Post by Andromeda Circe Black on Mar 23, 2010 16:15:18 GMT -5
Why was I one of the chosen ones? Until the fight I could not see
The magic and the strength of my power
It was beyond my wildest dreams
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Dark wings they are descending See shadows gathering around
One by one they are falling
Every time they try to strike us down [/size][/center]
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It had been a long year for Andromeda. Things had started to sour in a big way when she was in her fifth year, while she had never been all too popular in the Commons, in the past year it had turned downright hostile. Some people were lulled into the Dark Lord’s service, gently nurtured until they made the transition without even realising they had, those who should already be there…well life was not so rosy for them. Andromeda had endured the fifth year and knew that she was in for much of the same, so she had gotten by however she could. Mostly, that was through the fact that she simply had very little time to be anywhere but the library, given that she was doing two years’ work at once, but she was still expected to be in the Commons at times and there was only so much Alexander, Severus and Regulus could do to make things more bearable for her. The fact was also that she was spending more time dehexing her bed than sleeping in it, which was great for practising for her future career but not so good for actual sleep.
She, Lily and Sirius had been working on a way to deal with that for a while as they had l,ooked into animagi. Lily had done research on shape changing spells and Sirius was an animagus already, of course. Severus would have come and helped but he had said something about not wanting fleas which was code for, putting it mildly, your dear cousin and I are never going to get on and my presence there would be a hindrance. He didn’t say that but Andromeda knew what went on, and had ticked both Severus and Sirius off for it. Things were they way they were on that front, it was something they all had to deal with.
It had been an interesting session. Andromeda knew that this was not something to go into lightly, she was a smart student and had put as much effort into understanding what must be done before thinking of doing it as she did with her school work, and that had meant the first time she had tried to actually will her shape to change, her inner animal to take its form rather than her outer one, she had briefly shrunk just a little and the flicker of a yellow beak had been seen, not enough to quite tell what that animal was, though bird of a kind was not surprising. The problem was not that the form had stalled, she hadn’t expected to actually get it first time, nor was it the size, she had her regular size once more, it was the fact that under her hair, feathers still lightly ruffled on her shoulders and arms. She cast a mock sour look Sirius’ way, “Laugh it up, fuzzball.” Though just a touch concerned, she cracked a wry smile, stretching her shoulders before giving them a light shrug, “Well that’s progress at least, I didn’t think I’d get even that far first try at it.”
She, Lily and Sirius had been working on a way to deal with that for a while as they had l,ooked into animagi. Lily had done research on shape changing spells and Sirius was an animagus already, of course. Severus would have come and helped but he had said something about not wanting fleas which was code for, putting it mildly, your dear cousin and I are never going to get on and my presence there would be a hindrance. He didn’t say that but Andromeda knew what went on, and had ticked both Severus and Sirius off for it. Things were they way they were on that front, it was something they all had to deal with.
It had been an interesting session. Andromeda knew that this was not something to go into lightly, she was a smart student and had put as much effort into understanding what must be done before thinking of doing it as she did with her school work, and that had meant the first time she had tried to actually will her shape to change, her inner animal to take its form rather than her outer one, she had briefly shrunk just a little and the flicker of a yellow beak had been seen, not enough to quite tell what that animal was, though bird of a kind was not surprising. The problem was not that the form had stalled, she hadn’t expected to actually get it first time, nor was it the size, she had her regular size once more, it was the fact that under her hair, feathers still lightly ruffled on her shoulders and arms. She cast a mock sour look Sirius’ way, “Laugh it up, fuzzball.” Though just a touch concerned, she cracked a wry smile, stretching her shoulders before giving them a light shrug, “Well that’s progress at least, I didn’t think I’d get even that far first try at it.”
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WORDS: Five hundred and eighteen
TAG: Lily, Sirius
LYRICS: Within Temptation
GRAPHIC: Aisy
TEMPLATE: Aisy
MUSIC:Nope
NOTES: Nope
WORDS: Five hundred and eighteen
TAG: Lily, Sirius
LYRICS: Within Temptation
GRAPHIC: Aisy
TEMPLATE: Aisy
MUSIC:Nope
NOTES: Nope
