Samantha, you get back here and unlock this window right now, you hear me? I mean now. Nownownownow. And just in case you decide not to check this at Zoe's house for once, or in case you do check and decide to ignore this, if you're not back here in fifteen minutes, I'm sending an owl to get you. Wizarding secrecy be hanged; I want off this ( Read more... )

Oh.

I did not really -- I mean --

I am a bit shocked, to tell the truth.

Leverett, of course, was not re-hired to teach Defense next year.

That will be me, instead.

I am... going to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts class. That has not quite sunk in yet.

Next year is going to be absolutely mad(I have also been informed as to who is ( Read more... )

That was very interesting, Sirius.

SIRIUS!

Give me back my Beatles tapes!

Well, that was an interesting party, to say the least. I think I still have yet to fully recover. For that matter, I think most of my friends have not yet begun to recover. Poor things; first they had to deal with my acceptance of a date from James, then with my actually enjoying the date, then with more dates, and now this ( Read more... )

It being the day after the last exam (EVER, in our dear Marauders' and Lily's cases) I propose it be spent partying in the Room of Requirement.

Hugh and I being unable to raid the kitchen, we'll leave that up to you guys and we'll set up the Room. Everybody's invited (even outside our group, if that's alright, although certain persons Snape would ( Read more... )

Thank all the gods, I'm finished with my exams (the last one for the fifth years is Arithmancy on Monday, but I don't take that ( Read more... )

Ugh, I despise Potions. I will not be taking that class next year, even if Flamel promises to tell the secret of the Philosopher's Stone to the whole class! I'm joking, interesting as immortality would be.At least I got to explore a litte yesterday, and I'll have the whole weekend-- Monday is History of Magic O.W.L.: boring but easy. Cicero seems ( Read more... )

In one hour--right after breakfast--my Theory of Astronomy O.W.L. commences ( Read more... )

I asked the Grey Lady about the secret passageway; she said it's been here as long as she has but the last person to use it was a boy called Cicero about 150 years ago. I assume he must have put a preservation spell on the room for it to be in the good condition it is now ( Read more... )