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 Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:55 pm
 (Page 2)8London "Bombings" Put Magical Market on the Fritz By Figgy Prewett----The normally stable Magical Market took a roller coaster ride following what the muggles are calling terrorist bombings in London. These attacks hit close to one of the most important merchandising centers of the Magical world, Diagon Ally. Wizarding consumers, however, are flooding to this major shopping capital in the largest number that the area has seen in almost a hundred years. These patrons are claiming that they need not to fear an attack in Diagon Ally because of the countless spells that are protecting it. Their fear of another attack has brought all of them to the shopping metropolitan of London to brace themselves, disrupting the steady market.
----The normal upwards crank of the thousands of products bought and sold in the shops and on the streets of Diagon Ally took it's first drop after the attack when panicking witches and wizards began flooding into Gringotts Wizarding Bank and empting their accounts and vaults of all assets and gold. Their fears being that the attacks, three out of four occurring on the London Underground, were an attempt to steal gold from the Goblin-run bank. When the Head Goblin was questioned if these fears were at all reasonable, however, he replied,"The attacks weren't even within a mile of any of our vaults! Even if some idiot did find a way get himself that deep into London, nothing can penetrate a Gringotts vault! Besides, who would want to, anyways?" When questioned why someone wouldn't want to get into a vault of one of the largest wizarding banks in the world, he simply smiled and replied, "You've no idea what's down there, do you? Does no one read the front doors anymore?"
----While Gringotts is having trouble, many other markets are soaring. Many of those who withdrew their money have made magical theft device prices skyrocket. Those who prefer to think that the attack was to hurt people (be they muggle or magical), rather than to get riches, have brought up a different market.
----Foe-Glass, Secrecy Sensor, and Sneakoscopes are all dark detectors. Actually, the most highly sought after dark detectors in Diagon Ally. These little magical gadgets have done so well since the attacks, that their prices have more than doubled and phony ones are popping up all over for slightly cheaper prices. Diagon Ally shopkeepers suggest that those seeking a genuine dark detector should buy exclusively from shops and not street corners."...at least read the warranty before you buy the bloody thing!" said a frustrated shop and repair owner in Diagon Ally who preferred to remain anonymous. "I've had people coming in ever since those damn Death Eaters blew up the underground!* 'The shapes in my Foe-Glass don't move at all...' 'My Sneakoscope hasn't gone off at all, not even when my brother-in-law sneaked dung in my spaghetti and meat balls...' Well, what do you expect to happen when you buy dirty glass and pretty muggle Christmas ornaments without even bothering to read the warranty!? They get all peeved off when I have to tell them they've just spent 20, 30, even 50 galleons on useless pieces of junk!"
----Potion ingredients for protection spells are selling like hot cakes as well. Ingredients to other types of potions are selling as well such as the Draft of Peace, Calming Solutions, Disguising Potions, and other such potions. Books to make all these spells are selling out as well. Mystical items used in divination are becoming new necessities as well. People who have never so much as touch a crystal ball are buying them in six-packs along with incense, herbs, stones, and books to decipher everything from stars and crystal balls to tealeaves and tarot cards. They are all looking for answers as to what is next. One of the largest booms in purchase, however, has been in transportation.
----Magical parents, who once used muggle transportation because of it?s cheapness, are now flooding to the shops for Floo Powder. Their reason being that most magical fireplaces that are connected by the Floo Network are protected from blasts and explosions, like the ones on the London Underground, by charms and spells. Many of those parents are very reluctant indeed to put their children on the Hogwarts Express this fall. "It's bad enough that we have to worry about the usual stuff and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named running about somewhere*. I've written to the Ministry asking to connect a Hogwarts fireplace to us so I wont have to worry about my 3 sons." said a distressed mother of 8 who was buying large quantities of the flammable transporting powder.
----One thing is for sure, the magical world is having an upsurge in buying defensive items at the moment and even the highest resistances in the world will not quench the people's thrust for security. One can only hope that this thirst for protection wont last for long, or it may destroy the market for other items, for leisure and profit, for example.
