The Dragon Tamer (Altheras & Michi)
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				Title: <strong>The Dragon Tamer (Altheras &amp; Michi)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jag</strong> on <strong>29-10-2010, 03:03:03</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3882/charlieweasley.jpg)</div><br>It was 2008, ten years after the final battle at Hogwarts. Voldemort had died and things started to fall back into place. For the first time since the Dark Lord rose to power so very long ago, there was real peace in the wizarding world. It wasn't the uncomfortable peace people had had when the Potter's died. It was a real peace. The kind where they knew the Dark Lord wasn't going to come back this time. No one doubted his death this time. He was gone for good. That meant that everyone could get on with their lives and rebuild the wizarding world.<br><br>With the exception of a dead brother, Charlie Weasley's life didn't change much. Living so far away from his England had spared him most of the pain and fighting the others had been through. The world of the Dragon Tamers in a small wizard community in Romania had been very unaffected by the war. For the most part, they just had to keep Death Eaters and Loyalist from stealing the dragons and eggs. Other than that, it had been work as usual.<br><br>The town was very much like Hogsmead, but there was no school near by and the only way out was flying, apparating, or climbing; this was due to the large mountain range that circled the whole village. It hadn't taken long for the villagers to realize they needed to caste fire proof spells over all the buildings. After the first hundred or so fires, they got the point. Though that didn't stop the occasional dragon escape that managed to destroy a few buildings in the main area of the town. Most people built their homes closer to the mountain range and away from the dragon pins.<br><br>That was where Charlie Weasley lived. He had a small hut, much like Hagrid's back at Hogwarts, but with a bit more space and less cluttered. Like his father, he had quite a few muggle objects around that he liked having. Like a fridge and a muggle radio (which also picked up the wizard stations), and one of the only cars in the village which he loaned out to witches and wizards that needed it. The hut itself was a three room hut. The main room was the main living space, a bedroom, and a bathroom. It was simple, easy to warm in the winter, easy to cool in the summer, and his mother had never stepped foot in it. Perfect.<br><br>Today was his first day off work in nearly three weeks. They'd had inspections and all manner of chaos lately, but that had finally calmed down and he got a day to rest. Not that he would use it that way. Charlie liked being outside and didn't want to stay inside today. Anyways, it was too nice outside. He planned on spending the day in town, prepared in case a dragon escaped, and hanging out in his favorite Inn. There were a few places to get drinks, but Charlie liked this place. He always had. He'd been living here since he graduated Hogwarts and had never had the desire to go anywhere else to drink or hang out in the small village. He was also on decent, talking terms with one of the wizard bartenders that was close to his age that worked there. Not being much of an alcohol drinker, he was able to stay there for long periods of time and not go on drunken rants.<br><br>Pulling his bright red hair back into a rather messy pony-tail, Charlie headed out the door and trotted down to the village. He was wearing simple jeans and a black T-shirt, his dragon hide work gloves hanging out the back of his jean pockets. Hanging off his belt loops were several objects like his wand, a dagger, a phial of dragon anti-venom, and a small bottle of sleeping potion in case one of them lost their wands while trying to fight a dragon they could try and throw the bottle in it's mouth.<br><br>His tanned and sunburned skin was a common sight around the village, so were the rather large arm muscles that had developed on his arms in his many years of this work. His tanned arms and face had several small and large scars on them, but that too was a common sight for the dragon tamers of the area.<br><br>Smiling, he slipped through the doors of the Inn and slid into his usual seat right at the bar.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Dragon Tamer (Altheras &amp; Michi)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Altheras</strong> on <strong>29-10-2010, 12:29:43</strong>
