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Do You? : A Handfasting // Xander + Nora

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A smile beamed across Nora’s face as the gang slipped into the forest. They hopped over the creek down the hill from the church and headed east to gwersyll or simply known as the treehouse. It was a Ledrith relic which no one can remember who built it. But it’s been the clubhouse for all the Ledrith children for decades. 

The walk to gwersyll was only a few minutes. Ledrith was not that big but most of it was forest. The village hall and church were towards the center and gwersyll was in a tall tree just 1 kilometer from the village center in a clearing by the Neath. The water was at the cuspid of the river bank and the ground soggy from the morning rainstorm, but thanks to a clever charm by Nora back in 3rd year, none of the eclectic collection of lawn chairs and a vintage recliner were soaking wet. Nora took her usual seat on the chaise chair.

Xander quickly moved to the bean bag chair next to it, his typical location, and watched as all his friend piled into their usual's. There was a wooden table that rested in the center and he unloaded his pockets for everyone to see the different flavors he brought. It was normal for everyone to debate for up to ten minutes on what they would start with, especially since they were almost all fruity flavors. He was starting to get rather creative with the wrap flavors and loved listening to all their feedback on what worked or didn’t. 

“I’ve got; acid pop wrap with hazy daisy, sherbet lemon wrap with northern lights, toffee tongue wrap with girl scout cookies, fizzing whizbees wrap with trippin’ tropics, and blueberry butter cake wrap with frosted yeti,” he stated, holding up each one as he said it. 

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Her gentlehand caressed the back of his own, radiating warmth as he tried to find hiscranny under the blankets with his little sister. Savannah, almost four and alreadyshowing signs of being a bright child, was fast asleep next to him as hecontinued to fidget. Alexander had always been a bit of a restless child, sohis mother’s words were never a surprise.

“Only untilthe end of this chapter, Alexander,” her voice cooed, clearly growing tired butnot once was she ever angry, “Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits,and their names were—“

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a memory of death/loss

I sure do hope you kids are tucked in because this is going to be a long one. My poor AleXander. 

Xander comes from a family that I would consider to be rather grassroots political, trying to fight the good fight for the common witches and wizards. Although his grandparents have been known to stay rather unbiased (even with their close ties to Minerva McGonagall), not wanting their political standings to get in the way of their business, his parents were quite the opposite. Jaiden, his father, and Farrah, his mother, both fell in love during their time at Hogwarts and both went into the same field of study. Jaiden was always destined to run the family farm, but never quite found a knack for Herbology and dove deep into his love for all forms of music. Farrah had always been known as a songbird, much like her mother, and found little interest in the required subjects each year. It’s safe to say that the two of them had always been meant to work for the Wizarding Radio.

Now, that leaves the question of “why do the political ties matter, what does that mean for them, and xander, and why does it matter?” 

Well, his parents had been born at the start of the First Wizarding War and that really left a mark on the two of them. Especially Farrah, as some of her family were actually muggle born and she had a hard time grasping how anyone could harm such innocent beings. Although the Murray’s and the Wright’s stayed out of the lime-light when it came to the war, the two families did dabble in funding the cause of taking Lord Voldemort down but kept it all in secret to protect their families. Needless to say, this really shaped their outlook on social status within the Wizarding community and wanted to actively be a part of its change for the better.

Jaiden and Farrah’s relationship was very much love-at-first-sight, even though the two never made it official until the final months within the school walls. Xander and Savannah can still recall their parents playful arguments on who was to blame for the misread signs of affection. Shortly after graduation, the two landed radio host jobs at the Wizarding Radio Broadcasting and started using their young voices to change the opinions of others. The couple would often be found putting together small shows in order to raise funds for those affected by the war. This was his parents life, even throughout giving birth to him in the middle of a Second War and surviving.

At the fall of Lord Voldemort, many of his followers fell and scurried back into their dark corners of the world. But like most things evil, they never completely die out. The ones that still had death in their hearts begin to form, still after the same radical ideas of purity, and would soon call themselves Hellerune. Minor attacks sprouted, mostly in the European region and typically only resulted in mild injuries, but no one could pinpoint the exact motives behind. The members of Hellerune kept silently growing in numbers while the authorities seemed to keep pointing in all the wrong directions.

In the winter of 2010, the Wizarding Radio Broadcasting would be hosting their 9th Annual Galleons for a Good Cause Holiday show. This had slowly turned into quite a larger gathering, sometimes more than 20,000 people showing up to support equality amongst the wizarding community. It’s really a no-brainer as to why this show would end up being the start of  some of Hellerune’s most horrendous attacks against the society that preached for peace. The venue was bombarded by nine of the terrorists, leaving a little over 8,000 individuals dead or injured. Unfortunately, Xander’s parents were amongst those of the dead. As him and his best friend, Hyde, hid on the catwalks of the venue, he watched his parents being murdered down below.