*The Hogwarts Monthly can neither confirm nor deny accusations made by those interviewed
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:01 pm
9 Puddlemore United vs. Appleby Arrows
A Play-By-Play
Hello and welcome to the season's first quidditch match of the Great Britain & Ireland National Cup season. Today playing is Puddlemore United vs. the Appleby Arrows! Now entering the field and taking their lap around the field Puddlemore United! *crowd cheering* Here come the Appleby Arrows! *crowd cheering* Now entering the referee with the chest. The teams gather around the ref.... The players are now taking their positions and mounting their brooms.... The snitch is released.... The quaffle is thrown high.... there's the whistle and their off.... Puddlemore grabs the quaffle, passes.... Passes again.... The quaffle is shot the Appleby keeper dives.... SAVES!! The keeper passes the the Appleby Chasers.... They form a V shape formation.... Passes back.... Passes to the right.... Passes up front, shoots.... GOAL! 10 points for the Appleby Arrows! Puddlemore chasers take possession of the quaffle, passes.... Oh dodges an Appleby Chaser.... Dodges a bludger, passes.... Shoots.... GOAL! It's a tie with 10 points each.... Appleby keeper passes.... Appleby chaser makes the V shape formation again..... Passes back.... OUCH hit by a bludger from Puddlemore.... Puddlemore takes possession.... Passes.... Shoots.... GOAL! Another 10 points for Puddlemore! The score 20 to 10 Puddlemore.... Appleby takes possession.... Passes.... Shoots.... The Puddlemore keeper dives.... SAVED! Puddlemore keeper passes.... The Puddlemore Chasers make a line one mext to another.... Passes to the center.... Pas.. OH so close from stealing the quaffle.... Puddlemore passes to the center, shoots.... The keeper dives.... GOAL! 30 to 10 Puddemore.... Appleby keeper passes.... Appleby chasers make a line straight up and down.... Passes up.... WOAH cutting it close to that bludger.... Passes all the way down.... Shoots.... The Puddlemore keeper dives.... GOAL! 30 to 20 Appleby still needs 1 more goal to catch up.... Puddlemore chasers with the quaffle.... Passes.... OH the quaffle is caught by the Appleby Chasers.... Appleby passes.... Shoots.... GOAL! The score tied 30 to 30. Puddlemore takes possession.... Passes.... Dodges a bludger, passes, shoots.... OH SAVED by the Appleby keeper.... Passes.... WOW as soon as they chasers get the quaffle they pass it.... They shoot.... GOAL! 30 to 40 Appleby taking the lead.... Puddlemore keeper passes.... Puddlemore chasers make the line next to eachother constantly passing, shoots.... The keeper dives.... GOAL! That was a nice try but it wasn't good enough. The score tied 40 to 40.... WHAT? It looks like the seekers are off and on the move they have spotted the snitch.... Oh he Appleby Arrows have the quaffle.... Passes.... Shoots.... GOAL! 40 to 50 Appleby pulling ahead.... Puddlemore passing.... shoots.... GOAL! Score is tied 50 to 50.... Oh the seekers are neck and neck.... WOW they are weaving in and out of the other players very fast.... Appleby Seeker pulling ahead.... OH MY GOSH..... PUDDLEMORE CATHCES THE SNITCH! With just that one burst of speed they pulled ahead just in time! The crowd Cheering for Puddlemore United as they take their lap around the field.... Puddlemore United taking one step closer to the Great Britain and Ireland National Cup! I'm Kevin Valeros Signing off!
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:03 pm
10 The Final Year
Chapter 2:
The Marauders By Christen Wilson
----"Who is that? Where did she come from?" A voice had sounded in Hermione's mind and she was trying to recognize it. "I don't know but we should get her to Madam Pomphrey" another voice replied which sounded more caring then the other. "Moony you always care about everything don't you?" The first one said. "Padfoot shut up?" the one named Moony replied coldly.