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				Farastis Robertson was tending the bar as usual. He had lived in the village ever since he had left school. He had liked dragons a lot and wanted to go into breeding and wrangling them, but had ultimately ended up being just a bartender. He had always been one to get too close to the animals when he worked with them and he became far too fond of them to turn his wand on them. This had nearly gotten him killed on a few occasions before he had decided he had to distance himself from the beasts.<br><br>He had pale skin now, a side effect of spending most of his days inside tending the bar. He worked long hours and only shared shifts at the bar with two others. They were looking into hiring a fourth, which he hoped would happen sooner rather than later, he could really use the time off. His golden hair was always long and shaggy, his bangs often hanging in his eyes, obscurring their emerald green. He did not have a lot of time to take care of himself, but when he did he enjoyed rather long hot baths.<br><br>He wasn't the greatest wizard in the world for sure, as a sign of that he usually kept his wand in his back pocket, which any wizard would tell you was a bad idea. He'd never had an accident with it, but he rarely ever got it out, he only used it to threaten patrons when there was a brawl, and fights were extremely rare in this small community. Everyone knew everyone, and most of them didn't want any trouble.<br><br>Farastis lived in a small one room flat above the bar, which meant he didn't get a lot of sleep due to the noise downstairs, so there were sometimes dark circles under his eyes, though they did not manage to take away from the generally friendly look he always had.<br><br>He grinned as he saw Charlie come in and take his usual seat at the bar. He had a crush on the redhead, who was one of the few people who shared his love of animals, specifically dragons. Even though this village had many who worked with the beasts, most of them considered them just animals, or just a way to make a living. Charlie was different, he was like him, he did think of them as something more, even though Charlie would not hesitate to use his wand on them. He did love them, but not at the expense of his own life.<br><br>The blond had not yet been able to admit his feelings to the other man. Being gay was frowned upon, even in the wizarding world, but there was no question that he was. He had simply never found himself attracted to a woman, even though many of them had asked him out on dates, he had always declined, making excuses that usually involved having to work, which weren't always untrue.<br><br>Lately just seeing Charlie was enough to make his stomach flutter lightly. He was going to have to say something to him soon, living in denial was growing harder by the day. He waved to Charlie and held up a mug. "What'll it be today for ya friend?" His voice was youthful yet gruff with a thick Scottish accent. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Dragon Tamer (Altheras &amp; Michi)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jag</strong> on <strong>29-10-2010, 20:19:27</strong>
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				Charlie smiled at Farastis. They weren't great friends, but they were on friendly, talking terms. Which was strange since he'd been coming here since he was eighteen, so at least twenty years. He'd even worked with Farastis when the other was still doing dragon wrangling. It was just strange. For some reason whenever he got close to the blond, he found himself choking up. Stammering his words and getting chatty. He wasn't normally a talkative person, but Farastis was easy to talk to and he often found himself rambling.<br><br>Today was no different.<br><br>The redhead was stretching his arms up over his head when the other came over and asked him for his drink order. He put his arms down and leaned against the bar, biting his lower lip nervously (as he tended to do when Farastis was around), "The usual," he replied. The others accent reminded him of a lot of students back at Hogwarts. Most of the locals here were from the area, so he didn't meet many with accents from his side of Europe. It was always nice to hear it.<br><br>A few moments late the blond handed him his drink and he smiled, "Thanks," he reached into his back pocket and pulled out, from behind his gloves, a letter from his mother, "Lets see what she has to rant about this week," his mother had been sending him letters once a week since he moved here. He couldn't believe she managed to find three parchment papers full of stuff to write about every week, then again it was like reading a biography of his entire family each week. He smirked up at Farastis, "I'm guessing the first paragraph asks if I've found a girl yet."<br><br>He silently scanned the letter, "My brother Ron is having another baby. So is Harry and Bill. Oh, and so is George. And Percy is having his first. Wow...by the time they are all done having kids, we'll have enough red heads to make five complete Quidditch teams out of my family alone," he chuckled, "I can't imagine how Mum crams them all into the house for Christmas, guess I'll find out later this year," he'd promised to come home this year for the first time in about five years under the condition that his mother not try and set him up with anyone this time, "Ah, here it is," he held up the letter and cleared his throat a little, "<em>Now, Charlie, I know meeting people is difficult in your job. Maybe you should come home and try out for the Quidditch team. You were always so good at that. I bet Ginny could get you a try out for the Holyhead Harpies. They so need a good Seeker. Oh, and Ginny says that their new captain is about your age and single. You should really think about that...