Showgan -- Standing On Edge (Invitational)

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"Right,you think what you think,I think what I think."Jena said,running after the boy as he an towards the building Kayley had pointed out.

{Bouncy!Bouncy!Bouncy!}Cascade grinned as he jumped from puddle to puddle after his trainer,getting Ryne and Orjen wet.

{Oooh,we need to go into the center,would you please stop bouncing?}the Ralts sighed,walking into the building after her trainer.
Cascade felt slightly dis-heartened as that meant he couldn't jump into the puddles.His paws were all muddy,but,so were the pokemon.

{Oh!We can get smoothies after this right?}he remembered what Fishy had saud.
 
{ooc| Stupid.... history... essays... *dies*}

Maxie sniffed at Jena's comment. "It's nicer than a lot of places I've been to... at least it's not all towerblocks."

She followed everyone else into the pokemon centre, Fang still clinging to her finger, a slightly desperate expression on his face. He hated pokemon centre. Hate, hate, hate. He'd rather battle that big ugly lump of a scyther than go to a pokemon centre... The bat flapped his wings anxiously as Maxie pushed open the doors.

Maxie gave a sigh of relief as she entered. It was so warm, so bright, so comfortable! The pokemon centre was nearly empty, aside from a boy, who was surrounded by a singing, cheering group of oddish.
"No! No, don't eat that!"
"Pleeeease stop jumping on the sofa!" he cried, as the grass types went about their business gleefully.
Maxie rolled her eyes. People that couldn't control their pokemon should be made illegal, she thought.

She strode over to the counter. "You first, Rai."

{ooc| I beat y'all at Plushie's quiz!}
 
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Bleh.. I've gotten a headache.. >_<

Go on without me while I sleep it off.. XD
 
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Could Yibber have passed her sickness to Plushie??
*gaspen*
Charon!Ashley!Melissi!Watch out!!XD
*cough*
Yes,the drowsiness has come back to haunt Yibber.
Now she has to sleep,yes.-_-
 
OOC: History essays are evil...oh, and sleep well Plushie. Hope your headache goes away. Eh, and the same thing to you Yibber. Sleep is evil...pure evil...but it should still be enjoyed. ^^

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Rai's expression grew visibly relaxed as he stepped into the Azure Town pok?mon center, which was almost completely deserted. Not a big surprise really, considering that the clock on the wall indicated that it was almost 9 PM already, apparently their treck here had taken longer than the boy had thought.

He nodded at Maxie's comment, stepping forward to the counter and causing the nurse to look up. She looked practically identical to the other nurses in the region, well, similar to the nurses found in practically every pok?mon center in existence. This annoyed her to no end, because she, unlike practically all of the other nurses, was in fact named Gwendolyn, and boy was she sick of being called Joy.

"Can I help you?" she asked in a slightly tired voice already guessing the answer by the bundle that Rai was holding in his arms.

"Yes, please." Rai replied, gently placing the Vulpix, who had now decided to take a nap, still exhausted by his endeavors, onto the counter for examination. "We found him out in the woods." the boy replied to the nurse's inquisitive glance, "I don't know why it was there but the poor thing was soaked and really needs healing." he cast a look at the others, all of them soaked to various degrees, Chupon currently standing on all fours and vigorously shaking of the raindrops from his skin, causing Ashura to frown slightly. "And if you could provide us with a place to sleep it would be great." he added as an afterthought, brushing aside a few locks of wet hair that had taken up hanging over his face. There wasn't any mirror handy, but Rai was fairly certain that he looked quite ragged in his current state.

"I see..." Gwendolyn replied, looking at the rather varied group and obviously thinking much along the same lines as she picked up the Vulpix, unable to resist smiling at the general cuteness of the fox pok?mon. "Don't worry, rest and healing are what we're here for." she turned to adress the rest of the group "Are there any others in need?"
 
