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This is an abandoned Plot Bunny. It is up for adoption.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or the characters. They belong to JKRowling. This is a not-for-profit endeavor and is just for fun.
AN: To establish a few things, this story will take cannon up to a point through 'some' of Deathly Hallows. Some details revealed in DH will still be cannon, but didn't happen the same way. The war took an extra two years to complete and did not come to an end in the same way. Not everyone that died in DH died in this diverged history, nor in the same ways. Changes will be revealed slowly through the story.
Before you go any further, you should know that I abandoned this plot bunny after the first few chapters. It has been Adopted by Adrence and her adaptation is here:
fanfiction. Net/ s/ 6700252/ 1/ Harry_Potter_and_Morrighans_Gift
I would actually suggest going to her's and reading it from the start because she changed a few things here and there in the first few chapters, and if you continue on with hers, right from the end of mine, you might have missed some things.
Harry Potter fulfills his destiny and kills Voldemort. And then he gets shot in the back and dies. Destiny decides he got a raw deal and offers him a second chance. Do the job again, but in another world that has no Harry Potter.
Ships: None! He'll be eleven, damn it. No shipping eleven-year-olds.
Rating: Teen – just some swearing, nothing big.
Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry, Slight Ron and Dumbles Bashing
Warning: No Beta or Brit-Picker. I have not even cleaned it all up myself. This story has been abandoned and sitting on my HDD for a while now, so it's kind of weird for me to go back to it now. Reviews pointing out specific typos or mistakes will be ignored. Whoever adopts it, if anyone ever does, can edit it themselves.
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Ow. Ow ow ow ow ow... shit shit shit SHIT!
Blinding, white hot pain encompassed all of his senses. It felt like searing hot barbed wire was slowly being ripped through each and every one of his veins. For a singular moment, or possibly an eternity, he screamed himself horse – or he would have if he had a voice to scream with. But he had nothing. He was nothing. There was only pain.
And then it was gone.
There was nothing but a soothing floating feeling, and then that extremely heavy feeling you get when you're utterly exhausted and laying in an extremely comfortable bed, but know you need to get up.
Harry blinked open his eyes, but instantly shut them again. It was too bright. Everything was white. Foggy mist and an indistinct white ground plane. He opened his eyes again and sat up. His body still felt heavy like a lead weight, and all of his muscles felt wrong.
What the hell had happened?
He screwed up his face, trying to make sense of what was going on. The last thing he remembered... it was the battle. The final battle. He was dueling with Voldemort. He had destroyed the last horcrux the week prior and there were no longer any safety nets left. The man was mortal. Harry had even endured that damned awful ritual that stripped the piece of Voldemort's soul from his own body, so he was scott free.
What happened next? Oh yeah. He won.
He'd actually managed to get him with the killing curse. It wasn't the first time that he'd cast that spell, a fact that he was never particularly proud of, but this was war and war meant death. He'd thrown that particular curse at Voldemort countless times, but this was the first time it had actually hit it's mark. Voldemort's eyes lost their life and his body crumpled to the ground.
It was almost disgustingly unfulfilling. The killing curse was so anti-climactic in reality. Just... dead.
But why the hell was he here?
Oh... oh yeah.
He'd been so distracted and consumed by his battle with Voldemort, that he'd been become almost completely blind to his surroundings and the rest of the battle going on around him. He'd heard someone call his name and turned his head, just enough to see the glow of green light coming at him from behind and hear that bitch Bellatrix as she roared in horror and grief at the death of her master.
Fuck. Had Bellatrix killed him?
Well isn't that just fucking grand.
"It is quite sad, isn't it?" a voice echoed out of the nothingness and Harry spun around, searching for it's source.
There was nothing there, but he kept looking.
"Who's there?" he called out.
He turned around again and suddenly there was a black crow sitting on the 'floor' cocking his head to the side and watching him, closely. Harry gave a bit of a start and took a few steps back from it.
"Uh... hello?" he asked hesitantly.
"Hello, Harry Potter," the voice, which was definitely female, spoke again. He couldn't necessarily say that it was coming from the bird, but at the same time, he was pretty sure it was.
"Er... hello. Who are you?"
"You may call me Morríghan."
"Oh–kay," Harry said slowly. "That doesn't exactly tell me who you are though."
"I am sometimes called the Phantom Queen, the Death Queen, and sometimes called a goddess of war, death, and prophecy."
Harry blinked. Oh great.
"Alright... so where is er... this? I'm dead, right?"
"You are for now."
"For now?"
"As I stated, your end was rather sad. You fulfilled your destiny only to be shot in the back. You were on the cusp of finally being free from the fate that bound you, and yet you were brought to your unfortunate end. It's disgusting how royally screwed you were."
Harry stared at the crow for a moment before barking out a harsh laugh.
"Well, I can't argue with you there," he said rolling his eyes.
"I have come to make you an offer," Morríghan said and Harry sobered up, eyeing the crow suspiciously.
"What kind of offer?"
"The world you just left shall go on without you. The Dark Wizard Voldemort has perished there and his followers will fall apart without him. Those who survived you shall go on and build a strong world in your honor. That shall miss you. They shall mourn you. But they shall live on. You fulfilled your destiny. You saved the world."
"...okay. That doesn't –"
"But now you are dead, and at such a young age. Nineteen years is far too short a life. What I have to offer you is a second chance. A second life, as it were."
"Okay... what does that mean, exactly?" Harry asked, still skeptical and suspicious as ever.
"You will be but a child again. You will do it all over. However it will not be your world. It will be another world. An alternate reality, as you well."
"Wait, wait wait," Harry said suddenly, holding his hands up suddenly. "I just did this. I just finished my thing. I killed the dark lord and I'm done. What you're suggestion sounds like doing it all over again."
"You are correct."
Harry gaped at the crow as if it were completely out of it's mind. Because, it was.
"The world that you would go to is a world that has no Harry Potter," Morrighan continued. "It's Boy-Who-Lived died at the age of five."
"Huh? Wait, how?"
"He was pushed down a flight of stairs and broke his neck."
Harry blinked and then smacked his forehead with his hand. "Dudley," he growled.
"So... this world has no Harry Potter? And you... want me to take his place?"
"Again, correct. There is no one in this world to destroy this world's Voldemort. If you are willing to go to this world, and repeat your destiny once again, you will have the opportunity to have a second life. Ideally, this one will last much, much longer. You will also retain all of your knowledge, experience, and magical strength."
Harry looked thoughtful for a long quiet minute. "I suppose it would be a lot easier the second time around. I actually know what the hell I'm doing now. I can stop things from happening... I could save people who died... Stop Quirrell in my first year..."
"Ah –" the voice broke in, pulling Harry from his thoughts and causing him to refocus on the crow.
"There are more things different in this world than just you having died at age five."
"What sort of things, exactly?"
"Some big things... some small things."
"Can you give me a specific example?" Harry asked pointedly.
The voice was silent for a moment and it almost looked as if the crow was contemplating. If a crow could look contemplative at all.
"The Defense position isn't jinxed in this world," the voice said finally.
"Wait... it's not? What does that mean?"