----"Make me" Padfoot said. Hermione's eyes shot open at the two names and she sat up at that. Standing there were two boys arguing with each other, one was a sandy haired one with golden eyes and the other one had dark black hair with apparently unknown color of eyes. "Hey if you hadn't taken notice you mutt the girl has woken up!" Moony said shoving him over playfully.
----"Remus please, stop acting like Sirius" another male's voice had sounded from behind Hermione. "Well anyway?"Remus interrupted walking over to Hermione "Are you ok?" he asked helping her up. "Yeah um where is Dumbledore?" Hermione asked. "I'll take you to him if you want me to?" Sirius said getting up from where he fell over. Hermione shook her head "That's ok, um Remus can help?" She replied pointing to him.
----"Oh great a girl we don't know and she knows our names" Sirius muttered which then Remus hit him upside the head. "We were fighting and she woke up during it. We said both our names." He said smacking him again upside the head. "Ok alright stop!" Sirius said sighing. Hermione couldn't help but laugh inside. She used to see Remus do that all the time when she was with Harry and...Ron...Suddenly but slowly tears formed in her eyes as she begin to sob lightly. Remus noticed this and he patted her on the back "Come lets go" He said as if knowing why she was crying.
----The two left the boys staring at them lost in confusion but Remus didn't care, he wanted to get the new girl to where she wanted to go. "What?s your name by the way?" He asked quietly. "Hermione....Hunter" Hermione said quickly making up the weirdest last name she even thought was weird. "Nice last name" Remus said smirking. They had finally made it up to the entrance to his office Remus said the password and let Hermione go on from there. The staircase slowly rose up revealing a door at the end.
----Meanwhile, back where Sirius and James were, Remus walked up and sighed. "Ms. Hunter is surely an oddball like you Lupin" Sirius teased and Remus glared at him. "Oh really, you mean she is smart like me and not like you?" he said smirking. Sirius just rolled his eyes and waved it off. "Well James and I are heading down to the Great hall want to come?" he asked and Remus shook his head no. "I think I'll wait for Hermione"he said.
Back in the Future/Present
----"Where is Hermione?" Harry asked Ron as they walked down the hall and down the stairs to go outside. Ron shrugged. "I haven?t seen her since last night" He replied. Harry sighed and when he hit the bottom step he found his cloak lying in a heap, it was amazing no one stole it. "Ron, I lent that to her last night and here it is without her." He said stopping then he picked it up. "I wonder what happened to her" Ron asked looking around. "Lets go talk to Dumbledore he MIGHT know" Harry said running back up the stairs with Ron following behind him.
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:04 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:05 pm
12 A New Beginning
Chapter One:
The Letter By Christen Wilson
Tom's POV
----I've always thought that my family hated me and didn't want me anymore; hence they dumped me in this Orphanage. Maybe that's what happened, maybe not, I will be sure to find out later, well that's what I promised myself anyway. Never getting to know your family makes it as if you never had them. Of course, I had to get that feeling. Psssh if I could have gotten to known them I would still be there and be...dare I say it, happy. Yes, Happy, Tom Riddle being happy just doesn't sound right when I get to thinking about it, and yes I mean in the cheerful way...It's just sad that I never knew them.
----It was just another normal, yet very boring day at the orphanage, or as we children shall say it, prison but I didn't care, I just stuck to reading in hiding places that only I find. Well today was different cause one of the adults came into the room I was currently residing in with a letter looking very pleased with herself, her name was Sarah Jolkins. "What's that?" I asked curiously as she came up to me and handed it to me. My heart skipped a beat when I looked at the address. Someone knew where I was and it was starting to get creepy, who or what was Hogwarts?. Turning it over I looked at the seal and I could have sworn I died cause it surely felt my heart had skipped three beats so I just sat there breathless staring at the letter. It felt like ages before Sarah tapped me on the shoulder returning me to reality in an instant, I ripped open the side of the letter and two pieces of parchment fell out onto the table I let it fall onto. Picking up the first one I read silently.
