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MUSTANG SALLY · 01-02-2009, 05:49 AM

Ok Im soo going to quote some of things in here and I will later

~~ish busy atm~~

But dude A.W.E.S.O.M.E!!!!!!!!!!

Kaos.Doodles · 01-02-2009, 06:47 AM

Wow twinnie....you like...or Savannah like wrote EVERYTHING down

D.A Forever · 01-06-2009, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix 8390

Wow, I really wish I had been here for that

Awesome post Gracie

We wished you were there for that too!

Thankyouuu

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Originally Posted by MUSTANG SALLY

Ok Im soo going to quote some of things in here and I will later

~~ish busy atm~~

But dude A.W.E.S.O.M.E!!!!!!!!!!

LOL. *knows what you were busy with

Thankyou!

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles

Wow twinnie....you like...or Savannah like wrote EVERYTHING down

Hahah. You KNOW that already. ~~Screening the posts helped LOADS~~

Okay, I'm going to post the next three entries I've been working on. (Dani, please don't comment inbetween them!! XD *has to re-read and fix things in them while I go*)

D.A Forever · 01-06-2009, 10:52 PM

June, 25, 2067

It's about 12:46 in the afternoon, and I am sitting on the kitchen counter in my sister, Emmylyne and her husband Axel's house, in spain. Yeah, I know I shouldn't be sitting where I am, but if I sat at the table it's very likely that you - Mister Journal - would be covered in food. You see ~~not in the literal sense, I'm not insane..~~, since I don't get much time with my family except during the summer I asked Emmy and Ax if it was okay that Petra, their nanny, take the week off and let me watch my nieces and nephew while they're at work.

To explain the food part, it's lunch time, obviously. Ember and Colton will be turning two in six months, and are already trying to be independent and feed themselves. Or rather, Emb doesn't like it when I tried to help her and Lainie is helping Cole whenever he can't get the spoon into his mouth with the mushy banana cream baby food still on it.

Hold on, gotta get LaihLaih a cookie like I told her she could have after she finishes her sandwhich.

Twenty minutes later and I'm back. Hehe. The twins were done which meant cleaning them and their highchairs up, now I've got them settled. Cole in his swing, and Embie's wandering around here in the living room in her walker while Lainie sits infront of me on the floor with her elbows pressed against the coffee table drawing a picture of her two best friends, Kovu and Dominique.

Sooo yeah, not much out of the ordinary has happened so far. I spent a few days at home, and then came here and plan to spend a full week, which includes a weekend; I'll get to see Ems and Ax more properly, when their not running around as if their pants caught fire. Okay, not seriously but they are both pretty busy. I understand why, too. Of course they would be! Axel is an auror, and Emmy is a healer. Not to mention parents of three kids, all under the age of five years old. I have to admit, they almost make it look easy. I've never once heard either complain about the busy lifestyle either.

Anyways, I wonder how Nikolas, Jasmine and the kids are. I haven't heard from them, yet. Summer has just begun so there's plenty of time, surely I'll see them sooner or later before my last year of school. Geeze, doesn't that make me sound old? Seventeens not old though, sure I'll be eighteen right before graduation, and it is of legal wizarding age, but still!

The good thing is, I know exactily what I want to do career wise. So does Lex, and Dusty, and everyone else. Most of everyone else, anyways. I think. Hmm. Yeah.

Speaking of school, at the end of term it was announced that Headmistress Rae and Professor Lainey (one of the coolest Professors EVER) won't be returning with us in september; Professor Rae said they were asked to come back to being aurors, and that Hogwarts was safe and now it was time to help make the world a safer place..

I'll definitely miss them. There's no questions on that matter. It makes me wonder who else won't be returning, you know we often have Professors leaving and coming. Personally, I'm okay with that. It's better that they came and left, no matter how soon, then not to have come at all. I've learned tons of things from every single Professor that has taught during my six years of education, and I'm very greatful to have gotten to meet them. It was worth it. I've also learned alot from friends, but we'll talk about that another day. I need to warm up some bottles and put kids down for a nap; Dusty and Rocco should be home anytime now.

- Vanna ♥

D.A Forever · 01-06-2009, 11:04 PM

July, 5, 2067
Uhm. So, I'm pretty sure I'm in big trouble when I get home, whenever that is. Thankfully, Alexis shouldn't be since her dad caught her packing, and asked where she was going; Lex told him she didn't think it was safe for her to tell him, and he said "Okay, have fun!" (Her dad is SO cool, seriously)

As you can probably tell, we're not home, or at a sibling/relatives. We're kinda sorta in New York. BUT! Grandma Angelina IS here with us! And no, my mum and dad don't know. That's where the 'I'm introuble' comes in. Okay, so here's the story:

I got a letter from a nurse, Nurse Sydney Reed, from a wizarding hospital over in NYC; If there was a person reading this (aside from me, and sometimes I do question whether Little Miss Candy Queen has found my book here) you'd wonder how they had my name to begin with, right? I was born in Italy. I've been many places, but never to New York let alone the local hospital there.