Again, nothing but silence was returned. Harry thought over this bit of information and what exactly it could mean. "Okay... well, the reason that the defense position was jinxed was because Tom Riddle applied for the job and Dumbledore turned him down – right?"
No response.
"So if the job isn't jinxed, does that mean that Voldemort never applied for the job?"
Ah, a response. "So... if he never applied for the job... wait, that means that the diadem isn't in the Room of Requirement, doesn't it?"
"Shit." Harry grumbled and rolled his eyes. "Wait, does that also mean that Quirrell won't be the defense teacher my first year?"
"Correct again."
"I guess I see how some little things can have more... significant repercussions."
"Quite so."
"So if Quirrell isn't the Defense teacher, does that mean he won't be the one possessed? Will there be anyone possessed? Is the Philosopher's Stone even at Hogwarts my first year?"
"You're not going to tell me, are you?"
Harry rolled his eyes.
"So I'm taking the place of the five-year old that got pushed down the stairs?" Harry asked, dubiously. He really didn't like that idea. The idea of being five years old, and going back to the Dursleys was... horrifying.
"No," the voice said.
"No?" Harry echoed in surprise.
"You will be going back at the age of ten. The summer before your first year."
"Okay..." Harry said hesitantly as he tried to wrap his mind around what exactly this meant. "Will I be just appearing out of nowhere at the Dursley's? I really don't imagine that going over too well."
"I suspect it would not go over too well either."
"Okay, so what will I be doing?" Harry asked, getting a bit annoyed and impatient.
"I can not concoct a past for you. That will be up to you."
"Wait, wait... I don't have to go there as Harry Potter, do I?" Harry asked, suddenly getting a wave of inspiration.
"Harry Potter is dead in this world."
"I don't have to be the Boy-Who-Lived," Harry whispered under his breath.
"No, you do not. You can, if you want. But if you do not desire it, you do not have to be it."
Harry was quiet and thoughtful for a long minute as he planned over different ideas in his mind.
"The acceptance letters are sent out magically," he began hesitantly. "They're addressed automatically. The names of magical children are added to the book by some big crazy advanced charm. How am I supposed to work this? Won't it just suddenly show up as Harry Potter?"
"You're name will be what you choose it to be. I will be able to arrange that much, at least."
"But what about money? I mean... I guess I can go in under the scholarship program for my tuition, but that's not going to leave me any spending cash."
"The goblins do not answer to anyway."
"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?"
"By blood you will still be Harry Potter. Blood is all you need to gain access to the frozen Potter vaults."
"Wait, so you're suggestion that I still go to the goblins as Harry Potter and get the trust money, but... this is going to be seriously convoluted. I'm not going to have any place where I'll live during the summer's. Do I play the orphan card, or muggleborn, or..."
"That is for you to decide."
Harry grumbled under his breath while rolling his eyes in annoyance.
"Fine, fine."
He heaved a long slow sigh, taking a mental 'step back' for the first time since all this started and wondering if he was completely insane for even contemplating this.
"What happens if I turn this down?"
"You move on. The next great adventure awaits you still. However, this world will suffer greatly without your aid."
"Oh great. Just pull the guilt card on me. Thanks," Harry grumbled sarcastically. He huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. "Am I still going to look like me? Because everyone always remarked on how much I looked like my dad. And the scar is a dead give away... oh crap... what about the horcrux in my head? Is that going to come back?"
"The piece of Tom Riddle's soul that was split off and implanted into this world's Harry Potter passed on when this Harry Potter died at the age of five. You rid yourself of Tom Riddle's soul already, so it is no longer attached to you."
"Oh... well that's a relief at least. So what about the other questions? The whole appearance thing?"
"You will have to rely on magic to alter your appearance if that is what you wish to do. I can only return you to your ten-year-old body. I cannot change it for you."
Harry silently grumbled under his breath before moving on. "Fine... I guess I can work with that. I got pretty good at glamors and human transfiguration the last few years, I'll deal."
"So you accept my offer?"
Harry paused, wondering if he was going to seriously regret this. He had just done this after all. And with things being the same but different, he knew it wasn't going to be a cake-walk by any means.
"Ugh... yes. Fine. I accept. I'm sure I'm going to regret it, but yes. I accept."
"Good. I am quite glad. When next you wake, you will have twenty-four hours to decide upon your new name. Then it will be marked down in the school's roster and when the acceptance letters are sent you shall receive yours by that name. You will have no Ministry Trace upon your body to detect or punish under-aged magic, however you will not have your wand either. Best of luck to you, Harry Potter. The fate of this world may very well depend upon you."
Harry opened his mouth to say something sarcastic in response, but before he got the chance, he had the sudden sensation of falling, and the white misty abyss that had surrounded him suddenly grew dark and cloudy. A swirling pitch black vortex formed around him and he fell and fell and fell...
– –
When Harry woke up, he found himself in a grassy field, in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere. From the position of the sun, he could tell it was very early morning. Some distance to his left were a number of cows. He was also naked.
Oh well this is just great, Harry grumbled to himself as he looked around, feeling horribly exposed and desperately wishing for some sort of covering.
He noticed that he still had his glasses and wondered how it worked that he was able to appear with his glasses in tact, but not any clothing. He didn't doubt for a moment that fate was just doing the naked thing to fuck with him.
A few minutes of awkward walking and he found himself at a farm house with a full clothesline. He didn't exactly feel great about stealing, but desperate times called for desperate measures. After checking to make sure that no one was around, he darted out of the tall grass and over to the clothing that was calmly swaying in the gentle breeze.
It was at this point that he truly became aware of his size.
Ten bloody years old! Merlin, I hate being small again.
He ended up with a pair of jeans that we several sizes too big, and a plain black shirt that he was pretty sure was intended for a woman. It was one of those 'babydoll' shirts that would cling tightly to a woman's chest. What this meant for him was that it was only slightly loose on his malnourished ten-year-old body.
He found a length of rope nearby and tied it around his waist. He hated it. It reminded him so much of his days with the Dursley's that he wanted to wretch. Clothing was definitely going to have to be one of the first things he dealt with.
He was still barefoot, but at least he wasn't naked anymore. With one final look around, Harry decided that apparition was his best bet. He focused on the apparition zone in the back of Knockturn Alley that was out of the way and usually deserted, turned on the spot and vanished with a quiet crack.
He was thankful that it was so early. Knockturn Alley was always empty in the early mornings. It's normal clientèle was much more of a night-time crowd. He kept his head ducked low and hurried through the winding roads until he came to the exit into Diagon Alley, and was greeted with the sight of the large white marble goblin's bank.
Taking advantage of the deserted shopping district, Harry hurried up the stairs and into the bank. There was one wizard inside, but he seemed preoccupied with whatever he was doing. Harry hurried over to one of the open tellers and stood on his tip-toes to try and see over the counter.
The goblin there looked down at him with an air of annoyance.
"Can I help you?" the goblin said.
"Uh... yes. Can you do a blood test to confirm I'm who I say I am so I can gain access to a vault even if I don't have the key?"
"We have special blood quills that can be used to prove your identity, yes," the goblin said.
"Okay, what if the vault in question has been frozen because you all think I'm dead?"
