clapped her hard on the shoulder from behind," Angelina growled.

"That's terrible," Oliver said, suppressing a chuckle. "What was the aftermath?"

"We learned Hailey takes after her mum," George said ruefully. "As in, when it comes to fight or flight when she's scared, she fights and she fights hard."

"She bit Fred's hand to the bone and kicked and flailed about screaming bloody murder," Angelina said proudly and the others laughed. "She also refused to sleep alone for a couple weeks and she's a little cover hog of a bun."

"Oh I was wondering where you got that scar," Harry mused. "Good, you deserved it."

"Oi!" Fred cried. "That's not very medic-y of you, medic!"

"You scared my goddaughter!"

"She's my niece! I'm allowed to try and prank her! Granted, I also usually learn my lessons so will refrain from doing anything while within biting distance."

"You pull that on Dally and I'll cut it off and slowly put it back," Katie warned.

"Noted," Fred said, rubbing his hand. "Any threats from you?"

Alicia shook her head. "Not from me. Hadley will fight back too and she fights back just as hard. You will definitely reap what you sow there."

"How'd you discover that?" Angelina asked.

Oliver snorted. "One of my nephews thought that since he's bigger and older than her, he could push her around."

"She literally treed him," Alicia said proudly. "Grabbed a large wooden spoon and chased him while thwacking him with it and chased him up a tree."

"That's my girl," Harry said proudly while the others laughed.

"He's afraid of her now which is good," Oliver continued. "His dad, my brother, got snippy but I reminded him that I did the same to him when we were little and he thought he could push me about."

"He then complained to Danielle and she taught Hadley to aim for the rear so it stings more," Alicia smiled.

"I better be careful and see what Mum teaches Hailey," George laughed.

-0-

The fire crackled merrily, filling the air with scents of oak and hickory and savory sausage and fragrant bacon. Despite it being summer, the night was just cool enough where the fire's heat was welcome. Everyone gathered around it for dinner, talking and laughing and eating.

"What's got you three giggling so much?" Katie asked.

"Nothing," the trio of little girls chorused before they started to giggle once more.

"It certainly sounds like something," Daphne said with a soft smile.

"Alright, I think the sausages are done," Harry said, interrupting them. He began to pull them from the grill over the fire.

"Wait!" The three girls slowly and deliberately poked the first sausage with their small roasting forks and then exploded into outright laughter, falling over and kicking their legs with unrestrained hilarity.

Hermione sighed and flicked her wand, pulling them back from the fire to a safer flailing distance with Pulling Charms. "Really Luna?"

"Hmm?" Luna opened her eyes wide and tilted her head. "Whatever do you mean?"

"You're not fooling us," Katie laughed.

Luna smiled. "I don't know what you're insinuating," she said as she poked a sausage with her own roasting fork.

"At least it's a harmless tradition," Harry chuckled.

"What would happen if we didn't bring sausages one of these days," Alicia said, shaking her head.

"Can't have a campfire roast without sausages, wouldn't be natural," George said.

"Maybe we can compromise and bring different kinds of sausages next time," Luna suggested.

"Different kinds? There are different kinds?" Fred asked.

"Sure are. There's different flavorings of course and there's chicken ones and pure beef ones," Harry said. "There's even fish sausages."

"Oh that sounds a bit weird," Angelina said. "How do they taste?"

"Different but good. The texture is less crumbly and more springy," Harry said. "I've tried them at Skye Market. It's more common in Asia. I think they usually put it in soup."

"Okay girls, enough playing with the food," Oliver said, smiling as the girls were poking all the sausages in turn.

After finishing dinner and as they got ready to go to sleep, they watched as the girls made a big nest out of blankets and pillows in their tent and laid out their sleeping bags inside of it. "You girls sure you'll be okay in your tent?" Tracy asked.

"We're sure," they chorused confidently.

-0-

A few hours later, Dahlia was no longer sure.

She had fallen asleep easily enough but the noise from the forest at night woke her up and she could not go back to sleep. The fire outside was gone and while there was a jar of enchanted flame in the tent with them, the light did not go out beyond the tent. Every movement out in the woods made her shiver and she deeply regretted asking to sleep in a tent without her parents or aunties or godparents.

She nearly shrieked out loud when something touched her leg and she kicked hard.

"Ow! Hey!"

"Sorry!" Dahlia said, wincing when Hadley kicked her back. "You scared me!"

"I was just checking to see if you were awake," Hadley said sullenly.

"I am."

"Me too."

"Do you wish we were sleeping inside one of the big tents?"

Hadley sighed. "Yeah. It's a lot scarier out here at night."

"Let's sneak into Daddy's and Mummy's tent and bed. I know their bed is like the one at home so there's plenty of room."

"What about Hailey?"

They looked at their god-sister who was sleeping soundly, curled into a ball.

"It'd be bad if we left her by herself out here," Dahlia said.

"She's so grumpy when we wake her up though," Hadley said grumpily. However, she gently shook Hailey until the other girl woke.

