| The Owl Gazette |
| Issue 46 September 2007 H |
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| Hogwarts Horseplay 2
By Myrrima Goldenleaf |
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| Potions Wordsearch by Gwen Tatham |
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By Gwen Tatham Oh no! Ron Weasley has messed up a spell and put Hermione Granger's class schedule into a carving of squares, rectangles, circles, and lines. Hermione has to find every word in her schedule in the carving before she can restore it to its usual form, complete with the class times and their room numbers. She knows that she's taking Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Divination, Herbology, History of Magic, Potions, and Transfiguration. Each word is surrounded by a rectangle; when two words intersect, the rectangles overlap to form a square around the shared letter. Black squares are empty. The square for the first letter of each word contains an arrow pointing in the direction the rest of the word goes. Words may be vertical or horizontal, forwards or backwards, and may even go off one side of the carving to come back on the other side of the carving in the same row or column. (Several do.) To help get you started, Arithmancy is filled in for you. |
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| The Deathly Hallows By Fiona Chauvet |
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| Lockhart's Gift
By an artistic Lioness Inspired from pg. 360 of the Deathly Hallows; "Point is, people, don't get lulled into a false sense of security, thinking he's out of the country. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't, but the fact remains he can move faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo when he wants to..." |
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| Severus Snape
By johnnynico "Severus" is the Latin term for "strict" or "severe". Snape was born on January 9, 1960, to Tobias Snape, a Muggle, and Eileen Prince, a witch, making him a half-blood wizard. Snape was neglected during his childhood by his parents, who fought constantly, and did not have a loving relationship with his father. Being a half-blood wizard, Snape lived in a dwelling called Spinner's End with his parents. it is also implied that Spinner's End was near the Evans family, who were Muggles. Snape befriended Lily Evans, later known as Lily Potter, in childhood after informing Lily that she was a witch. Snape and Lily attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1971 to 1978. It was on the train to Hogwarts that Snape met his rivals James Potter and Sirius Black. Upon arriving at Hogwarts, Snape was sorted into Slytherin House and Lily into Gryffindor House. He remained a close friend of Lily's for the next few years until his interest in the Dark Arts, the bigoted views of his regular companions, and finally an epithet he used toward the Muggle-born Lily in a moment of anger drove them apart. Snape was prone to bullying by James Potter and Sirius Black during his time at Hogwarts, and even given the degrading nickname of "Snivellus". Snape is seen years later to still hold a grudge against James and Sirius, often referring to James' and Lily's son Harry to be "just like his father", despite accounts from other Hogwarts staff of Harry's humility. During Snape's time as a student at Hogwarts, Sirius coaxes him into going to the Shrieking Shack during one of Remus Lupin's transformations into a werewolf. James, knowing that Snape could've been killed, intervenes after Sirius told him of the prank. Snape believes that James intervenes simply to save himself from expulsion, and even though Dumbledore stated years later that Snape was influenced by his debt to James for saving his life, they continued their enmity until they left Hogwarts. During his time at Hogwarts, Snape invents a number of spells, one or more of which James learns and uses to bully him during their fifth year. On one occasion, Snape was hung upside down in mid-air from his invented spell of Levicorpus and humiliated while students watch. Lily defends Snape from James' torment, however the enraged Snape calls her a "filthy little Mudblood". Lily flatly refused to forgive Snape for this, despite his subsequent apology. Sirius tells Harry that during his Hogwarts years, Snape belonged to a gang of Slytherins, including Bellatrix Black (Later Lestrange), Rodolphus Lestrange, Avery, Wilkes, and Evan Rosier, who involved themselves in the Dark Arts and later became Death Eaters, including Snape himself.GF Ch.27 Near the end of Voldemort's first reign of terror, Snape overheard part of Professor Trelawney's recitation of the prophecy about a child born in late July who would have power to challenge Voldemort. He later informed Voldemort of what he had heard. However, he was shocked to discover that his revelation had led Voldemort to believe the prophecy pointed to the Lily Potter's son Harry. After Voldemort denied his request that Lily be spared, Snape arranged a secret meeting with Dumbledore. He pleaded with Dumbledore to protect Lily, offering anything asked of him in return. Upon the Potters' deaths, Dumbledore convinced Snape to protect Harry out of his love for Lily; mentioning that Harry had Lily's eyes proves to be the argument that finally wins Snape's wholehearted allegiance. Even though Snape hated Harry for what bits of James he saw in the child, Snape stayed true to his promise, becoming a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Barty Crouch, Sr. wanted to imprison Snape in Azkaban for being a Death Eater, but Dumbledore's testimony on Snape reforming protected Snape from the authorities. The Potions Master Snape took a position as an instructor at Hogwarts, having applied for the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in 1981, but was appointed Potions master instead, becoming Head of Slytherin House in 1991 Dumbledore's plan Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy visit Snape at his terraced house on Spinner's End, located near the ruins of a wool or cotton mill. Snape swears an Unbreakable Vow to Narcissa that he will protect Draco, help him complete Voldemort's task, and finish the task himself if Draco fails. Snape is also finally appointed Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts. Replacing Snape as Potions instructor is Horace Slughorn, a retired Hogwarts teacher who previously taught the subject. Slughorn lends Harry an old Potions