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12-04-2015, 02:15 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 42. Portraits “Lux… would you like to come up and see my bedroom?” Teddy asked the beautiful girl, who had come to visit Zhenya. “Sure,” she said, and Teddy followed her up the stairs. “Hey, that’s cool,” she commented, pointing to the portrait on his wall. “Yeah, I know. My uncle got it for me for my birthday last year.” Of course he did. Archer knew his nephew LOVED Sherlock Holmes. “Is that a deerstalker?” Lux asked.
Teddy looked at his bookcase. “Yep,” he said, picking it up and handing it to her. His precious deerstalker. Lux would be careful with it.
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12-04-2015, 02:17 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 61. Kiss “EWWWWW!” Ava yelled, running to Teddy. “What I just saw I cannot un-see.”
Teddy put his book down and sat up, “What did you see?” the young kid asked. “Zhenya and Gary… KISSING!”
Teddy didn’t see what the big deal was, though. “Well… they’re in love.” “Yes but I SAW IT! With my eyes!”
Teddy laughed, but Ava didn’t see the funny side. “Ouch!” he said, after she punched him in the arm. “Well YOU’RE going to kiss someone one day, did you think of THAT?” he said, a small grin on his face.
Ava just blinked and walked away.
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12-05-2015, 01:18 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 24. House elf Teddy and Ava listened to their mother’s childhood tales. “Our House Elf was called Sharik, and he would always call me Missabel. He couldn’t quite get the L out,” she laughed a warm laugh at her memory of the dear old thing. “He died though.” “How did he die mama?” Ava asked. “He used to like sleeping in the laundry basket. One day, after a bit too much firewhisky, he wouldn’t wake up when my mother called to him. We didn’t know where he was, so she had to do her own laundry. She drowned him. In the clothes washer.”
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12-05-2015, 01:19 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 45. Licorice Wand “Merry Christmas darlings,” their parents said, handing them both a small stack of presents.
Teddy took the first present and ran his fingers up and down it. It felt like something long and solid. Then he gave it a bit of a shake. It was yielding. He put it up to his ear and shook it, but besides the soft crackle of paper, there was nothing.
Lisabel rolled her eyes, “Your guess?” “A licorice wand!”
He carefully removed the sticky tape from the paper and unwrapped the present, folding the paper away for another present. It WAS a licorice wand.
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12-05-2015, 01:20 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 87. Staircase It was Teddy’s favourite place to read. Well, second. No, third. First was in the library, and second was in the common room. No, fourth. Third was curled up in bed.
The moving staircase! Teddy could just sit on these stairs all day, reading his favourite books, and going for a ride every time it moved. It delighted the ickle firstie as he sat there, feeling the rumble of the stairs beginning to move. He grabbed the rail for support and giggled as it moved. The only thing he didn’t like were the people walking up and down the staircase.
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12-05-2015, 01:21 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 49. Yule Ball “What would you do if you… were chased to the end of a cliff?” Ava asked.
Teddy thought about that. He wouldn’t jump. He wouldn’t run towards whoever or whatever was chasing him… “I’d summon a broomstick and ride to freedom.”
Ava cocked an eyebrow. “You’d fly a broomstick?”
Teddy grinned “If it were a matter of life or death! Okay, what would you do if Hogwarts had a Yule Ball?”
Ava grinned and said “I’d ask Zander to be my date.” “Zander? The Gryffindor prefect? Good luck with that one.” “I said I’d ASK, there’s no harm in asking.”
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12-05-2015, 01:21 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 30. Feast “I can’t eat anything,” Teddy said to Gary, his hand on his nauseated stomach.
Gary put his arm around Teddy in a manly way. “I get it, but you should eat something. You don’t want Zhenya to catch wind of you not eating. She’ll cook you up a feast and force you to eat it.” “I know,” the fourteen year old replied, still not wanting to eat. How could he eat? He was in mourning. His poor Ginger Ninja had died, and he didn’t care how pathetic it was that it felt as though he had lost a good friend.
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12-06-2015, 06:14 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 4. Ancient Runes “I didn’t mind it but that’s mostly because Professor Botros was one of my favourite Professors,” Zhenya said.
Teddy sighed, stooped over the questionnaire that would seal his fate.
Zhenya stopped what she was doing to sit across from him. “Look, if you think you’ll be able to handle a new alphabet, then by all means pick it up, but if you don’t think you are, don’t take Ancient Runes. I found it hard but it wasn’t impossible. I’m sure you will have more luck with it than I did.” “That’s just it. How do I know until I start?”
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12-06-2015, 06:15 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 16. Dragonhide gloves “OUCH THIS REALLY BLOODY HURTS ZHENYA!” Teddy yelled, waving his hands around, trying to cool them. “What did you do, you idiot? Come here, hold them under the tap.”