The goblin rose a single eyebrow, giving Harry a rather dubious look. "If our records have indicated your death, then you are dead."
Harry gave the goblin a deadpanned stare before huffing and rolling his eyes. "I seem to be pretty alive. Can we just do this?"
The goblin sneered and gave him a long, annoyed glare before stepping down from behind his elevated stand and heading towards a door. "Follow me."
Harry was led into a room with a table and two chairs. He sat down while the goblin disappeared to go retrieve the needed items. He returned with a wood-backed and framed piece of blank parchment, and a small, long, wooden box. He set the framed parchment and the box on the table in front of Harry.
"Inside the box is a blood quill. It will use your own blood to write with. It will be mildly painful, but the wound will heal immediately following use."
"Yeah, I'm familiar with blood quills," Harry said with a grimace. The goblin arched a single eyebrow but did not comment further.
"The paper is specially charmed. You will write your name on it, and if it identifies that it is true, it will absorb the letters and list any vaults you have with us. If you are not who you claim to be, the name will be burned off. Is that clear?"
"Crystal clear. Let's get to this."
Harry opened the box with the quill, took it in his hand and quickly wrote his name upon the charmed parchment.
The goblin watched with a critical eye, but Harry could see his eyes widen as Harry wrote out 'Harry James Potter'. He also noticed the goblin's disbelieving eyes suddenly dart up to examine Harry's forehead. Harry scowled lightly and focused on the parchment.
The letters slowly absorbed into the parchment. The words 'Vault 687; Harry Potter Trust Account', and 'Vault 809; Potter Family Estate' appeared a moment later.
The goblin's eyes darted disbelievingly from the parchment up to Harry and back again several times before he seemed to collect himself.
"I trust that we can keep this confidential, correct?" Harry asked pointedly.
The Goblin seemed to recover himself and took on an air of professionalism. "We have the utmost regard for our client's privacy."
"Good. Can I get copies made of my vault keys?"
"You will not gain access to the family estate vault until you come of age."
Harry rolled his eyes. "Fine, fine. There's more than enough in the trust account anyway. I'm also going to need to create a new account under a different name, transfer money from the trust account into it and arrange for money to be sent from that account to Hogwarts for my tuition."
The goblin took on an amused, curious air. "What name would you like this other account to be under?"
Harry ran his hand through his hair and sighed. This was the moment of truth, he supposed. He'd used a load of different aliases over the last few years while in hiding and training. He supposed all that was necessary was to just pick one. A flash of inspiration hit him and he knew which one he'd use.
"Orion Aubrey," he said after a moments pause.
The goblin gave him a toothy smirk. "Very well, Mr. Aubrey. I will make the arrangements."
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Harry slipped into Gringott's public restroom and wet his hair, trying to force his fringe to completely cover his scar. He needed to get a wand. That was priority number one. Then he could throw up some glamors and concentrate on all of his other needs. The question was... where? Olivander had that weird way of knowing who someone was. Plus, any wands from Olivander, sold to an underaged wizard, would come with a tracking charm. He could remove it, but it would take him a couple days, and it would be lot easier if he had another wand to use to remove it with.
Knockturn Alley it was. It was unlikely that he'd find as good a match as his holly and phoenix feather wand, but he could find a suitable temp and work from there.
Harry left Gringott's and headed back down Knockturn Alley, heading straight for the only wandmaker shop he knew of down there.
He stepped inside and a bell over the door jingled. The shop was poorly lit and dusty. The walls were filled, floor-to-ceiling with small wand-sized boxes.
"Hello young man," an elderly female voice sounded from a small doorway towards the back.
"Hello," Harry replied with a small grin.
"How can I help you today?"
"I need a wand."
"Then I suppose this is probably the correct place for you."
"I need a wand without a tracking charm, to be more specific."
"Definitely in the correct place," she said with a wry grin.
Harry smirked. "Good. I'll tell you right now that I'm probably going to be a hard person to match."
"Have you had a wand matched to you before?"
"Maybe I have. Maybe I haven't."
"In the interest of saving time, what were the components of this wand that may or may not have existed?"
"There may have been more than one. The wood of the first may have been holly, while the second might have been elder. The core of the first might have been a phoenix feather, while the second was a thestral tail hair."
"Those are quite different wands," the woman mused quietly as she nodded her head and hobbled over to the wall of boxes. She paused and looked back at him with narrowed eyes. "Elder and thestral hair you say? Hmm... curious..." She turned back and began picking out a box here and there, gathering up a small collection in her arms before taking them over to the counter and setting them down.
Harry began going through the boxes one at a time. He didn't even bother to flick most of them. Holding them in his fingers for a moment was enough for him to tell if they connected to his magic or not, and none of them were. She kept making additional trips to put some wands away while bringing out others. Finally, after nearly forty minutes of trying different wands, he found one that felt right.
He held it in his fingers and sighed as it felt warm to his touch, and hummed in his hand. "This one," he said with a confident smile as he stared down at the black polished wood. "What is it?"
"Yew, and a serpent scale core. Twelve and a half inches."
Harry's eyebrows disappeared into his fringe at this revelation. It took him a moment to recuperate from the mild shock of it. "What kind of serpent?" Harry asked in a hoarse voice.
"A runespore, I believe."
"Oh..." Harry said, still feeling rather... stunned. "That's... interesting."
He had no idea what to make of that, but decided not to worry on it too much for now. It did bring another thought to the forefront of his mind though. He wondered suddenly if he was still a parselmouth. He hadn't even tried to make use of the skill since he'd undergone the ritual that destroyed the horcrux that was once in his scar so he honestly didn't know if the skill had stayed with him or if it was gone.
"Uh... right. Well, okay. How much?"
– –
Harry ducked into another public restroom and spent a few minutes in front of a mirror making adjustments to his appearance. He'd go with glamors for now, but he'd probably go about working up some actual human transfigurations after he had some more time to dedicate to the task. A physical transfiguration would stand up better to counter spells and he wouldn't have to worry about it wearing off every day.
He didn't go with anything too drastic. He left his hair black because he felt weird with any other color, but he changed his eyes to blue to match Sirius's. He lengthened his hair to just below shoulder length, gave it a gentle wave and tied it back in a loose low ponytail Next he smoothed out the skin of his forehead, wiping out the scar that had haunted him his whole life. This was a transfiguration that he had only been able to do since he'd rid himself of the horcrux. His curse scar had always been incredibly stubborn to cover up before that, but once the curse was gone, it was just another scar.
He did a few small tweaks to the shape of his jaw; made his cheek bones a little higher and gave his eyes a slight almond shape. The changes were small, but when added together, they made him look decidedly different. At the very least, he definitely didn't look like James Potter. Which was what was really important.
A few more flicks of his new wand and his stolen wardrobe was transfigured into a set of black wizard's robes with a cerulean blue embroidered trim. Next he conjured himself some socks and trainers. They wouldn't last very long, but they'd last long enough for him to buy some real shoes. He considered making himself a traveling cloak with a hood so he could make his way through Knockturn Alley with greater ease, but it was summer, and he wasn't in the mood to broil himself alive.