</em>" he mimicked his mother's voice.<br><br>He folded the papers up, not finishing the letter for now, and set it near his glass, "How's business been lately? They've had us runnin' around like crazy up at the sanctuary. It's gettin' close to breedin' season, so we've been havin' ta make sure everything is all ready. Doubt I'll have 'nother day off again for 'nother three more weeks."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Dragon Tamer (Altheras &amp; Michi)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Altheras</strong> on <strong>30-10-2010, 19:30:31</strong>
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				The blond smiled as Charlie told him about his family. They all sounded charming to him, even though his mother seemed a bit overbearing. He thought it must be nice to have a huge family and people to care about you. Farastis had lost all of his family in the first wizarding war. He had a few friends from school who wrote to him on occasion though. Growing up an orphan had been hard, but he'd always felt at home at Hogwarts. He had been in Hufflepuff, and although he had seen Charlie around a few times, they had never really spoke until they both moved out here. It was strange how their lives had followed similar paths, yet they'd never really gotten close.<br><br>Farastis leaned on the bar, sighing softly at the thought of how business had been. "Business has been good, really busy though. There are only three of us working the bar now that Jim retired. He was just getting too old you know? He needed the time off. I don't mind, it gets me more money. I am hoping we hire someone to take his place soon though. I must admit I'm starting to feel a bit worn."<br><br>He thought fondly about the sanctuary. He really did miss the dragons, but he couldn't go back to working there, not if he wanted to have a long life. "Any special breedings coming up this year? How are they all doing anyway?" He still knew all of the dragons by name, and took every opportunity to get Charlie to tell him more about them. Though honestly, he would take any excuse he could get to talk with Charlie more. He knew he liked the redhead, the only obstacle standing in his way was a lack of courage. He really did need to tell him how he felt and be done with it, but he was afraid of the reaction he might get.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Dragon Tamer (Altheras &amp; Michi)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Jag</strong> on <strong>02-11-2010, 02:40:45</strong>
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				When asked about the dragons, he perked up a bit more, "Norberta is old enough to start breedin' this year. Going to have to find her a good mate. Hagrid would never settled for anything less than the best for her," he smiled fondly. Norberta (Norbert when she first got here) had been his special case. He'd taken it on himself to personally take care of Norberta for the past seventeen years, "Hopefully she won't make the mistake that most first time dragon mums do and sit on her eggs. That'd crush me almost as much as it will Hagrid. Though I'm sure he's knitting little egg warmers for the babies already," he smiled as he thought fondly of the caretaker at Hogwarts. He was one of the few students that understood the Half-Giant and didn't think he was insane. Trying to raise a baby dragon in a hut was insane by most standards, but he'd thought it was brilliant that Hagrid had managed to do it for so long before finally having to send Norberta here.<br><br>Charlie fingered the letter from his mother again, reading over it a little bit at a time between his talking with Farastis, "People are always coming and going here, I'm sure you all will find someone to hire in no time. Only problem is getting them to stay after a dragon gets loose and start setting things on fire," which was almost comical when it did happen. While most of the buildings had fire proof charms on them, one always caught fire, "Gah, why can't she just leave it alone," he wadded up the letter and shoved it in one of his pockets, "I swear, she mentioned me being single and not married at least ten times in the first page. It's not like everyone has to get married..."<br><br>The redhead wasn't sure why he wasn't married yet. He'd been with a girl before, but it was a long time ago and he hadn't really enjoyed it. It had felt more like something he was supposed to do, rather than something he <em>wanted</em> to do. Charlie wasn't sure what he wanted when it came to women. None of them ever seemed quite right, "If I thought the owl wouldn't find me, I'd move," he joked, "So, you workin' all day? Maybe you could come up to the sanctuary with me and check on Norberta. I'm sure she'd appreciate it," he babied the Ridgeback like it was his own child.
