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06-13-2004, 05:38 AM
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After Ginny finishes her final year at Hogwarts, she's stunned to learn that Harry, who's been out of school a year, is engaged. Not wanting to return to the Burrow, which will be full of wedding planning and activity, Ginny escapes to Diagon Alley for a bit of independent living. The twins kindly take Ginny in and offer her a job, and she drags Neville and Luna along as flatmates. Who knows what will happen now that they are living independently?
This is a VERY loose storyline so far, but we want to have the chance to explore these characters as rising adults. I have all of the main characters filled at this point. If you are interested, go ahead and post your character idea. To be honest, I'd prefer HP characters (but not necesarily HRH) rather than made-ups... although a quality made-up is always welcome. If I don't feel your character will add to the story, I probably won't say yes. Also, we're quite serious about RPing, so if you aren't on at night EST, CST, or you will only post very sporadically, don't bother. This is advanced RPing, so YES, your posts need to be longer and more detailed and we DO care about your spelling and grammar. Ginny - Cassirin Neville - Spots Luna - Biochemkris Fred - tylert_28 George - Cassirin Ron - Poirot Hermione - Lumos299 Harry - Lumos299 Elizabeth - Kirstie McGonagall Guinevere - Jennifer_w Dobby- Spots |
06-27-2004, 04:33 AM
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| When they arrived at Diagon Alley, Elizabeth and Hermione automatically went off laughing and chattering to the store where they were going to buy the dresses. Harry and Ron started strolling down the streets, going in and out of a few shops. When they came to Fred and George's new shop, Harry asked Ron if he would like to go in and say hi. So of course, they did.
When they walked in, Harry didn't even notice the red head who was putting something back in a canister, but he was looking at objects on shelves. Fred and George didn't seem to be around, so they would wait.
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06-27-2004, 04:49 AM
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| Poetry Prince Spotty Quidditch Fanatic Nogtail
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| Dobby was hiding under the counter as the monkeys moved around the store playing various marches. Finally he heard a spell spoken out by someone and his named called he crept out and looked at the scene. Monkeys were spread around the room in varying stages of playing their instruments. Some of them were frozen halfway through inhaling or blowing into their mouthpieces, others where stuck in position mid strike of their drums.
"Dobby is heres ma'am, what would you likes Dobbys to do?"
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06-27-2004, 04:51 AM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee Ginny sat on the floor, shrinking the instruments and sticking them back into the cannister one at a time. She had already tried, "Finite Incantatem" on the monkeys, who disappeared in a cloud of smoke. That was a clever joke, and she'd be laughing if she didn't have to try to fit all the tiny drumsticks into a jar. "No, I've got it, Dobby. Thank you." The bell at the front of the store rang, and Ginny ignored it. Dobby would get it.
When she realized that the customers had not yet spoken with Dobby, Ginny looked around to see if they were still in the store. Peeking around the corner, Ginny stifled a gasp at the sight of Harry and Ron silently studying the newest fake wand design. What were those two doing in here? She quietly backed towards the staircase, hoping to make it to George before either of them decided to be a bit more observant. Things were going well until she stepped on an errant cymbol she hadn't yet managed to shrink.
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06-27-2004, 05:09 AM
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| Harry's head turned quickly and he saw the red-headed girl on a set of stairs. His heart seemed to skip a beat and his stomach flipped. He stood there staring at her wth his mouth hangning open for what seemed like at least an hour to Harry. "Ginny..." He said, walking towards where she was, slowly. He just wanted to talk with her...
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06-27-2004, 05:23 AM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee Ginny hung her head and came back down the stairs. So much for the stealthy escape. "Harry," she responded in a light tone... or as light a tone as she could manage. "Ron," she noticed her brother standing there, but he made no move to come and hug her, so she didn't move either. Keeping her voice light and neutral, Ginny gestured to the store. "Can I help you find anything today?"