Finally satisfied with his disguise he left the bathroom and headed back to Diagon Alley. He didn't intend to do all his school shopping, since he honestly didn't remember what all had been on his list for first year – it had been quite a while – but he decided he would get a few things, like real shoes and clothes. He went to the luggage shop, but instead of buying a trunk he got himself a mid-sized duffelbag that he could sling over his shoulder. Next he went to Madam Malkins and purchased a few changes of clothes and some dragon-hide loafers. Not his style, but she didn't have a lot of diversity for shoes. He'd head into muggle London later to get some jeans and t-shirts and some comfortable trainers, but until then, he needed something to hold him over.
Once satisfied with that, he headed to the Leaky Cauldron and got a room under the name, Orion Aubrey. He got lunch from Tom the barman before heading up to his room. He lay on his bed just thinking over all the insanity that had happened in the last day. He felt like he'd almost been running on autopilot all day, just moving through the motions without taking the time to really realize what he was doing. This was the first moment he had had all day to really sit back and fully comprehend what had happened.
He was ten years old again – soon to be eleven – and he was in an alternate universe. He was about to start over as a first year student at Hogwarts, but not as the celebrity Harry Potter. Instead he would be a nobody. Just some kid. That prospect was actually kind of exciting. It would be nice not to have people staring and whispering about him around every corner. And if anyone did start to talk about him, it would be because of something he had actually accomplished and not because of something that happened when he was fifteen months old and honestly had nothing to do with. Being famous for not dying was really a pretty shitty reason to be famous. Plus, as far as he was concerned, the reason Voldemort's body had been blown apart had a lot more to do with his mother's actions than his. He had always been rather bitter about the fact that it was always 'Harry Potter, the boy-who-lived' and never 'Lily Potter, the witch who's sacrifice and magic destroyed the Dark Lord's body'.
But that would mean people would have to acknowledge that a muggleborn witch could accomplish something like that.
Harry had a lot of planning to make. He already had some ideas floating around in his head of what all he wanted to accomplish before actually getting to Hogwarts. First and foremost, he wanted to set some things in motion to get Sirius out of Azkaban. The name he'd chosen actually had a lot to do with that plan, and he hoped to hell it was going to work out as he planned. He was working on the assumption that certain details were the same here as they were in his own world.
Even though he could take care of himself, and he only needed living arrangements for two months out of the year, having absolutely no adult guardians was bound to get noticed by someone at some point. If things went according to plan, Harry decided that if he would reveal the truth of his situation to Sirius, and get him to take on the role. He would need to tell the man the truth in order to get him to play along, anyway.
Orion Aubrey...
It was going to be weird getting used to always going by a different name all the time. No one could know him as Harry Potter here. He hoped to hell his plan was going to work because if it turned out that certain details weren't the same in this world as his own, he'd be shit out of luck. He didn't get a second chance with his name. This was it.
Harry sighed and thought back to the time when he first came up with this alternate identity. He'd only used it a few times, and he knew he'd have to flesh out a lot more details to make it workable in this situation, but he was pretty sure he could do it.
Bertram Aubrey was a Slytherin boy in James Potter and Sirius Black's year at Hogwarts. The boy was teased and bullied mercilessly by the two of them. They picked on him almost as much as they picked on Severus Snape. Remus had told Harry the story one night when they were both holed up in Shell Cottage with a number of other Order members about a year and a half before the final battle.
Remus hadn't wanted to dredge up old memories of Harry's dad and godfather being arses, but Harry had insisted. He wanted to know the men who were supposed to have been such important figures in his life, but who had been prematurely taken from him. He had wanted to know everything. Who they really were. Good and bad.
Bertram Aubrey came up because, like Snape, there was an ulterior motive for the young man being tormented by the two marauders.
Snape had been singled out by James Potter because Snape was such close friends with Lily Evans – a girl that James fancied. Aubrey was singled out by Sirius because of his twin sister, a girl named Erin who was a Gryffindor. Bertram, being a Slytherin, considered his sister a disgrace to the family after she was sorted into the house of Lions. Erin was apparently one of the more timid Gryffindors, and she took her brother's abuse. Sirius no doubt saw her as a kindred spirit since they both came from Dark families, while having been sorted into the predominantly Light house. So he had stood up for her, by tormenting her brother.
It helped Harry to understand that there were some vaguely reasonable motives behind his father and godfather's torment of certain students at the school. That still didn't make it alright. He was still rather unhappy with the idea of his father and godfather being such bullies, but it was in the past and he'd come to terms with it.
The interesting thing about all of this, however, was the fact that even after graduation, Sirius had kept in touch with Erin Aubrey. Sirius was a ladies man and was never one for settling down, but Remus told Harry that during Sirius's last year, while confined to Grimmauld Place, that he had confided in Remus, telling him that he and Erin had had an off-and-on thing for years. Sirius had even made plans to look her up again if he ever managed to prove his innocence. That plan was thrashed when he learned that she had gone missing only a few months after he got sent to Azkaban.
It was this story that had first inspired the fake identity that Harry had created and now chosen to use for his second life.
Of course, it would really only work if the same set of events had happened in this world. If Erin Aubrey hadn't disappeared in this world, he was going to have to scramble for a different idea. But if this one worked out...
The idea was fairly simple. He would pretend to be the illegitimate bastard child of Sirius Black. The story would be that Erin Aubrey had had gotten pregnant with Sirius's child, but had decided not to tell him. She'd realized that Sirius was not one for settling down, plus he was an Auror and Order member so he was deeply involved with the war, and Aubrey hadn't wanted her child to have anything to do with the war. So she'd kept the child secret from everyone, including Sirius. She had, however, honored Sirius by sticking by the Black family constellation-based naming system – thus the first name Orion.
Harry would go with the story that he and his mum had gone abroad and lived a quiet life for a while, but that his mum had died a year ago and he had just recently come back to Britain in hopes of proving his father innocent, because Erin had always been convinced that Sirius could never have really betrayed his best mate, James Potter.
In Harry's world, the real Erin Aubrey had disappeared – not necessarily died – although most assumed the latter. There had been no one who knew what had happened to her, so it gave Harry a family tree to claim attachment to without having to worry about those pesky papers to prove it. Erin Aubrey had been outcasted from her primarily dark family for her affiliation with the Light side and her refusal to follow her family into the war. It would make sense for her to run off and vanish with her child if she was hoping to keep it away from all that. This story would also explain away why Harry would bother trying to get Sirius freed without anyone calling his motives into question.
With these foundational details laid out in his mind, Harry let himself drift off to sleep.
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"Please state your name and the nature of your visit to the Ministry of Magic."
"Orion Aubrey. Meeting with Arthur Weasley," Harry said into the phone.
"Thank you. Welcome to the Ministry of Magic." With that, he hung up the hand set just and a little badge came out of the coin return slot that displayed his name and the reason for his visit.
Harry quickly made his way past the wand weighing station. No one expected someone as small and young as he was to have a wand yet anyway, so no one stopped him. He wasn't sure if the person manning the desk would notice his wand didn't have the standard tracking charms on it, so he thought it best to just avoid the check all together.
