Monday 26th November, 2012

Hi everyone!

Thank you to everyone who's had a look at and reviewed "Innocent". Chapter 5 is now published; enjoy! :D

For those interested, here's an excerpt:

Remus Lupin had thought his life was about as bad as it was possible to get. He’d spent the past month at a werewolf camp, trying to talk sense into Greyback - who was getting restless again, and had bitten a girl a month back - and had returned only a week ago, with a number of new scars for his efforts, to learn that Sirius Black, his old friend-turned-enemy, had escaped from Azkaban; very little wizarding news got through to the camps, unfortunately. As if this all wasn’t bad enough, things had become a thousand times worse by the arrival of a weary - and for the first time since Remus had known him - scared - Professor Dumbledore.

“I don’t want the Aurors here,” Remus said. “I can handle Sirius if it comes to it.”

“I’d thought as much,” Dumbledore said quietly and then fell silent.

“It doesn’t make sense!” Remus said, his voice muffled because his face was buried in his scarred hands. “Sirius-” Remus had decided long ago that he would still call Sirius ‘Sirius’, for the same reasons he had called Voldemort ‘Voldemort’. “-didn’t have to tell the muggles he was taking Harry. It would have made more sense to just kidnap him.”

“I fear Sirius may have been unhinged by his time in Azkaban,” Professor Dumbledore said, his eyes lacking their usual twinkle. “What makes sense to him may seem like insanity to us.”

The next chapter will probably be up a little earlier than usual - maybe by Saturday. :)

Happy reading!

MarauderLover7.

Tuesday 20th November, 2012

Hi everyone! :)
The next chapter of "Innocent" is up, so enjoy. :)

Here's an excerpt:

“What was that?” Harry asked.

“Dust bunny,” Padfoot said. “The house is probably infested.”

“Are they dangerous?”

“Not unless you’re carpet.” Padfoot jabbed his wand in the direction of movement on the far side of the kitchen and there was another faint squeal. Padfoot had another quick look around and strode over to a small cabinet that rested against the wall by the stairs. “Can you hold my wand, please?” Harry held it like a torch so that Padfoot could see; he shifted a few things in the cabinet and then pulled out an old newspaper and a long piece of wood. “Over here.” Harry followed his godfather to a big fireplace.

“Do you have matches?” Harry asked, watching him scrunch the newspaper up.

“I have a wand,” Padfoot said, gesturing for it. Harry passed it over immediately, eager to see more magic. A moment later, a warm fire was crackling in the grate. Padfoot used his wand to clear the floor by the fireplace and then, to Harry’s amazement, conjured a pair of bright red sleeping bags. “Do you want anything?” Padfoot asked as Harry kicked off his shoes and slid into his sleeping bag. “Food or a drink?”

“No, thanks.” They’d had sandwiches and hot chocolate on the Knight Bus on the way back. “Padfoot?” Harry asked tentatively.

“Yeah, kiddo?”

“I was... Is... is it later yet?”

The next chapter will be up next week (as usual). :)
Enjoy!
MaruaderLover7.

Tuesday 13th November, 2012

Hi all! :D
I'd like to say another big thank you to those of you that have been reading "Innocent".
The next chapter's up as of a few minutes ago, so go have a look. :)

Here's an excerpt:

“Die-where?”

“Diagon Alley,” Padfoot laughed. “It’s where Gringotts is.”

“Gringotts?”


“The bank. Just wait up a moment.” Padfoot stopped and pulled his stick out of his pocket. He started talking to himself in another language – one that sounded made up in Harry’s opinion – and then tapped his arm. 


“How did you do that?!” Harry asked, astonished. Padfoot was now blonde with blue eyes and a rounder face than he had had before.


“Hold still,” Padfoot said, tapping Harry’s head.


“What do I look like?” Harry asked excitedly. Padfoot waved his stick again and a mirror appeared. Harry took it, surveying his new face. His hair was as messy as ever, but it was a light brown colour and his eyes were blue instead of green. “How did you do that?” Harry asked again. 


“Magic,” Padfoot said, twirling his stick.


“Magic’s not real,” Harry said automatically. But how else could he have done all those things? a little voice in his head argued.

