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LITTLE DARLING, THE SMILES RETURNING TO THE FACES
little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
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<sup>Homework, homework, homework. That's all Alice seemed to be doing these days. N.E.W.T's really had it out for her. She swore some of the teachers had purposely given her extra work to do once they found out she wanted to be an auror. If she asked they probably just say that they was just help preparing her and make sure the was ready for the brutal training she would have to face after Hogwarts. What a load of tosh, Alice was sure the work would be more physically weiring and though she guessed she would have to do some sort of writing she was quite sure there wouldn't be any excessive essay writing. But teachers always 'knew' best didn't they so Alice was forced to do all the essay's she was set which and to a good standard as sloppiness was something Alice liked to see especially in her own work.

Sighing, Alice sifted though the papers in front of her trying to decided which paper to tackle first. In Front of her she had defense against the dark arts, charms and potions. And she had no doubt that more essay's would be heading her way later on in the week so she decided it was best to get as much of these essay's out of the way as possible now so that she had time to do nay others she got properly and not have to rush them. Rushing may get the work done faster but it didn't always get you a good grade something that Alice couldn't afford to lose. She needed all the marks she could get to get accepted into the training to to be an auror and then there wasn't a certainty that she would become an auror as she had to pass though another series of test whilst in training to make it to the post. So any extra marks she could get by taking time and doing her essay's properly would definitely be worth it.

Picking up the piece of parchment entitled dementors and how to deal with them, Alice looked at the four lines she had managed to write in class. They hadn't been given a whole lot of time to start the essay at the end of the lesson so her essay so far for defense against the dark art seemed to be some what lacking in volume. Looking at the books piled on the desk she had claimed in the library she found one which should hold the information she was looking for about dementors. The books was about protecting and shielding yourself from deadly foes so Alice had guess it would be a good place to start. Flipping the book open to the contents page Alice ran her finger down the list of topics that was listed. She quickly found the section for dementors and after taking note of the page number flipped though the text book until she came to the right page where there was an eerie drawing of a dementor starring at her from the page. Ignoring the illustration Alice began to read so that she could make a start at finishing her essay.</sup>

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LITTLE DARLING, I FEEL THAT ICE IS SLOWLY MELTING
little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
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tagged;remus lupin
lyrics; here comes the sun by the beatles
listening to; my own thoughts by the voices inside my head
word count; three paragraphs
outfit; gryffindor robes
credit; to brooke from caution

Heading into a room that was hopefully unoccupied, Remus Lupin was hoping to not only get some peace and quiet but also have some time to study and get some homework done. He noticed Alice Logan by smell before he saw her thanks to his keen sense of smell. Her smell wasn't as known to him as his fellow Marauders was but she was a fellow Gryffindor, so he felt no neen to leave. In fact he strted towards her quietly and easily took up a seat accross from her.

Instead of instantly saying hello or some other words of greeting, the werewolf picked a couple books out of his bag as well as his parchment, quill, and ink. He unrolled a bit of the homework he had already started for Defense Against the Dark Arts. They were currently studying spells to use against the Unforgivable Curses. Moony proceeded to dip his quill into his ink and continue his essay, already having done a few paragraphs it was easy to pick back up again.

Though he couldn't help but to glance at what Alice was working on. Instantly he shuddered, "Dementors huh, nasty things those are. Which parts are you actually working on though? Understanding them or the spell against them?" He was actually very curious as to what she knew. Remus had encountered one only once and very briefly. It had happened when he was still a small child and it was a couple years before his first year at Hogwarts. The werewolf was already getting chilled just at the thought of reliving his very first transformation. The cold of just being around dementors had made the real pain and agony a hundred fold.

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LITTLE DARLING, THE SMILES RETURNING TO THE FACES
little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
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<sup>This essay that Alice had to right was really being a pain in the butt. It wouldn't have been so bad as if she only had to right of foot of parchment on the easy but her professor expected her to write another six inch on top. This meant Alice was going to need to get all the information she could get on Protecting against dementors. Alice knew very well the spell to rid them was that of the patronus charm from having been taught that in class. In fact Defense Against the Dark Arts was once of the strongest of her subjects and so she was able to preform well in the class. But when it came down to writing really long essay's such as this one she tended to struggle a little with coming up with the word to fill the essay up. It wasn't that Alice didn't know what to write she just needed to learn to expand more on certain things and she'd easily have it done.

Though that was where the problem laid with Alice, she had never been good at that. She was an avid reader and so people would think that she would be able to write too. But unfortunately she had not inherited her fathers knack for writing. Instead Alice tended to get the main points down which would get her the initial marks but wasn't so go on the explanation of things which was usually where the big marks would be in her N.E.W.T's. And even though she was quite confident in her practical skills to get a high score in that area she wasn't sure if that alone would be enough to boost her grades and get her the high mark she needed to become an Auror. As Alice knew that not just anyone and everyone was let onto the training to become and Auror which was why she was here in the library studying as hard as she could in order to get the grades she needed.

She heard somebody sit across the table from her but she didn't look up being mid way though reading a paragraph on Dementors. At first they didn't seem to be paying any attention to her which was fine with Alice as they needed to study and so did she, but when they spoke she thought differently. The voice was a familiar and friendly one being that of her fellow housemate and prefect Remus Lupin. Alice lifted her head up out of the books to look across to him and offer him as friendly smile as she listen to the rest of what he had to say to her. "A little of both actually, it's an essay on dementor's and how to deal with them." Alice told him since he had asked. "And nasty is a bit of an understatement really. I think it's horrific that they suck all of the happy memories right out of you and then can also kill you by taking away your soul though the dreaded kiss of there's."</sup>

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LITTLE DARLING, I FEEL THAT ICE IS SLOWLY MELTING
little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
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tagged;remus lupin
lyrics; here comes the sun by the beatles
listening to; my own thoughts by the voices inside my head
word count; three paragraphs
outfit; gryffindor robes
credit; to brooke from caution