The letter wasn't about me, I found out as soon as I took the parchment from the strange, impatient owl and rolled it. Nurse Reed explained technically she wasn't suppose to contact friends for a patients, it was against rules to write to anyone but parents, guardians or the next closest thing. However, they weren't able to find parents, her brother's name never came up in the system either. And with the 'delicateness' of the situation, Nurse Reed couldn't deny Courtney's wish to owl me. She couldn't write on her own.

I know I've never mentioned Courtney, or her brother. It's because it links to Conner, and I suppose I shy away from that topic all together. Courtney Naidu and Jake Naidu were two of Conner's four very best friends (along with Wyatt and Alexander Saunders). They all attended Durmstrang together, and met sooner than that too.

Back onto the main subject at hand, Nurse Reed asked if there was anyway possible at all that I come to see her, and quickly. She was very honest, saying it didn't look like Court would make it much longer. Clearly, the message was urgent. Without another thought I was packing my bag, Gabriel came into my room and I could see it frightened him, but what was I going to do? If I told him, he would report to our parents. Mum would be mad enough, but I couldn't have her coming to bring me home. Courtney asked for me, she had always been special to my brother and warmly welcomed me to come along on their adventures at home when I was little, and there was no way I was disappointing her now.

You should also know, obviously, Alexis and I might as well be attached at the hip (as my mum puts it) and so once I told her what I was doing (I trusted she would keep this to herself, as important as it is) she was running upstairs and grabbing clothes as well. We went straight to my Grandmother's house, knowing fully well she would be along for the ride and the most helpful person at the time.

Fifteen minutes passed, and Grandma Angelina had the entire story, including the part where I kind of left without saying anything, and we apparated to the hospital. The good part was, Grandma Angelina said she would take care of my mother later, so maybe I wouldn't be grounded till the day I moved out. The bad part was, by the time I found Nurse Reed, Courtney had passed away.

By the way, this all happened yesterday. What an eventful day it was, too.

You would think that ends the story, but that assumption would be wrong. Oh so wrong. I didn't really understand the meaning of the 'delicate' situation, as the kind nurse put it. That was till she brought this little, light haired, blue eyed child carrying a cow stuffed animal. He looked barely older than Colton, which was correct to think. His name is Tobey, Nurse Reed said Courtney kept calling him. Little Tobey is Courtney's son. Mind you, Courtney would have been twenty-one in a few short months. She was only about a month younger than Conner.

Nurse Reed said, this was the reason she needed me to come. Because Courtney was pleading with her to get ahold of me, to make sure that he goes to.. me, if anything happened to her. She said they wouldn't find any relatives to send him off to, and she was right. They couldn't find her grandparents, whom had raised her and her brother since the age of five. Court didn't want him being taken to a foster home, no strangers. She told Nurse Reed that I, Savina Mae, was to be Tobey's guardian.

It might sound silly, but Courtney and I had talked about that when we were little. When the boys would be finding a way over the river, we would sit and wait like they told us to (I was the youngest, by two years, so it was understandable; Court could have easily joined them but she stayed with me, it sort of made me feel like I was really apart of the group and not just Conner's little sister.) I never opened up to my older sisters in the way of talking about the future. I wasn't comfortable doing that, they would probably tease me - all in good fun, but I was little and it was easier being one of the middle children that ran to her brothers with the soccor ball wrapped tightly in her arms.

Courtney and I talked about the future though, and she never once laughed. She said one day, when she was grown and had a little family of her own, she would want me to be like an aunt to her children. Once I mentioned I could very well be the real aunt, because I could tell she and Conner liked one another (they were thirteen, at that time.) She thought it was funny. Now thinking about yesterday, it's less of a surprise she wanted me to be the one incharge of her two year old son's life. I just wish it didn't have to be that way.

The real question is now, will I be able to keep him? I'm not a blood relative, and I barely passed wizarding adult age. Am I capable of taking care of a baby? I've thought about that, Lex and I have talked about it, Grandma Angelina, Lex and I have talked about it. I wouldn't be doing it alone, I mean.. I have to go back to Hogwarts for my seventh year! And mum's going to have a fit about me leaving without a note, without telling her period. What would she say to me keeping Tobey?

