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Username: [Eskimo]
Mares name: Lady Mélange
Temper: Blasé

Main image: Frankie

Additional Image links (optional): Glowy Frankie - Brighter - Pre-Frankie, size comparison - Frankie`s other side - Proof

Story of the/Behind the pumpkin: OKAY, this is a true story. Sorry to disappoint since there's no fantastical stuff here, but maybe it's still worth sharing!

Over the years, it's been a tradition of my family's to carve at least one pumpkin every Halloween, sometimes even two. But one of them always has to be kind of...well, not-so-scary. Picture something similar to Sloth from The Goonies, carve it into a pumpkin, and you have the basic formula for a Frankie jack-o-lantern. My dad came up with the name when we were really little, and it stuck. Sometimes he has pointy pumpkin cut-out wedge ears, sometimes he doesn't.

For whatever reasons, we were very busy this October, and the chance to buy a big pumpkin kept passing us by. Maybe the ones we saw at the store were too small, or the road-side stands ran out too fast, etc. SO, here comes the 31st, and we don't have a pumpkin for the first time...ever. I went out with my mom to get some shopping done, and I was determined to find one. We asked one grocery store, then the next, and no one had any left. On the way home, we saw this little road-side grocery store that sells fresh produce. We asked the guy if he had any pumpkins. He told us he had two--one painted one, and one that can't be carved. We went in to look. The first one was some kind of gourd-pumpkin hybrid that could NOT be carved, and the second was about as long as your hand, and had an owl painted on one side. My mom was hesitant. Seriously, it had a painting on one side. Why would you carve that? But I was determined to have a jack-o-lantern to keep the unbroken tradition, polyurethane and all.

We took the owl one. When I got home, I sketched out a little Frankie face in a sketchbook, got my carving tools out, and got to work carving his face. It was the first time I carved a pumpkin myself, and I was really happy because we had a Frankie pumpkin on Halloween. 8D

Additional info (optional): I carved him with a teeny, tiny beginner's carving kit for kids that I've had since I was little. Frankie spent some time on the porch fulfilling his life-long dream, and now he's sitting on the kitchen counter, keeping me company.

Username: CheshireKttty
Mares name: Liora Hallows
Temper: Distrustful

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Story of the/Behind the pumpkin: It all began with a letter. Oh no, not just any letter, this was by far the most important letter of my life. What letter you might ask? Well, let's just say it went a little something like this; 'We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.'

After squeeing for a good hour or two, I began to collect my things. Of course I'd need to pack some clothes, but soon I'd be able to ditch the muggle outfits for some robes. What else did a witch pack? I supposed I would need the basics and packed as I normally would. Once I finished I made my way to Diagon alley where I could pick up the rest of my supplies.

Hours later, I found myself stepping into the rather crammed store of Olivander's. I'd never seen so many wands before! Then again I supposed that I'd never seen any wands before. Then, before I had much time to look around, a rather odd man beckoned for me to follow him. He led me to a far corner where he promptly placed a wand in my hand. Startled, I started to draw my hand away and it immediately began shooting sparks out of the tip.

"No no, that won't do." He muttered to himself as he continued on in his search. Determined, he placed another one in my hand. This time I stood still, waiting to see what happened. Once again it shot out sparks, but not as violently, more in a gentle way. "Ah! Rowan wood, Unicorn core, 11 1/2 inches and slightly springy. That'll be 7 gold Galleons please." He smiled up at me and I handed him the Galleons and made my way out of the store. It seemed, I had obtained my wand! Filled with excitement, I continued my shopping before making my way to platform 9 3/4.

Even more time passed and I found myself shuffled amongst hundreds of other first years, all waiting to be sorted into our houses. A rather stern looking witch maneuvered us into line and one by one the Sorting hat called out houses. As the number of students in front of me dwindled, I could feel the pit growing in my stomach. What if I didn't like the house I was put into? What if I was sorted wrong? I didn't know anyone here, who would I be friends with? Before I had a chance to worry further, I found myself sitting with the hat upon my head. It seemed to think for a moment before shouting out, "HUFFLEPUFF!" I felt myself quickly swallowed up by the crowd as my fellow housemates patted me on the back and congratulated me.

Additional info (optional): Basically, I decided to be a Hufflepuff for Halloween smile Even my Gaia Avi is a Hufflepuff. I also had my pottermore wand commissioned. I got to thinking about it and realized that if I had a patronus, it would be a horse smile So my patronus pumpkin was born. (the wand is kind of small and off to the side)

Oh and I couldn't find the cord for my camera so I had to use my phone >.> sorry bout the quality.

Pattern used for horse cause I failed at drawing one myself.

WINNER IZ.....

First off I gotta say everyone's pumpkins turned out beautifully! 8DD *horrible at carving pumpkins omg* All the rl pumpkin alternates were awesome as well!! Everyone has such cute and amazing ideas. ; A; <3333

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Anyway...

Sorry for the delay. This was a hard decision since everyone came up with such good stuff, but after looking over all the pumpkins (and their stories for those that included them) we've come to a decision. C:





The winner of the mare is... Nyx Queen of Darkness!

Congratulations Nyx!!


Edit: Guys, she followed the rules.

B) Describing the story your Pumpkin portrays.

She did an original design based on a story, and portrayed it in the pumpkin. She then described what it was. Lyrics, Stories, etc COUNT as this. It never said it had to be Your own original story, Just that you had to explain to those of us who don't know the story how it relates to it. It WAS an option made available to everyone.