Malfoy sneered as he looked at the various books on Melin’s shelves.  “Does the ministry know you own these books?”  He drawled.  “Look at this,” he pulled a book from the shelf and read its title, “The Catalogue of Dark Arts.”  Putting it back he moved along the shelves, stopping at a few choice books.  “Novel ( Read more... )

            A single candle burned in the drawing room as Melin finished what seemed like her 80th game of poker against an enchanted floor rug.  “If you were more than a rug I’d probably say you were cheating.”  She growled as she tossed her hand down onto the pile.  “I’m being beaten by a damn rug.”  Dumbledore had already come and gone, and she ( Read more... )

             Remus jumped to his feet as a door above him slammed shut.  “Who’s there?”  He drew his wand and slowly pushed the kitchen door open.  “Padfoot?  Tonks?  Someone answer me.”  He let out a gasp as Melin stepped into the light above the landing above him, her face ghastly pale.  “Incendi!  What happened?”  Putting away his wand he rushed ( Read more... )

            Snape opened his eyes to a strange thumping noise outside the door to the bedroom.  Raising an eyebrow he stood up and silently made his way over to the door and peered through the enchanted peephole that let people in the bedroom look through, but anyone on the other side could not look through to see the bedroom.  What he ( Read more... )

I made an image of Melin at the ball. Can't remember where I found the dollmaker...

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            Still in his clothes from the ball, Círdan stretched as he fed his hippocerf a carrot.  “(It’s times like these when I wonder how they can be in the same family Moontrimmer.)”  He smiled as Moontrimmer gave whinnied in agreement.  “(You like her to don’t you?)”  At the sound of the stable door opening he ( Read more... )

            The trip into the city was mostly uneventful.  Aside from several people staring at Melin and whispering to each other there wasn’t much in the way of excitement.  Melin had stopped at a couple of shops to look at the various herbs, and practically had to be pulled out of the book shop by Jehan.  “(Everything is so wonderful here.)”  ( Read more... )

            Snape was reaching the end of my patience…which wasn’t much of a task seeing as how he had had quit a short fuse lately.  “I will ask you one last time…how the bloody hell can I find Melin?”  The young servant girl cowered down and began babbling in a language Snape didn’t understand.  She looked even more ( Read more... )

Snape was fuming by the time he found Melin, who had apparated to Hogsmeade instead of Grimmauld Place.  Finding her in her office he stormed over and grabbed hold of her arm, jerking her violently out of her chair.  “How could you?”  He bellowed.

Melin narrowed her eyes and tried to pull out of Snape’s grasp.  “How could I what?”
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