Right now, as I write this I'm taking a few hours of peace and quiet with the little guy. He didn't want to talk to any of us, the little words he can say and still doesn't. But he's slowly adjusting, how must he feel.. his mother's gone and we're strangers to him. Alexis and Grandma are in the cafeteria right now, and Tobey's laying across the couch with his head in my lap.

I have decided, and I am sure, that I want to keep him. I want to be Tobey's guardian. I know it's a serious thing, and it's an adult decision, but he's an old friend's little guy.. that's not even it, just think about it? What would happen if I didn't take him home, or try to. He would go to complete strangers, possibly from foster home to foster home. Atleast with us his mother would have been happy. With us, I would know he's safe and eventually, he'll be happy again. If I could make that happen,.. well, I can't imagine parting with him now.

- Badger, oh my.. ♥

Kaos.Doodles · 01-06-2009, 11:06 PM

AWWW

More more more? Pweaaasee?

EDIT 1: OMG YAAAAY MORE! *reads*

EDIT 2:

LOVED IT

Vannah is sooo responsible

D.A Forever · 01-06-2009, 11:21 PM

July, 7, 2067
GOOD News! Grandma Angelina just left us here at the appartment we're staying at, she's going to the hospital to sign some papers. We've got the funeral plans taken care of so far, she wants to tell Courtney's grandparents in person. Okay, so yeah that doesn't sound like good news but it is what it is, and that's not what I was talking about anyways. The good news is - drum roll pleeease! - they've signed Tobias over to me! Of course, we couldn't have accomplished this without Grandma Angelina. Thank merlin for her. She reassured them over and over there's no way I'd be caring for Tobey on my own, she would be right there and so would my family, which is all entirely true.

Alexis is introducing the little guy to candy at this precise moment. I'm hoping it's something we bought earlier, and not something she brought that we made. I didn't check, but you know.. I trust her, and her judgement... usually. I should be packing up stuff now, so we're ready to go home when Grandma gets back. But first, I want to write abit more; I have alot of news.

We'll start with this appartment, as you could guess no we didn't rent an appartment for our couple day stay! We were planning to go to the nearest hotel, but Nurse Reed had a sheet of information waiting for us from Court. Including the address of where she and Tobey were staying, naturally we came here to gather their things and stayed the wait we had to endure.

We were in the livingroom last night, Lexi and I, the little guy was asleep and Grandma Angelina was calling Grandpa Carl. It was fairly late, and we were talking. Mostily about what everyone else was going to think, Sam, Dusty and Curt being the main people to come up in 'what will they think' and then changed to 'wonder whose noticed we're gone', 'think Lorraine's called the aurors out to find us yet?' the last one - I REALLY hope she hasn't done. But this is my mum we're talking about.. you never know.

Then suddenly something black caught Lexi's eye, on the end table furthest from her and closest to my side of the couch. Being pounced on made a whole lot more sense after she made me reach for it, when she figured out she couldn't grab it from next to me.

It was a journal, we discovered. I knew as soon as we opened to the front of the page, it was in Courtney's handwriting. I won't write everything that was wrote in the book, because it was half-full, almost half of the book used up with her sharp, straight medium-sized script. The book told a story, but not the kind you would read to your children before bed. This book told a story, the whole truth and nothing else, about five friends.

She started this journal back in her first year attending Durmstrang, there's only a page or two each during her first and second year of school. Third year, it begins to grow in number a little bit more and keeps on adding more from there on out as the drama of life grows up too.

You see, Wyatt and Alexander Saunders (the twins), Jake Naidu, Courtney and Conner were the best of friends and always had been. In school I suppose they were a little troublesome, but they were kids. Isn't that normal?

They played silly, small pranks every now and then. Never intending to actually hurt or upset anyone, that's why they didn't ever do anything big; Still, somehow they managed to upset some kid, as old as Con and Court (they were both three years older than me). Vilmos was his name, and he too had a group of loyal friends. What they didn't know till third year, after getting into a big fight with him and his guys (provoked by the evil one himself) and nearly getting expelled while Vilmos and his 'crew' were allowed to leave, and head back to their lounge, is that this boy was powerful with wealth. Far too much, it became obvious he got what he wanted, at all times. It became apparent that he was determined to keep it that way, too, when Conner went missing.

No one knew for a long time, we all thought he had been in the wrong place at the wrong time and was kidnapped by muggles. We had found him though, and he was okay. He didn't remember alot, but it didn't take long for the memories to flood back. By the time he was nearly fifteen, going into fourth year (His birthday is in september; He was a late starter.) after that summer, he had left Emmy and Ben's house where some friends and I where. Alex and Wyatt went with him, they were going to help our parents pack up the rest of the house and move things out (we were moving at the time). While on break, they were playing soccor out on the street by the park. That's when it happened..

