Chapter 14: Gryffindor vs. Slytherin ( Read more... )

Chapter 13: Cats and More Cats

1. Wow what a fantastic chapter title! /sarcasm

It's true and all, but yeah, not one of my finer moments. Moving on...

( This one has seventeen points, so I'm using a cut... )

Chapter 12: The Ram and the Dragon

1. Many will go, but few will stay.Okay, I have a confession to make: it's been quite a while since I've gone through the whole series like this and I haven't the slightest idea what this is referring to. I'm sure I explained it at some point but right now I'm drawing a complete blank--my head is mainly full of ( Read more... )

I'd written up a few of these and then realized that I'd forgotten to post them! So here we are, continuing...

Chapter 11: The Potions Dungeon

1. Harry decided to stay and keep an eye on them while they worked; Malfoy gazed at her and touched her hand quite a lot for Harry’s taste while they were working, but nothing else untoward happened; ( Read more... )

Chapter 10: The Top of the Beanstalk

1. "Ginny--good, we need another woman's point of view. If you went on a date with Harry, and instead of kissing you when it was over he shook your hand, and then he didn’t talk to you for more than two weeks afterward, what would you think ( Read more... )

Chapter 9: The Date

1. Harry was not looking forward to the first Hogsmeade weekend, two weeks after Hermione’s birthday. That meant, of course, that the day seemed to zoom at him with alarming speed.Has anyone else noticed how often JKR wrote something similar in the series? (I'm not claiming to have foreseen this--she did it a lot in the first ( Read more... )

Chapter 8: Divination with Sandy

Well, this is it: the one with the Tarot reading...

1. Professor Trelawney swept the cards back onto the table with a swish of her wand, and had Harry cut the pack. "Your birthday?" she asked. Harry couldn't believe how she kept forgetting; once she had insisted that he had been born during the winter. The other ( Read more... )

Chapter 7: The Real Moody

1. Harry and Ron rose together at this insult to Hagrid’s teaching ability--although they secretly agreed, they were Hagrid’s friends. They tolerated the way he ran Care of Magical Creatures out of staunch loyalty, but neither of them would have minded if Hagrid had suddenly become obsessed with kittens and puppies.This ( Read more... )

Chapter 6: Hermione’s Reputation

1. "Hmm. Manual labor. How Muggle!"More foreshadowing for the sequel! This time it's a reference to Malfoy coming to work for Dick alongside Harry. He'll get to do his own manual labor then ( Read more... )

Chapter 5: The Ringer

1. In addition to The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 5, and other fifth-year versions of books they'd already been studying for the previous four years, Harry and Hermione also needed Taking the O.W.L.s: Preparing Yourself for the Worst Experience of Your Life, by Eglantine Etude. Fred and George gave Ron the copy they’d used ( Read more... )