textbook that is filled with the scribbled notes of a highly talented former student. The notes include a variety of hexes and jinxes seemingly invented by the student, as well as substantial improvements to the book's standard potion-making instructions. It is signed, "Property of the Half-Blood Prince". The notes greatly bolster Harry's performance and impresses Slughorn, who declares he has inherited Lily's outstanding Potions ability. Whoever the Prince might be, Harry considers him a better teacher than either Snape or Slughorn. Outraged by Harry's easy but fraudulent success in the subject, Hermione investigates the possible identity of the Half-Blood Prince and suspects it may be former Hogwarts student Eileen Prince. Harry is ambivalent about the Prince's identity, although he is convinced that the student is male � albeit whilst accepting that he or she has a somewhat dark sense of humour. In a fight with Draco Malfoy, he uses the Prince's spell marked "For Enemies" and is horrified that it causes vicious slashing wounds. Snape arrives and heals Draco's wounds and then interrogates Harry about the source of the Sectumsempra spell (from Latin; meaning literally, "always cut"). Harry knows that at least two of the spells were used by Snape and his father during their fifth year, which is confirmed by Remus Lupin. Because the handwritten spells have numerous corrections, Harry is convinced the writer invented them. Dumbledore is inflicted with a curse after he puts on the Peverell ring. Although his hand is the only part of his body injured, the curse will eventually spread, and he will be dead within a year or less. Dumbledore decides that Snape will kill him, both an act of euthanasia, as a testament of his apparent loyalty to Voldemort, and as a way to fulfill the Unbreakable Vow. Although Snape is reluctant, this act will prevent a more unfortunate demise for the wizard at the hands of others, and will save Draco Malfoy from tearing his own soul apart, as Voldemort wishes Draco to kill the headmaster. Dumbledore points out to Snape that the act will not harm Snape's own soul, because it will not be murder at all, since he will just be helping an old man die. Snape objects to the fact that, according to Dumbledore's plan, Harry, as the last Horcrux, would have to die at Voldemort's hands. When asked by Dumbledore if he cared for Harry, Snape replied, "For him?" and conjured his Patronus, showing Dumbledore that all his years of service had been for his undying love for Lily Potter, his Patronus takes the same form as Lily Potter's: a doe. Returning to Hogwarts after a search for one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, Harry and Dumbledore see the Dark Mark in the sky over the astronomy tower. Dumbledore asks Harry to fetch Snape, when Draco Malfoy suddenly arrives. Harry is already concealed under his Invisibility Cloak, but Dumbledore immediately acts to prevent him taking any action by paralysing him with a spell. Draco intends to carry out Voldemort's orders to kill Dumbledore, but Dumbledore manages to persuade him not to. They are interrupted again by the arrival of some Death Eaters and Snape. When it is clear that Malfoy will not kill Dumbledore, Snape uses the Avada Kedavra curse, killing Dumbledore and causing his body to fall from the tower. Snape, Malfoy, and the Death Eaters rush from the castle, pursued by Harry (released from his magical paralysis after Dumbledore's death). Harry's attempts to attack Snape are ineffective; Snape easily blocks every spell and even taunts Harry by pointing out the mistakes he makes when fighting with magic. However, he becomes enraged after Harry calls him a coward and attacks with spells Snape had created (just as Harry's father once did). During this confrontation, Snape reveals to Harry that he is the "Half-Blood Prince". Snape is injured by Buckbeak before disappearing into the Forbidden Forest with Draco and the Death Eaters. As Hermione later surmises, the nickname "Half-Blood Prince" was derived from Snape's mother's maiden name of "Prince" and from his father having been a Muggle, making Snape a "half-blood". Some in the wizarding world, especially those among Voldemort's followers and in Snape's own Slytherin House, consider this to be a defect or inferiority. Harry suggests Snape chose this title to "play up the pure-blood side". When questioned by Harry, Remus Lupin, Snape's classmate, says he knows nothing about the name, and it seems that it, like Tom Riddle's diary was to Voldemort, was Snape's own private joke. Immediately following Dumbledore's death and before Mad-Eye Moody puts in place a series of jinxes on it, Snape returns to Grimmauld Place, where he finds Lily Potter's old letter and photograph. Towards the end of the school year, Snape flees the school when he is confronted by the teachers, led by Professor McGonagall. He is then summoned by Voldemort. Believing that the powerful Elder Wand that he coveted from Dumbledore had been won by Snape, and would only work well for one who won it similarly from an enemy, Voldemort kills Snape by having his pet snake, Nagini, attack the Hogwarts Headmaster. Ironically Voldemort's murder of Snape, meant to access the power of the Elder Wand and defeat Harry, actually helps to bring about his defeat. Since Voldemort has newfound confidence in the wand he uses it against Harry. These actions ultimately result in Voldemort dying from his own spell. Snape also provides critical information to Harry on how to defeat Voldemort: after Voldemort leaves the scene, Snape, in his last moments, causes his memories to exude from his mouth, ears, and eyes in the form of the silvery blue material used in pensives. Harry collects them in a flask, and uses them to discover Snape's true allegiance and learn of the plan that he had been executing with Dumbledore all along which will require Harry to sacrifice himself. Years later, after Harry defeated Voldemort, Harry's second born son receives the name Albus Severus Potter. Nineteen years after the end of Deathly Hallows, Albus Severus is about to enter his first year at Hogwarts and is worried that he will be sorted into Slytherin. Harry reassures him and tells him that he was "named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew." |
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| MAJOR SPOILER - DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT READ HARRY POTTER and THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. |