Previously On Alternity: Year Three, Autumn Term

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Previously On Alternity: Year Three, Autumn Term
September 1 - December 31, Year Three (2010, realtime)
 

Other Previously on Alternity Recaps:
September 1 - December 31, Year One
January 1 - April 30, Year One
May 1 - August 31, Year One
September 1 - December 31, Year Two
January 1 - April 30, Year Two
May 1 - August 31, Year Two
September 1 - December 31, Year Three
 

As always, this summary does not include all the subplots, etc., and it's not in precise date order, but it should provide a starting point!

• At Platform 9 3/4, Neville did something to irritate Draco (and Harry, starting a feud between Harry and Ron). The Dementors got onto the train, but Raz took care of it (yes, Harry fainted). Evelyn was sorted into Gryffindor. The Dementors stationed around the castle were troubling.
• Pansy sent Sirius an owl, after Hermione hinted he wasn't dead.
• Harry's year began their electives; some were in Dark Arts with Alecto Carrow, and everybody enjoyed Professor Brutka's Care of Magical Creatures class (Luna was jealous to not be in it yet!). In Defence Against the Dark Arts, a boggart was the first order of business. It was generally unpleasant for everyone. Professor Carpenter's Divination class went about as well as could be expected. Professor Carrow seemed to be singling Draco out.
• Sirius worked to turn Terrie (who'd recognized him through his disguise) into a source in the camps.
• Terry considered trying to become an Animagus. Dean appeared to be playing both sides - pro- and anti-Protectorate.
• There was an incident where private journal messages became public. At first, Bill was suspected, but he was later cleared.
• Someone (read: Padma and Seamus) hexed Ron to say 'my parents couldn't buy me brains if they wanted to' every time he was spoken to. His friends tried to help.
• There seemed to be increased pressure on half-bloods to behave properly, with the "Sisters in Witchcraft" programme (and a separate one for boys, the "Sons of Wizardry"). As a result, Michael Corner found out that he's actually a halfblood - his "father" isn't his biological dad. Michael's parents' apothecary shop was robbed; he thought it was connected - but was it actually Snape? And there seemed to be a pattern...
• Harry got the Grim in his Divination teacup, but couldn't convince Professor Carpenter it was.
• The Young Protectors League continued; the first speaker was Rabastan. Another activity was planned: amateur theatricals. Meanwhile, the first meeting of the "Sisters in Witchcraft" went well.
• While Sirius stopped producing Grim Truths - after all, he's "dead" - some impostors sprung up.
• Hermione saw a dark-haired man in Hogsmeade, causing the protections around Harry to tighten further. The Order suspected it to be related to the apothecary robberies, and Sirius kept watch. However, on the actual day of the first Hogsmeade visit, someone - Snape! - broke into the castle. Meanwhile, Harry and Draco found out a bunch about the Razzer's generation.
• The MLE caught someone disloyal through her private messages, although she was unrelated to the Order.
• The Dementors attacked a Quidditch match, causing Harry to fall off his broom. In response Harry was prevented from flying - but not Draco.
• Lupin and Tonks began to operate a speakeasy/café out of "Junius Ponds'" shop. And - Nymphadora's pregnant, though it took Lupin (and her!) a little while to be reconciled to it.
• Somebody killed Evelyn Longbottom's cat, and it looks like it might have been Professor Carrow - in fact, Sirius confirmed that it was.
• Crispin, Lucius' secretary, quit (garnering Lucius' wrath). The replacement did not work out. Neither did the next one. The next is still hanging in there.
• There were more babies to rescue from the camps, but one of them was very, very ill. On the same trip, Sirius and Frank managed to beat up Professor Carrow in retaliation for Evelyn's cat, which raised the MLE's suspicion that Snape and Macnair were responsible. It all came out all right for the Order, though Carrow seemed to have lasting effects, probably due to alcohol withdrawals.
• Sirius' "body" was "found" and put on public view. It was cause for celebration for some, but not others. Everybody was more or less obligated to go see the body as a show of loyalty. Some students found a clever way to avoid looking too closely.
• Harry had to stay at Hogwarts (except one trip to see the body, which was his "Christmas present from Father"), and Hydra maneuvered into being able to stay too. When Ron and Harry's friends started fighting over this, Percy compelled Ron to make him apologise.
• Fred & George gave Terry something special.
• At Taunton Deane, there was a disturbance timed to coincide with a Christmas musical event - just as Bach's Cantata 140 AKA "Sleepers Wake" (warning: link goes to Wikipedia) was played.
• Pansy's mum got remarried, to much gossip-section to-do (and resulting in some shenanigans regarding Pansy's inheritance). Another couple got married, too - Nymphadora and Lupin!

Comments

[aedifica]

O Modly Being, could you add a link to the Spring Year Three recap post to this one? I got this far and didn't realize there was a recap post for Spring until I went back to an earlier recap post and saw a link for it there.

[aedifica]

P.S. Thank you very much for these recaps! I just started reading Alternity and having the recaps is helping enormously.

[alt_moderator]

We're really really glad that the recaps are helping and that you've found us!

But. The years start with the Autumn Term (a "year" in Alternity runs from September 1 - August 31), so this post is the first term of Year Three. The Spring Term is the second term of the year, so there wouldn't be a link in this post yet.