He did as he was told. “I tried to pick up the cauldron. The timer went off."
Zhenya blinked at him. “You really are an idiot for such a genius.” “What do you mean?” That hurt a little, Zhenya. “Didn’t you notice the Dragonhide gloves sitting right next to the cauldron?”
“Oh,” was all he could say. Actually, yes, he must agree with her now. That was most idiotic of him.
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12-06-2015, 06:16 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 17. Cauldron “Didn’t you realise that the cauldron was going to be scalding hot? It’s only been over the flame for twelve hours!” Honestly! Men. “No… I don’t know why I didn’t realize that.” Seriously, he didn’t. The entire room was hot from the flame, and it hadn’t occurred to him.
Zhenya just shook her head with pity before putting the gloves on and moving the cauldron off the flame, and into another, larger cauldron of icy water. “Here, let’s see,” she said, removing his hands from the running water to assess his burns. “I’ll have these burns healed in no time.”
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12-06-2015, 06:17 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 22. Kneazle “Why did Gary used to call Ginger Ninja a kneazle?” Teddy finally got around to asking Zhenya. He had remembered hearing that story. More than once, actually. Merlin, that girl could talk anyone’s ear off about her Gary.
Zhenya giggled. “I don’t know, I never asked. But he did pat Gingie. I saw it. I’ll never forget it.”
Teddy just rolled his eyes at the mushy stuff coming out of his sister’s mouth. “But it looks nothing like a kneazle.” “I don’t know, if you’d ever seen a photo of Crookshanks, you might think differently.”
Right, Hermione Granger’s ginger kneazle.
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12-06-2015, 06:25 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 98. Pajamas “What do you think we’re getting for our birthday? We’re going to be of age this year Teddy! Aren’t you excited?”
Teddy looked at her with a bemused face. “Excited? That’s an understatement. I’ve only been wanting to perform magic outside of the school my entire life!” He sighed. “I can’t wait.”
Ava snorted. “Well, we will probably get a watch. Maybe some sweets.” “Obviously some pajamas. Every year we get pajamas.” Teddy sighed at the thought of his parents still buying pajamas for him. But at least they got a new pair every year. “You’re right,” Ava said, agreeing.
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12-06-2015, 06:29 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 89. Past “It’s all in the past now Teddy. You don’t have to worry about them anymore. Look at how you turned out! You graduated with 12 NEWT’s, you have friends, you’ve already started planning for your bookshop. And look at them. Nothing has changed. They’re still ugly inside. All those years they dedicated to bullying people, and that’s all they are good for. You on the other hand dedicated your time to study. The world is your oyster. They have nothing.”
Coming home had been hard. Seeing his old bullies was hard. But Dima knew just how to cheer him up.
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12-06-2015, 06:32 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 20. Hogsmeade Teddy was excited.
No, he was ECSTATIC.
Today he got to go into Hogsmeade. Not for the first time, of course, but he hadn’t been there very often. The novelty had definitely not worn off.
Today he also got to see Zhenya and Dima.
But today he ALSO got to see Lux. He made sure his hair was parted nice and straight. His pockets were tucked into his trousers, and his shirt wasn’t skewed. He felt like he had just enough of the aftershave on, the one that Archer gave him. He didn’t want to overwhelm her senses too much.
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12-06-2015, 06:33 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 21. Veela And there she was, waiting in Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop. Lux, who, to Teddy, resembled a Veela. Her smile was as radiant as a sunset in autumn. Her hair looked as soft as a fluffy ginger cloud.
But he was so nervous, his stomach was doing triple back flip somersaults, and he couldn’t stop picking at the skin around his nails. What would he say to her? Would she remember who he was? Surely she would… but she was probably so busy that she might have forgotten him. “Hi Teddy,” she said, waving.
OMG. She hadn’t forgotten who he was.
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12-06-2015, 06:50 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 34. Parseltongue “Well, what’s a parseltongue?” Teddy’s girlfriend asked him. He never should have lent her that book. She’d been asking too many questions. “It’s someone who can speak to serpents. Well, it’s the language. Snake language.”
“What does it sound like?” “Like a snake. You know, SSsssssssssss,” he hissed. Merlin, trying to explain this to a squib was hard. Was he glad she wasn’t a muggle? Right now? Yes, he was. Although he wouldn’t have spoken about this to a muggle, anyway. “Were you just speaking parseltongue?”
“No, I’m not a parselmouth.”
She frowned at him. “I thought you were pureblood.”
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12-06-2015, 06:50 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 35. Pureblood For a while, all he could do was stare at her.
He had to be patient though. How was one to know all of the answers without having learned it all? Her father’s magical abilities unfortunately ended with him, and he hadn’t educated his children in the slightest. “Pureblood and parselmouth are not the same thing, Jackie. I’m not a descendent of Salazar Slytherin.”
