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Post by ginger newts on Apr 16, 2005 16:58:27 GMT -5
Aw, a very sweet chapter. I liked the detail about the identical unicorns, that was nice. I hope you'll update soon, I'm looking forward to seeing how they get found out.  |
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Post by Stoneygem on Apr 16, 2005 16:59:23 GMT -5
There's just one thing I'm wondering about. I hear some people mention 'Sharon and Susan' and I remember a movie I saw years and years ago that I believe was a sequel to Parents Trap. Sharon and Susan were already adults and I believe Susan's daughter set her up with her friends father.
But I've also seen a version of 'Parents Trap' in which the twins were named Annie and Hallie. How many 'Parents Trap' movies are there? There are many. The idea is from a German author Erich Kaestner, who wrote the book in the 1930s (me thinks). First movie ever made from this story was in 1951 in Germany...black/white and too cute to be true (the girl's names in it were from the book: Lotte and Louise, divied from their mother's name Louiselotte). Next movie is the Disney-one with Hayley Mills in a double role in 1961. Probably the one, most people here refer to. Hayley Mills made 3 sequels to this movie in the 1980s...again reprising her double role as Susan and Sharon as grown ups. The one you mentioned is the first of those three (and I loved it dearly, Tom Skerrit is just too yummy). Then in the 1990s...there was another one made in Germany (with real twins again) and in the very late 1990s yet another one in Hollywood with Lindsey Lohan as hallie and Annie... Okay...stopping after swamping you with unwanted and useless trivia....  |
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Post by KayleeTonksLupin on Apr 16, 2005 21:07:41 GMT -5
*squee* Round of Kaylee-wolf treats for EVERYONE! Especially our luffely authors and the peoples who have the Susan and Sharon trivia!
Hugs,
Kaylee!
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Post by Sensiblyquirky on Apr 16, 2005 21:11:10 GMT -5
Aw that chapter was just great. I'm so glad Evie gets some time with Minerva, and I cannot wait for the rest!
Christy
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Post by Sola on Apr 17, 2005 11:23:15 GMT -5
That was soooo cute!
I loved how Evie reacted to Min!
Anyway....cant wait for Abigales part!
Sola
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Post by DumbledoresKitten on Apr 17, 2005 13:07:48 GMT -5
Oh great chapter. I loved how Evie got Min to show her the right room. Very clever way to not lose her cover. Evie's reaction to Min and Min thinking about Evie soo touching. I nearly cried when Min fell asleep holding the child she had been thinking about for the last ten years  I can't wait to see how Abby reacts to meeting Albus cat |
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Post by griseldalafey on Apr 17, 2005 13:32:41 GMT -5
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Post by Sola on Apr 17, 2005 14:11:24 GMT -5
by grieselda
which J/C do ya mean?...do you remember where?...I'd like to read...
Anyway...
Sola
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Post by Jaya on Apr 17, 2005 18:40:52 GMT -5
Like this chapter! Evie's response to Minerva is wonderful and I love the matching unicorns (still have a 32 year old stuffed turtle - my husband was jealous of the thing!) Can't wait to read Abie meeting Albus! Jaya  |
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Post by Rikki on Apr 18, 2005 7:26:52 GMT -5
Wonderful new chapter, dear. Wonder if Min will find out that it's her other daughter with her now. So update soon, please.
Love, Rikki
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Post by QuillofMinerva on Apr 30, 2005 1:29:49 GMT -5
Chapter Nine: The Sweetpea and her Daddy; By Clayre
Aberforth brought Abigail to Hogwarts and escorted her to her rooms. She was glad he had, otherwise she would have been completely lost. Abigail tried not to look so surprised as Aberforth led her up the stairs and past the talking portraits. She had never been to Hogwarts. Well, she had when she was a baby but not since so everything was new to her. She managed to stifle a scream when the staircase they were on suddenly switched directions. She saw Aberforth look at her briefly and had simply smiled at him.
