Monday, June 6, 2005

   Fan-fiction!!! ^^
I had a dream a week or so ago that was so funny I wrote it down. Well, I turned it in to a fan-fic! ^^ It's a Harry Potter one so be prepared! ^^
It takes place in the summer between books 3 and 4 with my Harry Potter charater, Liessa Schwarz. A 16 year old witch from London.
Enjoy!!! ^^

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Liessa’s Date With Snape

Liessa always hates the summer vacations, but this year was set to be the worst. This year not only did she not have Oliver Wood to keep her company, but she wouldn’t see him at school the next year either…At the end of the last school year he graduated. Not only that, but she broke up with him, and why would she do that? It was all because he was too obsessed with Quidditch. That didn’t even matter anymore! Now that he had graduated he wouldn’t have anything to do with being a team captain. Many times a day Liessa’s thoughts would turn to him and she would often wonder if he would ever take her back…She was two years younger than him, but she didn’t care about that. She just wanted to be in his arms again…

“What am I going to do today?” she thought as she woke up one morning in her London home. “I’ve already been to Diagon Alley this week.” She shrugged her shoulders to herself. “Guess I’ll just walk around town then.” She got up and dressed in one of her favorite outfits: A v-necked tank top and denim skirt. She preferred tank tops because then she could show off the silver armbands that she never takes off. They have a spell on them so that they grow with her. She got them on her fifth birthday. She looked for other accessories and chose three matching bracelets for one arm and one that looks like two connected by two other pieces. She then looked at her necklaces. “Oliver gave me this one…” It was a choker with a small snitch on it. She put it on and left the house without a word to her parents.

Wandering the streets of London may seem like a risky business, but it’s even riskier when you do it in a daze. Liessa just walked. She didn’t look to go anywhere in particular, but for some reason her feet led her to a mall. She looked at it from across the street, and then looked at the rest of her surroundings. In front of her was a small two story house that looked very out of place indeed. The cream paint was peeling and the garden looked as though it had not been tended to in ages. She then glanced at the mail box. She did a double take.

“Snape?” she whispered under her breath. “That can’t be. He lives… HERE?”

Slowly and cautiously she opened the creaking gate and went to the door. She made to knock, but instead her hand went to the door knob. It opened. She stepped inside with an air of nervous curiosity.

“Hello?” No one answered.

Even more slowly, she looked around. The place looked hardly lived in. There was only one couch in the living room and dust seemed to be everywhere except the floor, which was the only thing that seemed to shine. She noticed on the mantle piece and small container and looked inside. “Floo powder.” She looked into the kitchen. It looked as though it was never used. Not even to boil water. Her attention was then drawn to the stair case. As she walked up she listened hard for the sound of any footsteps that weren’t her own.

On the landing she looked from left to right and chose to go left walking into what looked like the master bedroom. There was only a bed there with old grey sheets. Then the closet caught her eye. She opened the door wider to find the most beautiful dresses. They were in every color. Purple, red, yellow, blue. “These belong to Professor Snape?” She took a magenta one off the rack. “Why would he have all these dresses?” She was putting it up to herself to see if it would fit when she heard a creak from outside. Quickly dropping the dress she ran to the window to see the gate closing and Snape walking up the way with his usual sour expression. Then he stopped and looked up. She didn’t have enough time to get out of view. He saw her! He quickened his pace to the door. Not knowing what to do, as soon as she heard the front door open she opened the main window. Footsteps rushed up the stairs but she was already out. She jumped into the garden and ran for the street. She turned to the window after hopping the fence and saw Snape standing there. “Wait!” He screamed, but she already started across the street heading to the best place she could think of for hiding, the mall.

She ran to the first clothes store she saw and looked behind to see Snape chasing after her. She headed straight for the fitting rooms grabbing a shirt along the way. An attendant was sitting by the rooms reading a magazine. As Liessa reached her, she said, without looking up, “They’re all full.” Liessa looked frantically around.

“Do you have any restrooms?”