A semi-truck came bounding around the corner, out of control.. no one could have stopped it, no one seen it coming soon enough. You see, when Conner and Wyatt were hit, wrestling for the ball at that moment, Conner's body was too weak. That's what we were told, and believed. Conner had been saying there was something wrong, we had so many tests done both by healers and muggle doctors and nothing ever came back proving what he felt. It wasn't a pain, but it wasn't normal either. I know, because he had talked to Wy and Alex about it and months after, they finally told me these things. They said, Con said, it was like.. he was dying, slowly, his body was weakening from the inside out. We thought it must have been something to do with his kidnapping not even a year and a half earlier. They must have hurt him somehow, but it still didn't explain why no one could tell us what Conner was feeling.

Now, I learned from the journal that.. well, this is going to sound insane but I truly believe it. Conner is alive. He didn't die that day, several years ago. The healers said he had, they took him away first. They suggested not to burry him, but cremating. Because they said he was a mess and it probably wouldn't be worth it, mum, torn up as she was decided to let them do what they thought was right. So that's what happened. It all makes sense. He never died, the ashes weren't real.

None of it was real.

The kidnapping was the first set up, Court wrote in the journal. Vilmos hired someone to do it, to get rid of him. But Conner's stronger than that, he's smarter than that. He couldn't take Con down just like that. The truck was the second set up, except this time the poor, innocent driver was as much as a victum as Conner. His truck had been bewitched, so to him it had been out of his control.

Conner's alive though, Courtney and Jake were the only ones who knew this for a fact. They had gone to find him, leaving Wyatt and Alex in the dark on purpose. In fear worse came to worse, two out of three would survive. It was, of course, for the best. When they did, they all barely escaped, again, with their lives.

December of 2062 is when they found him, and since then they had to keep going from place to place. They couldn't come home, because the war had just begun with Vilmos. If they were targets, coming home would put their families at risk too. Something Courtney said they all agreed wasn't a possibility. That's why it's been till now, we've been left to think he was gone..

Do you know what Tobey's full name is? ~~Of course you don't. I'm getting carried away, you're a book..~~

Tobias Lucca Mae

He's Conner and Courtney's son! They were engaged, those two. They wanted to get married but they were waiting, they wanted to be able to come home for that. They wanted a new, safe path cleared in life where Vilmos wouldn't be after them; They were fine to wait for that day, too.

Each the three, before Tobias arrived, had attended and graduated school. Obviously not Durmstrang, Court wasn't specific on the area or names. That was probably best, really. They had jobs too, and everything seemed to be going right but then HE caught up with them. Trapped, Conner and Jake got Courtney and the baby out, which was a miracle in itself. It wasn't soon enough, Court was injured, she didn't say how, but it was the reason of the hospital trip.

The last few pages were hard to read. The last, she was saying goodbye to her loved ones.. to Conner, and Jake, her grandparents and baby. To the entire Mae family, she wrote. If by chance anyone found it.

I really don't know what to say, do, or think. Conner and Jake are alive somewhere, and Courtney did say in the journal, they would come when the time was right. I think means, when it's over and done with. Until then, I'm going to take care of Tobias, just like Courtney wished for me to. His daddy and uncle will come home, one day. Until then, I'll be Tobey's safety blanket, so to speak. That's all for now, I think my hands going to fall off from writing, and Alexis is calling from the other room.

- Vammy Badger ♥

MUSTANG SALLY · 01-07-2009, 01:11 AM

I can even describe how awesome that was!!!

Conner

And Tobias!!

You need to write more please!

I want to see what happens with Conner ~~and Courtney~~

D.A Forever · 01-07-2009, 07:30 AM

Dani: Is she?

I wasn't sure how that would come across. But I like that you say that

Steph: Eeeep

I'm glad you like! Shhhh.

More coming now, and in a few days to come.

About five more entries after this left.

D.A Forever · 01-07-2009, 07:31 AM

July, 8, 2067
'Weird' is beginning to become a 'normal' in my life, I'm not sure that makes sense but it does in my head. Not that I really understand what 'normal' is suppose to mean, it seems to have a different definition for everyone. For instance, a muggles 'normal' day does NOT involve flying cars, people in robes waving sticks around.. where as that's a 'normal' day for wizards and witches, isn't it?