"What? I'm trying to sleep," Hailey complained.

"We're sneaking into Daddy and Mummy's tent to sleep," Dahlia said. "It's spooky out here."

"It is?" Hailey blinked a few times before a loud crack made them all jump. "Okay it is let's go please hurry hurry hurry."

They gathered their blankets and ran as fast as they could into the Potter tent. Breathing a deep sigh of relief, they carefully opened the door to Harry and Katie's room and seeing them asleep, they crept in and climbed into the bed. Luckily, the adults did not wake, moving in their sleep to accommodate the three little girls. The girls fell asleep almost immediately.

-0-

"Oliver, wake up!"

"Huhn, wha?" Oliver blinked and rubbed his face. "What's wrong?"

"The girls aren't in their tent," Alicia said in a clipped voice. "I went out to look and they're gone. I came back to grab my stone and go find them."

"They're probably with Harry and Katie," Oliver yawned. "I woke up earlier and checked my stone. See? The runes are still here and they would buzz if they went too far."

"Oh, well, let me check." She took her stone and walked out and after a few moments came back. "You're right. I did not look into their tent but the runes pulsed when I stood outside of it."

"I figured they'd get scared in the night and sneak into their tent," Oliver said comfortably.

"Ah, hence you not saying anything when we pitched it beside theirs." Alicia smiled.

"Yup! And we can have a bit of a lie in and offer to move their tent next to ours and let them invade us tomorrow," Oliver chuckled.

"Fair is fair," Alicia said and laid back down beside him, feeling much better.

-0-

"Harry? Katie? Are you up yet?" Hermione knocked on the door. "Harry, you asked me to wake you if I was up before you."

"Come in," Katie called out sleepily.

Hermione opened the door and she smiled broadly at the sight. "Guess you were right."

Katie shook her head ruefully. "I knew this would happen." She looked down with fond exasperation at being trapped by Dahlia, Hailey, and Hadley on the bed. Dahlia was squeezed in between her and Harry with Hadley sprawled over all of them and Hailey tucked in beside Katie on her other side. "I can't move and Angelina's right, Hailey is a cover hog."

"At least it's an adorable invasion," Hermione giggled.

"Oh don't get me wrong, not complaining at all," Katie said warmly.

-0-

"Hey, how was fishing?" Katie asked.

"Great!" Harry put the bucket down and pulled on the line, revealing several large fish. "The girls all caught one. Together I mean."

"Adorable," Angelina smiled.

"Yup, a real team effort. I got a couple, so did Captain and Tracy."

"Is the pink one the one the girls caught?" Katie asked.

"Yeah, I promised them I'd cook it special for them to have the first bite. Didn't want to mix it up with the others."

"That's good, I was worried they caught like a pink candy fish or something," Angelina snickered. "Where are they?"

"Tracy took them down a path to hunt up some wild herbs with Daphne," Oliver said as he put the fishing poles down.

"Did any of them end up in the water?" Katie asked.

"After we stopped fishing," Harry smiled. "They asked if they could push Tracy into the water and she said 'you can try' and they took it as permission and succeeded. Which led her to pulling them in and having a water fight."

"That's hilarious." Angelina's smile faded and she stood up. "What's that?"

Squealing got louder and louder and Dahlia and Hailey came running into the camp. Without saying anything, Dahlia dashed to the icebox that Harry transfigured the first day and opened it, nearly diving within and rummaging through it. "Got it!" she shouted and pulled something out and threw it to Hailey. Hailey caught it neatly and they went running back out of the clearing, squealing all the while.

"What the hell?!" Harry and the others made to follow when the squealing came back. This time Dahlia, Hailey, and Hadley came running back without the object that Dahlia pulled out of the icebox. They ran for the Potter tent and pushed their way into it.

Tracy and Daphne came stumbling into the camp, hanging off each other. Harry was torn, deciding on who to run to when he realized that the two women were supporting each other from falling over from laughter. "What happened?!"

"It's…it's…it's okay!" Tracy gasped, face bright red and her whole body shaking. "It's nothing bad!"

"For the girls," Daphne chortled breathlessly. She fell over, dragging Tracy with her and the two witches howled with laughter as they lay on the ground.

"Oooh, that looks like it hurts a lot," Oliver whistled as he pointed.

Fred and George staggered into the campsite. Fred had a large bump on his head, a bruise already starting to form among other small scratches that George had as well. He and George were covered in honey and they looked sheepish.

"You didn't," Angelina growled.

"What did you do?!" Alicia shouted.

"Well we put on cloaks and made them look like a bear," George sighed. "Not even real ones though! Like overgrown teddy bear types!"

"We popped up near the camp and growled a bit and the girls…overreacted." Fred rubbed the lump on his head and winced. "Hadley started throwing rocks and sticks at us and then Hailey pegged me with what I think was a jar of honey. She throws hard."

"Bear detergent," Luna smiled.

"Gee, the child that helps me train as a Chaser can throw hard," Angelina said, her words dripping with sarcasm. "How did that happen?"

