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Post by crazywriter on Jul 14, 2003 18:08:06 GMT -5
*ahem* What love triangle? All it was was...ummm... I liked you, but then walked in on Brandon transforming, so blackmailed him into asking you everything about you to tell me so I can ask you to the dance, then I see you kissing Brandon's date and throw a fit, meanwhile you and I ge separate dates, and Brandon teaches Shae to be an animagus, while handling a counter-blackmail for me and... More like a love octagon.  If you ask me, I think Brandon and Shae will have a romance. And here am I, the cause of this entire soap opera...I feel so proud. ;D IC: Gwen was standing in the commonroom as she watched Brandon leave. He was too brief. Something's up. I just wish I knew what.... There was one thing left to do. Gwen rushed down the stairs to find Shae. I really need to ask her this favour; if anybody will know how to do it, it's Shae....OOC: Sorry, too confused about this whole time paradox thing to really post much more.  ((It's actually pretty simple. You just need to swallow a toffee and get down to where we are, like you were before. What I find most confusing is Jordan... always saying 'Future self' as if it's from the perspective of the past self, when the past self isn't supposed to know, and... confusing.)) I looked down at myself. My hair was standing on end, my dress was in tatters, and I occasionally let off a spark from a ring or something. I was in no condition at all to go back to the commonroom-they'd know something was up. I decided to spend the night with Myrtle, like so many other nights. I sighed and trudged up the hall. "Hey, Myrtle," I mumbled as I entered. "What happened to you?" she asked. "I got struck by lightning standing in the middle of the lake and being a bloody fool not to come inside before I froze to death." "So that's why you've got that," she said. "Got what?" "Don't you feel it?" "I've just been struck by lightning. You tend not to feel too much too soon after that." "Oh. Well, look in a mirror, then." I did, and my jaw dropped. I had been wearing one of those stones dangling from my hair, right over my forehead. Now, I wasn't wearing it. I was a part of it. The heat had melted it or something, I didn't know exactly what, but now the thing was part of my skin, as was the white gold that it had been set in. Now, the gold spidered across my entire forehead like lace, and the stone was shaped like... Light! It was shaped like a panther's head! I leaned heavily on the sink. This was even more complicated than Brandon and the sorting hat! I sat down, my back against the sink. Suddenly, I didn't have enough energy to open the secret passageway. I fell asleep like that, my arms wrapped around my knees. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2003 10:41:10 GMT -5
Gwen had absolutely no idea where to go, and was getting very confused. She got even more confused when Shae - or worse, Jordan - tried to explain the goings on to her. All she knew was that she needed to find Shae.
She ran around the school looking for Shae, and eventually found her in Myrtle's bathroom, asleep by a sink. Gwen rushed up to her. "Shae! Shae!!! I really need you to teach me something!!!"
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Post by crazywriter on Jul 15, 2003 12:07:09 GMT -5
"Go get a bloody book and teach yourself," I grumbled. Why me? Why now? Why at all? Why today, after I get hit by lightning, find out I've got a stone and some gold as part of my skin, and go back in time to set something right that I hadn't had any part of in the first place?
I reached up behind me and grabbed the edge of the sink, using it to haul me up. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, and smiled a bit. My hair spells were so powerful, even after I got struck by lightning it puts every hair in place. "Look, Gwen, my day's been bad enough. One surprise after another. Look at me, for crying out loud! How am I supposed to teach you anything? What do you want me to teach you, anyway?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2003 13:14:23 GMT -5
Gwen was a little surprised. Shae was usually a little mild-mannered...this was very out of character.
"Well, you know how I *ahem* overheard you and Brandon learning animagus-type things?" Gwen started. Seeing the look on Shae's face, she added "Okay, spied on...but anyway..."
Gwen drew a deep breath; this was not going to be easy.
"Well, you know...I was sort of pretending that being an animagus was stupid. But, I wasn't actually like that." Gwen paused, choosing her words carefully. "Heck, I'd love to learn to be an animagus." Gwen paused again, waiting for this to sink in for Shae.
"I understand if you can't teach me how to be an animagus; after all, I'm only 12. However, if you can't teach me to transform into an animal, can you teach me to become invisible at will?"