Maxie gave Fang a hard look. "Fang does-"
{No I don't!} He squeaked fiercely, raising his voice for the first time since he had met the others, {I'm fine, I've still got a quarter of my hitpoints left!} he snapped, baring his fangs in a malicious manner.
Maxie shook her head tiredly, and put What-A-Mess's ball on the counter. "My grimer needs healing, Nurse Joy." she turned back to her Zubat. "Fang, I can't keep buying you potions-"
{Fine then! Just leave me to faint!} he growled, his voice quavering.

Maxie put a hand to her forehead, and sighed exasperatedly. Fang was so awkward. He wouldn't battle, he wouldn't get healed, and he refused to leave Maxie's side for little longer than a minute.
She sat down on one of the sofas in the corner, kicking off her sodden shoes. It was late already; 9 PM and what had she achieved? Nothing! She hadn't even got Sephy back...

The zubat perched a few inches away from Maxie, sulking.
 
The nurse twitched slightly, but still visibly, as Maxie called her Joy.

"My name is Gwendolyn..." she said, her smile growing slightly stiffer "But I will be happy to heal your Grimer nonetheless." she rummaged under the counter until she came across a tray with a series of round sockets embedded into it, apparently made specifically to hold pok?balls, and placed What-a-mess' pok?ball on it.

"Oh, and I think my other pok?mon could use a check-up too." Rai added as an afterthought, gesturing for both Chupon and Ashura to come over and returning them to their pok?balls, which he then placed on the counter. The nurse nodded stifly once more.

"I really do appreciate it...Gwendolyn." Rai added, smiling politely before he turned from the counter and sat down on one of the sofas as well, placing his backpack on the floor beside him and laying back, the fatigue of the journey sinking into him for the first time. His feet ached slightly, protesting against their new workload to the best of their ability, and the boy felt a strong urge to follow Maxie's example and just kick of his shoes. He couldn't bring himself to do it, though, the rules of etiquette still binding him quite strongly, so he just sat there instead, allowing both his gaze and his mind to drift around, occasionally watching the small boy and his unruly Oddishes with a measure of amusement.
 
Fang watched Chupon and Ashura vanish into their balls, and shuddered inwardly.

Laughing, Maxie wiggled her toes, looking very young in her pink spotted socks. She leant back and put her feet up on the coffee table, slumped in her seat, and slung her arms back on the chair. "Relax, Rai," she told him jokingly, "this is a pokemon centre, not the queen's living room." She nearly yawned, but managed to catch herself and clutch a hand to her mouth. Showing she was tired would be showing a sign of weakness... Minerva was still hanging around, and she didn't want the Sneasel reporting back to her boss how easily No. 5 got sleepy.
 
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OOC: Dang, that sleep was long, but good... ^^


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"Oh, could you please heal these three as well?" Kayley asked, even though she knew it was a rhetorical question, unclipping Fishy's, Razz', and Hazy's Pokeballs from her belt. At Gwendolyn's stiff nod, she placed the three Pokeballs on the metal tray, pretty much copying Maxie's action because she had no previous experience with Pokemon Centers other than signing up for the League back in Zephyr Town.

"Thank you.." Kayley said softly as she turned away, heading towards the Lounge. She chose to take up a love seat that had not been occupied yet, leaving her case in one seat, and plopping herself in the other seat, immediately sighing at the relief of getting to sit down after their journey so far.



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KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE!!!!

Now, I command you all, take the Herbie Quiz!!!!

I must admit it's easier than the quizzes about myself. XD
 
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Oooh,am feeeling much,much better,just need to continue taking tha yucky medicine for a few more days.

Oopsies,like,I got 20 on the test.^^''
Least you could do was ask who was Herbie's co-star,then,I'd at least get 10 more points.XD

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"Right,could you please heal mine as well?"Jena withdrawed her pokemon into their pokeballs,before placing them on the tray next to Maxie,Kayley and Rai's.

"Thanks,Gwen."she added,before walking off to join her friends.

The girl took the seat next to Maxie,before squeezing some loose water out of her hair with both her hands.

"We should really get an umbrella or something."she stated,sitting normally unlike the girl next to her.It was simply something Jena would never,ever do,her masters and her parents would kill her if she ever even said about doing something like,placing elbows on a table.

"So,we're staying here for the night,eh?"she asked,taking a glance at the clock which was convenaitely placed on the wall of the center.
 
