Term Fifty-Six: Finders Keepers
| House Point Totals |
| Gryffindor | 1474 |
| Ravenclaw | 1021 |
| Slytherin | 919 |
| Hufflepuff | 331 |
Plot summary by love-for-HP
Finders Keepers
"WHERE IS IT?!" - SLYVESTER HARGRAVES
Another new year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has officially begun. With Headmaster Trent still at the helm of the school and new professor June Flamsteed as head of Herbology.
But if one has learned anything through the years of Hogwarts was that the castle does not remain quiet for long. Between all the inhabitants of the school moving about something was bound to change. And the students to make said change was none other than Claudine Blaze and Avalon Sinclair who appeared to have found some buried treasure on the pathways. But what could this box possibly contain, besides the strange language written upon it. With the help of several other students who arrived upon the mysterious chest an attempt was made to open it. Kale Trent a fourth year mustarded the courage and with only a slight protest it opened. Upon opening the runes on the front began to glow and flash red, a ghostly head flew through Kale and Emmerson Cambridge, but nothing too dangerous seemed to have happened to them, and the chest revealed a glorious heap of gold and other prized possessions. The students present may be cursed (who knows) but they were RICH! Too bad Professors Schmoe, Flamsteed, and Recard had to show up to ruin in the party. And with the help of adult supervision – the Headmaster was alerted.
Once the Headmaster had been notified, Gringotts goblins were called in to look at the chest for further inspection. Was it just a trick of the eye (or flashing red light of the chest), but did the Headmaster seem off? No time to focus on that just yet. Soon thereafter Korpsit the goblin arrived, deeming the chest to be real, despite appearing to be afraid of it and even more so once it was realized the chest had already been opened, and took off like a banshee once the lid was again lifted. Clearly the goblin knew more than he was letting on.
But pounds of gold that was intended to be used for castle renovations (such as a pool) were not the only thing happening at Hogwarts. In the third-floor corridor an ominous presence could be felt (was this déjà vu from last term?). Something or someone was watching you. Something that Cecelia Summers, Ashley Fox, and several other students were all too in tuned with. And then suddenly it was pulling them in different directions and shoving them into walls, and toward open windows. Dear Merlin someone help!!!!!!!! Meanwhile across the castle the trophy room had become a mess. What could possibly be terrorizing the school? With the help of students such as Mamie Turov and Violet Blackthorne the room was put back together in no time – maybe they were all just over thinking things. Or maybe they weren’t? Since even the ghosts of the castle seemed to think something was amiss. They had assembled in the spirit room for a meeting, well the spirits and Joshua Miller. It was clear for that meeting that some kind of force was upon the castle. The ghosts warned the castle that the renovations were a bad idea and a strange screeching noise is heard one night. It echoes throughout the castle.
That’s when the force proved to be none other than Slyvester Hargraves a ghost himself. Who appeared to the Hogwarts residents demanding to have his treasure back! Bernadette Grantham seemed to be mixed in this untimely encounter. When none of the students nor the Headmaster (who still appeared to be ‘off’) were able to produce said treasure the Ghost began making threats and declared that Hogwarts would suffer the consequences. One of the consequences appeared shortly after in the way of the food all going bad. Mold, mold everything where and not a drop to eat. Stone golems invaded the castle and appeared to be searching for something, unleashing even more destruction. And then the students all began to behave more abnormally. Phoebe James began to shriek with rage in a Divination lesson, but then was herself again within minutes. Several others did similar things throughout the castle. An earthquake and a hail storm were set upon the school. And finally, what could be described as nothing less than a mob of students that included Carsyn and Irithel, set the Forbidden Forest on Fire – all screaming and demanding the treasure be return. What had Slvester Hargraves done?!
The professors had managed to send word to the goblins to have the chest of gold returned, but several things are repossessed in order to appease the spirits. And when the Headmaster finally appeared, it seemed like a deal was to be made. The destruction of Hogwarts would stop in exchange for the treasure chest. However, the ghost took too long to decide and Headmaster Trent made the treasure disappear, and in doing so, the hold the ghost had on the students faded along with his presence and suddenly with a brilliant and blinding flash of light Slvester Hargraves was gone and the castle was no longer under siege.
And just like that another school term had ended for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Headmaster Trent, having tumbled in and out of his own fireplace early on in the term (probably just using the floo network, right???) and suffering from headaches, gave a short and not so sweet speech and sent the students home the following morning, giving them a whole summer to try and forget about this year’s past events.
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