Well, I'm home now. It's probably around eleven at night. Grandma Angelina helped with mum, just like she said she would. I'm not grounded, I think that's only because she's still in shock of what we told her. About Conner, about the trip.. take your pick. She doesn't really believe it, that Tobey is her grandson. She doesn't believe Con's out there somewhere waiting to come home. And Jake. Lastly, she didn't believe Courtney died. That didn't go over well.. but why would it have?

Few words have come from Tobias, still. He wasn't happy to see everyone at home, clearly not use to a house full of people, especially obnoxious loud kids like my siblings. And let me tell you, having a huge family meeting to explain everything was NOT fun. I don't like being put in the spotlight, thanks. Not that I didn't have it coming after that.

Lex would have spent the night, but.. well, she kinda had to go home and assure her dad she was alive and safe, you know. Tobias wasn't pleased to see her, or Grandma Angelina go either. So far he's bit each of my sisters (minus the baby, Lucy), Lissy twice already. I suppose that's what they get for rushing over to coo at him. My brothers weren't attacked by the little guy, which proves my point exactily. They kept their distance.

I do know one thing so far though, know what that is? ~~of course you don't. I'm talking to a book.~~ For a two year old, Tobey has trust and seperation issues. He's not opening up as much as I'd like him to, but he doesn't want me to leave his line of sight either. He gets very upset if I do. Which is exactily why I didn't put him in the boys room till he was already asleep. He's really the sweetest kid, despite the tantrums we've gone through so far. Tobias calls me 'his Vammy' Lex and I figured out two meanings to this: Vampire + Mommy = Vammy. Vannah + Mommy = Vammy. Can you guess the first Lex suggested? Yeah. Definitely not answering any 'what's that nickname' mean questions. Tobey can call me whatever he wants, after all. ~~Except plain out 'Mommy' I don't think that would be right, but I'm also not sure how to handle that. Hopefully the situation won't present itself.~~

I think Lex and I will talk tomorrow. Julian and Katie made plans with Legend, and some other friends. I haven't covered everything that happened last term, did I? Well, for starters, I'm not going to be a Prefect for my house. I've stepped down, deciding it's for the best. Of course, any of my friends could say I LOVE being a Prefect and it's too true. The thing is, I remember how crazy hard it was to be a fifth year going through OWL studies and being a Prefect for my first term, not to mention we were NOT in Hogwarts. Now, going into seventh term, NEWTs are going to worse than the OWLs! I barely had a few minutes of free time with my friends during fifth year, trying to keep both my duties as a Prefect and my studies under control. This is going to be seventh year, my last year attending school. I have to make time for my friends, some returning the next year, and others not. My studies ultimately come first as it is, I am going to get the grades I need, I'm going to be a creature healer and that's that. The point is, I didn't want to risk not being able to balance everything. I can't let my grades slip, and I couldn't let Professor Shackleton down either. It was for the best.

Also, Molly and Ari graduated. I plan to keep in touch with them, so it's okay. Don't get me wrong, I already miss both so much! But atleast I can talk to them every now and then, and maybe more often after I graduate too. Which reminds me, poor Sammy will be stuck with the little kids. Katie, Legend, Matias, James, Kayla. She's not too cheerful about us seventh years leaving her after the coming term, but she'll survive. And now you know what? I better go to bed!

- Sleepy Badger ♥

Kaos.Doodles · 01-07-2009, 09:41 PM

I find it funny that all the girls got bitten

~~wants to see what happens when Tobey calls Vannah Mommy~~

MUSTANG SALLY · 01-08-2009, 12:09 AM

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'Weird' is beginning to become a 'normal' in my life, I'm not sure that makes sense but it does in my head. Not that I really understand what 'normal' is suppose to mean, it seems to have a different definition for everyone. For instance, a muggles 'normal' day does NOT involve flying cars, people in robes waving sticks around.. where as that's a 'normal' day for wizards and witches, isn't it?

So true

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So far he's bit each of my sisters (minus the baby, Lucy), Lissy twice already.

I can only imagine how Katie took to being bitten

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Of course, any of my friends could say I LOVE being a Prefect and it's too true.

Sammy: Duh

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Which reminds me, poor Sammy will be stuck with the little kids. Katie, Legend, Matias, James, Kayla. She's not too cheerful about us seventh years leaving her after the coming term, but she'll survive.

Sammy: *Mad face*

Me: HAHA!!

That was great Long Lost Cousin

Question though!

So everybody can call her "Mommy Vannah" EXCEPT for her kid?

D.A Forever · 01-14-2009, 07:54 PM

Thanks guys

To answer the question: Nooo, not her kid

her nephew, and no one else is suppose to call her 'Mommy Vannah' either!