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“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ― Viktor E. Frankl

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Calling the heard - Murray Farm : Summer 2012

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Do You? : A Handfasting // Xander + Nora

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Continued from here

Caught slightly off guard by Xander’s comment, Nora turned her head to see her best friend at her hip. Behind him was Eddie Bisby and in tail Olivia Blackwood; the gang. “Good, Merlin, four?” Nora smiled. 

She looked back at her family. Mom and dad were busy trying to herd the wedding guests into covered carriages. Old Mr. + Mrs. Jagger were with their daughter and Liam, commenting on the rain, and how it’s good luck for rain on a wedding day. 

Nora’s eyes settled back on her friends, looking at Xander with pure joy in her eyes. “Now’s our time if we are to escape.” She nodded and started to step back from the wedding crowd. The fastest they’ve made it to the treehouse was seven minutes on the dot. Just by Nora guessing that had triple that time before her dad started to ask where his daughter was.

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“Well,” he shrugged his shoulders lightly, eyebrows moving up as he continued to hold his devious grin, “It’s a celebration and there’s usually about 6 of us.” Although Hyde wasn’t attending the actual ceremony, his grandparents loved having him around and seemed to rather enjoy feeding everyone. After the death of his parents, Hyde practically took up residence in one of the spare bedrooms. 

Xander drummed his fingertips along the place where the joints rested as he watched Nora judge if it was a safe time. When it was finally determined, angst arose quickly inside of him and his voice buzzed as he turned to everyone else, “Move out, go, go, go.”

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Xander Murray Moodboard  [02/??] the Heat Miser as Peter Pan

“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.” -Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie

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Do You? : A Handfasting

Nora was draped sideways in her father’s beloved lounge chair and watched her brother, Liam, pace a path back and forth into the wood floor. Her eyes never left him, but he was not focused on the aesthetics around him. His eyes stared out the lead pained window from the Dochary Cottage front sitting room.

“Liam, do sit.” Maria, their mother, lifted her tea cup to her flesh pink lips. “You’re making me dizzy.” That was the first words spoken since her husband left with Ian and Walter. They hiked over to High Street (the highest point in Ledrith-Neath) to take a census of the late summer rain storm. Liam nodded nervously and obeyed his mother. Sitting, however, did not make him still. Nora’s eyes never broke her gaze as Liam bent down to sit in the bay window alcove. A second ticked by before he started to fidget with his thumbs and his leg bounce up and down.

Liam didn’t sit long before they all were startled as the back kitchen door swung open and brought the smell of the rain into the warm cottage. Jamie quickly shook of the rain from his robe whilst making is way to his family, Ian and the dogs (Arthur + Perdita) in tow. “It’s now or never son. Walter thinks that this isn’t going to let up for a bit.”

“Can we move it to the church?” Liam asked so fast his words almost blurred together. Jamie just smiled back. He reached out for Liam’s shoulder and grasped it. He beamed at his eldest son.

“Lee, Merlin himself can smite us all. This wedding will go on!” His voice boomed with pride. Arthur and Perdita echoed their enthusiasm and quickly ran back outside. Jamie waited patiently for Maria, held out his hand, their smiles as wide as a phoenix’s tail. Nora was the last to follow her family out.

Nothing can compare to the love you feel when the tow being wed see each other from down the aisle. Nora saw it in her brother and matched in Bonnie’s face. Though the sun may be behind the clouds, Nora knew that it love was the sun today. As bright as 1,000 lumos charms.

“You may now kiss your beloved.” The high priest smiled and stepped back to let Bonnie + Liam embrace each other as husband and wife.  The pagan church rumbled with applause echoing off the limestone walls, and over powered the thunderclaps from clouds.

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As the claps rang out, his contributing to the mayhem of happiness that filled the air around him, Xander’s eyes didn’t fall upon the blushing bride but the tearful blonde that came to greet them. She was smiling from ear to ear, hugging the newlyweds before they continued down the aisle to greet others. Joy and love moved all around them, tugging at every heart-string Xander’s body encompassed. He couldn’t help but be entranced by her, wanting to be the one planting little kisses along her brow and fall helplessly into the charged air. The feeling was strong and he knew that it probably showed along his face, but tried to hide it anyway.

His beloved sister stood next to him, small leftover sobs came from her as she scooted closer to Xander and grabbing for his hand. Ever since there parents had passed away, Savannah had grown increasingly needy but Xander knew it was for a good reason. Sometimes she would just need to touch him, making sure that he was still there in front of her and this wasn’t some dream. He took her hand into his, happy that he still hand his sister by his side and kissed her knuckles. He smiled at her then, love bubbling within him and he quickly pulled the young girl in for a hug. 

When the siblings scurried out of their row, they moved in to find the Dochary Clan getting their congratulations from their own grandparents. Xander parted from his sister, wanting to find Nora and the gang to see what the next plan was. He spotted Nora, talking to a few of the girls from Bonnie’s side of the family and moved toward her direction. The feast was to be held at the Farm, but he didn’t want to get there right away and thought they could make a pit stop at the tree-house for some recreational activities. He smiled deviously at Nora before he reached her side, voice low and smooth, “I’ve got four joints in my pocket that are starting to burn a hole, where is everyone? It’s tree-house time.”