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06-27-2004, 05:37 AM
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| Technically technical all the time Bookaholic Luna turned back around to face George. "They're back at the Leaky Cauldron," she replied. "But, I'm sure we can manage without your assistance. You seem to have a lot to cleaning up in the shop."
She sighed and walked into the bathroom. She knelt down on the floor, next to the tub, and turned on the faucets. She knelt there for several minutes, entranced, as she watched the water flow into the tub and form pink foamy bubbles. She shut of the faucets and then, leaned back on her heels, her hands flat on her thighs.
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06-27-2004, 05:59 AM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee George followed her as she walked away from him. She didn't give him the feeling that she was trying to escape, but more that she was bored and ready to move on. He almost turned away when she acted as if she was about to take a bath, but it became clear rather quickly that this was not the plan.
"Haven't you figured it out by now?" George gave Luna a crooked smile when she glanced up at him, seeming surprised to find him in the bathroom with her. "I don't have ANY cleaning up to do. I have a shopgirl and a house elf to do that. A bossy shopgirl and a phobic house elf, but no one has it perfect."
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06-27-2004, 06:07 AM
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| Technically technical all the time Bookaholic "Well.. In that case... If it's not too much trouble, you could help me with Ginny's trunk," Luna said, putting her hands on the edge of the tub to help push herself to her feet.
Without waiting for an answer, she moved to leave the bathroom, only to find her way blocked by George. For some reason she had forgotten that he followed her into the bathroom while she took her time getting up from the floor as she had become mesmorized with the bubbles in the bottom of the tub momentarily.
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06-27-2004, 06:20 AM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee George stared down at the blond for a moment, wondering if she planned on standing there or if she would eventually get around to asking him to move. Finally, he sighed and stepped out of the way, letting Luna pass before he moved into the bathroom and pulled the plug in the tub, watching the pink bubbles and water swirl down the drain.
"Let's be off then," he called to Luna, who was now studying the couch as if it were a new species of dragon. He clumped down the stairs, hoping Luna would follow him, and nearly stumbled over Ginny. She stood uncertainly at the bottom of the stairs facing off with Harry, who looked equally uncertain.
"Well," George clapped his hands together. "This looks awkward. We'll just leave you to it, then." George ruffled Ron's hair as well as he could as he walked past, then disappeared out the door. Luna moved along behind him, and he shortened his pace so that she could catch up. "Bloody glad to be getting out of there. It isn't right... do you suppose we should help Ginny?"
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06-27-2004, 01:53 PM
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| Technically technical all the time Bookaholic Luna followed George down the stairs and beheld the awkward scene below. Ginny appeared to be facing off against Ron and Harry whomust have arrived after she had gone upstairs with George and although she wanted to help her friend, she knew there was nothing she coul do and that Ginny was more than capable of handling herself. So, she continued past them with a quick hello to the boys and continued to follow after George.
"What would you do to her help her?" Luna asked.
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06-27-2004, 02:23 PM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee George ruffled his already unruly red hair. His mother had cut all their hair for many years, but now that he lived outside of the house, he didn't have the opportunity to get it cut, and it was getting rather long. "I don't know," he finally shrugged. "What's her goal? Ginny loves Harry, right? Or she thinks she might. Or she doesn't know."
They continued on down the street towards the Leaky Cauldron in silence. George was considering the problem at hand, and Luna... well, he had no idea what Luna was thinking about. George had always been the more practical of the twins, if either of them could be said to be practical. Fred had the brilliant ideas, and George figured out how to accomplish them - it was what made them such a good team. But George was having trouble thinking of anything particularly brilliant at this point.... maybe he should owl Fred.
"I guess we just need to give Ginny a chance to spend time with Harry... for them both to figure out how they feel. Hopefully, she'll figure out that she doesn't really love him and he can go on to marry this Elizabeth in peace. My mum seems to be getting very attached to the girl, so I'd hate for us to have to drive her away completely. We'll just have to arrange situations for Harry and Ginny to spend time together. And we'll have to distract Elizabeth, so that she isn't also there muddling things ups." His voice grew stronger at the end as he developed a clear plan of action.