Lex, Fred and Ari started that

~~Ohkay, so I fibbed/changed things up. There's going to be FOUR more entries on the way. One or two of them should be up today.~~

EDIT: Scratch that.

There's one on it's way tonight, and another one or two soon.

D.A Forever · 01-21-2009, 02:19 AM

July, 22, 2067
9:39PM; babies are sleeping, Lissy and Julian just crawled into bed. Or rather, found comfy spots in the living room to lay down and fall asleep. Since Lydia, Katie and Gabriel fell asleep in our 'family room' (the livingroom, same difference) while watching a third movie thingy we decided not to move them. Phineas is getting ready for bed, and going to join them. Madison also fell asleep with the younger kids, Joseph and I are the only ones awake aside from Phi.

Joey is writing a quick letter to Tonya, his friend that I have YET to meet even though she too attends Hogwarts. And I am catching you up on the days events. Mum and dad went out, on a date sort of thing I guess? Haha. They went out to dinner, leaving Joseph, Madi and I incharge as usual.

Our evening was chaotic, the normal. What do you expect with a house full of kids from the ages of seven months to seventeen years old? It was fun though! We all played games, watched movies, and told stories. I hadn't even remembered not only the little kids, but Joey didn't know about how are parents met!

It's kinda a short story, but I'll tell it anyways. You see, my mother has her older brother Adrian, and her two younger sister's Silvia and Grace which is pretty much besides the point; My father is a muggle, he has his older brother Erynn, his older sister Maeva, younger brother Joseph AKA Joey, AKA Bear and lastly, a younger sister Karen. Like himself, his brothers are muggles. However, my dad's sisters are both muggleborns. Uncommon for two to a family, probably, but it happened.

The real point to explaining that is, my aunt Maeva and aunt Karen attended school at the same time my mother did. They were friends, that's how mum knew my dad and that's how they got together.

How Grandma Angelina and Grandpa Carl found eachother is by far, my favorite family story of true love finding it's way. Grandma Angelina, like her own parents, had attended Hogwarts as well. She was a Hufflepuff, a wonderful one at that. One day, out of the blue, she received a letter from a stranger.

The boy explained he didn't personally know her, but a buddy of his said he had a friend who went to Hogwarts who could speak Latin. He had a big essay to complete that was being done on that language, and needed someone to check the words he wrote to be sure they were correct. Otherwise, if he were to fail, he would be in deep trouble. He told her she didn't have to help, after all she didn't even know him, but it would have been greatly appreciated if she could read over it for him.

My grandmother, Angelina, didn't not want to reply. So she wrote back telling him she didn't speak Latin and that he must have gotten the wrong Angie. She did want to help him, though and told him to send the essay over and she would ask the Librarian. Madame Clark and her were really close, considering she was always in the library.

Once Madame Clark had made a small note on a few minor corrections, she sent it back to him. Although she couldn't explain why, she was a little sad the letters would stop now that the young man, Carl Johnson he said his name was, had finished his assignment.

It was twelve days later that same brown owl, Coco, had returned. Angelina was surprised to see the bird, but happily took the letter. He passed the assignment with a high mark, Carl said it was all because of her and he didn't know how to thank her. He said he had gotten help from a stranger, but he didn't want her to be a stranger anymore. So he asked her to write back telling him a little about herself.

Angelina was thrilled. They continued to send letters back and forth from Hogwarts to Durmstrang, telling one another about their lives, their dreams and hopes. Everything and anything. Quidditch was a common interest they shared.

My grandfather was the first to admit with the letters flown back and forth, feelings had formed. He said he wasn't sure how to write it out on parchment, but writing to her made butterflies fly in his stomach. That he didn't know what it was, but he always waited restlessly for her letter. Most importantly, that he thought he was beginning to grow feelings for a girl he had never even met. My grandmother wrote back, telling him she felt the same way.

They continued to write one another for the rest of the school year, and while packing to go home for holiday break a thought struck her. Angelina wanted to meet Carl, face to face. That was a risky idea, she knew. What if he wasn't who he said he was? This is when Angie decided to tell Agatha, one of her very best and truest friends. Agatha was always right when making decisions, like she knew what would happen or something. She encouraged my grandma to go for it, that she would be happy in the end.

One snowy day during december my grandmother had waited anxiously by the window, when she finally saw him he looked scared and lost. Whenever Grandma Angelina tells this tale, she laughs at this part. Of him looking lost, and her racing out to meet him.

She had introduced him to her parents, and they had gone for a walk. After a while they sat in her backyard and talked for ages, and when it had grown quiet - they shared their first kiss. Grandma says that's when she knew she would spend the rest of her life with grandpa.