When they arrived at her room, he opened the door and motioned with his hand for her to enter first. She did and looked around the room with amazement. She certainly hadn’t been expecting such a vibrant clash of colours in one living area. There were green chairs with orange footstools and thick heavy crimson coloured drapes with purple tiebacks. Books were crammed in all sorts of places and large pictures hung on the walls. It was so very different from her mother’s house. At home, books were placed in alphabetical order and there were certainly no clashing colours in the house. Abigail wondered how on earth her mother and father had lived together when their tastes had been so different. In fact, they couldn’t have been further apart.
“Regardless of how many times I enter this room,” Aberforth said with a chuckle “I am still taken back by the brightness.”
“Where is Papa?” she asked as she looked around the room.
“I am not sure,” answered Aberforth. “Oh look there is a note!”
Abigail dashed over to the note. She looked at the purple swirly writing and wondered if it belonged to her father. It was addressed to Sweetpea and Abigail wasn’t sure if her father called Evie that.
“Aren’t you going to open it?” Aberforth asked her. He was watching her closely and he was sure something was up but he didn’t know what.
Abigail blushed and quickly opened the letter. Her heart sank slightly as she read the words. Sweetpea, I have had to go to the Ministry but I hope to be back soon. I want to hear all about your trip to Diagon Alley and I do hope your beloved Uncle hasn’t bought you a goat. Love you! Papa. Abigail closed the letter and sighed. She told Aberforth where his brother was and then sat down on one of the green chairs.
“I am sure he will be back as soon as he can,” Aberforth assured her before telling her that he would have to leave her now. He needed to get back home to take care of his goats.
Abigail kissed her Uncle goodbye and then set out to explore the rooms she would be sharing with her father. Her thoughts drifted to how Evie and her mother were getting along. They would be together now and probably having a wonderful time.
Abigail found Evie’s bedroom and remained there for the rest of the evening. All sorts of thoughts were going through her mind as she sat and waited for her father to return. Was he always tied up like this? Did Evie get to see much of her father? Would their mother prefer Evie? Would her father notice that she wasn’t Evie? The silence in the bedroom was uncomfortable for a while as she mulled over her thoughts but after an hour she became relaxed and smiled at her new surroundings.
Abigail looked around her sister’s bedroom and smiled. It felt like home even though it wasn’t. Abigail put it down to the fact that her father also lived here and that made it homely. Evie’s room was painted scarlet with gold edges. There were posters of various Quidditch teams plaster all over the walls as well as a huge picture of Evie with their father. Abigail couldn’t help the tiny bit of jealously that flowed through her veins. She envied her sister a little bit. Abigail loved her mother dearly but she couldn’t help but feel as though she had also deprived her of a father. According to Aberforth the blame laid at her father’s feet but Abigail still felt a tiny bit of anger towards her mother for keeping Evie a secret.
Abigail laid back against the pillow and gasped as she spotted a tiny unicorn peeping over the covers. The unicorn looked exactly like her unicorn at home and Abigail was surprised to see it with her. Maybe Evie had sent it some how. Abigail reached forward and picked up the stuffed toy. She noticed straight away that the unicorn she was holding in her hands was not hers. The mane was slightly discoloured and she noticed the small golden heart that hung from the maroon band. Instead of reading To Abigail, With Our Love Mum and Papa, it was addressed to Evie and the unicorns name was Faith. Abigail hugged the unicorn to her and waited silently for her father.
Just as she was about to nod off to sleep, the door to her bedroom opened slightly and a man with the same twinkling blue eyes as she appeared. She bolted upright in bed and looked at him. Her mouth fell open and no sounds came from her. The man walked in and smiled at her. She smiled intently at him and took in all his features. His long nose, that looked as though it had once been broken, and his long slightly wavy auburn locks looked even more distinct in person. She could see slight wisps of greying around his temples and she thought they made him look very distinguished.
“Hello sweetpea,” he whispered as he moved across the room and sat on the edge of her bed. “Sorry I wasn’t here when you got back!”