He walked with a purpose and without hesitation. The easiest way to blend into the background and not get stopped was to look like you knew exactly what you were doing. Harry understood that if you stood around looking lost and confused you would draw attention to yourself and risk getting stopped by security.
Arthur Weasley was not aware that he was coming that day. Arthur Weasley had no idea who he was, in fact. But that was part of his plan. Harry had been in this new universe for a week and had spent a great deal of that time in either the Leaky Cauldron, the Ministry's Public Magical Library, or down Knockturn Alley.
He had spent most of the first two days in the recent history section of the library, trying to reacquaint himself with any of the more glaringly obvious deviations between this world and his own. In the building beside the library was the Magical Genealogy and Family Tree Preservation Center, which housed copies of most of the oldest pure-blood family tapestries. They were self-updating, which he was thankful for. In addition to the family trees they also had books detailing the finer achievements of most of the pure-blood families. There was a surprisingly large amount of details available there. Harry supposed it made sense for people who put so much weight and importance into their blood lineage and family history to keep pretty solid records, but the fact that it was all open to the public rather surprised him.
One afternoon spent at the Genealogy society was enough to confirm that the histories of Erin Aubrey seemed the same between his world and this one. Erin Aubrey had been sorted into Gryffindor here, just like in his world, and she had turned up missing the same year that Voldemort vanished and Sirius was sent off to Azkaban. There was no body, but she was assumed dead.
She had also been officially disowned so her line was no longer magically updated on the family tapestry. This was an added boon for Harry since no one could claim his absence from the tree proved that he wasn't really her son.
The following day had been spent down Knockturn Alley where he'd spent a pretty penny to procure forged papers that could be used to validate some of his claims about his identity.
Now he was working on the first step of his plans that would hopefully get his godfather – or who he was now going to be claiming to be his father – freed from Azkaban.
Harry made his way to the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office and slipped inside, quickly making his way directly to where he remembered Arthur Weasley's office being. He was relieved to see the familiar – although younger than he remembered – redheaded man sitting behind his desk, surrounded by stacks of paperwork. Harry knocked on the glass door and Mr. Weasley's head popped up to see who was there.
The surprise and confusion on the man's face was obvious, but he nodded and waved Harry inside.
"Hello sir, are you Arthur Weasley?" Harry asked as he came inside and shut the door behind him.
"I am, what can I do for you?"
"My name is Orion Aubrey and I was hoping I could speak with you about a rather important issue I've been working on for a while now. It may take some time though, so if you're busy I could schedule another time where we could do this."
"An important issue you say? I think I can fit you in. Have a seat."
Harry smiled politely and nodded his head in thanks. "Thank you, sir. I really appreciate it." Harry quickly sat down and Mr. Weasley shuffled some of the stacks of papers to the side so that the two of them could see each other better.
"Now," Mr. Weasley started with a kind smile, "what is this about, then?"
"Well, I know this is going to sound like an incredibly odd question, but please humor me, alright? Okay, have you ever seen a large fat gray rat that's missing one toe on it's front right paw?"
Arthur leaned back in his chair looked a bit bewildered by the completely unexpected question but then realization dawned. "Oh... actually yes. My son Percy has a pet that matches that description. He's named Scabbers."
"A pet! Really?" Harry asked, sounding horrified.
"Yes, why?"
"Where did he get this rat, if I might ask?"
Mr. Weasley looked very bewildered now but he didn't hesitate. "He found it in the garden several years ago."
"How many years would you say?"
"Um... well... I suppose... Merlin, I think it's been about seven years now."
"That's an awful long time for a rat to live, don't you think, Mr. Weasley?"
"I... well, yes, I suppose it is. What is this about, exactly?"
"I have reason to believe that the rat, living with your son, might not actually be a rat."
Now Mr. Weasley's expression was beginning to shift to a mixture between concern and suspicion. "Why would you think that?"
"I think he's actually a wizard. An animagus who's animal form was that of a rat. I've been searching for him for several years and I recently commissioned someone to perform a complex tracking spell to try and locate him. The scrying stone put his location in your home."
Mr. Weasley's face went pale. "A wizard?" he gasped in a hushed voice. "In hiding? Pretending to be my son's pet?"
"It's worse, sir. He was a Death Eater. He killed a dozen muggles and framed my father for the crime, in fact. I'm trying to prove my father's innocence, but I can't do that until I find the man who really committed the crimes he was imprisoned for."
To say that Arthur Weasley looked horrified would be an understatement.
Harry went on to explain the fact that Peter Pettigrew was an animagus and that it had been 'Orion's mum's' opinion that Peter had been the Potter's secret keeper, not Sirius. Mr. Weasley was legitimately stunned when Harry said that he was Sirius Black's illegitimate son, but he didn't linger on the subject too long. He was far more preoccupied by the thought that a murdering death eater had been sleeping in his son's bed for years.
Arthur and Harry went to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and after an incredibly lucky run in with Madam Bones in the corridor, the group was in the director's office and Harry was once again recounting his story about his efforts to prove his 'father's' innocence.
Amelia Bones seemed to be simply humoring Harry and Arthur, up until the moment she pulled the file on Sirius Black and saw that he had in fact, never gotten a trial. This revelation stunned her. In fact, from what she could tell, he had never even been questioned! He'd been hauled off and sent straight to Azkaban!
She told Harry that this fact alone was enough to warrant an appeal hearing, but she had to admit that she was more than a little curious to see if this young boy's claims about Peter Pettigrew could be true.
The unfortunate, but expected thing was that Harry wasn't allowed to go with Madam Bones and the two Aurors she was taking with her to the Weasley's house to investigate the rat. In informed the adults that he was staying at the Leaky Cauldron since he'd only been in the country for about a week and Madam Bones promised to contact him if they discovered that his assumptions were correct and that the rat was in fact Peter Pettigrew. He thanked them profusely and played up the 'I just want to prove my daddy innocent' card before leaving the Ministry to get some dinner.
It wasn't until half-way through the next week that he finally got an owl from Madam Bones. She and two Aurors had gone to the Weasley's house, caught the ran and confirmed that it was an animagus. They had then taken it back to the DMLE, forced the rat back into human form and performed the interrogation under veritaserum.
Their interrogation had not only confirmed that the rat was Peter Pettigrew, but also that he had been the one responsible for the deaths of the muggles, the betrayal of the Potters, and the framing of Sirius Black. Madam Bones had personally gone to Azkaban and retrieved Black and he was currently resting in the secure ward of St. Mungo's awaiting his appellate hearing.
To say that Harry was stunned with how fast and bloody easy it had been, would be a severe understatement.
He knew that it would have been incredibly fulfilling to have gotten to apprehend Wormtail himself, or perhaps even throw a few crucios at the dirty rat bastard, he also acknowledged that this was probably for the best. Of course now what was important was making sure the man didn't escape and run off to Voldemort. Not that Harry had any way of doing that.
One thing in Madam Bones letter that did catch his attention was that she said that Sirius had been informed about him and his role in freeing the man. Specifically, he had been informed that it was his son that had done all this.
All Harry could do was hope that Sirius hadn't said anything like 'but that's impossible, I didn't even sleep with her that year' when the topic of Erin Aubrey's son having appeared out of nowhere, claiming to be Sirius's illegitimate son.