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...You honestly thought I was going to make the quiz easy? XD

...Get well soon! X3

Woohoo! Pokemon XD is fuuuuuuuun... Or at least better than Colosseum.


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"I suppose an umbrella is better than just a jacket.." Kayley stated at Jena's comment. "But yeah, we've no where else to go, right? It's too late to go searching for somewhere better, and this place is fine as it is.." She trailed off to hide a yawn behind her hand.

Kayley was sure that if she weren't waiting to get her Pokemon back, she'd already be in dream land. In fact, when she thought about it, she thought that Nurse Gwen was taking a bit long with the Pokeballs.. In the few books she had read about Pokemon Centers, it said that the normal running time for healing Pokemon through Pokeballs only took several moments.

Unless of course she was waiting for the Vulpix to recover, and return him along with the Pokeballs.

She shrugged the thought off. She really had no idea anyways.

"So.. Rai.. Are you going to keep that Vulpix?" She asked, the words randomly popping into her mouth.
 
OOC: XD This is what happens when you leave the whole day to see Harry Potter. We had to stand in line for tickets in the morning for about two hours, and then eat lunch, and then get early to the theater, and then see the movie!

Whoo-hoo! It was really good! ^-^ Though... as always, I prefer the books. There were quite a few girls who seemed to really like the part with Harry in the prefects bath... ^^;

Anyway, I'm back now!

And I got 30 on Plushie's third quiz! Not bad! Though... haven't taken the Herbie one. EDIT: Whoo! Got the same score as Yibber!! XD I never watched Herbie: Fully Loaded. ^^; I don't much like Lindsay Lohan... I dunno, she just... bothers me.


Zachary
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"Finally somewhere that isn't wet and full of ghost pokemon!" Zachary said as they entered the building. Of course, the had only been one ghost, and not 'full' of them as he had implied. That was his imagination getting away with him.

Ron shook a bit. {Just a little damp,} he said as he wiped his face with his focus band.

Zachary decided not to heal his pokemon, they had walked through the forest, but hadn't battled with anything, and the best thing for them was just plain old sleep. The boy beamed happily at his two pokemon; he was so proud of himself actually doing something with them. It felt good to be getting away from home... though he couldn't help but wonder how his mother was doing. Perhaps he should call her sometime later.

Glancing nervously over to Kayley, he suddenly remembered the ghost pokemon she had just captured. He hadn't spoken much when they had gone though the forest because he was trying to will himself to not be afraid of her newest addition. After all, he was no doubt going to be seeing it quite often now, so he had tried to make himself believe it wasn't scary.

Even now as he thought of it, a chill ran up his spine. 'Oh well... give it time,' he thought.

The little Vulpix, on the other hand, had certainly been a beautiful creature; one that suited Rai considering it was quite elegant like himself. Zachary was a little confused though, and took Kayley's question as a cue to speak up about it.

"Yeah, you gonna keep it Rai?" he repeated, as he sat down in an older, wicker chair. Those always reminded him of his grandmother's house. "And what was a rare pokemon like a Vulpix doing all alone in the woods like that? Seems kinda strange to me," he said frowning, "Don't those pokemon usually travel in pairs? Perhaps it's one that just left its mother...."

Ron nodded, though the Vulpix seemed to think that Rai was someone he knew.

Luka just continued to sulk, thinking up ways to escape. It would be hard to do though in this place. Too many watchful eyes. Too many trainers.
 
OOC: Yeah, get well soon, Yibber. Don't let the medicine bite. ^^

And all of my other friends are getting to do fun stuff. Plushie getting XD and Melissa getting to see the new Harry Potter movie. Tis' not fair! *Sulks* Well okay, I suppose it is fair because I'm getting meh very own GBA and copy of Pok?mon Emerald as soon as the order gets delivered, but anyhow...I wanna' do the fun stuffs now! XD

Seriously though, about two hours of ticket-queueing? O_O Now there's a reminder for me why my family never chooses to go to a new movie during the first few weeks. Bet it was a pretty good feeling to finally get those tickets though, ne? ^^