----Dear Mr. Riddle,
--------We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later then July 31.
----Yours Sincerely,
----Armando Dippet
----Headmaster.
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:06 pm
13 Sneaking Griffindors, Chapter One: Secrets Revealed By Christen Wilson
----Alexandria Johnson is such a weird name, in my opinion, but apparently, my parents wanted to name me that and here I am. I only knew my mother for at least one year before she had passed away in a raid of our house, yes those demons in cloaks raided OUR house and killed my mother cause they had wanted to take me but I never knew that since I was only 2 years old. Who would remember when they were two? Not many people but I sure do remember hearing laughter, just cold evil laughter. My sister Serafina saved me and had gone into hiding just to take care of me so I grew up and didn't die or something like that. Oh yeah, I forgot to say something about my father, well the father I never knew cause he passed away a year before I was born and all I know is that it involved his work.
----I did grow up well and all but also somewhat poor. The good thing was that I showed magical signs, like blowing something up (outside, thank god) or levitating an object. At the age of 11 we received a letter from the magic school Hogwarts, I had no idea that I would become a witch, my sister was soo excited because she had gone there and had graduated with honors and everything. Well here I am now, in my second year wandering around aimlessly outside on the grounds because I had gotten detention for what my fifth time? My first year was all grades and studying but now I am getting in trouble as much as the marauders. Well the thing I didn't know was that someone's secret would be revealed to me without them knowing.
----The sun had set on the western side of the castle as I walked down a path next to the forbidden forest. I'm always alone, never with any friends, with no one. Well except my sister and my brother in-law but that doesn't count. Anyway, where was I? oh yeah. I was walking down the path near the forest fiddling with my wand in my pocket. "11 inches basilisk fang and werewolf hair for the core along with it being willow wood." I muttered stopping when I heard something come out the newest planted whompin willow. It was something large and hairy, I wonder what it was but my suspicion soon was figured out, the creature howled at the full moon which meant only one thing. It was a werewolf. Whipping my wand out I pointed it at the creature knowing I won't be able to fend myself off for long cause I am only a second year. "Stay away" I muttered to it but it saw me and crept closer. I stood as still as a statue hoping it would go away. The beast walked up to me sniffing at my robes. Something was familiar about it but I couldn't tell what. The werewolf looked at me after backing up a little then it ran off, the sudden thought struck my mind. "Soft brown fur, golden eyes, was that...No way, Remus Lupin!?"
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:14 pm
14 New Forum Code ReleasedPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 Provided by the loverly Jakobo heart Gaia Online Forums New Forum Code Release Well, if you are here, and you are reading this, then congratulations, you made it with us! What you are looking at hopefully looks exactly like the previous forums, however, we've changed just about everything. Probably the most significant of these is the lack of "archived" or "offline" posts. Additionally, post editing will be reenabled once we know the code is going to be okay. Additionally, there are two known issues we are currently resolving.
1) Threads older than 21 days might be slow to load. This is because they may still need to be paginated. This will add about 2-3 seconds to the thread's loading time for the first load only. From then on, the loading process should be lightening fast.
2) Threads older than 21 days may not be able to have their posts called by ID. A call by id will look like:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1234567#1234567
We are still in the process of indexing the 40 million+ posts, and should have that completed over the next few days.
The following posts contain some additional information that you may find useful concerning the migration. FAQs
Why is ______ disabled still?
During the initial hours of the new forum code release, we have turned off most features of the site. Rewriting the forums means that several files have had small adjustments. To ensure everything is working, we are enabling features one at a time until the entire site is live again.
Where did my post go?
If you do not see an older post, it may be that it has not been fully migrated to the new system.
Why did my thread lose pages?
Under the original system, pagination was done in a way that did not work well with threads greater than 100 pages. Often times, going to the "last" page in a thread would return an empty page. This has been corrected, and the page numbers have been recalculated for every thread on the site. No pages were actually lost, but instead, the counter was set appropriately.