Finally, the letter had informed him that he could go pay Sirius a visit after the hearing, which would be held the following day.
Harry was honestly rather overwhelmed that everything had come together so fast. He honestly had not expected to see hide nor hair of Sirius at all that summer. He had hoped to have his godfather free in time for the following summer holidays, or if he was really lucky, maybe even the Yule holidays, but to have the man freed after only two and a half weeks in this new dimension? Yeah. He hadn't see that coming.
He woke the next morning and went through his new morning bathroom routine. He was considering heading out into muggle London and finding a park or something where he could get in a good run. He had worked his arse off to get his body into good dueling condition in his own world, and being stuck in his scrawney-ass 10-year old body was down-right depressing. He was forcing down three solid meals a day to try and build back up some body mass, but he was in desperate need of some muscle to go with it.
He stared at himself in the mirror after exiting the shower. He still wasn't used to this new face. It wasn't all that different from his real face, but that didn't change the fact that he was looking into the face of a ten year old when he was used to looking into the face of a nineteen year old. The age gap was more than enough to put him through a serious head trip.
He finally huffed out a frustrated noise and left the bathroom. He was pulling on a t-shirt and some loose-fit jeans that he'd bought a few days prior when he heard a tapping at his window. He walked over and opened it up, to allow the owl inside. It landed on the simple wooden desk against the wall and held out it's leg, offering him the letter that was attached there. Harry was bewildered for a moment before he focused on it enough to fully realize what it was.
He quickly worked the letter free and held it in his hands. It was addressed to Mr. Orion Aubrey, Room 4, The Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley, London. On the back, the envelope was sealed shut with red wax and a large H stamped into it with the Hogwarts emblem.
His Hogwarts letter.
Orion Aubrey. It had worked. The school really did have him down by another name. He quickly broke the seal and pulled out the sheets of paper within.
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Aubrey,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
It was the exact same. Well, except for the Mr. Aubrey part. He moved onto the second page, which was the supply list. He'd been putting off his serious shopping excursion until this had arrived just so he could make sure he got all the books he needed. By his first glance, it looked the exact same, but he did a quick double-take on the defense text book.
He was pretty sure that the book that had been assigned his first year had been 'The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection' by Quentin Trimble, but that wasn't the book listed here. Instead it listed 'Theoretical Introduction of Dark Magic and the Practical Application of it's Defense' by Hicate Terminus.
Definitely worthy of a double-take. Harry had read that book. It was a good book. But he was stunned that it was being used as a textbook at the school. The book, while claiming to only cover a 'theoretical introduction' to the dark arts, still basically provided instruction on dark arts. It was based on the idea that you can't defend yourself against dark magic if you don't know how to cast dark magic or how it works. Which... well, which Harry totally agreed with, but it wasn't exactly a Ministry-approved mindset.
It was at this moment that Harry first fully comprehended the fact that he was likely to have a competent defense instructor. A smile spread across Harry's lips at the thought. The Defense position wasn't jinxed here. Whoever taught the subject had probably been teaching it for years. It was someone who knew what the hell they were doing!
His peers wouldn't be completely inept at Defense! That had been one of the most frustrating things to deal with the last few years of the war. Everyone that had been instructed at Hogwarts for the last twenty years had had the most pathetic and worthless defense education imaginable. But that wouldn't be the case here!
With a gleeful laugh, Harry finished getting dressed and took his list, his wand, and his moneybag out into the Alley to get some shopping done.
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Jemele Hill suspended from ESPN
Jemele Hill has been suspended from ESPN, the network said in a statement Monday.
The company said the anchor was suspended for two weeks after a second violation of its social media guidelines.
Hill took to Twitter on Sunday and Monday to say the NFL had placed an "unfair burden" on players amid reports that team owners would pull players off the field if they kneeled during the national anthem.
In a series of tweets, Hill said fans upset with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones should boycott his team's advertisers.
"This play always work. Change happens when advertisers are impacted. If you feel strongly about [Jones'] statement, boycott his advertisers," she wrote Sunday evening. In another tweet, she said, "If you strongly reject what Jerry Jones said, the key is his advertisers. Don't place the burden squarely on the players."
After the Cowboys' loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Jones told reporters that any player on his team who refused to stand during the national anthem wouldn't be allowed to play.
On Monday afternoon, Hill clarified her comments on Twitter. "Just so we're clear: I'm not advocating a NFL boycott. But an unfair burden has been put on players in Dallas & Miami w/ anthem directives," she tweeted.
Hill said again that if fans are upset with Jones and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, they shouldn't call the players "sellouts" but realize that they are still tuning in to watch the NFL on Sunday.
Hill recently came under fire for her comments on Twitter. The network had distanced itself from her when she called President Trump a white supremacist.
In September, Hill tweeted: "Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists."
On Monday, ESPN said in a statement that Hill had "previously acknowledged letting her colleagues and company down" with the tweet about Mr. Trump.
"In the aftermath, all employees were reminded of how individual tweets may reflect negatively on ESPN and that such actions would have consequences. Hence this decision," it said.

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SMITHFIELD, R.I. – In a total team effort that included four personal-best and nine season-best performances, the Bryant University women's swimming and diving team took down in-state rival Rhode Island 183-115 in Kingston, R.I. on Wednesday night.
Coach Cameron's Comments
"It was such a great night for us. I could not be more proud of the divers and swimmers. We knew it would be a tough one and they stepped up and raced every yard and dive. I think this will put us into a great mindset for taper time. It really is the year of the bulldog."
Key Moment
- The Bulldogs started fast, with the 200 medley relay team claiming 11 points to start the night and then Bryant swimmers taking the top two places in each of the next two events to take a 39-16 advantage after just three swims.
How the Swimmers Did
- Junior Jillian Rice (Trumbull, Conn.) maintained her perfect record in 2018, winning four more events to extend her race-winning streak to 12.
- Senior Mackenzie Kirk (San Diego, Calif.) added a pair of wins in the 500 free (5:11.81) and 1000 free (10:38.08).
- Sophomore Alaina Scifo (Ipswich, Great Britain) added a pair of wins in the 200 medley relay and 200 back (2:05.82), as did freshman Elin Svärd (Falun, Dalarna, Sweden) in the 200 medley relay and 200 IM (2:11.39).
- Sophomore Eliza Brant (Hauppauge, N.Y.) freshman Heather Wong (Ramsey, N.J.) and sophomore Kayleigh Canavan (Cumberland, R.I.) all swam season-best times in the 200 breast.
How the Divers Did
- The Bulldogs claimed the top two spots in both diving events on the night, while also grabbing third in the 1-meter dive.
- Junior Stephanie Jennings (Elmont, N.Y.) led the way, winning the 1-meter with a personal-best score of 253.43 and coming in second in the 3-meter with a season-best score of 244.04.
- Freshman Gabrielle Ritzer (Sutton, Mass.) added two personal best scores on the night, diving to the tune of a 239.38 score in the 1-meter and 245.47 in the 3-meter. The latter score won her the event.
Stats and Notables
- Canavan (1:07.37) and Brant (1:08.06) also added season-best times in the 100 breast.