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Rai, who had been deep in thought with his forehead almost in contact with the table in front of him, his mind seemingly in a world of its own, took a moment of silence as both Kayley and Zach asked him about the Vulpix. This was the very thing he had been thinking of ever since he handed the fire type over to the nurse, who did seem to be doing her job rather slowly. Should he keep it? Well, certainly if it was wild, he would love to be the trainer of such an adorable creature, and it did seem attached to him. but...why had it been so keen on getting to him in the first place? All the things Rai had read about Vulpixes suggested that they were primarily cautious creatures who usually steered well clear of humans. For one to simply run to him like that, and right through a rain storm to top it all, it just seemed...odd.

"Yes..." he replied at last, looking up from his somewhat crouched position and rising up a bit "Of course I would keep it. Who wouldn't? But it's just...." he took a moment of silence again "...I just get the feeling that it already has someone." he said at last, sighing a bit. "The way that Vulpix leapt straight into my arms...no fear at all, no attempt at attacking me. It was...it was as if it thought it knew who I was..." he took a pause once more, staring out through the window at the storm outside "But on the other hand." he added "If it does have a trainer, why was it out in the woods all by itself? I just don't know..." he shook his head, a small cascade of droplets squirting here and there from his hair as he retreated partially back into his thoughts again, although the boy did seem to be paying proper attention to the conversation now.
 
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{ooc| *was one of those girls that liked the prefect's bath scene* xDDD I'm so immature... I saw the movie on Sunday, it was really good. I can't believe they cut out Winky, though! =o
Lucky Plush gets a new game xP *has to wait a few more months*
Your very own GBA? Alter, don't you already have one?}

Maxie's eyes had nearly vanished into her hairline, at the sight of Rai so... well, acting so normal. "Was the table really interesting, Rai?" she gibed, as he emerged, looking concerned.
She took her feet off the table and leant forward. "Well, if some other guy owned the vulpix first... who cares? The git left that fire type out in the rain when it could of died, he doesn't deserve to own it." her brow furrowed.

Maxie hadn't really had much experience with people, other than the ones that she came across in her line of work. Of course, for those unfortunate souls, there was hardly time to chat, so her grasp on human kind was a relatively limited one. In one day she'd had a brush with so many personalities, it made her head hurt. Who knew people could be so varied? So cruel?
 
OOC: Oh don't worry Charon... I just thought they were funny. It's not too often I hear cat-calls and whistles in the theater. XD About Winky... I know!! I wish they would have made it longer... I would've sat there for 3 hours of Harry Potter. ;_; They really screwed up the Quidditch World Cup though. I wanted to see more of the match... -_- Not to mention they didn't make it Harry's wand that put up the Dark Mark. WTF? Also, even though Rita Skeeter appears in the movie a few times, she isn't nearly as annoying and heartless as in the book. Nor do they stress the whole Daily Prophet making Harry look like a mental attention-grabbing teenage boy thing. I mean, that has a lot to do with setting the whole tone of the next book/movie. Silly screenwriters.

Overall though, and with the amount of time they had to squish it in, I'd say it was pretty good. =D

By the way... did anyone else (that's seen it), get teary-eyed at any part? I did.... ^^;

Okay yeah... before I talk too much about Harry Potter... XD


Zachary
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Zachary straightened himself up in his wicker seat. Ron threw the boy a nervous glance.

"You mean to say that someone may have abandoned the poor thing?" he said in a low voice. If it was one thing Zachary hated above all else it was people that abuse the ones they are supposed to love.

"I can't stand people like that!" he said in a calm, yet obviously bothered voice. He stood up and paced around the chair a bit. "That poor pokemon... it reminds me of the stories my Mom once told me about her... father and how he used to beat her up when she didn't do something right, and how he would just leave her to fend for herself.... People can be so cruel sometimes. And for reasons that you may never know."

Ron exhaled a bit. There was really no reason for Zachary to overreact anyway, considering they didn't know if it were true, or where the supposed trainer was.

Luka looked over to Ron. {Didn't you say that you were an abused pokemon?} she asked in a bored voice.

