As Ada rode into the mountains, first by car, then by horse-drawn carriage, and finally on the back of an elephant, she sensed the years of progress�...not always healthy progress—melting away, so that, when she arrived at the sprawling palace of interconnected wooden decks and open pavilions meandering around cliffs above deep, jungle-infested ravines that Sun Li called home, she had been transported back a century or more. There was no question from the moment they were helped off the elephants. "I'd hate to be the substitute after an introduction like that," observed Ron. "Why would Dumbledore talk about him that way?" Probably because the substitute was chosen by Umbridge," said Hermione. "After all, she has a lot of power in the school nowadays." If he's some ministry hack, maybe we should have some fun with him," observed George, his twin nodding his head in enthusiastic agreement.Umbridge turned to Dumbledore at the head table, demanding to know why she was not consulted when the. Ilet myself be guided along by Jools as she followed the signsleading towards the Coronary Care Unit. I let Jools do thetalking when she asked at the enquiries desk where Esther Evanswas. The nurse on duty, after confirming that I was close family,informed us that she was still in the procedure room and then shedirected us to the relatives' waiting area.Claire was sitting there looking quite forlorn as my father pacedup and down. He looked grey and haggard, old beyond his years,but still he. It felt good to see him smile . I commented about him smiling now and he said 2 words " It's you " . I'm like " what ?" . And he said " You're the reason I smile now " . My Heart skipped a beat . He said " I was lost in the DARKNESS of Life and you found me " . After that , him & I were together EVERY second of EVERY day . I took my breath away w/ EVERY look and touch . We now walked in the DARKNESS together , butt it was DARK Love . We camped out in the Cemetery , had sex in the.