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06-27-2004, 04:54 PM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Jacob Lyon Eastley First Year | Ron was little bit busy observing his brothers’ items that he didn’t saw Harry leave him alone cruising each rows of the shop. He was searching for the inventions he knew, or which his brothers had made, before they fled away from Umbridge during his fifth year. About to give up, he decided to go to the counter and asked the teller where he can find the Extendable Ears.
He walked towards the teller and saw his best friend Harry standing in front of him. He was talking to a redhead in front of him, as he glanced around them. Then, there she was. It was her little sister, Ginny. He strolled towards the counter and said to her, “How are you, Ginny?”
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06-27-2004, 04:55 PM
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| Harry's mind was buzzing. Ginny was working here? Had she already found a home, too? And all she could mention after what had happened was the store? He continued to stare at her, her beautiful red hair framing the delicate face with its light freckles and her brown eyes that he felt he could look into forever. He shook his head as if to bring himself out of a day dream and back to reality.
He knew what the answer was going to be, but he had to try asking this anyway, "Ginny, can we go somewhere and talk?"
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06-27-2004, 06:42 PM
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| Technically technical all the time Bookaholic "That sounds like a good idea," Luna replied after listening to George's rambling thoughts. She had always wondered why people insisted on thinking out loud. It was very distracting. Not to mention the fact that it was time consuming to sort through everything a person said to determine what it was that they were thinking and what it was they actually meant to say.
They walked on in silence until they arrived at the Leaky Cauldron. Luna led George up the stiars and opened up the door to their room. "Here it is," she said and then, pointed to Ginny's trunk. "You can get Ginny's things... Is there a back way into the flat? So that you don't have to go through the shop? We should probably try and stay away from Ginny and Harry if you want them to get some quality time together."
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06-27-2004, 07:15 PM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee Ginny accepted a hug from her brother willingly. She had always been quite close with him, and, although he was dense at times, she loved him dearly. "I'm doing just fine, Ron. Nice of you to show up yesterday to pick me up," she teased him, but there was a hard edge to her voice. It would have been easier to take bad news if Ron had been there... or if anyone in her family had bothered to show up.
Ginny avoided Harry's eyes for as long as she could, but as soon as she looked back at him, she knew she was a goner. Those open green eyes held a great deal of pain and regret, and Ginny had never been able to deny him whatever he asked of her... and even some things he hadn't asked, like the adventure fourth year. "Yeah, we can talk. Ron, will you help Dobby watch the store?" "There's that Ravenclaw mind!" George grinned and prodded Luna with his elbow. "I knew you'd think of a way to help. As for a backdoor, I can do you one better. We can just apparate back to the flat. Do you have everything you need?" He waited for her to finish gathering her belongings as he let Ginny's owl fly ahead of them. Owls weren't big fans of apparation.
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| Harry smiled and his spirits lifted for the moment. She had actually agreed to talk with him. They left Ron in the store with Dobby and headed towards Florean Fortescue's. "Ginny..." Harry started, but then stopped with a short pause. "Want some ice cream?" He asked, gesturing towards the shop.
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "Harry," Ginny actually laughed. "You know better than to offer food to a Weasley. Of course, I'll eat ice cream! Your buying right?" she laughed again and moved to the counter at Florean's. Once the two of them had a cone and were settled at a table, they sat in an uneasy silence, each licking at the cones that were melting fast in the London summer sun.
"Harry..." Ginny finally began, the cold ice cream having lost its flavor. Remembering long evenings spent in the Common Room doing homework and companionably silent, Ginny regretted that they'd lost their easy friendship. "I'm sorry I yelled at you yesterday."
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| Harry had been staring down at the table they were sitting at, not wanting to look Ginny in the eye in fear that she would yell and be angry at him still. When she apologized, he looked up at her. She was truly sorry. "No, Gin... you don't have to be sorry. I'm sorry... I shouldn't have waited so long to tell you. The only reason I did wait so long was because I didn't know how to tell you and I..." Harry trailed off, naming the numerous reasons for waiting to tell her.