Ron remained quiet. He was busy thinking all of a sudden about the memories he usually was quite open about. Once in a while these memories seemed more painful than other times. Thinking of that little Vulpix and its happy, faithful look made Ron think of his own previous trainer. The way he had felt about him... how he had refused to admit that anything was wrong... how Zachary was the only one that made him see his trainer for what he was.

Zachary knew by Ron's vacant look what he was thinking about, and this made him even more bothered. He didn't like how Ron was still plagued by his past, and he hated feeling so helpless about it. There was never anything he could do about it.

Then he noticed the phones on the wall of the lobby, and figured since he was too angry to continue talking about the subject, and he couldn't stand seeing Ron that way, he might as well distract the subject by calling home.

"Ron," he said softly, bending down to the little Aron, "Wanna call home with me?" He pat the pokemon's hard, metallic head.

Ron nodded without speaking, and the two of them walked over to the phones. Luka tilted her head as they left her presence. She was still confused as to why a human should care so much for the feelings of something they keep like a pet. She shook her head though, shrugging it off as more human brainwashing.
 
OOC: Nope, I've just been sponging of Arty's one. *Ish a terrible cheapskate* XD But no more...I shall soon have my own, and it will be a nice, silver-coloured one too that will totally pwn Arty's in appearance value. I'll be glad not to have to share one with him anymore, I swear, there's some seriously funky stuff stuck on the buttons sometimes because he often plays while he's eating. The screen is kinda greasy too, urgh. *Shudders* <_<

Regardless, once I get my own GBA it shall be trading mania between me and Arty, yes it shall. I'll go get myself that Steelix I've been wanting for so long, and maybe a Politoed too (Never had one but they seem to be tough little buggers), oh, and a Snorlax into Emerald. Or maybe an Eevee that I can evolve into Umbry or Espy, ah...the possibilities. ^^

And the screenwriters did what, what, and WHAT?! Gah, hammer my expectations for this movie a bit more why don't you? Urgh, so you mean to say that they've removed several key elements from both the setting and the plot? Geez, that's what you get for putting idiots who probably haven't even read the darn book properly in charge. <_<

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"Yes, it was truly fascinating." Rai replied sarcastically to Maxie's comment, although he brought forth the comment with a smile so it wouldn't sound snappish. As the conversation moved onward, Zachary quickly grew agitated, clearly stating his opinions on the subject. Rai remained quiet, his head bent once more and his expression one of sadness. Why...why did people have to be so cruel? Sure, there had been some pretty ruthless sorts training in the Kingsfield gym, but Rai had always thought that that just went with the territory and never in his life would he have even considered that anyone of them, not even the most vicious and heartless, would simply abandon their Snorunts, Sneasels, Swinubs, or any other of the various ice type pok?mon they trained. The mere thought of that poor Vulpix, left outside in the rain and cold all by itself, waiting for a master who never intended to return...it was almost unbearable, and the boy felt a strong urge to cry at the indignity of it all. He forced it back though, remembering, despite his fatigue, that this was neither the time nor the place for such things. Besides, what would his newfound friends think of him if he just started crying all of a sudden? No doubt he'd loose what respect he had earned amongst them. And even if he didn't, it would still be shoving his emotional burden on someone else's shoulders, and Rai was not about to do that.

"I'll get to the bottom of this." he said at last, his voice sounding unusually hard and resolute and his posture straightening "I'll find out what this is all about even if it's the last thing I do. And if that trainer doesn't have any excuse for his behaviour then I'll keep the Vulpix. He doesn't look like he can fend for himself anyhow."

Rai fell silent again as Zachary had his little conversation with Ron and they both walked over to the nearby phone. The boy couldn't help smiling just a little at the sight of the two. Zach might not have been particularly elegant or gracefull by any measure, but he certainly had a good heart...not to mention a way with pok?mon. For all but the practical reasons, they seemed to be more like equals than pets to him. It was amazing, Rai thought for himself as he watched, amazing that everyone couldn't understand that that was the only way things were supposed to be, the right way...
 
