| The Owl Gazette |
| Issue: 64 Page: 2 |
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| Cont. |
| Lucius Malfoy Gives Up His Evil Ways!
We all know that, ever since Lucius Malfoy came to Hogwarts, he showed signs of being an evil genius and the only people that had directly stood in his way were Emma Staunton and Gred Weasley, the only two people he ever feared. After Lucius� famous defeat of Emma Staunton in Ravenclaw, Miss Staunton mysteriously disappeared and Mr. Malfoy was able to crush her remaining ninjas that weren�t much of a threat to him easily and persuade them to be his minions, his first minions. He was also seen recruiting in other places, usually by the Entrance Hall, but was usually scared off by Gred Weasley before he could do much persuading. When he did recruit a few minions from houses besides Ravenclaw, such as Gryffindor, he soon found out Emma Staunton was the least of his worries. He found he was no match for some who had been weaseling their way into power long before he came to Hogwarts. While he was comfortable with the minions he had, he was somewhat disappointed by the lack of available help. He was comfortably causing mayhem with his few minions, until he found out that even his old colleague, Dawlish Ledgerwood, whom he had known as a hyperactive pushover, had gained more fame as a villain than himself. Lucius was heard to have said, �If Dawlish is more infamous than I am, then I know that Hogwarts isn�t the place for me to be conducting my evil campaigns!� Soon after this statement, Lucius Malfoy was reported to have been last seen in Alaska at Sarah Palin�s door waving a sign that read: �Palin-Malfoy 2012�. |
| When I'm Not In The Ravenclaw Common Room I Am...
by: Ashley Perkins This will be a monthly article! Want to know what the Ravenclaws are up to? This is the place to go! In alphabetical order every month, the Ravenclaws will share 26 things that you might catch them doing outside of the Common Room...or maybe even outside of Hogwarts! Ravenclaws from far and wide have shown up to post about their highly entertaining lives outside of the CR. Here is random list #1: "When I'm Not In The Ravenclaw Common Room I Am..." Aligning my pencils Bungee jumping Catching strange creatures Dwelling in the forest Eating crackers Facing Detention Graphing charts Herding Sheep Itching scratches Jelly fishing!? Kangaroo riding! Lassoing People! Mooing? |
| Paddington Piece
By Katie Sawyer For the month of March in the land of the polar bears we're celebrating three birthdays! The first is Chris Candor's whose birthday is on March 13th. The second is Josie Machi's, whose birthday is March 19th. The third is Soma Cruz's whose birthday is March 20th. Happy Birthday to all three of you! May all your birthday dreams come true!! Other top news stories from the arctic abyss are: - Paddington would like to welcome its newest members LenWil, Ariana, & Chantal! It's great to have you among us, guys! We'd also like to welcome our new AHOH, Prof. Marianna Lunar! - The Polar Padfoots lost their Quidditch match against Penshire, but the game was definitely exciting! It was a nice effort by our team to say the least! Our next match is schedules for February 20th against Gryffindor. Good luck, Paddies!! - Paddington is currently running a Polar Posting Plunge with members of the house broken up into four teams. Stay tuned to find out who won! - Love is in the air & new couples seem to be springing up in the frozen tundra! The Paddies would like to recognize newly-dating Toby McDermont & Josie Machi! Congrats, you two love birds! Another couple to watch is Soma Cruz & Envy Midlight! While nothing has been officially reported, it seems these two only have eyes for each other. - While we've had to say goodbye to some of our members recently, we're happy to say hello to some returning members who have been away. Welcome back, Dawlish, Helena, & Becca! It's great having you back! |
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| Student of the Month
The Paddington HOH team recognizes Toby McDermont as our student of the month for February! Toby has definitely shown a lot of Paddington Pride in the CR! He's a Paddington Prefect, he signs up to participate in house activities (like our latest Polar Posting Plunge), & he's currently in the process of becoming a mentor. He's also shown an interest in joining our Quidditch Team, he always welcomes newbies in the CR, he's involved in a few RPGs, & he posts almost non-stop in the Chit Chat & Games section. He's got a great sense of humor & has been quick in making lots of friends. Look for more about Toby in the next issue of 'The Alohomora!' coming out soon! Congratulations Toby! We're proud of you! |
| Paddie Pensive
