Granger Enchanted: Enchanting the Bookworm

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANGER ENCHANTED

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANGER ENCHANTED

Hi everyone, your friendly neighbourhood Mistress here :D

I want to wish my beautiful site a very Happy First Birthday! I can scarcely believe that a year ago this site was only the fan fiction archive and a very base skin it was too. The manipped banner was by me and pitiful in comparison to the beautiful site we have today.

A Lot of hard work went into making the site how it is now, a lot of my badgering people for help, giving gifts in exchange for services :D, begging authors in reviews to come and post here when there was barely a 100 members and roughly ten stories. It was a testament to their faith in me that the site has flourished, they put their trust in my (at the time) little no name site and helped it grow!

Now we span, four fiction archives, four myspace, one live journal, one facebook, one gallery a main news site, a forum and over fifteen dedicated staffers :D

And how can I go past our wonderful authors. Each and every one of you has made my little idea of a Hermione centric site what it is today, from being loyal to our archive, to pimping it on their personal journals and to their friends and other writers.

To of course our wonderful readers, where would we be without you? Nowhere that's where :D thank you to those who have been loyal to us from the very beginning, who send me beautiful emails saying how much they love the site and that they don't go anywhere else now (that warms my heart)

To the wonderful Arthicule, MoonJamesKitten and Shay whom without we wouldn't have such beautiful skins and banners and to JACCI the skin queen, again without her I would hate to think what we would look like right now :D

And my wonderful support team, starting off with Curse Weaver (who helped me weed through names from Bewitched Bookworm to Enchanting the bookworm, eventually helping me land on Granger Enchanted) and of course she ran the original forums too :D

To Meia(another original author) thank you for all your support with the original forums and helping me out when I needed support and a shoulder to whine on :P you are a peach!

DJStroake one of our original authors on the site and also someone who has supported my from day one, starting off in The Dark Mark forums and ending up here :D ALso to Trins who has helped out immensely over the year thanks love! oh lol and of course for running the original Elysium before I accidentally deleted it :D

Wickedswanz! Who is my muse and my right hand witch, without her I doubt any of my stories would have come out half as good lol (modest huh?) She has been my sounding board for new ideas within the site, from colour changes to categories, I highly doubt the site would run so well without her input.

Sirsevchick (my lovely beta) and AnaSella Emm (my validations witch) you two ladies have made my life a whole lot easier, especially when I ran off and left you with the validations and rejections lol (thanks girls) also to Sirsevchick, you make me look good with your constant corrections and constructive criticism and your friendship I love you baby doll! lol

To Punkindoodle, Redneckmama and Lumiere you three ladies I adore for taking over the sister sites when my time was spread so thin I had started to pull my hair out, strand by strand...lol thanks girls for doing such a wonderful job!!!

Valady and Ellaselenelupin, you two girls are so special to me, doing daily updates of all four sites on our main website and the live journal what darlings you are! *big smooches to both of you*

LadyLynn of course I have to thank you for running the four myspace pages we currently have and for listening to me whine when no one else was online lol you're the best!

Again to AnaSella Emm for running our successful facebook account you're a peach! :D

Svelte Rose you darling for constantly surprising me with wonderful challenge banners :D *licks for you*

Now for some personal thanks...Sandy, Berta, Nicole, Lori. I talk to you ladies every day (one of you by phone lol) and I adore all of you. Mainly because you are my support network, you make me feel comfortable with my decisions and always back me up, never afraid to be honest and tell me when I'm being an arse and that means a lot to me. To my husband for supporting my HP addiction and my original writing even if he thinks I'm slightly weird (but tells me he loves me all the more for it) and to my dear friend Brett who runs our forums, you make me laugh and brighten my day...and keep the forums beautiful.

If I have forgotten someone please do not take it personally, I do appreciate each and every person who has contributed to this site, whether it be a simple review, a banner for one of our authors or submitting a story. Each and every member of our archive is valued and loved and trust me when I say I wouldn't have any of you any other way (well maybe a few of you lol)

Lastly to all of those who joined in our first week of operation...YoungChica, mmverm, Scifichick774, VB23, Ophelia Immortal, shalimar1981 (I know I know not everyone is listed but I'd be here forever) thank you for joining when we were so pitiful :D

My love to each and every one of you, the domain is registered for another two years so have no fear of us going anywhere!

Plus we have an original writing forum opening just after christmas!!!