“In the back, but they’re employ-” Liessa ran to the back. “You’re not allowed back there!” the woman shouted, but Liessa wasn’t listening.

She ran to the back rooms and found the restroom. Locking herself inside, she sat on the floor holding her knees and waited. It seemed like an eternity. She was started to feel relieved when the door handle jiggled. Then she heard something that froze her blood. “Alohomora.” The door opened and Snape walked in.

Liessa edged to the far wall. “Please-” she begged. “I’m so sorry. I-I didn’t mean to. The d-door was open… Please don’t hurt me. I-I didn’t mean to…” Tears were rolling down her cheeks. She lowered her head. “I didn’t mean to…”

“Those dresses belong-”

“Here it comes,” She thought. “I’m going to get expelled. I just know it.”

“To my twin sister.”

Liessa looked quickly up at Snape. He looked calmly back. There…there even seemed to be a smile on his face. Liessa could only stare back at him, shocked.

“What?”

“You broke into my sister’s house. Not mine.”

With relief flooding over her, Liessa saw that Snape was wearing an ever so small smile.

“Come,” said Snape, holding out his hand to her. She took it and stood. “Let’s go for a walk.”

Snape took Liessa everywhere and they talked about many things. School and what was to come as Liessa prepared to take her N.E.W.T.s in two years.

“You still dating that boy? The Gryffindor Quidditch captain? Wood?”

“No… We broke up.” She absentmindedly reached to touch the choker. Snape noticed.

“He give you that?” He asked nodding to the piece of jewelry.

“What?” She woke from her trance and looked at it. “Oh, yes. It shows why we broke up too. He’s overly obsessed with Quidditch. Constantly talking about strategy and his prized seeker, Harry Potter…” She clasped her hand to her mouth. Everyone knew that Snape hated Potter. “Sorry, Professor.”

“No need to be concerned about it. If you’re curious, Wood is still obsessed with the game. He made it to the Puddlemere United reserve team.”

“Great…” She ran her fingers across the small snitch. “One day he’ll get hurt and then he’ll wish he had listened to me about the sport. It’s so dangerous… but he loves it just the same…”

They continued to walk and found themselves passing the Leaky Cauldron. As they did two familiar, identical, yet rather unwelcome faces stuck out.

“Hey Liessa,” called Fred Weasley.

She momentarily excused herself from Snape’s company and walked over to the boys.

“What do you want?” she asked with a note of irritation.

“Nothing,” said George.

“Just wondering what you are doing with Snape,” added Fred.

“I ran into him and he offered to walk around with me.”

“Ah. I see,” said Fred with a wicked grin on his face.

“Going for older men now, are you?” George had a matching grin.

“Shut up or I’ll hex you when we get back to school!” There was a note of panic in her voice and the whiteness of her hair made it easy to tell that she was blushing hard.

“Fine, fine.”

“But we’re telling Wood.”

“Get out of here,” she said with gritted teeth.

The two boys disappeared back into the pub, but could clearly be heard humming, “Liessa and Snape sitting in a tree…”

Liessa rejoined Snape. “Sorry about that,” she said as they continued to walk. “They love to bug me…”

“I often try to reign them in, but their almost as hard to deal with as Potter and the youngest Weasley boy.”

Liessa nodded agreement.

They continued to walk and quickly lost track of time. It started to get dark and as they looked around, all they saw now were a few homes and what Muggles called a gas station. They walked to it looking forward to a short rest.

As they walked inside, Liessa saw that there was mostly muggle chips and candy there for sale. Behind the counter was a middle-aged muggle woman watching them closely. Liessa suddenly realized that Snape was wearing the robes he usually wore at school. He approached the counter.

“I would like a strawberry ice cream cone.” He turned to Liessa as the muggle scooped the ice cream. “Would you like anything?”

Caught of guard, Liessa blushed and looked to the ground. “I-I don’t need anything. Really.”

“Are you sure? My treat.”

Liessa looked up and looked around at what was for sell. Then behind the counter she saw a peanut butter cup the size of her hand. “May I have one of those?” she asked pointing at it.