By Master CC We all know what a pensive is. It holds memories. So local should tell us that a Paddie Penshive is a memory from one of the members from the Paddington house. That�s right each Gazette I, Master CC, shall bring you a memory or two from one of the many Paddies that litter the House from the land of snow. This OG we shall look into a memory from a young lad by the name of Christopher Candor�. No relation to myself of course. Master CC: So stepping up to the Paddie Penshive I looked into the swirling snow white liquid that filled the ice crystal bowl. Uttering the name of the Paddington student I who I wished to view a memory from I then waited. Before long I began to witness a day in the life of the young lad that was a transfer to the grand school of Hogwarts. The Memory: Standing before a door located in the Astrology and Astronomy tower, Christopher looked at the opening that was currently covered by a interesting painting. He uttered the password (this part of the memory has been erased for the safety of the Paddington house) and then walked into what would be his new home. He smiles at the greeting that is the welcome from many of his now fellow Paddingtons. They are warm, cheerful and make him feel as if he had grown up among them from his first year in magical schooling. His eyes fall on the face of a young lady who introduces herself as Katlin�. (it is from here the memory fades) Master CC: well that is rather interesting tune in for more from the minds and memories of Paddington members in the new Owl Gazette. Take care and may all your memories be happy or well guarded. |
| Messages From the Paddington Privvy
While I finally believe Paddington House is catching onto my true identity, I will make this as quick as possible. Several rumors have sprung up among the last month that the people ought to know about. First, is a rumor regarding Professor Kelina Bliss. Her recent detention has gained infamy for it's activities and the rumor is that she secretly enjoys torturing students, not to mention eating their brains! Students beware if you hear screams from the Greenhouses because it is not the Devil's Snare! Rumor also has it that the Paddington Quidditch Team has a curse on them! They have yet to earn a win after three hard fought games. PAD is believed to be behind the curse in the attempt to vanquish the House entirely and for the Headmistress to take the Astronomy tower for her own! This is also believed to be the reason for Professor Cecilia Opal's strange disappearance! Who's to know the truth? |
| WARNING: Psycho Girlfriend Alert!
By Tyler Keegan It�s happened to all of us at one point or another. You begin dating someone that seemingly appears decent at first, but then you start to get a nagging feeling that something�s not quite right. If you�re like the majority of us, you ignore your gut instincts simply assuming that you�ve either set your standards too high or that it�s just your own paranoia setting in. Well, I�m here to tell you that it�s not your imagination! Trust me when I say that Psycho Girlfriends are everywhere! If you don�t listen to your gut instincts & save yourself before it�s too late, you�ll fall victim to them every time! If you don�t know what one looks like, then let me paint you a picture. They come in very innocent looking packages, usually attractive, & seem to only have eyes for you. Once they have your attention, they become even more bold in letting you know they�re into you by constantly posting right after you everywhere you post, leaving you gifts & notes in your locker every single time they�re online, & they begin to bring up your name in all the game & chit chat threads they post in with their friends surrounded by little hearts when you�re not around. Seems normal, right? Well, here is where it gets spooky��� Like most girls, they begin to PM you or email you. While there�s nothing wrong with this under normal circumstances, Psycho Girlfriends go nuts with PMs & emails. Before you can reply to just one, they�ve sent you 10 more. In the time it takes you to read the addition 10 that you just received, you now have another 15. By the time you finish reading your massive hoard of PMs/emails that all came in a matter of 30 minutes, all your online time that you had is now used up & you only have time to send back 1 PM or email in response. When you�re finally done typing it & you hit �send�, you find you have another one asking why you haven�t replied yet because she knows you�re online. You don�t bother responding because you just sent her a reply. Meanwhile, she reads it & sends you back another one angry with you because after she spent all that time PMing/emailing you all you do is send her one measly little note back. She wigs out on you about how inconsiderate you are, that she has dropped everything for you & it�s the least you can do to reply to every single one of her letters. So, you sigh heavily & try to answer each one if it makes her happy, but as you send your replies she�s replying to your replies so now you have more to answer before you even finish sending out 3 of the 26 you started with. She gets irritated that you�re not responding fast enough & wonders what else you�re doing that you�re too busy to answer her. You try to explain to her that you�re just trying to answer each letter but she keeps writing more & you�re only human � you can�t possibly answer every single one in the short amount of time you have left to