Why are my Subscriptions Failing?
Subscriptions may be failing due to any number of things (see FAQ 1). Since they were turned on with the forums, it may take us a bit to straighten them out so that they are working fully.
Why are there only 14 posts on a page?
Under the new pagination system, deleted posts will not cause posts to move "forward" a slot. The result of this can be less than 15 posts on a page. This is expected behaviour. Jakobo New bbCode and Smilies
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:16 pm
15 Hogwarts Monthly Promotions!
I have been fortunate enough to have two more good, fairly steady writers. They may not have been able to write in every issue, but they have put their heart and soul into what they've written all the same. They do not even have to do what they do. I mean, this is their own leisure time that they are writing in and I am proud to promote them this month into a higher rank among my writers. Not only have they gained my complete trust and undying gratitude, but they will also receive a pay raise with my thanks.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* First is a Guy who definitely loves his topic. He spends what must be hours going though books to give us the most authentic articles one could hope for. He's our guy who gives us the know-how on Quidditch, he's... DevilsDarkAngel!  *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* My other dedicated writer is usually doing work elsewhere and still finds time where she can to write for me. She is a dedicated Moderator (I think our youngest one, actually) She's the girl who writes with flare, she's... Rea Black! (a.k.a. RubyRays)  *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Thank you, to all my writers, no matter if you've written once or more, and keep up the good work!
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:24 pm
16
Awards ----Finally, the awards. Some are handed out every issue, some only every 4 or 6. These are the writers that are considered, by their colleges, their readers, and myself, as especially talented...
This Month:
The Chief Chatter Award goes to...
Christen Wilson!
With 596 words in her article: The Final Year:-Chapter 2: The Marauders , 361 words in ] A New Beginning:- Chapter One: The Letter, and 528 in her third article Sneaking Griffindors:-Chapter One: Secrets Revealed. Making a total of 1,485 words for this article alone!
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And the Publisher's Choice Award goes to...
Also goes to
Christen Wilson as well!
with her article titled:
Sneaking Griffindors:-Chapter One: Secrets Revealed
(Which the Publisher considers her best piece of work yet!)
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And this issue, I get to be the happy one to hand out the The Big Blabber Award!
This award is given out every 6 months to the writer who wrote the most in those 6 months!
And the award goes to...
Christen Wilson!
Who has, so far, written a total of 4, 618 words for the paper!
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Finally, next issue I will be handing out the paper's second Writer's Academy Award! It is given out after every 3 months/issues to the best article, voted on by Hogwarts Monthly's writers. So, whether you have written for me once or four times, almost 5,000 words or almost 150, please PM your editor your candidate/vote on your favorite article from issues 4-6 only.
Thank you,
Mafalda Prewett
(Editor)
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:25 pm
17 Final Note from the Editor:
----Did you like that issue? I'm glad if you did, but if you think it is still lacking please send me feedback through this very thread. I enjoy "Good Work!"s but in order to continuing a constant upward climb I must receive things to work on. So tell me what you seriously think and you don't have to sugar coat it.. wink
Thank you for your coments in advance,
Mafalda Prewett
(Signing Off)
(Sorry DevilsDarkAngel, but I like the line so much I needed to use it)
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:50 pm
----I am so sorry this issue is so late! And ?d like to give a huge thanks to my little sister for staying up all night with me last night, writing articles for me, making images, and (on top of all of that) she donated all her pay straight back to paper. She has been invaluable to me in making this issue, and I?m thankful for it. Anyways, I?ve decided to keep my Operation Scourgify ads and I hope you all continue to take pleasure from them. Remember, I want some criticism, so I can improve.