Abigail didn’t think as she launched herself into his arms and held on to him for dear life. She smelled his hair and it reminded her of the hot chocolate her mother made and the sherbet lemons that she would eat. She felt his strong arms wrap around her and bring her onto his lap. Abigail decided there and then that her father gave the best cuddles in the world. Abigail couldn’t hold back the tears as she snuggled into her father’s arms. Hot tears rolled down her cheeks and she sniffed in vain to stop them.
“Hey baby,” he said pulling away from her and looking into her eyes “what’s the matter Evie?”
“I missed you,” she answered softly as she blinked back the tears.
“I missed you too sweetpea but why the tears?” he asked as he wiped them from her cheeks.
“I love you!” she told him.
“Oh I love you too Evie,” he replied. “Did something happen in Diagon Alley?”
Abigail realized that she would have a hard time trying to explain her tears. She couldn’t exactly tell him the truth. If the truth was exposed now, then she wouldn’t get a chance to get to know him before her mother came and got her.
“It’s been a long but exciting day Papa,” she answered after some thought. “I think I’m just overly tired.”
“I am truly sorry I couldn’t come with you today,” he told her. “I really wanted to, Pea. I wanted to be there when you got your wand and when you picked up your basic potions kit. It upsets me that I couldn’t be with you.”
The words he had spoken where true. He had wanted to walk with Evie through Diagon Alley with fatherly pride. He wanted to stand beside her as she handled the wands till she found the right one. He wanted to smile and nod at Ollivander and then shake his hand before leaving. Albus had wanted to be a father today and not Albus Dumbledore.
As well as thinking about Evie, his thoughts had been centred on Abigail and the twins’ mother. He knew that they would be making a trip to Diagon Alley soon. They might have even been there today. He knew that the time would come for him to sit down with Evie and tell her about Abigail. It would have to be soon because they were bound to meet each other when they started Hogwarts in a few months time.
“I understand Papa,” said Abigail breaking into his thoughts. “Uncle Abe was great fun and I got all my things for the start of term.” Abigail hesitated for a moment and then spoke again. “Papa, they kept mentioning my Mum.”
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Post by QuillofMinerva on Apr 30, 2005 1:30:12 GMT -5
Abigail watched her father’s reaction as she spoke the words. She hadn’t meant for them to come out so forthright but then she remembered Evie was like that. Albus looked down at his hands before looking back at his daughter.
“What did they say about her?” he asked.
“Well it’s wasn’t so much talking about her but comparing wands to you both and mentioning how I look like her. I am sorry to mention her Papa but I want to know. I am eleven years old now. I am very nearly an adult now.”
Albus chuckled at her last comment. She was quite a way from adulthood in his mind but he knew she felt differently and she needed to know about her mother. It was important for her to know about her mother.
“Well what would you like to know?” he asked as he made himself comfortable on her bed.
“Everything!” she replied with bright eyes.
“You are certainly very much like her,” he told her with a grin. “In fact, you are like her in every way apart from eye colour.”
“Why did she go?” asked Abigail. She had heard some of the tale from her uncle but she wanted to hear it from her father.
“Sometimes things happen and that can cause people to drift apart,” he started to tell her. “Choices are made and sometimes they are the wrong choices but we don’t know that until it is too late. I could have been a better husband and then she might have stayed.”
Abigail looked at her father. He wasn’t giving much away and that was frustrating. She decided on a new line of questioning. She wanted to find out how he felt about her then and now.
“What was she like?” Abigail asked as she played with the collar on the unicorn.
Albus smiled as he remembered Minerva, the love of his life. He had known as soon as she walked into his life that she was the one for him. He had watched her from a far for many years, careful not to overstep the fine line between professor and student. She had been his protégé; the only one who had beat his own OWL and NEWTS scores in Transfiguration. He had helped her master the art of changing into an animal and helped her prepare for Auror training.
He still remembered the gleam of her eyes as she visited him one morning and said that she would give up all she had worked for if he loved her how she loved him. His heart had sung with joy as he had taken her into his arms and kissed her. Six months later, they married and soon afterwards found out they were expecting twins.