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Post by crazywriter on Jul 15, 2003 13:18:49 GMT -5
I stared at her. "Why the heck do you want to become invisible at will? So you can spy on people? No, thanks, I think I'd rather you have to use a spell to be able to spy on me. I don't want to make it any easier for you."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2003 13:25:33 GMT -5
Gwen moaned. I am so stupid. Why didn't I think there would be a consequence for stuff I did? Now I've lost Shae's trust...and Brandon's....and who knows who else's... "Look" Gwen started slowly. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have spied on you. However, wouldn't you want to if you saw- wait, never mind. Why am I defending my own stupid decision? It was really dumb, and I never should've spied on you and Brandon. I've been a first-class jerk. What do I have to do to regain your trust?
Notice how I said 'your trust' rather than 'get you to teach me'? Your friendship means a lot more to me than learning to be invisible. I just should've thought about that from the beginning. I'm so sory. Can you ever forgive me?" Gwen finished, thouroughly blushing.
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Post by crazywriter on Jul 15, 2003 13:32:33 GMT -5
"One freaking surprise after another," I mumbled. How the hell was I supposed to know how she could get my trust back? I'd never been in a situation like this before. Never had any real friends. "Gwen, tell me one of your secrets. Something you've never told anyone before. If you really want to be my friend, you'll tell me." that was the best thing I could think of, but if she did tell me, it would say a lot about how much she wanted to be my friend.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2003 13:46:19 GMT -5
Gwen stared for a moment, thoughtful. Shae had asked a really easy question. The hard part was choosing which embarrasing secret she wanted to tell. Finally, Gwen's mind was made up.
"Fine. Last summer, I was at a costume picnic, fresh out of my first year at Hogwarts. I had no ideas, so I dressed up as Harry Potter. This was before," Gwen pointed to her forehead "that stupid scar was put there. So, I made a tape scar, put on my glasses, and wore "Go Harry go!" robes. Then, my 'comical' brother decided to pour ketchup on me and chase me around. This was before I got my braces so my teeth were kind of messed up; they stuck out, but I had just gotten 11 teeth pulled, so I could stick my baby finger in the gap in the side of my mouth where there were 5 teeth missing from. Then, my Mom took a picture; she thought it was cute." Gwen made a face. "That picture is still upstairs in my Photo album somwhere."
Gwen finished, with a helpless gesture. "Embarrasing enough for you?"
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Post by crazywriter on Jul 15, 2003 13:52:26 GMT -5
I put my hand over my mouth to keep from laughing aloud. It didn't help much, just muffled the sound a bit.
"Yeah," I told her, after my giggling had subsided. "But I don't know anything about becoming invisible. I don't know if it's even possible."
((Strange that Gwen hasn't commented on my forehead... I've got a spiderweb made out of white gold across most of it, and a blue stone shaped like a panther's head. Even Myrtle saw it... Is Gwen blind, or something?))
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2003 13:57:17 GMT -5
(Well, Gwen knows how much it hurts to have people point out a scar on a forehead...:  Gwen frowned. "So you made me tell you that whole secret for NOTHING? Ugh...." Gwen punched Shae playfully on the arm. "Becoming invisible is bound to be something similar to becoming an animal, doesn't it? I mean, probably even easier, since you don't have to change to a living, breathing animal, just change your body matter to be invisible. You're not even technically changing!" |
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Post by crazywriter on Jul 15, 2003 14:05:09 GMT -5
((That makes sense, but still... Hey, I just realized we've got something in common! You have a lightning bolt scar, I've got a scar I got from a lightning bolt ;D))
"I guess it might be along the same lines, but think about it! You'd be making yourself invisible. What if you did something wrong? Something really wrong? I mean, you wouldn't be just changing yourself into something else, you'd be... I dunno, it just doesn't sound safe. If you did something wrong with going invisible, you might stop existing. If you did something wrong with turning into an Animagus, you wait for someone to call the Department of Magical Reversal and have yourself turned back into a human."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2003 14:08:50 GMT -5
"Ugh, fine. Looks like I've gotta do it myself. Anyway, I've been wondering...do you know anything about conjuring animals the way Dumbledore can conjure a chair?"
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Post by crazywriter on Jul 15, 2003 14:10:19 GMT -5
"No, I don't. Why?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2003 14:24:59 GMT -5
"So I can sit around and not use the spell. Sheesh! Why else would I use it, aside from -wait, you've got to be truly gifted to understand the connection - to conjure an animal with?"
To say Gwen was sarcastic was to say a tornado is just a little wind.
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Post by crazywriter on Jul 15, 2003 14:29:35 GMT -5
"But why would you want to be able to conjure animals? So you can make yourself a pet? Or an owl?"
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If you ask me, I think Brandon and Shae will have a romance.