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				Post by: <strong>Altheras</strong> on <strong>02-11-2010, 03:13:29</strong>
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				Farastis grinned at the thought of being able to go up and see the dragons. He had always thought Norberta was a special case, and he had greatly enjoyed her most unusual tale of how she'd ended up here. In fact it was her that he had refused to turn his wand on the last time he had nearly been eaten. Ah, fond memories! Anyone who considered Hagrid insane, would have thought the same of Farastis.<br><br>The blond brushed his hair back out of his eyes. "I get off in a few minutes actually. I've already been here for almost <em>twelve</em> hours." He sighed, feeling really worn out. It had been a terribly long day already. No doubt he would be going to bed as soon as he got back from the sanctuary. As much as he wanted to go, his feet ached, and he was exhausted. "Can ye' wait for me Charlie? Won't be long til Volko is in."<br><br>He cast a hopeful glance at the redhead. He always looked forward to going anywhere that Charlie was. As long as they had known each other they could have spent 'a lot' more time together if not for the blonde's painful cowardice. He really did want to tell the other man how he felt, but how would he react? He couldn't risk losing him as a friend.
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				Post by: <strong>Jag</strong> on <strong>02-11-2010, 19:59:26</strong>
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				It was Charlie's day off and he planned on spending it up with the dragons like it was a work day. It wasn't that he didn't have a life...okay, maybe it was. His mother was partly right. He was missing something in his life, Charlie just wasn't sure what it was yet, but he was sure that it wasn't a woman. Norberta was the only female he needed in his life, not that he was <em>attracted</em> to the dragon. She was just his best friend. He told Norberta, and the other dragons, everything. They were the only ones he felt completely comfortable with. Probably because they couldn't talk. He'd told the dragons his deepest secrets. After all, it wasn't like they could tell anyone. <br><br>"Twelve hours? Jeez, you all really do need more help around here," those kinds of hours were normal for sanctuary work, but not for a bar keep, "I figure you'd wanna get to bed after workin' hours like that," he smiled a little, and was actually glad that Farastis was going to be coming with him, "Sure, I'll wait. I bet Norberta will be happy to see you," even if the last time Farastis had worked with her, she'd tried to bite the others head off, "She's matured a lot since the last time you were up there. Probably ten times my size now. She's so much better than the other dragons. Much tamer," he played with Norberta like she was a big, oversized puppy, "Though the Head Tamer says I'm too attached to her. He just doesn't understand..." without Norberta, Charlie would be more alone. <br><br>"Anyway," he tried to brighten the conversation, not wanting it to linger on his personal issues, "Any cute girls ask you out lately? They're always fawning all over you," he smirked. Farastis was, at least in Charlie's opinion, the only attractive bar tender in town, "Didn't some Veela girls come through town recently?" he'd been working so much that he hadn't had time to come down the last few weeks, "I bet that made things interesting."
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				Post by: <strong>Altheras</strong> on <strong>02-11-2010, 20:13:47</strong>
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				Farastis managed a small smile, although the subject of women always made him uncomfortable. It was true, he was cute, and they were always hanging around him. They all loved to talk to him, thought he was cute, and that he was a good listener. Truthfully, the only interest he had in them was as friends. He had broken more than a few hearts by turning down their advances. He'd usually explained to them that he had his heart set on someone else that he could not admit his feelings to. This usually got a reply of 'lucky girl' or something like it.<br><br>"I'm not much for the girls... I mean I like them... I just..." He trailed off, suddenly seeming entranced by a spot on a mug he was wiping down. He had been about to say too much and had decided to leave it at that. There was a couple of veela here, they were only in town for two days though. They had plenty of men hanging all over them ya know? Didn't need me adding to their problems." He grinned, looking back up from his work.<br><br>"Norberta always was a charming dragon. I look forward to seeing her again soon." He rubbed the back of his neck, casting a longing glance at the door. "He's got ten minutes to get here, then I'm out. They'll just have to shut the bar if he doesn't show up. He was thirty minutes late yesterday!" Farastis looked distinctly grumpy at the thought. He was aware that his conversation was somewhat scattered, but Charlie had made him nervous with the mere mention of girls.
