The Maestro's Musings

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Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:50:06 GMT

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James : Quidditch Status

Tue, 15 May 2007 15:45:32 GMT

Quidditch Practice is cancelled until farther notice.

MISSING:
A Golden Snitch
Answers to the name: Glynnis
if found, please return to ~~James Potter~~ Quid Snidget at one of the following address(es)

Screw-it Card

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:38:24 GMT

Screw-it Card
in the possession of one: Maestro James

Credits Remaining: 7

(1) James' Quidditch Position
In canon he is a chaser. That being said, I can attest to how well it actually does suit him. However, I have chosen to make him a seeker with Chaser tendacies, if only to add character to snitches, as is my life-long dream.

(2) Bellatrix's Age(ish)ness, etc.
I don't care how old she is, I say she was at school during the Marauder-era to add claim to her relationship with one Lily Evans.

(3) Romulus Lupin
Yes, an OC that compromises any sort of past Remus Lupin might have had otherwise, though that sort of information is up for speculation anyway.

All: Location Update

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:01:09 GMT

Lily Evans
Has been giving her lover potions to calm her nerves. She knows it isn’t entirely healthy but she wants to take the chance. She wants to send Tom and Harry to a Muggle boarding school, partly for Tom to gain people skills around people who don’t know his ‘history/future’, to gain respect for Muggle culture, and partly to get Harry out of the wizarding world for a while and all that that implies.

((Needs to talk to Lucius about how Draco is going to fit into Harry’s new school life, also about borrowing potion supplies, and maybe about Tom/Viola too.))

Bellatrix Black
After some of the potions actually worked, she’s now stopped taking the doses and is faking her illness. She doesn’t fear Azkaban or the Dementor’s kiss, but would never tell Lily this because she knows how much it hurts to lose someone you love. She is still jumpy around Tom and has been sneaking into the Italy Villa to steal cigarettes.

Remus Lupin
Still pissed off at Sirius, he’s taken to ignoring him completely. He finds a strange sort of reassurance in watching Sirius’ growing discomfort. He is also upset at how well Sirius has taken to becoming a lycanthrope and at his own lack of remorse for making it so.

((Probably should talk to Sirius before his first full moon))

James Potter
Hasn’t slept in a while. He spends most of his time flying or studying the history of quidditch. He thinks he might want to aim for a position on the International Quidditch Board, or play for a team. He still has feelings for Lily, though they’re not as strong as what he’s feeling for Lucius. He knows Bellatrix is faking her insanity and is torn between whether he should tell Lily or not.

((Needs Sirius to slap some sense into him)

Draco Malfoy
His current hobby is the musical he’s writing. He’s using it as an outlet for all his emotions alike. He despises Tom and wants to do everything possible to keep him away from his sister. He has been trying to ‘get information’ from Aunty Bellatrix to help him with the darker parts in his musical… but she isn’t co-operating.

((Won’t like the idea of Harry going away for school, but probably wouldn’t mind it so much if they get to sneak around))

Bella & James

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:51:14 GMT

Pride.

James swore as he bumped into her. He hadn’t been paying much attention to where he was walking, assuming the dark hall would be void of living things at this point in the night.

As he glared at her, he realized they’d been in each other’s company for a full minute and Bellatrix hadn’t tried to kill him or hex him or said anything alluding to killing or hexing him.

“Are you okay?” He asked and there was definitely something different about her eyes.

“Define, ‘okay’.” She muttered. Her eyes had lost the cloudy look he’d assumed was some physical manifestation of the insanity.

“So those potions… they worked?”

Bellatrix rolled her eyes. “Sure, if that’s what you want to think.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

Bellatrix just shook her head and continued walking down the hall, away from the bedroom she shared with Lily.

Against his better judgment, James went after her. He followed her out into the yard where she sat down on the grass and lit a cigarette.

“Where did you get that?” James wanted to know, since no one in the household smoked.

Bellatrix shrugged. “Easter Bunny.”

It was strange, he had never spoken to her without that high-pitched crazy voice escaping from her mouth. Her natural voice was much richer and low. As she sat and smoked in the twilight, James could almost see what Lily saw in her… almost.

“Does Lily know you’re out here?”

“No and you better keep your mouth shut.”

James frowned. “Does she know you’re not insane anymore?”