"Hadley helps me do Keeper stuff too," Oliver said proudly.

"Should we be helping Dahlia train?" Harry asked Katie worriedly. "I feel like we've left her behind a bit."

"We can ask her later what she wants to train for," Katie said seriously. "Though you do chase her about a lot so she's helping you seek."

"We already warned you how Hadley would react and you knew how Hailey would. Why did you think this would be a good idea?!" Alicia shouted, incensed.

"We didn't say it was a good one, just a funny one," Fred said limply. "But lesson learned, again apparently. No more prank scaring the bunny sprogs. It's safer for us this way."

"Mummy! I can't find the drum!" Dahlia said as she and the other two came running back outside.

"It's okay," Katie said. "Uncle Fred and Uncle George chased the bears away."

"Thank you!" they said together.

"Why are you sticky?" Hailey asked, staring at them.

"They wrestled with the bears to chase them away," Luna said.

"That's not very smart to wrestle a bear!" Hadley gasped.

"No, they're not very smart at all," Alicia said with a broad smile.

"Why don't you three help them clean up in the river," Angelina suggested. "Push them into the water and help them scrub up with some human detergent."

"I'll heal you both when you get back," Harry grinned.

With groans and headshaking, the twins left with the girls in tow and Luna trailing behind them to clean up the broken glass. Once out of ear shot, the adults erupted into laughter, made all the better when Daphne and Tracy told them how it happened.

"We were coming up the path and I could hear those two snickering," Daphne said, face still red. "They jumped up and they truly did look ridiculous, like giant teddy bear toys. However, before I could say anything, the girls reacted."

"Hadley started chucking stuff at them and howling at the top of her lungs," Tracy said, laughter punctuating their words. "Just pelting them with things. Dally and Hailey went running by and Daph and I were laughing too hard to tell Hadley to stop. Then Hailey and Dally came running back and Hailey hucked the bottle of honey and nailed Fred right in the noggin!"

"He fell over like a tree and took George with him!" Daphne gasped. "Then the girls went running away and Tracy and I literally could not walk from laughing too hard!"

"No shrinking daisies in our bunnies!" Angelina said proudly.

"They are very smart and proactive," Alicia said approvingly.

"They're the best," Katie said, wiping tears of merriment away.

"Honestly, what did the twins think would happen," Hermione sighed, shaking her head.

"They don't think, clearly," Alicia huffed.

"What happened to Dally's drum though," Harry said thoughtfully, looking about.

"Oh I gave it to Kreacher when you lot went fishing," Katie said airily. "I couldn't just punish Sirius so Kreacher was asked to follow Tonks around and bang on the drum to protect her from bears."

"You called him here to prank Tonks?" Harry laughed.

"And to bring us some more chocolate and marshmallows and graham crackers. We ate all we brought the first night," Katie grinned.

"You're the best," Harry chuckled.

-0-

When the Potter family reappeared outside their home, Harry looked at the porch and started laughing. A large basket sat on the ground filled with flowers and chocolates.

"Hold on flower," Katie said when Dahlia moved towards it. "Let's make sure it isn't booby-trapped."

Harry waved his wand over the basket. "Not a charm on it." He picked up the card and handed it to Katie. "Has your name on it."

She opened it and smiled smugly. "Sirius and Tonks are begging me for forgiveness and to call Kreacher off. Said I won this time."

"I'd be worried about that last bit," Harry remarked, carrying the basket inside. "That means there might be future incidents."

"And I'm in the lead for now," Katie said. She unwrapped a chocolate bar and broke it into pieces, giving Harry one and feeding Dahlia a piece.

"They'll think twice before messing with you," Harry grinned.

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odonnellzoo99 - I happen to like Dresden a lot and thought it would be funny to include in the story. I feel like Hermione would find it rather pulpy and lacking compared to how they treat magic in this setting. I also adore Doctor Strange so it was fun to think about them in this context. Good timing on the chapter. Also, since you like the Bunnies, I think you will really like this chapter.

hikolb6 - No, I do not plan on reposting everything together or reordering the chapters. I appreciate that this story can be a little confusing but my goal for this fic was to let it be a ramble with chapters appearing without having to tie everything together sequentially. I've been able to come up with ideas because it is freeform.

Ghostwriter - I like Tolkein for the most part but it is definitely very dry. I thought the book club would be fun and let us have a meta view on things.

Arnie1701 - Oh boy those movies. Where there is a whip, there is a way.

Urgwaew - This chapter was a bit of a stretch as an idea but I had hoped it would be fun to have a meta/fourth wall view on things, and see how they see things we might be familiar with. I figured Hermione would be hurt and Luna's new art series was a random thought but fun. I think LoTR and the Hobbit are two vastly different stories. I like both a lot but the triology is very dense and dry in ways which has it's pros and cons. Hope you are doing well.

alix33 - I had a good laugh at Hedwig shushing Hermione too. And Harry and Katie taught Dahlia about ulterior motives way back when Fleur visited them, chapter 36.