Love to everyone,

Jodes aka MistressMalfoy

Posted 18 Dec 2007 by MistressMalfoy | 1 Comments |

Cheating: the Scoop!

Hello again to all my loyal readers. As I have said before I would find the real story for you and during the last few days, that is exactly what I have done.
It seems that Mr. Pucey was indeed escorting Miss Granger around Diagon Alley and they were seen in several hops together looking cosy.

After reaching Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Pucey, I was able to set up an interview with
both gentlemen in the Whistling Weasels, the premiere wizards club, run by none other than the Infamous Weasley Twins. As many of you know, this club selects it's members by invitation only and costs a hefty chunk each year to maintain that privilege.

Both of our interviewees are long standing members. Being one of the few women to ever grace the halls of this establishment I decided to take a few extra moments and savour the masculine beauty of it all.
I was led into a small meeting room by none other than Mr. George Weasley himself. The two young men were lounging in leather chairs, fire whiskeys beside them. I had come expecting to be spoken down to and ordered off as soon as the interview was done, but I quickly learned that was not the case at all.

I started by asking Mr. Pucey what he was doing with Miss Granger and both men chuckled. Mr. Pucey leaned forward and gave me the most roguish grin and said to please call him Adrian. Nodding my head I complied.
It seemed he was in Diagon Alley with Miss Granger and that Mr. Malfoy, or rather Draco as I was instructed to address him, knew about it.

Adrian was taking Miss Granger to the dress shop and local jewelers to have her ring refitted. A ring that Draco had given to her. No it was not an engagement ring, I was told, at least not yet! He also brought her to the dress shop to pick up her order that she had placed the week before.

After a few inquiries I learned she was getting a new wardrobe for her and Draco's upcoming vacation to someplace very tropical. To where, Draco would not divulge.

Draco was away on business and trusted no one with his female companion other than his good friend Adrian. He said he would also trust Blaise Zabini, heir of the Zabini empire, but as he was with Draco on business, that would not have been possible.

At this point Mr. Fred Weasley entered the room and asked if anyone would like lunch. After placing our orders, we continued.

The interview lasted almost an hour and cleared up a lot of things for me. One being that Draco was and still is very much in love with Miss Granger; two: when you have that much money and good looks, anyone who says anything against your choices can and will be shut up quickly and quietly; three: he is ready to defend his relationship with Miss Granger to the death; four: his parents are happy he is finally chosen just one girl and are no longer obsessed with the whole pureblood rhetoric; five: Adrian is a hopeless flirt and romantic and from what I've heard, Blaise is that way also; six: Draco used to be with them in those categories, now being the difference, he is taken!

Finally upon leaving I was given an unlimited all access pass to the club, by the very flirtatious owners and an invitation to interview them next time. Having been given that privilege, this witch is certainly going to be cashing it in.
So my loyal readers, we have solved the mystery of one Hermione Granger and Adrian Pucey. A simple day out in the company of a trusted friend.
I wonder if Messers Weasley have any information they would like my adoring readers to learn of???

Until the next story,
Your most humble Gossip Queen
Yente Malka

Posted 02 Feb 2007 by MistressMalfoy | 0 Comments |

Cheating???

Well all my loyal and intelligent readers, this reporter has some very interesting information to divluge to you!
While casually strolling through Diagon Alley this morning, I came across and witnessed with my own eyes, a very juicy tidbit and I had to rush back and make sure this piece made it to you before nightfall!

To my complete shock and surprise, there stood our very own Golden Girl herself, Hermione Granger, but unlike a couple of weeks ago, the Slytherin Prince, Draco Malfoy, was not attached to her arm. No my dear readers, instead it was none other than one of Slytherin's best former chaser's and newest Quidditch Star sensation Adrian Pucey!
What ever happened to our poor dear Mr. Malfoy? Was he not famous enough for her or was he lacking in some other areas?
If rumours are to be believed then Mr. Malfoy has nothing to worry about in the packaging department. So why did our little book worm jump ship, so to speak?
There have been several rumours circulating about this newest couple. From, they are only friends, although that would be hard to believe by the display given to onlookers in the Alley, to she is carrying his child, and going from said display, this one seems closer to the truth.
What this reporter intends to find out for all of her readers is what is the truth and what is rumour!
Never fear my readers, I will get the whole story for you and we will find out exactly why our Princess has been caught more than once now with a different man each time!
Stay tuned in for more truthful drama to come!

Your Most Humble Gossip Queen
Yente Malka

Posted 02 Feb 2007 by MistressMalfoy | 0 Comments |