Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette
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Post by Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette on Aug 9, 2012 20:20:46 GMT -5
"Oh, oui? I was told that the Americans had declared neutrality," she recalled. "I managed to get ahold of Anabelle last week. She seemed rather irritated by the Americans. Oh, I suppose I should explain. I used to work for the Curia and managed to maintain a friendship with Ana and a few others."
She had already figured out that he wasn't American; she'd seen enough tourists to know what an American looked, acted and sounded like. He tried to seemed like an American, and it was a good act, but she wasn't convinced. He was British, born and raised. He even maintained a distinct accent.
"My sister is a Ravenclaw; I sometimes think that she should have been a Slytherin," she chuckled. "What about you? Have any family to speak of?"
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Post by Harrison "Harry" Prewett on Aug 10, 2012 16:53:22 GMT -5
"Ah, Curia. However, we aren't part of the government, it's been... let's just say having a lot of problems of it's own. I ran a sort of... Resistance there," Harry stated, "My family and friends had to flee the country, and so we came here." What they had to do was lie to a point, not make 'America' seem too much like home, but at the same time, not making up things for others to forget and blow. If they weren't united on one story, their true origin might be revealed, and he didn't want that... yet.
It was still hard to act like an American, which is why he was putting out the story that he had come to Hogwarts before moving after his 7 years to America. He wasn't a good actor, but he was pretty good at blocking thoughts from others. He had to learn it, because he and Voldemort had the connection and years after the Battle at Hogwarts he could not waver, even if at first he was a failure at Occulumens. He had heard that Severus Snape and Minerva McGonagall knew about their origins, as Dumbledore had told them about it, so at least then they could help lie for them if they needed it.
"I-I have three kids, Hogwarts age the lot of them. James is a Gryffindor, 7th year. Al is a Slytherin 6th year, and Lily is a Gryffindor, 4th year," Harry thought about his children, and how he wished they were closer, but after Ginny's death, the four of them really drifted, mostly because of him, but also because of them, "A-and then there's Teddy, he's my godson. He calls me Uncle Harry, and... there's a lot of the Weasleys, Victoire, Roxanne, Louis... there's a lot more, but their part of my late wife's family." Harry looked away, his smile completely gone. Just the thought of Ginny, lead to Hermione, Ron, Eliza, and so many others he had lost. He knew he should just get over it, but it was hard, and he couldn't let them go.
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Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette
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Post by Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette on Aug 10, 2012 19:00:35 GMT -5
"I'd heard about their problems. Ana sounded rather annoyed about it; she says that she thinks that they're deliberately making it impossible for the Eastern Coalition to act officially in the open," Lisa recalled. "A council of the former Allied Powers would be necessary to authorize military action by the three core states of the Coalition because of the meassures put in place after World War Two."
She really hated politics. They gave her a headache. It was necessary for her to pay attention to them with the current environment of the world, so she did, but she hated it. She really wished that everything would just cool off so that she no longer had to pay such close attention to the political environment of the world around her.
"Wow...big family," she commented. "I always wanted a big family like that but...to no avail. It just didn't work out like that."
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Post by Harrison "Harry" Prewett on Aug 10, 2012 19:49:56 GMT -5
"It's too bad that my companions and I couldn't help with that. I really doubt that the United States would, it would mean an official start of a Wizarding World War, right?" Harry said voicing some of the concerns he was having right now, with all these changes, "No one really wants that. The muggle world wars were terrible, just think about how terrible they would be with wizards." He wanted to avoid the up and coming war, and he knew exactly what he needed to do. He needed himself to die in this time. Well not actually die.
If only things went right the last time. If only the Order left him to die. He wouldn't be here right now. Why couldn't they have left him to die? He should have died! He should have died long ago. He wanted to greet Death like an old friend. Harry really felt he was living on borrowed time.
"I wish I didn't have such a large family. It makes it so that you are more likely to loose someone you love," Harry stated, shaking his head returning his view towards Analisa, almost looking, darker, "When you loose anyone in your family that you love, it kills a little bit of yourself that sometimes you can never get back."
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Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette
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Employee at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes
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Post by Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette on Aug 10, 2012 20:02:11 GMT -5
"Between you and I, Harry, a Wizarding World War is unavoidable anyway. You and I both know the track record of America and keeping out of World Wars, and the Wizarding communities were involved in the muggle World Wars, anyway. That's why there are still very strict rules and regulations against the former Axis," she explained. "The Curia ordered the burning of Diagon Alley during the London Blitz."