“We would like one of those too, please,” said Snape pointing towards the candy.

The woman picked it up. “₤3.25, please.”

“What?” said Snape surprised.

Exasperated, the muggle explained. “₤1.50 for the ice cream and ₤1.75 for the candy. ₤3.25, please.”

Snape gave her the money and the two of them left. “Yours was more expensive than mine.”

Liessa bowed her head again. “I’m sorry…” There was the glistening start of tears in her eyes.

“Why?”

She looked up. There was another rare smile across the teacher’s face. He had been teasing her. She blushed again and looked to the ground.

“I should head home… It’s late. Mum’ll be mad if I’m not home soon…”

“Is your house connected to the Floo Network?”

“Yes…” said Liessa uncertainly.

“Then you can get there from my sister’s house. It’s close by.”

Liessa looked up to see that he was right. There it was a block away…

Silently they walked to it. Once inside, Snape lead her to the fireplace and took the tin from the mantle.

Liessa looked up one last time. “Again, I’m sorry for what happened today…”

Snape held out the tin as she took some of the powder. “And again, don’t worry over it. I needed to get out anyway.” Another smiled crossed his face.

Liessa blushed and quickly threw the powder into the fire, but before walking in she turned to him again. “Thank you…” Blushing, she placed a soft kiss on his cheek. She walked into the fire and said, “ Schwarz home, London.”

As the room started to spin out of sight, Liessa saw that Snape had a hand to his cheek and was blushing.

Maybe the next school year wouldn’t be so bad after all…
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005

   Up and running
Hey everyone! ^^

Well, I'm up at college now and everything is running great, though I am a little upset about a new policy. If you live on campus, you can't use your wireless hubs. It really makes me mad! It's making my dad mad too. I'm now looking for a place off-campus to live at during the fall. Wish me luck! ^^

I have go. almost time for my next class! ^^ Laterz!!!
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Wednesday, April 27, 2005

   I'm off! ^^
Hi ho. Hi ho
It’s back to college I go
*whistle*
Hi ho. Hi ho. Hi ho. Hi ho.

Ok, I don't leave until Thursday, but I'm Leaving at 3:00 in THE MORNING!!! ^^ So I thought I would let you know now! ^^ I'll see you again once I'm in Idaho! ^^ Talk you then!!!
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Saturday, April 23, 2005

   Please come!
Hi everyone!

Yay! ^^ My site is finally completly up!!! ^^ Please come visit!!! I want to know what you think. Come sign my guest book too! ^^

Thank you for all your support! you don't know what it means to me!

Talk to you later!
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Thursday, April 7, 2005

   New Site Up! ^^
Hey everyone!

I got a new site up! ^^ I hope you like it! Rikki-Tikki's Site Please let me know what you think of it. I know it isn't much, but I hope you all like it!
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Tuesday, April 5, 2005

   Great news!
Hi Everyone!

I'm just so happy!!! ^^ I'm no longer working at Round Table!!! *dances around* ^^ Instead, I'm now at Target! I'll only be there for a month, but if I get more hours, it is SO worth it! ^^ I'm glad I got this job. It'll also help more with getting a job up at college when I return May 2. That's because I'll be a cashier at target! ^^ Everyone's constantly looking for good cashiers! ^^
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Friday, March 18, 2005

   Alone for 10 Days
Well my parents just left for a 10 day trip. They're on their way to Korea. They're going to be picking up my brother from a 2 year mission.

I'm going to miss them, but they're giving me plenty to keep busy. Trust me!

I'm just glad they're only going to be gone 10 days along with the bonus of bringing my brother home! ^^ That makes me happy!

*deep breath* Well, I better go get started on things! ^^ Later!
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Sunday, March 13, 2005

   A Very Special Day
Sienna’s Graduation~ 12 March 2005

Today was one of the best days of my life! It is an experience that I have only had once and may never have again. Today Sienna graduated to become a working guide dog for a woman named Erin in San Pablo, CA.