“Why not?” Padfoot asked reasonably.


“Just... because,” Harry finished lamely.

Enjoy!
MarauderLover7.

Tuesday 6th November, 2012

Hi everyone! :)
I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed "Innocent" so far. :D
As promised, the next chapter is up - as usual, follow the link on the right. :)

Here's an excerpt:

“Ow! Dudley, stop!” cried the smaller of the boys who were tussling on the grass under a large tree. The blond woman with them glanced up at the sound, shifted on the park bench and slowly lowered her pale eyes back to the magazine she was reading.

The bigger boy, Dudley, tightened his grip on a chunk of his cousin’s messy, black hair and gave him shake for good measure. “Make me,” he sang, a grin spreading across his pink face.

Harry glanced up at his aunt, who was pointedly ignoring them and then back at his tormentor. He sighed and pinched Dudley’s fat arm. His cousin howled and let go while Harry rolled away and sprang to his feet, ready to- “What did you do?” his Aunt Petunia demanded, hurrying over.

"He-He hurt me-e-e!” Dudley wailed, scrunching up his face. Aunt Petunia inspected the little red mark on his arm, kissed it better and rounded on her nephew.

"He pulled my hair,” Harry said defensively.

Also, the results to the "WHICH SUBJECT WOULD YOU BE MOST INTERESTED TO ATTEND?" poll are in, and CHARMS won. Thanks to those who voted. :)

That's it for today.

Enjoy the new chapter. :)

MarauderLover7.

Wednesday 31st October, 2012

Hi everyone!
Thanks to those who have submitted an answer for the poll - there are still a few hours left if you haven't voted. :)
School's nearly done - only an exam left now! - and so I have officially rescinded my writing break (though it wasn't really a break...) and as I promised in my last post, I've just put the first chapter of "Innocent" up. :D You can get to it via the link on the right. :)
I'll be updating it regularly - roughly every week, though some may be closer together or further apart (either way, I'll keep you updated).

Excerpt from "Innocent":

“Is that seat taken?” Sirius Black asked.

“No,” said a scrawny boy with messy, black hair said. “You can sit down if you like.”

“Thank you,” Sirius said, sitting.

“You’re welcome,” said the sandy-haired boy by the window. He turned and gave Sirius a half-smile and then quickly went back to staring at the platform.

“You’re Black, aren’t you?” the black haired boy said.

Sirius sighed but didn’t deny it. “I’m Sirius,” he said, picking at his robes.

“James,” James Potter said, grinning. He held out his hand and Sirius shook it. “That’s Remus-” Remus – the boy by the window - turned again and gave Sirius a real smile this time and shyly offered his hand. Sirius shook it, smiling back. “-and we don’t know her name.” Sirius turned noticing the other occupant of the compartment for the first time. It was a girl with bright red hair, green eyes and a miserable, teary expression.

She sniffled what could have been a greeting or what could have been nothing at all and Sirius nodded in her general direction and turned back toward James and Remus.

That's all for today. :)

Happy Halloween!

MarauderLover7.

Friday 12th October, 2012

Hi everyone! :)
Sorry it's been so long - school's drawing to a close and has been nothing short of hectic lately - I only have a month left! :D
There hasn't been much to report lately and I apologise for that but I have some good news today:
Firstly, I've managed to get my poll app running again and there's one on the right, so have a look if you're interested.
Secondly, the first chapter of "Innocent" will be going up on the 31st of October. I can't specify an exact time because of time differences, but it is likelier to be in the second part of the day. There will be a post here confirming the upload. :)
That's all for the moment. :)
MarauderLover7.

Thursday 30th August, 2012

Hi, all. :)
My homework load was insanely low tonight so I finished editing the deleted scenes I mentioned in my last post and "White Flags" is now up again, several thousand words longer than before. Not all chapters have been changed - some of them I just fixed a few grammatical errors (though I doubt I've got them all) - so if you don't want to have to read through the entire thing, just to find the new parts... Chapters that have been majorly altered (anything from a few hundred words to a few thousand) are:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17, 22, 33, 34 and 38.
I've also updated the "White Flags" Google Document in the side panel.
Enjoy! :D
MarauderLover7.