The Ministry of Magic wasn't very keen on letting that bit of information be public. They were rather embarrassed about their actions during the World War, and the students of Hogwarts that had conveniently gone "missing" at the height of the Holocaust. As they should've been.
"I...guess I never thought of it like that," she admitted. "I never thought of it much. It's always just been my sister and I."
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Post by Harrison "Harry" Prewett on Aug 10, 2012 20:27:57 GMT -5
"I guess I've always wished to avoid a Wizarding World War. It definitely won't be pleasant," Harry said shaking his head with a sigh. Even in the future, he wanted to avoid too much interference from the outside, though there were a lot of times when they had to have outside help or they would've lost long before they had prevailed. Harry wished to have no more deaths than necessary, though he was perfectly willing to kill if he had to. He had gotten over that childhood 'moral' a long time ago. "I heard about the London Blitz being Curia's fault before; that's the past, and it doesn't matter now, as long as they don't swap sides."
Harry, as everyone probably knew already, was paranoid, and didn't trust Curia as far as he could throw them. He didn't trust the ministry, nor the Death Eaters, nor the Japanese, nor the Germans (even if he had a good friend who represented them at this time). Harry had hard times trusting new people in the Resistance, even after all the tests they give their new recruits, memory tests, tests to see if they were under a spell, tests to prove they weren't working for the other side, including a dose of truth serum and mind probing. But that was just of the late, not in the earlier days of the Resistance when he wasn't as paranoid.
"Just think if you lost your sister," Harry stated, "You never get to see her again. It's a terrible feeling. Even if one has many others, the others just remind one of the dead, and strengthen their sorrow and dig a deeper hole in their heart, especially if one doesn't know how to deal with it well." He never had. Sirius' death still effected him. He never could get over the deaths of those close to him. He had come to the conclusion that there was no way to prevent the pain, except to try to push those feelings away. He never really had guidance to help him through. Sure his family tried to help him, but Harry didn't want it.
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Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette
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Post by Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette on Aug 11, 2012 1:33:17 GMT -5
"The Blitz might be the past, but the British have a really hard time accepting that. The Ministry still refuses to acknowledge the reunification of Germany; they've been deporting East Germans from the consulate. It's not a good time to be a foreigner around here," she commented. "But when is it, ever?"
She scowled and ducked down to find Lisette's wrench when the machine started making noises. She hated it when the damned thing did that. When she finally located it, she stood and hit the machine with the wrench. She smiled and nodded to herself a little when it stopped making those noises.
"I don't think I agree with you...I think that, when you have a large family, when you lose someone, everyone can pull together to help everyone else cope," she mused. "If I lost my sister, it'd kill me because I don't have anyone besides her, family-wise. My mother and father don't really count."
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Post by Harrison "Harry" Prewett on Aug 11, 2012 14:14:42 GMT -5
"It's because they lost any sort of trust they had with the British," Harry replied thinking about it for a little bit. Actually it was kind of funny, Germany, Italy, and Japan were the ones to come to the British's help. They were enemies not long ago. "The British are a paranoid people. You can't trust those elsewhere, especially if you can't even trust yourself." Maybe that was his paranoia problem. He didn't trust himself, and therefore found it hard to trust anyone else. He couldn't trust himself to keep those he loved safe, and therefore couldn't trust others with it either.
Harry chuckled when she magically fixed the coffee maker with a wrench hitting it. Such creative thinking. He didn't think it would work.
"But then again, if you see others getting over it, and you don't know how to cope, no matter how much they try to help you, you can't help but hurt when around them, and therefore you hurt even more by distancing yourself from others," Harry stated, before adding, "What about that boy, Fred? My godson said something about you and this Weasley, Fred, together."
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Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette
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Post by Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette on Aug 11, 2012 14:32:00 GMT -5
"I think the problem with everyone is that they can't trust themselves," she replied softly. "It's hard to let anyone in when you're constantly worrying that you'll only make things worse...that's why I was so shocked when Ana announced the Curia's intentions to help out here. Italy isn't a stable place, especially not now. The new Council is beginning to step up, and the old Council is retiring, so everyone's just watching to see what's going to happen. I think she was worried about her family out here, and that's why she was so insistant on action. Ana's usually very level-headed, maybe a little too much."
It was only natural that she'd be worried about the Malfoys; they were her father's side of the family. Lisa just worried that Ana would overwork herself trying to fix things in two countries at once. She liked Ana and Riley both, but she really didn't want Riley in control of the Curia. She wasn't so even-minded as Ana.
