Sunday 6/1

 

Scenes

Jared goes to Azkaban to tell Walden MacNair he has a daughter, Ellie.

Astoria tracks down Charlie for a little chat about her sister.

Bishop returns home and visits Joscelin. Cute boys, tally ho!

Fred asks Katie to be his. For always and ever. With a ring. (And a giant squee! is heard around the world!)

Miles visits Tracey in Azkaban and tells her he will be working to get her released.

Natalie's dad brings a friend to dinner. Nat is less than pleased.

Calanthe deviously sets up Simone and Blaise. (Two strikes against Simone in Hannah's eyes...)

Owls

Miles owls Blaise and Simone on Tracey’s behalf.

Hermione owls Ellie to see if she’s enjoying the book and if she’d be able to do some stationary work for Sara Prep.

Journals

Ellie journals about her new book, Chester, and the news that man gave her last week.

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MONDAY 6/2

Scenes

Hannah hires a new waitress - Angelina Johnson.

Two Hufflepuffs walk into a pub - stop me if you've heard this one. Susan and Ellie bump into one another and have dinner.

Owls

Draco owls Susan that he has considered her offer of help for the decor of his house, but his bedroom is off-limits! She offers to do manual labor.

Pansy owls Draco because his lack of communication with her is irksome. Slightly snarky owl replies ensue.

Angelina owls Fred, Katie, and Oliver. She's back in town and wants to catch up.

Gwen owled Regan a BUNNY for her birthday! (Anya screamed in horror though, said it was the worst gift ever.)

Remus owled Draco that he was back and willing to talk.

Journals

In two weeks Regan will be back at Ivy's Run for the summer hols. She will miss Luc, but she wants to be with Tristan and Gwen. Also, her mother sent word that she won't see her anymore. :(

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Tuesday 6/3

Scenes

Ginny's meddling again, this time with Susan's love life.

Calanthe asks Narcissa to help her meddle. (There’s a lot of that going on today…)

Pansy pays Draco a visit and asks for a favor.

Natalie is venting about her father's new "friend" when Dean decides she needs to be distracted. (NC-17)

Owls

Tristan owls Regan her birthday gifts.

Astoria contacts Miles, requesting his help in getting Daphne out of jail.

Narcissa ”invites” Simone to the opera.

Hannah inadvertently clues Ginny into Draco’s birthday when she owls to find out his favorite type of cake.

Harry owls Tonks to let her know about his meeting with the Minister. The Boy Who Lived Twice becomes The Boy Who Can’t Do Anything About Anything.

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Wednesday 6/4

Scenes

Jared has a conversation with his father about his work of late and other important matters.

Jared meets Draco at Catter's End to discuss a little business.

Lavender and Justin head to the opera… and meet Blaise and Simone. There's fisticuffs and disagreements over partners (both Christine's AND Blaise's...)

Justin and Lavender pop in at Zabini Manor. Justin forces Blaise's hand a bit in the telling of the night's events. Hannah is not pleased.

Owls

Draco contacts Vaisley about some ward work that Draco was recently put in charge of.

Journals

Draco journals about his non-birthday birthday. Perhaps a visit to his father.

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Thursday 6/5

Scenes

Hannah brings Draco his birthday cake and gifts in person and asks for his help. She just might regret that though. He's "helped" her before. Apparently she doesn't learn. Or is a glutton for punishment. Or just that desperate.

Ginny ignores Draco's desire for a simple day and decides to celebrate his birthday… whether he wants to or not.

Jared and Romy have their last meeting as associates.

Owls

Ginny owls Hannah for some birthday help, and Ron and Susan for some mischief.

Tonks sends some gifts to her cousin.

Dean sends Draco a (thoroughly embarrassing) painting of Ginny.

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Friday 6/6

Scenes

Astoria wants the best to take on her sister's case.

Draco visits Tracey and things don't exactly run smoothly.

Hermione and Mandy actually agree with the Quibbler.

Ginny does what every good sister should and meddles a little.

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Sunday 6/8

 

Scenes

Simone visits Tracey in Azkaban and leaves wondering if her friend is entirely in touch with reality still after so many months of being held.

Tracey has a fourth visitor during her tenure at Azkaban.

Owls

Ginny sends Hannah an early birthday owl with sparkly (literally) gifts!

Journals

Astoria journals about Charlie, her sister, and her money/job woes.

Ellie journals about not feeling well, and some Hufflepuff friends she needs to look into.

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MONDAY 6/9

Scenes

Tristan surprises Regan with the last part of her birthday gift. Plans are made for a trip to Greece with Gwen, too.

Susan pays Ginny back for her meddling. In spades.

Penny, Mac, and Kristen start Hannah off right on her birthday. With cake and presents!

