Characters: Poppy Pomfrey, Arthur Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Lee Jordan, Horace Slughorn
Summary: Fred collapsed in the Great Hall. Poppy clicked into mediwitch mode to escort him to the Infirmary. Other people joined along the way.
Status: Complete

(Race to the Infirmary)

Characters: Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks-Lupin.
Summary: Remus and Tonks opt out of brunch in favor of some private time (Mature content; takes place before this thread).
Status: Complete.

( Tonks didn't feel hungry... )

Characters: James Potter, Lily Potter
Summary: Lily gets her wand back, and discovers how it was done.
Status: Complete


After his afternoon adventures, James couldn't wait to find Lily. He was happy to find her, but not exactly pleased that she still hadn't been let in to Gryffindor Tower.

He tried to reason with the Fat Lady. "Certainly, I remember you, dear boy. Now, what is the password?" James didn't know.

Finally, he sat down with Lily on the steps.

"Did you find Sirius?" she asked.

"No, but I have something for you." He produced the willow wand and carefully handed it to her, handle first.

"James, you didn't!" He could only have got this wand from one place, and it made Lily shudder to even think about it.

"I'm afraid I did. But come on, it's the best wand for you. Ollivander even told me so. I have his letter if you want to see. I just want you to be armed best you can."

Lily's head was reeling. "You really got this from where I think you got it?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid I did. But now it's done, and we never have to think about it again."

"How can you not think about it? What did I look like when you opened my casket?"

"I couldn't, I brought Tonks with me. She's married to Moony now, and incredibly brilliant. She opened yours."

Lily was a little heartened to hear of Lupin now having a smart and talented wife. Brave, too, it seemed like. The wand fitting so well into her hand, and feeling so right, wasn't hurting either.

"All right. As long as Harry and Al turn out to be safe, I'll forgive you." Lily turned the wand over in her hands. Reaching behind her, she aimed it at a suit of armour which promptly turned orange. "Yeah, this isn't bad, actually." Her green eyes narrowed just a bit. She may not be happy with the method, but having her wand back was certainly nice. Her own wand.

Characters: James Potter, Nymphadora Tonks
Summary: James needs help on a quest to retrieve his and Lily's wands.
Status: Complete

James wandered the corridors of Hogwarts, looking for Sirius. He knew what he had to do, but he really wanted help with this. He'd only practiced minimally with this new wand, and as far as he knew, Sirius still didn't even have a wand, but he didn't know where else to turn. He couldn't keep asking Lily to help, knowing how distasteful she found all of this. The letter from Ollivander still crunched in his hand, James began eliminating everywhere he thought Sirius might be inside the castle. Surely he'd made it back inside by now.

He'd barely begun looking when he encountered a young woman in the corridor. There was something familiar about her. He'd known a little girl who could often change her hair to that shade of bright pink. Sirius had said she'd grown up and become an Auror now.

"Dora?" Damn. James had been told something about her name. What was it? Oh, that was right, she preferred her surname now. "Tonks?"

Character: Nymphadora Tonks-Lupin
Summary: Tonks reflects on second chances.
Status: Complete

( Everybody lives and everybody dies )

Characters: Professor Horace Slughorn
Summary: Slughorn reflects on the battle's conclusion, unaware of the new chaos emerging.
Status: Potentially incomplete (if anyone would like to chime in).

A bath. A good long soak, and then he was going to find any house-elf still living and demand chateaubriand, champagne and black forest cake for two and devour the entire thing himself, because he deserved it, by Merlin's short hairs. His charges--his students--were safely under cover and he could think of himself for the moment.

And tomorrow he'd worry about the repairing of Hogwarts and the burying of the dead.

No one was likely to be looking for him, in any case--they'd all be clustered about the Potter boy, prepared to hoist him onto their shoulders and carry him off. Horace was too old and too portly to hoist anyone upon his shoulders any longer. Besides, he still preferred to be hoisted himself for his own merits. Portly or not, a man could keep his ambitions, couldn't he?

On the other hand, it might be useful to be near Potter at the time his grateful public were clustered about him. Potter might have a word of thanks for his good Professor Slughorn, who had risked his own skin to bring reinforcements to the battle (and very precious skin it was, thought Horace, so they'd better be damned appreciative). Perhaps he should go find the boy and congratulate him? No--thank him, that was the proper approach.

And at the end of the day, Horace was grateful to the boy after all, wasn't he. Yes. A pleasure not to have to be...afraid any more.

All right. Thank the boy--publically, if he could manage it--and then bath and chateaubriand.

Characters: Remus Lupin
Summary: Remus finds he has a lot on which to reflect.
Status: Complete.

( Certainties disappear... )

Mod Note: There will be once-a-week summary of all in-game happenings here at the_eighth_day. This will be an attempt to put together a chronological narrative of everything that's happened with links to posts. Hopefully this will be a great reference for players, as well as an easy way for readers to follow the game. Each will be under the "summary" tag. (You can even track the tag to get an email when one's posted!)


( Eighth Day Summary #2 )

Characters: James Potter, Lily Potter, Ollivander
Summary: James makes a polite inquiry as to new wands.
Status: Incomplete


( Dear Mr Ollivander... )

Characters: Michael Corner, Aberforth Dumbledore
Summary: Michael notifies Aberforth of the strange happenings at Hogwarts.
Status: Incomplete


Dear Aberforth,

I'm not sure if it has reached you yet and I myself only remembered to do it now and for that I apologize.

Don't ask me how this happened, I have no bloody idea, but remember how a lot of people were dead? Well, they're not anymore. Dead, that is. Including the people who really should have stayed dead.

I can't tell you more than this because I just don't know anything more but you need to be careful and make sure the village is safe, alright?

Take care,
Michael Corner