“I’m still insane, Potter. Just not… crazy.”

“And there’s a difference?”

“Of course there is. Though I wouldn’t expect you to know it. I also don’t expect you to understand, so let’s stop talking, shall we?”

James rolled his eyes and the smell of the cigarettes was vaguely familiar. There was a long, long silence but James couldn’t bring himself to leave.

Bellatrix finally turned to him, “Why are you here?”

James hesitated. “I was hungry…”

“And werewolves don’t eat or something? I find that hard to believe.”

“I couldn’t sleep?”

“You’re supposed to stay away from me, remember?”

“I was doing it as a favor for Lily, not you.” James reminded her.

“I don’t care either way.” Bellatrix said and didn’t bother looking up at him. “You annoy the shit out of me.”

“I hate you.” He stated, though it wasn’t really a surprise.

Bellatrix just laughed. “That’s fine. I hate you even more. You know what I find absolutely hilarious? We hate each other for the same reason.”

James didn’t say anything.

His silence didn’t go unnoticed. She smiled up at him. “I’ve always hated you, ever since you started suffocating her with attention in your fifth year. Right up until you married her without my permission.”

“Well excuse me for falling in love!”

Bellatrix snickered. “You didn’t fall in love. She was a damn snitch to you. You got to chase her and the longer she eluded you, the greater satisfaction when you finally won, right?”

“That’s sick and entirely not true.”

Bellatrix shrugged. “That’s the way it seemed to me. I’d say you didn’t actually fall in love with her until later on.”

“You’re twisted, she was never a game to me!”

“Fine. I believe you loved her, really I do. But you can’t be serious now, because you’re letting her be with me right now, aren’t you? Whereas I would kill you again, before I let you take her from me a second time.”

“I’m only letting her be with you because she asked me to.”

“Liar. The reason you come here every night is because you’re trying to convince yourself you still love her.”

“That doesn’t make any sense!”

“If you were seriously in love with her, you wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. I know that about you, because I watched you all those times in school. You let her go on purpose, making yourself look like the good guy. Your noble sacrifice would make you such a hero, but it’s a big lie because your heart belongs to someone else now. And it hurts, doesn’t it? Not getting a choice who you fall for.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“I think you do. And you know what else? I know why you won’t go to him.”

“That’s stupid, how could you know anything about me that I don’t?”

Bellatrix grinned. “Your blind spot. Your pride.”

“What?”

“Your goddamned pride, your ego. You don’t want to admit just how flimsy what you had with Lily really was. It scares you, doesn’t it? To think you invested so much time in someone just to change ships later on. Well boohoo, Potter, you can’t fool me.”

“I don’t have to listen to this, you’re crazy remember? You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.”

“Sure I do. You still wish you were in love with her because it was so simplistic, clear-cut, and innocent. It was easy and you were in control. Now you’re tangled up with someone who makes your stomach burn and your body hot and you don’t have a clue. It’s complicated and frightening and you’re just being stubborn!”

“I think you should go back to sleep, Bella.” He said and her name might as well have been a curse.

“Why don’t you WAKE UP. How about opening your bloody eyes for fuck’s sake. What you’re doing isn’t fair to Lily, it isn’t fair to Lucius, and it isn’t fair to me!”

“I don’t care if it’s fair to you or not!”

“Lily’s a fucking mess because of you! She thinks she’s hurting you so much but you really couldn’t give a rat’s ass!” Suddenly, her eyes flashed. “If I have to,” She spoke slowly. “I’ll torture the truth out of you.”

James didn’t doubt that she would.

“So,” Bellatrix continued, her voice suddenly collected again. “This conversation never happened. As far as anyone knows, I’ve been sleeping and dreaming of bats and doorbells. You, on the other hand, have had a magical epiphany during the night and now you can stop fucking around with everyone’s emotions like a fucking moron.”

She stood up and stretched, “Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going back to sleep next to my sleeping beauty because I’ve waited a bloody long time to earn that right. You are going to leave now.”

She walked to the door to let herself back in. She turned to him one more time. “I mean it; come here again and I’ll hex your intestines out your nose.”

James growled at her under his breath but got back to his broom and left. Never mind the fact that she was loony as a Canadian dollar, but he had the sinking sensation that some of what she had said was true.