Hannah thinks Blaise forgot her birthday and goes to Catter's End. She and Draco get a little tipsy. The problem? Blaise didn't forget and comes looking for her.

Owls

Let the flutter of wings begin! Justin is up first for the day with a lovely pair of pink converse sneakers for the birthday girl!

Draco’s up second with a pink dress and matching shoes.

Ellie owls Hermione back her massive book. Yay for book nerds!

Lavender’s is the third owl Hannah received on her birthday, this one bearing a rather naughty cook outfit and a pink necklace. (More pink? You betcha!)

Harry sends Hannah her fourth owl. A pretty pink shirt and a pink pillow! (Yes, he had help shopping.)

Pansy owls Hannah (another) pink dress and a pink diamond necklace. MORE PINK!

Angelina leaves from pretty pink daisies for her boss at Happy Hearth.

Ellie sends Hannah some pretty cool cookie cutters.

Susan is number nine, owling Hannah a pretty dress and some racy things to wear UNDER the dress….

Sneaking in just under the wire is Dean, the tenth and final owl to Hannah: Two pretty awesome paintings for her to hang!

Journals

Lavender’s feeling particularly thoughtful.

Hannah journals about the gifts she’s received so far. She’s been very lucky on her birthday so far. Not a bad gift in sight!

Hannah journals once more about her awesome gifts!

While Hannah has had many gifts come to her this day, she still hasn’t heard from Blaise…

Hannah went home and Blaise wasn’t there. She’s not happy about it.

Character Introductions

Welcome Anja! She’ll be taking on our resident clothing designer, Parvati Patil!

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Tuesday 6/10

Scenes

Tonks and Bishop spar in the MLE training room.

Parvati spends some time designing and talking with her sister.

Beckett and Romy relax after the long workday. NC-17!

Owls

Deans owls Hestia with some information he’s uneasy about.

Ellie sends Hannah some Happy Hearth Bakery stationery!

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Wednesday 6/11

Scenes

Parvati and Ellie collaborate over business cards.

Daphne tries to apologize to Sam for knocking her off that cliff and leaving her there. You know what? Daphne sucks at apologies. It's made even more awkward by the fact that Sam doesn't seem as bothered by it as Daphne thinks she should be.

Owls

Simone owls Gwen, interested in who designed her birthday gown.

Journals

Mad-Eye Moody’s a’brewing!

Susan journals about her awkward sorta-date with Ron. (Ginny is glad it turned out alright. She was afraid of what would happen if it didn’t’….)

Romy journals about a lot of things, including her birthday, random gifts sent in the post, and boys. She really is surrounded by pretty men…

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Thursday 6/12

Scenes

Fred and Katie spill the beans to Mama Weasley about their engagement.

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Friday 6/13

Scenes

Maria and Simone order some invitations from Ellie. An invite is also extended.

Justin drops in to see Hannah. She enlightens him on the vagaries of womenfolk.

Joscelin kidnaps Susan in order to thank her.

Beckett takes Reese out for dinner. The conversation goes off on a tangent.

Owls

Justin sends Lavender a tree. Lavender is slightly thrown.

Pansy sends Parvati an owl regarding getting Hannah's dress altered.

Journals

Lavender doesn't know what to say about her new tree.

Ellie squees over her invite and wonders what to wear.

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Saturday 6/14

Scenes

Joscelin explains the mystery of shiny people to Sam.

Ginny has a dream and is visited by George.

Owls

Parvati owls Hannah about getting that dress altered.

Parvati gets another commission this time from Ellie Branstone!

Miles gets an owl on his birthday from Beckett. It looks like a particularly tasty year of scotch.

Journals

Parvati journals about her designs taking off and possible food poisoning plans.

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Sunday 6/15

 

Scenes

Parvati alters Hannah's birthday gift dress and they have a lovely chat.

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MONDAY 6/16

Scenes

Astoria and Daphne are setting Astoria up in her new office at the Ministry and then getting Daphne a job she'll probably be horrible at. Poor Brody.

Parvati talks dresses and balls with Ellie. Plans are made.

Tracey hears a certain someone's tantrum about the returned owl. She suspects she's getting out soon, but isn't counting on it.

Gwen spots Romy while running errands at the Ministry and decides to cross examine invite her to tea.

Mac and Penelope comfort Kristen after she has an upset. Penelope decides some things about her living situation.

Tonks and Hestia meet for drinks to discuss conspiracy. However, many drinks later there's been more shag talking and bum touching going on than conspiracy talk.

Owls

Hestia owls Tonks about grabbing a pint and talking conspiracy.

Someone sends Draco a very heartwarming owl that bodes of only good things to come. (RIGHT!)