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee Ginny reached across the table with her free hand and grabbed ahold of Harry's. She let herself enjoy the warmth of him, even as she told herself it was just a friendly gesture. "Harry, I'm not eleven anymore. You don't have to protect me or fight my battles or worry about me. I just need you to be my friend and tell me what's going on. I'm not mad at you because you're getting married. I'm angry because you kept it a secret like I was some sort of emotionally impaired child."
Ginny removed her hand at her words, trying to separate herself from him but only succeeding in putting the distance of the table between them. "Do you love her? I don't know her name yet, but I want to know."
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| Harry glanced down at their hands when she reached over and his stomach seemed to flip again. Why, he couldn't figure out. Her reasoning on why she was angry the previous day made sense and he felt so stupid for not telling her about it earlier.
When Ginny pulled her hand away, he wanted to reach over and take it again. Having her hand there made him know that everything was okay between them. When she spoke, however, Harry's heart sunk and he tried to answer the question. "Yes. I mean... yes, I love her. I love being with her and I love her company... yes... I love her..." He said. However, when he said it, it seemed as if he was about to continue and say something else, but he stopped himself and didn't.
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee Ginny smiled a smile that didn't quite reach all the way up to her eyes. "Then I'm happy for you," she said, although there was a hesistancy in his voice that made her wonder. Harry Potter was a Gryffindor and did everything with a sort of cocky confidence that characterized them all to a certain degree. That he didn't sound sure was something to worry about... but not now.
"Very happy," she amended, then looked down at the soggy mess on the table where her cone had melted. "But I want a new cone. This one looks more like a puddle," she smiled charmingly at him, trying to let him know that all was well between them.
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| Harry was relieved to hear she was happy for him, even though it didn't sound as convincing as it could have. He pushed that out of his head for the moment and decided that how she said it was good enough and this was Ginny, if she really felt strongly, she would say something... eventually.
Harry smiled back at her and cleaned up the melted ice cream on the table with a wave of his wand. "Alright, then, new cone it is. Still my treat."
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "I'd argue with you, Mr. Potter," Ginny said playfully, "But I can't even afford to pay my brothers for the flat yet. Let's just say next time, I'll buy the ice cream. You play your cards right, I might even throw in a butterbeer." She watched as he bought the ice cream, and for the moment everything was normal and lovely. She didn't want to think about what kind of friendship she'd be able to have with Harry when he was married to someone else. Whether she was in love with him or not... and the jury was still out on that one... he was one of her best friends. It hurt her to think that they couldn't always be that way. So she didn't think about it.
"Let's go up and check out the newest Firebolt," Ginny turned and started to walk up the street. "I hear the alignment isn't what it was on the last model."
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| "I'd love that... I've heard mixed reviews about it too... apparently the jinx protection is better, but, like you said, the alignment isn't right..." Harry continued talking about the broomstick. It was very pleasant walking down the sunny, crowded Diagon Alley with Ginny. And something told Harry is wasn't because it was sunny, crowded, or Diagon Alley.
When they arrived at the Qudditch store, there was a crowd around what apparently was the new Firebolt. Harry stood on his toes to try and see, but he couldn't. He grabbed Ginny's hand, looked at her whith a smile, and pushed his and her way to the front to see it.
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee Ginny lingered at the window with her hand still in Harry's. He didn't drop hers, and she didn't want to let him go just yet. He was the one who was engaged... and friends could hold hands too. The crowd pressed around them, jostling them from all sides. One particularly eager person, who Ginny recognized as a Hufflepuff who would be a sixth year in September, stepped right on her foot in his desire to get to the window.
"Ouch!" Ginny cried out in pain and stepped away from the offending foot. "That hurt." She stumbled over Harry, nearly falling into the crowd.
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