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Thanks dudes!^^
Yes,I am getting better,so now,I shall enjoy my 6 week break,yes!
Never really liked Lindsay,don't know why.

Ooooh,lucky Plushie,I shall be lieing in wait for Diamond and Pearl to come out,but not before I manage to persuade me mom into buying me a Nintendo DS,yes.
And,talking abou Ashley and Arty sharing gameboys is like reminding me of me evil sister.She gets the Gameboy Color,I get the Advance,fair right?XD
I thought not,but still!!She snatches poor Yibber's Advance,okay?And that's not nice.>_<
XD

Yes,they cut out alot of scenes,thats what I've heard.Might be watching the movie next week or so.Depends on how I feel and on my friends.I'll watch Chicken Little right after the Goblet of Fire,yes.^^
They cut out Dobby,Winky...I was really looking forward to Winky.
And,they made errors or something.The Dark Mark was supposed to appear over a forest or something,but they made it appear over the camping grounds..I think.And,Dobby didn't give the Gillyweed to Harry right?It was Neville...And,they cut out the Sphinx!!!I wanted to see the Sphinx!!!>_<
Niah....was expecting better.
Though,Voldemort looks weird mainly,not scary.
Those long fingers....*shudder*XD

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Jena listened intently on what the rest around her were saying.Too busy trying to squeeze her her hair dry to comment.Though,when the conversation turned to pokemon being abused.The girl immediately sat up,full attention on the topic.
The girl smiled as Rai stated he would get to the bottom of finding out about the Vulpix,she thought that she would be no where near that firm, even if she wanted to be.

"Good for you,Rai."she said encouragingly.

As Zachary made his way over to the phone,the girl frowned instead.The boy's parents actually let him come,let him go out to see the world.And what did she get?Some people who wouldn't let their daughter take a step out of their house.Some people who just couldn't take the fact that their daughter wasn't good at battling,at all.Some people,who just,couldn't understand.
Jena furrowed her brow an angry expression was visible on her face.
 
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"Your name is Gwen??" Silver asked the girl at the reception.. "Please help me heal my Pokemon.. Thank you.." Silver continued as she passed her Pokemon in their respective Pokeballs to Gwen.. She then walked to join the others..

"So.. what do we do now??" Silver asked the others..
 
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Nyah... x.x

Plushie dun like writing English papers about tradition, humanity, and sacrifice..


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Kayley had chosen to stay silent and listen as well, nodding every now and then to signal that she was still listening, and not spacing out or anything like her Mudkip would have done. At Zachary's statement, she simply closed her eyes in understanding. There was no room in her heart for such people.

"Ditto." She said, referring to Jena's comment towards Rai. "That Vulpix didn't deserve that.." She trailed off as Silver approached the group, apparently having missed out on the conversation while she had handed her Pokeballs to Nurse Gwendolyn.

"I guess now we just wait for the Pokemon to be healed, then we can go to sleep. Well, that's what I have planned. I be tired, ya know.. M'sure everyone else is.." She heaved a sigh, now pondering what to do about Fishy. She knew that he'd prefer to stay out of his Pokeball, but there was no doubt he'd be hyper after getting healed..
 
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Aww...poor Plushie.
Niahahahhahaa...I have no school,no essays...Mehehehehehe...*hack*

They also left out the part where Harry gives his prize money to Fred and George to open their joke store.
*gaspen*
Niah.....no joke store?That's just evil...I wanted to see what the gags looked like,including the love potions and the dream thingys.

And goshness,like,I am currently eating through my fifth banana of the day.
Like,I think I'm addicted.
Whew,okay,I went to take a good look inside my fridge,and,the only reason I'm eating so much of these fruits is cause there's nothing else at home to eat.So,I'm thriving on bananas till' dinner.>_<

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"Sounds good to me."Jena lifted her head to nod at Kayley's ideal night.

"Yes,we've travelled far enough..."the girl stated,moving aside so as to leave space for Silver to take a seat.

"I hope."she said under her breath.Her mother was bound to find out that she had run away by now,it just mattered where she knew her daughter was going.The girl shifted her feet feeling uneasy,no way,her parents were good,but not to that level.
 
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