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Venus

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Venus in Pisces

As mutable mystical water sign who lives to observe & learn, you make the emotional life of your love relationship, into your life study. Malleable & sensitive to other’s needs, it’s easy for you to fit your self into other’s projections, causing your relationship to resemble a hall of mirrors at times. Endowed with a rich fantasy life and imagination, you enjoy creating ecstatic experiences of love, and you do.

Your Love Charm: boundless love. Your love is spiritual and all-encompassing, and because you see the spiritual nature in others, making it easy for you to fall in love with their spirit and soul.

Your Soul Mate: connected to your spirituality. They rightfully sense an otherworldly mystical connection has brought you two together, just as you do.

Your Attract-ive Power: the power of enchanted play. Life with you is never mundane – you cook up the kind of dreamy diversions and mystical moments that offer others escape from the dreariness of everyday living.

Venus in Pisces Shadow: kissing frogs while asking for a prince! Sometimes it’s hard for you to tell the difference, yet when you do, you may still try to “rescue” the frog. Work on establishing boundaries and using imagination to turn your dream prince into a reality.

Your Venus Archetype: the hopeless romantic, magical child, actress, illusionist, victim, martyr, compassionate healer, mother teresa, beloved, good samaritan, lost soul, soul mate, codependent, sadist, psychic, rescuer, guru, ocean, siren, devotee, dream weaver.

Think With Your Venus Mantra: My outlandish, magnificent and soulful diversions are enchantments that inspire others to no end. I know that whatever I ask for from love, I receive. I identify who I don’t want, I put who I do want into my imagination & the Divine obliges my every wish.

Source

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Xander = snorlaxatives

Hana = the-little-engine-that-couldn’t

Hyde = fishyfellow

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My brother is still a dweeb. But I helped plan this party... So you better be there.   -your Nora  p.s. don't make fun of my dress.

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Alchemy in the Armoury ; Rose & Xander

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“You bet.” Rose’s smile was ear-to-ear. She lead the gang up the armory spiral staircase and out towards the Great Hall where the rest of their classmates were just about to leave from the O.W.L.s

Carefully and quietly, each one of the friends placed the snaps in their hand around the Entrance Hall. “Cord!” Rose called after her friend. She had a giddy grin as she made her way to the staircase hall and placed her few on the first steps. “Oi!” Rose yelled whispered, waving frantically for Cordelia to hide behind the talking hog statue alcove to the left of the Great Hall (whom at this moment was snoring away in the calm silence).

The gang made it just in time for the colossal wooden doors to swing open and the fun to being.  

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Screams and cries flooded the halls, shortly following the crackles and bangs. Everyone was in a complete state of panic, as though they were under attack. A few actually pulled out their wands, trying to find the perpetrator. However, not a single enemy was to be found.

The gang all held their breathes as the scene unfolded in front of them, trying not to make a sound until it was appropriate to laugh. Xander eyed Rose, nodding in a direction that would lead them to complete safety. Away from the sudden appearances of a few professors 

Once they had made it fully around, Hyde and Xander were completely uncontrollable. “We need more next time,” Hyde suggested, barely audible through the tears.

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JAMIE DOCHARY & JAIDEN MURRAY.  CHILDHOOD BEST FRIENDS.

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OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW.

Top Row: Parents Home, 52 High Street, Ledrith-Neath, Wales, U.K.

Second Row: Savannah’s Old Room (left), Xander’s Old Room (right).

Third Row: Savannah’s New Room at the Farm.

Fourth Row: Xander’s New Room at the Farm.

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BLOOD TIES. KNOW THE BASICS. XANDER’S GRANDPARENTS.

Loretta Briony Crewe-Murray. FC: Dame Judi Dench.

b.  may 30th, 1908 –  gemini ☼ . aries ☾

Former Slytherin.

Biological Grandmother to Alexander and Savannah Murray.

Career; the Farm.

Patronus; Arctic Fox (description here).

She has always been mentally “quick as a cat,” witty, versatile, and mobile, both in mind and body.

Exciting companion, but a dangerous opponent, especially in a battle of words.

Very intellectually motivated with an inclination for education, with a desire to always stay up to date by the study of gathering information on key topics.

Her confidence isn’t the only thing that has made her a good manager of the Farm, but her natural aura of popularity and aptness in human relations.

 Walter Jaiden Murray. FC: John Hurt.

b.  march 19th, 1909 – taurus ☼ . sagittarius ☾

Former Hufflepuff.

Biological Grandfather to Alexander and Savannah Murray.

Career; the Farm.

Patronus; Siberian Husky (description here).

His stubborn nature can express itself in such a flexible way that allows him to discuss a subject at great length without wavering from the original position.

Walter is both extroverted and sociable, enjoying life and always having a good time.

Not necessarily class conscious, for he can get along with all types of people, but would rather be alone than confined with people that seem dull or uninteresting.

Has been known to be more involved in the exchanging of gossip and enjoys being active in the community.