He yawned and mumbled in his sleep. He tug the pillow closer to him ( Read more... )

The conversation with the estate agents about Sirius's purchase of the house turns out to be rather more complicated than Andromeda had expected. It's been ten years since she and Ted last bought a house, and she finds she's forgotten a lot of the details. Also, she'd always tended to let him take the lead, since it had meant dealing with so many ( Read more... )

There were so many things he had to think about. How were they going to do this? Who would they inform first? Should they make out banners and posters? Should they all write to their parents and get them involve, get them to contribute something? He and Harry had written a few letters to sponsors but it would be different if each Hogwart student ( Read more... )

Charlie sighed and mumbled in his sleep. He had a very long day. He had helped his father chase after gnomes and afterward he had felt really tired so much so that his mum after seeing him yawn several times had insisted he take a nap ( Read more... )

Rita is enjoying a cup of tea and a light lunchtime snack while browsing through her mail. There are several job applications to look through at a later time - word of her new magazine seems to have got around.

There also are a couple of invitations and then a very curious note from one of the teachers at HogwartsA charity event? Rita does not ( Read more... )

After a morning of writing letters to every influential person she can think of who might be able to assist with publicising her new pet project, Hooch's fingers ache. She puts down the quill pen and stretches her fingers wide, to full span, and turns her hand over and over, marvelling at the capabilities of a structure of bone, musculature and ( Read more... )

There was a dodo (or rather, a diricawl, to use the proper name for the beast) standing on a velvety pouf in the middle of the Gryffindor common room. A rather small dodo at that, and Hermione surveyed it critically. "It still doesn't look quite right," she opined, more to herself than anyone else. "Still more Alice in Wonderland than a real ( Read more... )

Pansy sat out in the courtyard, dressed in a cloak over a set of casual robes. There was enough of a chill in the air to warrent an extra layer, and one wouldn't want to catch cold, after all. Pepper-up potion might be effective, but it made a person look fairly ridiculous, to have smoke trickling out of the ears ( Read more... )

Sirius opens one eye. The light that slides into the bedroom window is a deeper yellow than it was the last time he looked, so he must have slept for at least an hour or two. That's good. He's too exhausted to lift his head, but he can hear Remus's wheezy snores ( Read more... )

After yesterday's adventures with young Charlie, Arthur felt a powerful need to keep out of Molly's way on Saturday morning. Staying in the same room with her while she cooked and cleaned and washed would mean conversation. And if he took part in a conversation, the subject of Charlie was bound to come up. And if the subject of Charlie came up, so ( Read more... )