before purgatory: backstory logs

Who: Declan and Molly (with cameos by Cormac and a random ickle firstie).
Where: Generic hallway.
When: December 1996, right before the Slug Club Christmas party.
What: The birth of Moclan! (AKA Declan has a big mouth, Molly isn't impressed, and Cormac is an arse.)
Rating: PG-13 for language.

( Declan McLaggen had a big problem. Well, it wasn’t that big of a problem, really. After all, he was Declan McLaggen. )

WHO: Brandon and Sophia
WHAT: breaking up is hard to do :(
WHEN: near the end of their 4th year
WHERE: walking around the grounds

( He could tell that he was babbling too much, that he was going on like an idiot. )

Who: Molly and Zacharias
Where: Zonko's, then Madam Puddifoots
When: The final Hogsmeade weekend of Molly's fourth and Zacharias's fifth year.
What: Molly's bad luck with blokes has historical basis.
Rating: PG-13

( Still, one couldn’t play the Madam Puddifoots card too early in the day--they had to spend the whole day together, after all )

Who: Nathan Boot, Cal Eidelberg and Julian Stebbins
When: October 10, after the graffiti
Where: Quidditch stands
What: Girls!
Rating: PG-13

( He's probably off chatting up some girl. Getting a jump on all of this )

Who: Yue Sung and Nathan Boot
When: October 9, after the Hufflepuffs fail to remove the Dumbledore's Army recruitment graffiti
Where: Outside the Great Hall to start
What: Discussion of what's just happened and what to do about it
Rating: Low
Complete!

( Feeling a mixture of relief and guilt )