- Senior Nicole Salzano (Elmwood Park, N.J.) swam a season-best time in the 100 free (55.25) and a new personal-best time of 10:42.52 in the 1000 free, beating her previous time by 6.03 seconds.
- Sophomore Alyssa DiFiore (Wethersfield, Conn.) swam a season-best 10:54.01 in the 1000 free.
- Junior Ann Burdick (Glenmont, N.Y.) dove season bests in the 1-meter (243.67) and 3-meter (229.57).
- The Bulldogs avenged their second-place finish to the Rams in the Harold Anderson Invite held earlier in the season.
- Bryant defeated Rhode Island for the first time in a dual meet since 2012, when they defeated the Rams 144-118 at the Chace Athletic Center Pool.
Up Next
The Bulldogs wrap up their last meet before conference championships with a Senior Day bout with Holy Cross at 1:00 p.m. at the Chace Athletic Center Pool. Spectators are advised to get there by 12:45 p.m. if they want to do not want to miss the ceremonies honoring the nine Bulldogs set to graduate this May.


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Parts of NSW have been declared severe fire danger zones in the face of sweltering 35 Celsius weather conditions and a dangerous wind shift set to strike the state today.
Total fire bans have been imposed on the Greater Hunter, Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Muswellbrook, Cessnock, Dungog, Port Stephens and Singleton.
The NSW Rural Fire Service is urging people in the affected areas to stay informed and to have their plans in place to avert potential danger.
"Today we have total fire bans in various regions stretching from Hunter up to the Northern Slopes and into the north west NSW," RFS Inspector Ben Shepherd told nine.com.au.
"This is due to some very hot temperatures combined with some very strong north westerly winds, with some gusts up to 70 km/h," Shepherd said.
Shepherd said the RFS is particularly concerned about an expected southerly wind shift in the afternoon.
"Any fires that are still burning at that time could pose a danger," Shepherd said.
"When we have fire travelling under a nor-wester wind, any dramatic changes in wind conditions can push those fires in a brand new condition."
Shepherd said the RFS was hoping cooler weather forecast for NSW over the next few days, with the possibility of showers, will alleviate bush fire danger.
"But we've still got to get through today," he said.
After a sizzling weekend, temperatures in Sydney's CBD and eastern beaches are expected to top out at 35 degrees, while Penrith is forecast to reach a maximum of 36 degrees.
Damaging winds with gusts in excess of 125 km/h are set to strike NSW alpine locations of Perisher Valley, Charlotte Pass and Thredbo.
There are no fire restrictions in Victoria today, however the Mallee region is considered at higher risk than the rest of the state.


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Ad Agency Use Of Traditional Media [CHART]
Digital may be getting most of the buzz these days, but many leading ad agencies aren't forgetting about the value of traditional media, details STRATA in May 2012 survey results. TV remains the top advertising choice for 54% of the respondents (the highest proportion since Q1 2009), more than double the proportion citing digital to be their top medium (24%). And although an impressive 79% of respondents are more focused on digital compared to a year ago, some are also getting more excited about traditional media: 30% are more focused on out-of-home (OOH), with spot TV (26%), radio (25%), and even print (11%) seeing an increased level of attention from a significant proportion of agencies. Overall, although 21% of agencies feel that they will spend more on digital than traditional some time in the next 1-3 years, 46% say their digital spend will never overtake their traditional media spend. This is a significant jump from 38% of respondents in Q4 2011 who felt that way, and comes after March 2012 survey results from DataXu revealed that almost three-quarters of enterprise decision makers report a shift in budgets from traditional advertising to digital in the past year. Read the rest at Marketing Charts.


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For many businesses, social media is a marketing afterthought. If this rings true for your business, your team may be missing the opportunity to leverage social media for the greater goals of your business. The easiest way to make social media a more strategic part of your marketing plan is by investing time into the creation of a content calendar. Thoughtfully plan your posts in advance to ensure that you are sharing actionable, compelling information that clearly ties back to your goals.
If you've been creating content post by post, you might have to put a little more effort into the process initially. But, don't worry – once you get organized, you'll see the value that social media can offer your business. Let's get started.
Pick a Calendar Format
The first step in the process is to pick a calendar format. A simple search in Google will produce a range of content calendar templates, and the formats vary. Your team can pick one based on your needs or develop a custom one, taking into consideration how far in advance you want to plan your posts, how much information you need to outline, etc. You should also consider who needs access to the calendar; if a team needs access, then make sure to select a format that makes it easy to share and edit.
Our team uses calendars that follow a basic format but are customized for particular clients so that we can ensure each client has access to the amount of information that they require for approval. We typically plan out the date of the post, the post text, the imagery that will accompany the post, and any URLs that will be included – and we do this up to a month in advance. Others may want to include the exact time of a post, which team member is responsible for posting, or other details. Ultimately, the calendar facilitates quicker and more organized posting on an on-going basis.
Decide on Frequency
How often you post on your social media pages is an important element of the calendar because it dictates the general number of posts you should draft. You don't want to post so often that your audience gets sick of you, but at the same time, you want to stay active and present in your followers' newsfeeds. If you have a following of more than 10k, posting multiple times a day on outlets such as Facebook is encouraged in order to maximize clicks and engagement. However, for smaller businesses, posting too much can actually result in fewer clicks per post and hurt overall engagement.
You should also consider your followers' general age range, interests, and social media habits. For example, if your business caters to a younger generation, you will want to publish content more frequently to compete with the hundreds of posts that they are exposed to on a daily basis. Taking these elements into consideration, you should select a general frequency for posting (which will likely vary by platform). When you fill in the content calendar, you will ensure that you have enough posts to match that frequency and get the best return on investment.
Develop Resonating Content
Finally, the content. When deciding what to post about, your first consideration should be the goals of your business – and the best practices for that platform. For example, if you have a lead generation goal for events or training classes, make sure to share links to those things on social media! Writing the posts in advance will give you time to craft a message with an appropriate call-to-action. If you really want to stay organized, you may want to consider using tools such as Hootsuite and Buffer to schedule your posts ahead of time.
If you have previously posted on your social accounts, visit the analytics function of your social platforms. You can use that information to gauge which of your past posts were successful, using that information to better understand your audience and deliver what they want. If you are new to the social posting scene, you should brainstorm content ideas with the rest of your team, and then routinely check the analytics to get a sense of what works and what doesn't.
Content ideas include:
- Client testimonials
- Industry news
- "Meet the team" posts
- Links to specific sections of your website – blogs, events, etc.
Again, the key is to post with purpose! For each post that you write, consider why you are writing it. As social media becomes more of a routine within your organization, you will be able to better understand and report on its impact – and use it as a tool to support your goals.
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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessOctober 31, 2008 at 10:03 am | Posted in Action, Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Library_News, Reviews, Young Adult | Leave a comment
"The Knife of Never letting go" by Patrick Ness is the first book of what will be a trilogy.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce (Millions) said of this book "One of the best first sentences I've ever read and a book that lives up to it!" ". Here is the first line: "The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say. About anything." The dog's first sentence in the book is: "Need a poo, Todd."
Too much information? You may be right, for that is a theme of the book – too much "informayshun".