“Papa?” urged Abigail.
“She was beautiful Evie, breathtakingly so,” he answered. “Intelligent and witty as well. She was perfect and the love of my life!”
Abigail smiled to herself. She loved hearing someone talking about her mother this way. She looked at her father and decided that he had to still be in love with her and now a plan was formatting in Abigail’s mind.
to be continued!
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Post by griseldalafey on Apr 30, 2005 1:51:50 GMT -5
Those poor girls *sniff*
And Albus and Minerva are both *so* stupid. I can't wait to see how their matchmaking plans work out.
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Post by Karlynne on Apr 30, 2005 2:08:55 GMT -5
I hope the girls can work things out between the two adults but I'm beginning to think Albus and Minerva need a serious wake up call. Karlie
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Post by mugglemin on Apr 30, 2005 10:33:05 GMT -5
This story is just soooo addictive! Write faster!!!
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Post by LadyJolly on Apr 30, 2005 10:38:56 GMT -5
This is well kinda sad. It's sad that the girls have to switch to find out what the other parent is like. But I love all!!! Can't wait to read more!
Lady Jolly
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Post by tayryn on Apr 30, 2005 10:40:25 GMT -5
i was hoping this would be updated soon... and i was not disappointed!
wonderful update.
i can't wait to see what the twins do to get their parents back together... and even before that, i can't wait to see what happens when Albus and Minerva realize they've each got the wrong twin.
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Post by Sola on Apr 30, 2005 13:12:16 GMT -5
This story is getting better and better. Can't wait to read if Min&Albus will recognice something soon.
Anyway...great work
Sola
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Post by ginger newts on Apr 30, 2005 14:28:58 GMT -5
I still can't believe they split up! Can't wait to see what happens next, update soon.
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Post by Stoneygem on May 1, 2005 15:29:26 GMT -5
oh this is very sad to hear...poor Abigail, feeling lonely in that strange place and no Papa there...
But at least Papa told her about her Mama now...
I hope that September 1st is not too far away anymore and that they can officially meet and set their matchmaking plan in motion....
It is a wonderful story and I love it. Thank you so much for writing and posting it.
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Post by MiniPrincess on May 3, 2005 22:13:07 GMT -5
Just a quick note to say I'm still loving this story and am always eagerly anticipating the next chapter!
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Adrasteia
Gryffindor Seeker
L' amour est un oisseau rebelle que nul ne peut aprivoiser.
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Post by Adrasteia on May 4, 2005 6:20:27 GMT -5
Why did they have to split up? I wonder when Albus or Minerva will discover that Evelyn and Abigail have switched places.
It's really a wonderful story and I hope you update soon.
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Post by Jaya on May 4, 2005 17:05:52 GMT -5
Now they've each met the other parent....
Let the matchmaking begin!!!!!
Jaya ;D
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Post by tanja on May 7, 2005 11:04:49 GMT -5
wow...cant´t wait untill they arrive at Hogwarts..That´s going to be great fun I think |
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Post by elivania on Feb 15, 2007 19:25:51 GMT -5
I love what has been written so far...but I suppose I'm too late to find out the rest. How sad, because I am really enjoying this.
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Post by Hogwarts Duo on Feb 15, 2007 21:13:23 GMT -5
Hey Everybody!! I saw the review for this story and was actually surprised that the story hadn't been completely posted here. Don't know why but oh well... Here's a link to the full version on ff.net www.fanfiction.net/s/2294130/1/ and sorry for any inconvenience. I will look through my files and make sure there weren't any lemons involved which we wouldn't have posted on ff.net. If I happen to find that there was one, I will post it in the lemon section and also post a message here. Again...sorry about that!! Ang...co-author of the story |
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Post by elivania on Feb 16, 2007 0:08:47 GMT -5
Thank you so much!
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Post by Hogwarts Duo on Feb 16, 2007 7:29:43 GMT -5
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