“Who is that? Did he go to school with Harry Potter?”
Um… no.
No way. Nope, he couldn’t do it. There was only so much talking Teddy could do. “Look… Jackie… I think you’re great… but…”
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12-06-2015, 06:59 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 54. Dare “I dare you to,” Teddy dared Ava.
He knew his sister would have a problem with saying no to a dare.
She thought about it though, and finally said yes.
Together, they pulled their pet snake from its enclosure. Teddy lifted the lid whilst Ava reached in to grab it. “You… you don’t have to do it,” Teddy said, getting cold feet.
Ava just rolled her eyes and walked towards their uncle’s room. Standing in the doorway, Teddy could picture Ava placing the snake on their uncle. Only a few seconds later, Ava joined him, trying to stifle her giggles.
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12-06-2015, 07:00 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 53. Chase “AARRRGHHHHH,” They heard from inside Archer’s room only seconds after Ava had escaped from the room.
Teddy felt his face drain of all the blood, whilst Ava let out a snort, grabbing his hand and pulling him down the corridor and back towards their room.
Only they were too slow.
A very angry, tired Archer chased them from him bedroom to theirs. The chase didn’t last long, even with their frantic propelling from the ground. He caught them, grabbing a firm, painful hold of an ear from each twin, and draged them towards their parent’s room for some real discipline.
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12-06-2015, 07:03 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 15. Room “These clothes are HUGE mama, how am I supposed to wear them to school if I can’t even walk in them?” Ava bellowed from the change room. “My trousers are a little on the tall side too. I’ll trip over them!” Teddy added.
A grunt escaped Lisabel’s mouth. “Well then you’ll have room to grow, won’t you!? I’ll bloody well tailor them. I don’t want to be replacing these uniforms every year.”
Teddy just looked at her with shocked eyes. She wasn’t usually like this until they got home, into the privacy of their own home, before she started yelling.
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12-07-2015, 05:00 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 3. Transfiguration “What’s the matter, Ted?” his father said, sitting by his bed.
Teddy was resting on his stomach, head buried underneath the pillow so that he could sulk in peace. He should have known one of his parents would be up soon. “They’re just big bullies. All of them,” he said, words muffled. The pillow was removed from his head and Alexander rolled his son onto his back. “I can’t wait until I get my wand. I’ll transfigure them all into rodents, and then I’ll squish them under my feet.” “Ted, unfortunately we can’t solve all of our problems with magic.”
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12-07-2015, 05:01 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 38. Patronus “And then Professor Dakest, the Defence against the Dark Arts Professor, he taught us how to cast a patronus! And I was successful! I cast the patronus charm!”
Teddy was fascinated to hear about her year, seeing as he would be there in just a few short months. Perhaps this Professor Dakest would teach him how to cast Expecto Patronum? “What’s your Patronus?” Dima asked, seeming just as interested as Teddy was. “An owl.”
“Just like Dedushka.”
Zhenya smiled. He couldn’t tell if it was a sad or proud smile. It was a mix of both. “Yeah. Just like Dedushka.”
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12-07-2015, 05:02 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 11. History of Magic “I couldn’t stand History of Magic. Cross that subject off Ted, you don’t want to do that.” “But I enjoy History of Magic. It’s one of my favourite lessons,” Teddy said to his Uncle, who was giving him some advice on subjects. It was such a big decision to make that he was asking everyone for help.
Archer blinked at his nephew. He… liked… history? He scratched his head. “What? It’s interesting.”
“Yeah… about as interesting as the invention of trains.”
He didn’t think trains were interesting? Teddy shook his head. Unbelievable. “Okay, so what subjects did you like then?”
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12-07-2015, 05:04 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 12. Charms “Charms,” Archer replied, wiggling his eyebrows. “What’s wrong with your eyebrows?”
Archer laughed, shaking his head. The kid just didn’t get it. “None of them. I didn’t like learning. Charms was good, though. You learn a cool spell, you can use it to charm the ladies.” Now did he understand the eyebrow gesture? “Ahhhh, right,” Teddy said. “But did you enjoy it? Did you do well?” Teddy wasn’t about to drop Charms, but he was only half following what his uncle was saying. How could he impress a girl with something she would probably be quite capable of doing herself?
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12-07-2015, 05:05 AM
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| Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<# 31. Dress robes “Here, these are yours,” Zhenya said, handing Teddy a box. It was a big box. He knew what was in the box, but he was still dreading it. All those eyes on him. No thank you. “Do I really have to do it Zhenya?” he asked with a groan. “YES! You said you would! The wedding is tomorrow, you can’t back out now. Go and try the dress robes on again to make sure they fit. You have to look smart when you’re doing the reading.”
With another groan, Teddy went up to his room to try them on. Again.
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