Megan owls Harry in her truly creeptacular fashion. The Ministry returns it to sender.

Journals

Hestia journals about the owl Dean sent her. She wants to talk to Daphne. She also thinks about Remus and the new girl in Hopkirk's post.

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Tuesday 6/17

Scenes

The meeting of Department Heads commences with dry humor and a little vision.

Fred tells Ginny she's going to have another sister.

Mac meets the new waitress at the Sticks. Daphne's head meets the bar.

Parvati drops by Lavender's for some talk about boys and clothes. The girls do what they do best!

Owls

Ellie owls Simone the much-anticipated invitations and thanks her for the invite.

Simone sends the masquerade invite to… almost everyone! (Astoria, Beckett, Blaise, Draco, Ellie, Gwen, Harry, Jared, Joscelin, Lavender, Maria, Miles, Narcissa, Oliver, Pansy, Reese, River and Tristan.)

Azkaban prison writes to inform Megan’s legal guardian, Hestia, that she had an “episode”. UNDERSTATEMENT!

Tristan owls Gwen some pretty flowers and a not-so-pretty but interesting-in-a-gothic-way body guard.

Justin owls Lavender. After some snark, they make plans for Friday.

Ginny owls Draco to let her know she’ll be late. Her good humor is lost on a panicky Draco.

Tonks owls Hestia to make sure their next night of firewhisky is on a weekend, and owls Molly about tea and some information.

Journals

Lavender journals about the prospect of going to the ball… without a date and in a reporterly fashion.

Hestia journals about the evil of firewhisky and things going bump at the Ministry… and in her niece’s head…

Draco’s panicky because of Ginny’s owl. MARRIAGE?!?!

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Wednesday 6/18

Scenes

Hestia visits Megan in Azkaban to see why she's having "episodes".

Jack and Molly visit Draco at Catter's End.

Owls

Lavender owls Parvati with a holder for her business cards.

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Thursday 6/19

Scenes

Harry and Hestia talk crazy talk.

Bishop and Tonks head out for drinks and friendly competition.

Gwen demands the company of her brother, Joscelin. She grills him over dinner about a certain female acquaintance of his.

Owls

Ellie owls Parvati with her order of business cards!

Ginny sends Ron an owl, demanding that he owls Susan. ::shakes head:: Weasley women…

Simone owls Parvati to see if she’d be interested in designing another dress.

Ron takes Ginny’s advise, otherwise known as a threat, and owls Susan. They make plans.

Journals

Ron hasn’t owled Susan, and she’s not sure what to make of it.

Sam journals about dragon sex, dragon eggs, and Joscelin.

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Friday 6/20

Scenes

Tonks has a very odd dream.

Romy cuts her ties with the Vaisey family but the price she has to pay is higher than she expected. (R for non-con)

Romy needs some help and Joscelin is her knight in shining armor.

Justin and Lavender have a date where a few things get hashed out.

Tori talks Daphne into going to the ball with her.

Owls

Astoria wants Parvati to make two dresses.

Ellie has the logos ready for Hermione.

Journals

Moody journals with some vehicle logs! (Ooooh, there’s a tractor on there! Now I’m imagining Moody on a tractor!)

Character Introductions

Re-introducing Cormac McLaggen, helmed by Lee! WELCOME!

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Saturday 6/21

Scenes

Parvati is racking in these gown commissions! This time it's Simone!

Harry finds Remus at the Ministry and the two discuss current events over a sandwich.

Owls

Happy Birthday Nymphadora Tonks! Today you get: an outfit from your cousin Draco, some Ogden’s Old from Hestia, a leather catsuit from Bishop, a cake, sweater and necklace from Molly, an amazing pair of heels from Katie, pink plaid rain boots from Ginny, boot polish from Harry, color-changing hair dye and an assortment of candies from Fred, and some nipple cupcakes and dirty, naughty books from Hannah. WHAT A HAUL!

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Sunday 6/22

Scenes

Daphne and Astoria see Parvati about ball gowns. Parvati and Astoria also See some other things.

Tonks and Remus run into each other for the first time in over a year. Awkwardness ensues.

Owls

Hannah owls Parvati with a ball gown emergency!

Journals

Hannah’s a little stressed about a ball she just found out she’ll be attending. Not to mention she has a day off and doesn’t know what to do with it.

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MONDAY 6/23

Scenes

Remus finally stops in to see Draco. Both are nervous, but things go well and Sara Prep officially racks up another teacher.

Hermione and Harry have an awkward run-in at the Ministry and start their road to friendship recovery.

Owls

Draco FINALLY gets his birthday presents from Narcissa. (So now he can stop whining and acting like the bastard step-child at the family reunion about it)

The Ministry informs Draco they had misplaced his mother's birthday owl - that's why he's just now getting it.