be online. Now you�ve done it��. She�s moved on from being upset at the length of time it�s taking you to write her back & is now demanding the name(s) of the girl(s) that you�re talking to behind her back. You tell her that there are no other girls you�re talking to, but she�s now convinced there are. Frustrated, you get off the computer & decide to deal with it later. What you don�t know is that when you return, there will be 3 times the amount of PMs/emails you had before, angrier, more accusatory, & more demanding than the ones you started out with. You decide this girl is more trouble than she�s worth but you don�t want to break up because you don�t want to hurt her feelings, so you start logging in �hidden� in order to keep her from knowing when you�re online. You don�t post anywhere or reply to any of her PMs/emails when you can see she�s logged in so that you don�t tip her off that you�re around. The problem with this is that she�s always online waiting for you. There doesn�t seem to be any escape from her & your online activity begins to suffer because she�s always there, waiting & watching. Finally, after about a week of hiding in the shadows, you notice one afternoon she doesn�t seem to be around. You hurry up & post in all the places you�ve been neglecting as quickly as you can so your housemates don�t think you�ve died. As you do this, you continue to check the active users list after every post you make to make sure she doesn�t login while you�re there. The moment you see her name, you quickly logout before she can PM/email you asking why you didn�t write her while you were in the CR. The next day you try again, logging in hidden & noticing that she doesn�t seem to be around. As you did the day before, you post as many places as you can before she shows up & then you quickly logout when she arrives. This goes on for about a week. Just when you think you�re finally rid of her, you start logging in without hiding anymore & post freely as you once did. When you notice she logs in, you simply log out figuring she�ll get the message eventually. You think it works & after awhile you don�t notice her logging in while you�re there anymore�..at least that�s what you think. You�re feeling pretty confident now that she�s got the message & you�re off the hook. Then it happens���.during a moment of posting bliss, you get a PM notification. You quickly check the active users list to see who�s online but don�t see her name anywhere so you figure your PM is from someone else in the CR. Happily you go to your inbox & stop dead in your tracks. It�s from HER! Now SHE is logging in hidden so that she can catch you when you don�t think she�s around. You�re afraid to read the PM, but you decide to open it anyway just to get it over with. As you suspect, she�s wigging out on you for avoiding her & pours out her heart about how much she loves you & would never do something that cruel to you, how on earth could you do that to her? Swallowing hard, you write back & tell her you�re sorry but you�re just not that into her anymore & you�d like to break up. You send it & quickly log out before she has a chance to respond because you can only imagine what she�ll write back after she reads it. You go back into hiding again, only posting around after you�ve checked her profile to make sure she�s not secretly logged in & when you�re certain the coast is clear. You read her PM response to your break up letter & it�s not pretty. You�ve ruined her life. She�s in a shambles. Her life will never be the same & it�s all your fault. She trusted you. You broke her heart. You�re nothing more than a lying jerk that used her & then left her to rot on the side of the road. You never appreciated her. You took advantage of her. And last but not least, you are dating at least 5 other girls behind her back if not more than that. What did she ever do to deserve the treatment she got from you? So guys, what�s the moral of this story? If you ever get that uneasy tug in the pit of your stomach thinking that something�s not quite right, follow it before it�s too late! Save yourselves & run as quickly as you can in the opposite direction! If you don�t, you my friend just might fall victim to A PSYCHO GIRLFRIEND! |
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| Slytherin Scoop
Beonca Aims Boy we have been excited lately, new students entered and among them was Vannessa bla, bla. So far two of the three were and are very active. Currently we are in the middle of snowball fight, house-wide, and it started out as half the house pitted against the other house with Eltanin and Gred building their forts and other joining them. However it quickly became Slytherins against the rest of the school. A few Ravenclaws got direct hits and currently a �gaggle� of Gryffindors are being pelted. All good clean fun, of course. You�ll have to wait until next month�s issue to see what the Slytherin house did for March Maddness! |
| Ambush Wedding