Cute little story, isn't it?

I have no idea about Nikolas. I know he's been inlove twice, but I don't know how he met either Johanna, his first (teenage) love or how he met his wife, Jasmine.

Emmylyne has been married twice, therefore has loved twice, too. We know those men though. That's a very long story, and here's the short version: Emmy, Benji, Axel, Finnegan and Elissa met at Grandma Angelina's house when Emmy was five, Grandma Angelina had set it up as a play date for the kids. Ever since, the five had been the best of friends.

Benjamin Lawley was her first husband, they dated for about two or three years. Shortly after graduating, they married. All was well, too. Two years later, they were blessed with a beautiful baby girl - Lainie Alona Lawley. Benji was an auror, and one day had gone on a mission.. that he never returned from. Okay, not 'never' but it was said he died. It was assumed, because no one ever found him. He was kidnapped by dark wizards, only to escape and come home almost three years later after Axel and Emmylyne had married.

What a huge mess it had been, but now everythings great! Lainie has two sets of parents, and three - going to be four, siblings.

Now who else? Hmm.. Oh, Regina! Ha. Okay she had definitely NOT loved this
guy, but Devon something, a wizard she had gone to school with was her boyfriend for a long while until they broke up soon after she graduated and moved to america with her friend, who happens to be a squib, Graciela. She did find her 'one true love', he's a muggle. Trenton Theodoric, her fiance. Believe it or not, he's pretty cool from what I've learned about him.

And lastly, I suppose we have Conner? That's a story I don't even know. Courtney and Conner are clearly meant for eachother. Or, were meant for eachother. Maybe we'll come back to that another day..

I better go, it's past ten now and Phineas just turned the lights off and Tobey randomly woke up. Nightynight.

- Storytime, Badger! ♥

Note: The story on Angelina and Carl wasn't created by me, the idea and all credit goes to Steph (Mustang Sally)

D.A Forever · 01-21-2009, 06:39 PM

August, 31, 2067
Back to school tomorrow. Madi is already gone, staying wherever in france that her best friend Rosalie lives. Phineas is eleven, he starts part of his school tomorrow too. He's not a wizard. But he's not a muggle either. He remembers his real parents, and they were wizards. So, mum and dad looked into schooling for him and it turns out there's a special school for squibs! Well, it's only part time so he can still go to a muggle school but nonetheless it's pretty cool.

Katie, Juls, the twins and Gabriel have school starting on the fifth because tomorrow is thursday, and they go back on a fresh new week. Tobias will stay home with the babies, and babysitter. I'm still afraid to leave him, what if he thinks he's being abandoned again? I mean, the first time wasn't intentional. My brother and Courtney would never do that. But he's so little, how would he understand.

I guess I should update you on summer one last time. Well, Katie, Lainie, Tobey and I went with Grandma Angelina to Hawaii where her friend lives; Matias (Katie's friend) and Dominique (Lainie's friend; their brothers) grandfather's house is where we went, along with a BUNCH of friends. It was a blast, and the island was SO very stunningly beautiful. I didn't want to leave!

Erm.. little update there, I know. But I still need to finish packing my stuff, so I'm trying to be quickish.

Ooh! Guess what we (my siblings and I) had talked about yesterday? The past, present and future. Heheh, the subject was school versus career. Or really, school then career. As I've said a million times, once I graduate my Grandma has arranged for Isadora Foxx, a very well known creature healer in New Zealand that spent a good thirty years working on her career, perfecting her skills and knowledge and also turned around and went to a muggle college, to become a non-magical animal Veterinarian. Which might I add she did complete these goals. Not to mention she had a small family of her own, how she ever balanced everything I have no idea but I'm extremely excited to meet her. She just recently, a few years ago, took up teaching others on creature healing. So I'll learn from her, and grandma Angelina and her staff most of whom remember me in diapers. That part I don't care for so much, that last part.

Joseph is also going to learn from Isadora! He wants to come work at grandma Angelina's sanctuary too, except a different place from me. I would be a healer, and he wants to do research and stuff, like a scientist?

Madison isn't sure of what she wants, except she really wants to stay in france. I'm not sure if that's because of Elijah, Rosalie's brother that she's dating, or because she really loves it there. Both, probably. Anyways, she'll figure it out when the times right.

Phineas really doesn't know what he wishes to be when he's grown. He's focusing more on the now, and I can understand that. He has alot of time to decide. And like him, the younger kids don't know what they want to be either. Except Katie, who is determined to marry a prince and one day become queen. I didn't want to burst her bubble so I left that alone.