"I think the scenario that you just told me about comes down to one person trying to be strong when they should be accepting a crying shoulder," she replied. "It is human nature to be flawed; sometimes, we just have to accept help when it's offered."
She felt her face heat up, and she turned away at the mention of Fred. Oh, dear...where did he hear that?
"He...he's an old friend," she mumbled. "A-and I l-like him and everything, but we've only been seeing each other for a little while; I just..."
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Post by Harrison "Harry" Prewett on Aug 11, 2012 15:07:08 GMT -5
"And even with the Curia, who knows if they'll mess everything up? They brought over their enemies, and now they're being led by inexperienced young adults," Harry stated shaking his head, "Maybe they shouldn't even have come." He should be happy that Curia was here to help, but he didn't trust them not to screw everything up. He was here to help, and he wasn't even sure if he could change things, but then Curia comes butting in and screwing up his plan. He couldn't trust them. He couldn't control them. They could make it so that he died in this time, and Voldemort killed all of them and never died, even years and years from now when he had killed them in their terrible future.
"It may be human nature, but some of us can't be flawed, or we'll loose," Harry stated looking down. He always felt the pressure of having to be perfect, except to those he cared about most. Actually when he thought about it, he felt like he had no room to screw up even around the Weasleys, because if he did, it would be all over. And when he lost his best friends and wife, there was no one who actually told him that he could mess up, that he was only human. Most people looked up to him as an idol, a hero. Even Bill, Fleur, Molly, Arthur, George, Angelina, Charlie, Percy, and all their kids, saw him as a hero, someone they could look to for strength, and he couldn't let things get to him, or they might fall too. Harry just figured that it was how a leader had to be.
Oh yes, Harry knew about her, from stories from George. He never met her before, but he knew the story about her and Fred; how they had a child who possibly died in the battle along with the two of them. However, from Teddy he learned the child survived and looked a lot like Fred.
"You just, what?" Harry asked.
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Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette
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Post by Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette on Aug 11, 2012 15:32:51 GMT -5
"They're not inexperienced!" she snapped. "The youngest of those kids has more combat experience than your average Auror! And the kids are the first that came, but they're not the leadership. The leadership of the Curia has overseen three Civil Wars successfully; they won't fail. I'm sorry, but I know what those kids have gone through, and I can't let you talk about them like that. Not after all the hell I watched them put themselves through to train and train, all for the purpose of risking their lives to help you! Don't just assume that the Dark Lord has only effected this country! Where do you think those Death Eaters that fled Britain went? They're still in positions of power in the East! The Coalition offered their help because we have a common enemy!"
She growled under her breath and refused to look at him. She wasn't generally the type that snapped like that, but he hadn't seen how hard the Curia had pushed themselves. He hadn't seen Ana work herself until she collapsed or the words carved into Gabriel Cavaliere's back. How dare he assume that the Curia would fail?!
"Striving for perfection is the greatest flaw a person can have," she mumbled reluctantly. "Strength is meassured in willingness to look at oneself honestly."
She was still peeved with him over that comment, but she was far too soft-hearted to let that prevent her giving advice to someone who looked like they needed it. So, it was only reluctantly that she sighed and looked up at the ceiling to look at the cracks as she thought over his question.
"I...don't have the best track record with relationships, and he's younger than me. I was legally an adult when he was just eleven. I can't help but wonder if he'd be better of with someone around his own age," she admitted finally.
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Post by Harrison "Harry" Prewett on Aug 11, 2012 16:00:52 GMT -5
Harry raised his eyebrows at her response to the Curia. "I did not mean to demean any hard work those young people have gone through. Those taking over haven't been in one of their Italian Civil Wars. Sure they are old enough to remember those they lost, and they've trained. They've seen some battle. But I could say the same about almost every single person in this country. My Auror, or the equivalent, saw deadly battle everyday, and I'm sorry, if I don't trust that kids who practiced each day until they were exhausted and sees a good amount of combat. They're still young. They haven't seen the things, my companions and I have seen."
He didn't trust the fighters right now, except maybe those who lived through Britain's past 'war' because he knew them quite well, and he trusted them. They were experienced fighters, but he still didn't trust them not to screw up. Remus, Tonks, Mad-Eye, Fred; they were great fighters, but they died. Kingsley was a good fighter and survived for a good amount of time before dying himself in battle. They hadn't lost their friends, or people they've loved and grew close to ever since they were young. They were still young, they didn't have the kind of friends he had by the time they died. He had known Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Eliza ever since he was young in Hogwarts, and lost them not long ago. He knew his friends much longer than them. And the Dursleys, they had died. Petunia and Vernon never really liked him, but Dudley had even joined up with the Resistance, even though he was a muggle, and died in battle years and years later. He and Dudley had gotten quite close.
