( Hippolyta, having flown through the night, arrives at the Great Hall at breakfast, exhausted. )

( Hippolyta swoops in through an open window and drops her letter on the table before starting on her longer flight to Hogwarts. )

*Walburga has always found it easy to retreat behind a mask of social superiority when she is most hurt, and the woman who knocks on her husband's door looks like nothing more than a statue--paintings have more colour to them.*

Orion?

*before Narcissa's elegant frame completely appears in one of the Floos at St Mungo's, the nurse she'd upbraided the previous week was waiting to assist her from the hearth, a sympathetic look on her face. "Your mother is this way, Mrs Malfoy ( Read more... )

( The Hospital owl taps his beak against the window of Walburga's lounge and waits to be let in to the warmth... )

( The Hospital Owl flies through an open window of Andromeda's house, and hoots loudly to announce his arrival... )

( The Hospital Owl leaves the safety of his perch and heads out in search of the letter's intended... )

( The stately Hospital Owl carries his burden in an almost solemn manner, as if he knows what he carries... )

~Cygnus' vow not to engage in sexual activities hadn't lasted very long. A stop on Santorini to view the Villa turned up one of his girlfriends and she really didn't have to work very hard to convince him to take her back to his place in Thessaly.

When they are through there is a gentle smile on his face; his eyes are closed and he appears to have ( Read more... )

~Among the post Sirius had opened that morning at breakfast, one piece was an order from Dumbledore to go on patrol with James. The news in the Daily Prophet hadn't been good, and efforts were being redoubled ( Read more... )