In Prentisstown, New World, where Todd lives the people can hear and see everything going on in each other's minds. This constant barrage of information is called "Noise". Secrets are not possible – and yet Todd, and his dog, happen upon something in the swamp which leads him to realise the whole town have been keeping vital "informayshun" from him.
There is so much I cannot tell you about this story, for the plot unfolds through Todd's eyes and there is much we do not know till far on in the action – (and there is plenty of action!) We feel the same puzzlement he does and realisation dawns even slower for Todd than it does for the reader.
I love the dog, Manchee, in this book. His ability to speak emphasises his loyalty to Todd and makes him more vulnerable somehow. I also love the concept of constant information attacking our mind and senses so that silence becomes impossible. Makes you wonder if Ness is making a comment on the state of our world too.
The book is aimed at young adults but makes a great read for older readers too. The next book in the trilogy is called "The Ask and the Answer" and is due to be published in May 2009.
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Thugs of Hindostan featuring megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Mr Perfectionist of Bollywood Aamir Khan in the lead roles, is certainly one of the most awaited films of 2018 is scheduled for Deepawali release, will hit the theatres on November 8. With the release of the film's logo and the short clip introducing Amitabh Bachchan's character Khudabaksh – the commander of Thugs, fans are certainly keen to know more about the film.
On his Twitter handle, Aamir Khan shared, the motion poster of Amitabh Bachchan in a larger than life avatar. With a sword in his hand, an armour on his body, a turban on his head and passion in his eyes, senior Bachchan could not have got a better look than this for his thug avatar.
In March this year, the film climax scenes were also shot at Mehrangarh Fort and other places in Jodhpur. While filming in Jodhpur, doctors were summoned on the sets to check on Amitabh Bachchan because of the acute pain he was experiencing in his shoulders and back. Later the 75-year-old actor was flown to Mumbai, where his actress wife Jaya Bachchan told media persons: "The costumes are very heavy, so, there's some pain. Otherwise, he is fine," reported IANS.


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COVINGTON — Covington Council's meeting Monday evening began with a discussion of the reconstruction of High Street in Covington. The council held a second reading of a resolution to submit an application for federal fast funds through the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission to fund the estimated $4.4 million project.
"This is a complete reconstruction of High Street," Brice Schmitmeyer of Access Engineering said. He added that the reconstruction will take place on High Street from U.S. 36 to State Route 41. It will also include new street lighting and streetscape designs.
This application, though, is just the beginning of a long process.
"If this application went through, construction wouldn't start until 2022," Schmitmeyer said.
If the village submits this application this month, they will not find out until around March or April if they will be awarded the grant funding.
Schmitmeyer estimated that the bids for the project will total approximately $4,364,000. The federal fast funds would pay for approximately $2,935,000, and the village would be responsible for approximately $1,428,500.
"You're not really committing yourself to it right now," Schmitmeyer said.
Schmitmeyer said that the six years until the estimated construction start date would allow the village to possibly find more grant funding, find a low-interest loan, and budget village funds for this project.
The schedule would also include completing the project design between 2018-2020.
"It does include widening the street," Schmitmeyer said. The street would be widened approximately one foot on each side.
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The council also held the second reading of a resolution to lease trash and recycling toters from TFC financing at a total cost of $19,777.21 over the next two years. They also held the second reading of an ordinance to update the curfew for minors to midnight until 6 a.m. as the current curfew is 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. and was established in May 1975.
In new business, the council had a discussion on purchasing liability insurance for 2016-17.
The cost of renewing with the village's current provider Hylant Insurance Ohio Plan is $31,475, which is down from $32,990 from last year.
The village also received an offer of $25,323 from USI Insurance Public Entity. Village Administrator Mike Busse, who was absent from the meeting due to training, noted in his report that the village has used them before, but they do not offer tail coverage.
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I just adore Selena Gomez. Adore. But I am being up front about it! And there is only one look I liked as much as Selena's:
Taylor Swift in J. Mendel. Breathtaking and with that cut out it's even a bit heroine chic. Beautiful, beautiful. But then there is Selena (in Paula Ka):
And Selena (in Irina Shabayeva):
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The insta-sphere is great for getting a load of New Year ideas and challenges. I've been seeing a lot of #2017makenine posts, inspired by Rochelle of Lucky Lucille with fantastic ideas of patterns and garments that people are planning on making in the year ahead. But the gorgeous and creative Rhiannon of More Blue Fabric has taken it a step further. As soon as I read these words, I knew this was the right approach for me:
"One of the things I am acutely aware of at the moment is that my stash is getting bigger and bigger, and that I keep buying new things with plans to use them, but then a new favourite comes along and pushes it to the side."
She's created the #2017usenine hashtag, and I'm jumping right on board with that. It totally tallies with my Stashwatch plans, and my aims to use my stash before adding any more to it. So here is my collection of nine fabrics I want to get sewn up this year.
Let's start with all those plains. I decided in May last year that I need more plain tops that I can wear with patterned skirts. So I bought a whole load of plain fabric last year, and this year I need to make it up. The white Swiss dot cotton (top left) is already cut out, although I've still got to piece a front facing for it to work, and I just need to sew the beggar up. The black peachskin (bottom left) is also going to be a top, but I haven't decided what kind – possibly a variation on the batwing dresses, but it's not a knit so I'd have to be more thoughtful about how I make it up. It's lovely and slinky, but could be a bit of a nightmare to wrangle. The navy (top middle) is also quite slinky and was bought with the notion of making into a shell top, but I might turn it into a Juliette blouse.
But I can't work purely in plains, I need me some floral print! The red ponte (top right) was supposed to be a Christmas dress, but that didn't happen. But it will! There are two other floral jerseys there – the pale blue with a pretty meadowflower print, bottom right, and the olive-y pink next to it, which seems much more exotic. They will both be tops. I may need to run up a couple of plain black skirts to wear with them through Me Made May, though!
This black & white & pink sateen has been begging to be made into a skirt since I got it 2½ years ago. It's cut out, and I'm planning on making it properly lined by way of a little challenge to myself. The bonkers pink and purple scuba (middle row left) will be a simple dress, because there's no point in trying to use a fancy pattern to try and shout that print down.
And finally the plain white jersey in the middle row right, is going to be at least one scarf, possibly more. I've got ideas for at least eight. One of the things I do need more of are interesting accessories, and my selfless sewing of scarves for others has triggered a desire to make some for myself. I probably won't use it all up, and I doubt I'd use up all my ideas, but I'm going to see how far I can take it.
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We attended the Board of Nursing meeting last week and here is what we know thus far.
Our role will be to respond as they are posting the rules. ISAPN and ANA-Illinois will be working with our partners in the Illinois Coalition of Nursing Organizations (ICNO) to develop a coordinated response. The proposed rules will be posted for two 45-day comment periods.
First Notice
The First Notice period starts when the Board of Nursing publishes Notice of Rulemaking in the Illinois Register. First Notice lasts a minimum of 45 days and stops when the agency files with JCAR, beginning the Second Notice period. The only limitation is that a rulemaking expires if not adopted within 1 year from the start of First Notice.
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