We left for the Guide Dogs for the Blind school this morning at 9:30 and arrived at a little after 11:45. The first thing to be done there was that while I went in to sign in my mom took another raiser’s dog to the kennels area for a surgery.

When I checked in they gave me a name tag which had my name and Sienna’s on it so that the people knew who I was there for. After a short time of waiting all of us were addressed by the main supervisor who explained what was to take place.

After the explanation each person and their dog were brought out to meet and visit with the person who raised their dog. Erin was one of the last to come out. She is such a kind and wonderful person! She truly is! I brought her two pictures of Sienna that I put into frames. One was from the very day I first pick Sienna up as a puppy. The other was one taken in the process of my senior portraits. She seemed to like them and that made me happy. ^^ She told me that she has something for me, but misplaced it and will send it later on. I’m really not worried. She has already given me the best gift of all. I found myself raising guide dogs. It is partially because of them that I decided to become a teacher. I don’t think I would have fully realized that goal if I hadn’t raised all these wonderful dogs.

When we were visiting we also met the family that raised one of Sienna’s siblings, Shay. I also got to met Erin’s boyfriend, Scott. He was a very kind gentleman. He had participated in the Sydney, Australia Olympics! I don’t remember now the name of the sport he was in, but it is the only sport completely designed for those who are blind.

While visiting we also had a photo taken. They will be giving me three copies, one of which will be then sent to the newspaper so that the city may know of Sienna’s graduation as well. ^^

After the photos and a little more visiting all of the companions were taken to the graduation stage for the beginning of the ceremony. The ceremony started with the main supervisor saying a few words and explaining what the guide dog program is and what we do. He then introduced dogs who were graduating as breeder dogs. Once that was finished the graduates who were getting their first dogs and those who raised the dogs.

What happens is the person receiving the dog would be brought forward as the raiser walks across the stage with the dog and hand the dog over to their new companion. The person receiving the dog has the chance to say a few words, after which the raiser says a few words. They are both then lead back to the chairs on the stage. The person receiving the dog sits down and the raiser stands behind them.

After those receiving their first dog are presented those who are receiving their second or more dog are presented. Sienna’s companion was part of that group. We were the third ones up. It was rather hard to express how thankful I was but I managed to say the words that I wanted to express.

Once the graduation was over we all went to a back room and visited a little bit more. I think one of the best parts at this point was that we got to meet the woman who raised Sienna’s mom. That was a real joy! We found out from her that Sienna was part of the mother’s first litter. Out of the eight that are in the litter four of them (including Sienna) have become working guides. ^^ That made me really happy too.

Well, after visiting with Erin a while longer, it was time to say goodbye... That was the real hard part! I got a few more kisses from Sienna, promised to keep in touch with Erin, and wished them the best of luck.

I’m really going to miss them! Erin told me that when it came time for her to retire Sienna she would defiantly take into consideration giving her back to us to live out the rest of her days. ^^ That would be something really wonderful! I do hope that will be a long ways off though! ^^ I want them to be happy together for a long time! I’m glad that they got paired together!

Thank you all for all your support over the years. It means the world to me. More then you’ll ever know! ^^
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Friday, March 11, 2005

   Can post drawing!
Yay!!! ^^ I can post drawings here again! I'll still send you to the other site for photos, but I'll starting posting drawing here again. ^^ Yay! *does a little dance* ^^

Talk to you later!
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   New icon, new layout, allergies and work
Yay!!! ^^ A friend made me a new icon! Hope you all like it! I know I love it!!!

Made a new layout to match the icon. Hope it all looks ok. If anyone has trouble reading it let me know and I'll try to fix it. ^^

Uh... Allergie season has hit... x.x <<< And that's from pollen!!! I need my allergy medicine, but we're all out right now! *cries* I can't go to work with this!

Oh! And I'm looking into getting a new job. They're only having me work twice a week. Actually only once this week because I have a prior commitment on Saturday. I'll tell you about it later! ^^ Anyway, I got a call from one place and am hoping to get an interview. ^^ I'll find out soon though! ^^

Better go! Talk to you later!
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