Beonca Aims The teasing and rumors have come to this, an ambush wedding between Rayne Hallowell and Viktor, both of Slytherin and of the �vampire� persuasion. When it was decided, during the �Slytherin Family Tree� thread, that the two should get married, the house jumped on the idea and plans were started. Rayne said, �Well it could still be an ambush wedding considering I don't when it is or what it's going to be like....�, and Viktor�s remark was, �Woo..who's getting married again?� To which Rayne reacted with, �*headdesk* YOU and me??...Ring a bell??? Lucas piped in with, �Oh wow.. That�s a bad sign. Viktor... Viktor... *shakes head* Anyway, can I be a bridesmaid? To which Timothy said, �Only if I can go as your date! xD I say we start planning this wedding soon.� Rayne, laughing ask, �I do have a say in all this, right?� and Rosalie just said, �No.� Gred passed on being Best Man, but Gabriella wanted to be a Groom�s man�er�woman.� �Of course you can be a bridesmaid Rosalie�...was Rayne�s point, so at this time, we had 2 bridesmaids, 1 groom�s woman, and no best man. Gred, after looking over the arrangements thus far, said, �This is going to be one screwed wedding.� To which Rayne replied that, �This is Slytherin.� And everyone had a good laugh at that remark, and then the plans continued. Jess DarkWing said: �I call dibs on being the rather exocentric organist who is over 50 with many cats.� Lucas posted a list up to this point: |
| Ray - teh bride
Viktor - teh bride bridegroom Rosalie - bestest bridesmaid Jess - rather exocentric organist who is over 50 with many cats xD Gabriella - grooms (wo) man Lucas - Maid of Horror Tim - Lucas' date Gred, what about you? We need more bridesmaids, all I'm saying... Finally Timothy came back with, �Oh, I'll totally be Best Man since Gred doesn't want to do it. Or flower girl.� Blair VanDurten said, �Blair can be the one who objects for no apparent reason at all.... Blair likes to object...� Gred decided he�d be the �crazy wedding singer� and Orianna Bloom wanted in the wedding party but couldn�t think yet what she wanted to be, to which Viktor said, I think we can have more than one bridsmaid..one for the bride and one for the groom and vice versa...and I think Ori is an automatic choice to be my bridesmaid given she�s my daughter!� (This last part is in reference to the Slytherin Family Tree). Lucianna joined the other bridesmaids, and the Blair is not also the �mother� of the bride, then the discussion went into colors, black and dark green, of course! Finally Professor Snape spoke, �That would be 'dark' green. And before we push escort Vik down the aisle, we need some catering, like um...the wedding cake? And what is being served at the reception? A photographer or videographer...flowers, and music. |
| Rosalie said that Professor Snape should perform the ceremony, and Rayne said, �Is the Professor even allowed to do that???..If so I'd love to have him perform it.....� and the professor then agreed. Lucas adds his decorating idea for the wedding service: �I think the Professor would be great in performing the ceremony. A few puffy cauldrons behind him and he'll get that uberly cool greenish cloudish look of myst�rieux.�
With the �best man� still unsure, Arien volunteered, �I'll volunteer to be the best man if Vic's open to it! This Vampire Wedding should be fun!� So Timothy decided, �Well, I'll let Arien have Best Man then, and I'll totally be the flower girl.� While this discussion was going on, Professor Snape replied, �Of course I will perform the ceremony. *Looks around for that on-line certificate that proclaims him an 'ordained minister'.*� The girls then got busy looking for dresses with Jezzabal (the �wedding� planner) finding many , then suits, plus the wedding cake. With many posted and �ohhed� and �ahhed� over, then the final ones were chosen. (See links). With much of that taken care of, Eltanin said, �A photographer. You don't have a photographer. I'll take care of that...�. And Renny came in and said, �I want to be the wedding guest no one knows! I'll just sit in the back of the church and weep loudly during the vows.� Eltanin volunteered, �Hey, should I make a wedding music mix? I've got a lot of good wedding music for the organist/wedding singer to do, both at the ceremony and the reception...� Now, I will keep you all posted, but here is the list so far and images of the dresses, cake, and suits, all we need now is a DATE! |
| Nickelback listening!
Organizing books Parting fighting children Quilting Reading Sneaking Out Tripping on flat surfaces Unicycling Visiting other houses Writhing in pain X-tracting DNA from hippogriffs Yodeling Zapping other people |
| Rayne - Bride
Viktor - Bridegroom Maid of Honor - Lucus Best Man - Arien Bestest Bridesmaids: Rose, Orianna, Lucianna, and Nic Wedding Planner - Jezzabel Eexcentric organist who is over 50 with many cats � Jess DarkWing |
| Grooms (wo) man - Gabriella
Flower 'Girls' - Timothy and Beonca Crazy wedding singer - Gred 'Objector' - Blair Van Durten Professor Snape - officiating the ceremony. Wedding guest no one knows, who weeps loudly during vows - Renny Photographer and Music mixer � Eltanin |
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| That's all folks!!! |