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| House Point Totals | |
|---|---|
| Hufflepuff | 4781 |
| Ravenclaw | 4504 |
| Slytherin | 3953 |
| Gryffindor | 3662 |
With the memories of last term’s strange occurrences, including animals leaving the forest and a strange orb being found, the students at Hogwarts were hoping that when they arrived at the school after their much needed summer break things would return to normal. It seemed as if, once again, that was not in the cards. The opening of term feast welcomed Toddles, the baby house elf, trying to play catch with another familiar mysterious item—the orb. Apparently the little fellah broke into Headmaster Tate’s office to get his play thing once more. After being passed to many students, the orb was taken back by Tate and the feast was concluded with the usual words being said.
Shortly after the feast and students getting into the swing of things once more, a Ministry official from the Department of Mysteries, Mr. Corineus Vanderbilt, showed up to an appointment with our dear Headmaster regarding the orb. Unfortunately the man didn’t know what it was besides not being a prophecy orb and also refused to take it with him—why would he leave it with all the children present? Does he know something we don’t know? Regardless this seemed to be a red flag: Orb equals bad.
Not everything that happened this term was creepy and mysterious. Professor Williamson, the Care of Magical Creatures Professor, welcomed to the castle a hybrid baby dragon named Roro which the students and staff took great interest in watching grow. While we are on light topics, the students flocked to Hogsmeade during their first free weekend to explore the village and got to meet and mingle with the shopkeepers of the familiar and new shops like the hair salon and bookstore. What the students didn’t pick up on, however, was the gossip and whispering the shopkeepers were doing about each other. Something was definitely up with one of their colleagues. What the students don’t know won’t hurt them, right?
Out of the blue, when the school was out watching the Slytherin and Hufflepuff Quidditch match, Professor Vindictus froze in midair and fell to the ground. After being rushed to the hospital wing everyone calmed slightly thinking perhaps it was only due to age and declining health—until the students began to freeze. First it was just random, short periods of time in the halls and in classrooms but it got worse. Professor Williamson was frozen soon after. Four students (Gryffindor prefect Kurumi Hollingberry, Hufflepuff prefect Lewis Rasting, Slytherin prefect Sierra Greingoth, and Ravenclaw Nerida Eventide) froze in Potions class and Gryffindor Anya Phillips followed soon after in a History of Magic lesson. Ravenclaw Jezabel Black was found on the ground and soon the hospital wing beds beside the Flying instructor were getting full. The orb was smashed by the Healer in frustration, causing the curse on the frozen somehow broke and people were awakened.
The cause of all this needed to be discovered and fast! A mysterious locket was found in the Forbidden Forest during one of Professor Clalista Elwood’s Divination lessons and when opened showed a date nearly 300 years previous and a photo of a slightly familiar girl. The girl was soon recognized as the owner of the bookshop in Hogsmeade! The next weekend the village was open students and staff went to talk to the woman about the picture and locket but she was spooked and took off, trying to escape from their questions. Finally, with the help of the other shopkeepers, the redhead was stopped and Amarantha de Talone confessed her crimes—stealing time from the staff and students of Hogwarts again, just as she had done for the past 300 years in order to stay young forever. She managed to escape but the Wizarding World continues the search.
The End of Term Feast should have been a happy one, what with all the frozen students and staff being restored to their previous fit selves but it wasn’t. Headmaster Tate mentioned a few leaving staff members in his speech and then dropped the real bomb on the assembled audience, he was retiring early. And with the close of this term came the close in a great man’s time as Headmaster for the legendary school.