"If everyone looks to someone to be perfect, because they are a leader," Harry said looking up, thinking about Ginny and the others that were lost, "Then that leader cannot falter, or the whole group will fall." He always feared if he showed any weakness, the Resistance members would feel weak, and they would fail.
"If he loves you, then it doesn't matter. When I was younger, I knew this man who thought the same thing as you. The one he loved was over a decade younger than him, but even still, when he finally allowed it to happen, they were the happiest people I had ever known, even in the chaos they were living in," Harry stated. It was a true story, and from those two, Harry learned that age was but a number. No matter how much the age gap, in the end, love trounces all.
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Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette
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Post by Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette on Aug 11, 2012 16:19:19 GMT -5
"What are you talking about, they didn't fight?" she asked, confused. "That war never ended. There are still battle being fought all over Italy. Go ask one of them. And your Auror hasn't had words branded into their back, hasn't been stabbed, hasn't had their throat slit. You British are mostly relient on magic to fight; what happens when that fails you? Trust me, I know those kids, you're underestimating them."
Why in the hell did he think the Civil War was over...? She'd seen some of the battles; she'd helped Seline patch up the wounded. It was part of why she was worried about them. She knew that the Italians didn't really have the forces necessary to fight a war on two fronts; they were taking a big risk for the sake of people that had been making their lives hard for so long.
"It is demoralizing to be lead by someone that appears inhuman, as hard as that probably is to believe. I think the muggles have something right, there. They are always aware of their own humanity," she mumbled. "I think that we could stand to learn that."
She traced the cracks in the ceiling with her eyes, and her mouth quirked into a bit of a smile.
"Hah...funny as it probably sounds because I'm French, I don't know that I believe in love," she mumbled. "I've never really known what it feels like, but I think I could try for him."
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Post by Harrison "Harry" Prewett on Aug 11, 2012 17:05:09 GMT -5
Harry shrugged, forgetting what time they were in. Damn. He sounded like such an idiot. Of course it was still going on quite strong at this time. And even in the future, he didn't actually know about them. He guessed his mind was still stuck in the future. He had always assumed that at this time it wasn't going on. Then again, when he assumed something, he was almost always wrong, unlike Dumbledore. He really should stop doing that.
"I'm not talking about these British Aurors," Harry said shaking his head, "I'm talking about those who came with me. I've been in war ever since I was, what, 14? Most of my companions have fought alongside of me, and have suffered worse than being stabbed, or words being branded on their backs. The British of today are not ready for war, but even if they don't know it yet, they've been in a war for a very long time, it's just that it's not that big right now."
Why was it so easy to talk to Analisa? She was going to die, or she might die as things are now changing. Maybe it was because he really needed to talk with someone who he didn't HAVE to be strong with. Or maybe it was because he was reminded ever so slightly of Ginny when he had met her.
"You might be right, but it's worked for years, and the moral hasn't gotten bad before," Harry muttered before realizing how odd that might sound. He looked t the side, not willing to look at her, nor wanting to explain or lie about what he just said.
"If he truly does like you, then that's all he would ever ask of you, to try. Love is something that for one who hasn't felt it before is hard to believe in," Harry sighed thinking about Ginny, feeling a tugging in his chest, "It's a great feeling once you feel it and you don't ever want it to fade away, no matter how painful it is. You might not believe in it now, but I am sure you'll find yourself falling in love with someone, whether it be Fred, or someone else."
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Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette
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Post by Anelisa Taelyn Lafayette on Aug 11, 2012 17:15:27 GMT -5
"Harry, I know you see them as kids, but those Cavaliere have been trained to kill since birth. Just do me a favor and don't treat them like children," she requested. "I'm not saying you have to totally trust them, but the fact that the Curia have sent you troups that they couldn't really spare means something. They believe in the cause that you're fighting for; at the very least, trust that they'll have your back."
Failure wasn't acceptable to them. Those kids that had come out from Italy to fight here, some still nursing their wounds, had come to give their all. She'd hate to see them sidelined.
"Clearly it has," she quipped dryly. "You're doubting yourself."
She wasn't as bright as some of the people she'd gone to school with by a long shot, but she was perceptive. He had a lot of self-doubt, and he wouldn't be able to move past where he was at the moment if he didn't get over that.
"I don't come from the best background; Hogwarts had to invent a student aid program so I could afford to attend. All that I can do is try," she admitted. "But I think that trying counts for something, even if you fail."
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