They do know where they all want to be, school wise though! I was impressed with that, to be honest. When I was that age I couldn't make my mind up, not that I had much of a choice after Conner said he wasn't going to let me come to Durmstrang with him..

Phi, like I said, will be going to a muggle school and a special school for squibs for about four hours a day. Julian hasn't decided, he either wants to go to Beauxbatons like our older siblings had, or he wants to do something totally different. Katie wants to go to Hogwarts, and is very determined to be a Hufflepuff; one of the many things she and Legend argue about constantly. And lastly we have Lissy, Lydia and Gabriel whom have chosen Beauxbatons.

Tobey is calling me now, I should go. Oh! Did I mention before, Ari's cat Ginger had kittens last term? She let me have one, and Tobias has taken to the little kitten so well! He loves it so much, it's adorable. I let him name it, the kitten's name is now Mittens.

- Mittens. . . Kittens. . . BADGER! ♥

D.A Forever · 01-21-2009, 07:40 PM

September, 1, 2067
I lied in the last entry, I didn't tell you everything about summer because somehow I forgot all about my trip to Diagon Alley. It was rather eventful, you could say. It started with me running into Dusty and Sam, who spotted Frederic and went to bother him. Then this random girl was trying to be all tough and went mental on Frederic, making his temper flare. I suggested we go to the Leaky Cauldron to get out of the mess and Dusty, thankfully, backed me up. Don't ask HOW it happened but I asked Frederic if he would come, and I could tell him about what Lexi's up to now, and he nodded and followed. Of course, turned around and replied to the random girl that wouldn't keep her mouth shut but the oddly overly hyperactive Samantha (which later we learned was from Lex slipping an experiment into her butterbeer) LITERALLY dragged Frederic away. Right when I was going to follow them, someone tapped me on the shoulder and said my name, not just my name but my last name.

Weird huh? I knew the voice too, but not well enough to know who it was without turning around. You will never in a million years guess who it was ~~Yeah, because books can guess as good as they can talk.~~, I know I've never written about him, on purpose. But, it was Zachery Raddox. A boy I met in first year, he was a Slytherin. We went from being friends, to being enemies, to being friends.. to a little kids crush. You know the eleven year olds version of 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend', the hand holding and little pecks on the cheek and everything? Yeah.. well, that was kinda us. I don't know why we did that, I mean we were eleven. And yes, it was just a little kids sort of 'relationship' IF it could even be called that (which I don't really think so) but it was what it was, and it ended after a few months when another girl, a little older than us, brought herself into the picture. At the ball we had that term, for the TriWiz house tournament, Zachery and I had been dancing and she claimed to be an old family friend and asked to cut in.

I went and spent time with my friends, Alicia, Ari, Caitlin, and then Skyler came and told me that the pair I left were too close, and she heard the girl say 'love' in french and that's when it all ended. Like I could say a MILLION times over, it was really, really incredibly stupid to begin with. We were eleven for goodness sake, what can I say? I was a silly little girl.

Anyways, when I told him it was over he tried stopping me from leaving, and that's when MJ (who was an older Hufflepuff) left her friends to make Zachery leave me alone, and we went out on the grounds. I remember I felt SO bad because MJ was with someone she hardly ever saw, and still she came to sit with me.

Now back to the main subject, Zachery never returned for second year. I knew this had to be because of his father, a man I would never understand or want to understand. Because it had been so long since the last time I saw him, or we even talked, I wanted to talk to him. After all, he had come up to me. But I was also with my friends, and couldn't possibly leave them. So I had Zachery join us. He didn't say much, and I didn't ask much since the others, aside from Alexis, didn't know him. Lexi only knew of him, this was the first time she actually met him.

I DID find out he was returing to Hogwarts with us for seventh year, and told Curt this at the opening feast because I didn't see him on the train. I haven't seen Zachery since that day, so who knows if he's really here or not.

On the train, I sat with Dusty and Joey, and Joey's friend Tonya. Unfortunately, I ended up falling asleep. I was really tired, because I woke up this morning with a sore throat and stuffy nose, so Emmy gave me some kind of icky medicine and it made me sleepy. I did get to know Tonya a little bit! Her real name is Antonina, she's a Ravenclaw in our year and has three sisters. Two of them are graduated, one was a Slytherin and the other a Hufflepuff and her little sister Gazelle, whom she was avoiding on the train, is a Gryffindor. Well rounded family, don't you think? Hehe.

It's pretty late, after the feast and all. We start classes in the morning, Alexis and I need to get to work on some things on our breaks as well so I better get my rest.

- Busy, sleepy Badger ♥