-Mafalda Prewett
(Hogwarts Monthly Editor) Quote: INDEX:-:Headline News:- Post 1: Crowds gather to remember VJ Day -:Local News:- Post 2: Highly Admired Student Will Be Missed Post 3: Howlers Post 4: New trading cards Post 5: Witch of the Month Post 6: Angilwingz?s Monthly Funnies Post 7: Birthdays -:Business:- Post 8: Harry Potter and the Half Blott?s Prince Post 9: The back to School Boom -:Opinion/Writer?s Corner:- Post 10: A New Beginning, Chapter Two Post 11: The Forgotten Equipment Post 12: a Continuation Post 13: Excited Parents New friends new hopes and the express -:Nation & World (Gaia):- Post 14: The Return of Gino Collage Post 15: The Truth Figured Out -:Editor?s Notes:- Post 16: Thank You Donators! Post 17: Hogwarts Monthly Promotions Post 18: Awards Post 19: Final Note
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:57 pm
1 Crowds gather to remember VJ Day ---Witches and wizards all over Europe have met Oxfordshire to secretly commemorate the 60th anniversary of the defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald, which the muggles call "VJ day". Despite many letters to the minister to rename it "Dumbledore Day"(with gratitude to the man who defeated him), the Ministry has decided to keep the muggle's name for the holiday so that the wizarding world can celebrate as well. "After all," a ministry official said, "the death of Grindelwald was a victory for muggle and magical people alike. It would be a crime to segregate between us on such a glorious day." To see the full details of the muggle version of this story, go here at BBC news.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:13 am
2 Highly Admired Student Will Be Missed By Mafalda Prewett
---One of the school's most active student, Grey_Temerity, graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with honors. Grey, as many students fondly call him, first came to us (by transfer) on March 14th, 2005. Within his first month here at Hogwarts, Grey not only made more posts than over half the student body, he caught the eyes of the Heads and gained titles like the "Hogwarts Monthly's Wizard of the Month." He not only did that, but he won the hearts of everyone in this school and was asked, unanimously, by the heads and students to be the Master of Ceremonies over the school's first party (that is, under our current Headmistress.) He graciously accepted the responsibility, starting the Bookn? Bash on July 14th and ended with the release of the book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Grey also chose this event to leave Hogwarts with a bang. He imidiately became part of this school and he will be missed dearly. When asked if he had any words of farewell to the rest of the students, he responded kindly with:
"Of course..
..As I face my final few days here, I am very pleased to be able to contribute to the place that has given me so much. I may have been a tad sarcastic at times. Yet I've still grown a great admiration for everyone and it will be very, very difficult to leave you all and earn millions at the Ministry, for traveling the world, and meeting beautiful women. Well, have fun everyone. Study hard.
..hope it was in time, I'm writing the thread now in another window. Feel free to edit and improve at will. It's late here so it may-well need improvements!
Regards,
Grey"(Jul 14, 2005)
---Then, with a green puff of smoke and a swarthy swish of his cloak, the man we all came to adore was gone.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:18 am
3 Howlers By BabyShady
---For the past couple of days, I have decided to walk around and examine the mail delivered daily by our wonderful owls. It has come to my attention that Howlers are visiting our school a bit more often than I have ever seen during my days here at Hogwarts. As I was walking around the Great Hall during mail time this afternoon, I saw no less than two howlers delivered to different students that attend our school. In one of the Howlers, a parent was enraged due to their 4th year Slytherin, whom bewitched a fellow 4th year Ravenclaw so that their nose hair grew unstoppably. Another parent had been angry at their child for jixing a toilet in the 3rd floor to shout everytime one approaches them. It seems this generation's children have arrived with a few tricks up their sleeves!
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:26 am
4 New trading cards By Marille Earen Black
--- August 10, 2005. After a few weeks of having released a first set of new and highly original trading cards the very well-known Ravenclaw, Aruba Jam, has decided it is time to let a new set see the light. This new set features a few of Hogwarts most active students which have made themselves known either for their activeness or for their academic achievements. So, that means, if you wish to appear in the next batch, you'll have to earn it.
---The collection of these cards is highly encouraged as it helps raise funds for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry seeing as a big percent of the gold earned by every sale will be donated. If you still don't have yours, go buy them before they're all sold or the next group comes out!
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