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				Post by: <strong>Jag</strong> on <strong>01-12-2010, 22:13:14</strong>
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				"Well, if my mother ever comes to visit, she'll be fixing us both up with every girl in town. She thinks she needs to play match maker if people aren't married by the time their twenty. Of course, the girl has to be to her liking as well. Took nearly three years for her to accept Bill's wife. Only did so because of what happened at Hogwarts the night Dumbledore died. I didn't think she was ever going to be nice to Fleur, but she managed to. I think what irks her the most is that I refuse to find one that she likes. I had a girlfriend in school, but..." he shrugged a little, "Just didn't work out. Mum's never let that go. She liked that girl and probably thinks I can't take care of myself since I broke up with someone she liked," Charlie didn't realize he was rambling a bit. He tended to get that way with Farastis. The bar tender was the only human he'd ever confided in, though not very much. Dragons were the only creatures he ever really expressed himself to, "It's not like I'm lonely or anything," which was true most of the time.<br><br>Feeling himself getting onto a sad subject again, he decided to stop talking about it, "Sorry. It's just getting annoying. She's sending letters almost every other day about it. I know she just wants me to be happy, but she can't seem to understand that I am happy," again, only a part time lie, "So yeah," he looked over his shoulder at the door, "I don't think Volko is gonna make it in any time soon. You've already been here for twelve hours," he reached over and took the cleaning rag away from Farastis, "Come on, they can't expect you to work all the time and for other people."<br><br>"We'll go hang out with Norberta for a bit and then have a few drinks at my place," it wasn't a date or anything. Charlie just wanted a human to hang around with for a little while and Farastis was the only person that didn't bother him, "Then I can tell Mum that I actually had a human in my house and maybe she'll get off my back for a bit," he joked, "Come on, what'd ya say? A few drinks and a little complaining about family and work," he smiled.
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				Post by: <strong>Altheras</strong> on <strong>06-12-2010, 09:56:22</strong>
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				Just as Farastis opened his mouth to agree, Volko walked through the door, waving to him cheerfully. He sighed at the other man, but threw up his hand in greeting anyway. "Aren't you just a little bit late? You gotta stop doin' this to me mate. I can't be working extra every day on top of the twelve hour shifts I'm pulling."<br><br>Volko sighed at him and nodded. "Sorry Fara, they've 'ad me working just as much as you have and me wife is getting restless. It's causing so much trouble at home. She thinks I've got another girlfriend or something. If they don't hire us another barkeep to split the time soon I'm gonna have to look for employment elsewhere!"<br><br>Fara looked a little bit shocked by the news that the man's wife would give him a hard time for working more and bringing in more money. It couldn't be helped he supposed. Women were often terribly picky creatures. Not all of them, of course. He had met a few that he enjoyed their company and got on with quite well, but many of them were like Volko's wife or Charlie's mom. While charming in their own way, he could never imagine himself living with a woman like that.<br><br>He sat down his cleaning rag and stepped out from behind the bar. "Sorry to hear that Volk, I'll leave yeh to it then and be off. See you tomorrow mate." <br><br>He looked back to Charlie, sighing softly and gesturing towards the door. "Well let's get going, cant' be standing around here with what little time I do have off ya know? The drinks at your place really sound nice. I haven't been anywhere but my own home and this bar in the past two weeks!"
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