Ron had been on the island for nearly a month now, and it was likely no secret that he hated it. No magic meant doing everything the Muggle way, and while Harry and Hermione might have been used to it already-- they'd both grown up with Muggles, after all-- Ron couldn't help but be annoyed that only months after he'd finally turned seventeen and ( Read more... )

There's something satisfying about it. It's not a big bonfire, not particularly big at all in its pit lined with stones, but it throws off enough heat to make him sweat, and it sends up smoke towards the sky. The sky is blue, a peculiar sort of aching blue. Looking up at it for too long sort of hurts so he looks down instead, takes a swig of the ( Read more... )

Ever since Claudia had discovered the laptop on her porch, she'd been listening non stop to the music that was on it. She'd been so excited to actually have her own music AND she was even excited over the dumb games that came with it. Minesweeper, Solitaire and FreeCell (which she actually hated, but hey! She so wasn't going to be complaining about ( Read more... )

Dated December 13, 2010:
In spite of the snow and the cold, Jack and Sam get married at New Pemberley and celebrate the occasion with their friends and family.

Oh, and there's cake.

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Even though this was his fourth winter on the island, Xander still couldn't believe the snow. He was a Southern California boy, could you really blame him? He'd seen snow once in his life before then, when it had snowed one night due to some magic thing. Giles had explained it but since when did Xander ever stay awake for those ( Read more... )

In the interests of full disclosure, let's get one thing straight from the beginning: I was never a normal child. I don't know what my parents would have done with a normal child; they barely coped with me. Given the choice, I never went out to play in the snow and there is a lot of snow when you're growing up in Columbus Ohio. Winter would roll ( Read more... )

In the month Jeff had been on the island, one thought had been a constant in his head: this place was awesome. Sure, it was weird. It was hard to deny that when it became something out of a Christmas special from hell overnight. But the pros had so far outweighed the cons, especially when he got everything he wanted without lifting a finger. After ( Read more... )

There's been a certain point that Luce has to admit that maybe, just maybe, there is no return for her. That maybe her one-way ticket to this place is going to be permanent and maybe she's here for some sort of karmic punishment because of Rachel or maybe she just needs the beach vacation ( Read more... )

The club's VIP list wasn't all that long, so when one of them made a request - something that happened pretty infrequently, really - Saffron was happy to do what she could to fulfill it. Tony had made a request for theme night, which was why the theme this month was superheroes. Saffron knew Tony Stark was never really one to shy away from ( Read more... )

It was after dinner and Jack had uncle duty for the evening. Taking care of Nate was something he loved to do and making sure he was fed and bathed and dressed in clean pajamas was a little slice of happpiness ( Read more... )