St. Mango's Hospital for Magical Maladies and injuries ( Read more... )

...or THE KISS

Part the First: Professor Hagrid
Hagrid is back and ready to teach Care of Magical Creatures again. Well, you know, Hagrid-style. Hermione tries to assist him in preparing for classes, but to little avail. He introduces the thestrals to the gang, and until Umbridge shows up, he doesn't do a half-bad job. But then that sodding ( Read more... )

"With a great leap of his heart, Harry saw little golden squares of light ahead and smoke coiling up from Hagrid's chimney."

At long last Hagrid has returned to Hogwarts and our trio are anxious to meet with the Ground's Keeper to find out where he has been.  When Hagrid answers his door Hermione screamed alerting all present to Hagrid's exact ( Read more... )

The chapter opens with the Seeker happy for two whole weeks! You know that something is bound to happen to rain on his parade. I'm beginning to sense a pattern here ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone for voting in the poll last week. Majority rules, so we will begin summarizing HBP one month after the English language release of the book. The exact date that we will begin reviewing will be Monday, August 15. All summaries will be behind LJ cuts ( Read more... )

After a Charms lesson rife with paranoia and some animal abuse, theres finally some good news - the Quidditch team is to be reformed. Hermione however isn't paying attention, but trying to be the voice of caution, worried by Sirius' abundant approval ( Read more... )

Hermione does not mention about Harry giving Defense lessons for another two weeks, but she does learn how to vanish kittens. She finally brings up the subject of the lesson and suggests that Harry holds a meeting on the first trip to Hogsmeade, unknown to Harry, Ron and Hermione spread the word about the meeting around the school. As the day to ( Read more... )

Ch 15: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor ( Read more... )

Chapter 14: Percy and PadfootA most appropriate title for this chapter. But before Percy and Padfoot invade, Harry has to write a letter to ask for Sirius's advice about his scar and Umbridge. In the owlery, he meets Cho Chang in probably the first substantial encounter they have as a budding "couple." Harry is a bundle of nerves and blank of ( Read more... )

Apparently, the ginger newts weren't a cure for the Seeker's day like I thought. Everyone is talking about his yelling match with Dolores behind his back, but loud enough for him to hear as if defying him to tell the story of what happened to Cedric. The Brain procedes to speculate that no one really believed him two months before, especially after ( Read more... )