Hestia gets and inner office memo informing her that Crabbe's body has not been claimed and they need the space in the morgue. (Cheerful thought)

Hestia owls Draco telling him if he doesn't claim Crabbe's body by Friday, said body is going in a Ministry plot.

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Tuesday 6/24

Owls

Draco owls Blaise to see if he’s up for an impromptu funeral on Thursday.

Hestia requests Daphne’s presence for a meeting at the Ministry.

Character Introductions

Meet Jonathan Savage, Auror in America.

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Wednesday 6/25

Scenes

Hestia asks Daphne some questions that make her nervous.

Parvati has a meeting of the dresses with Penelope and Farrah Davies.

Jonathan Savage is back in London. He makes sure his presence is known to certain people.

Ron and Susan finally have lunch. The awkwardness ensues.

Jared and Simone decide that somethings are going to change, while mostly staying the same. NC-17

Natalie spots Kingsley's swamp before he does, so she waits for the reaction. She also gets it brought to her attention that her "enemy" is acting out of sorts.

Beckett decides to take Reese for a ride on his motorbike. Per usual, there is meandering conversation and he decides to take Reese to the Masquerade Ball with him.

Owls

Someone owls Draco and lets him on the secret of Daphne poisoning Ginny.

Tonks sends thank you owls to Draco, Hestia, Molly, Ginny, Harry, Fred, Hannah, and Bishop.

Journals

Hestia is seeing conspiracy theories everywhere....

Character Introductions

Aubrey Victoria van Andel (nee Chambers) is in the game!

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Thursday 6/26

Scenes

Draco and Blaise finally have Vincent's funeral then they have a drink.

Parvati meets with Hannah about a dress... with biscuits!

Katie goes to Healing Hands to find out why she's not been feeling good and finds out she’s pregnant!

Draco and Ginny have sex on the kitchen counter at Catter's End. [NC-17]

Katie isn't quite sure how she got there, but soul sisters don't need directions. She tells Tonks that she's having a somebody!

Katie tells Fred the big news: there's going to be more shiny in the family.

Journals

Regan journals about her vacation in Greece with Gwen and Tristan.

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Friday 6/27

Scenes

Romy is still pissed off and tells Tonks part of the reason.

After Romy kicks some arse, Natalie checks to see if she's all right.

Aubrey feels like she's eleven again.
 
Aubrey makes an appointment with Ginny for next week.
 
Justin is creeped out by a prophecy by an eight year old.
 
Something went wrong when Neville went to Azkaban with Ginny.

Draco is kidnapped and the bastards hurt Hannah.

Journals

Penny is worried about Jack.

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Saturday 6/28

Scenes

The aftermath of the kidnapping is discovered.

Hestia and Natalie tell Ginny and Susan about Draco. Blaise is upset because Hannah blames herself and Ginny hasn't much hope.

After the Aurors leave, Angelina and Justin start the cleanup of the bakery.

Justin seeks out Lavender for comfort after the events of the day.

Natalie tells Dean what's been going on with Draco, Ginny, and Hannah. Dean is naturally not too pleased. They also discuss her non-friendship with Romy.

Tonks and Bishop go on their first official date. They make it through dinner and get very good dessert. (SQUEE!)

Harry comes to check up on Hannah and Ginny.

Regan, Tristan, and Gwen enjoy the birthday trip to Greece.

Owls

Remus owls the Weasley’s, Hermione and Hestia to let them know of his return!

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Sunday 6/29

Scenes

Tonks takes the Papa-to-be, Fred, out to drinks. They stumble upon a lighthouse near Rose Cottage and tuck the Mama-to-be, Katie, into bed.

Daphne has some disturbing pillow talk with Warrington. Her conscience is becoming a scary thing.

Tristan and Gwen have a night out together, alone, while in Greece.
[NC-17]

Ginny tries to hide from her feelings. Dean's not having it.

Tonks comes home to discover the owl about Draco had been eaten. She's not happy.

Journals

Daphne is thinking about Warrington and NOT Charlie Weasley.

Aubrey muses about her late husband, her family, and the name 'Charlotte'.

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Monday 6/30

Scenes

Astoria gives Daphne her birthday presents. Daphne wrestles with her conscience.

Tracey gets released from Azkaban.

Draco's not having his best day ever being kidnapped.

Owls

Pansy owls Blaise. Hunting will commence tomorrow.

Ginny owls Aubrey to rearrange their healing appointment.

Someone owls Daphne some birthday gifts.

Dean owls Charlie for help finding Daphne.

Journals

Pansy makes plans to do something about her worry over Draco.