She Said What?

Chapter 7: I Go on my First Patrol

A/N: I seem to be getting this more often than usual for this story, for some reason, so I am going to have a quick little rant on characterization before continuing. Don't worry, it's not too bad. And I don't plan on any other rants in the near future. So here we go—

Guys, this is Marauder era. We weren't given a wealth of information from the books on it. When you fic something, you are basically using Jo's vague sketch as an outline for your own character. Maybe my character isn't exactly the same as your character. That's okay. I am fairly confident (for once) that I'm doing this all right character-wise and I wanted to establish that, because people might think I'm OoC.

This fic is different from what I usually like to do. I'm lighter and more cheerful than I generally am. I know I have this habit of overcomplicating things, but for once, that's not the case. When things get a little more serious – which they do later – I'll be as angsty and poetic as you want. However, life is more than an angst-filled ride and I refuse to believe characters/people can be pinned down into a little personality-box and kept inside there all the time. Life is no fun if you don't push the envelope a little bit.

The rant is over now, but just keep it in mind as you read, 'kay?

Enjoy. This chapter is fun. For me, anyway.
X

September 20

Morning Check:

Getting up in the morning today wasn't so hard. But that's because I was up most of the night anyway, tossing and stressing and turning and wondering how in the name of Merlin my workload is going to decrease.

I didn't get much sleep, but in a burst of jittery energy, I finished most of the essays I have due this week. And it's only Monday morning.

Either I'm brilliant or going slightly insane. Will get back to that when am more coherent.

2:57 PM
Status: !

Homework for today...

Transfiguration: Master furniture-animal transformations for quiz tomorrow. Finish essay on the Space and Time Continuum Theory for tomorrow.

Charms: Master evaporation charm for water and other liquids.

Potions: Write the essay on antidote materials for day after tomorrow. Take notes on Chapter 2, all six sections, in preparation for Felix Felicis tomorrow. Finish up essay on the properties of dragon blood for tomorrow.

History of Magic: Take notes on Chapters 2 and 3 on the history of house elves. Skip sections 2.4 and 2.5.

Runes: Translate packet – all 8 pages. To be checked for points tomorrow.

Herbology: Write essay on care for mating Venomous Tentacula and how they care for their young. Read the sections on advanced bobutuber techniques for tomorrow.

Defense of the Dark Arts: Read the sections on non-verbal jinxes and prepare for the Jelly Legs Jinx for tomorrow. Finish essay on undoable jinxes and the reason behind them for day after tomorrow.

If there really is a Higher Power up there, I am sure He/She is laughing at me right about now. I am miserable.

If Livvy wants me to actually finish all this tonight, she's mad. Really just quite barking mad.

10:32 PM
Status: Shaken

As to my remark this morning...my answer to that is official.

I am not going slightly insane:

I am going completely insane.

I'm currently about to blow my head off freaking out, but I know I need to go back to the beginning, before the madness began, so I can get it all straight and hopefully figure out what to do about it. And I need to calm down. My mum always said that being excited as well as being stressed is a recipe for my disaster. She's probably right.