For the thrid time, still obsessed with Harry Potter

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Hope you find this ladies!

MrsWeasley, I is sorting your garage

Coffee first though...

oh Annie how kind, leave the garage he can do it himself.
There's a gooey Choc cake in fridge, I saved you a slice

oh! did anyone see the alleged first paragraph in the observer yesterday? turn away now if you don't want to know....

synopsis

two men apparate in an alleyway together, wands drawn. when they see who each other is, they cloak their wands. the taller one asks if there is any news, snape replies, ' the best'.

eeeeeeeeeee! pop!

persephone: been there, seen that!

but pop indeed!

5 days to go!

I linked to it further down after MMJ said where it was.

It's got me soooooo excited, it doesn't give anything away but I don't care!!

excellent ( must have missed that further down in the thread. apologies.)

can we write our own first chapter ? as a group effort and just to while away the time until saturday 21st - using that paragraph as a starting point?

Thank you MrsWeasley!!

I is loving your gooey Choc cake. Mmmm!

So, ironing then?

Not sure I'd be clever enough for that!
You start ...

ok. bear with me a mo.

'news? asked the taller of the two.
'the best' replied Snape.

The taller man looked expectantly at Snape. Years in Azkabhan had taken their toll on his aqualine features. A good shave had softened his face, as had one too many good dinners since his escape.

'what news?'

'i rather think the dark lord would prefer to hear it from me, Rodolphus' sneered Snape. 'Although I'm sure you must be keen to reintegrate yourself after your disastrous capture...'

'and equally magnificent escape' finished Rodulphus.

'Really, if one is so....ill mannered to allow capture in the first place, one can hardly expect to be congratulated on having one's wife secure one's escape'. Snape hurried through the puddles towards a small non descript door in the wall, ignoring Rodolphus' protests, he withdrew his wand and knocked sharply on the door.

There was no response. Snape lost control of his temper,

'Merlins beard, Draco, open the door'...

(someone take over for me - and I'm not sure if Rodolpus is actually still alive... ;) )

Hello you chatty lot

I saw the film on Sunday with dh and we both really liked it, loved the goat in the Hogs Head. I also liked Ginny's looks at Cho and Fred and George's exit, Umbridge was brilliant and I LOVE the way Hermone says 'Ronald', it really makes me laugh, they really are like an old married couple. I saw Percy in DD's office and after the battle behind Fudge, same actor as before, but he didn't say anything.

The door opened a crack. No light spilled from inside.

"Password!" whispered a hoarse voice.

"If you don't open this door instantly ..." Snape took out his wand again and waved it menacingly towards the tiny gap.

Slowly the door open just enough for the 2 men to slide through it. They had stepped into a dark hallway. No features were visible as the door snapped shut behind them. There was a faintly dusty, damp smell and they could hear the scuttlings of rodents behind the walls.

"Lumos" muttered the taller man.

The light from his wand showed the bareness of the hallway in all it's dank starkness. Behind him stood a tall, thin youth with blond hair and what a appeared to be a tear-stained face.

Mutely, Draco lead the way along the hall to a solid, handle-less door...

Snape pushed past Draco impatiently and opened the door.

Voldemort was stood by a tall fireplace. Bellatrix Lestrange was sat in one of a dozen chairs, smiling expectantly.

"Look, my Lord, its Severus. How are you Severus? Have you got over killing that muggle-loving fool yet?"

"Silence", said Voldemort. "When I want to hear your whitterings, Bellatrix, I will ask you."

"Yes, my Lord", she muttered, curling up in the chair.

Voldemort turned to Snape. "Well then, my servant, what news?"

Sorry, had to rush that a bit

excellent kneazlechick! why wait for next saturday - we may manage to polish off a whole alternate book ourselves.

www.half-bloodprince.org/snape_jkr.php

fab snape site btw - with interviews with JKR

Snape sneered at Bellatrix for an instant then turned his attention on the red-eyed wizard before him.

"The Order is in turmoil. They do not know where to turn or who to trust. I, obviously, have been ejected and am no longer able to gain intimate information, My Lord ... "

At this Bellatrix made a sound that was somewhere between a squeal and a snort.

"You have something to say?" Snrled Voldemort. "I thought not. Be gone before I lose my temper again."

Bellatrix fled, closely followed by Malfoy who seemed relieved to have a reason for escaping from their presence.

"Continue" hissed Voldemort turning his back on the room and staring into the fire.

Oh thank you PSnape - x posts there

Snape turned away from Bellatrix and faced Voldermort.

'My Lord i have news of the Potter boy'

Voldermort looked up expectantly, his grotesque features glinting in the light'.

'I have been passed news that Potter will be attending a wedding at the Weasleys home in a matter of days. If we are organised we could arrange to have a very special wedding present delivered to the newlyweds,' Snape leered cruelly 'and leave a message for all those that would oppose us'.

As he finished speaking, Snape looked to Draco and saw him visibly flinch.

God! I thought you lot had found a copy of the book for a moment! This is your made up start, yes?!

Yes DG, we thought we'd write our own

I've had email from Amazon too.

I preferred Richard Harris to Michael Gambon too. They should have replaced Richard Harris with Peter O'Toole - tall, thin and very twinkly in the eye department and I don't believe I've ever seen him with long hair & beard.

as good as I can find of Mr O'Toole. Not a bad suggestion, wonder if he was considered at all?? I know a lot of people wanted Ian McKellan to do it but he was playing Gandalf and I don't think either he or the HP production lot though it would be a good idea.

great thread.
cant wait for saturday though wont be able to start reading until the evening. just hope I dont hear the end during the day.

Hi charmingMyrtle, you could always walk around with soundproof earmuffs singing "la la la" so you don't hear anything!

earmuffs would be funny.
I wouldn't put it past some of the people that I'll around on Saturday, getting a kick out of telling me. Ah well will just have to take the risk. will just have to be moaningmyrtle instead so people wont want to talk to me.

O'Toole would have been good alright as DD. I imagine his age went against him.